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Show DAILY UTAH STATE JOURNAL, Mines and Mining Utah and Adjoining States interest in the ...STERN FARMINGTON OIL FIELD Ouiing the past year there lias been an immense imlux of American capital into Mexico, due to several causes. The labor trouble in several of the "oil Adda at Farmington, the Salt Tribune aay: of exploitation Lake Balt - Selda of ,At the gaa and valley the in- ,wt. of the Eaat are manifesting than are tJy greater Interest H. u home, aald J. Bigger on his trom Pennsylvania yesterday, , whiie the presence of the latter the Tnt has not been verified and Galey in Guffey jiessra Tuena Is enough to satisfy oil men country that it will be. Again talent Is attaching but little local Tk0t to the pres- 1H slgniflcence gas the people of Pennsylvania interested in it as they much (g ta the flow of OIL Discussing it a Mr. Eiseman, a prominent gas Mr. Bigger was as-,,11 of Pittsburg. him that from information obtained upon the flow M former had the pressure here is as valley, h this as permanent as flow the and jflrtrful old Tuscarora The of. knew ho . tay cH from which gas has been rising was hr m many years in this valley, said Mr. most remarkable, to g the and too, ever heard of, he, he with much p watching developments also Mr. yact In Pittsburg wasBigger conquite act John H. Galey, who sent that oil would respond to their ndrrtaUng In this valley, although he on not prepared to say at what point During his It would be tapped. there In Pittsburg the papers oil of the possibilities Kcognlaing therever Messrs. Guffey and Galey a rig and begin boring, have been rating much space to information torn this Held and when news came that gas had been tapped it was given WHAT CONSTITUTES ANNUAL SESSMENT WORK. AS- About Locating Oil Lands Interesting Mining Data From Various Parts of the World. . hr 0.. m so-jn- in-K- an ipace after Mr. Bigger, on the first page. interest Pennsylvthe witnessing ania is evincing In the Utah field, is at home helloed to reproach those apon a lack of It and Says that had been prospected with half as uttch seal as the hills are explored for pld he has no doubt that results mold have been as gratifying. Ac basin went East primarily to with those associated with him la the development of mining proper-tit- s In Big Cottonwood and while they ven enthusiastic over results that live been achieved at the mines the abject to which they more eagerly Tinned up was gas and oil. Ur. Bigger confer THE OPAL CONCERNING MINE8 OF IDAHO Talma ge of the departmof the University of Utah has Just completed an analysis cf amples of opals and opaline mine'll from the deposits of the Lemhi Opal company, located at a point 100 Biles distant from Mackay, the preamt terminus of the Blackfoot branch the Oregon Short Line railway, and comparison with opals of the beat quality. The opals' submitted, r Dr. Talmage, in his conclusions, misprise a wide range aa to variety d quality. Of their kind, they are relatively pure homogeneous and mmpact as to structure. The stones valuable as gems are the precious" d flreM opals. Of these, the speci-m- s submitted are rich in color, inborn In fire, and In color and Irldes-cn- c compare favorably with the best Hungarian opals, although the recent mples were Inferior in size and In WUty to a number of opala previously submitted, but which were withheld tor treatment by the lapldist Some of ,tone yet In the matrix present "fioubted evidence of surface weath-tn- g through exposure for long ptriodl of time; yet among these are J the best of the "precious" and opals. This affords conclusive tfdence of course of the capacity of stones to preserve their color and In his Judgment, the samples rnltted are of high quality as gem anl In commercial quality to command a market at conald-bbl- e profit. With such promising terial the r' company would be. Dr. James E. ent of geology al com-Berei- D nt eon-D- Talmage. tln 8 tiito Justified deta"eI field In Commissioner Williamson, of the cation that the Union Pacific company has posted notices warning prospectors that they must confine their explorations to the lands of the public domain. Prospectors before searching on these lands, would do mineral for well to ascertain the state of the title to any particular section of land, for where the railroad company haa perfected Its title the case of the prospec tor is hopeless. UTAH' MINING STOCK SALES IN BOSTON A review of thfe month on the Boston stock exchange discloses the sale of 8,917 shares of Bingham Con. at prices 8.060 ranging from 82J.75 to $33. and Utah Of to $34. Daly West at $$0.50 Con. 55,202 shares were traded In at $85.600 30, and of United States $8,044 shares at $22018 per share, this from A ,nd girasoL the exhibit sent out by Hornblower lntentlon ot th also was quite company, which Weeks. Con. Mercur ranltlon Includes Thomas actively dealt In. as was Boston Con UX' w- LCook. A. H. Blr- - although neither Is referred to In the ton Thor"" record. King and J. A. Brown, is to lth uyntematic work as soon If you want steel or wood filing i, Index while a colcases, loose leaf ledgers or card Pns, fine dd t0 the w itcheries nanZ, of the systems drop a card to C. S. Pulver, exl,,blt at Rt Louia Aw4a AR Salt Tkfi CltTi uumplee reveal rich and n. milk-opa- resin-opa- - - a A- - ?n 1 operations example of successful A ilt FRESH SUPPLY JUST ARRIVED We can supply your wants liliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiniiiii RADIUM silver mining and the of a mining enterprise, operations of the Ha syndicate, which acquired the famous Cerro de Pasco copper mines, of which A. W. McCune of Salt Lake City is the general manager. The enterprise Is too well known to require any description. Suffice to say that the most conservative calculation of ore In eight gives 8.000,000 tone of a minimum grade of 10 per cent copper, with undoubted probabilities of many, times this amount in store. In addition to copper in the country are gold, all There are ver. lead and quicksilver. a number of mines here which ship their ores to Europe, such as copper ores of. 20 per cent copper and sixty ores go ounces silver, and silver-lea- d and down cent 10 silver to Ing up per to 100 ounces silver per ton, below which figure It does not pay to export. There are many small native lixivia tlon plants In the country which treat silver ores carrying between fifty and Below fifty 100 ounces per ton. ounces It does not pay to treat, and above 100 It pays to export under these methods the contained lead or copper generally going to waste. There are some famous quicksilver mines In the country which might form a colossal enterprise for modem methods of exploitation. ...SOLE AGENTS FOR... Devoes Ready Mixed Paints Murphys High Grade Celebrated VamisheS Southern White Lead and Whitings Brushes In general laud office, thus gives the possibilities view of the department concerning even when conducted on a small scale the character of annual assessment on at the beginning. Is well shown at the mine In Asientos, mining clQlms: All improvements Santa Francisco Here an old made on a mining claim having a di- state of Aguascallentes. mine which had been full of water for rect relation to the development there- 100 years was pumped dry at a cost of may be taken Into consideration. of less than $40,000, Mexican currency. Any building, machinery, roadway or This mine, with considerable ore In other Improvements used in connection sight assaying over 45 ounces silver with, and essential to, the practical de- per ton, was found to have been abanvelopment of the claim will enter Into doned, perhaps on account of one of and form a part of the expenditures the numerous revolutions which formfor Improvements. Necessary, how- erly swept over the country, or the ever, improvements of the character Insfllciency of the means for hnndling indicated must be associated with the the water. Since March, 1903, to the present day, actual excavations, such as tunnels, an ore body hna been opened up on cuts, etc., to clearly show that they are this property 3,180 feet long, and 50 Intended for use In connection with the feet wide, assaying 45 ounces silver per claims under consideration. A house In which to live may be considered a ton; a railroad eight miles long has necessity, but It Is doubtful if the been built to the property from the house could be charged up against an Mexican Central railroad at San Gil; nual expenditure on one or more 30,000 tons of ore have been mined claims, for If this were so a person from development work and 500,000 tons are conservatively estimated in might locate twenty claims and build a $3,000 house In the center of the reserve. All this work haa been acgroup, ostensibly for the benefit of the complished at a cost not exceeding entire group. The next year he might $300,000 United States currency, and a build a barn or add to the house an very large profit Is already assured, other $3,000 worth, thereby holding the This mine now belongs to the Americlaim a second year, though not a can Smelting and Refining company. dollar waa spent In developing the RECENT GREAT MINE ACCIDENTS group. The principle involved Is the same for one location or two. A The United States hns of late been hoist building or a blacksmith shop, scene of some of the most deplorathe gallows frame or other construction, ble mining accidents. One In a Penn or machinery for the actual benefit of coal mine, one in Colorado In one or more locations may be properly sylvania a gold mine and the third at a coal charged to annual assessment. mine. --The three accidents followed each other quickly and with the HINTS CONCERNING THE of 200 men. The LOCATION OF OIL LANDS frightful mortality first and by far the worst accident A controversy has arisen In southern waa In the Pennsylvania coal mine, Wyoming between the Union Pacific where an explosion of gaa killed upRailroad company and prospectors who wards of 150 men. The second .and are searching on the odd numbered third accidents were due to hoisting, sections claimed by the railroad com- the Cripple Creek disaster being espepany under the grant from the govern- cially deplorable. There has been conment, says the Mining and Scientific siderable progress made in this counPress. The grant In question excepts try the past several years toward permineral lands, but does not Include fecting systems looking to the safety those containing coal or iron. But of miners, but there is yet plenty of when land is referred to as mineral room for improvement and doubtless it must have been known as mineral with the growth of our mining Inprior to the time when the grant at dustry there will come most strenuous tached, and the discovery of gold, cop efforts to prevent excessive mortality alper or other metal mine after the title among miners. There will doubtless we are all for be mine accidents, ways in has passed to the railroad, is not err. to at times and human Many likely from the eluded in the land excepted grant. The Wyoming prospectors are of our worst mine disasters have been of searching for both coal and petroleum, traced to carelessness on the part but aa coal lands are distinctly ex- miners, . and such being a deplorable should be constantly cepted from the operation of the fact, every miner do hia share towards on and the watch statute which reserves the mineral fellow miners and of his the safety lands, the prospectors have but little World. self. Mining to hope for In that direction. are however, Petroleum lands, MCUNE'S BIG MINES IN PERU. are aa mineral and subject recognised and on the public domain, to location C. Reginald Enock, writing to an lands within the railroad grants eastern publication from Huares, Peru, which are discovered to be 'oil bearing that country has been brought before the railroad company haa ac says notice receltly some considerable into quired title to them are subject to io the York In New .extensive very by as mineral lands. It is reported examina-T- h many delicate topleasing, with reds and1 11 e M the Harlequin sub-fn The flve opal shows a hya-J- d to honey yellow with fiery uti.Un Wh,le' ,n additlon th this, l, the l, hya- - principal milling ramps of the I'nited States, the fact that mine prosect-in- g and development in Mexico requires less capital than In the regions north of the Rio Grande, and that there Is a large area of territory still remaining unexplored, are some of the era sons. A notable iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiituMiiitiHtiHiiniMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiuununt Z. G. M. I. AMERICAN CAPITAL NOW OPERATING IN MEXICO matter of the development of TUESDAY, FEBRUARY Z. G. M. I. FOUND IN LONDON'S CITY BATHS A rv ni ilimmii-- from London say: Will England in the future develop a new iuduKti-yIs It possible tliut this old country haa hidden away, deep down, mines of untold weullh of that invaluable element, radium? Sucli is the question lmmy would like to have answered regarding London, where great quantities of ra-- : dlum are supposed to be burled be- neath property which is too valuable to give over for the purposes of ex- periment. London's ancient city bath has come to the front this week because of the discovery that the old hot hatha con- - j tain, In the waters they have been throwing up for centuries, no end of radium which has gone down the throats of iiidlvduul drinkers or has been disported In by hit t hers who must number millions. That excitement has been great over the discovery Is shown by the columns which have been published In the newspapers and letters discussing the wonderful find. It all came about In this way: The Honorable R. J. Strait, son of Lord Rayleigh,, while analysing the waters of the bath, found, as he states in a letter which he stmt to the municipal council of this city, that the waters contain radium In appreciable quanti- Do you want good, reliable Muslin UNDERWEAR? GOODS THAT FOR SPECIAL WERE NOT BOUGHT SALES. WE HAVE PLACED OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF DEPENDABLE MUSLIN UNDER. WEAR AND EMBROIDERIES ON SALE AT PRICES WHICH WILL INTEREST EVERY LADY WHO SEES THEM. NOTICE THE WORKMANSHIP, QUALITY AND STYLE AND COMPARE WITH GOODS BOUGHT FOR SPECIAL 8ALE8. : j ties. It was rather disconcerting, however, to hnve him state that he did not think the waters held enough to pay ' for extraction, though exierlmentn promised Interesting developments. As helium has been proved to be slowly evolved from radium, It Is stated that helium, which Is one of the deposits In the bath waters, owes Its origin to radium which is burled somewhere under the bath. That It must exist there in plenty Is believed widely, but bow to get at it Is one question, and another Is, could It ever be located? It may be miles beneath the earth's surface, but thla discovery of radium has caused widespread Interest In med- CLARK'S 2356-236- 2 Washington Ave. AND SAUCERS Only 45 Cents per Set of 6 Pieces 2476 Wheelwright Bros., Washington Phono Avs. P UTNAMS GREAT ANNUAL SALE of., Boys and Chi- ldrens Clothing Is Now On RIVER MINES ARE LOOKING WELL ing on atratllng developments during the next few weeks, would not be altogether surprised to get word at any tlms that an ore body has been struck, because the shaft is going down on the foot wall of the great forty-foledge. Salt Lake Herald. ot Now is vour opportunity to clothe your boys good and in warm and styles, at prices that will n Mines A Tunnel company was exhibiting some mighty fine assay returns form ore taken out of the company's Idaho property Saturday evening. One of the samples tried went 109.4 ounces silver and 71.8 per cent another showed 274.8 lead, while ounces silver, 88.4 per cent lead and 40 cents In gold per ton. That Is the kind of rock the company lwll be mining Just as soon aa the new shaft from the tunnel level has been sent down to a point where connections by drifting can be made with the old workings, some 200 feet distant from the shaft. Reports from the mine ere to the effect that the new hoist Is working like a charm and that It will be but a short time till the shaft Is down on a level with the bottom of the old Incline. The ore chute there exposed has a trend toward the new shaft, and If the ore body Is not cut In sinking It Is a sure thing that only a portion of the 200 feet of Intervening space will have to be traversed to make connection with It. Every day! work at the property makes the situation more Interesting, and the management, while not count- Z CLOTHING SALE thinks that The Dally Telegraph scientific attention Is bound now to be turned to the baths. Secretary Fisher Harris of the 147-- BOYS AND CHILDREN'S vestigation. Lip-ma- 1 IDEAL OPPORTUNITY TO BUY DECORATED CUP5 ical circles. Doctors have been surprised and sometimes by the cures pussled wrought by the . bath waters. One eminent local practitioner thinks that the presence of radium, even In Infinitesimal quantities. In the springs msy have wrought cures which seemed wonderful; but at present that can be a matter only for Inquiry and In- WOOD i Cents Forty-Fiv- e AN OGDEN, UTAH up-to-d- ate make you think you have received a present from home Putnams Clothing House 2345 Washington Ave. BROWNING BROS. CO. 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