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Show II THE CITIZEN wumiiHiinwiiiiHHiiiiimmiai imnuiHUHiiiiHi one-tent- Mine and Oil Review Weekly wmntninimiiiniin UUIIIIIIIIiNtU ture since the superintendent installed hirtHEH CRUDE OIL the new string of tools recently hauled in from Green River, but General Manager Perry A. Clark is satisfied that the drilling has been resumed and that satisfactory progress is being made below the point which had been attained when the new tools were ordered. Mr. Clark received the gratifying information this week from the publisher of a Texas oil journal that the San Juan is looked upon by Texas operators as the next oil field of prominence to be developed and the Texans are following the operations there with close attention. REDUCTIONS LIKELY Further slashing of crude oil prices expected in the oil trade despite J drastic reductions of the past ek. It is also understood that some - 750-fo- ot are leading company officials the because of the other officials in making 'for blood of report-actio- n reductions. than the agreed-t- o of gasoline prices, at Maintenance re gt for the present, is said to have o one of these agreements. Stand-o- f Indiana announced the first d line reduction. This was by the Sinclair interests. reductions in Allowing erode the Prairie Pipe Line company tyged" the situation somewhat by that beginning July 26 it fouid reduce transportation rates 12 This amounts to a charge jer cent. cents a barrel from Kansas of 76 ind north Oklahoma points to Atlantat preseic coast refiners against 87 nt. It was expected that Illinois Pipe Une and other carriers- would announce similar reductions. It was reported from Oil City that more oil was being offered to refineries there than the latter desired. Previous to the reduction refineries there were reported to have paid premiums because of the scarcity. prompt-followe- 50-ce- nt . ALTA TUNNEL. an-gounci- ng Ore lots 26 and 27 from the Alta Tunnel & Transportation property in Silver Fork Big Cottonwood district, will be settled during the coming week. No. 26 has been sampled and more than half of No. 27 has been hauled to the smelter. The company has about 20 tons in the bin and is extracting about six tons per day. The water is still troublesome and production is restricted on that account. streak of high grade in A the Christmas raise has just opened up to about 2 feet and the ore is being sent to the bin. In the main bedding the ore, which for a considerable distance, has been north of the porphyry dike, is now switching to the south side of the porphyry and the values are said to be unusually high. Another week may elapse before the water dries up sufficiently to justify much larger production. While the flow continues it carries off too much of the fine material to encourage heavy extraction. four-inc- h , SLOWLY ZINC ADVANCING. The zinc markets has ained strength during St Louis was Quoted last week. 154 displayed sust- the week. East at 5.80 against New York prices were 115. lead was somewhat soft, being negligible in the west but of modified volume-ithe east. Production figures of zinc for June place the stocks on June 1 at 40,409 7 tons and the June production at tons. Shipments in June were 19,380 tons, and the stocks on hand Based on July 1 were 29,776 tons. June shipments on 'hand stocks the amount to less than one months suppTrend on . demand -- n 28,-14- ly. SAN JUAN OIL FIELD. That the development of Juan oil field in southeastern east as well as is assured by the news in Salt Lake that the Utah to be to the south extended to the Rceived Oil a the San Utah is has entered into contract and lease with the permits on the east, or Refining company drilling holders of-tw- anticline. Raplee, The the Raplee anticline lies north ' of Juan river and immediately Mexican Hat basin where drilling has been done. It named by Prof. H. E. Gregory of U. Jo S. Geological Survey after A. L. Raplee, a pioneer mining and oil man Bluff jf City, who aided Prof. Gregory m his early investigation of the field. The structure is. near the eastern limb t the Mitten Butte anticline and is Wparated from the Mexican Hat by a synclinal fold. No well has been jjtlled upon it, but it has been detail-by engineers of the Midwest Oil San wot of the Mt of the Wa w it is on their recommen-jauon- , probably, that the Utah Oil & Jtnpany and waning has become Tne oen interested. two permits mentioned have taken over from Horace G. Sny-je- r and Dr. G. V first ft e J. Field. The oil com-l- o s:id to have obligated itself lscr cent royalty on oil from CIO acres and 2 per. cent on yield of 1&20 acres. A bonus has it is reported. word has been received from of the Monumental company i0 tJamP uin the river on the Hulkito struc j j? Pald Diamond Queen property, the insurgent forces represented by Richard Campbell, D. D. Hanks and Colin failed in their contest in the Eureka courts to gain possession. This leaves the property still in the hands of J. E. OConnor and the old officers. h cent per share, which is for is now delinquent according to list of MINING OUTLOOK BETTER. The reports of the U. S. Biological Survey for the first half of 1921 covering Utah, Montana, Idaho, Arizona, Nevada and California show that metal mining in all these states is experiencing a decided revival after a year or more of stagnation such as the industry has never before experienced. Metal prices are increasing gradually, freight rates have been reduced and labor conditions are good. The Pittman act has helped save silver mining during this critical pe- riod and generally reduced cost of operation and price of materialsmin-is aiding in the resumption of gold ing. Increased use of copper by our own people is the surest way of helping put this greatest of our western metals on its feet. The outlook for lead and zinc' is also most favorable. Summarizing mining reports, the west can feel thankful that its metal normal industry is again returning to of govminimum conditions. With a ernment and state interference with in private industry and a reduction a stands taxation burdens, mining of chance of again employing its tens thousands of workmen at good wages. - ' MINING NOTES. per share of the board has been declared by the Mutual Metal Mines company as due and payable to the secretary, B. D. Ness building. DeField, at 23 linquent date is set for August and date of sale of delinquent stock is September 9. ' Delinquent sale notice of the State Line Amalgamated Metals company is now running in The Citizen. The levy, An assessment of one cent 201-21- 2 . . shareholders published and sale date has been set for August 11. Hooper Edison street, is Knowlton, 231-23- secretary-treasure- Me-Murph- 5 . of the company. r Delinquent sale date of the delinquent stock of the Stockton Standard Mining company has been extended, by action of the board taken July 14, from July 15 to August 15. W. N. Gundry, 523 Atlas block, is secretary of the company. A strike of considerable importance was made a few weeks ago in the American Star property, which, is worked through the Eagle & Blue Bell, both mines belonging to the Bingham Mines Company.. The new ore was found near the 1600 level on the Town View claim, not far from the Chief Con. line. . . Anaconda Copper company has increased its holdings in the Butte mining district by taking over the Ansel-m-o Mining company, which lies just west of the properties originally acquired. The mine) . is principally a zinc and silver producer, but is said to have copper possibilities. In Butte the street car company is using copper slugs or coins, suitably engraved, instead of the customary books containing street car- tickets. The idea back of the change is to create a demand for copper. Copper - shingles are also coming- into quite general use in Michigan. Rich ore is now being mined in the - Tempiute district, about ninety miles from Caliente. It is expected that shipments will soon begin. But little work has been done in this district of late years owing to its isolation. COPPER WELDS IRON. It has been recently discovered that iron may be very firmly and conveniently welded, by making use of copper. If a piece of copper on an iron plate be heated in an atmosphere of hydrogen, the copper will spread over the iron in a thin penetrating film. Thus, if the copper be melted between two pieces of iron, it welds them together, the copper film actually working itself in between the crystals of the iron. Blades for steam turbines are among Keen interest has been aroused in the old Cripple Creek district because of a reported find of gold ore in the Portland at Victor, which assays a ton. This is a reversion to the days of the old camp, early when anything from $20,000 to $200,-00per ton ore was possible during a days work. $20,-00- 0 high-grad- e 0 - the articles which have been fabricated by this simple and novel means. Tintic Standard recently in the productive stage, the brought big ore zone located at the 900 level. General development during the past few month's, is reported to have added materially to the ore reserves of the property. It is also reported that the foundation for greatly increased tonnage is being laid. The stope filling system of mining, adopted some time ago, is helping towards this increase in shipments. The y, - SAN JUAN OIL FIELD. officers of the Monumental Oil Company from the crew drilling the first deep well in the San Juan field is that the hole has attained a depth of 720 feet and has been put through the most difficult formaWord received Coal production at Utah camps, despite labor trouble, is reported as 75 per cent normal. Word comes from the camps that 80 per cent of the number of men that can be used at the' mines are now employed and all thought of a coal shortage for this state has been set aside. tion likely to be encountered in the whole course of the work. This is a dry sand mixed with particles of jasper, called locally the jasper sand, which wears the tools like a grindstone. Where penetrated north of the San Juan river the jasper sand was about thirty feet thick. South of the river in the Hulkito structure, where the Monumental is situated, it continued for 65 feet Fifteen days were occupied in going through it and this is considered good time, though fifteen to twenty feet a day can be made under ordinary conditions. The wells north of the river cut the . It is reported by Manager Hugh Trenholm, of the Iron Blossom in the Tintic district, that a lessor has opened up a promising vein of ore in a section of the mine 50 feet east of any previous exploitation work. The new find indicates that the mine has opened what appears to be a parallel ore channel to the old workings.' Lacking sufficient stock to carry out their plan to take over control of the by . , . |