VOL. 14. No.3. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. MAY 15. 1912.

SiNGlE COPY, 15 CENTS

Precious metal mining in Texas never
has received the amount of attention or en
couragement that indications point it as
being entitled to, either from the resident
or outside prospector. This unfortunate
condition can be traced to several reasons,
principal among which are: The residents
have been mostly devoted to pastoral and
the land within the state boundary (not
individually owned) is not government but
state property; but, nevertheless, precious
metals occur in places in paying quantities,
due to a code of laws of Dame Nature
which antedate those of man by ages, and
bear the distinction of being irrevocable.
At the present writing the only known
ular, and in pieces up to as high as $5
in value. The source of this gold was next
sought and discovered in numerous quartz
stringers and lenses in the chloritic, biotite
and hydromica schists, and on the contact
between .abovemen!tioned forma;tions
ann the underlying granite.
Samples were then sent to a San An-
Lane Slow Speed Mill of the Llano Gold & Rare Metal Mining Company
prusuits, hence, very few have
had the opportunity to become in any way
familiar with prospecting or mining for
gold or any other of the valuable metals;
the outside prospector and capitalist have
_so .far refrained from invading the ,state to
investigate or invest in what were
to be mineral lands, owing to the
haotic condition of the laws that have any
llearing, whatever, on mineral rights, as
gold mine in the state, in operation, and
equipped with an up-to-date milling plant,
is that Qf the Llano Gold & Rare Metal
Mining company, situated in what is geo
logically known as the "Llano Quadrangle,"
and geographically about five miles in an
easterly direction from the town of Llano.
Gold was discovered here some twenty.
years since by panning the surface soil;
the metal being free, very rough and gran
tonio party, elsewhere interested in mlllmg,
who had them assayed, the tests showing
high gold values, as well as proving that
the major portion of the gold values were
In tellurides, such as petzite and calverite.
A bond and lease was then taken on the
property and an experienced engineer put
in charge of the operations. This was fol
lowed by the shipment of several carloads
of "high grade" to the smelter, and from
12 THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, MAY 15, 1912.
which were obtained :flatteringly renumera
tive results.
This work, unfortunately, was brought
to an end by the man who was furnishing
the money, bringing out a mere boy, said
to be vested with wonderful power in lo
cating ore bodies.
The boy was blindfolded and turned
loose on the place, with nothing to guide
his movements but a "bob stick," with
which he began searching for the proper
place in which to "throw a fit," which he
did, much to the disgust of -the engineer
in charge, who.gave up his position rather
than have his reputation discredited by the
sinking of a shaft seven hundred feet
through barren granite on nothing that was
in any way indicative of a vein, and know
ing that every vertical foot carried the
work so much farther away from where
he had demonstrated the values occured;
sedimentary origin are very sparingly dis
tributed throughout the district, and then
only in ,such cases as, here and there, frag
mentary deposits of metamorphosed lime
of but little extent, and with apparently no
bearing on the ore deposited., The entire
formation surrounding the property may be
termed an Archaen complex of granites,
schists and quartz.
A well-defined vein or body of altered
serpentine, chlorite and quartz interspersed
with unaltered of peridotite, .trav
erses the property in an easterly and west
erly direction for a known distance of 1,500
feet, and varying in width from six to
twenty-eight feet, dipping to the south at
an angle of forty-two degrees, on which an
gle it has been opened up to a depth of
142 feet; at ;which point the ore body is
twenty-eight feet in width, with a very"
rough and uneven granite foot-wall and a
other metallic constituents, the concen
trates, when analyzed, showed over 7 per
cent bismuth; the ore average for several
days run being 0.09 per cent, and which
later was proven to be the flouring element
in the ores.
As well as demonstrating what the trou
ble was, this analysis went to show that
there were several other valuable constit
uents in the ore that were hitherto un
thought of, but which increase the value
of the concentrate measurably_ The fol
lowing is a partial analysis of a number
of samples of the concentrates:
Gold, from $10 to $80 per ton.
Platinum, from 1.88 to 2.14 oz. per ton.
Bismuth, from 6 per cent to 8 per cent.
Cadmium, from 5 per cent to 7 per cent.
'This was followed by a complete samp
ling of the mine, and the running of several
hundred samples .in an effort to locate
Mining Ore witll Plow and Scraper at tile Heatll Mine of tile Llano Gold & Rare Metal Company
all this on the say-so of a young man whose
ability to distinguish ore from "brick bats"
was to be doubted. This work resulted in
the expenditure of several thousand dollars,
and the reversal of "Voodoo decision."
The property then lapsed into several
years of inactivity until taken up by 'the
late Captain Kieth, an old-time "Comstock
0.1'" who succeeded in interesting W. Mc
Carty Moore, of Dallas, through whose per
sistent efforts tha property was developed,
and stands today with a modern equipment,
and is producing.
Geolog:cal Faetures.
The geological features of this property,
which are peculiar and as such, highly in
teresting, may be classed as Archaen, prin
cipally acidic rocks metamorphosed into
schists, felsites, and spars; the granite,
which is biotltic in nature, being interstra
tified with hydro-mica, chloritic, graphitic,
and biotitic schists, and small quartz seams
and lenses. The limes and other rocks of
very even and c1early.defined graphitic
schist hanging-wall.
This ore-body was milled on for a period
of three months, and averaged in gold $4;
and was exceptionally free, inasmuch as
concentrator heads averaged but forty cents
per ton in gold.
Bismuth in the Ore.
At times considerable annoyance was ex
perienced through excessive flouring of the
mercury. This was at first attributed to
the graphitic schist hanging wall, portions
of which had become detached in mining
and mixed with the ore. A run was then
made on ore known to contain abso
lutely no graphite, whatever, but was at
tended with somewhat similar results, as to
flouring of the mercury. It was then de
cided to make a complete analysis of the
ore and concentrates in an endeavor to lo
cate the trouble, as we had previously dem
onstrated that the trouble was from chem
ical and not mechanical causes. Among
trrmrfnrrtn t CiFlttl IllniP'P' at "1ren ?r at ' me 't') be
where and how these values occurred, and
if there were not streaks and seggregations
where they occurred more abundantly than
in the average mine run, with results as
follows: (Gold values ommitted.)
Platinum, from 0.04 to 0.14 oz. per ton.
Bismuth, from 0.88 to 3.10 pel' cent.
Cadmium, from 0.22 to 2.70 per cent.
Qualitative analysis went to show the
prescence of gadolinite, iridosmine, mona
zite, thorite, cerium, yttrialite and erbium.
Whether any of these are present in com
mercial quantity, is, as yet, a matter to 1:>e
determiried.
The best of the platinum values were
found to be in the unaltered peridotite; one
specimen sample, in which crystals of sper
rylite were viSible, assaying 45.00 oz. per
ton in Pi.
The bismuth and cadmium were found
to be very evenly distributed throughout
the entire width of the vein, twenty-eight
feet.
'I Win $
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The bismuth occurs both as a sulphide
and telluride (tetradymite Bi2 Te.) with
the latter predominating near the surface.
As previously stated, the main ore-body
Is a conglomeration of altered serpentines,
chlorite, quartz and peridotite nodules, dip
ping to the south at an angle of forty-two
degrees. more or less distorted by an un
even granite foot-wall and graphitic schist
hanging-wall for a distance of one hundred
and forty feet, at which point it ends or
rather makes a radical change in character,
inasmuch as it appears to end abruptly
against a body of biotite schist interlaceJ
with lenses of white quartz, giving it the
appearance of a "ribbon rock." heavy in
arsenical sulphides.
This body of biotite continues on down
with the graphitic hanging and the granite
foot-walls. unaltered; the values being the
same as in vein above, with the exception
of slightly stronger gold values, and the
bismuth occurring as a sulphide only.
The exploration was continued to a
depth of ninety-five feet below the termi
nation of the upper ore body, with practi
cally the same results to the bottom.
Out of several hundred assays made for
platinum, it was also found that in no case
was platinum found where arsenic was ab
sent; that is, where arsenic was not pres
ent in appreciable quantity, gold and bi
smuth values were found impregnating
tinum, whatever. An assay on the clean
sulphides from the schist resulted in
Platinum, 2.14 oz_ per ton.
Bismuth, 7.28 per cent.
The foregoing goes to show that in one
case, at least, "mill troubles" and the in
vestigation thereof led up to the disclosing
of values hitherto unthought of on the
property, far in excess of the gold values,
and matez:ially increasing the value of the
property.
Milling Plant Equipment.
The milling plant consists of a 9x12
Dodge type crusher, on ten-foot Lane Slow
Speed mill, amalgamating plates. Bart
amalgamators, hydraulic classifier, two WiI
11ey concentrators, and Frenier sand pump.
The ore is hauled into the mill with
steam hoist, dumped on to inclined griz
zleys. the oversize broken to one inch in
the crusher, fed to the mill from main ore
bin by a belt-driven Challenge feeder; pulp
is dtscharged onto plates 5x12 feet, from
which it is divided and passed through two
"Barr amalgamators." then to the sizer,
from which the undersize goes to two Wil
f1eys. and the oversize is returned to the
mill, with 'sand pump, for regrinding.
Milling Practice.
The mill consumes 2.12 tons per hour,
running at a speed of 8, R. P. M., with
eight tons' load in the weight tank. The
discharge is set at seven and one half
Inches, and produces a pulp 91.2 per cent
of which will pass a one hundred mesh
With the foregoing described
equipment ores are milled at an expense
slightly in excess of $0.50 per ton. This
is in a great measure due to the simplic
ity of the mill, which can be with a mIn
imum of skilled labor.
The vein or ore body. at and near the
surface, is so decomposed as to permit of
its removal with plow and scraper; which
proceeding is, in this case, found to be
effective, practical and economical, as one
man with team and scraper can keep the
mill supplied, scraping it up and dumping
into 'a trap with a holding <\apaclty of
eight tons, beneath which the car is load
ed from a chute. In this case a great
deal of soil was removed and milled, con
taining an excessive amount of grass roots,
underbrush and cacti, which. in a stamp
mill, would have been nearly unpracticable
by clogging the screens. With the Lane
mill, however, no trouble whatever has
been experienced, as the trash can be re
moved from time to time with very slight
delay and work.
ALEX. McLAREN,
Supt. Heath Mine, Llano, Texas.
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MARKETING RANIUMVANADIUM.
A great deal of interest is evidenced in
the various new discoveries of uranium-va
nadium ores in Utah, as well as elsewhere;
hence we give herewith such information
as we have in regard to the marketing or
such ores. Probably the greater part of
Temple Rock. Viewed fro";; the East
these ores are at present shipped to New
York City, where they are sampled and
analyzed by Messrs. Ledoux & Co., and
sold on their weights and analysts.
Charges for sampling the average ores,
as now shipped from the inter-mountain
regions, will probably run about $2.50 per
ton; and for analysis of such samples the
charges are $10 each, for uranium and va
nadium.
Ores are sold at market price per pound
for the uranium and vanadium oxides con
tained in the ores, delivered in New York.
freight paid.
'The latest quotations in New York are
approximately $1.40 per pound for uranium
oxides, and 50 to 60 cents per pound for
vanadium oxides.
Ores can probably be shipped to Ledoux
& Co., 99 John street, New York, for sam
pling and assay, and offered by them in
the open market to the highest bidder.
In such cases we are not informed as
to the charges for such services.
David Taylor. Newhouse building, Salt
Lake City. is, we understand, a large buyer
and shipper of such ores; and W. H. Eard
ley, Newhouse building, Salt Lake City, is
agent for E. P. Earle, 165 Broadway. Ne;w
York City, a dealer in these ores.
Philip Bauer & Co., 68 Broad street,
New York, are buyers of this class of ores,
and Siegfried Pels, 26-28 Neuerwall, and
Louis G_ Beaumont. Kaufmannhaus, 231
both in Hamburg, Germany, are foreign
dealers.
Freight shipmenbs from Green River.
Utah. cost approximately $1.93 per hundred
pounds in less than car lots. While in car
lots the charges are only $13 per ton, to
New York, from which it will be seen that
it is desirable to ship in car lots, if pos
sible.
MAYNARD BIXBY,
Dealer in Rare Mineral Properties, 326 At
las block, Salt Lake, Utah.
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SALE OF THE ALPHA GROUP.
(Special Correspondence.)
Jarbridge, Nev., May 10.-The first ac
tual -mining deal with mining men. after
thorough and practical investigation by
practical engineers, has been closed and
the Alpha property, between the Bourne
and Flaxie, has been purchased by Chi
cago people. These people are heavily In
terested in mining in this country and in
Mexico. They buy to work. They expect
to pay for a mine and work it themselves.
It is no stock deal. They have had an
engineer working on the property for three
months to determine its value. They get
the mine at a reasonable price and agree
to pay half the purchase price within four
months. It is a different deal from any
other yet made in the camp and marks
the beginning of an era of business meth
ods, practical management and actual min
ing. and hence we may expect successful
results.
Old Jarbridge, battered and bruised, will
yet come to the front.
The road to Deeth is hopelessly blocked
with snow and the mail comes around the
mountains on pack horses, and gets in
some time.
The Twin Falls road is in worse condi
tion than any time the 'past two years. A
portion of the grade out of the canyon
slid out, making it wholly impassable. The
townspeople have been working on It fOr
several days, but this storm will delay the
final repairing of it for a week or two.
W. W. FISK.
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Quality tn Circulation. The Mining Re
Ttew hal It.
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THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, MAY 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
How Uncle Sam Classifies His Coal Lands
WRITTEN FOR TIiE MINING REVIEW BY W. Ii. CALVERT.
Altho many people are aware that Uncle
Sam is the largest Individual holder of
coal lands in the world, few have more
than a hazy conception of his methods ot
classifying and appraising them prior to
transfer from the pubiic domain to indiv
uals interested in their acquisition. The
governmental policy in vogue of affixing
varying sale values of coal lands rather
than to sell them at the flat rates of )10
or $20 per acre, dependent upon whet!J.er
more or less than fifteen miles from an
operating railway, is one of comparatively
recent origin, for up to within a few years
. ago the purchaser would pay as much for
. a thin bed of lignite as would be asked
for any thickness, no matter how great, of
high grade bituminous or even coking coal.
Under the new system however, high grade
coals or thick beds are rated at higher
figures than those assigned to low grade
fuel or to thin beds, for the flat rate of
$10 or $20 per acre, regardless of thickness
or quality, no longer applies except with
respect to lignites and to subbitumlnous
coals of low heat value.
It has been asserted that since Uncle
Sam's coal holdings are in the west they
should be disposed of exactly as were the
coal fields of the Appalachain region, and
that under the new system of dispostion
the west does not benefit from the In
creased sale price over the former flat
rates. It should be kept in mind, how
ever, that all moneys resulting from the
sale of public coal lands is transferred to
the Reclamation fund, all of which is ex
pended in the western states, so that the
east obtains only indirect benefit from the
disposition of public coal holdings. It is
not the intention of this article, however,
to argue for or against the present policy
with respect to the sale of government
owned coal lands, as that subject has been
discussed pro and con in the public press_
What is intended instead is to describe
briefly the methods now employed in ar
riving at the appraisement of Uncle Sam's
coal holdings.
BY the organic act of 1878 creating the
U. S. Geological Survey, that organization
was, among other prescribed duties,
charged with that of classifying the public
lands. Not until 1905 nowever, when It
field party was sent out with definite in
structions to and classify certain
speCified coal areas, was this authorization
Of Arnold, Fisher and Calvert, Consulting
Geologists and Engineers, 711 Kearns
Bldg., Salt Lake City. Formerly Chair
man Coal Classification Board, U. S. Geol.
Survey.
tn'SfI STs
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contained in the organic act taken serious
. ly. Since that year, however, more and
more of Survey energy has been expended
in land classification, and as many as fifo
teen field parties have been engaged in
this work during the summer season In
various western coal areas. As the prj
mary object is land classification the area
covered is mapped carefully by planeta
ble methods, the geology studied, the struc
ture determined, and coal outcrops located
accurately in their relation to land sub
divisions. All mines and prospects are vis
ited and usually, in addition, a large num:.
ber of openings are made on the coal beds
in order to ascertain their character and
thickness. In order also that the chemical
nature and exact heat value of the coal
may be known, samples are collected and
analyzed in the government laboratory.
Upon the completion of the field season
tion board, was appointed. After
cosideration of coalmining condftions ;'(Jth
in this country and abroad, this committe",
drafted a set of regulations governing coal
land classification whic,h was submitte(! to
the Secretary of the Interior for approval,
and these regulations, modified laler as
the need became apparent, have since con
trolled the appraisement of public coal
land.
Space does not permit of quotation of
these regulations in this article, and only
an abstract of their contents can be given.
Fqr the purpose of appraisement four
classes of coal are recognized, designated
. A, B, C, and D. In the first are placed
the coking, blacksmithing, and anthracite
coals; high-grade noncoking bituminous
coal falls in class B; to class C is assigned
high-grade subbtiminous and low to medium
grade bituminous coal; and low grade sub-
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Fla;ure 65. Fla;ure IIlustratina; Government Sale!Prlce of Ooal Lands where One Flat-Lyina; Ooal Bed i.
Present. LeftHand Sketch Shows Relation of Ooal Out-Orop to Land Subdivisons and Area Under
lain by Ooal: Sketch on
therefore, full and accurate data are avail
able relative to the coal character of the
lands examined. The extent of territory
covered in this way naturally varies with
conditions. Where coal is present only in
one bed or where the geolqgy is simple,
1,000 or more square miles may be exam
ined by a field single party in a season.
On the other hand, where coal beds are nu
merous or the geology is complex, slow
painstaking study is necessitated, and un
der these conditions one hundred sq,l:1re
miles may be considered a good season's
task.
When coal land classification was nrst
attempted by the Survey no fixed proce
dure was in force, each chief of party
classifying practically independently the
lands he himself had examined, and in or
der to unify and systematize procedure a
committee, deSignated the coal classiflca
"tgeerr
Ria;ht Shows Olaslficatlons.
bituminous coal and lignites constitutes
class D.
In appraisement the uni:: of valuation is
the ton, and in field examination care is.
taken to obtain all availab!e data upon
which to base an estimate of the coal ton
nage of each individual tract of land. Class
A coals are priced at from 2 to 3 cents per
ton as estimated; class B at 1 to 2 cents;
that of class C at 'h. to 1 cent per ton, and
clas'S D is priced at the fiat rate of $1(\ or
$2{) per acre, dependent upon relation to
the 15-mile limit from railroad, regardless
of tonnage. The tonnage to which these
ratings apply is not based upon all the coaJ
present, but on the basis cf 1,000 tons re
covery per acrefoot, or about 4-7 of the
coal actually in place. Moreover the ratings
cited apply only to one bed, and that where
it is not more than 15 feet thick. Where
more than one bed is present beneath the
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.nd to be valued the assigned to the
articular class of coal involved applieos only
) the best and thickest bed. The second.
hird and fourth beds, if present, are given
. 60 per cent, 40 per cent and 30 per cent
ating, according to their relative import
Lnce, and all remaining beds are assigned
30 per cent rating as compared to the one
of greatest value
The ton-rating affixed to a coal within
any particular class is based mainly on its
relative heat value as determined by analYIl
is. This is also the basis upon which the
government buys its coal, for if one Cuel con
tains twice the heat units of the other, it
of labor in ascertaining from General Land
Office records what tracts have passed from
the public domain. The most important ex
ception to this general rule refers to land
grants in New Mexico and to railroad grants
elsewhere. mainly in Montana and Wyom
ing, and where underlain I:>y coals consid
ered of value these tracts are desIgnated as
"coal lands, price not fixed."
The details regarding the system of ap
praising government coal lands are numer
ous and somewhat complex, and perhaps the
best way to elucidate them is to quote from
a paper prepared by the writer while chair
man of the coal classification board of the
Tract Designated
Coal Bed and
Percentage Rating
Per Cent
Tblckness
In
Inches
--
Value per
Acre
Total Average
Value per Acreot
Tract, as Modified
by Acrea.ge
Underlain by 000.1

Sec. 30, Lot 4
Carpenter, 100
,McClearY, 60
60
48
$50.00
24.00
$20,00
Sec.31. NE% of NE%
NW% of NE%
NE% of NWl,4.
Lot 1
Lot 2
SEI.4 of NW
1
4
Carpenter, 100
Carpenter, 100
Carpenter. 100
Carpenter, 100
McCleary, 60
Carpenter, 100
McCleary, 60
Carpenter, 100
McCleary, 60
54
54
54
57
51
54
54
54
54
45.00
45.00
45.00
47.50
25.50
45.00
27.00
45.00
27.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
63.00
72,00
53.00
NE14 of SWI.4
Lot3
McCleary,
100
Carpenter, 60
Buckey, 40
McCleary.
100
Carpenter, 60
Buckey, 40
60
54
15
54
54
15
50.00
27.00
5.00
45.00
27.00
5,00
77.00
73,00
Lot4
Lot 5
{ McCleary,
100
Carpenter, 60
Buckey. 40
{ McCleary,
100
Carpenter, 60
Buckey, 40
60
48
15
60
48
15
50.00
24,00
5.00
50.00
24.00
5,00
78.00
78.00
Lot6
Lot 7
NE1,i of SE
1
4
{MCCleary, 100
Carpenter, 60
Buckey, 40
tCarpenter, 100
McCleary, 60
Buckey, 40
Carpenter. 100
60
48
15
48
66
15
54
50.00
24.00
5,00
40.00
33.00
5.00
45,00
72.00
38.00
20.00
Sec. 32.
NWl,4 of SEl,4
SEl,4 of NEl,4
SWl,4 of NEl,4
Lot 4
Lot 3
McCleary, 100
Carpenter, 60
Carpenter, 100
Carpenter, 100
. MlcCleary, 60
Carpenter, 100
McCleary, 60
Carpenter, 100
60
54
54
54
60
48
60
48
50.00
27.00
45.00
45.00 t
30.00
40.00
30.00
40.00
77.00
20.00
47.00
20.00
20.00
is logical that their sale price should vary
somewhat in the same ratio,
According to present practice a price
greater than $300 per acre-for tracts wIth
in the 15,mile limit-ill, with one exception,
not assigned to coal lands, regardless of
how much greater a valuation may be
reached by the tonnage-rating estimate out
lined previously. This exception refers
to lands in the immediate vicinity of oper
ating mines, where the character of the coal
has been demonstrated practically, and In
, consequence its value should be well known
to the purchaller.
In pricing coal lands distinction is sel
dom made between public and private hold,
Ings, for to do so would entail a vast amount

U. S. Geological Survey. in EconomIc Geo
logy, with the permission of the director.
The statements made therein may therefore
be considered authorltati7e.
The specific method of applying the reg
ulations to valuation of co,ll lands can per,
haps best be shown by considering typIcal
cases. The accompanying map (Fig. 65) of
an area of four square miles in a Colorado
coal field, shows mine locations thereIn, the
relation of the coal outcrop to land lines.
and the government sale price per acre of
the various tracts involved, This is pre
sented as the simplest possible case, since
there is only one coal bed present and the
strata are practically horiwntal. This coal
is a hlghgrade coking variety. and should
normally be considered all the most valuable
of class A, or according to the regulations,
be priced at 3 cents per ton. Dikes are oc
casionally encountered In the mine working,
however, and a reduction of 20 per cent is
made for that factor; which causes the sale
price to be fixed at 2.4 cents per ton. It was
found that the coal bed is about 70 inches
thick along its outcrop in the area shown
on the map. An acre tract underlain by a
70-inch coal bed less than 500 feet from the
surface and valued at 2.4 cents per ton,
based on 1,000 tons recovery per acre-foot,
is worth $140, and this sale price per acre
is therefore assigned to those tracts entirely
underlain by the coal bed. Prices less than
$140 are given to those tracts crossed by the
coal outcrop, based on the ratio of the acre
age underlain by unweathered coal to the
total acreage in the tract. One exception
is to be noted, however, in that no tract i'S
to be valued at less than the minimum fixed
by law. In other words, if there Is any
amount of coal whatever in a 40-acre tract,
considered workable according to the regu
lations, that tract is not to be sold at less
than $400 or $800 (minimum price), depend
ent on distance from railroad. even though
the value based on tonnage should be much
less than those amounts.
In the for(lgoing illustration of the ap
plication of the Regulationll to coal land
valuation, only one bed is present and the
consequent computation of acreage price is
exceedingly simple. Where several beds
are considered, however, there are a greater
number of factors involved. To aid in the
verbal explanation of methods where at
least three coal beds underlie the land to be
valued, the accompanying graphic ilIustra,
tion (Fig. 66) is appended. This represents
four square miles on the margin or the Bull
mountains coal fields in central Montana.
The coal in this field is a high,grade sub
bituminous variety and falls in class C of
the Regulations. It is fair stocking coal,
which together with its high calorific value,
causes it to be rated at 1 cent per ton. Also
in accordance with the regulations, a H
inch bed of this coal is considered workable
to a depth of 2.000 feet. The three beds oc
curring in the area indicated are known as
the Carpenter, the McCleary ana the Buckey.
The Carpenter shows the greatest length
of outcrop and thins from five feet on the
west side of Section 30, to about four feet
on the south line of Section 32. The Buckey
bed shows the least length of outcrop and
averages fifteen inches thick in this locality,
The intermediate or McCleary bed thins
from five and a half feet near the southeast
corner of Sec. 31, to four feet near the
southeast corner of Section 31, to four feet
near the southwellt corner of Section 30.
These beds lie nearly horizontal and the
vertical distance between them is such that
any bed will not be disturbed by the min
ing of the others. Each is less than 500
THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV TE W, MAY 1 5, 1 912.
feet from the surface in the area shown
and no reduction for depth need therefore
be made. .
The specific method of determining the
acreage price of the various tracts under
lain by one or more of the coal beds desig
nMed can perhaps best be illustrated by
the tabulated statement appended below.
'This table lists the tracts, indicates the
thickness assigned to each coal bed there
under together with its percentage rating,
whether 100 per cent, 60 per cent or 40 per
cent, the value per acre placed on this
thickness and the total price com
puted for each acre in the individual tracts
as modified by the proportion of the tract
underlain by the coal.
A study of the foregoing table wiW dis
close several apparent inconsistencies
which are in need of explanation. For in
stance, with respect to the valuation of Lot
7, Sec. 31, the question naturally arises reo
garding the consideration of the Carpenter
coal as the first or 100 per cent bed inas
much as the McCleary bed is considerably
thicker. The assignment is due to the fact
that the former bed underlies the greater
acreage in the tract, hence by adopting it
as the first bed and the McCleary as the sec
ond or GO per cent bed, a greater total aver
age price per acre for the tract is obtained.
The general rule, heretofore, is to ar
range the bids according to the percentage
rating that will yield the highest possi
ble value for the tract. In other words,
where the depth factor is not involved,
the comparative tonnage of coal in the
various beds in any particular tract con
trois the percentage rating.
A second apparent inconsistency in the
values indicated is in the relation of the
column headed "Value per Acre," and that
designated "Total average value per acre
for tract, etc." A case in point is with
reference to the NW% of NE%, Sec. 31,
where approximately twothirds ,Qf the
tract is apparently underlain by the Car
penter coal bed to which a thickness of
54 inches is assigned. Since this thick
ness gives a value Qf $45 per acre, the
total average value for the tract should
apparently be $30 .per acre instead
$20 as shofn in the table. This seeming
discrepancy is due to the fact that the
Carpenter coal bed is burned along its
outcrop across the tract in question, thus
reducing the acreage of workable coal
therein. A similar condition likewise oc
curs in several other tracts valued.
In the application of the regulations to
valuation of lands underlain by Qne or
more coal beds which are considerably in
clined from the horizontal, several factors
are involved which were not conisdered
in the preceding illustrations. Where a
coal bed lies horizontal within a tract, lt2
acreage is that of the tract, but where
inclined, its area relative to that of the
tract is a function of the angle or dip.
For example" where a coal bed dips at a
GOdegree angle, the vertical projection of
the lines bounding a tract underlain b;'
.the "bed will enclose an acreage of coal
measured on the bed equal to twice the
acreage of the tract. This increase ill
area should of course be taken into ac
count in valuation since that valuation is
based primarily on tonnage.
A second factor to be considered is
that of depth. Coal 1,000 feet beneath
the surface is obviously of less value than
that near the, surface, since not only IS
an additional cost in mini1ig be
cause of increased lift, but a greater
amount of crushing is involved which ne
cessitates heavier timber, and usually '"
larger proportion of coal to be left as
supporting pillars. In valuation it is as
sumed that for the first 500 feet of depth
little if any excess in mining cost is in
volved, but from 500 feet to the maximum
depth to which the coal can De mlnet!
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formly 45 degrees to the east, which plac'
es the 2,OOO-foot depth contour in the east
tier of tracts as indicated. For the pur
pose of valuation, consider that the coal
is rated at 1 cent per ton and will fall
in class C, which aSSigns a 2,000,foot
depth limit of workmanship. In' the
of SE% of the section this bed lies at an
average depth of 1,200 feet. A Gfoot bed of
coal within 500 feet of the surface, if hori
zontal, worth $60 per acre based on 1
cent per ton and 1,000 tons recocery. Ap
plying the formula quoted in the preceding
paragraph, the value per acre of the tract
in question $60 (60 X.L2.H=t.f.2.) , or $32.
The value, however, does not take
$32. The value, however, does not take
into account the increased acreage due to
the dip. Beneath a 40-acre tract the area
of a coal bed which dips 45 degrees is 1.41
times the area of the tract, as may easily
be demonstrated mathematically. The val
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Figure 66. Illustrating Government Sale Price of Coal Lands where three FlatLylng Coal Beds are
Present. Left-Hand Sketch shows relation of Ooal Out Crops to Land Subdivisions and Area
Underlain by Ooal; Sketch to Right shows Olasslfication and Valuation.
costs increase at a steadilY .progressive
rate. A sImple mathematical formula ex
presses this reduction in value for depth.
For illustration, consider a coal of class
B workable to a depth of 3,000 feet be,
low the point of access. Down to 500 feet
the outcrop value holds, from whlcn
depth the value decreases to zero at 3,000
feet. At 2,000 feet, therefore, the reduc
tion in value expressed mathematically
would be or threefifths reduction
from the outcrop value.
These conditions may be illustrated
further graphically. Fig. G7 represents an
ideal condition because of its extreme
simpliCity, seldom, if ever, occurs in reo
ality. An area of one square mile is shown
in this Illustration, across which a coal
bed six feet thick is assumed to outcrOI)
in a straight line parallel to the north
south subdivision boundaries and in such
relation to them that the 500-foot depth
contour falls on one such boundary. It
is assumed further that the coal dips uni
ue of the tract in question, therefore, is
$45 per acre. Since conditions are identi
cal for the three tracts to the north of that
discussed, the government sale price per
acre will be similar for each.
Applying the same principles outline:l
aoove to the SE% of SWlh gives a value
of $84 per acre for that part underlain by
the coal. This II!! reduced to an average or
$32 per acre for the entire tract because of
the ratio of coalbearing area to the non
coal portion. The same price per acre nat
urally is assigned to the three. tracts to
the north. Tne tier of tracts adjacent on
the west is noncoal.
Only a glance at the illustration i3
needed to show that the actual value per
acre of the east tier of subdivisions in th;:)
section is a very small amount. Accord
ing to law, however, these tracts cannot bl'!
sold as coal land at less than the mIni
mum price of $20 per acre, as,suming that
the land is within fifteen miles of a rail
road.
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17 THE SAL T L A K E "!'II N I N G REV lEW, MAY 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
In Inclined strata where more than one
coal bed is involved, the consequent valu
ation of lands is based on the principles
outlined above combined with those dis
cussed in connection with Fig. 66. The
proper percentage rating of the various
beds where so inclined is in many ,In
stances determined only upon computation
to decide which rating results in the high
est acreage value.
Many other factors are involved in coal
land valuation concerning which the brev
ity of this article forbids detailed discus
sion or illustration. structural conditiona,
for instance, notably affect the cost of
mining and should therefore be considered
in valuation. -Where faults are present
there is necessarily a large amount of
dead work in mining. The character of thtl
floor and roof, especially the latter, in
fluences mining cost materially. As a rule.
partings in tbe coal are undesirable factors,
yet in many cases a parting is of actual
benefit. Tbe character of the parting ill
also to be considered in valuation. For ex
ample, a 3-inch bone parting which "freez
es" to the coal may be more mostly to
handle than one of shale
considerably tbicker but which is easily
separated from the coal in mining.
One of the most troublesome features
with respect to coal valuation results froN
the habit of coal in certain formations and
in certain localities to present sudden
changes in thickness. It is under such
conditions that abundant data are essenti:JI
in order that even a close approximation
of tonnage can be made. Where that even
a close approximation of tonnage can be
made. Where such data are available how
ever, it is possible in many instances to
outline, with the feeling that the result is
not greatly in error, the sbape and extent
of the basin In which the coal was formed.
This one feature, however, is a subject too
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Figure 67. Figure Illustrating Classifications where one inclined Coal Bed fs present. Left
Hand Sketch shows Relation of Coal Outcrop. SOO-foot. and 2,OOOfoot Depth Limit
to La.nd Subdivision; Sketch to Right showl Classifications and Valuations
comprehensive to be discussed in this pa
per.
It is realized that the methods of coal
land classification are accorded too brief
treatment in this article to be of the great
est possible value to those interested in the
subject. However, the main principles are
set forth, and, it is hoped with sufficient
detail to show c1arly that such classification
based on careful field examination and
exhaustive consideration of all data bear
ing on the question of coal land valuation.

ANALYSIS OF UTAH COPPER REPORT,
(Boston News Letter.)
An analYSis of the Utah Cappel' COM
pany's report for the year ending De.::elllher
1st, 1911, which has just been issued,
that the operations and results obtained were
by far the most satisfactory of any year
in the company's history. Among the sa
lient features may be mentioned the fo',
lowing:
(l). Production of 93,514,419 lbs. of
copper and tbe net profits of $6,237,928, in
cluding the income from Nevada Consolid
ated, were the largest ever obtained by tbe
company.
(2). The cost of producing copper of
7.865c. per lb. was the lowest ever reached
by the company.
(3). During the year nearly 100,000,000
tons of are were added to the reserves,
bringing tbe total to 301,500,000 tons fully
developed and partially developed ore of an
average graae of 1.532%. It is important
to note that the average of the ore milled
in 1911, when the above cost was attained,
was 1.510/0 copper per ton, while in 191u,
when the figure was 8.06c., the grade of the
ore treated was 1.540/0.
(4). The increase of approximately
100,000,000 tons in the ore reserves has add
ed 14 years life, bringing the total life of
the mine up to more than 40 years.
(5). During the year, notwithstanding
that the grade of ore treated was lower
than the preceding year, the extraction of
copper recovered increased from 20.51 to
21.03 lbs. per ton.
By August the co'ncentrators will be in a
pOSition to handle 20,000 tons of ore per
day; with this increase from August to
the end of the year, production for the year
1912 is placed at 120,0000,000 pounds.
The result of oprations of the company's
new Bingham & Garfield Railroad indicates
that, with the tonnage, it will be called
upon to transport after the middle of the
present year, it will show earnings which
will result in reducing the cost of copper
three-quarters of 1 cent per lb.
Utah Copper after several years of re
vamping its concentrators and bringing its
plants up to capacity, is apparently just
coming into its own. The company's opera
tions henceforth should show an increase
in production and lower costs, which should
result in a large increase in earnings. From
the above the exceedingly strong position
of the company will be evident.

FIRST SHIPMENT FROM NEVADA
UNITED.
(Journal, Reno, N<.lvada.)
The first shipment of are from the prop
erty of the Nevada United Mines company.
in the Wedekind district, four miles north
east of Reno, is now being hauled from the
mine and loaded on the cars in th< Reno
yards. Hauling began Tuesday, when two of
the big teams of the Nevad:l Transfer com
pany loaded up ten tons of solid metal. Yes
terday these teams continued the process
and today will do likewise. The are will
go to the Western Ore Purchasing com
pany's plant at Hazen, and shipments will
continue to be made as fast as the are can
be taken from the mine. Sufficient. ore is
already blocked out to insure frequent ship
ments and yesterday morning another large
shoot of solid metal was encountered in the
upraise from the crosscut at the 155-foot
leveL Thi'S new shoot is almost directly
in lin;; with the mass of metal boulders
below and no doubt is a continuation of that
ore body. The opening of this new shoot
is the most important occurrence at the
mine for some time, as it point'S the angle
of the ore shoot in the vein thereby enabling
the management to more easily follow the
course of mineralization.

The Majestic Gold Mining company, of
Salt Lake, has been incorporated with a
capitalization of $20,000 divided into ten
cent sbares. The officers are Fred J. Hol
ton, Bingham, Utah. president; Stanley A.
Hanks, vice-president; George L. Graehl,
secrelary, and Lucy P. Holton, treasurer.
The property of the company is located in
West :MJountain district, Utah.
THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, MAY 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
THE MET ALLURGY OF LEAD
WRITTEN FOR THE MINING REVIEW BY H. B. PULSIFIER
;intering and Roasting Lead Ores. (Cont.)
, The construction of a Dwight-Lloyd con
inuous machine is essentially an endless
;rate which is continuously undergoing
.he operations of being bedded, loaded, ig
lited, Ilintered and discharged; each of
vhich separate functions is progressing
vithout interruption at its own proper part
If the machine, while the grate progresses
llowly in its course, around and around.
The parts and functions have to be so
lroportioned that the grate shall be prop
,rly protected against corrosion by matte
Iud slag. The layer of coarse or inert' ma
erial next the iron is for this purpose; its
lecessity is greatest with the more easBy
usible charges, and charges which are
ligh in sulphur, or other fuel, which wlll
Ifford much heat and fusion: .of the
Diagram of Drum Type Cont:nuou$ RoastSintering Machine
large. The ignition is to be so regulated
lat the charge shall be properly started
.ward self-sintering, yet avoiding any ex
lSS, which would be wasted. The suction
Id size of the suction box beneath the
~ a t e s is likewise so adjusted that aftel>
Ie proper course of the roasting and slut
'ing is accomplished the cake is prompt-
beyond the cut-off, and advanCing to
ard the discharge, Of course the speed
which the' grate travels affords a means
regulating all these details to a con
derable extent.
As details relating to the cost of oper
ion, in particular the cost of repairs and
newals, covering considerable periods are
.t 'available, much interest will attach to
e performance of the machines as re
.rted from .time to time.
The intermittent dumping-pan type of
unit we choose to speak of in connection
with the name of Greenwalt, because he
has done much' work, not only in design
ing practical equipment.:', but because he has
so thoroughly studied the composition of
charges and how to sinter successfully. It
is riot to be supposed that he originated
the dumping pan, but he was probably the
first to appreciate and use a bed of pro
tecting material between the charge and
grate. The matter of the thorough mixing
of the charge and appropriate moisture
content, points all too often neglected by
others, were fully understood' and turned
to account by this metallurgist.
The dumping pan has a good deal ot
merit when compared with continuous mao
chines. Its capacity is likely less, per unit,
but the original cost of a unit is likewise
o o
less, while the mechanical operation is about
as simple as can be imagined. This is
of the utmost importance in metallurgical
work. About ten inches has been found a
suitable thickness for the cake. This al
lows adequate protection of the grate with
out making the proportion of bed to charge
unduly great. The charging, ignition and
suction requirements of the pan have also
been well worked out and prove decidedlY
practical on a commercial 'scale.
The illustration of a fan as designed by
Greenwalt gave general satisfaction. The
bearings, however, would be better made
and even stronger with <lnd thrust better
provided for. - The fan should also be split
horizontally, about half way up, so that the
casing can be raised on a hinge and the
whole interior exposed for cleaning. This
is necessary if the fan is placed in close
proximity to the roasting unit, for the
gases from roasting are neVer very hot.
At the beginning of a heat they are heavi
ly laden with water vapor and will usually
contain considerable amounts of elemental
sulphur, lead and arsenic fume. If this all
has to pass through the fan before de
positing in a flue, an amount inappreciable
will be sufficient to seriously interfere with
the capacity of the fan. With proper al'
rangements, no longer than ten or fifteen
minutes a day interruption of the suction,
should suffice to keep the fan clean and
in order.
During anyone heat in the pan the suc
tion starts with air passing quite freelY,
and a vacuum forms which is much less
than will be produced as soon as the roast-
Fan as Designed by Greenawalt
ing is well under way, with condensation
of water in the lower part of the charge.
Little by little the' passing of air diminishes
as the charge evidently gets filled with
water in its lower part; maybe only a
tenth part of the starting amount will soon
be passing; but, at the same time the
charge is getting hotter below the fire linl>,
and it is not very long before the mini
mum amount of air is passed through, and
with the drying out the charge becomes
more and more porous. Considerably be
fore finishing the charge is even more po
rous than at first, and at the end from
two to three or even five times that
amount may go through. With this in
creasing permeability the intensity of the
suction 'falls off equally, and the gases
reach their maximum temperature.
The generation and absorption of the
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19 THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, MAY 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
heat is an interesting phase of the opera
tion; unfortunately I do not find data for
the heat of (lecomposition of pyrite, nor for
the heat of formation of lead silicate. In
neither case are the quantities large and
we may hope they balance nearly equally.
It will be seen that about one-third or
.the heat generated is absorbed in the
charge. Of the remainder a portion is rad
iated and conducte(l away from the top sur
face of the charge dUring the first few
minutes of the run; some is given to the
pan. especially after the roasting has pen
etrated below the surface layers, and the
major portion is of course carried away
in the sensible heat of the current of gas
through the pipes and fan. If the tempera
ture of the gas as it comes (lirectly from
the unit were available. it would be in
teresting to check the heat actually car
Not determlned-
Oxygen. . ............................ 7.0
Carbon Dioxide ....................... 1.4
100.0
The result of the roasting and s:ntering
cannot be definitely stated as to the exact
compounds and the exact amount of each
produced. It is probable that most of the
silica will combine with the oxides of leari
and iron resultin'g from the ox!datioJl of
their sulphides. Fragments of unchanged
sllcious ore are noticeable in the proLiuct
under certain conditions. It is eqnally ap
parent that in good sinter the silict). wi;J
be mostly fused and changed to silicate.
The pyrite we shall assume to be fully
decomposed, the iron ozidized to the fer
rou$ condition and satisfied with sili.c!\ to
form PeSiO,; this is not ahsolutely cor
rect for some pyrite may esca1'e decompo
Dlaa-ram of Intermittent Pan Installation
best to assume that the balena is fully used
and that the lead oxide gets its required
amount of silica to form PbSiO. We know
that the lead silicate forms quickly and at
a lower temperature than any of the other
silicates, and that the product contains
much lead silicate, the full amount of lead
not appearing in the analysis unless hydro
fiuoric acid is used with the other acids
in getting the sample into soluton.
Although some of the blend will doubt
less be acted upon we deem it best to' con
sider it unchanged; the rapid sintering and
low temperature can hardly favor adequate
treatment for this constituent. It is a fact
that if the zinc in the charge runs as high
as 5, 6 or 70/{;, the smaller sulphur elimina
tion is decidedly less than with lower zinc.
It has also been noticed that charges which
appear uniformly mixed and of even mols
ried away with the quantity calculated to
be lost this way. In the absence of this
data we shall have to be content with the
ensuing figures.
We may consider a charge of 1 metric
ton, which is approximately 1 long ton, an
amount such as is actually used in the
pans yet tried.
Constituents. Formula. % Wet. % Dry. Kilos.
Silicious Ore.. SiO. 24 25.5 240
Iron Ore .... " Fe.O, 22 23.4 220
Pyrite. . . . . . .. FeS. 22 23.4 220
. , ~ Ga.lena........ PbS 18 19.2 180
Blende.... .... ZnS 5 5.3 50
Limestone. . .. CaCO, 3 3.2 30
MOisture.... .. H,O' 6
100 100.0 940
The chemical analysis of the charge will
show
Per Cent.
Insoluble. . , ... , ... , ............. ".. 25,5
Iron . . . . ..................... ,...... 27.3
~ ~ ~ h ~ r . : : ...... _........... :','.',:: ::: : :::: :: . :: 16.8
ZinQ ........... , .................. ". 1 ~ : ~
~ , Lime ...... , ......... , ..... , ......... 1.8
kii?
sition, some higher oxide may he formed
and some oxide may not fI.'H\ct with ,silica.
However, the assumption is accurate
enough for the calculation in hand.
The oxide of iron present in the charge
as the iron ore, Fe,O., will be more or
less fused with the other constituents, it
will not take part in any reaction, as here
considered. but being heated and cooling
with the remainder of the charge, neither
adds nor subtracts In the total heat.
Some small amount of the galena may
remain intact during the sintering and
some of the lead oxide formed may not
react with silica, but for the calculation it
is assumed that the reactions are com
pleted. As the product is assumed to con
tai.n only 2.9% sulphur, a considerable por
tion is present as calcium sulphate, and as
zinc sulphide is ozidized with more dfficul
ty than any. of the othel' suiphdes, it seems
ture may not sinter in spots. These patch
es will be found to analyze high in zinc,
the unchanged crystals of sphalerite ap
pearing prominently.
As considerable calcium .sulphate will
be formed we assume the full amount of
carbonate changed to that compound; the
product will of course be anhydrous.
We may quite accurately assume that
there will be no loss of metal during the
operation. It Is not known how much of
the sulphur is sublimed without oxidation;
let us say onethird of the sulphur of the
pyrite acts thus. The amount of sulphur
trioxide formed is here taken as only
enough to form sulphate with the lime. Ex
periments show that the amount in the gas
must be very small. much less than in
the ordinary updraft blast-roasting.
A bed of inert material, such as lime
stone, previously made sinter or iron ore,
THE SA L TL A K E MIN I N G REV I E W, MAY 15, 1912.
will necessarily be added to protect the
Fates.
The residue will thus have the following
:
[nsoluble, silica .... 240 Kilos
i1'erric oxide ...... 220 Kilos
8iO.
Fe
26.7%
28.6%
frerrous oxide .... 179.8 Kilos Pb 17.3%
i:.ead oxide ....... 167.9 Kilos Zn 3.8%
?;inc sulphide ......
:Calcium sulphate _.
50 Kilos
40.8 Kilos
S
CaO
2.9%
1.9%
898.5 Kilos
Generation of Heat.
)xidation of Sulphur to Dioxide .... _..... A
)xidation of Sulphur to Trioxide . _...... n
Jxidation of Iron to Ferrous Oxide ....... C
)xidation of Lead to Oxide ....... _...... D
:;ombination of Silica with -Lead Oxide ... _E
c:'ombination of Silica with Iron Oxide .... F
Onion of Calcium Oxide with Sulphur Tri
oxide .. _ . _........ _...............

A, 92.8( ,S)x2,164 Cal. per Kg.)=200,819
B,9.6(K S)x2,870(Cal. )per Kg.)= 27,571
C:,102.5( Fe)x1,175(Cal. per Kg.)=120,438
D,155.8(Kgs. Pb.)x245(Cal. per Kg.)= 38,171
E, 167.9(Kgs_ PbO) No data.
fr, 179.8(Kgs. per 22,295
J,18.0(Kgs. CaO)x1,676(Cal. per 30,168
439,462
Absorption of Heat.
Heat Required to Deeompose Pyrite .. _.. A
Heat Required to Decompose Galena ...... B
Heat Required to Decompose Carbonate ... C
Heat Required to Vaporize Water ........ D
Heat Required to Vaporize Sulphur ..... _.. E
In the absence of the quantity of heat
necessary to decompose pyrite we use
that required for ferrous sulphide, a quan
tity probably slightly less.
Cal.
A, 220( FeS)x273 (Cal. per Kg.)=60,060
B, 180 s. PbS)x84.5(Cal. per Kg.) =16,210
C. 30( CaCO,)x452(Cal. per Kg.)=13,560
D, per Kg.)=36,390
E, 39.2(Kgs. S) x 72(Cal. per Kg.)= 2,822
128,042
Subtracting 128,042 Cal. from the total
amount of heat liberated, 439,462 calories,
leaves 311,420 calories as the quantity of
heat to be radiated away, conducted away,
and carried away in the gases as sensible
heat.
The sulphur which is eliminated as di
oxide will fill a volume of some 64 cubic
meters under standard conditions; If we
suppose 4,100 cubic meters of gas, reduced
to standard volume, to have been used dur
ing a run of ,some two hours, the average
content of the gas in sulphur dioxide is evi
dently about 1.5% by volume. The tem
perature of the gases will be well below
100 deg. C. during the first half of the run.
Toward the last they may get as hot as
400 to 500 deg_ C., when the cake is pretty
well finiShed and the line of fire has en
tered the pipes.
It would seem that the common method
of placing the exhaust fan near the unit
is ill-advised for both continuous or in
lermittent units. With a continuous ma
chine, or several pans at various stages,
the temperature of the gases cannot
high enough to prevent the deposition of
the more or less sticky fume. With a fan
for each pan the depOSition is excessive
during the first of the run, and at the end
the fan gets entirely too hot. The re
quired suction is not more than twelve or
15 inches of water and flues can well be
constructed so that a large fan might be
placed at some distance, thus handling
cooler gases and avoiding collecting the
fume which will be settled out where the
individual pipes enter the fiue.
The figures indicate plainly the predom
ina(;ing influence of the sulphur as the
,source of the heat generation. Practical
experiments have determined tlIat with a
charge of this general character 21% sul
phur is on the upper limit, for the whole
mass fuses and stops the re3ci.ion; like
wise, 10% SUlphur is too low for the heat .
liberated is not sufficient to propogate the
combustion zone uniformly to the end.
The roasting and sintering of lead is an
operation as necessary in the metallurgy
of lead now, as it was fifty years ago; we
have tried to record the and
give some account of each step in the'
progress. From every point of view, ef
ficiency, cost, healthfulness, the conserving:
of human labor, time, fuel and metal val
ues and the practical eliminati::m of tile in
jurious product, sulphur trioxide, develop
ments have been remarkable and at the
present time constitute one of the most
absorbing phases in the metallurgy of leac.
H. B. PULSIFER.
Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
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A ROOM WITH BATH AT $1.50 PER DAY.
For months, there has been a great de
mand for a room with bath in Denver ho
tels at the rate of $1.50 and $2 per day.
The Albany Hotel company, at a very large
expense, entailing six months labor, have
thrown open to the public 38 rooms with
private toilet and lavatory, $1.50; 42 rooms
with bath, $1.50; 45 rooms with bath, $2.
When you are in Denver, we wO\lld be
very glad to show yoU one of these rooms
and we know that you will be pleased with
it. The fact is, since May 1st, one can
secure a room with bath at the Albany
hotel at a price formerly charged for
rooms without bath.
TEMPLE ROCK URANIUM-VANADIUM
PROPERTY.
This group of claims is located in Em
ery county, Utah, about forty-five miles
south-west of Green River, and three or
four miles westerly from the wagon roaJ
from Green River to Huntsville. Six claims
have been located, covering the deposit,
and the mountain known as Temple Rock,
a high sandstone butte visible for miles
from the surrounding country. The moun
tain lies towards the southern end of the
great San Rafael fault, the sandstone beds
in it having a slight dip to the southeast.
There are three great sandstone beds, run
ning entirely through the mountain, which
contain uranium-vanadium ores, and th(lse
three beds all contain asphaltum in varying
degrees. The beds containing carnotite
ores consist of gray sandstone, and aresep
arated from each other by other sandstone
beds of gray, greenish and reddish tints.
The lower and larger bed in area, at the
base of the mountain, shows uranium-vana
dium ores on its northerly side, a sample
from which, assayed in Denver, " gave re
turns of approximately 1 % uranium oxides
and 70/0 vanadium oxides_
This bed is approximately fifty feet in
thickness, and at the time of the writer's
1
visit, had no development, except a face of
!
ore on the northerly side of the mountain,
I
as noted above. The limits of this body of
ore were not determined by the work done
at that time. The next higher, or middle
sandstone bed, was opened on the westerly
side by a tunnel to a depth of approximately
I
thirty feet, and was run in on a vein of
dark-colored sandstone, containing urani
um values. The ordinary gray sandstone
in this tunnel gave returns, in New York,
of 1 % uranium, which would indicate a
large body of concentrating ore at this
point. This middle bed is approximately
fifty feet in thickness. Some distance
above this bed and near the top of the
mountain, is the .upper and thickest bed ot
gray sandstone, which approximates 100
feet In thickness, and contains the largest
showing of uranium ores, both on the
easterly and westerly sides of the moun
tain. These outcrops show on opposite
sides of the mountain, a very large body of
dark, possibly iron-stained material, two or
three feet in thickness, under which are
found lenticular or kidney shaped masses
of It black asphaltite material which gave,
from various samplings, from 1.2% to 4.22%
uranium oxides. These samples were taken
from the westerly side of the mountain,
and a similar deposit shows on the easterly
side, directly opposite, which would seem
to indicate that the deposits of this char
acter would be found entirely through the
mountain at this point. But enough work
has not been done to determine this.
This black ore seems to contain little
or no vanadium, and if found of sufficient
grade, appears to promise extensive ship
ments. To the north from this outcrop, on
the easterly side and in the same bed, is a
large body of uranium-vanadium ore, but I
am not informed as .to its value. A streak
of fine-looking carnotite ore shows on the
northerly side of the mountain, at the bot
bot of this upper bed, and float from it
may be gathered up in considerable quan
tity at the base of the mountain under it.
Towards the southerly end of the moun
tain, and at the black outcrop, the strata
are bent downward towards a large fissure,
the fissure being filled with broken -sand
stone; and this fissure probably indicatell
the source of the mineralization of the vari
ous beds of the mountain. Galena is dis
seminated through the sandstone at the
base of the mountain in the fissure, and
along the westerly side pieces were seen
21 THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, MAY 15, 1912.
containing probably an alteration product
of the galena; possibly anglesite. No ex
amination was made to determine the exact
location of this galena-bearing bed, but it
would possibly make a concentrating prop
osition, if in quantity. The ores of this
mountain may be mined cheaply in open
quarries, for a long time, and it would re
quiJ:e but little work to make the road good
to the mountain, from the main road. In
addition to what shipping ores may be de
veloped, these seems to be a probability
of very large bodi,es of concentrating ores;
and on the whole, these claims with their
three great beds make, for the area coy
ered, one of the largest deposits of such
ores in the state. The property' has lately
been placed in control of Col. J. C. Robetts
and associates, and it is reported that
shipments are to begin shortly.
MAYNARD BIXBY.
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VANADIUM PRODUCTION IN COL
ORADO.
(Special Correspondence.)
Denver, Colo., May 10.-Vanadium pro
duction is this year included for the first
time in the report of the Colorado commis
sioner of mines. For ,several years the
state has been producing vanadic acid and
vanadiferous ores in increasing quantities;
but reliable information concerning th"
amount has been withheld by the proouc
ers. An investigation made by the pres
ent commLssioner of mines, Thos. R. Hen
ahen, has enabled him to arrive at an es
timate that is approximately accurate. A
daily average of about thirty tons of vana
dium ore, chiefly roscoelite, is treated by
the mill operated by the Primos Chemical
company at Newmire in San Miguel county.
, The ore is maqe to yield in the form of
vanadic acid at least one per cent metalllc
vanadium. The value of the output is fig
ured on a basis of $2.50 a pound, making
a total of $547,500 for the year 1911. This
is probably too low, as the price of vana
dium during the year ranged from $3.50 to
$5 a pound.
From Placerville, during the year,
1,515% tons of ore mined in Paradox val
ley, Montrose county, was shipped via Gal
veston to Liverpool. The average price
paid for the ore, f. o. b. Placerville, was
$70 a ton, or a total for the year of $106.
085. This ore averaged 3% per cent metal
lic vanadium, in addition to uranium and
radium. A conservative estimate of the
.c. ",value, the vanadium extracted' from the
would be $200 a ton, or $303,106 for
.:+Montrose county. In the production of the
. Fore not more than fifty miner,s were em-
Calx
- ployed, but twenty-six men with four and
horse teams were needed in hauling it
the shipping point.
Not enough development has been done
determine the extent of the ore depos
Practically all of the ore has come
lenses in sandstone strata exposed
==INDEX TO ADVERTISERS=
Mining MachlD"rT DDd SdppU.,
Page.
Bogue Supply Co. . .............. _ , . . .. 10
Denver Fire Clay Co. . .. , .. ,.......... 39
W. O. Dray Mfg. :OD. ,,' ...... ,.,., . ,. 8
General E ectric Co. . ...... ,.......... 3
Independent Powder Co., of Mo. ........ 9
Ingersoll Machinery Co. .........
Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. .......... 1/
Lane Mill & Machinery Co......... ,... 4
Jones & Jacobs, Mill Builders .......... 4
Kelly Fi,iter Press Co............... ,.. 43
l';line and Smelter Supply Co. .......... 1
Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co...... ,. {)
Numa Rock Drill Sharpener Co. ....... 10
Richmond, F, C .. Ma.chlnery Co. ........ 2
Revere Rubber Co. ................. 5
Roberts & Kaufman .................... 9
Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Co, .... 42
Salt Lake Boiler & Sheet Iron Works.... 38
Salt Lake Hardware Co................. 44
H. A. Silver Foundry & Machine Co..... 40
Union Portland Cement Co.............. 43
Utah Fuel Co........................... 41
Utah Fire Clay Co. . .... " ..... , ... ,... 40
Utah Welding Co. .................... 40
Way's Pocket Smelter Co....... "...... 41
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. ..,... R
Z. C. M. 1. ;........................... 4
Banking Hon...,.
Merchants' Ban.k ...................... 38
McCornick & Co. ................... 38
National Copper Bank .................. 38
Walker Bros. . ................. 22 and 23
Utah State National Bank , ...... , 38
Aa,.ers and M.,tallnrgl.t..
A. F. Bardwell ....................... 39
Bird-Cowan ............................ 39
Crismon & Nichols .............. _ . . . . . 39
Currie, J. W. ........................... 39
Officer & Co., R. R ........ ,............. 39
Tyler, Lu C. ........................ 39
Union Assay Office ....... _ . . . . . .. . .. 39
Utah Department Denver Fire Ciay Co... 39
Railroad.
Oregon Short Line .................. ,. 39
Salt L'ake Route ...................... 40
Rio Grande Western ................ 40
Mine and Stock Dealer.
Orem & Co. ........................ 3S
on the sides of the canyons. 1 the de
posits should prove to be continuous
throughout the sandstone. the supply wiII
be ample to permit the general use of
vanadium in steel manufacture. This re
mains to be determined by further explora
tion, but there is still a very large avail
able supply in the surface deposits.
All of the principal operators are now
carrying on extensive metallurgical exper
iments for the purpose of working out a
process for 'the economical extraction of
vanadium in mills that can be erected near
the mines, thus avoiding the heavy expense
inVolved in the transportation by wagon
and rail of a low grade ore. In order to
get three or four pounds of vanadium from
the Paradox valley mines to the railroad,
a ton or ore has to be hauled fifty or sixty
miles in wagons.
The possibility of developing a produc
tion equal to demands for the manufac
ture of steel rails is now attracting at
tention. By adding not more than five
pounds of vanadium to a ton of steel its
tensile ,strength and toughness is greatly
increased, and its ability to .withstand suc
cessive jars and shocks multiplied by three.
The use of vanadium steel in rails
would mean safety undlh the strain 1m
posed by heavy locomotives and high
speed.
MIDlng Attorne,.
Page
Lee, Bltdger & Lewlshon........ 38
Bra ey, Pischel & Harkness............ 38
Callahan, D. A., Mining LltW Books.... 38
Davis & Davis...................... .. 38
Henderson, Pierce. Critchlow & Barrette 38
Higgins. E. V. ........................ 38
Clvll and Mining Engineer.
Adamson. W. G. . ..................... 37
Arnold, Fsher & Calvert ......... , ... . 37
purch, Caetanl & Hershey ......... . .. 37
Brown, G. Chester .................... . 37
Burke. Jltmes J. . ....................... 37
Craig, W. J ........................... . 37
Deseret Construction Co. ............. . 37
Fiske. Winthrop W .. , ... " ............ . 38
GaUgher, T. W. . .. ' .............. , .... . 41
General Engineering Co. ............ . 37
lIowelI & Kingsbury ................. . 37
James. Geo. D. ..... ., .............. ,. 38
jennIngs. E. P. ...................... 37
Pack, Mosher F ............. _.......... . 37
Peet, C. A........................... . 38
Pulsifer, H. B. . .................... : 37
Roberts, J. C. . ...................... 37
Safford, J. L. ......................... 37
Silver Bros. Engineers & Contractors .. . 37
Utlth State School of Mines ........... . 37
Willadsen Bros, .......... , ..... , ..... . 27
:;iddlcombe & Palmer ............... . 37
alker. H. C. . ............. , ...... , .. . 38
Zalinski, Edward R. . ................. .
37
Miscellaneous.
AB!ban
y
Hotel , ........ , "'" .. . 4
mgham Mines Co., For . . ...... . 38
Century Printing Co. . .... , ... : ....... . 7
De Bouzek Engrav'ng Co
41
Hotel Stanford .. . . - ........... .
Gardner & Adam ..... _.............. .
38
Jensen Creamery s . : : : : :: : : : : : : : : : : : :
42
7
Mo!'ntain States TeL & Tel. Co........ . 38
OttlClltJ Directory of Mineo
41
Nephi Plaster Co ..........
R 11 d .............. 40
8 at rf.R Time Tables ........... 48
fl' fake Stamp Co. . .............. U
m th & Adams, Tents ............... . 41
Shlplers. Commercial PhotograPhers ... : 36
Smelter ..................... 7
tah Junk Co. ................ .. 39
Utah Ore Sampling Co. . ......... :: . :::
43
Press Clipping Service ....... . 40
Whltaker. Geo. A., Cigars ............. .
38
At two dollars a pound for vanadium,
the added cost involved in its use for
steel rails would not exceed ten dollars
a ton, and the additional expense w.ould be
more than offset by the increased life of
the rail. It now seems probable that west
ern Colorado and eastern Utah wlil be able
to supply vanadium ore insufficient quan
tity, taken in connection with more eco
nomical treatment, to make it profitable
to manufacture vanadic acid or ferrova
nadium at prices based on two dollars a
pound for their metallic vanadium content.
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Richfield Sun: Wm. J. Shelton, of
Joseph, the well known mining man, was
a Sun caller on Monday. Mr. Shelton bas
great faith in the Copper Butte property.
in which he is interested, and he believes
that it will soon be one of the great pro
ducing mines in the state.M:t('.h work l1as
been done on the property GIIO) past winter
and in the main tunnel ore bodies
have repeatedly been pier(:I<d. At the
present time the tunnel is driven
through a wall of almost solid 0\'13 eighteen
feet in width which carries excellent
values In copper and considel'abI<) goM.
The working force is soon t<) be increased
and work is to be prosecuted with more
energy than ever before.
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THE OUTLOOK IN NEVADA,
Nevada is coming into its own again.
Ilis great mining state has tMs habit, and
.me boom times, period of panic and de
'ession, its marvelous mineral resources
.nnot go unrecognized for any length of
me. Mining in this state was in its ze
th during the Comstock era, cotemporar)'
ith which history was making in such fa
!?us old camps as Pioche, Hamilton,
'ard, Osceola, Cherry Creek, Austin, Eu
ka, Aurora, Aurum, Battle Mountain, Ga
ss, at the present time, practically aban
)04 Springs, Tenabo, and a score of other
,mps, more or less isolated, and more or
at the present time, practically aban
.ned and deserted. Still, although the
,rly pioneers had 'given Nevada a pretty
orough going over, the fact has been very
demonstrated, during the past ten
fifteen years, that but a tithing of Its
eat mineral resources had been discover
; or ever dreamed of. This was clearly"
own when Tonopah was discovered, and
come an established fact with the find
!!: of Goldfield; the uncovering of gold
copper, silver and lead at a hundred
Iferent points in the state, and by the es
i)lishment' of numerous new camps in al
)st every county and section of the old
:attle Born" commonwealth.
:'Notwithstanding the excitement follow
i: these wonderful discoveries, the panic
,1907 caBell a halt in mining operations,
of the west. and fo,r awhile capital sought
an outlet through other channels. Now,
however, mining is in the ascendancy
again, and an appreciable increase in inter
est is being taken in Nevada mining camps,
points of especial interest being Tonopah,
Goldfield, National, Pioche, Gold Circle,
Seven Trophs, Manhattan, Winnemucca,
Bullion, Eureka, Austin, and' a large num
ber of districts which offer splendid induco
ments for systematic and intelligent opera
tion and development,
The dividend-paying records being made
by Nevada mines is having a most benefic
ial effect upon the mining industry of the
state, and a showing such as this appeals
most strongly to capitalists and investors,
who are now visiting the different camps
singly and in pairs, closing deals and mak
Ing examinations wherever there is a pos
sibility of getting an even break with mine
owners and prospectors.
The interest now being manifested in
mining in Nevada will not be followed by
booms and stampedes, as of yore; for min
ing, in that state, has now settled down to
a permanent, substantial basis. But the
industry is growing by leaps and bounds,
however, and the near future will witness
an activity in our sister state that will
eClipse that of eight or ten years ago.
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THE VALUE OF THOROUGH TESTS,
In this issue we give space tJ a most In,
teresting article regarding a 'rexas gold
mine. The mere fact that the development
of the property in question illustrates the
truth of the old adage that "gold is where
you find it," will give added interest to
the article, even it is is located ill Texas;
for who ever heard of a gold mine in the
Lone Star state?
It is always gratifying to find a gold
mine, no matter in what section; but, it
must be even more so when the diEcovery
is made that the gold content of the ore
Is the least valuable of the mineral it con
tains. As a general thing the owner of
such a propostion would be saUfied to
mine his property for gold, ani for gold
only; and especially so if nQ illdlcatiolls
were present of the existence of even the
most common of the precious and baser
metals, such as lead, silver Q':' coppor; to
say nothing of the possibility that rare and
practically unknown commoditi'1S might be
associated with the gold in the ore. And
yet, if a careful analyses were made it
might be shown that other min'erals be
sides the yellow metal were prese;}: in pay
ing quantities.
In the case of this Texas' mine, al
though the original intention was to mIne
for gold only, a trouble in mill practice
led to careful tests being made to deter
mine, if possible, what 'deleterio'.li! sub
when these tests were begun, the manage
ment had not the slightestsllspicion that
they would lead to the dectection of rare
minerals in the ore which, in
were more valuable than the gold it con
tained. But, the results were a. revela
tion; and of such a character that the prop
erty of the company was greatly enhanced
in value, and its, earning power materhlIy
increased. The moral of the ato.!' IT,ay be
overlooked by many of our readerg; but
the facts, as the stated, should induce lttin
Ing men to make a mote exhaustive test
of their ores in order to determine their
true value and possibilities.
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FINLAY ON COPPER MARKET.
John R. Finlay, the eminent authority on
,_copper, is of the opinion that 18-cent cop
per is a possibility for a three-year period
if "history repeats In an interview
with the Boston News Bureau Mr. Finlay
says:
"It has been noticed that periods of high
prices in copper have occurred at intervals
of about eight years. It is further notice
able that the swings, when depicted on a
chart, show two things: first, that after a
period of low prices lasting from four to
six years the 'subsequent rise has brought
prices, for the remainedr of the eightyear
period, up to an average equal to about 5
cents a pound above the average for the
low price years; second, that the produc
tion of copper does not fluctuate with
price, but has steadily increased
scarcely even a pause. This is curlou.sly
different from the case of pig iron, in
which the production as well as the price
has fluctuated sharply.
"I believe that the continuan.ce of these
facts through a long period of years in
dicates the presence of an economic influ
ence that is more easily observed tIlan
explained. and that the' swings In price
wiIl continue to repeat themselves. Ap
parently the demand for copper contimles
to force up the price for two or three
years after it has overtaken the supply
and it is only after experience has ShOWIl
that copper can be bought only at exhorb[
tant prices enough to allow a surplus tr)
accumulate and the price fall.
"It is interesting to figure out what
prices will be reached for copper in the
next few years if the above rule holds.
We have had a period of more than four
years during which the price of copper
has been about 13 cents. From this ap
proximate level it has now risen to 16
cents. If history is to repeat itself, the
rise should continue and we should enter

a period of three years during which
prices will average 18 cents.
"In making the Michigan report last
year I remarked that the price of copper
mining investments, in Nevada as well stance in the ore led to the flQul'ing of the although constantly changing, seemed gen
throughout all of the mining districts quicksilver used in gold recovery, And, erally to have been rising since 1894. The
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The P'rospecior .
and His Burro
developments {)f the past few months may
of course show only a minor swing, but
so far as they go they point in the .same
direction. Several good observers with
wh{)m I have talked have entertained the
idea that the price of copper may be per
manently enhanced in comparison with oth
er metals, because the mines may fail to
yield a proportionate ,supply. Such PH
manent rise seem!il to have taken plac') in
the price of tin. Another example of a per
manent change in metal prices is given tJV
the case of silver, which seems to have fal
len to less than Jhalf of Its traditional
value."
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SAVING GOLD AND CINNIBAR.
J. W. 'Wenzel, of Lovelock, Nevada, who
has been in Salt Lake for some time, left
last week for American canyon, Nevada,
where he is in charge of mine operation
and development in behalf. of the Associat
ed Placer Mining company.
This property, which is located two miles
south of Fitting, is a drift mining proposi
tion, the methods employed in the recov
ery of gold and cinnibar in underlying
.gravel deposits being the sinking of shafts
from which drifts are run through the pay
zones, which lie practically horizontal.
The upper shaft on the property has
been sunk to a depth of 130 feet to the
lowest pay streak. In thIs ,shaft a grayel
deposit, fifty feet thick, has been encoun
tered, and is being worked. The lower
shaft has reached a depth of 107 feet, the
bottom being In what is termed the "low
est pay-streak," which hits been proven lo
be 200 feet in width. All of the workings
are dry.
At the upper shaft the company has in
staIle da Krogh gravel mill, which is equip
ped with a cQncentrator for the purpo:Je
of recovering the cinnibar contents of the
gravel, of which 100,000 yards have been
blocked Qut ready for extraction_ In prac
tice the Krogh mill dissolves the clay
bound gravel, which is passed througil
sluice boxes and the native gold recovered.
From the sluice boxes the tailings pass
over ,screens, and the fines are then
treated on Wilfley tables for the recover)'
{)f their cinnibar content. The concentra
tes carry $2.30 in cinnibar values, wIth a
cost of $1 a yard for treatment. .
A second Krogh mill Is being installeJ
in
yard.
a
have
dally.
that
he
at the lower shaft, where the values are
gold only, gOing from $2 to $12 to the
From the mill the gravel will run
through sluice boxes. At the lower shaft
32-horsepower gasoline hoist is being in
stalled. The mill at the lower shaft will
a capacity of 100 yards of gravel,
Mr. Wenzel informs The Mining Review
considerable activity is noticeable in
American canyon. The Walker Brothers,
states, are concentrating cinnibar ores
about a mile above the holdings of the As
sociated company. They are using Hunt
ington mills and Card concentrators, re
torting the concentrates. The Almaden
. company is also engaged in the develop
ment of its cinnibar properties in the can
yon.
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ALUNITE IN UTAH.
Continued interest in American potash
di,seoveries has necessitated the reprinting
of practically all the recent government
publications on the subject. The United
St3ltes Geological Survey has just reissued
Bulletin 511, by Hoyt S. Gale, on alunite,
a potash-bearing mineral found in a newly
discovered deposit near Marysvale, Utah.
Special interest attaches to alunite, for
the potash which it carries i.s believed to be
commercially soluble-that is, it can be re
duced Ito a fertilizing material, for in
stance, by a simple process of roasting and
leaching the rock. The bulletin describes
a vein which Is believed to be of consid
erable size and although It {)an by no
means supply the American demand for
potash it may meet local needs. The oom
mercial development of this deposit will be
of greatest importance perhaps in stimu
lating exploration for other similar depos
its. Alunite has been observed by other
mesmbel'S of the Geological Survey at sev
eral points in a' number of western states,
and it may therefore be expected that
further prospecting and investigation will
disclose deposits that may yield a largtl
tonnage.
A OOpy of Bulletin 511 may be obtained
free on to the Director of the
Geologica] Survey, Washington, D. C.
BRIGHTER OUTLOOK FOR CONTACT.
(Herald, Wells, Nev.)
W. F. Klitz and Geo. A. Martin of Con
tact, who had been spending a few days
in Elko, arrived here Tuesday and departed
the following day for the northern copper
camp. They state that Contact is some
what quiet at the present time, but be
lieve that the near futu,re will see a great
change for the better. A representative
of the proposed railroad from Rogerson
south through Contact recently visited the
camp. and, while he gave out no informa
tion, his visit is taken as a good omen.
A gentleman whose named could not 00
ascertained, but who is one of the most
noted, metallurgists of the Pacific coast,
having for a number of years been' at the
head of the independent smelter companies
of Tacoma, Washington, visited the camp
a short time ago, and the indications are
excellent that the capitalists he represents
will take hold of a number of properties
there, and may erect Ii smelter.
(By Will C. Higgins.)
"This is a wild and isolated region in
which we find ourselves," said the prospec
tor to his burro, "and, from the looks of
things, mining must have -been carried on
here many years ago. Hardly a log Is left
Qf the cabins which once lined this little
stream; the old dump is covered with bush
es' and small trees, and nothing but the
stamps and dies, and decayed frame work,
is left of the mill that, evidently, pounded
out a lot of gold in the early days before
we were ever thought of. And yet this re:
mote region, at one time, must have sup
ported a flourishing camp, although it is
clean fQrgotten now, and it certainly is not
often that a straggler finds his way here.
That time has ravaged the old works here,
'goes without saying, for I find that the en
.trance to the tunnel workings of the mine
above the mill-site has caved in so that it
is impoksible, under present conditions, to
make an examination of the underground
workings. And yet I will venture the asser
tion that the mine is a rich one, or has
been, judging from the pieces of weathered
quartz I have found scattered around, and
I will wager a sack of barley against a
worn-out shovel that this old dump is fairly
loaded with gold; gold which can be easily
recovered by sluicing; for it Is well known.
that the early-day mills saved only a small
petcentage of the gold content of the ores.
they treated; and so I am going to stop
here for awhile and see if I cannot take
out a wad of the yellow metal from these
old tailings. A decision, you say, that
pleases yoU immensely, as the borders of
this little stream afford excellent patur
age, while the great pines, up around this old
cabin, will afford pleasing shade while you
are abs{)l'bed in meditation after you have
taken a course in 'how to keep a burro fat
on a grass diet' in the little meadow below
us. It appears, therefore that we are 'both
well satisfied, for the surroundings are ideal,
reminding me, very forcibly, of an old and
albandoned camp I visited several years
ago, and from which, after a stay of three
months, I left for the nearest settlement
THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, MAY 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
th a bunch of gold on a pack-saddle that
tde my burro groan as 'much as if the
bad been a big boulder instead of the
mIt of several cleanups from my sluice
xes.
"It all happened in this way," contin
d the prospector. ''1 had been out in
hills for several months without find
anything that looked good to me. One
y, after a long tramp, and when I felt
nsiderably discouraged, I stumbled onto
mere fragment of an old trail. You would
t have taken it for being' more than an
dent mountain sheep path, worn and
tted with the rain; but, I saw at once
H it was too Wide for a sheep path, and,
ew that it must have been made by,
rsesor ,burros, many years ago. 'When
3truck this trail it was late in the after
on, and so I camped on the spot for the
The next morning I started to fol
v it up the hill. A few hundred yards
.m my c'amping place I found a tree that
d been blazed years before, and near it
,re, several pieces of quartz that was
ld-bearing. This encouraged me, and af
. going on for about fOur or five miles
:ther I rail onto an old camp, much the
me as this one. The cabin was in bad
lair, and the mine was so badly caved
it I could not get into it at any point.
hat linterested me the most, however,
,s what remained of an old stamp mill,
tile the dump, or tailings pit, gave evi
nce that, during its time, the mine had
en quite productive. F'Ior a few days I
oS engaged, in sampling the old dump,
d soon convinced myself that it con
ned about $20 to the ton in gold. I then
!!ian making sluice boxes, conveying the
,ter to them through a short ditch' which
aded into a small mountai'n stream near
W1len I had completed these prelim
try necessities I began sluicing the
mp. Sometimes I would clean-up every
aning; sometimes not for a week, and
llways took out a bunch of the Wall
:eet metal that was good for sore eyes
leok at. For two or three months I
rked in this manner, sometimes taking
day off to hunt or fish, for the country
:lUnded in game; deer, bear and pine
ns; while the little stream was fairly
ve with trout. When cold weather came
packed up my gold and calculated that
tlad a little more than $10,000 for my
nmer's work, my intention being to re
'n in the spring and complete the job.
len I got back to the diggings, however,
I>und that others had found my litUebo
;za, and' that they had located the mine
Ii the Whole shooting match, which Im
me my folly in not securing
fe to the property the year before. But,
rvas satisfied, for I had taken my little
.d from the mine, and I did not feel bad
en I found the new owners working at
. sluice-boxes and opening the old work
;;6 of the mine; from which, later on,
lY took' out something like a million in a
few years, and too old property is still pay
ing dividends.
,'1 want to tell you, Old Long Ears," con
cluded the prospector, "yOU cannot always
tell the hole into which thebaU will drop
when playing roulette, or who will be the
lucky man at the faro table. Neither can
you .tell what an old mountain trail will
lead to, or what the possibilities are that
it will end at an old dump that is half full
of gold. But, all the same, I will follow
up every indication, every ancient trail,
whether my fool burro wants me to, or not;
and there you are, and then some."
o
EXPERTING THE RAMBLER MINE.
(Post, Centennial, Eureka.)
The great Rambler mine is again operat
ing. No one piece of news will be received
with more real satisfaction by the entire
community than that this famous property is
at this time being placed in condition to be
extensively developed along lines that will
forever preclude any chance for criticism or
dissatisfaction among those who are either
directly interested or otherwise.
La'St Saturday, Mr. Julius Thielman, for
merly one of the largest stOCkholders in the
owning company, but now president of the
present leasing company, arrived in camp to
assist in directing active operations at the
mine. The work of unwatering the entire
workings was completed early in the week
and miners are now engaged in clearing the
drifts of accumulated material preparatory
to having a complete and thorough examina
tion made of mine.
The man selected for this Important
piece of work is Mr. Leo on Rooenburg, M.
E., of New York City, who is said to be one
of the very best in this country.
Upon Mr. Von Rosenburg's report will
depend in a great measure the future of the
Rambler mine. This report will be complete
in every particular, including a thorough
analysis of the geological struCture of the
immediate and surrounding formation, a
technical report on the ore deposits, a chem
ical analysis of the entire vein material in
the different part'S of the property, the prop
er methods that should be adopted in the
treatment of the ores and many other mat
ters essential to the practical and profitable
working of the mine. Mr. Von Rosenburg
will arrive here in a couple of days and it
is expected that several weeks' time will be
consumed in his work of making the exam
ination.
It has been known for some time that
the methods formerly employed in the man
agement and the syostem of ore treatment
were not of the best. These errors are to
be entirely eliminated and, according to the
men now in charge, matters In every depart
ment will be carried along under thoroughly
competent heads and a systeIIl;atic campaign
carried out that is bound to make this the
great mine it has always been destined to
be.
tntm [ , 7'1.ann: r rt';,'il/ilt ",emTt \',n' 7 l t tKrttt'ts "ir' rat! 7' 7t r
CAMP DOUGLAS FLOURISHING.
The Little Ch:efs Being Developed. Shaft
Sinking on Davenport-Independent.
(Miner, Mina, Nev.)
Mining interests in the Douglass camp
in the Gold Range district, are progressing
in a most satisfactory manner. Recently
Chas. W. Ward opened a ledge carrying
high values in free milling gold ore. The
find was made at grass roots by Mr. Wara
and the ledge is about two feet in width.
Samples of the rock brought to this office
panned from $50 to $100 per ton. The claim
adjoins the Sunset upon which a high
grade strike and shipment was recently
made by Will Gilbert and Clarence Tow
ers, and is owned by C. \V. Ward, Eugene
Giunghia, Will Gilbert and Clarence Tow
ers. It is the belief that the ledge is the
extension of the big vein opened on the
Tennessee by G. C. Webb. Development of
the ground is to be made in order to dem
onstrate the extent and value of the dis
covery.
On the Sunset claim Gilbert and Tow
ers are still pushing development on the
ground and sinking the shaft to greater.
depth. The ledge is not only holding its
values but is increasing in width, is
strongly defined and shows permanency,
The returns from the first shipment were
highly satisfactory, and ore is now being
hauled to Mina to make a second ship
ment.
Superintendent Otto Zeigler has a fOrce
at work pushing development on the Little
Chiefs. for the Pennsylvania owners, of
whom Dr. James, of Vandergrith, is one
of the principals. The company is well fir
nanced and work has been pushed steadily
and the orebodies continue to improve. Quite
a reserve of a good grade of milling ore
is now blOCked out awaiting the completion
of the mill of the Gold Range Mining, Mill
ing and Leasing company for treatment.
Manager H. S. Lucas of the Penn Vir
ginia Leasing company, has returned from
the springs, where he went for medical
treatment on account of a threatened at
tack of pneumonia. He has resumed ope
rations on the company's leaseholdings of
the Douglass Mining company',s estate, and
is showing up some finds of good ore. We
understand the company contemplates over
hauling the Douglass tenstamp mill and
putting it in commission on ore now piled
on the dumps and blocked out in the under
ground workings. all of it being of a grade
of rock that will plate from $22 to $34 per
ton.
Manager Gus Priess continues to push
the work of making the main shaft on the
Davenport-Independent estate. They have
recently run into a softer formation and
are consequently enabled to make more
rapid progress. Some stringers that pan
values were cut in .sinking this shaft. In
a few days work will be started on the
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25 THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, MAY 1 5, 1 91 2.
crosscuts to be run from the 350-foot level
to cut the ledges exposed in the tunnels
above, as well as some other parallel and
cross ledges which outcrop on the surface.
With the cutting of these ledges, together
with the ore on the dumps and the re
serves blocked out in the two tunnels,
there wiIl be big doings around the hold
ings of the Davenport-Independent.
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LITIGATION SETTLED.
(Miner, National, Nev.)
The best news for the camp of National
for a long time is that the dispute Detwee,j
the Mammoth National and the Workman
interests bas been compromised under an
amicable arrangement, the suits that have
been pending for some time will be dis
missed and the parties to the controversy
have joined their forces and will carryon
extensive operations under the direction
of J. L. Workman, the original owner of
the property. Mr. Workman, who has just
returned from San Francisco, where the
settlement was made, is autnorlty for the
statement that this long standing contro
evrsy had been ended.
The company that will operate the
property is the Charleston Hill National
Mining Syndicate, the company owning the
property, which adjoins that of the Nation
al Mines company on the west.
The new officers are J. L. Workman,
president; Walter Brann, secretary; W. D.
McKenzie, treasurer. The three in turn
comprise the majority of the board of di
rectors. According to President Workman
operations on a large scale will be imme
diately resumed. .
The new arrangement will carryon the
legal contest now in the courts involving
apex rights ootween the National
company on one side and the Mammoth
National and Charleston Hill National
Mining Syndicate on the other side.
The full import of this settlement is
that it removes one of the main hinder
ances in the mining development of Nation
al and means that large capital will be
come a factor in bringing into relief the
latent resources of the National district.
Milford News: Out in the Beaver
Lake mining dl'Strict, Bert Nichols and
as-sociates are getting some very good reo
suIts on the Dippy group of mining claim".
We mentioned this matter an issue or
tW{) back. They are now down consider
ably further than they were at that
and the ore is sUU holding strong at an
average width of two fBet. The contaet Is
well defined and the ore carries large
values of both lead and silver. FrOm m')st
recent assay", silver 29.09 oz., and lead
48.12 per cent at a depth of 20 feet, and
10 tons of ore on the dump, the -proposi
tion looks good.
IN THE COEUR D'ALENES.
Nine Mines Give Production, Profits and
Loss, and Dividends Paid.
(Special Correspondence.)
Wallace, Idaho, May 10.-Nine mines in
Coeur d'Alene district. Shoshone cOUnty,
produced ores of a gross value of $13.375,
178 in 1911, an increa'le of more than $1,
000,000 over 1910, according to "tatements
sent by operators to John Dolan, assessor
of Shoshone county. The cost of extrac
tion, including labor, was $5,040,529. and.
$727,872 was expended for betterments and
repairs. Dividend", amounting to $2,827,7G9
were paid during the'year, or $175,000 more
than in 1910 and $700,00 more than in 1909.
The five largest mines produced 1,41'S,
329 tons of ore. The Federal company reo
ported more than 800,000 tons for three
properties. the Bunker Hill & Sullivan ha::l
464,750 tons, and the Hecla had 134,419
tons. The Snowstorm company report<)d
a net loss of $6,232. The details follows:
Federal, Mace Mines.
Gross ton" extracted, 225,400.
Gro$S yield ......... _........... $2,029,44')
Extraction . . .................. 842,287
Cost of transportation .......... 596,260
Betterments, repairs ............ 8,216
Total expenses ... ........... $l,446,EG4
Net profits ......... _. . . . . . . . . :132,67;)
Federal, Wardner Mines.
GroBs tons extracted, 207,100.
Gross yield ..................... $1,624.142
Extraction . .................... 814,089
Reduction, transportation ....... . 522,198
Betterments, tran"portation .... . 23,99(}
Total expen"es ................ $1,360,285
Net profits -................... 263,856
Federal, Morning "'titles.
Gro"s tons extracted, 384,600.
Gross yield , .................. _. $1,776,671
Extraction . ............... _.. . 859,557
Reduction, transportation ...... . 722,443
Betterments, repairs . . ........ . 79,950
Total expenses ............... $1,661,951
Net profits ................... 114,719
Hercules Mining Company.
Gross tons extracted, 31.399.
Gross yield . . .................. :j;l,922,486
Extraction cost. . .. . ........ _. 405,07')
Reduction and transportation . _. . 773,913
Betterments and repair" ......... 199,074
Total expenses ................ $1,378,057
Net profits ............. __ . . . . . 544,429
Stewart Mining Company_
Gross yield ..................... $ 883,421
Extraction cost ..... _.......... . 302,7H
Reduction and transportation ... . 372,209
Betterments and repair" ....... . 75,481
Total expenses ...... , ........ $ 749,401
Net profits ............ _. . . . . . . 134,02:)
Hecla Mining Company.
Gross tons extaacted, 136,479.
Gross yield ...................... $1,001,344
Extraction . .................... 396,076
Reduction and transportation.... 316,298
Betterments and repairs ........ 1,868
Total expenses ............... $ 714,242
Net profits _., ....... ,........ 287,101
Bunker Hill 8. Sullivan.
Gross tons extracted, 464,750.
Gross yield ..................... $3,306,360
Extraction . . .............. _. . .. 1,012,010
Reduction and transportation .... 1,239,260
Betterments anr repairs 256,336
Total expenSe" ............... $2,507,612
Net profits . ................. 798,747
Caledonia Mining Company.
Gros" tons extracted, 7,388.
Gross yield . _ ............. _.... $ 364,217
Extraction . . .................. . 195,026
Reduction and tran"portation ... . 93,050
Betterments and repair" ...... _. 37,404
Total expenses ....... _........ $ 325,481
Net !profits ............... _. . 38,736
Snowstorm Mining Company.
Gross tons 26,202.
Gross yield ..................... $ 263,774
Extraction . . ....... _. . . . . . . . . . . 83,863
Reduction and transportation . _.. 150,595
Betterments and repairs ....... . 35,547
Total expenses ............... $ 270,OOG
Net loss ............ _. . . . . . . . . 6,232
Success Mining Company.
Gro"s ton" extracted, 8,975.
Gross yield .. _.................. $ 203,323
Extraction, reduction, transpora'
tion, etc., .................. . 129,837
Betterments and repairs ....... . 10,00')
Total expenses ....... _........ $ 139,837
Net profits ..... ............. 63,48G

OUTLOOK FOR CAMP BIRD.
(Herald, Ouray, Colo.)
l!'rom a source that is in direct touch
with the London office of the company. it
was learned that shaft No. 3 on the Camp
Bird, which i'S being sunk from the third
level to develop the new ore zone that wa"
recently proven on the eastern end of the
company's holdings, will be continued to a
depth of 900 feet.
The immense ore bodies that have been
revealed by the drfts run east and west from
the new No. 3 shaft workngs, more than
justify the belief that the big ore shoot goes
down to a depth that will eventually fully
ju"tify the running of a two-mile tunnel
from the mill, to drain and tap the present
workings of the property 1,100 feet deeper.
As the levels on all the Camp Bird shafts
are 300 feet apart, the sinking of the new
shaft No.3 to a depth of 900 feet will have
to correspond with the depth of the 6th level
I
T H 8A L. T L.A K E MIN I N G A E V I t w, M 'A Y 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
shaft No. ,1, which is just a mile distant to
lhe west. In the west heading of the sixth
of this latter shan No.1, a body of five
,0 six feet of good milling ore was being
)pened up, when a was struck,
hat the powerful pumps were unable to han
lIe, and in consequence, after being bulk
leaded, the pumps were pulled and all fur
her development in this shaft No. 1 was
.bandoned.
With the completion of the new shaft,
nd connections made between the 6th level
f shaft No.1, the stoping area of the new
re zone, as developed thus far, will be just
ne mile in length by'900 feet in depth. How
u beyond the eastern' trend of the Han
ock claim the new ore zone extends, or
ow far it goes below the sixth level in
tther haft, time and continued develop.
lent alone can tell, but if the Camp Bird
ontinues to fUrnish surprises in future as
; has of late, the assertion may be risked
lat it has only just begun to produce its
ig gold values. Nearly two miles of Camp
ird claims remain undeveloped toward Iron-
m.
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NEW PUBL.ICATIONS
The Department of the Interior, (Bureau
, Mines) has issued a list of
follows:
Bulletins'
Bulletin 10-Use ofpermiS'Slble explo
ves, by Clarence Hal! and J. J. Rutledge.
12. 34 pp. 5 pIs.
Bulletin 23.-Steaming tests of coals and
lated investigations, September 1, 1904, to
31, 1908, by L. P. Breckinridge,
enry Krelsinger and W. T. Ray. 1912. 380
'. ! pI.
Technical Papers.
Technical Paper 8.-Methods of analyz
coal and coke" by F. M. Stanton and A.
Fieldner. 1912. 21 PP.
Technical Paper 10.-Liquified products
1m natural gas; their propertie and uses,
I. C. Allen and G. A. Burrell, 1912. 23 pp.
Technical Paper 11. The use o,f bIrds and
ce for detecting carbon monoxide after
ne explosion and fires, by G. A. Burrell,
L2. 23 pp.
Reprint;
Bulletin' 34.-Tests of run-of-mine and
quetted coal In a locomotive boiler, by
T. Ray and Henry Kreisinger. 32 Pp.
print of United States Geological Survey
l1etin 412. Copies will not be sent to per
IS who have received Bulletin 412.
lrhe Bureau of Mines has copies of these
}lication'S for free distribution, but eannot
e more than one copy of the same bullec
to one person. Requests for all papers
Inot be granted without satisfactory rea
. In asking for publications please order
m by number and title. Application
'uld be addressed to the Director of the
'eau -of Mines, Washington, D. C.
PRINCE CON. REPORT.
Facta and Figures Show Company to be In
Excellent CondItion.
"In response to a request from the Salt
Lake Stock and Mining exchange," says
the Salt Lake Tribune, "and for ;the infor
mation of shareholders, the Prince Con
solidated Mining and Smelting company
has prepared a statement of the
condition of the organization as of date of
March 31, 1912. There are many matters
of interest disclosed in this report, one of
the most ,striking features being the net
amount disclosed received from the ship
ment of the Bullionville tailings from on or
about January 1 to March 31, 1912, thIs
being $103,760.
"Inasmuch as these tailings have been
eonsidered for thirty years or more too
low in grade to be available, and not until
the International Smelting and Refining
company entered the local competitive
field -did they become available,
stockholders have ,rea.son to congratulate
themselves and the efficient management
that this valuable asset was at hand pend
ing 'the completion of the company's own
railroad line, and the preparations at the
Pioche mine of this company for produc
tion, following which will rome tne realiza
tion .upon the ore reserves now developed
in the mine. It likewise is a matter for
gratification that only a limited amount of
these Bullionville tailings have been sent
to the smelter to the present date.
Stockholders should in study
ing this statement that rio account is taken
whatever of the value of the blocked ore
tonnages of the Prince Consolldated prop
erty, nor of the remaining Bullionville
tailings awaiting shipment.' The present
statement merely reflects the extsting fin
ancial eondltion of the organization, thtl
question of tonnage and value the'reof be
ing proper in a report of the mine only, a
phase of the situation not dealt with here.
This is a matter which, doubtless, will be
prepared and issued in good time for the
purpose of shareholders."
The statement follows:
Assets.
Mining property-
Approximately 1,200 acres pat
ented land and mill ,sites;
U. S. patents and assess
ment expenses ............ $1,577,716.30
Mine surface improvements-
Assay and engineering equip
ment, machinery, tools,
buildings, . boarding house
applianees, house furnish
ings, etc. . ............... . 34,975.25
Bullionville improvements
Buildings, furnaces, boilers,
loading Conveyor, loading
trap, railroad spur, etc.... 43,509.36
Railroad extensioo
Engineering, grading, material,
etc. . ..................... 11,827. n
Office furniture and fix-'
tures-
Furniture at Salt Lake office. 582.60
Notes receivable-
Notes due the company ..... _. 1,400.00
Accounts receivable
Accounts due the
company ....... $ 3.820.54
Cash on hand ... 26,772.64- 30,593.18
Mine development
Deve!opment and ore extraction 104,884.67
General expense-
General and legal exp.::1I"e,
executive, Interest, taxes and
isurance . .., _. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,81)3.27
TreasurY shares
-,1,007 shares in treasury at $2. . 2,104.00
Capital stock expense--
Dif. between stock at par and
price sold, including costs
of selling same ... ',....... 274,040.15
Total . . .. _................ $2,114,346.51
L.iabilities.
Notes payable-
Notes given by the company .. $ 8,124. Of)
Accounts payable-
Sundry ',accounts .......... . . 1,407.72
Ore sales-
Net to March 31, 1912........ 103,760.00
SundrY revenue-
Lease, royalty, boarding house
profits and rents, etc.. _. .. . 1,054.79
Capital stock
(998,993 shares issued) 1,000,000
authorized at $2 ........... 2,000,000.00
Total . . .................. $2,114,346.51
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PATENTS RECENTL.Y ISSUED.
(Prepared for The Mining Review by
Davis & Davis, patent attorneys, Washing
ton.)
l,021,096-Process of smelting sulphid ores
-A. Haggenmiller, Tarica, Peru.
1,021,248-Apparatus for the treatment of
ore--J. Gross and L. Cohen, Den
ver, Colo.
1,021,277-Amalgamating-flume table-E. H.
Tate, Los Angeles, Cal.
1,021,509-Apparatus for roasting and sin
tering ores-A. S. Dwight, New
York, N. Y.
1,021,768--Process of treating copper ores-
R. Gahl, Morenci, Ariz. (Two
patents.)
l,021,961'-Conoontrator-AI. R.... Willley,
Denver, Colo.
1,022,008-Flume-W. L. Swick, GlenWOOd
Springs, Colo.
1,022,085-Art Of concentration of mineral
substances, J. M. Hyde, Basin,
Mont.
l,022,138-Metal flume or trough-E. E.
Holtz, Billings, Mont.
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THE SAL T L A K E'. MIN I N G REV lEWI MAY 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
V A N A DIU NOR E AND USE S* II
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Vanadium is the master weapon of the
steel metallurgist, declared Professor J. O.
Arnold, the famous British metallurgist, ten
years ago. The advanced pnakers
accepted his dictum and encouraged their
experimenters to fresh efforts in the com
mercial application of the lement. But
hareholders are prone to consider jJrofits
rather than superiority of produl't. 'The
I!ublic was not ordering vanadium steel,
though there was an ever IncreasIng nec
essity for stronger and safer steel. The
price of vanadium aUoy was very high, its
quality irregular and its supply uncertain.
Vanadium needed a genius, a nnn who
(;ombine the attnbut'.'l<1 oj the cnthu
with remarlrable gifts as !l chemist
and analyst and metallurgist, and withal
a practical steel maker. J. Kent Smith,
of Liverpool has so eminently filled this
difficult role that he is universally conced
ed to be th court of last resort on all
I,latters appertaining to vanadium. In fact,
the history of vanadium iIi the past decade
is largely a story of his struge;Ic-s, ar:d tri
umphs, in the making of the various grades
of vanadium alloy that his experiments
proved to be necessary, in the production
of the multitudinous types of vanadlun.
steel and iron, and their proper heat treat
ment. His figure is known in all the lead
ing steel mills of the old and new world,
as he had personal charge of the initial
manufacture of vanadium materials in
those mills. His lectures before scientific,
trade and popular assemblages and his ar
ticles in the press have been potent in
awakening the public to demanding from
their suppliers those safe, strong and eco
nomic metals in which the use of vanadium
is imperative.
The growth of the vanadium Industry
may be appreciated when it is understood
that in 1906 the total value of vanadium
alloy produced did not exceed $50,000 and
that the 1911 production was worth over
$1,500,000.
Like gold, vanadium is very widely dis
tributed in nature, but as its market value
is only about onethlrd that of silver, com
mercial interest is confined to deposits con
taining more than 2% vanadium oxide,
V'O'.
Del Rio, of Mexico, discovered the ele
ment in 1803 in the lead ores of Zimapan,
but yielded to the fallacious arguments of
French savants that it was an impure chro
mium, and <the honor of discovery was
given to Sefstrom, of Sweden, who found it
in the Taberg ores in 1830.
The principal ores containing vanadium
Thos. V. Curran, president of General
Vanadium Co., Baltimore, Md., in Mexican
'!'vii ning Journal.
are patronite, carnotite, roscoelite, vanadi
nite and asphaltite.
Patronite is a sulphide, greenish-black
and slaty, containing 35% vanadium ,sul
phide, 35% free sulphide, 5% iron sulphide,
35% free sulphur, 15% silica, and small
quantities of molybdenUm, nickel, alumina,
lime, etc. It is found in a lens-like vein or
dyke formaton, with a dip of about 65', Is
over 300 feet long by 4 to 6 ft. in thickness,
and of unknown depth. It is situated at
l\finasragra, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, at an al
titude of about 16,000 feet above sea leveL
As It is a free-burning ore, it is easily cal
cined, and loses 45% of its weight in the
process. 'The calcned ore contains about
52% vanadium oxide (V
2
0
5
). The earth
surrounding this patranite vein is impreg
nated by solutions of oxidized vanadium.
Possibly 5,000 tons of ore have been shpped
from this deposit.
Carotite is a complex vanadium and ura
nium mineral of variable content, the ordi
nary commercial ore from the large de
posits containing about 4% vanadium ox
ide and 2% uranium oxide. It seems to
an impregnation of the sandstone and the
stratas are flat, or blanket, and are from
one to four feet in thickness. The ore is
usually of a vivid canary yellow color, but
in proportion as the vanadium content pre
dominates the color changes to a dark yel
lowish green or in the calcium vandates to
a bright red, like soft iron oxide. The de
posits In the Paradox Valley cover an area
over fifty miles in length. Carnotite depos
its are also found in Grand and Emery
counties, Utah, and in Routt and Rio Blan
co counties, Colorado, also in Portugal and
in Turkestan. About 2,500 tons ore have
been shipped from the Paradox valley, Col
orado, deposits.
Roscoellte, or a material closely resem
bling it, occurs in blanket deposits in the
lower San Miguel mining district of San
Miguel county, Colorado. The deposits are
persistent, thick and easily worked. The
ore averages about 3% vanadium oxide,
and is milled close to the mines. The pro
duction has been close to 10,000 tons.
Vanadate of lead and vanadinite are
found in various lead-ores. Near Cutter,
New Mexico, are deposits averaging about
1% vanadium oxide and 5% lead, but the
ore seems difficult to concentrate mechani
cally. Quantities of vanadinite of somewhat
higher grade 'may be found in mines near
Tucson, Arizona, but these have not been
operated for vanadium. The lead ores from
Zacatecas, Mexico, contain over 5% vanadi
um oxide, but much of the ore contains ar
senic. which Is a disturbing element. The
lead-ores from Chihuahua, Mex., are pure
and easily concentrated to 18% vanadium
oxide. Hand picked ore from northern
Spain yields 10% vanadium oxide.
Asphaltite or vanadiferous coal is found
at Page, Oklahoma and at Palaside, Neva
da. It has low specifiC gravity, is lustrous
and brittle, and of very variable vanadium
content, ashes from the same deposit rang
ing from 2% to 25% V
2
0'. The asphaltite
deposits of Peru, notably those of Llacsa
cos:ha, are important, and it is possible they
will be exploited in the near future. A ton
sample of ashes receiveda-ecently gave
17% vanadium oxide, while small samples
have given as high as 70% V
2
0
5
Asphal
tite is found also near San Rafael, Argen
tina.
It may be observed here that compara
tively few chemists are qualified to make
an accurate determination of vanadium,
and that It is advisable to send samples
to a reputable public anaylst. }<'or a mere
qualitative test, to show the presence of
vanadium, the method is quite simple. Car
bonaceous metals should be calcined to an
ash. (This Is unnecessary in materials not
containing carbon). Pour a teaspoonful of
dilute sulphuric acid on a small amount of
ground ore. Heat over flame of a spirit,
or other lamp, until fumes arise. Allow
tube to cool. Color of contents should, be
greenish. Pour in about 40 drops peroxide
of hydrogen, which should change the col
or to a dark red, or mahogany, which in
dicates vanadium.
It may well be that Mexico, which gave
vanadium to the world a century ago, may
find deposits of the mineral of such rich.
ness as to give it a leading place in the
industry.
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WILLING TO BUILD ROAD.
At a banquet given in New York, last
Saturday, by Senator W. A. Clark, of the
"Salt Lake Route," the subject of the iron
resources of Iron county, Utah, came up in
the speeches made. Responding to this
Senator Clark, according to a special to the
Salt Lake Tribune, made the following
statement.
"Now about that iron ore in Utah. You
let any body of men step forward and show
a disposition to mine that ore and I will step
forward and put the railroad down there
so it can be done. We will be as quick as
the first movement towards mining the ore
to get there.
"r hope this encourages men to go to
work on that problem for the possibilities
are surely great and what I say applies
to all the country along the railroad from
Salt Lake to Los Angeles. W'e want to see
it teeming with prodUctivity and wealth,
and we stand ready all the time to put our
rails wherever they will be of service and
will do a real good."
The Utah-Apex, of Bingham, Utah, pro
duced $38,148 in March. Net returns,
$20,109.
THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW,' MAY 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
THE WENTWORTH-FREY LEASE.
Showing on the Schiveley Property
Neal' Winnemucca.
(Special Correspondence.)
Winnemucca, Nev., May 10.-Good reo
are coming in from the Wentworth
rrey lease at Barrett Spring. During the
year Mr. 'Wentworth stoped out and
!hipped the ore above the tunnel level, and,
short time ago, Mr. Frey bought a half in
;erest, a hoist has been im;talled, and a
winze is being sunk from the tunnel face.
rhe report is that the winze is going down
;hrough an excellent grade of shipping ore.
1 is the purpose of the management to CO.l1
;lnue the winze down to the hundred-foot
evel before drifting and stoping is started;
md, while this new level is being stoped
md shipped, the winze will be pushed down
o another level; thus keeping a whole hun
Ired foot level blocked out ahead.. The
ease, which is a portion of the Nineteen
ren property, has paid well in the past, and
pves no indication of letting up, as the vein
s holding its size. and. growing richer as
lepth is attained.
The new shaft on the Schively property,
vhich is located on the north end of Winne
nucca mountain, about five miles from
lere, waf; sunk to a depth of fifty feet, a
,ross-cut was run from this point, tapping
he vein directly under the twenty-foot
:haft, 'Sunk further up the hill. Rock was
aken from the upper shaft which showed
letter than $500 per ton, and it is claimed
hat the vein has lost nothing in values in
he extra depth. Much ground has been 10
:ated in all directions from the Schively
trike and W nnemucca mountain is well
lotted with white tents, as most of the 10'
aters are prosecuting development work.
For a. small mounta:n, Winnemucca
aountain has an interestip.g history. The
aountain, proper, is not to exceed six miles
n length by some three miles In width, and
eaches an altitude of 7,000 feet. In the
arly sixties several millions of dollars
rere mined from the west end and milled
!l an old adobe mill whiCh is still standing
:l the cty of Winnemucca. It is claimed by
(}me of the old timers that the old mine
ras never worked out; that the volume o.f
rater became to heavy for the old style
umps to handle, and that the mine gradual
filled till the pumps were drowned, which
onditon prevails to the present time.
Braito, and Beera. who have been leas
19 on what is known as the Black Hole, at
Junn Glen, have worked ont the ore in
ight and quit the lease. This property was
forked by Ed. Chaffey and associates a few
ears ago, from which it is estimated th1t
300,000 were taken out. .
Considerable activity is manifest at the
Id "Sheba" mine in the Humboldt range,
nd it is reported that more ore has been
roken during the past winter than for
years past. Much of the machinery that
was removed from the mill has been put
back again and the mill will again be put
in operation.
Harry Mumma, and as'Sociates, who
closed down their cyanide plant near Para
dise Valley. last December, on account of
the cold, have again started uP for a long
season's work. J. L. SAFFORD.
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CONTRACTS WITH INiERNAT10NAL
SMELiER.
(Special Correspondence.)
Wallace, Idaho, May 10.--The Marsh
Mining company, in the Coeur d'Alene dis
trict, has just signed a contract with the
International Smelting company of Tooele,
Utah, to handle its ore the next five year.s.
Reports from the property are that the
recent strike on the lower level is of im
portance and the showings lead the own
ers t() believe an immense ore body has
been uncovered. In a drift west, twelve
feet from the point in the crosscut where
the ore was encountered, the vein has wid
ened to six and a half feet, of which thirty
inches is high-grade shipping and the re
mainder firstclass feed. The first round
of holes in a drift east from the crosscut
diSClosed a faCing of high grade ore of six
feet in width, and neither wall showing.
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ORGANIZE WASHINGTON CHAPTER
(Special Correspondence.)
Spokane, Wash., May 10.-The Spokane
section of the Washington chapter of the
American Mining Institute was formally or
ganized April 29, with these executive of
ficers: Chairman, G. B. Dennis; vice chair
men, W. J. Harris, J. H. Tilsley ad J. W.
Turner; secretary-treasurer, Sidney Nor
man; supervisors, John A. Finch, Patrick
Clark, E. P. Spalding, Frederick Burbridge,
Conrad Wolfle, J. C. Haas, E. A. McDon
ald, W. H. Linney, George E. Kingsley,
G. A. Collins and M. Baumgartner. The
section was organized by H. S. Taylor of
Chicago. The first work will be to ar
range for the entertainment of the officers
and delegates of the American Mining Con
gress, scheduled to mect in Spokane the
last week in November.
Among other legislative matters to be
taken up in the near future by the Spo
kane section will be the question of the
blue-skY law. Recognizing there is a press
ing need to protect the public from fake
mining schemes, officers will urge tn"
adoption of such a law as will give the
greatest possible assistance. to all legiti
mate mining ventures. The Paradee law
of California seems to find more favor than
the Kansas statute.
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A strike of considerable importance is
reported in the Barry-Coxe mine near Park
City, Utah.
ROBERTS BUYING OIL LANDS.
Gas Struck in Green RiveI' Field. Road
Building in Progress.
(Dispatch, Green River, Utah.)
At a depth of 275 feet illuminating and
fuel gas was struck in the well or the
Moab oil company Monday and this will
be cased off and used for fuel and lighting
purposes, thereby effecting a saving at this
rig alone of neaorly $10 a day. It may later
be piped to other parts of the field. The
discovery was made when the fireman
started to shovel some coal into the fire
box and the gas ignited. Several of the
crew were severely burned about the face.
A road is being constructed from camp
to this city, which is to be the supply
pOint.
Actual construction work has been
started on the thirtyfive-mile wagon road
which will connect Green River with the
San Rafael oil fields, where it is sanguine
ly predicted there will be a dozen big oil
rigs before snow flies this fall.
Colonel Charles P. Tasker is now In
Philadelphia, but it Is expected that he
will be back early in May. The road he
has had laid out should be completed and
the first rig should be set up and in actual
operation inside of ninety days. He lefr
his son, Charles Tasker, Jr., and Mr_ Swa
sey in charge of the roadwork, and they
will push It with vigor. The big standard
drilling outfit has been hauled out as near
the scene of the first operations as pOssI
ble. Part of it is twenty miles from the
station now. There the Imachinery will
await the completition of the road, when
it will be Qauled to the point designated
near the southeast rim of the swell and
set up for drilling.
Col. J. C. Roberts, the mining and oil
expert, buying for London parties, has con
clUtled a deal for the Oscar Beebe group ot
eight vanadium claims thirty miles from
town close to the Hanksville road. The
consideration was $15,000.
On this property there are four veins
exposed, one of which varies from six to
eighteen feet in thickness, and each aver
ages from four and a half to six feet in
thickness, assaying eighteen to forty per
cent vanadium.
This large deal was negotiated through
the agency of E. J. Cook, the abstracter,
of this city. Ira Browning was one of the
former owners of the property.
Col. ,Roberts states that his people will
commence working the claims and hauling
ore within 90 days.
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The Silver King Coalition Mines com
pany, of Park, City, Utah, is giving em
ployment to a force of about 400 men, and
ore shipments are being increased. It is
believed this will be a banner year with
the Silver King company.
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1r t,. P .-$ .7 # 'g W b t7Xtc'i t t1 "1 "*X
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THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, MAY 15, 1912.
1 In Adjoining Slales
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ARIZONA.
Prescott Courier: Reports corne from
'Copper Basin that A. M. Horton has ex
ceedingly rich ore in his Ox Shoe claim,
three miles southeast of the old smelter,
the best of the ore assaying as high as
$1,000 per ton. In addition to high values
in gold and silver, the ore also carries con
siderable copper which is readily roasted
out in a blacksmith forge_ Mr. Horton is
constructing a small smelter in which he
will treat the ore.
Kingman Miner: Last Tuesday the
Tom Reed shipped its regular monthly bar
of bullion to the mint, the bar weighing
5,705.20 ounces gold and valued at $70,
000. This is about the ordinary cleanup
of the mill for each month and will give
some idea of the output of the property
The Tom Reed has been proven to the
800 foot level, far below the contact with
the older andesite, which was thought to
be the line of demarcation between the
value bearing rock and the non-value
bearing. The best values are now to be
found in the rock generally understood to
be non-mineral in character.
Parker Post: C. W. Mitchell, secreta!'y
of the Arizona Empire Mining company,
arrived Wednesday and left for the com
pany's property in the Empire Flats dis
trict the same day. Mr. Mitchell took a
number of ore sacks with him and the best
are is to be sacked for shipment. The
property is developing into a big propoRi
tion, it is claimed by those who have
recently visited the mine. 'York is now
being confined to the 200-foot level, whe!',J
a 60-foot crosscut has penetrated a mam
moth ore body. Kidneys of rkh gold are
occur in this large are body, a s a m p l ~
taken last week assaying $128 in gold a'ld
8 per cent copper.
Prescott Journal-Miner: H. L. Sweeney
successfully operating the Golden Gate
mines in the Black Hills district, was in
trom camp yesterday and states that the
good showing conHnues, and the nickel
ores are still in evidence. At the adjoin
ing works the La Gracia company is pre
paring to Introduce a compressor' and to
develop by drills in the future. Their in
terests are becoming important and recent
development, it is said, has practically
established the property as one of great
merit. It is to be operated on a larger
basis than formerly. Mr. Sweeney also
states that other mines in ,that field are
coming to the front and the outlook is de
cidedly bright.
San Simon Artesian Belt: 'The Old
Homestake property, at Paradise,. now
called the Boeckler mine, is the scene of
a great deal of activity and promise. The
force under Superintendent Jim Reay, who
formerly had charge of work at the Sav
age, has been doubled, ten or twelve men
being employed, and shipments of ore are
going forward. Two shipments have been
made. The first shipment is said to have
run $100 to the ton and the second $30 to
the ton, The showing of ore is declared
to be fine. It Is proposed to transport ore
to the El Paso & Southwestern at Rodeo
in future by means of automobile trucks.
A test was made recently of ,such a truCk,
run out from Douglas for the purpose, and
was satisfactory.
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COLORADO.
Rico Item: A new body of ore has been
struck at the Rico-Argentine mines during
the week, which is showing up fine and
gives promise of being another very large
deposit, such as the great vein evidenced
in the Black Hawk mine and at present in
the immense deposits of the Rico-Welling
ton. The ore is of a lead-cop per-zinc char
acter.
Telluride Examiner: Tuesday M. A.
Wood, manager and the largest owner in
the Mammoth property up Bear creek,
leased the Mammoth mine and mill to
William and John C. Midwinter and others
for a period of two years. Tbe leasers are
practical miners and can do as well with
this property as anyone else that we
know of.
Silverton Standard: The Highland
Mary mine which has been pushing work
most vigorously during the winter months,
gives promise of being one of the busy
properties during the summer. A large
force of men have been employed at the
mine and indications point toward a most
successful run for the Highland Mary peo
ple this year.
Lake City Phonograph: What appears
to be a strike of splendid ore has been
made in the Nellie M. tunnel. In cleaning
out a cave about 300 feet in, at about
twenty feet up, a streak of blue talc ter
minated in a body of massive mineral
composed of galena, iron and other min.
erals that cannot be determined. We will
make a more complete report next week,
after Mr. Ramsey has made assays anil
has put in ladders so he can examine the
ore streak.
Idaho Springs Mining Gazette: The
Kansas-Burrows m.ines in 1'he Newhouse
tunnel 'started up with a full force of men
Tuesday morning. This is the most im
portant enterprise in the tunnel, both by
reason of the importance of the mines, be
ing among the greatest in COlorado, and
because of the strong financial standing of
the company. It will take some time for
the necessary development work before
production on a large scale will be realized,
but the actual ,success of the enterprise is
assured as the mines are deposits of im
mense bodies of very rich ore.
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IDAHO.
Leadore Standard: Word comes from
the Birch creek country that a new ore
body has been opened up in the Scott
mine, through the Sinking of a shaft. Also
that Frank Worihing is elated over a dis
covery of a (-inch streak of lead-silver ore,
purported to be the richest find in the
Kaufman section.
Elk City Mining News: Chas. Tiede
man, one of the owners of the Golden Rule
placer mine, situated about six miles
north of Elk City, has commenc.ed to get
things in shape for the 'season's run. Mr.
Tiedeman says that the water is about a
month late in starting this year and he
does not expect to begin piping for three
weeks.
Twin Falls Times: Alex. Erdley, who
has charge of the work on the Buckeye
group of mines in the Jarbidge mining dis
trict, arrived in the city yesterday even
ing. He reports that a new strike has been
made on that property, the ledge being
three and one-half feet, paralleling the orig
inal ledge. The strike is said to be one
of the best made on that property.
Murray Sun: A rich strike in the drift
from the raise in the lower workings of the
Caledonia mine sent the stock of that com
pany soaring. According to reports, some
of the richest ore ever encountered in this
mine, noted for its extremely rich ore, wa,.s
found. While the lower tunnel has not as
yet reached the ore body, which seems to
have faulted, the manager now believes
little difficulty will be met in locating it
on the lower level.
Leadore Standard: The "Leadville" is
outputting some excelient ore. One car
sent out to the International smelters,
Utah, last week and two more cars of fifty
ton capacity will be shipped during the
present month. The average value of the
lead-silver product is abeut $35 per ton,
which is considerably higher than the bulk
shipped from our sister camp, Gilmore, but
when quantity and ,size of ore measures
are considered, we politely lift our hat to
the boys across the way.
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MONTANA.
Twin Bridges, Monitor: The news
comes from the Highland district that Wil
liam Johnson has struck some rich gold
ore on tne Farragut claim, The yellow
metal can be seen plainly with the naked
eye and was uncovered in a tunnel a few
days ago. In years gone by Highland dis
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THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEWI MAY 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
fict has produced quantities of very rich
ire.
Boulder Monitor: Joe Davis, the well
mown Helena dry goods merchant, has a
ease and bond on the Golden Moss mine
Elkhorn, and is working four men, at
,resent, sinking a shaft. Mr. Davis says it
II his intention to sink 100 feet before
:ross cutting the lead. Tom Connor of
is in charge of the worK. Mr.
is an old scout, and a mining man
:'s well. Success is certainly his, If there
s an ore body to be found on the claim.
Deer Lodge Silver State: The cancel
ation of eight placer mining claims on
jold Creek west of Garrison is reoom
Clended in a decision rendered Friday by
tegister Stephen Carpenter and Receiver
:. O. Freeman of the Helena land 'office in
he case of the g,overnment against Carl
lergstrand. The governmellit 'raised the
.:oints when Bergstrand applied for patent,
hat there had been no discovery of min
ral, that the land was not valuable for
,lacer mining purposes, and that the nee
ssary $500 for the patenting of a claim
ad not been exptended.
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NEVADA.
Austin Reveille: More machinery ar
ived this week over the Nevada Central
)r the King Midas Mining company, oper
ting at Goodings, up Reese river. This
ompany is making a complete installation
f mining and milling machinery this
pring and will be among the producers
lis year.
Austin Reve!1le: Eleven miles west of
me, Joe Bartollozzi, of Austin, believes
e has uncovered ore deposits that will
ause a stampede as 'soon as the snow
oes. He brought in samples this week
'hich pan gold in generous streaks. The
re looks very much the same as that
hich first came from the surmce In Man
attan and caused the memorable rush to
lat camp. In the ravines, at present, lhe
lOW comes up to a man's arm pits, antl
will be some weeks before prospecting
ln be carried on -to advantage.
Lovelock Review-Miner: We are in
frmed, authoritatively, that a new ore
lOot has been struck in the east drift on
Ie ninth level in the workings of the
Troughs Coalition Mining company,
hich measures twelve inches across and
Isays $5,240.00. It is reported as being
ie of the richest and most important
rikes made by this company since the
manza shoot was encountered in the
est drift on the eighth level last fall. Tne
of this new find reaches us as we go
'press, and will be fully detailed in our
issue_
Searchlight Bulletin: Robert Dunbar,
:incipal owner and in personal charge of
operations at the Rand, formerly the B.lack
Hawk, at Eldorado canyon, was In tOW'l
the first of the week, and reported fine pro
gress at the property. On the 300-foot
level there is twelve feet of ore. _ While as
yet no assays have been made, Mr. Dun
bar is sure that the values are better than
$35 to the ton. Drifting both east and west
is in progress on the 400-foot level and
there is ore averaging better than $20. It
is expected that the new reduction works
will be installed in three months' time.
Lovelock -Review-Miner: During the
week just passed the Seven Troughs Coal
ition Mining company has penetrated and
commenced the development of three new
and distinct ore shoots. At the face of
the west drift on the ninth level, 210 reet
west of the station on the Friedman
winze, a four-foot width of Sixty dollar
ore was encountered the latter part of last
week,and advancement through this vein
since that hime has demonstrated no
weakening of either the vein or its values.
At this point the vein shows a decided
easterly and westerly tendency and is tak
ing a course almost at right angles with
that which it lias heretofore maintained.
Yerington Times: The Mason Valley
mine is keeping up its usual shipments of
350 to 500 tons of ore a day. All stoplnl!l
in tunnel 4: level has been suspended, ow
ing to everything being full of ore. stop
ing on tunnel 3 and up to tunnel 1 isgo
ing on as usuaL Only about one-third of
the amount being broken daily is shipped,
as this is all that is required to furnish
the smelter with the full tonnage. One
man is breaking a big tonnage of ore ev
ery day in the open cut. The mine has
developed so far ahead that practically all
dead work has been suspended until the
second furnace at the smelter is blown in,
and even with this in commission they
have a great many years' ore ahead with
out any further development. The mine
is certainlY in a most satisfactory condi
tion.
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OREGON.
Baker Herald: Pete Keepis of Cornu
copia is in the city spending a feW' days.
Mir. Keepis is interested in the placer
properties near Cornucopia and says that
all the owners save those -of the Unaer"
wood claims are doing deveh)pment work
and expect to strike bedrocR this season.
The Underwood claims, he said, are making
a good showing under the new mana'ge
ment.
Sumpter American: Fred Deland and
F. J. Ryan arrived in Sumpter yesterday
from Sacramento, California. They are,
respectively, construction foreman and ac
countant for the Yuba Construction com
pany, and will look after the building of
the large dredge at this place for the Pow
der River Dredging company. The work is
being taken in hand as rapidly as 'material
arrives.
Sumpter American: C. D. Snyder and
son of Parma, Idaho, were In Sumpter the
first of the week on their Way to Granite
and the North Fork. Mr. Snyder last fall
became interested with Joe Watts in a
placer property north of Granite. Mr.
Snyder is an- experienced placed miner and
he and Mr. Watts will do extensive work
when the spring floods start. The prop
erty is well equipped for successful mining.
Grants Pass Courier: J. F. Dwyer,
connected with the Keystone mine, on
lower Rogue river near Mule creek, has
been in the city for several days on busi
. ness, and will return to the mine shortly.
-For the past two months they have been
constructing buildings and installing a 4
stamp mill, which is expected to be in
running order within the next ten day!!
Frank C. Hammond, of Portland, who
opened up a mining property in the Alt
house district last summer, is manager of
the property.
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THE DEMAND HAS BEEN SUPPLIED.
The demand has been supplied. The
Albany Hotel of Denver has supplied it.
The hotel has been undergoing extensive
remodeling in the past five months, and the
Albany management now places at the dis
posal of its patrons, rooms with private
bath or rooms with private toilet and lava
tory at the rate formerly charged for
rooms without similar aC{)Qmmodations.
Rooms wl:th private toilet and lavatory,
$1.50 per day; rooms with private bath
$1.50 per day. These are exceptionally
fine rooms, newly decorated and refurn
ished. For a long time, there has been
a demand for rooms at this rate. The
Albany is the first to supply the demand.
and the wonderment of all is how a hotel
of the AlbanY's character can afford to
supply its patrons with such accommoda
tions at so low a price. Try one of the
$1.50 and $2 per day rooms with bath,
and yOU will be pleased. Larger
with bath, $2.50 and $3 per day.
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The Utah mine, of Fish Springs, Utah.
has marketed three carloads of ore. so far
this month. I
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THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, MAY 1 5, 1 9 1 2. 31 .
[ Mine 6- SmellerB u i l d i ~ g I
The Oneida mine, at Freeland, Cilorado,
is to be equipped with reduction works.
The Poughkeepsie mine, near Ouray,
'Colorado, is to be provided with a milling
plant, under the supervision of Henry Dam
schroder.
The Florence mine, near Thompson,
Montana, J. A. Close, superintendent, is to
be equipped with an assay office. and cya
nide plant.
The Little Dorit mine, near Idaho
Springs, Colorado, F. L. Patrick, manager,
is soon to be equipped with reduction works
and power plant.
The milling plant of the Arden Plaster
company. of Arden, Nevada, was recently
destroyed by fire. The company will prob
ably re-build, at once.
The Michigan-Utah Consolidated Mining
company, of Salt Lake, is planning an aerial
tramway for its property near the head of
Big Cottonwood canyon.
The Ireland mine. near Minnesota, AI
leghany district. California. George W. Hag
arty, manager, is to be equipped with a 5
stamp milling plant this summer.
W. C. Vanderlip, of Fairbanks, Alaska,
is organizing a company whose object will
be the installaUon of 5stamp mills on
Skoogey, Cleary and Fairbanks creeks.
According to a special from Butte, Mon
tana, W. A. Clark and ass'Ociates will soon
begin work in the construction Qf a concen
tratorand smelting plant. to cost $100.000.
The Hypotheek Mining & Milling com
pany. of Wallace. Idaho. George V. Har
rington, manager, will increase its mill
equipment, and install an electrically-op
erated hoist.
The Apache Box group of claims near
the ArizonaMexico line, has been sold and
is to be equipped with a 200ton milL W.
H. Worthington, of Douglas, Arizona, is in
terested in this enterprise.
The North Washington Power Reduction
company. of Spokahe, Washington, J. L.
Harper, general manager, will increase
the capacity of its cyanide plant, at Repub
lic, Washington, to 5,000 tons, daily.
The Hazel T. Mining company. George
Chandler, 714 Park Place, Spokane, Wash
ington, manager, will equip its Libby, Mon
tana, property, with a milling plant in the
near future. John H. Town, of Libby, is
mine manager.
The Boston & CQrbin Copper & Silver
Mining company is preparing to build a 100
ton concentratin'g plant. Main office, 82
Devonshire street, Boston. Mine office,
Cor'Qin, Montana. Nathan L. Amster, presi
dent. Homer E. Emerson, general man
ager. J. W. Neill consulting engineer.
Trade Noles
Assay Supply Catalogue No. 24, contain
ing 595 pages,has been issued by the Mine
& Smelter Supply company, and is now
ready for free distribution to the trade.
The Numa Rock Drill Sharpener com
pany, of Salt Lake, recently sold and deliv
ered Qne of its standard-sized rock drill
sharpeners to the Anaconda Copper com
pany, of Anaconda, Montana.
The 'Copper Range C<>nsolidated com
pany, Houghton, Mich., is about to extend
the traction equipment of its mines with
the addition of five new 4-ton electric trol
ley mining locomotives, which have been
porchased from the General Electric com
pany.
The General Engineering company, of
Salt Lake, bas been making exhaustive
tests on ores of the Boston & CorbIn com
pany, of Corbin, Montana, to determine the
best milling practice for their treatment.
The Boston & Corbin company will soon
put in a 100-ton mill.
The Bartlesville Zinc company, Collins
ville, Okla., has completed plans for an ex
tension of the electrical equipment in its
existing plant and will install one 100 kw.
turbo-generator set, one 25 kw. motor gen
erator set, two 50 horsepower motors, one
25 horsepower motor, one 75 horsepower
motor and a switchboard. . The apparatus
will be furnished by the General Electric
company.
The Benson Mines company- is arrang
ing for electrifying its iron mines at Ben
son Mines, N. Y., and will install a com
plete new equipment of electrical appa
ratus to supply power both for crusbing
and grinding, comprising two 437 kva.
waterw'heel type generators, two 12 kw.
,generators, six 300 kva. transformers, one
450 kva. generator, one 12 kw_ generator
and sixteen motors ranging from 5 to 200
horsepower. An of the apparatus w'111 be
supplied ,by the General Electric company.
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'Work is progressing favorably in the
driving of the tunnel in the development
of the Big Nebo mine in Santaquin dis
trict, Utah, and it is believed that ore will
soon be encountered.
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A speCial from Meeker, Colorado, says:
A gold fever is sweeping over southern Utah,
sparsely settled as it is. A report has just
. been brought up from the San Juan river
that two Canadians had found a l>pot on
the banks of the Colorado river, fifteen
miles north of Navajo mounta.in, at the foot
of the Linear plateau, where gold nuggets
the size of marbles could be washed out
of the gravel and sand, not far from the
river, and a few days' work nets over $1,000
in gold.
Con$lruclion News I
The Moose lodge, of San Diego, Califor
nia, is getting ready to build a $35,000
home.
The Great Northern Railroad company
will build a new depoE at Helena, Montana,
this year, to cost $150,000.
A creamery plant is in contemplation for
Harve, Mlontana, backed by Col. John W.
Searles, of Spokane, Washlngton.
The United States government, in all
probability, will construct a $90,000 federal
Quilding at Twin Falls, Idaho, In the near
future.
The school board of Levan, Utah, has
disposed of oonds to the amount of $10,000,
the proceeds to be used in school house
construction.
Latah county, Idaho, will hold a $100,000
bond election in July. If the election car
ries the bonds will be used in building a
county court house.
A bond election will be held at Casa
Grande, Arizona, May 25, to vote $10,000
bonds for the building of a school house in
school district No.4.
The board of education of Salt Lake
City will receive sealed bids on May 20th
and May 22nd, for the building of the new
high school on the east side.
The county commissioners of Josephene
county, Oregon, may soon advertise for bids
for the construction of a steel bridge across
Applegate river at Murphy, same state, to
cost about $10,000.
The North Washington Power Reduction
company, of Spokane, Washington, J. L.
Harper, general manager, will build an
electric transmission lirie from Grand
Forks, B. C., tt} Republic, Washington.
A company has been incorporated at
Ely, Nevada, for the construction of a $20,
000 building to be used for lodge and
amusement purposes. Particulars can be
obtained from D. P. Bartley or Wm. Mc
Knight.
The following buildings will be con
structed at Williams, Arizona, in the near
future: A. R. Boling, opera house and
store, to cost $12,000; C. R. Boyce, store
and office building, $30,000, and 4-story
building, $8,000; Alexander Kiriakou, large
business block, $5,000.
The Rio Grande Reservoir & Ditch com
pany, of 420 Symes building, Denver, Colo
rado, has advertised for bids for furnishing
the material and the construction of a wire
wound wood pipe-line 2,460 feet in length.
Plans and specifications win be found at the
office of Thos. W. Jaycox, consulting engi
neer, 1011 Foster building, Denver. Bids
must be in by June 8, 1912.
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THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, MAY 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
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an inspection of the White Rock and Nip
PersonaiMen Ii 0 n' andTuck mines In Beaver county, Utah.
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Wm. E. Orr, a prominent mining man of
ioche, Nevada, was a recent Salt Lake
Isitor.
Phil Blume, of Winnemucca, Nevada,
1S returned home from a business trip to
os Angeles.
H. S. Rummel, of Jarbidge, Nevada,
ansacted mining business in Salt Lake a
w days ago.,
Robert Davis, of BULte, has been ap
)Inted manager of the Snowshoe mine
Ibby, Montana.
Frank B. Donovan and Patrick Sheek
lve taken a working lease on the Home
ake mine at Neal, Idaho.
Arthur C. White, formerly with the Salt
ike Tribune, is now managing editor of
Ie Goldfield, Nevada, Tribune.
W. L. Sendker, of Elk City, Idaho, who
in the east on mining business, expects
return home about June 1st.
Walter C. Orem and A. B. Apperson,
Salt Lake, recently made a tour of in
ection through Iron county, Utah.
J. B. Ireland, of Salt Lake, has taken a
orking lease on an Alta, Utah, property,
Id is now at his camp getting ready for
'e production.
T. N. McCauley, of San Francisco, presi
mt of the Mascot Copper company, oper
Ing near Dos Cabezas, Arizona, was in
tIt Lake last week.
Gorge H. Cooke is reported to have
ade a most important find in his Wander
g Boy group in Lowry canyon, ten miles
.rth of National, Nevada.
W. A. Howard, fieldman and ore-buyer
r the United States Mining & Smelting
mpany, recently visited mining properties
the vicinity of Eureka, Nevada.
F. L. Patrick, of Idaho Springs, Colo
do, has returned home from an extended
stern visit, and will soon resume work in
e operation of the Little Dorit mine, near
at place.
R. H. Strickland and Norman W. Haire,
Salt Lake, officials of the Miicbigan-Utah
ining company, have returned home from
e east, where they transacted important
ning business.
Col. J. C. Roberts, of SaIt Lake City,
'lUng The Mining Review from Green
ver, Utah,' states that he is very favor
Iy impressed with that region, and that
has become interested in promising oil
Ids and valuable unranium-vanadium de
sits in the near Vicinity of that place.
'1.. A. Low. of Topeka, Kansas, general
unsel for the Rock Island road, was in
It Lake, recently, and, accompanied by
P. Clark, president -of the Merchants
,nk, and C. H. Thompson, of Salt Lake,
d Dean R. Low, of Pioche, Nevada, made
A. B_ Taylor, of Salt Lake, has succeed
ed Sam S. Porter as secretary of the Tar
Baby Mining company. Manager C. R.
Greene will soon resume work in the devel
opment of the company's Big Cottonwood
canyon property.
J. Holman Buck, editor of the Miner, of
Mina, Nevada,' has made a discovery of a
deposit of potash in the foothills, three
miles west of that place. The material
goes from 10 to 15 per cent potash, alid
also earries saltpetre and nitre.
T. H. Merritt and E. Booth, of Duluth,
Minnesota, and George Loranger, of Ash
land, Wisconsin, officialS and stockholders
in the Red Warrior Mining company, op
erating in Star district, Beaver county,
Utah, recently visited the company's prop
erty.
A. G. Burritt, of Salt Lake, general man
ager for the Ohana Mining company, op
erating in Sacramento Pass, near Black
horse, Nevada, left for the mine, last week,
for the purpose of resuming work in the
operation of the company's valuable prop
erty.
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THE UTAH-UNITED.
(News, Milford, Utah.)
A. J. McMullen of the Utah-United is
now once more at work with a force of
men on the old Skylark and O. K. Ex
tension in Beaver Lake Mining district,
llibout eleven miles north of Milford. The
Utah-United Copper company has suffered
a transformation in that Jesse Knight of
Provo has purchased, or rather contracted
for, a controlling Interest of a little over
one half of the stock, and has already put
up a portion of the money and is to pay
the balance on installments as the com
pany needs. Under this new arrangement
work will be rapidly prosecuted. The prop
erty has been idle for several months. dur
ing which time this reorganization has
been moulded into shape_
The present workings of the company
are 470 feet deep and on this level they
have drifted thirty-three feet west anO
fifty-five feet southwest, making a total
drift of eighty-eight feet from the shaft.
The next level above is at a depth of 360
feet or 110 feet above the present working
level. The ore' was found in this higher
level and with that as a guide it is expected
that the present drift will encounter the
ore in another sixty or seventy feet at the
most, and considering the character of
rock it Is expected they will be able to
make this in thirty days anyway. At the
present time there are four men working.
The Galena mine, near Stockton, Utah,
recently made another carload shipment of
highgrade ore.
!Engineers and Mil/men I
E. P. Jennings, of Salt Lake, consulting
engineer for the Nevada-Douglas, was in Ne
vada last week.
Walter Fitch, of Eureka, Utah, general
manager for the Cbief Consolidated com
pany, was in Salt Lake, last week.
W. C. Adamson, of 'Winnemucca, Ne
vada, is engaged In the development of his
dnnibar mine near Fitting, same state.
C. deRyck van der Gracht, of the Hague,
who is interested in the oil industry, was
in Salt Lake, a few days ago, on his way
to the coast.
George E. Bent, of New York, consult
Lake, last week, in consultation with H. F.
-Widdecombe, general superintendent for
the company.
W. W. Wilson, of Salt Lake, was in
Pioche, Nevada, last week, in 'behalf of the
receiver of the Nevada-Utah Mines &
Smelters eorporation.
C. E. L. Gresh, well-known in Salt Lake,
has returned to Eldorado <:anyon, Clark
county, Nevada, and is now engaged In
the development of the Eldorado-Empire
property, adjoinin'g the famous "Wall Street
mine.
Capt. Benj. Tibby, consulting engineer
for the Masiot Copper company, of Dos
Cabezas, Arizona, was in Salt Lake, last
week, visiting with his family and many
friends.
S. P. Hunt, prominently known in Utah
and Nevada mining circles, and who has
,been acting as consulting for an
Alaska company at Knick, for the past
year, is now located at Hazelton, B. C.
The annual commencement address of
the Missouri School of Mines will be given
by James R. Finley, of New York C,ity. Ex
ercises will be held on the morning of May
31st. The -graduating class numbers forty.
Rollo E. Clapp, geologist and mining en
gineer, of Kansas City, was in Salt Lake,
a few days agl), on his way to Nevada.
Mir. Clapp maintains an office in Nevada,
and will also establish a branch office in
Salt Lake.
A. Kissock and E. R. Ramsey, of Gold
en, Colorado, members if the senior class
of the Colorado School of Mines, wMch
was in Salt Lal{e, last' week, en route to
Montana mining camps, favored The Mining
Review with a pleasant call, while here.
The senior class of the State School of
Mines, U. of U., will leave on its annual
outing on the 17th_ The IUnery is as fol
lows; Las Vegas, N. M., and from there
to the Goldfield and Tonopah, Nevada, dis
tricts, and thence to Churchill, Dayton, Wa
,buska, San FrancIsco and Oroville; thence
back to SaIt Lake City, arriving here June
2, just in time for the opening of com
mencement week exercises.
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THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW. MAY 1 5, 1 9 1 2. 3::1
[Dips, Spurs and Angles 1
The Nevada Consolidated, at Ely, Ne
vada, is producing copper at a net cost of
6.97 cents a pound.
The Silver King Coalition Mining com
pany will hold its annual meeting in Salt
Lake on Monday, May 20th.
It is s.fated that work will soon be re
sumed in the operation of the Imperial
mine, near Newhouse, Utah.
The Utah Copper company will soon
place the 10th and 11th units of its Arthur
mill, at Garfield, Utah, in commission.
The Tetro claim of the Plutus group, in
Tintic district, Utah, has been leased to
W. Lester Mangum and John H. McChrys
tal.
A strike of twenty inches of highgrade
galena ore, valued at $80 <l. ton, has been
reported in the Hazel T. mine at Libby, Mon
tana.
The Nevada Gypsum company, operat
ing at Mound House, Nevada, has sold its
to the Pacific Portland Cement com
pany, of San Francisco.
Work has been resumed in the develop
ment of the South Hecla Mining company's
property at Alta, Utah, under the manage
ment of George Watson.
The Rough and Ready mi"nes near Grass
Valley, California, are to resume operation
under the supervision of F. E. Sipe and as
sociates, of Mansfield, Ohio.
The International Smelting & Refining
company has posted its regular quarterly
dividend of 2 per cent, payable June 1st to
stockholders of record May 14th.
Congress has defeated the attempt to
abolish the U. S. assay offices at Boise,
Idaho; Deadwood, S. D.; Helena, Montana;
Seattle, Washington, and Salt Lake, Utah.
Ore going nearly 20 per cent copper
has been uncovered in the Badger mine
near Walden, \Vyoming. Harford Loucks,
of that place, Is Interested In the property.
Work' has been resumed in the devel
opment and operation of the Old Hick
ory mine of the Majestic Copper company,
near Milford, Utah, with H. K. Olsen in
charge.
The Gila Copper Sulphide company has
decided to blow in its Sasco smelter near
SiIverbeJI, Arizona, and it is possible that
a railroad will be built from Silverbell to
Christmas.
Another big strike is reported in the.
Tightner mine at Alleghany, California, con
sisting of thirty feet of ore, six of which
is very rich, While the balance is a good
millin'g product.
According to advices from Sian Juan
county, Utah, an old prospector has found
a blanket vein of gold ore near Horse
Creek, at Hall'S crossing on the Colorado
river, in which there is an abundance of
the yellow metal.
The Granite Mining company has re
sumed work in the development of its prop
erty with A. L. Fotheringham in charge.
The mine is located in the Mineral range
between Milford and Beaver, Utah.
A rich strike is reported in the Ridge
way mine neal' Sylvanite, New Mexico,
owned by C. H. Morris, of Monrovia, Cali
fornia. The find consists of six or eight
inches of ore that fairly bristles with gold.
Word comes from Alta, Utah, that a
drift in the Alta Consolidated has broken
into a body of fine carbonate ore, six feet
in width, that can be shipped as it is brok
en down. The showing in the mine is re
ported to be most encouragng.
The Goldfield Consolidated Mines com
pany has made a contract with the Tooele,
Utah, plant of the International Smelting
& Refining company, for the treatment of
its refractory ores Shipments will amount
to about thirty carloads per month.
The Waldo Mining & Smelting company
has between forty and fifty outfits hauling
copper ore from the Takilma mine, near
'Waldo, Oregon, to the railroad at Sumpter,
same state. The ore is being consigned
to the Kennet smelter in California.
The National-Nevada Mining company,
of Nati(}nal, Nevada, has been incorporated
with officers and directors as follows: M_
A, Houser, president; S. S. Spell, vice-presi
dent; 8. H. 'Crittenden, secretary; Thomas
Defenbaugh. treasurer; N P_ Hatch and
Joe Jaca:
The Mines Development company, of
Salt Lake, has begun work in the re-model
ing and re-equipment of the old Ontario
mill at P!lrk City, Utah, and, when com
pleted, the plant will begin work on the im
mense tonnage of lowgrade are blocked out
in the Ontario mine.
Clyde Daniels has just completed the
work of running 100 feet of tunnel on the
St. Paul group of claims near Ldbby. Mont.
He reports that the property is looking fine
and that the owners intend to do a large
amount of additional work this season.
The ledge carries values in silver, lead and
gold.
The Hecla Miining company's April divi
dend of $20,000, at the rate of two cents a
share, places the disbursement at $80,000
for the first four months of 1912, or $2,430,
000 to date. The property of the company,
which is in near Wallace, Idaho, is being
worked steadily and has large ore reserves
in sight.
Shipping and milling galena has been
encountered on the Prudential Mdning com
pany's property, four miles northwest of
\Vallace, Idaho. The are was found in the
crosscut of the main drift, which has been
run 700 feet and attained a depth of 500
feet. The ledge is 16 feet in width and
the stringer in which the pay ore has been
found is 18 inches wide. The principal
owners are T. j. Curran, \'1; R Scott and
C. W. Toole.
Announcement is made that the Alice
mine. near Wallace, Idaho. under bond to
capitalists of Ohio, will begin shipPIng the
m:ddle of May. Forty men are at work on
the property, which is equipped with a 150
ton mill. The plant is being overhauled
with a view to beginning operations within
thirty days.
The Skidoo Mines company, of Skidoo.
California, milled 1.175 tons of ore during
the month of March. Value of bullion pro
duced, $11,957.21; value of cyanides, $2,
451.06. Total receipts, $14,408.27. Costs;
Development, $1.334.11U operation, $8,205.43.
Total costs: $9,542.39. Net profits for the
month, $4,865.88.
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THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, M A V 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
BUNKE'R HILL AND SULLIVAN.
'gest Silver-Lead Concentrating Plant
In The WOl"ld.
(Press-Times, Wallace, Idaho.)
With the opening of the last unit of the
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ver-Iead concentrating plant in the wOlld.
Not only is the mill the largest in the
}rld, l?ut there is not one more modern.
rery improvement made over prevtous
ills has been the result of careful study
,r the mill was not thrown up in a hurry,
rery improvement being the result of leng
ld careful study, experience and expert
lent figuring in every detail.
As a result of the opening of the new
Jill the company has increased its capa
tty to the stupendous figures of 35,000 tons
,month. The mill i,s operated entirely by
,lectricity and 750 horsepower is required
o keep the machinery in motion.
The grading for the mil! began in 1907
md from that date to the present there
b.as been no mad rush to get the mill up
and to work. The fir,st unit, with the rock
house and conveyor, was placed in com
mission in December, 1910. The construc
tion during the entire period went ahead
at an economical and leisurely rate, giving
time to study Into all of the elements en
tering into the construction with care.
The plant has an ore capacity of 3,000
tons, enabling the mill to run two days
on the ore in storage.
The buildings and the retaining walls
are of concrete while the superstructure Is
of native timber. Galvanized iron roofing
over the conveyor add ore bins has been
used while patent fire proofing has been
used over the remainder, a careful watch
being kept to make the plant as fire-proof
as possible in every detail.
The Flow Sheet.
The ore is handled from storage bins
:m an inclined belt conveyor over an auto
matic recording weigher. It is first sized
lY revolving trommel screens, the coarsest
,ize.s, together with the ground middlings
:rom the jigs, after a classification. are
;reated on Card concentrator tables and
!i'rue vanners.
Fine grading Is done by six-foot Hunt
ngton mills in the fir-st unit and with
Jhilean mills and a five-foot Hardinge mill
n the second unit. The coarse middlings
'rom the jigs are crushed in six sets of
'PIls.
Special Features.
The mill has a number of special fea
ures and among the most important might
Ie mentioned the following which enter
nto the Imetallutgi<;,al Ischeme of . trea.t
nent: The desliming of the jig feed in
>lassified jigs; the use of the Hardinge mill
or very fine grinding of fine middlings pro
lucts; the use of the conical revolving B.
H. & S. screens for fine screening; the
use of the Esperanza drag type chasslflers;
the use of the air 11ft for returning the
overflow from the ore bins and the sUm",
tanks; and other less important metlwds
which have been developed in the many
years of work of concentrating upon these
ores.
The rock house is a separate depart
ment and has a capacity of 200 tons hourly,
enabling it to supply the mill with a suf
ficient tonnage of crushed ore to run the
full twenty-four hours by operatIng the
rock house eight hours.
This latter department is equipped with
picking belts and facilities for sorting out
the mine rubbish, the first class shipping
ore and mine waste, if so desired.
In addition to the automatic weighing
device already noted, the mill is equipped..
with a complete automatic sampling sy.s
tem in order that its various products may
be accurately assayed.
The construction of the plant has COSt
$375,000, and the supervision of the work
has been under 'the charge of Gelasio Cae
tan! and Roy S. Handy, as the metallur
gists, while Ulysses B. Hough and E. P.
Dudley have been the erecting engineers
in charge.
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GREAT STRIKE IN MAGMA.
(Blade-Tribune, Florence, Colo.)
Superintendent James Neary, of the
M,agma company, was here Saturday on his
way home from Phoenix. Another wonder
ful strike has juSit been made in the Mag
ma mine, on the SOO-foot level. A cross
cut has been extended through a nand or
quartzite and another most remarkable
"pay-streak" encountered. The streak Is
four feet wide and the ore for this enUre
width averages 72 per cent copper and 50
ounces silver per ton. This ore is next
thing to bullion. The cross-cut .also dem
onstrated that the vein at the 800 level is
fully sixty feet wide and carries phenome
nal values in copper and silver all the way
across the sixty feet. No copper mine in
the world can equal the Magma In rIch
ness. The new boilers for the Magma are
on their way from Florence to the mine
and will be set 'as quickly as Jl"O,ssible.
Forty thousand pressed brick to be used
in enclosing these boilers will arrive here
this week and be forwarded to the mine
at once. The work of raising the new triple
compartment shaft from the 800foot level
to the surfce is progressing rapidly and
the shaft will probably be completed by
the time the mammoth new hOist arrives.
Superintendent Neary knows how to han
dle his force to the best advantage in
breaking ground and timbering and there
is something doing all the time under
ground at the Magma.

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COPPER PRODUCTION IN 1911.
The smelter production of primary cop
per in the United States in 1911 was 1,097,
232,749 pounds, as compared with 1,108,159,
509 pounds in 1910, an increase of about 1.5
per cent. The production for 1911 is the
largest in the history of the industry.
In the following table the production fo!"
1911 is apportioned to the states in which
the copper was mined. The total is made
up of the fine copper content of blister
produced and of the smelter output of in
got and anode copper from Michigan. The
production of 1910 is given for comparison.
Production of copper in the United State&
in 1910 and 1911.
(Smelter output, in pounds fine.)
Alaska .......... 1 22,314,889
Arizona .......... i 297,250,5381 303,202,532
California ........ 1 45,760,2001 35,835,651
Colorado ........ , 9,307,4971 9,791,8C1
Georgia . .. ...... \ 7241 .......... ..
Idaho . . ......... 1 6,877,5151 4,514,116
Maryland . . ..... 1..........., 23,505
Michigan ....... 1 221,462,9841 218,185,236
Misslouri .. ..... , ............1 640,411
Montana ....... \ 283,078,4731 271,814,49,
Nevada . . ....... \ 64,494,6401 65,561,015
New Hampshire _ I 12,4091 ........... .
New Mexico . _...! 3,784,6091 2,R60,400
North Carolina .. 1 181,263\ 13,699
Oregon . . ........ , 22,022\ 125,943
Pennsylvania . . .. 1 740,6261 661,621
Philippine lsI. ... \ 1,7811 9,621
South Dakota .... 1 431 1,607
Tennessee . ...... 16,691,7771 18,965,143
Texas . . ........ 1 2,9611 105
Utah . . .......... 1 125,185,4551 142,340,215
Vermont ........ 1 1,935! .......... ..
Virginia . _...... \ 105,3131 ........... .
Washington . . ... , 65,0211 195,503
Wyoming . . ..... 1 217,1271 130,499
Undistributed . ..1 a603,5701 44,645
11,080,159,509i1,097 ,232,7 49
(a) Includes Missouri.
Refined Copper.
The total production of new refined cop
per in 1911, was 1,433,875,026 pounds. This
was the largest output in the history of the
industry, exceeding that of 1910 by 11,835,
893 pounds.

The m:nes of Park City, Utah. producej
9,766 tons of ore during the month of April,
divided among the different companies as
follows: Silver King Coalition, 3,747 tons;
Daly West 3,266 tons; Daly Judge, 2.437
tons; Grasselli Chemical company, 334 tons;
Ontario leasers, 138 tons; Daly company,
22 tons; "Charley Moore, 22 tOr:3.
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THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, MAY 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
RECENT MINING DECISIONS. from debt and post upon the premises a no Shares sold, 7,890.
Selling value, $2,152.75.
tice that no debt incurred by the lessee
Open Board.
(Prepared for The Mining Review.) would be a lien on the property. Held, that
Iron Blossom, 500 at $1.12 'h, 5,000 at
$1.10.
Relocation of Placer Claim-On reloca
the lease did not make the lessee the less
Swansea Consolidated, 500 at 8%c.
tion of a placer claim, monuments found in
the ground, which had been used by a prior
locator, may be adopted as the monuments
for the new location.-RiversideSand &
Cement Co. v. Hardwick, Supre'me Court of
New Mexico, 120 Pacific 323.
QUieting Title-Parties in a suit to quiet
title to a placer mining claim may stipu
late as to their conflicting rights, but they
may not, by stipulation, relieve themselves
from proving at the trial that they made a
discovery of gold, either in placer, or in
veins, or lodes in the land, as contemplated
by the federal statutes; and a plaintiff, in
a suit to quiet title to a placer mining
claim, who bases his claim on his mining
location, must shoW" a discovery of gold
sufficient to satisfy the federal statutes.
Garibaldi v. Grillo, District of Appeal, Third
District, California, 120 Pacific 425.
Relocation-Under Rev. Stat. U. S. sec.
2324 (U. S. Compo St. 1901, p. 1426), pro
viding that, upon a failure to comply with
the conditions contaibed thereiri, the min
ing claim shall be open to relocation in the
same manner as if no location had been
made, provided the original locators, etc.,
have not resumed work upon the claim
after failure and beforesuch relocation, the
original locator must show affirmativelY
that he had resumed work on the claim
before the relocation in order to claim un
der such relocation.-McKnight v. El Paso
Brick Co., Supreme Court of New Mexico,
120 Pacific 694.
Changing Lines of Claim-A placer
mining claim which unintentionally in
cluded a trifle more than the maximum
permitted area is invalidated under U. S.
Rev. Stat. sections 2320, 2329, U. S. Compo
Stat. 1901, pp. 1424, 1432, making the dis
covery of mineral within the limits of
the claim a prerequisite to the location,
when, by the readjustment of its lines so
as to exclude the excesS', the point or place
of the only prior mineral discovery was
left outside the area included by the read
juste'd lines.-Frank H. Waskey, Petitioner,
v. Joseph Hammer, Supreme Court of the
United States, 32 Sup. Ct. Rep. 187.
Miners' Liens-A mining lease gave Lhe
lessee the right to develop and operate a
mine for a certain monthly rental, and re
quired it to set aside one-third ,of the net
earnings as a fund from which the lessor's
,bonded debt should be paid, the "net" earn
ings to be determined by deducting from
the gross earnings the necessary "operating
expenses, payment of taxes," etc., and pro
vided that the lessee should develop the
mines, and at the end of the term deliver in
good order, reasonable W"ear excepted, the
buildings, fixtures, and machinery "herein
leased," and should keep the property free
or's agent with authority to contract for
material so as to charge the property with
m:ners' liens.-Union Trust Co. of Phila
delphia v. Branch Mint Operating Co., Su
preme Court of South Dakota, 134 North
western 65.
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THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
Quotations on the local board Thursday
morning, May 9:
L'sted Sto..ks.
Bid. I Asked,
Beck Tunnel ............ 1$--.1-3-1$':14
Bingham Amalgamated .,.1 .07 % I .09
Black Jack .... .,,,1 .18 I .20
Carisa . . ................. 1. , ...... 1 .25
ICedar Talisman .. ,., .. ,. ,I .02'14\ . 02%
Central Mammoth ... , .. , .1 ........ 1 .10
Century. ,................ 1 .04 I ,06
Colorado Mining .. ,., .... 1 .161 .17%
Columbus Conso.idated ... 1 .16 I - .20
Crown Point ............. 1 .03%1 .03%
Daly Judge ............... 1 6,25 I...... "
East Prince ... .. , ...... 1 .00'141 .05
East Crown Point ........ I .00'141' .00
1
4,
.East Tintic ;Consolidated .. 1........ 1 . 00
Emerald . . .............. 1 .02 I. ..... .
Gold Chain .. .... ... .1 .43 I .46
G. C. Cr'n................. 1 .00'h1 .02
Grand Central ............ 1 .66 I...... ..
Grutli, .................. 1 .00'h1 .02
Indian Queen .... . .... 1 .02 I .02'14
Iron Blossom ... , ........ 1 1.12%1 1.15
Joe Bowers .............. 1 .00% I .02
Keystone . . .. _........... 1 .09 I
King William ............ 1 .03%1 .04'14
Lehi Tintic .............. , .00'141 .01
Little Bell ............... .40 I .44
Lion Hill ................. 1 .03%1 .04
Lower Mammoth ........ 1 .02'h1 .02%
Mason VaLey ........ ... 1 10.75 I
May Day ................ 1 .10 I .12
Mineral Flat .. : .......... I .01'141 .01%
Mountain Lake .. " ........ 1 .03'141 .04-"
Mammoth ............... 1 .90 I 1.05
Nevada British ........... 1........ 1 .40
Nevada Hills ............ 1 2.00 I 2.23
New York ................ 1 .06 I .06'14
Ohio Copper .............. 1 1.37'h1 1.40
Opohongo ................ 1 .16% .17
Pioche Demijohn ......... 1 .09%1 .11 'h
Pioche Metals ........... 1 .02 '141 .03
Plutus .................. 1 .08 I .08%
Prince Consolidated ...... 1 1.40 I '1.45
Provo .................... 1 .00'141 ...... ..
Pittsburgh-Idaho ........ 1 1.07%1 1.20
Rexall ............. ..... 1 .02%1 .02%
Seven Troughs ...... , .... 1 .03 I .04'14
Silver King Coalition ..1 2.15 I 2.20
Sioux ICon. . ............. 1 .04 '141 .05
South Iron Blossom ...... 1 .00'141 .003(,
Swansea Consolidated .... I .08'141 .G8%
Silver King Con.......... 1 1.02%1 1.07l,i.
'I'intic Central .......... 1 .02 I .02%
Union Chief .............. 1 .12%1 .13
Uncle Sam ............... 1 .19 I .20
Utah Consolidated ....... 1 .02'141 .02'h
United Tintic ............ 1 .01 I .02
Victor Consolidated ...... 1 .04 \ ...... ..
Victoria Consolidated ..... .49 .52
Wilbert . ................. .29 I .31 %
Yankee ICon. . ............ 1........ \ .15
Yerington Copper ........ 1.11 .12
UnllHted Sto<ks.
I Bid. I Asked. I Sold For.
New Yer... 1$ .20 1$ .22 1$ .22 @ ..... ..
Alta Con... I .58 I .60 I .60 @ ..... ..
Th. - Quin. I .40%1 .42 I .41 @ ...... .
S. Tru. Coal. I .48 I .50 1 .48 @ ...... .
Ely Witch .. 1 .05 I .07 I...... .
Fed. Ely ... 1 .03 I .05 I...... .
Opex ...... I .06'h1 .10 I...... .
Cardiff .... 1 .40 1 .45 I..... ..
Utah M. Coall .40 1 .45 I....
Colum. Ex. 1 .081hl .12 I, .... ..
Bing. C. St. 1 .19%1 .20%1 ...... .
Sales.
IColorado, 1,000 at 17c.
Iron Blossom, 1,150 at $1.12%.
King Wi"liam, 500 at 4c.
May Day, 1,040 at 10c.
Ohio Copper, 200 at $1.40.
Rexall, 2.000 at 2 'h c.
Union Chief, 1,000 at 12%c, seller sixty
days.
Yerington Copper, 1,000 at 11c.
Shares sold, 6,500.
Selling value, $6,279.
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NE'V YORK LISTED STOCKS.
I Sales. I High. I Low. I Clse.
Chino .......... I 2,7001 29% 1 29 I 29 '12
Goldfield Con. .. \ 4,0001 4 4 I 4
Nevada Con. . 1 3,3001 21)i. I 21'>1. I 21%
Ray Con......... 1 2,900119'>1. I 18)i. 19
Tennessee Cop. . 3,000 43 I 42'14 I 42%
Miami Copper .. 1 4001 25 I 24% I 25
Utah Copper ... 1 7,5001 63 i 61 % I 620/8
New York Curb Range.
First Nat'l Cop .. 1 3001 2)i. 2% 2%
Giroux ICon...... 1 2001 5% 5% 5%
Inspiration Con. I 300118)i. 18% 18%
Nevada Utah .... I.. .... . '>I. % %
Ray Central .... I....... 2'h 2'14 2'14
Yukon Gold ..... 1....... 1 3% 3% 3
Ohio Copper .... 1 2001 1 % 1 % 1%
New Keystone .. 1 3001 2% 2 % 2%
South Utah ..... 1...... 1 1 )i. 1
Mason Valley .... 1 500 12 11% 12
Braden Copper .. 1 2001 5 % t>% 5%
lEly Con......... 1...... 1 '4 '4 14,
Nevada Hills .... 1 2,2001 2'18 1 Y. 1)i.
Mays Oil ........ 1 1,2001 33c 30c 30c
Belmont ..... 1....... 1 10 9% 10
Tonopah . . .. .... I 1001 7 7 7
NEW YORK METAL MARKET.
New York, May 9.-Standard copper firm;
.spot, $15.501@15.75; May, $15.50@l5.55;
June, $15.55@15.60; July, August and Sep
tember, $15. 55@15.75. London firm; spot,
70 5s; futures, 70 16s 3d. Customhou"e re
turns show exports of 5,868 tons So fa,' this
month. Lake copper, $16.00@16.25; el"l'tro
lytic, $16.00@ 16.12%; casthi'g,
15.75. Local sales were twenty-five tOilS of
M,ay at $15.55.
Tin firm; spot, $46.10@46.40; May, $4615
@46.35; June, $46.00@46.25; July, $45.25@
45.75; August, $45.10@45.50; SeptembEr,
$44.85@44.90. Sales were five tons of Au
gust at $45.15, five tons of September at
$44.87'h, five tons of October at $44.40,
twenty-five tons of May at $46.12'h, twenty
five tons of May at $46.12%, and twenty
five tons of May at $46.10. LondOn steady;
spot, 210 15s, future, 206 lOs.
Lead steady; $4.10@4.20 New York;
$4.00@4.10 East St. Louis. London, 16
8s 9d.
Spelter steady; $6.75@6.85 New York;
$6.55 bid East St. Louis. Sales for East
St. Louis spelter were' 50,000 pounds July
at $6.45 and 50,000 pounds August at $6.45,
London, 25 15s.
Antimony Quiet; Cookson's,$8. 00.
Iron-Cleveland warrants, 53s 7,.d in
London. Locally iron was steady; No. 1
foundry northern, $15. 25@15.75; No.2,
$15.00@15.50; No.1 southern and No. 1
southern soft, $15.25@15.75.
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LOCAL METAL MARKET.
May 1.
Silver, 61 % cents; lead, $4.20; copper
cathode, 15.625 cents.
May 2.
Sil ver, 6114, cents; lead, $4.20; copper
cathode, 15.625 cents.
May 3.
Silver, 60% cents; lead, $4 .20; copp('r
cathode, 15.625 cents.
May 4.
Sil ver, 60% cents; lead, $4.20; copper
cathode, 15.625 cen ts.
May 6.
Silver, 60% cents; lead, $4.20; copper
cathode, 15.575 cents.
May 7.
Silve'r, 60 '4 cents; lead, $4.20; copper
cathode, 15.575 cen ts.
May 8.
Silver, 60.. cents. lead, $4.20; copper
cathode, 15.575 cents.
May 9.
Sil ver, 60% cents; lead, $4.20; copper
ca thode, 15.575 cents.
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36 THE SAL T LA K E 'M I N I N G REV lEW, MAY 15, 1. 912.
RAILROAD TIME TABLES
OREGON SHORT LINE TillE CARD.
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 3, 1911.
Depart. Daily. Arrive.
'1'.10 a.m. Ogden, Malad, Denver,
Omaha, Kansas City,
Chicago and Intermedi
ate (From Ogden and
Inter. Pts. only arriv-
Ing) ................... B.15 a.m.
B.OO a.m. Ogden. Logan, Pocatel
lo. Boise, Marysville,
Interme'diate- Montpel-
Ier. Going ........... 10.10 p.m.
10,00 a ..... Ogden and Intermedi
ate points ............ 'I'.OS p.m.
11.40 a.m. Overland Limited, Oma
ha, Chicago, Denver, St.
Louis ................. 3.20 p.Dt.
11,5lS n.m. Los Augeles Limited,
Omaha, Chicago, Den
ver, St. Louis ........ 4,4lS p.m.
1105 p ..... Overland Limited, Og
den, Reno, Sacramento,
San Francisco .......... 2.0lS p.m.
2,45 p.m. Ogden, Boise, Portland,
Butte and Intermediate. 4,!SO p."',
2.45 p.m. Ogden. San Francisco
and Intermediate Po'nts 7,05 p.m.
4,15 p.m. Ogden, Brigham, Cache
Valley, Malad and Inter
medIate .............11 ,3l'j; a.m.
11:20 p.m. Ogden, Denver, Omaha,
Chicago, (Park City.
Green River and West
only Returning) ....... 12,40 a.m.
6:00 p.m. Motor-Ogden - Brig
ham ................ " 0,35 p.m.
11:45 p.m. Ogden, Boise, Portland,
Butte City and San
Francisco GOing.) .....10.30 a.m.
Salt Lake Ticket Otl'ice, Utah Hotel,
Phones, 250.

!IAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES &. SALT LAKE.
(Etl'ectlve August 28, 1910.)
Union Station, Salt City.
Depart.
No. T-Los Angeles Limited, to
Los Angeles ............. 6:00 r.:n,
No. I-The Overland, to Los An
geles ..................... 11:50 p. m.
No. 51-Miners' Local, to Tooele and
Eureka .............. 7:45 a. m.
No. 53-Garfield Local, to Gart\eld
and Smelter ............. 6:50 a. m.
No. 55-Tooele Special, to Gart\eld
and Smelter, and Tooele .. 10:20 a. m.
No. 57-Garfield Local, to Garneld
and Smeter . . ............ 2.40 p. m.
No. 59-Garfield Owl. to Garfield
and Smelter . . .... ; ..... 11: 00 p. m.
No. 61-Lynndyl Special, to Lehl,
American Fork, Provo,
Payson, Nephi, Lynndy.I ... 4:10 p. m.
No. 63-Valley Mall, to Provo,
phi, San Pete Valley and
Mercur . ................ 8 :00 a. m.
No. 65-Payson Local, to Payson,
Provo and Intermediate
points . ............... 8:1111 p. m.
Arrive.
No. S-Los Angeles LImited. from
Los Angeles .........11:40 a. m.
No. 2-The Overland, from Los
Angeles ............... 6:30 a. m.
No. 52-Miners' Local, from Eu
reka, Silver CIty, Stockton,
Tooele ................. 6 :00 p. m.
No. 54-Garfield Local, from Gar
field, Smelter . .......... 8: 50 a. m.
No. 56-Tooele SpecIal, . from
Tooele, Garfield, Smelter .. 1 :30 p. m,
No. 58-Garfield Local. {rom Smel
ter, Gart\eld . . .......... 4 :50 p. m.
No. 60-Garfield Owl. from Gar
field, Smelter, Riter ...... 12 :55 a. m.
No. 62-Lynndyl Special, from
Lynndyl, Nephi, Provo and
Intermediate ...... 12:30 p, m.
No. 64-Valley Mall, from Nephi,
Provo, Mercur . ......... 5 :40 p. m.
No. 66-Shoppers" Special, from .
Payson. Provo .......... 10:20 a. m.
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DENVER &. RIO GRANDE TIME TABLE.
TIME CARD.
(El!ectlve November 12, 1911.)
Dolly.
Provo, MantI, Marysvale .. " ..... 7.50 A.M.
Midvale and Bingham, ........... 8.00 A.M.
Denver, Chicago and East ....... , 8.35 A.M.
Park City ....................... 8.20 A.M.
Ogden and Intermediate points ... 10.25 A.M.
Ogden, San Francisco, Portland ... 12.45 P.M.
Ogden, San Francisco, Portland ... 2.45 P.M.
Midvale and Bingham ........... 2.50 P.M.
Denver, ChIcago and East ........ 5.20 P.M.
Provo, Springville, Tlntlc ........ 5.30 P.M.
Ogden and Intermediate pOints .... 6:10 P.M.
Denver, Chicago and East ........ 7,10 P.M.
Ogden, Portland and Seattle ...... 11.10 P.M.
A.rrive Dally.
Ogden, San Franciseo, Los Angeles 8.15 A.M.
Ogden and Intermediate pOints .... 10.00 A.M.
Tintic, SpringVille, Provo .... , .... 10.20 A.M.
Bingham and Midvale ............ 10.45 A.M.
Denver, Chicago and East. ....... 12.30 P.M
Ogdel1"and Intermediate points .... 2.15 P.M:
Denver, Chicago and East ........ 2.30 P.l\oC
Ogden, San Francisco and West.. 4.55 P.M.
Park City and Intermediate points 5.00 PM
Bingham and Midvale ........... 5.45 P:M:
Provo, Manti, Marysvale ......... 6.05 P.M.
Ogden, San Francisco, Portland .. 7.00 P.M.
Denver, Chicago and East ........ 10.55 P.M.
Ticket office, 301 Moin Street.
HANCHETT VISITS COLORADO.
(Mining Gazette, Idaho Springs, Colo)
Mr Lafayette Hanchett (of Salt Lake
City) is here for a few days to look after
mining interests He reports that the up
raise from the Lamertine tunnel to surface
on the Falcon lode will be completed within
the next month It has been raised 600 feet
through the big lead shoot of the Falcon,
and will open some very good ground for
mining I:<'ollowing Mr Hanchett's visit some
important developments in the affairs of the
Old Town mine are anticipated
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The United Mines com
pany. of Salt Lake, has been Incorporated
with a capitalization of 1,000,000 shares of
10 cents each. The officers and directors
are A. S. Fowler, president; E. P. Hap
good, vice president; James Moffat, secre
tary, G. Fowler and A. Hardy. The in
corporation is based upon the old Morrison
mine in Silver Lake district, Tooele county,
Utah. a producer of considerable note. A
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TENTH ANNUAL EDITION.
An absolute complete revision of
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DISTR.IBUTOR.S