Show minin mining notes 0 the old silver reef mine at st george ceorge is being examined and sampled with a view to working reworking re on accost of the high price of silver this mine was a bonanza during the early days of utah and abid many of the old timers in marysvale Marys vale w were ere down there during the boom days of that camp caknip the latest in freak locations was made by an engineer on a train out oj boulder colo he 1 16 noticed riot iced a black streak in a cut stopped the train posted a notice and then brought the train into boulder on time now this location is ia opening up into one of the most valuable tungsten deposits in colorado the sensation of the day in the min mining world is ahe he flotation process and to think that it was a little gnass unassuming woman marsi carrie J jane ane everson verson who discovered the principles of oil notation flotation it was believed by some for tt a time that her husband was responsible for the invention ven tion but a telegram from her son john L everson in san anselmo cal reads mother alone invented flotation process so this seems to settle the controversy we are wondering why some company company does not take over the property of the mining co down on the colorado river in the southern part of utah now that the price of platinum is soaring this company had a process for saving the platinum and gold from the river sand and for a time it looked as if it would be a bonanza of the first degree but something went wrong with the process and instead of saving the platinum they lost abo much quicksilver and after trouble developed among directors of the company the property was closed down and has been idle about four years there is worth of machinery 0 on the ground and also a big ranch fairly well stocked the superintendent and the rock foreman satin sat in the shanty one rainy day swapping yarns says engineering an and 1 contracting the talk drifted to hard rock work I 1 the hardest harde sirock rock I 1 ever eter came across said the super was in a railroad cut in pennsylvania 1 worked on about 10 years ago we started drill ling and after af ter wearing out three barrels of drills the hole wa only J in deep that was sure some h hard ard rock replied the foreman but it bothin compared to what 1 bucked up against in a mine in nevada we started drilling a ledge and after using up seven IJar barrais rals of drills the hole suck out 6 in which reminds us of the man who had haa a fine gold vein that he had never been able to work because there was an overlying stratum of solid silver that wore out the tools too fast engineering and mining journal by friday evenings train john dern a well known mining man of salt sal lake arrived at accompanied by D J frew mr dern visited the clyde I 1 mining property situated just below the mineral products alunite group in cottonwood cany canyon bil prior to mr derns visit mr mn frew had givel the clyde openings sampling the results of which must have aeeti satisfactory would not have V visited i the violar property ty the clyde has ever been regarded as an exception ally promising property by by who are familiar with the ground ohp tha ore is is principally gold and copper the I 1 iatter atter occurring as glance and is unusually high grade mr dern was the father of the Mercur camp be being ing the first man in utah to td introduce the cyaniding cyan iding process on a urge ihrie scale itis his success was immediate and large arid ad gilld if he attempt the cevelo development m ent of the clyde the work willbe will be systematically and thoroughly done the mining fraternity will wel some mr tern pern to mar marysvale Marys vale hes ii a com man 16 TO have hava in I 1 hi he imp 1 is isar fr |