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Show OUR UTAH WEEKLY H INDUSTRIAL REVIEW H Ilond to Grand Canyon within boundaries of the Kalbab forest re- H ported in excellent condition. Outlook for crops in Uintah basin wero never better. H Leasing operations nt Centennial H Eureka Mines. Lessees ship good ore. H Park City Road to Keystone mine Hearing completion H Eureka Work on Prospect Mining H Tunnel making good progress. H Snlt Lake Altn Mino to begin to H ship ore. H Eureka Rctimboring to Bullion H Beck Mlno progressing. Labor is becoming moro plentiful in Park City District. H Ogdcn Canning company to build H dormitory. Modern building for wo men employees will be built by Utnh Salt Lake High grado silver being H shipped from Iron Blossom Mine. H High prices of potatoes will con- H tlnuc according to reports to depart- ' H ments of agriculture. Induction of C H per cent plnntcd last year in acreage H has been reported. H Copper ennyon Work started on 1 Copper Cnnyon Placer Mine. Four H shafts being put down. H DcweyvlUe $7,000,000 loun mndu H for working capital on Utah-Idaho H Sugar Company factory here. H Green River Prospects good for H big fruit crops. Proper spraying H urged. All trees to be inspected. H Mono Crcsent Eagle Oil Company H well nt Crescent spudded in and down H 125 H I Monb Uranium claims in Browns H I IIolo inspected nnd said to bo exeep- H tionally promising with largo quanti- H tics of high grade oro in sight. H Vernal Another oil drill being put H in operation in Uinta county a few H miles cast of Powder Springs. H Applications hnvo been filed with H Public Utilities Commission of Utah H by tho Uinta Telcphono Company for H permission to make certain increases H In rates on grounds that costs hnvo H gone up and that during 1919 tho H company would hnvo earned less thun H 4 per cent on its outstanding stock, after making proper charges for dc- H prcciation nnd uncollcctivc accounts. H Salt Lake Lumber yurds re-open on tho bnsis of hiring men for the job H on their ability to do tho work. H Ogdcn Amalgamated Sugar Co. H allots 4800 bags of sugar to whole- Balers and jobbers at $13.73 a hundred H pounds for sale in Utah and Idaho. Amercican Fork Work is to start on Alberta Gold nnd Silver mine in H Silver Lnko district. H Eureka Conditions aro improving H at Lilly mine. H Cleveland, Ohio grand jury finds H that workmen employed in building H operations aro doing less than half H tho work they did in prewar times H and aro receiving over twice the pay. Soda Springs Knowlten-Honscn "V.H Hardware Company incorporated to JH do business in Soda Springs with cap- 1 ital of $100,000. Salt Lake Tho Lemhi Valioy Oil MU & Mineral Company incorporated ' 1 with capital of $2,000,000. W New Meadows Circle Ranch incor- jH porntcd for $200,000. mm Park City Recd'a Peak Mining Co. MU to consolidate with Big Cottonwood H Consolidated Company. jH Two shifts arc working at Kaysville H Wildcat well. B "American Railroads" issued by tho H Afiuociution of Railway Executives, H Bays railroad freight rates in England H aro double tho charges on, American H railroads. Average freight train haul H in Great Britnin, according to latest H figures wus 148.27 short tons, whilu Mm rccoipts per ton milo were 2.31 and 'H 2.09 cents. This compares with class H 1 railroad in tho United States as H follows: uvcrago length of haul, typ- H leal railroad, 175.54 miles; all rail- Mm roads combined 322.88 miles; averago 1 receipts por ton mile (1919) 0.973 H During 1919 the Utnh Copper Co. H produced 105,088,740 pounds of cop- H per, 28,900 ounces of gold and 263,- MW 721 ounces of silveif, according to H the annual report of the company is. H sued recently. Copper marketed at m an average price of 17.77 cents per H pound, gold at $20. an ounce nnd sil- w ver nt $1.12 per ounce, Compared m with the production of the previous m year, the report shows a reduction in H operations of approximately 50 per m cent. The nvcragc cost of milling , H was $1.20 a ton, being an increase W of 27.85 cents per ton over costs for m the previous year. Increase wns due H to tho lesser tonnage and higher cost 9 of supplies. mm |