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Show r J i-T- - ' . - i ' ' i V ; - f i.n'- r f . 'UNIVERSITY' LIBRARY ; ciit "." . ; JUNlV .r ! f I a. t . b valley racestnitn WESTERN M1NOUL ICBVEI . Silver, par oa. ...,,..'.70.00 4. Of ImIi par poand Zina, par pejind o Geld, pat o4 .r.. (II. Silver, mr m, (newly .TT.IT mined) I. ....I... fDIrar, par M (apet 3 , ,Ut 4? Tha paper carries aomplet. ( raceme sack week ef tke mining. ell and financial aewa. . la devotod te tka mlalM and ' ell teductrlaa ef tke v PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY FEATURES MINING, OIL FINANCIAL - VOL. NO. J6. NO. 23. '$1 SALT LAKE CITY, UtfAH. JUNE 7. 1935. YEAR r50cT6? IPS. ; 5c COPY; FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS, $1.50 New Development Attracts Attention in Mo j ave District MINES PREPARE FOR BIG SEASON Alta Operators to Begin ' 'State V r-- . ' VjJ ? ' V" Shipping With Opening of Roads Experiences ' More Activity Than Any Time jn Years - v jiT V'; . u ''y, V i '..4 . - Ml California Discovery Stirs New Interest in Western Mining; Other Deals Pending i r Porphyry . Gold Hushes Work at As- - UY n.Y Li. . HARM?, Manager. Nexmla Mining i'V One of the famous old Utah MiaIAYE. Calif, June 7. Tlie vast dewrl region, of which.-Mojav, v camps which promisee to stags a an old railroad town, it the hub, nuldonly rojuvenMcd comeback to the tuna of 77. 7 sil, By. CARL I. FAUEKSUN, ASCOT. Colorado Miners arc in muntlu into t booming an-- through the discovery of. ( recoiil ver.' PorIS 4. lead and 4.10 sine, fe now driving ahead In tha (Butte, Mont.) ore-bic It the Silver amazingly rich and largo , Thsp Is more activity' In the Alta, one of tha early bonanu phyry Gold Mines company's mining camps 0f Montana - than camps pf tha wast, located S mllaa property on Porphyry Jdoun Queen mine, on Soledad Mountain, about ix miles to Ihe south, ethers has tiers, for many years up Little Cottonwood lain about 111 miles north of here at. shallow depth, and the Trent mine, on Middle Bullro Mountain, ' canyon, and and at least f.OOQ now era working 36 miles an condition where geological south east of Balt Lake in Jha various gold and silver pronouuued excellent for the dexel about ten miles to the southwest, as well as almost daily revela- J cappa and prospects. Last year City. opmrnt of a bonanxa min and the tions of ore on properties in all dirrctiuiif, might properly he tha' Eaat Helena smelter of the Higher metal prices and hotter opening of a new gold and silver In California." Amarican Smelting and Refining Iraneportallon facilities afforded mining district. Th spring has termed a Nevada Camp r by been 1st in arriving this year but ftoropany received oree from 117 improved road and modern trucks, By sll th rule of the asme, th soon now the all jdRTfercnt fhlppera. has arrived and nay mean tha area should be embraced within the of work-lin- g fci silver Bow county there Is this once famous camp. W ,110 will be gone. Miners boundaries of .the Sagebrush stole, " of th breast Officials tlie at in of activity underground several companies Highlands tlia porphyry Mountain tunnel geographically all territory east of mountains about 11 miles south of fired by the spark of highest metal Butte Mere tha Butte Highlands Is prides in years ara laying plans for have no anuw troubles because iha Tehachapl mount In, lying to the conditions are alike underground woot, to. lo climate, appearance and milling .about SO tons of gold ore stepping up production or In wlntor and summer. per: daf. Tha company recently properties as aoon is tha roads srs Jacob J. Yerkel, president of other respects identical to tha gena open. Operators expect that the wide body of ore opened up which asaye better than 111 per ton roads will be open at least by June Porphyry Mountain Gold Minoo eral makeup of Nevada. And tho Gold Showing Opened by In gold.' Stratton Interests are pla-ecompany, is In charge of tho driv- remark to frequently heard that the ing of this tunnel and says ho to on area hereabouts th eastern part Company in New mining to the oast of tlia Butte Tha Alla Champion property on the south aide will be .reopentha Job at all times to watch forOn Silver Bow crack, Highlands. aa well as those Shaft south of Butte, some of the quarts ed if lead, sine and copper mark-kel- e mations, taks assays and sea that of Kern county, continue 4o show improvemines are being operated by Indievery dollar expended doea a dol- portions of other California counA new ore showing, carrying high viduals. lar's worth of work. Mr. Yeckel ties east of th summit of the SierThe Anaconda Copper ment, slates Georga 1L Watson, general manager. s a geologist and a practical miner ra Nevada, should aeceda from the value in gold has Just been opens i Mining company la granting leases president and And rehabilitation to Individuals (or a period of one Development of many years experience and has Golden Bear stats and Join Nevada. In the south end of the Eureka was conducted at tha propTh truly logical reason for dom Lilly property, Walter Fitch, presiYean Title should Open some f work leal Mpeul the great part of his life on Silver-lea- d ore aumjher. the rich sedimentary or belt that Inallng this now pulsating domain dent of th compsny, announced the company's silver mines Jn the erly in values bismuth high carrying extends through Aepen, Leadvllle. a Nevada Camp In California,' today. northern and western part of were developed. Alina and Eage. Th Porphyry however, to found in the fact that The strike was mad In th new But to. On tha north, tha Cardiff to prer Mountain Gold Mines property has Nevadans or former residents of shaft at a depth of 1440 feet AsIn Powell county (ho Emery pared to begin moving or aa soon most favorable geology, like that that slat have bean nnd are. to a says of the ore Indicate sn average mine is being opened my George the road to open, H. of Iadvillo and ether- - great vary pronounced degree, respond of 0.6 eunces gold to the ton with Tweedy and James Higgins Is op- Thompson, . president Lynn manand dlrtrlrta surrounding bla for tha present excitement and s small amount of silver. , producing erating tha Blue-eye- d Maggie. A ager, states The company ljaa had Mr. Fitch described the developthis big property. The company increasing activity. portable dredge, owned by the Tu- a crew operating all winter and They have tunnel will cut the ore contact made most of tho now discoveries; ment as encouraging, but said that ba company. Is operating on 'some conalderabla silver-lea- d ora .has It had not been develwithin less than 100 feet. The minplacer ground near Avon and at been mined and la ready. for shiparc, by far and large, provtd oped to determinesufficiently ths Importance. er started hammering sway last they Gold creek the Gold Creek Mining ment, Leasers have also bean opering tba greatest portion of tho fi- II added, however, that It may Monday pn this drive to Ihe contact nancial sinews for tha development company and tha Yu ha Engineer ating throughout tha winter and to something worth while. and good progress to reported from work; they outnumber by at leaet lead Incorporated are dredging about have some ora mined. The new shsft ie being sunk near O. Jacobson, managar of the 1.000 yards of placer per day. A tho property. one five to th natlvs Californians the aouth boundary lin of th Ths contact between ths blue their optimism and Milwaukee company headed by John Columbuo . Resell and Flagstaff aggressive an property. The shsft was originally limestone and the Weber obslcs la .huataam H. Stratum,. shortly 'Will install a properties, announces that shipto putting thsXloJavelstsrTed several yeara arevand sunk. s -yhorp.tpsnygreatylxissnso-xslne: WWW drag line north of tha property ping operations will ba resumed owinwr artho'Wnp.-. In tho Leadrilta frog'sQieaa peopartas's.Vocnd Jana Aspeiw Alms, an it wad abandoned In favor of work Walter E. Trent, of Jleoo, juan"JB. A. Morloy of Butte la bompkay. Montana 16. Work han been dons through Eagle dlxtrlcta hive been discov- outstanding figure In westernlong min- - In the north end of the mine. Since out tho winter by leasers. Some ered. The Porphyry Mountain Ing waa resumed there last sum-ih- e gent for this concern. circle, is th "head man" of ork the At Fhllipsburg there Is a number ore hag also been mined in the has this company shaft has lean sunk from In aaaocl m,r He, Mojave country. Wasatch mines contact and the tuhnrl la being atlon with New York and Los An- tha 400 to Ita present depth of 1400 property during of properties working Including the the winter. driven lo cut Into It. The tunnsl la Trout, tha Moorllght, the Silver Is really "doing feet. n year ago people In now In ion feet end has less than geles capitalists. Prince and little Bonanxa. The Alta were The discovery of gold ore st thlo In a fashion that 1 and things' on tha of no top literally to to be operatfret Trout is also said go tof reach the goal. truly characteristic and delightful- depth to characteristic of findings world. The altitude of 1650 feet Is I in news In Some that particular section of th a expected property ing Emery gulch startling of tha Nevada modus Tintir than all other camps In district. In the Eureka Standfrom this property when the con- ly suggestive Bear Deer Lodge. The mill of the higher In (ho Alla dMrlrl, shown In an Ha to disa than has the nrw rich and mad ore The Oprrstorg llie found In rtah. operandl. already years roadway ard and Best Tlntle Consolidated tact la reached. Phlllpahurg Mining company re Emma" now a part of tho Alts in ore at record enviable extraction trict is nearing roinplrllon. Tltr plrlnrr shows bote, are looking forward lo ihe opening properties, gold or makes at depth, cently burned and will be rebuilt Champion ch Middle Butte Mine, and Ihe with silver-lea-d compsny made on th upper levels. of with more the shortly. Tha Black Pine (Mining work JoyousMining some Mounat Hie mine of rails than efon In ths as anxlrly any scale upon which he to proceeding workings Superior Mr. Fitch said that work was becompany is getting ready to mill forts spent In miningramp rich these time in fix e year Metal prices see higher tain In (he bnrkgrownd. dearly Indicates that ha la not in ing pushed with all possible speed some ore at Moose lake the Toro orei tanilhle aa well broUjht the least wavering In his faith in to determine the extent of the new Mining company is producing gold1,,, worthwhile Wy To avoid too results. tha enduring qualities of th pro- find. He said that It was not plain of much bullion under the managem-and monotony of perty; In ehort, he Is most assured- whether th ore was making In a At Garnet the ramp uncertainty B. JdusMlnian. life, miners as well as ownly building for tho future In a moat fissure or - bedding, but was apparLackawanna Gold Mining company ers often worked II hours a day. ently a fi- ure. substantial fashion. ls operating Its new milling plant After the discovery of the North Although Mr. Trent 1s a true and there are acvfral leasing oper- Ktar and Rustler Mines there were be Plant Some to Ready loyal Nevadan, he Is more or less at ations going on in that canip. extravagant expectations aa to the homo and ass In his present envirThe Anaconda Copper Mining value of the ore bodies lh the Present time During This la due to th far, onmentcompany is operating Its silver Transportation problems that fellow Nevadans, by far and Monlh property In the Hog Heaven dis- were somewhat difficult as the dis-. Lake Prominent Salt Inlarge, arc hla dally associates, not tance between Balt lake City an-City .Mining Group Takes trict near KalispelL at ths Middle Buttes mlna but only At Marysville the Grow Byndl-cat- e Alta was measured bv a days Work old of th reconditioning terest in Southeast In a white top, I hour of New York will soon start Journey M. Wallace Woolley, or mill at the Yankee Mines property wherever his high speed activities pur A surrey Just made with park mules and four houm of the American Smelting A Re- require hie presence In Mojave or at thageophysical operations on the Bald Butte tail- on chasing agent for the United Slates In Utah Galena property narrow Is wav. the He rail fre .he Is mine Channel gagus Tha country. surrounding being Is ings. and Mining fining compleSmelting, company Refining North Indicates nearing Tintic that the r ore was expensive and Nnt-focontact euch with of Hauling an Idaho lnnlF syndicate, tlon and the plant will bo ready operated by 'Jformer Nevadan as Al D. company to now within striking company, has Just returned from of the board of; raised with hlrh to do developwhich L. B. Ropes of Helena, la slow. The first ten thousand tons a two weeks trip to Arlxons. minoperation some time this !?" ordlocoverer of an or body. Ben IL director em- - ment work. of the great Mo- - distance consulting engineer. The St. Louis of rich ore shipped from tha Em- ing district, lie visited Kingman pany waa of the Valeo atMining was announced month. It today by hawk mine at Goldfield; preside t of th coma meeting "Close to the surface a nice 8. B. 'Diamond-field- - Bullock, completed Mining and Milling company is ins mines was transported by ox nnd t.likride and reports more Btelcr, engineer. pany. announced today. operating of stockholders in Park City last showing of ore developed and freteam to Ogden, a distance of II M. B. Dudley. C. Jack n Davis, contn mining thers than at any week. An The a operating the Old Cruse properly. miles Tha plant, survey wae made last week, frnni Alta. There it was load- Um Jn recent years . entirely new directorate quent small shipments were made. centrator. was erected agravity Winston Brothers are operating an number of D. Wilkinson. James Gamier. Wel- by Wayne W. Browning. Salt lake was elected as the hnard bad been Th stock began railto on ed Pacific the Southern advance In rapiddon Rol shovel Bclblrd. elertrio Morris, George placer deposits years ago. prior to the acquisition City geophysical expert. Indicaly from 15 to IS cenla a shurc near Montana City. Tip'. Montani road and srnt to Ban Francisco and Lorrin N. Morrison, veteran Utah 'eft xrarant by death, Tamp, Mrs. Camp. B. E. Chlapcl.a. tions, according to Mr. Bullock, aro It soon began to aril at S1.5V to of the property by th smelting of J. Salt. J. is from there it was loaded Into boats lake L. L. Consolidated Mines company Fftxpatrlck Thomas sevPatrick, Thorklldsen, that tha ora lies a short distance It has been rebuilt mining man. who is president of k share. The record doing compsny. milling about ISO t'dis of gold ore and sent around Capa Horn to the Tintir lad Mining company, City presided end the following of- SI la squlppsd with Mrs. Patrick. Uri Curtis, Roy Ridge. ahead of the present face on the times eral and made ficers ev be to Swansea. were smelted. and elected: Wales, directors by this property caused Tom Gum. Ed. Roberts. Jack 400 foot level. The surrey Indicates all essential machinery. par day at It Spring Hill mine Like other has returned to Balt Lake City after early boom camps spending the winter In Ixw Angeles J. F. FJtxpatrlrk of Salt lake erybody Interested In that section Mrs. Batoberry. F. Albert ore In a fissure above and below about four miles south of Helena This equipment to being comto to disof men were go to forced suffer B. tha of it L. work; City, Its brought speculapresident; group but U not operating Wight overhauled and new addi- Morrison. Ray French. Bill Har- Ihe 400, about 15 feet ahead of and Morencl, Ariiona. "sit Lake City, vice president: tor on the ground and opened tha pletely claims near Wins- comforts of rrude living quarters tions re being mads where neces- wood. Bert McIntosh and Jack the crosscut which to out about of lo Edmund the Bait J. of Kearns lake capital rys pcxslhiiltte ton. The Golden Messenger, near Tre season was rarely extended Watson. They and other residents too feet from th main shaft, he W. Mont Ferry, of making mines here that did not sary. Mr. Bteler said. F' ,A' York, is being operated by the loneer thun May to October and of the BUw King UMlTtlonMInesl'.y'J' 100 tona of or former resident of Nevada, too aid. May, During on depend tho price of silver to were shipped direct trom the numerous Clement Quinn Interests of Dululb. st either end of the period night company, I. out of the city on busl- - tnBF;,her to mention, frequently Work to nm being directed toMrT nvike them of were cold In the altitude with hitter pay. At Iron Rod the Golden Rod Margnrd to tba smelter, which to rotate in and around Mojave- - And. ward this point, and the objective property consumIn fail last deni I.S50 was Mrs. f of Shlrlds feet. Park Fiinnie a rtlv, reeling temperaMining company is driving a drift below normal produc- In consequence, the diggings here- should be reached within a short mated and the control of the Valeo considerably "M" The Kalr-Vie- ture life in shacks and tents was William J. O'Connor, manager On some rich gold ore. .' rn Mr. Stcli-tion. reports that about are much like home Neva- time, Mr. Bullock said. ,"1 too Into nnt of Thomas Bn of It hands comfortable. property the la passed F.Xea The findings yf Mr. Browning; t operating Mining company to still three feet of snow at da. of Utah (,e! the there of departm.-nuiir wealthiest mine owner and ths head of American Fork canWealth from I his district marked American constitute the board of ha added are correlating with th tha Esln-leproperty on Wiecon & Due to It Refining Smelting r,,J' heavy producsteady operators at a nominal figure. Un- yon where the property to located tion of rich of tha district which wag In creek near Twin Bridges, the (he beginning of several fortunes In has Just returned fronii . gold ure. averaging geology checked by A. o. Burrltt. Several directors were authorised der the old management tho prir and th spring runoff to delaying 1100 to the ton. company being headed by C. M. the state. The Walker brothers a trip to Ban Francisco. Middle Buttes the It went In declined made Alta until to Issue a lease and development gradually F. C. Gilbert, secretary great fortune was Koos. property; work. Operations In tha min art mine, embracing lin acres, being fissures Intraverse th a aouthwesteMy-nort- h the Emma and Prince of George H. Watson, general man-r- k ! In lirgglng. almost, at 30 rents a striking scheduled to begin cf the Mining Association of Mon-At from being confined to old workingi and but on from h.xre, the for' moment It Wales mines The direction. rage Two) (Continued Mlsbury easterly tana la consulting engineer. Is bring don In th main ager of the Alta Champion Mining 'h near future. During the early known that moneyed men nothing Ihe Valeo waa one of the Virginia City the Humphreys Gold tune received Re beginning In Alta company, visited the Alta district--toysire body, owing to the heavy runoff be-:- n had control secured the ValIJo mine. The Tarbett from Mv the but price of the the acctlon w.it-district, of week. in that producers (Continued On Faae Four.) to advance again until it now of fortune was made from the Flag! the mine has not bern extensively . 11.15 to 71.45 on th propcrij staff mine. Other who were sue aver-- ; worked for a number of year.i. Ore May shipped during THE WESTERN MINERRich Car Balt with lake Exchange, eessful in operating the Athlon, only around 0.40 ounce gold and. H'slory of the Vilen dates bark Gets of a few agnd AL SURVEY will give a reNorth Mar. Bouth Btar. South Heels In about 1195. It Is located in the now and then a oun.-rto Con and tha silver 2 harc. the owner all being loth I prr cmiI copper. and Rustler Included the Groes-- i Blue Ledge mining dlstrlrt. southport on Current Activity of Ashby Results in berks. Felts and Jacobsons east of Park City and th prop- to part with whel they conldred oprrntiona al th property are One Western Mining ComNear the Snow, capitalist, made his first real Victor Rrxy and ssMcIxtcs of Eu- erty comprises about 14 patented i good tlhng. Willard direction uiidrr tha qf j) when Jh old management in Alta. reka are operating the Charm prop- claims. and E. W. New man. and send you this pany ghern Mineral Survey money was in In Ihe Drum dlstrlet. situated rontrol. the or. Georoe H. Watson, was another erty lx what the men are employed in Ihe rrk Following 35 valuable about miles of wsst Dslta. from to en10 I publication ONE cn copper; per day operator In Alts. II had to say about the 3jmne an4 mlL rrly Last werk a carload was marketed City Record io ft in gold; and tiro !n tered the district I! yenrs ago and whlrb of the for subscription year price on ounce property In 1S9I: went better than feet twelx from eight to Anne I, 1 111. ;ha taken over 14 corporations the gold to the ton. tho operatora re"The directors of the Valeo Min- wde. " Wertern Mineral Burxey. met on Thursday acreage of which is now controlled port. compary ing in The property adjoins the Utah Attention llamM Bximan. by the Alta Champion Mining com(ft morning and organlxed bv elect TY property which Is being op- Ing Hn,' riOmCStakC Managing Edlt"r. pany. lie I president and general Tentrsl Leased Thnnm president JrflVS erated by learers. shipGentleman: Countries W manager. $1.50 ments are made by leasers from the manager: Ur. Busin ft Emcrj. We "re enclosing an ad cm The demand for good automobile ;L'lah I'enlrsl. rice president: .1. II. I'emlng, sec -JU. HAWTHORNE ihousandsl below ta Simpout Fill blank the Walton Geld Redder. for ohn $2 aubserlpt'en retarr and trenurrr. together rltk poor Inquiry mad, plus th desire and forward with your rxmlttaaoa. of th SitdiMi )M will kindly run .of people to travel to Alta hes been of which wae produced In shallow son, secretary-treasure- r "The Valen property has been NEW June 3. Silver-Lea- d as outlined on ropy. mon company, Mining a distinct advantage to the present workings shove the water level. developed by sinking a wlnxa on Homesteks YORK. Mining Co. declared tbs a We got surprisingly good .Interests In the district. An excelof If heavily Interested party In many Reopening of Ihe Alta district on lh ledge soma 610 feet, which con- usual monthly extra dlvld-n- d d s scale would mean much lo nects with a tunnel run Into the and ths regular monthly dividend of mining operations In tha Blmon results from Dm ndxcntxe-melent highway has nearly been large to 35 stock In1. June both district, together with Earl J. Wilthat we prcxlimxly payable from Salt Lake City to Alta, Balt Lake City and surrounding hill from below. A more work lias f reeord June to. liams. tost werk obtained a bond serted In tlie Surrey. Nearly travel towns. Directly and Indirectly dif- been dona on thto ground limn on which has shortened the Atlas Bldg., Salt Lake City, Utah. a hundred replies were reand lease for 715.000 on the Mere1 time between these two points ferent groups ara benefited from any other part along tbs line. It Is STEWART from ceived from Old Mexico. Canmllee proFarmers better It and th What formerly required mining property, natural to mako It a sort of initial mining payrolls. la payment for aa year's subaartpttoa Eneleesd find Th Btewart min near Sonera. Hawthorne. ada and tlie United States. The property, which to THE WESTERN MINERAL SURVEY. part of one day ran now ba covered ducers ara able to sell more of their point In taklnr bearings for the The ad wax run brfore w in one hour In the average paesen-;ge- r products and each new dollar whole. The Valeo bad been work- California, a pocket producer with to an old producer, to located 1 Please give m mm a standardised mart line tha fellewtag tofermatlea regarding automobile. Modern trucks can changed hands many times. ed In a eruda sort of wny by lt a good record, baa been Iraaed by miles from Nolan Station on th on which we eould niake denow haul ten tons of ora from Alta For every 100 men employed In original owners for several years. Harry Bowerman and R-- K. Hal-bu- o east side of Walker lake. It was In liveries. We have a splendid MMUMMMMliMi the . rn.ro Kialag Oa district. MSWWesiWMM to (he amelter In Midvale or Murray tho mines. It Is ostlmsted that five It was not until some two years lock, miners of previously operated fnr many years finished product now. and It :n two hours This. In Itself meins (ruck drivers will be employed to tha boys were able to In- - soolatlon with W. H. Clark of Ven- by the late L P. Mrrs end to now that la going nvey Mg. A compressor and other th properly of ble heir. S1. A. U saving of many thousands of do- haul Ihe ore to the omelters I ma- due any one with money to helplturs. Nam wioMMtnMMtntioWtw lAMinaiiiiiHiii, HiVViti Yonrx truly llars lo the producers chinists. I tool sharpeners, I hoi-kmining T.. Jerome. The new operators them out. At that time sufficient equipment fnr mall-eeaWAI-TOSON. A and nlnn to put the shaft and many The total value of production keepers. 10 smelter men will ba! money was mixed lo potent C1 hnv been put In. Mining ItrMt eoare Veeeeeeee ItltC City By rani T. Walfnn. on tunnel In operation for Immediate from Hie Alls district la estimated employed and 10 fuoi Jn furnish-groun- d and Incorporate it and by exploration will b carried work. tunnqL at approximately 117,000,000, moat ins supplies sailing treasury stock moaejr was tbrouih a 1,000-fo. AxMM-inlio- . e, vrf: . . 14v-ac- gold-heari- ng re od EUREKA LILLY . HITS NEW ORE ar - i - ' . . . ehaGoW-GaietrSHnln- g 'ore-mskl- Blxty-seve- 1 YANKEE MINE TO START MILL nl Valeo Board Reorganized; Leaders To Reopen Mine Mining dia-trl- Brevities North Tintic Mine Nears Objective vr. 50-to- see i Bato-borr- y. see ld w r' oao ec-th- is , of Ore Shipped From Drum Advertiser Good i, 'Fourteen I Hawthorne Mine Property n Krn. i fr j UU Extra Dividend n! the United States Foreign Western Mineral Survey com-jplete- j i as-ne- l ta ot , |