Show I 1 mining IVI ining notes 1010 1910 OUTPUT or OF PARK CITY park cites product for 1916 according to advance figures by V C hikes of 0 the U S geological survey tar far exceeds that of 1916 95 the report shows our city to have seventeen producers the abou amou amount at ot of ore treated during 1916 from this district was tons fine ounces of 0 gold was mined fine ounces of silver pounds of oc opper copper po pounds ands ot of lead pounds ot of zinc total value of 0 ores mined for the year during 1916 there were producers in the state of utah against in 1915 in the state there was an increase of tons of ore treated in 1916 over 1916 1915 there were fine ounces of gold less in 1916 than in 1915 there was an increase of fine ounces of silver in 1916 over the production of 1915 an increase of pounds of 0 copper in 1911 over that ot of 1915 an increase of pounds of copper tor for the same period and an increase ot of pounds ot of zinc making an increase valuator aton in ores marketed in 1916 ot of over 1915 AT california COMSTOCK president W 1 I snyder ot of the california comstock consolidated came up from salt lake last friday and after inspecting the splendid property gave out the following statement tor for publication I 1 visited the california mine this week and was vas much pleased at the confirmation ot of my most sanguine expectations as to the development ot of ore bodies and possibilities of continuing shipments ot of ore I 1 found the exposures sur es of ore in three places on the foot level of the com stock gratifyingly increasing I 1 found three faces ot of silver lead ore and two 0 ot f copper in the california workings that were really surprising there are six other exposures of good grade ot of copper and there are five places where silver lead ore both carbonate and sulphides sulp hides can be mined profitably and with a very small amount of development work all difficulty with references to water on the foot level in the comstock has now been eliminated and no obstacle stands in the way ot of continuous shipments both from there and from the california w workings or kings I 1 see no reason why especially with the tons ot of thereabouts already broken and in the chutes as a reserve shipments should not be at the rate ot of from twenty five to thirty tons per day or even better the mine is well equipped and under the able management ot of J C jensen ought to give a good account of itself between now and the end ot of the year and continuously thereafter the shaft ought to reach the foot level by november 16 15 and I 1 am confident that large ore bodies await us at that point A crosscut Is being run through the dyke on the foot level ot of the comstock which should encounter the same ore bodies existing in the california above the tunnel level with the increased advantage which that depth should give being approximately feet on the whole the outlook ts is splendid FRED PROPERTY A report from chloride arizona says that the keystone property at mineral park which is now under the management of fred W sherman is again operating and that the remodeled mill will shortly be operating on the big ore dump at the tha mine relative to the property the tha chloride herald says work of reconstructing the mill began july 6 after the mill Is in a shape ape to handle ore the thousands of tons of dump ore at hand will be run through in the meanwhile the water tor for milling purposes being secured from the mine pending the development ot of an adequate water supply following the development of 0 this supply the mine will be and a active work therein resumed there Is enough ore on the dumps to run the mill two months or more and this will alvo ample time to attend to 0 the water develop developments development men 1 eastlon no news has been received in a long time that compares with this in importance as the closing down ot of the keystone mine and mill was a dittl cult matter to explain occurring as it did so soon after the completion ot of the mill which utterly tailed failed to accomplish com OOm its work since the closing down of the plant the leading stockholders have been working on plans that would assure proper financing and this has now been accomplished complis hed |