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Show r THE CITIZEN Engineering Projects & Building Construction Under Way In The Intermountain States tty 4 m construction ENGINEERING m i report of engineering The weekly i and ed rfc miles in length. Quantities as follows: Clearing 26 acres; grubbing 1 acre; comon excavation, 98,729 cyds; rock excavation 12,269 cyds; Class "A ' Struct, excavation 300 cyds; overhaul 6,456 sta. yds; finishing 12.9 miles; Class A cone. 205 cyds: Reinforced steel 34,082 lbs; corr. metal pipe 724 building construction is announcGeneral Conby the Associatel. tractors of America, ows- i and is as foll- i Colorados largest road contract to Strange-Ma-gnjr- e has recently beep let Paving. Company of this City on and is a stretch of a bid of $314,174 il lin. ft; furrow ditch above cut slopes 12,000 lin. ft; expans, units cast steel 1,200 lbs. Bureau will furnish equipment on rental basis. Plans for $10.00 ; I . concrete paving 7 miles in length ween G3nn and Sedalia on the bet- Den-ver-Colora- I I check for do Springs Road the heaviest travelled highway in the State- Ogden, up to ORE SHIPMENTS INCREASE for constructi- ng and improving Forest Highway The Park City Record records a big increase in ore shipment the past week over preceding weeks, there being a total of 15,007,150 pounds of first class ore shipped to the smelters. The Park Utah led off with a shipment of 7,060,250; Park City M. & S. company, 2,922,930; Silver King Coalition, 2,833,970; Ontario, 1,610,000, and the Keystone, 580,000. Madison National Forest, ' Gallatin County, Montana. Length of project is 8.7 miles and consists of following: Unci, excavation 23,00 cyds; Overhaul finishing 5 miles; Structural A cone. 125 steel 690 lbs; Class cyds; Class D cone: 110 cyds; Class C cone. 20 cyds; Pipe Culverts 690 lin. ft; Guard rail 100 lin. ft; Reinforced steel 30,500 lbs; station to statin -- 11,-500cy- ds; ion work 196.5 stations. Plans for $10.00. Check for 5 per cent with bids. State Road Comission of Utah will up to 2:00 P. M. July 29th for constructing F. A. P. 63-- B between Bear River City and Tre- monton in Boxelder County. Project is 9.14 miles in length and followireceive bids : ng are quantities: Common excavation 2,550 cyds; borrow 23,500 cyds; gravel loading 18.600 cyds. Check for I $3,000 with all bids. )t. ! Board! Supervisee Salt Lake of Drainage District No. 2, will bids up to 2:00 P. M. July 25th construction of drainage system for earth excavation; 7,000 lin. ft. of 12 drain tile in covered trenches; 7 roadway bridges and miscellaneous structures. Plans consisting of 158,000 cyds I 3EH from Margetts & Kleinschmidt, 222 Felt Building upon Y gineers, of $10.00. Check with a President R. T. Kimball announces that the East Utah of Park City has been financed and will immediately start another shift in order that development work may be pushed as rapidly as possible. BIGGER OUTPUT Eureka Reporter announces that the Tintic output for 1925 has materialy increased for the six months just ending over the same period last year. The Tintic Standard heads the list with the largest tonnage. The The Bingham Mines company has doubled bids. Bids for 5 en-- I de-posi- te per cent wil be received by District Bureau Public Roads at Og- den to up 9:00 P. M. July 29th for construction of a bridge on Sec 2, of Jack-so- n Park Highway in Teton National .rest, Teton County Wyoming. Project .062 miles long and consists of blowing quantities: Unclassed struc-ton- d excavation, Wet 164 cyds; Unbiassed structural excavation Dry 76 Untreated bridge timber 57 M M.; Class A concrete 89 cyds; kJUass B cone. 150 D Class cyds; cone. 6 cyds; Reinforced steel' 21,000 s; structural steel 208,00 lbs. Plans e $10.00. Check for, 5 per cent with . its output. A feature in the camp is the hauling of the dumps to the smelters for fluxing. Many of the dumps contain much low grade ore. It is said that predominance of silver values in Tintic ores rather than lead has not given the Eureka mines the same advantage as those of Park City in the face of high prices for lead. However, the large producers of the camp, have prospered. -- IK Ctrl i 50e H). J?S Wife' j aso ani' P -- V ' be received- at the place for Sec. 1, of - oject a stretch of highway 12.9 : , . ' m , cularly in the eastern states from which western development must look for funds; and, second, the investing public is suffering a loss of confid- ence in mining investments. Nothing can be done to prevent the present blue sky craze, as much of it was inspired through the quiescence of the home state of the organization, but much good can and will revert to Idaho mining if the investing public knows that Idaho is using every precaution and is particularly vigilant in preventing any shady' mining promotions, and that this posi- - Engineer We wish to remind you that your Legal Notices f LAWS CONTRARY TO BEST INTER- , ? . County receive ;; of all interested in the mining industion is receiving the cooperation and try of Idaho in preventing question- - " support of eveiry one interested in able mining promotions. Discussing the welfare of the industry throughthe subject in considerable detail, Mr. out the state. The latter conditions' Campbell said: are true at the present time, but; they The continuing high price at which are not' sufficiently known to '.the in- . lead is selling, the increasing uses vesting public. If this fact "becomes and demand for this metal; with proknown to them and with their present, duction decreasing and no new lead though limited knowledge that Idahos mines beng discovered; and the many undeveloped mineral resources exceed statements accredited to the large those of. any state in the Union, there mining companies that we are look- - appears to be no reason why it should ing for lead mines, inspired the belief not greatly restore public confidence that 1925 would be a banner year for " and eventually bring about the exploi-- j mining in Idaho. If present condi- - tation of many of the: excellent 'Options continue lead will never return portunities the state offers td develop-- i to its low price of former years, and ' ;ment' and prospecting ' So! companies. it is probably true that the large min- - ' a greater effort should be made' to ing companies are looking for lead advertise these facts as ah aid in Remines. With a few exceptions it is storing mining and mining ventures.! ' also true that the large mining comUtah is placed in the same position are not or developpanies acquiring in their search for new ing prospects mines. Their demand is for mines, not i V ; prospects, so the small development i, companies have a useful and proper Main and 4th South function to perform if the mining industry in the state is to survive an& Try Our prosper. SPECIAL CLUB During the past few years, and the present one is no exception, it has BREAKFAST ul:l l. . . been becoming more difficult to fin6 A. M. to 11:30 A.!l ance exploration and development en25c to 50c . terprises. This difficulty has caused COMPLETE DINNERS a lethargy in mining throughout the state and the situation is such that it 11:30 A. M. to 8:30 P. M. should be receiving the serious Short Orders at all Hours thoughts of every one interested in the welfare of the mining industry. Open Day and Night Present conditions have proven that We Serve the Best the high metal prices and the demand for mines are not the only requirements Market Affords. as these have not relieved necessary, the situation. So the question naturThe Greatest is Values In Eats ally arises, what the cause? Close observation over a period of five years For Your. Money. has led to two conclusions,' namely, Are Found Here too much restrictive legislation, parti. ne Targhee-Yellow-sto- per cent with all bids. MINING Bids will be received by Dist. Eng. Bureau Public' Roads, 10:00 A. M. July 22nd 5 11 ESTS OF MINE INDUSTRY IBIS The state mine inspector of Idaho says in the Wallace Miner that high lead prices and the demand for lead mine have not had the rejuvenating effect upon the mining Industry this year that was anticipated. Asked for his explanation of this rather anomalous situation, Stewart Campbell said that it is due to too much restrictive legislation, particularly in the eastern state, and to a loss of confidence in mining by the investing public. At the same time he points out how Idaho can remedy the situation by continuing to avoid the pitfalls of radical blue sky laws, and the cooperation LITERARY REVIEW Editor Roy de Gawain Le Noble cp Caixa 2136 Rio Brazil, South America KIIIIIIIIIIIIIUUIUIIIIIIHillUIIIIHIimiinMIlllHINIIIIIIIIIIHNtllllllllinHHIjnilllNMi printed in The Citizen a I will not alone save you and your clients money, but they will be looked, for by the reading public' who know that this publication carries more of this class of advertising than other medium. ' |