| Show I MINES s A AND MINING i I CONTACT RAilROAD AGAIN PROMINENT Report at at Twin Falls Is That the Project Is Receiving S Attention Following the tho shipment of oC pounds of ot supplies to Rogerson Hogerson billed bied to th the Utah Construction company In Sn Cne care of or the tho Oregon Short hort Line for Cor forthe the tl supposed purpose e of oC building the extension of or the line to Contact Nov o ov four foul carloads of oC mules went through Twin Falls las and md a carload of oats Monday Mon Ion day shipped in the same wa way says sas the Twin Ial Falls Fails News No 10 verification of the report of oC the tho purposed extension has been received recel ed but It Jt is stated that lint tilL the supplies are e Intended for tire tre Vineyard J Land ind Stock Hrock company compan which Is practically Identical with tho the Utah Construction company and which operates the tho Shoe hole ole cattle outfit in the th Shoshone basin where It I is la said that a dam darn and irrigation system will wil be constructed lot for or the purpose e of ot reclaiming several se erl thousand acres cres of ot land owned by that concern However Ilowe It I is IN also reported ret that the plans plane of or the the Ore Oregon Oren n Short hort Line and anti the tho ho Utah Construction plans which likewise likewise like like- wise are practically of at the same iden Idon- Ien- Ien I tt will wi not stop there but will ex- ex d t to tho the building of ot the lino lb wil be be- be tween and anu ant Contact Contact Th Tho fact I that the goods were wro shipped free Cree lends credence to this statement in- in as the Interstate commerce law la 1 free shipments except in such uch casts The Irrigation project will wJ develop a I territory of no mean size The water right for COl the project has been heen in the lie possession 1 of tho the Shoe Sole oe outfit for tor a long long time and amI some ditches have ha e already been constructed i It I I is understood that thal the tile dam will be built bunt on creek creck about wi eight miles mies below Contact A tract about nine miles mies lon long an ana four foul to five e ml miles s wide will wH be reclaimed The land Jan has been u etl heretofore for or grazing purposes pur- pur pur pur- poses Some ome grain has lias been grown grown b but t as there thero have ha e been no means of ot threshing It It the crop has hns ordinarily been len cut for 0 ha hay It I Is believed that the tract reclaimed will wi afford excellent excel excel- excel excel- lent R agricultural lands and It Is tho the Intention of the builders to colonize the project projEct as es soon as Irrigation water can be he supplied SUI S to 10 With lh regard refard to the building of oC the railroad from to Contact It is a fact that representatives of oC the Guggenheim lm interests which control extensive holdings in the copper camp lid did ld confer conCer with Short Line officials and It I is generally tele cd that upon consideration of ot the guarantee of ot a stipulated earning power for COI or the ex extension ex- ex tension it I will wi be bo built buit in the tho tle near fu future future fu- fu ture tore by the railroad company compan on the right of ot wa way owned b by it f. f The construction of ot a railroad line lne from Contact to Vale Valley Pass on the Southern Pacific as a part of ot a plan for the general development of ot the tho district by Jy y G German Interests is I by the following item which appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap recently in the Mining an and h Press of oC San Francisco It Is reported that the Western Asset Asset As As- p set t company compani German branch of or the is planning to erect an electric smelter at Contact and build a railroad lne line from Crom rota the thc camp to Valley Val Val- 11 icy ley Pass on the tho Southern Pacific Valley Val Yal- alIcy Ie Icy ley Pass Pass is near Cobre The he company compan l is 15 to rec receive lve a a. 8 23 5 per cent interest In Inal nil ill al claims in the tho Contact district in II rot rU return urn rl for the smelter and roa road It ItIs Itis I I Is to put in a dam on the Little Lite Salmon Salmon Salmon Sal Sal- mon river for tor a a hydro electric plant to run the he mines and smelter Railroad connections for tor Contact with the Southern Pacific will wi leave the gap between the tho camp and Ro Rogerson Roger Roger- er- er son yet et to be tilled filled and the tho demand of or the Twin Falls Fals and Salmon River countries for an outlet for Cor their produce produce produce pro pro- duce into Ito the markets of ot the southwest southwest south- south west est will wil make its Is provision lon a matter mater of a a time only UTAH'S BI BIG COAL OUTPUT FOR 19 1910 0 Production for the Year Was Tons Valued at Tho rhio v value ue at the mines o of Utah's coal production in 1910 was with wih an n oUtput O of or short tons ton ac according according according ac- ac ac- ac cording cording- to E. E V. V W. W Parker of ot thc the United States geological survey Compared with wih 1909 when the coal I production of or Utah amounted to 2266 s short tons valued at the output in 1910 1310 10 showed an increase of short tons or 1107 per cent In quantity and of ot or per percent percent cent In value Utah's Uth's production In 1910 10 was waa affected only Indirectly if I at all al by bY the coal strikes in the middle west west that c t that t is is s by the demand em n crr created t d I un LL IlO minis ui anu lew x ew ew Mex leo ice which possibly reduced the com corn competition petition leUton of coals from those states In markets to the tho west Vest and southwest southwest reached Jointly by them and the coals from Utah mines mine This increased pro pro- dUcton of ot Utah coa coals I is looked upon as La only an Indication of ot normal growth that may be expected to continue as the country countr develops in population and In Industrial Industrial In- In enterprises I The year ar was waH one of general prosperity prosperity pros pros- says fas fa's Mr fr Parker to both operators operators opera opera- tors and miners Production increased prices advanced and although there ther ther were no strikes for hl higher her wa wages es or chan changed e conditions some Home of or the coal mining companies voluntarily gave an advance of ot 5 per cent In the tho wa wages save es o of their During DurinG August and September when tho the crops w were wro ro being moved there was a shortage In car supply but as a general thing thins throughout through through- hout h- h out the year car transportation facilities were vore adequate The fhe number of or men employed In Sri the coal mines a of Utah Uth In 1910 was and that the were vero kept steadily employed em em- is lI shown by the fact tact that each man averaged d working days The average quantity o of coal conI mined by each man employed was WS ions Jons for tho the year Fear or 31 tons for Zor tor each working day Two million dollars guarantees the I of every abstract made by the Salt Sal i Lake Security l Trust C. C Co I WYOMING'S VAST GOAL MEASURES Output for 1910 Exceeds All Al Previous Records Records Records-Irn- Im Immense mense Reserves Wyoming Wyoming- omIn like most of ot the states In Inthe Inthe inthe the Rocky b mountain section exceeded d dIn I In 1910 all an previous records In the I quantity and value of tho the coal It Il pro pro- From an output of oC short shor tons ton valued at In 1909 tho ho production increased to short tons ton valued at according accord accord- InK hog to a statement just made mado public b by E. E W. W Parker coal statistician o of tho United States geological ecological sune survey The Increase In 1910 was short tons or 1783 per cont cent In quantity ana and or lS 1828 S per ver cent In In value The rhe gain aln In output and the advance In price In Wyoming as In Colorado an and Now New Mexico were ere due to the shortage of ot coal for Cor railroad manufacturing and domestic use In tho the states slates to the cast east caused by the lie six months' months strike amon among the tho lie miners In the central and southwestern southwestern southwestern south south- western states stales With Wih the exception of or Converse erse county whose whoso production at best Is el relatively small and the output output re reported reI reported re- re ported from local banks the Increase Q QIn In pro production in 1910 Ino was general throughout the state The rho most Important important tant Increases were In Sheridan Sweetwater Sweetwater Sweetwater Sweet Sweet- Sweet Sweet- water and Uinta Unta counties whose Fa gains I were respectively tons tons and tons The Tho number of ot men reported as en engaged engaged en- en In the production of or coal In Wyoming In 1910 was There were were vera 1196 men on strike butas but butas as tile the they lost only onh an average of or eleven cleven days das each the Idleness did not affect the production The first production of ot coal In Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming was reported in 1863 one om year ear later than the the first reported rEI output of coal In Colorado This pioneer Ioner coal mining was wac probably carried on In Itt with the construction atthe of at the Union Pacific wih railroad The total output In that thAt year amounted to SOO tons Five years later when the the railroad railroad rail rail- rai- rai road was completed the production amounted to about tons V om I OJ rent Great Coni The coal fields In Wyoming which have not been beon reached by the railroads are the Henrys Fork ork field eld In southern Sweetwater county the Rattlesnake field In Natrona Natron and J Fremont remont counties countes the Owl Creek mountain field In the Shoshone Indian reservation in Fremont Fremont Fremont Fre Fre- mont count county the Fall Fal river basin and Upper Green river field in Uinta and Fremont counties the Mount field and anti the Lander peak field and the Grays river field eld in Uinta county The estimate of or the tho orl original coal supply of ot Wyoming as made b by M. M R. R I Campbell of or the United States geological cal survey credited that state with wih the largest larest original supply with the single exception of or North Dakota which Is estimated to have contained originally short shor tons of ot coal coal Tho The areas o of North Dakota arc are however entirely o of lignite while In Wyoming the coal is either cither o of bituminous or semi-bituminous semi character Wyoming Wyoming's s supply Is estimated to have been 2 short tons compared with wih which the aggregate production to the tho close e of ot 1910 7 short tons appears Insignificant The total ex exhaustion ex- ex hauston o of thel beds up to the close of ot 1910 amounted to short tons or 03 of ot 1 I per vor er cent of the total estimated estimated cst cst- esti esti- mated supply GOLD RUN BASIN ATTRACTING NOTICE Rich Old Kramer Hill Hi Mine Reopened Reopened Reopened Re Re- opened and New Mill Mi Being Being Being Be Be- ing Constructed Out at Gold Gol Run Basin twelve miles south of or Golconda and one of the tho richest richest richest rich rich- est sections in th tho the district a a number of ot otrich rich pr properties pertes are arc being opened says sas a Nevada exchange A A. sensational strike of silver lead lead ore has been made on the Geld Shield claim owned by the Wanonah Wanonah Wa- Wa a nonah Mining company compan an and ably managed managed man man- mn- mn aged a ed by D. D E. E Moore loore In a long tunnel that that was sent In to open the vein eln at ut depth a er very lar large e hod body of ore was disclosed that since its discovery discover is proving to be a bonanza At the present present pres pres- ent time the ore bod body shows a width of twenty feet teet and the greater part of or this ore is of or a grade that will wi pay to ship Manager ana er Moore has tho the property property prop prop- crt erty In class first shape with wih air connection connection connection con con- from the lower tunnel with the upper workings There are arc now seven men working and besides beside the big showing fallowing of ore In the tunnel there Is a large larse tonnage on the tho dump which will wil soon be sent to a smelter Golconda the tho distributing point of ot the Gold Gol Run mining district is a again aln showing much actIvity act ty In a way that I AI U I LV LII LUWI II IJU- IJU has been brought about by bythe bythe the opening of or mines building of or a amill amill amm mill mm and steady business growth of or that great reat and prosperous section One Ono of the lie most important developments however I Is the reopening of the tho rich Kramer lull hill hi property owned b by the lie tle Gold Led Ledge Mining company composed mostly of ot Kansas City people At the present time there thero are fre fifteen men employed em eta- there and this force is to be he greatly reat Increased as soon as the mill now under construction is completed This new mill mm Is being installed at tho the mouth of ot the main working tunnel that ha has tapped the vein at considerable depth and exposing big bodies of ot ore Besides the erection of oC a a mill mi tho the company company com corn pany patty had a well wel sunk in tho flat at at the ba base e C of or the hill hm and a a fine tine pumping plant i Is now noW being Installed there When hen In readiness the lie water from the tue well vell is to be pumped to the mine and mill mm which will wil be under tinder operation by the first n t week In June une The Tho Kramer hilt hill mines are arc only situated about two mie miles south from the Southern Pacific depot derot at Golconda and have undergone considerable development de during the past two years However the tho principal work at the property l at the present time tre Is being done through h a long tUnnel tunnel tun tUn- nel nd nel at the portal of which the lie new mill is 18 located The large amount of or mi development de development development de- de accomplished has hns proved pro el the property to bw be b. b one of ot the tIre bl big mines I of or the tho stale state with wih ore In sight Bight to keep n mill mil fn fn a r f fn mil fn u The rhe vein as opened from tho tunnel level to the surface Hurace over o feet Is isery Yer very ery bl big showing not only large fuan- fuan quan quan- titles of milling ore ore but streaks that tha are very cry rich In gold From Prom the floor of oC the tunnel a IK is being sent sen fent down and this his working Is proving that tha the bl big ore shoots are Ire permanent and wJ will reach great depth When hen tho lie milIs mill mil mi Is read ready a long ong on run can be bp expected for tor there thero arc thousands of ot tons of oC or ore oro blocked out and on the time dump ready to tobe tobe tobo be bo relieved of ot Its Is golden wealth IDEAL D. ACADEMY IY I Respectable dancing Learn dancing Socials rues fues Thurs Thura Sat 68 p P. P O. O place S Bamberger Electric Cars to Os Ogden en enever every ever hour On hou n hou the tho hour hour ia hour Ie in an hour 1 Print Printing Co CC n West et Second South Prone 71 L MINING CONGRESS REFORM IDEAS Main Work of Body Is Classified Classified Classi Classi- fied fled Under Five General He Heads ds Actually Into effect the Actual measures and reforms reforms' It huts has n advocat advocated ed best determines the tIre character of or orthe the American Mining congress which holds its fourteenth annual session In Chicago holls Is o October 24 4 25 2 26 27 2 and 28 38 of the Importance Gratifying reco recognition tance alice of or the time work being accomplished h by the lie conn s win will ill bo ho made malIc b by time the federal government at at the coming session sos ses es- es sion slon It I will wi be represented by President President dent Taft Tar on and Secretary of or the Interior Walter aler L. L Fisher Fishier Tho The chlof executive will deliver an address addre on October 28 I Definite acceptances to attend have havo o |
