| Show r I MINES MINES INES AND MINING STOCKS 1 AMERiCAN FORK POSSIBILITIES BIG Some of the Attractions and arid Notes on Miller Pacific and Dutchman t With the tic coming of or spring much local Interest Is being manifested teti In the mm Jn Industry 5 ays as the American Fork ForI CItizen r We know of at no camp so 80 accessible k to tho the Salt Lake valley smelters where cre r the Inducements to the small investor or prospector exist as they do iz in the thc above abo two districts districts' to which American Fork Is the outfitting point sa says s the American Fork Forc Citizen The wildcat promoters are arc out of oC business and the operating companies leasers are le legitimate operators well deserving deer of or tho the best encouragement encouragement encourage encourage- ment mant from the local and outside commA com com- mA As n. n natural result of ot Wildcatting operations our camps in fn common with nearly nearl all of ot the undeveloped camps of ot the tho west havo had a season of or extreme quiet Many Man locations have been abandoned ow owing In to lack Jack of oC financial support have every Indication of oC making producing mines with cr very little ex ex- ex pense Some Soma indeed havo O quantities q 9 of mill ore are and md lower er grades exposed xI ej I Many Man havo JIMO flO jimes jime stone stones haIes and of 01 tho Park Parl CR district and arni bear all the outward outward outward out out- ward e evidence dence of or th the great mines of at that camp of at which our district is in reality a a. geological portion A As wo we have e stated before in these columns we wc Know mow of oC no district In the United States offering the tho great possibilities to the earnest prospector or small or large larg-e capitalist as American tone Fork and Silver Sil- Sil ver cr Lake e. e Recent developments de In tho leading wines nInes and pro prospects arc are very ngin The roads will be bo open In a afew few lew weeks at most Several who c came me out Monday report the roads almost clear of snow as far tar as the Wild ild Dutchman Dutch- Dutch man inan mine Shipments are aro awaiting the teams from the Miller lease the tt Wild lid Dutchman Pacific and Mineral 1 Flat Hat lease casc The Miller mine lease of ot Jack Armstrong Armstrong Arm Arm- strong sent down a sample of or white while talo talc last week which on assa assay g-a g gave ga e 0 tho the following results gold 10 ounces ounce silver 55 ounces lead ol 61 per cent or a a. total value of ot about tO er ton j The H. H C C. C Johnson camo came down from tram the Pacific Monday tonda morning and reported Chipman and 1 J. leaVin leav- leav in Inc Inc- the Dutchman to make the trip u up to the Miller mine with the returns 01 or this assay as they the feared Mr Arm- Arm 1 f strong mi might ht be bc throwing It away The Tho 1 Pacific mine Is making important de developments developments de- de I in tho the Kruse raise it raise it is IS' IS reported the they have ha the raise up feet with continuous ore all alt the wa way At the top they have hae encountered the tho 1 halE liale contact the tho ore oro at this thi point beIng beIng belag be- be Ing lag 18 inches of or lead ore oro and 1 1 inches of or zinc blondo blonde lying above c it From the tho bottom of at this thin raise over oOOO of or excellent steel galena was shipped last summer Under the tho recommendation of or one of or flue tho most eminent engineers in tho the country this mine will no doubt develop de do- the rich overlying o carbonate carbonato ore are within the next few fes' months month Their feeder fissure In the quartzite Is one ot of the best veins In fn tho the camp bell being from 6 to 1 12 foot feet In width and developed developed devel level for feet teet In Jen length th but It must bo ho remembered that theirs thein is the only deep tunnel In tho the camp camJ and there thero Is little qu question of oC there thero being a series It It I parallel fissures puch a as prevail aU at Park City where tho they have ha developed eloped no less ICES than seven Under the able supervision of ot Ned Wild 1111 the Dutchman is showing some soma oil Its usual hl high h grade carbonate HoIs HoIs Ho HoIs Is wisely developing the vein away from the big slopes and IB is no now in a virgin country with splendid Indica indica- He Informed our representative o that the tho vein varied considerably at atthe tho the present time some orne days It would widen and make mako as hl high h as 60 sacks then It would narrow for tor a few tew days but 11 some somo day ho lie expected It to widen into a characteristic Dutchman ore oro bod body and take a half halt million or moreIn more moreIn morein in a few tew months from it ft Charley Charlo Earl and Isaac Wadley are getting ready to work the Silver King property which the they located In Januar Janu Janu- ar ary This Is an Instance of or a property prop prop- crt erty which has had hart several thousand dollars of at good development work done clone and with considerable ore InI Insight in insight I sight having been abandoned to tho the first energetic prospector who happens Along We 0 wI wish h tho the boys good luck and Zeal feel they will have a shipper soon Isaac Wadley came down Sunday Sunda from froma ft n trip of ot examination of oC Its workings and was feeling very good at the tho out out- look ook MIAMI TREATING TONS DAILY Miami Ariz J. J. J Park Channing dimming consulting con con- suiting engineer of or the tho Miami states tates that closing of tho the Greene Greene- Cananea smelter will In no wa way affect operations at Miami whose concentrates concentrates con con- ar are treated at Cananea Railroad Rail nan road officials at Cananea have havo agreed to furnish Miami all the necessary ar cars for tor loading purposes Mr tr Channing Chan- Chan ning adds dds that ho expects operations at Cananea will shortly be resumed Miami continues to treat about tons of or ore are per por day and arid April production tion should at least equal March output output out out- put of at 2 pounds of oC copper Holders of or all but Miami Copper Co 6 per cent bonds have ex- ex changed ed for tor stock Tue Tho original Issue was Of Ot shares authorized there arc nrc now Issued 7 Honda are arc convertible into stoc stock at 17 17 Sam A A. A L Lewisohn has become treasurer treasurer treas treas- of or the company compan succeeding J J. J H H. bussman Sussman treasurer of oC the properties for Cor man many years but hut who Is retiring from Cram active ANOTHER V i M GOLD FAKE EM EXPLODED Uncle Sam's Sams Sleuths Nip an Oklahoma Ore Proposition During the tIle 1 Past pant winter there then have been persistent reports of ot the dIscoVery discovery ery 1 of or gold and other valuable ores Inthe Inthe in inthe the vicinity of ot Albion Pushmataha count county Okla some finds being reported reported re reported re- re ported a as exceeding 60 60 a ton and ana some even eYen as al' approaching a n value of a ton It has hns been known m In the tho interior department that several min mm mining In lug ing companies have been boen or are fO be beIng beIng being be- be ing organized on the basis of these assertions as assertions as- as and that man many persons have been licon induced to o Invest in the stock The rue excitement produced b by the alleged al alleged at- at rich values has resulted in re requests requests re- re quests for an authoritative examination examina tion of or tho lands and the temporary suspension of oC tho sales of at the tha tracts of ft Indian lands on or near rear which the supposed sup sup- posed finds were located Although from tram Its general knowledge of at the geology of at the region the lc 1 sUI e survey surey reported that there Is no likelihood hood that tho the area arca contains commercial commer clod cial quantities of oC gold the reports and the demands were so persistent that by hy directions of af thin the s r r of oC tho the In- In I a n field examination was made last month by Henry G. G Ferguson as- as geologist of the survey Mr Mt Ferguson reports the entire absence KO o 0 far tar as can be recognized In the field of ot gold old or other metals in commercial quantities Thieve There is not the tho slightest indication of any nn vein of or rous deposit of such such character as to in increase In- In increase crease the tho market marJet value of or th land hand The rocks Crocks In the tue region lon consist of or chert shale chert-shale shale hale and sandstone carr carrying hero and there thero small amounts of at pyrite py- py rite which Is known to the minor as fools fool's gold old None one of ot the supposed rich ore which Is generally a n brown or orlaS gray laS sandstone when crushed and panned yielded an any free Cleo gold Fraudulent Certificate Tho The entire local locI excitement app appears us to be based on certain fabulously Jug hugh ass assays ys made chiefly on material du dug from wells Assay certificates which reported as much a as 12 32 ounces of or gold golda a u ton were shown to Geologist Ferguson son Bon but samples of the suppose supposed l gold ore collected b him and 11 by assayed by Ledoux S Co of New York showed lets less than 2 cents In gold sold and 5 a cent In silver to tho the tone The assay certificates certificates which arc being shown by hy the promoters ar are arS therefore either dl directly or 01 indirectly fraudulent fra In character NEW GOLD STRIKE NEAR SEVEN TROUGHS Greater interest attach attached cd to a big bag bap of oC samples brought In from Polo canyon canon Wednesday by hy Harry Hunter Huntor Jr than any mH other ore oro specimens that have ever e been received In this city says the tho Seven Seen Troughs h Review Miner News quickly passed around and it was not lon long before there was wa a throng thron In front of the tho Friedman offices while specimens were passed from tram hand to hand and all nU witnesses to the beauty and richness of or tho the ore testified to their appreciation in extravagant lan lan- ruage The oro ore came camo from tho the thirty thirty- foot five point In the Hunter shaft in Polo Pol canyon The selections were I made from tram a a. sixteen inch pa pay crack althou although gli valuable and anil beautiful chunks of or jewelry could cO have been ob obtained obtained ob- ob tamed from across a a. width of at two and one half feet the tho distance s separating tho the walls The Kunter strike IB Is not nota a n new one but It Is la so o much richer than ever that all nil tho the interest attaching at attaching attaching at- at taching to a n new brand-new find attends this uncovering unco The gold IB is almost of or the pureness required for tor mintage and does not occur In large widely separated separated separated separ separ- nuggets which does doos not speak well for permanency but Is sprinkled through the rock as though from a a. L pepper shaker el nor does docs It occur on the lines of or cleavage alone but through the solid saUd quartz Another remarkable remarkable re remarkable re- re and pleasing feature Is that the gold is accompanied by tellurium and the tue latter being associated associated asso asso- dated with wIlh steel galena which also carries an abundance ot or silver Prior to Mr r. Hunters Hunter's arrival Georgo George TV W. Forbes broll brought ht In some soma wonderful specimens which prepared the people for tor what the they would see seo when the Jewelry Jew jew- dry elry sack arrived INSPIRATION MARCH DEVELOPMENT LARGE Miami Ariz The Tho Tho Inspiration Consol Consol- company's development de for tor March amounted to feet teet for tor the Inspiration division of or which 2500 feet was drifting S O feet raising and 1 SO feet teet miscellaneous and for tor the Live Oak division feet drifting feet and 35 feet teet raising giving a grand total to total to- to tal of 1270 1210 feet feeL for the month This Is an nn Increase for tor the Live o Oak division of foot feet and a n. decrease of or 1650 feet teet for tor tho the Inspiration division dl Tho The de tIe tIe- creased footage is 18 due to the temporary ln laying off ott of oC a portion of at tho the miners at the Joe Bush shaft pending the tho de do- do cislon of at the tho company compan In regard to the method of at mining to be employed A J total of tons was mined at the Inspiration division lon the stock pile at the J Joe Bush e shan shaft no now totaling M Ann tons tom of 11 commercial At ore are pre pros pres- ent there i e are aro aTro 1 tons of at ore laid out L at tho Jo Joe I B Bush h shaft available for tor immediate extraction If necessary MULE AND COW TEAM HURRY NABOBS TO STRIKE Johnsons Springs an old Urn wood camp imn cl eight hl ht or nine miles west of or Chen Cherry Creek Clock Is IB the scene of or a gold Rold strike that hat has resulted In a rush rUHh from Cherry Sr Creel Creek and gl Ely Several automobiles automobiles auto- auto mobiles left EJ Ely this morning loaded wm with 1 local 0 1 mon men who will investigate th the reported find says tho the Ely Eb Expositor Exposi Exposi- tor Dr Brown Drown W W. S. S st and 11 I. I C C. C F F. tor- tor br's left for tor Cherry Creek In t the e doctor loc doc auto early this and a R. number er of f people went vent UP b by train n to investigate th the reports The Tho Nevada a agent ent at c Cherry CherI Creek Creol stated over o VM the thA ire that the t town wn was wag craz crazy Over the strike C am and ancl that people who claim to be sn say the strike will whit male make a o bl bigger Kor r camp cramp than Cherry Cherr Dr rZ r Owens and George e Fisher are said laid to have tor or the tho district In ln a wagon wason drawn b by hL best a mule and a cow cowS as that was as th th U kind of a team the they un C could Uld SCare Up In he tho t town own 0 CENTENNIAL PAYS This Amounts to ora or ora ora a Total of a Share The Thc Eureka Centennial Mining corn como pan pany last week weck paid a ld dl dividend nd of or a share the tho first distribution this oar according to advices from Boston head head- q quarters u a rt C ra Previous Pre Pro vi o u a payment payment en t- t 1 was made mado October 17 1912 The compan com corn pan pany has sh r shares s. s of or which tho the United States Smelting Refining Mining Mining- company compan owns the re remaininG re- re shares being held by less than a half halt dozen shareholders The rhe company's compans dividend 1 ecord since Its Us organization In 1906 follows 1013 1912 1012 tOO 1911 GOO 1910 1 1908 08 iio 1160 1907 GO 1906 06 To Total tal Present declaration JOPLIN ZINC LEAD-ZINC PRICE NO LOWER Mo Large Large orders orderA for tor zinc ore oro buying were in the tho hands of ot a maJority ma ma- of at tho the purchasing agents last week weel and the tho Increased demand stopped the downward tendency of oC prices Tho The hl high h price was unchanged at 49 the base per pcr ton of at 60 per cent cant zinc rangIng rangIng rang rang- ing from tram 41 to iTo 44 14 a 1 advance on tho the bottom of tho the market So much of ot last weeks week's shipment was of or ore purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased during tho the preceding preceding- week that the average price per ton was slightly affected and was waR 41 48 The lead ore oro market is reported weaker from some quarters and Unchanged unchanged unchanged un un- changed in others Buyers are lookIng looking look look- Ing for tor a decline and some sarno sellers ar arnot are 1 not hot unprepared for tor It It ln ha having closed out accumulated stocks The Tho high price remains at 55 30 and tho the base 53 63 to per pcr ton of ot SO per cent metal contents AMALGAMATED HAS PAID 56 A SHARE ew York York Directors Directors of ot the Amalgamated Amal Amat- Copper company compan havo have declared declared de de- de- de dared a. a quarterly dividend of oC a a. share Three 1 1 and six months 1 ago H b U. U U- U L 0 u oJ The Tho compan company's s dividend record since I Inauguration or of payments |
