| Show MINES AN AND MINIM the big mill for the monarch mines at alanta idaho is nearing completion and will soon be in operation good progress is being made on the plant of the boise idaho ore testing cyaniding company ore enough tor for a continuous run of six months has hai already been secured A number of ontario oregon dt cit eizens zens have decided to form a company for the purpose of exploring for oil and gas about 4 was subscribed at a recent meeting and that much more promised secretary gallbreath Call breath of 0 the ameri amerl can mining congress says that during the conference in helena the montana mining men subscribed to build an independent smelter on the co operative plan mine aline operators generally are plan ning to establish smelters in depend ent of the trust the movement has been indorsed by the american min ing congress as the only solution of high rates exacted by the smelting trust the new modern 20 stamp mill of the bagdad chase mining company at atlanta idaho commenced crushing ore from the petit mine on january the big machinery started off oft smoothly and everything is running satisfactorily one of fee largest boston ers in utah consolidated says that J B risque now has the property in shape for economical handling al though he found the mine in ar at most deplorable condition when he took tool hold about a year ago plans are under way to assemble the principal mining interests in colo rado in the next few weeks when the first steps will be taken toward the accumulation of enough cap capital ital to be gin the smelting business In depend ent of the smelter trust A new 22 inch hole has been driven f from rom shaft no 3 to the drain tunnel of the ontario mine at park city this Is the fourth hole that has been put in to drain the 4 BOO gallons of water in the shaft the water is falling at the rate of three feet a day it is announced that in the battle with the smelter trust the operators of southern california have already gone so tar far as purchase an old smelting plant which will be bied and enlarged sufficiently to ban die all the smelting of that district american smelting refining corn com pany of salt lake has a re presenta tive in the local field inquiring into the probable future output of ores and seeking to line up the producers with that institution as regular pat rons says the fairview nev news A prominent mining man says the farrel end of the seven troughs dis brict Is more like cripple creek in its formation than anything he has ever seen in nevada and while there has not been enough work done there yet to prove anything he is decidedly of the opinion that it will surprise the na tives the production of copper in the state of utah for the month of jan uary is estimated at 5 pounds this compares with an output of 8 in round figures tor for the month of df december Lc ember the falling off Is due to the closing down of the various smelters by reason of the fumes sit nation A new strike has been made hs 1 ne vada in the range back of sand springs the strike was made on a group of claims owned by archie graham formerly of fairview and the samples taken give assays from 1700 to 2 2100 principally in gold the ground on which the discovery was made is entirely new little is heard about the Consoli consolidate dat ed mercur at mercur utah although those who are familiar with the prop erty are authority for the statement that the company Is now sending gold bullion to the united states mint at the rate of 70 per month and with everything promising a steady in crease in precious metal production flattering reports are being received concerning various properties in the fangold fay gold springs region some very promising gold ore is being disclosed in the tunnel on the indiana claim south of deer lodge and a fine showing Is being made on the fawn claim by the last of the present month it is expected that the utah copper corn com pany will have its ninth section at the new garfield concentrating plant ready tor for operation the machinery for the same is now on the ground and work is being rushed forward as fast as possible the third ton section of the them bos ton consolidated compan company s big mill at garfield went into regular commis sion on february 6 and engineer A J bettles who is now spending every moment of his time at the plant states that it would be impossible for a new mill to behave better the crosscut cross cut tunnel that is being driven in the mint mine at pearl idaho to intersect the ledge Is now in a distance of 1 1243 feet the forma tion is changing rapidly and the man ager Is convinced the long looked tor for vein which made a good showing at the surface Is not far away word was received in salt lake last week that the gunn quealy coal corn com pany whose properties are operated by the kemmerer coal company will on march 15 begin shipping coal from its two new mines at rock springs wyo these two mines will have a capacity of 2 tons per day john mcgee of montana and asso fates have purchased the golden eagle mine at neal idaho M mr r me af p gee announces that it Is their intel tion to lay out a broad plan of devel for the property as they have full confidence it will justify the work i needed to open it up at depth |
