| Show MINING AND OIL NEWS OP great stir in the oil districts in eastern utah and western wyoming future of mining in idaho M plans for the new mackintosh sarn pier with which the producers of park city arc to be provided at a cost of were approved by the manage ment yesterday the contract for its mechanical equipment awarded and construction will follow at once the now plant which was designed by mr james B flemming and by whom the matchless sampler now in use at tho great silver king was put in contemplates all the latest devices in that most wonderful plant with not s few improvements prove ments that have been developed rince it went into commission the contract for the machinery which involves was captured by H V croll resident manager for the allis chalmers company while that for the lumber will be awarded at a later day the new sampler will have a capacity for handling tons or ore daily and will be erected under the immediate supervision of mr flemming and manager kead who expect to have it ready for the reception of ores in four months after the breaking of ground the bonanzas of the park are to bo congratulated on the acquisition salt lake tribune the management of the highland boy con of bingham which has been roost generous in its responses during the season has registered another important strike the orea showing 35 per cent lead 10 ounces silven 18 per cent copper and gold per ton the disclosure was made in the leonard tunnel through which parnell ground is being opened up and after it had passed through about 40 feet of limestone superintendent smith reported 18 inches of this class of ore which also shows an iron excess yesterday with everything indicative of a larger body ahead meanwhile the management is forwarding a fair grade of copper gold and silver ore from the main working that affords the means with which to continue development 60 that the day of assessments is past A letter received in salt lake yesterday by N P dooley from B 0 mcdon aid assistant manager of the johnny at stateline Stat eline says the new strike in the willowdale willowvale Willow vale group is proving up most satisfactorily and that ore is now being sacked that will average no less than aco gold per ton or 10 a day to the man A picked sample of alio ore from the very rich streak which was exhibited by mr dooley yesterday chows while it is confined to eight or ten inches of the vein it will certainly provide the means with which to continue the development of the property assistant manager mcdonaad McDo reports the johnny improving with every shift and is anxious to see the breaking of ground for the new mill plans for which are now in the hands of dederichs burke of this city and on winch active construction will follow in time salt lake tribune idaho this year will enter into a mining boom that will continue for years A result of this boom will be that practically every foot of the mineral bearing districts will be explored and the full mining possibilities of the state disclosed this was the statement made to a lewiston tribune reporter by george A weldon a colorado mining man who left a few days ago for the thunder mountain district such activities as accompanied mining booms of nevada colorado montana and south dakota continued mr weldon are to be repeated here throughout the coun try idaho is now looked upon by mining men LS the most inviting field for exploration and investment the other elates hare been explored but there the work haa been commenced it may not la generally known but it is a fact nevertheless that the central idaho mining region is the most extensive unexplored district in the world and all its possibilities are open to mining capital this fact is now realized by the mining world and experienced mining men and investors arc now turning their attention this way I 1 was surprised that lucli an extensive belt existed in this state until a few ago when ray attention was attracted to the state by the glowing account of thunder mountain since that timo I 1 have been gathering information and I 1 find that the field is not only still open to the quartz operator but that there are immense leeds of gravel that only require the introduction of capital to convert the prospects into producers A feature about the idaho belt also that makes it particularly inviting to mining men is the fact that the ores arc not confined to one mineral there are gold copper silver and lead prospects gold properties are now the great attraction with mining investors the silver lead and copper values it has been blown are subject to periodical fluctuation but gold always remains the game to go into thunder mountain district and may find what I 1 want there but if I 1 am unsuccessful I 1 will simply go into other districts I 1 know the character of the ores in several districts and have in instances accurate regarding th development of certain properties I 1 have no hesitancy in stating that colorado or montana in the early period of the mining industry offered no promise to a mining dmn than central idaho does today and I 1 am convinced that alic state will soon experience a boom of greater magnitude thai has been experienced in the west for many years the day of the operator lias struck alm state and idaho will undoubtedly now corpo rapidly ahead as a mineral producer the spark at nev Is now nearly ready to begin operations ex senator R F of south dakota has purchased the interest of former senator dorocy in the california king gold mine located twenty five miles north of yuma ariz on the california of the colorado river the mine li eaid to be one of the richest in that part of the country the como euraka mining property at como lyon county is being examined by experts representing linnca polis capital and should they report favorably extensive development work will follow that there is a large body of ore an fn the mine was demonstrated by ex work years agaj and with mod ern methods of mining and milling it 1 it can be profitably handled the work of driving the drain tunnel on the north i still progressing and thia tunnel will be as important a factor in training the mine of that district os the tunnel on the comstock Co work will probably ie resumed in the logan mine this month development work on other properties in the district is still in progress virginia report yesterday tho dietrich brothers who have been mining in the voltaire district for the past three months made a shipment of ten tons of ore to the selby smelling smelting Sm elting company at this rock represents the work of two men for three months there are many mining districts in the state that have not done as well and the best feature of the mine is the fact that the ore shipped averages nearly per ton the boys figure on a net return of a little over a hundred dollars a ton as they have been careful in sorting shipments made from the same ground at other times have netted about the same amount A great deal of second grade rock was left in the mine and considerable sid erable piled on the dump whenever a smelter is in working order close at hand this rock will pay a handsome profit the boys are busy at the mine taking out more rock and from all indications they have another shipment in sight carson appeal news from tonopah To nev shows that the new find at the fraction shaft proves to be even better than at first appeared and great excitement prevails at that camp the strike is a bonanza one another set of shots put in opened up the vein to six feet and the hanging wall has not yet been reached the strike makes tonopah the biggest silver camp in the world surveyor general kelley is receiving splendid reports from his empire mine near unionville Uni onville says the carson nev news the old tunnel has been cleaned out and rc timbered in all places necessary and large bodies of good ore have been encountered the air was found to be bad at the face of the tunnel and workmen are now laying pipe to correct the evil manager virtue of the utah oil and fuel company at fossil received a letter tuesday morning from the field manager which stated that drilling had been resumed at the well monday the machinery has been idle for some little time owing to a need of repairs charles L ames a california oil man reached salt lake city from san francisco tuesday morning mr ames is interested te in green river oil lands being a member of the california utah oil company he spent the day consulting with the local the company something of interest in all likelihood will bo heard in the near future from the northwestern consolidated oil company of minneapolis minn by a letter received yesterday from nelson J russell tha secretary and manager of the company it is stated that the company wa only formed on the oth of this month there was already in the treasury to bo used in the development of the companas comp anys land the company owns sections of land cast of the river in the green biver oil fields durant of elgin utah and his associates have come forward with a i ery iery liberal offer to alie oil men who are projecting the development of the green olivcr oil fields east of the river sir is possessed of extensive coal measures in the vicinity of the oil lands and offers all the fuel needed for the running of oil drilling machinery free of cost these coal measures are only ten miles aiom the railroad and the haul to the oil is down grade all tho way from the mine in a letter mr durant reports that several rigs arc expected to be at work on the east side within the next thirty days 1 0 richardson a california oil man has returned from an extended visit to alie green river oil fields air richardson is visiting utah in the interest of several california operators besides himself the second well situated in the book mountains is down feet and lias considerable sid erable oil in it the exact amount not having yet been tested this well too is being pushed to the full capacity of the machinery tram a letter received tuesday by manager griffin of tho wyoming eastern oil company it is learned that the new standard rig of the company has been unloaded from the train and is now in transit for the ground john A manager of the aien ry mountain basin oil company with headquarters at leadville will be in price utah in a day or two for the purpose of pushing ahead arrangements to get n rigon their land near the san fafael river sir shrader has been very active in the matter ever since last fall and it looks now as if something definite would result very soon frank lang has left price lutat for desert on the K G W railroad with three four horse teams and proper help to haul the hums and davig rig where it h to be placed nt lost spring about fourteen miles west of price the machinery and two carloads of coal are already there and the lumber ii to arrive within two or three days it will take abolt ten days to haul over the stuff the rig ia a standard and the engine of tho most modern and approved pattern there la water nt the spot where the well ia to go down which is only about two and one half miles ecat of the railroad W R of fresno cal was in price utah with manager don bobbins of the california utah oil company looking over the ground and paying special attention to the property n the vicinity of the california utah companas comp anys well mr floyt is a fruit merchant of southern california and has had considerable experience in tho oil business ho expressed himself as highly pleased with the country and slated nt parting that it wa quite probable green riven would see him soon again tor a longer visit the yew york utah oil and shining company stardard atar dard rig has just arrived pt price wa obliged to send to michigan for tho lumber for its derrick the grand view oil company t a standard rig out from denver lo 10 to be iet up near Sunny gide utah F bonneau of denver an experienced mining and oil man who has lately been operating in the boulder col oil field will have charge of the development work there mr bonneau is quite enthusiastic over the situation X E burns and associates expect to have their fine drilling rig set up and at work south of woodside in emery county by the latter part of next week alie rig is of the standard eastern make and ia equipped to sink feet mr burns lias not organized his company yet but will incorporate under the laws of utah and the name will probably be the oil city well company T E kennedy and 11 R westover Wc stover salt lake last evening for fossil wyo to be gone for a week or ten days on oil business S D Coul borun lias returned from examining the property of alie petroline oil company on minnie maud creek green river oil fields mr coulbourn went over the ground to locate a site for an oil well the company claiming that they have a drilling rig ordered with which to develop tho ground during the summer there was a general feeling of satisfaction expressed among the oil men yesterday when it was learned that mr mcwhorter would soon be in utah with a new standard oil drilling rig the news was brought by a letter from mr mcwhorter to W I 1 roberts of the oil exchange which said that he and mr hastings had determined to return to butali friday next and eliat they had a rig at san francisco which would start on its eastern journey to sunnyside Sunny side utah may the letter also says that the rig would be put up near sunnyside Sunny side and the drill be put to work at once mr and hh associates own several sections of oil land in the green river oil fields which aney purpose to develop no company has been formed all of the gentlemen being from oakland cai salt lake tribune A letter received by salt lake OM men gives full details of the progress of oil development in that portion of the green river oil fields the debeque companas comp anys well has now attained a depth of 1100 feet the last of which has been through 40 feet of oil sand from the gas escaping from a few feet below alie stratum of sand it is thought that another stratum of sand lies below the rock it has been determined to case off the last sand struck which is producing a good flow of oil and the well will be driven still further into the earth the letter continuing says that the custar well at a depth of feet struck a flow of oil which was cased in and alie drilling continued for feet where a large stratum of sand was encountered drilling was stopped and a pump will be sent down and a test made of the flow before drilling is resumed i taic home company in which a number of salt lake people arc interested has just completed its derrick and drilling will bc started in a few days this company lias a full standard rig work all over the district is being pushed |
