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VOL. 14. No. 11. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. SEPTEMBER 15.1912. SINGLE COPY, 11

THE UTAH OIL REFINING COMPANY

By L. O. HOWARD, M. E.

The marvelous development of the petro­ Two years and a half ago, with no im­ of the wells have been producing fo
leum industrY has been lost sight of in this mediate supply of crude oil, there were ty-two years. Forty-four are now f
age of aviation, yet the latter wonder owes men wHh faith enough in the growth of ation, and prospocts are excellent
its success to this very development. the industry,' and the feasibility of estab­ sti1l further increase in' production
In 1859, in Pennsylvania, ,some men were lishing a refinery in Salt Lake, to go ahead new areas are being steadily.de>
putting down a well for salt, and were and build a small plant, with a view of put­ Some of this crude oil comes from {
greatly chagrined when the tools came up ting out about th~rty barrels of petroleum pany',s wells and some from inde,
covered with a greasy, irridescent ilquid, a day This original plant covered one· operators. The production of these:
having a disagreeable odor, which would quarter of an acre. far in excess of the refinery's pres~
ruin any salt, which city and sit
might be found in that are being D;I
viCinity. o th eIr ' re,finer
There was one, how­ take u~ the,
ever, the first of the especially in '4
011 magnates, who per field.
soon found a way to Contents of th
put the newty discov­ Oil. ~
ered liquid to good The crude
use and to start a for­ tains the f
tune in oil. He put the percentages 0
sub.3tance up In small eum products
bottles and went up teen per cent
land down the coun­ three degree.
try, selling a wonder­ thirty-five pet
ful new patent medi­ water white 1
ten per cent
cine, "a sure cure for
oil, four pet'
lameness, rheumatism,
paraffine WJ
and kindred ailments."
the balance,
His venture was a suc­ ricating oils,
cess. spindle and ~
Somewhat later, it for high at:
was discovered that chinery, enf
the liniment would turbine oils, ~
burn. Then began the ;non-<earbon ~
era of sooty coal-{)il lValve oil, f<:

lamps. Progress in re­ Recelvinj( Yards and Stills of Utah 011 Refinlnj( Co. cylinder lub~

fining the crude oil was slow. For many The growth of the Utah Oil Refining The oil is brought to Salt La~

years, gasoline, a distillate driven off be company has been phenomenal since that tank acrs of 12,000 gallons capacil

fore the much desired kerosene, was con·
sidered worthless, and either thrown away,
or returned to the wells, to lighten the crude
petroleum. Gasoline has now become the
most valuable constituent of petroleum, far
otustrlpping Its earlier rival,
its utilization has made
of
time. Today, it has a plant covering five IMethod of Treatment. ~
acres, employs many men, and produces The oil is discharged from
daily 153,000 pounds of finished oils. This Ing through a. pipe line to a
was demanded by the' extended use of pe­ tank of 292,000 gallons
troleum and its products.
IThe supply of crude oil' for the refinery
14 T H ES A L T
With a refinery already established at
Salt Lake, any new field coming in, tribu·
tary to this city, will be able to market its
oil immediately and convert its crude into
cash, thus making It not only an interesting,
but also a commercial pro'posiUon, without
Crude 011 Storage Tanks, Utah 011 Refining Co.
awaiting the tedious construction of a re­
finery.
The Utah Oil Refining company i,; con­
trolled by large eastern and local interests.
The local officers are. J. C. Howard, pres.
IMPORTANCE OF LOW GRADE ORES.
In connection with the continued pros­
perity of old districts, the following discus­
sion of conditions and metallurgical ad­
vancement in Colorado, by Thomas Tonge,
is of great interest:
"The decline in the average grade of
ore in Colorado is simply a stage in the
evolution of the Il1;ining industry, not only
In Colorado, but everywhere else," says Mr.
Tonge. "The great mines. of the world
are those economically and profitably min.
ing and treating big tonnages of medium
and low-grade ore.
"In 1878 the average value of the ore
mined and treated in Colorado had to be
about $100 per ton to leave a profit, as
against the ~verage value in 1899 of $25
per ton, including concentrates. The avo
erage value has since been much further
decreased, by reason of improved mining
and metallurgical methods and reduction of
freight and treatment charges, bringing still
lower grade ore within the range of profit·
able treatment.
LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, S E PTE M B E R 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
ident and general. manager; A. Hamilton,
vice-Pl'esiden~and .superintendent of the
refinery; Wr B. Sage, of Cleveland, Ohio,
secretary and treasurer; Earl Casey, as­
sistant superintendent; Paul F. King and
D. H. Sherman, lubricating engineers.
Many thanks are due to the president
and general manager, who kindly furnL3hed
much of the Information concerning the
plant, and greatly ass!sted the writer in his
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visit of Inspection.
"For every ton of ore running $100 per
ton and upwards ever taken out in Colorado,
there are more than 500 t0113 averaging $10
per ton r('ffllaining to be taken ~lUt. Owing
to improved mlnlllg and metallurgical
methods and reduced costs the relative
profit is about the same.
"Usually $10 {Jre will not stand the ex­
pense of mining, freight and smelting
charges. It involves local treatment. The
metallurgical progress in recent years in
concentra.tion, separation and cyanidatlon
has been great.
"Several Colorado instances of up-to-date
methods may be cited.
"The Tom Boy mine in San Miguel
county, remote fram railroad, pays steady
and liberal dividends on ore running less
than $10 per ton, by means of local treat­
ment, marketing the separated products,
(gold, silver, .lead, zinc iron) at best prices.
The operations of this mine for the month
of July last show an output of 10,500 tons
of ore, yielding $65,500, or a little over $6
per ton; expense, $40,500; profit, $25,000,
or 38 per cent on the gross output.
"The last annual report to the share·
holders of the Iron-Silver mine, Leadville,
which has been prodUcing ore since 1878,
shows that the average value of the ore
mined and sold for the preceding year was
$6.02 per ton, yielding a net profit of $2.47
per ton, although the ore had to be hand
sorted Into four grades.
"The Stratton-Independence mill at Crip­
ple Creek, from its completion in 1908 up
to a recent dat~, had treated 90,000 tons of
dump 'material and low-grade ore from the
mine, averaging about $3 per ton, at an
average netproftt of over $1 per ton. This
mill opened the way for the profitable treat­
ment of millions of tons of low-grade Crlp.
pie Creek ore previously worthless as un·
available. It marked the beginning of a
new epoch in Cripple Creek, and Is fully as
Important as the driving of the Roosevelt
drainage tunnel. The Portland and Golden
Cycle mines have since built similar . mills."
Expensive investigation is often essen·
tial in working out a process that will be
best suited to the ore to be treated. Before
undertaking the construction of the new
cyanide plant just coonpleted at the mine,
the Portland company had its metallurgists
at work for several years at a total ex·
pense of $75,000 In solving the problems
presented.
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GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED REPORT.
Supt. Thorne has issued the following
report of the July operations of the Gold­
field Consolidated Mining company of Gold·
field, Nevada, to President Wingfield:
During the month of July, 1912, the
total production of your company was 31,­
907 tons, costaining $474,955.84, or an av­
erage of $14.89 per ton, of which 29,000 tons
were mllled with an average extraction of
91.05 per cent and 2,907 tons were shipped
of an average value of $16.52 per ton, the
net recovery from all ore being $13.69 per
ton. The total net realization to your com­
pany was $238,278.70, or $7.47 per ton.
Development Work-2,923 feet of devel­
opment work; was performed during the
month of July, 1912. i
Operating Costs-The total cost of min­ •
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Ing, development, transportation, milling,
office and general expense was $6.41 per
ton, distributed as follows:
I
Mining, including stoping and develop·
ment ............................ $3.18
Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .08
Milling , . ........................... 1.97
Marketing . . . ...................... .05
General expense ................•.... .40
Bullion tax .......................•.. .05
Marketing ore shipped ............... .66
Construction •..................•..... .07
Total cost of operation ............ $6.46
Miscellaneous earnings ............ .05
Net cOllt per ton .................. $6.41
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THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, SEPT E M B E R 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
THE MET A~~.Y}iE~Y OF LEAD II
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(Improving the Blast Furnace, Cont.)
With large furnaces mechanical feed is
highly desirable and generally used, This
has involved various matters as to furnace
covering, size of charge, packing of charge
and distribution of coarse, fines and coke,
For meeting each problem and attaining
the desired result hardly any two plants
use exactly the same means, The vertical
flue with charging from cars dumped side­
wise as Installed at Laurium is described
in detail by Collins: A!merican practice has
been to take the gases away through an
opening in the end of the furnace directly
beneath the feed floor. This leaves the
entire top of the furnace free for the pass­
age of charge cars. As space must be left
so that the charge will not ,roll into the
down,take, this involves inserting the
"spreader" jlJ.3t below the floor level both
to break the fall of ore and adjust the dis.
tribution.
In our large plants the charge is as­
sembled in appropriate layers in the long
car; first slag at the bottom and abo-ve this
coke, bedded ore, roasted or,e, limestone,
iron ore, etc., each in one or more layers.
After the car has been run from the
"charge" to the "feed" floor and is directly
above the furnace the bottom is opened
and the charge falls into the furnace.
After the building of the present Murray
smeltery months were consumed in experi,
menting to determine the best details for
car construction, spreaders, and furnace
tops. As finally determined on the bottom
of the car consists of a fiI"m V,shaped longi.
tudinal ridge. from eacvh edge of which the
two long hinged doors swing aW\ay. when
loosened to drop the charge. The charge
drops quickly of its own weight, the attend·
ant swings the doors together with one lever
and clamps the dogs which hold them with
another. As the tops of the Murray fur­
naces are closed by almost level iron plates,
leaving an opening 27 inches wide, the length
of the furnace, quite a lot of the charge pile3
up in ridges along each side of the mouth.
These ridges of charge are then immediate­
ly pushed in by a Imln with a Shovel, and
one or more pieces of thin sheet steel pull·
ed over the mouth. The spreader consists
of five 3-inch angle bars, each the length
of the furnace, and all so bound together
mth braces as to form a long. sharp root
with two slots, through which much. fine
ore will sprinkle down onto the center of
the burden, while much, coarse will be de­
flected to the sides of the shaft. The
spreader is suspended in the top of the
shatt by four hangers passing beneath the
spreader, and fitting into'straps riveted to
the longitudinal plate supports. Three men
can lift a spreader out, one end at a tIme,
and by swinging the hanger to a horizontal
position, may also remove it. The furnace
top can thus be quickly put in order at blow­
ing,in, or cleared for blowing,out. The
sketch indicates the general arrangement
as seen in section. Of course each small
detail was developed to attain the best
metallurgical results; and deviation is ac­
cordingly thought to result in immediately
impairing the work, It may be added that
more perfect mechanical operation in which
the piles of charge are not left, did not
prove satisfactory. Proper distribution of
the burden is naturally of extreme Import·
ance at the beginning of a furnace cam·
paign, or after barring down and as long
as the shaft is clean. After the "hang"
has accumulated, and especially when the
construction is considerable, other factors
completely outweigh any influence from the
distribution of the charge.
The internal configuration or "lines" of
a furnace has a great deal of infiuence on
both the rate of smelting and the results
attained. The sketch which is here given
illustrates a transverse section of what is
probably the most satisfactorily operating
furnace in America. The dimensions are
not much dilferent from those given by
lIes ten years ago. His ideal furnace called
for 48 Inches at tuyeres, 10 inches bosh
and 16 to 17 feet of charge column. This
oorresponds closely to the Murray furnaces:
the furnaces are, however, longer at the
tuyeres with taller jackets, and would be
rated for at least ,fifty tons more than the
140 to 150 which Ilea estimated for his fur­
nace.
The "hearth Inteu,3ity," a quotient ob·
tained by dividing the 24-hour neutral
charge tonnage by the square feet cross­
section at tuyeres, was 'given for a variety
of furnaces in the table of the last issue.
As both the blast pressure and character
of charge are independent of the furnace
size, the intensity of different fnrnaces Is
not strictly comparable nor is that' of any
ore furnace al ways the same.
The chemical. mineralogical and physi,
cal character of the furnace charge, together
with atm.ospheric conditions, constitute such
tremeiHIDUi3I l'actors of £urnaee operation
that our furnace rated at 200 tons
might smelt less than 150 tons of charge
at one time. while under other circumstances
it might do better work with the tonnage
'doubled. The maxi'mum that such a fur­
nace as sketched has smelted is probably
a little over seventy,five 4·ton charges dur­
ing 24 hours;' if, to this 300 tons of "neutral"
charge there be added 45 tons of foul
slag and 37 tons of coke, we have 382 tons
for the total burden, If we have seen little
progress In blast furnace design during the
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last ten years, we must allow
tention of the metallurgists hE
sUy been divided and amply re~
closely related problems such
and fume control.
If we are not mistaken, i
furnace of larger dimensions W'
tried out In the UI&ited Sta~
periment proving a total fail
gard to the design of' other lar
one of which is mentioned by
available details are too scan'
of intelligent discussion. The
Australian furnaces described
which .have somewhat larger;
than our 48 by 17f; inches fl
have less capacity. From this
that in furnace design we are
cally at a stand,still. Econom:
Uon and better metallurgical r
doubtless be attained with 1:
from which we judge that the I
design is not yet uttered.
The accretions which usua'
the furnace shaft so profound
lines, without necessarIly imIlO
city or results, that one won
shaDe is. indeed. the best p,
this cou-nection the accepted di:
blast furnaces is especially su~
nace men find the present type
so practical, that for incident
idents worth relating, they t
recall the former days of the ~
and canvas connections. The
excuse for leaking of air as <
is now made: Metal pipes E
bustle pipe to the tuyere boi
turn, can be bolted tight to the
'packing in all the joints.
The paper plug apprises us
rising slag while the peep ho
valve and removable front. ~
the Eilers' tuyere, meets ev
which can arise during blowil
ting off blast, or plugging or
slagged tuyeres. The present
comparatively si'mple but ma,1i
ment on the leaky and awkwai
only a comparatively few yeat
In regard to the accompi
the art of getting metal and f
slag, it is to be questioned if c
have proven entirely satisfacto
slag-pot forehearth or settler m
ceded by the brick lined forehE!
reverberatory settler; while'
does far less perfect work. t
not yet as commonly used. B
far from perfect work, the t
tangular settler is a rather et
to keep in order. T,he slag •
be further cleaned in large t
are tapped so as to retain ti
large bottom button, which,
through the furnace. ,
The settler has to do for ~
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 16 THE SAL T
actly what the thickener does for the sludge
in ordinary ore dressing. But the eompari­
son is as to purpose only; there is no sIm­
ilarity in results_ The different conditions
are obvious. In particular, the thin, wide,
superficial overflow, which is vital to the
thickener, is apparently out of the question
with slag. A cursory observation on the
now of material thro'ugh the ordinary fore·
hearth indicates only a gross separation of
matte and metal from slag, a conclusion
. abundantly confirmed by the finding of rieh
skulls in the slag pots afterwards. When
we consider the amount of matte usually
carried in the settler, there is small actual
settling capaeity; when badly crusted the
settler hardly more than merits the name
of a matte "trap." Iles states that for six
years his slag averaged only 0.84 ounces
silver and 0.53 per cent lead, with the
bullion going 266 ounces in silver. There
is little reason to think that present reo
sults at most smelteries equal such clean
slags. It would be interesting to know the
average results at the two largest smelteries
near Salt Lake, as well as specific data
as to why they retain the small fore­
hearths and usual slag pots.
As to the application of modern refrac·
tories to the lead blast furnace there Is
little to be said. Water jacketing pro­
vides for the zone of most intense heat
and corrosion, leaving the crucible, stack
and settler as the only parts needing pro­
tection. The crucible shell, or curb, is
usually lined with brasque and the interior
finished with fire brick. The most desir·
able shape of the crucible is not fully rec­
tangular, but with a sloping fioor at the
back. Both this and the level portion will
be built in the shape of an inverted arCh,
the brick fitting perfectly after being dip­
ped in a fireclay wash. Such a lining will
last indefinitely if the furnace is kept In
blast.
The whole crucible gradually becomes
saturated with sulphides and infiltrated
with lead, and the space originally filled
with molten' lead becomes ever S'Illaller
and smaller during a run, through accumu­
lation of infusible compounds, in particular
zinc sulphide. After a campaign, the cru­
cible may be dug out, and, if the furnace
is not dOWn too long, the crucible may be
used again. On long standing, a saturated
crucible swells and breaks up.
In a lead blast furnace there is no
severe abrasive action of the 'settling charge
on the Inside of the shaft. In the first In·
stance, the charge column is low and the
pressure not great; in the second place,
sublimation of galena quickly coats the
walls, the bricks become impregnated and
a shaft tends to get smaller instead of
wearing larger. At times blowholes may
eat into the 'Dlasonry, but It the furnace is
properly managed, that will occur seldom.
Good practice is to build the shaft of com­
mon brick, firmly ·bound with iron, using
LA K E MIN I N G R E.v lEW, S E PTE M BE R 1 5, 1912.
firebriCks only for the lower portion of
the lining and the narrow zone between
the jackets and main girder Bupports.
Small settlers or forehearths commonly lose
their usefulness because of crusting, rather
than because of burning through, even when
lined with common brick. At times one
will break out, but it is of advantage, even
then, to have the more easily S'IlleJted com·
mon brick.
The curb of recent furnaces is made of
steel, say a half inch thick, heavily sup­
ported by clamped rails or massive strip]
of even 3-inch square steel. The sides are
joined to the base with an angle iron riv·
eted to each, and every joint in the plates
covered with a strip and riveted.
A curious matter of opinion exists as
to blast furnace foundations; some, with
Hofman and 'Collins, considering a huge
block of poured slag the best possible base
against which we have the statement of
no less an authority than lies, that such
a block Is the worst possible. The Ameri.
can Smelting and Refining company has
dismantled various fairly modern plants,
but we are not aware that any specific
information on the lIubject has become
available.
The lead furnace we have arrived at
after some fifty years practice in this coun­
try, is a tight steel box, on the most sub­
stantial foundation possible, holding the
bricked-in crucible, on which rests the zone
of water jackets. On portions of the same
foundation stand the four strong cast-iron
posts, which support the massive masonry
shaft, joined to the jackets by a smaller,
easily built in, zone of fire brick, and rest·
ing on steel beams carried by the posts.
No intentional opening exists in either curb
or bricked-in portion of the -crucible below
the level of Its top. The well, a cavity
thinly separated from the main portion of
the crucible, is not far from the top end,
so that a channel can always be cleared,
downward, to connect well and breast. Each
jacket is individually held in place by
braces to the girders supporting the shaft,
and to change anyone, the onl:y interrup­
tion is in shutting off the blast long enough
to pull out one and set the other in. Verti­
cal fiues are a thing of the past. The whole
top of the furnace is free for poking, bar­
ring and the passage of cars which can
dump the charge in quickly. In short, fur­
naces are built to run continuously, and to
capacity. Aside from such exigencies as
strikes and ore shortages, they do run for
months, and even years, with only trifiing
deductions from full elapsed ti'Dle.
CORRECTION TO LAST INSTALLMENT.
Near Clove, when speaking of the lead
well it says, some furnaces now have
the wells as large as 10 inches by 12 inches
on top and 14 inches square at the bot·
tom."
Change this to, "some furnaces now have
the wells as large as 10 inches by 12 inches
on top and 14 inches square at the bottom."
In Blast Furnace table the last "Murray"
furnace marked "Private" given as 1909,
Murray; Steel Jackets; 48 inches by 164
inches; 20; 4-in.; 36 oz.; 16 ft.; 240; 4;
change to Private; 1909; Murray; Steel
Jackets; 48 inch by 176 inches; 20; 4-in.;
36 oz.; 16 ft.; 250; 4.
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FOR GREATER SAFETY.
A world,wide movement for greater safe­
ty among the several million men who work
in the mines, suggested by Dr. Joseph A.
Holmes, the director of the United States
Bureau of Mines, was inaugurated at the
Pittsburg experiment station of the bu·
reau September 13, wlhen government offi­
cials from the leading nations of the earth
convened to discuss the great problem be­
foo-e them. Invitations to participate in
such a conference were extended by the
federal government through the state de­
partment and the American ambassadors to
the different foreign countries that have . ~
to
mining interests, including Great Britain,
Germany, France, Belgium, Austria-Hungary,
Mexico and Canada.
The army of coal miners throughout
the world numbers more than 3,000,000 men,
and each year between 6,000 and 7,000 meet
death through accident. The death rate
among these men in 1910 was 2.11 in every
1,000 employe{!. In the United States alone,
in the same year, 2,834 men were ,killed in
the coal mines, or 3.91 In every 1,000 em·
ployed. With conditions worse in the
United States than in any other country,
it is expected that the conference of ex·
perts will result in great good to this coun­
try, and perhaps a lessening of the death
rate in the world.
The prevention of coal dust and gas ex­
plOSions in the mines will be the general
theme of the conference officials, who will
continue in .session at PittsbUrg for ten days.
The United States has the only experimen­
tal mine is the world and the visitors, who
are anxious to see it, will witness actual
coal·dust explosions in the mine. Nearly all
of the visitors are the heads of explosives,
testing stations in their respective coun­
tries and the conference will endeavor to
develop more uniform, and if possible, new
methods of testing explosives. It is be­
lieved that such a conference will contrib·
ute largely to the initiation of Improve.
mentSJ ill- mining and will be helpful in
the adoption of safer mining equipment
and methods.
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It is proposed to increase the capItal
stock of the Butte & Superior Mining com­
pany of Butte, Montana, from 250,000 to
350,000 shares, the proeeeds from the sale
of this stock, at $37.50 per share, to be used
for further exploration and the purchase
of adjoining properties.
 THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV I E W, S E PTE M B E R 16, 1912.
LARGE SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS
WRITTEN FOR THE MINING REVIEW
Of late, much .attention has ,been given
to the institution of economies in the min­
ing of copper are, and one of the principal
steps towards the reducing of tJhe cost of
copper per pound has been the gradual, but
continual, displacement of steam plants by
installations of electric power, Wherever
• p03sible, direct electrification has been the
rule. In places where this has not been
feaSible, compressed air, produced by elec­
trically driven compressors, has often 'been
used to advantage. The next step towards
securing greater economy of operation has
been to centralize the electrically driven
compressors.
The various propertie3 of the Amalga­
mated Copper company, in the Butte dis­
trict of Montana, probably have the largest
View of the 1.200 H. P. En&'ine Type SYIl.chronous Motor Built tin the Shaft of the Air Compressor
output of copper in the world for the same
extent of territory. For this reason, and
also 'because the district is comparatively
limited in area, this company has led in
the building of large electrically operated
central compressor installations.
Particular advantages have accompan·
ied the centralization of the air compressor
staVons. Where formerly each mine ran its
own compressors, there are now four large
compressor stations, which have displaced
most of the isolated compressors formerly
used, viz., those at the Neversweat, the
Leonard, the Bell, and the new cen'lral com·
pressor plant located adjacent to the sub·
station of the Great Fialls Power company.
The plant of the Neversweat is the oldest.
At this point there are installed three 300
H. P. and one 800 H. P. induction motors,
driving air compressors. The nl!xt plant to
be built, that at the Leonard, is equipped
with two 550 H. P and two 660 H. P. indue·
tion motors. The third plant, that at the
Bell, has four 600 H. P. motors. Rope drive
is used in the three plants m'entioned.
For the last plant, known as the Central
Compres30r Plant, it was decided to in·
crease the size of the unit over anything
attempted previously, to use direct connect­
ed drive, and to Install synchronous motors.
Accordingly, at this plant there are installed
three 1200 H. P. engine·type synchronous
mO'tors, built on the shafts of the air com·
pressors. Two of the3e motors are shown
in Fig. 1. A fourth 1200 H. P. motor Is on
order and two more of the same size are
to be ordered at a later date, making the
ultimate capacity of the plant 7200 H. P.
The economies of electrification are ap­
parent when it is considered that the cost
of one horse power per year, generated in
the Butte district :by steam, varies from
$80.00 to $125.00, while for isolated e16ctri­
cal .installations the cost per horse power
year was reduced to $60 to $35. By cen·
Itrallzing these plants, fUrther economics
were effected, both on account of reduced
maintenance, and of the fact that
the load factor on these centralized plants
was very much better than the load
factor on individual installations, thus sav­
ing a considerable investment in motors
and compressors. The use of large direct
connected ;synchronous motors resulted in
still further economies by permitting a bet·
ter efficiency per unit to be obtained; by
reducing the cost per horse power lnstalled;
by eliminating, the loss in rope transmlsson;
by decreasing attendance charges.
permitting the synchronous motol
used to correct power factor, in if
which the power company wa3 W
make a considerable reduction in
of power. In this new Central COl
Plant the cost per horse power )
be in the neighborhood of $25. 1
The compressors were 'built by 1
'berg Manufacturing company. .Th.
into a large receiver system, cons
a eonsldera1ble number of steel
some of these are shown In Fig. 2,
pressure is maintained hydraulicall,
water tank being located on a hill i!
tance above the receivers, By thu!
ing the compressors to pump inl
ceiving system and ca.using the
machines in whloh the air Is used
upon the3e receiVers, the individ\
pressors operate contfnuously at I
and maximu.m efficiency, large v
in load being taken care of by su
shutting down an entire compress.
A novel method is used in star
synchronous motors. The valve­
the compressor is arranged with a
tion, somewhat similar in purpose
used on a locomotive, but consider
ferent in deSign. By means of 'I
motion, the valve motion may ·be'
and by introducIng compressed air ~
receiver system, the compressor mf
tuated as an air engine. In this wa
pressor may start Its synchrOnoll
and bring It up to the 'Proper speed
chronizlng it with the power SUI!
A refinement has been added to uh!
board equipment furnished at thl
by means of which the motor may
mati cally .connected to the supply 11
it reaches the proper speed, thu
nating the necessity of sync:hron'
hand. This refinement consists of
matic synchronizer, so arranged th
erates, 'by means of solenoids, U
swUehes between the bus bar and
dividual motor. While this autom
ture is not always used, it acts as
safeguard to render the station l
!lable,
A still further safeguard is pro'
having the motors designed so till
solutely necessary, they may be st
supplying current directly to the ~
The field is provided with a cage t}
lng, Wihich, while ordinarily used tt
hunting, permits the motors to ~
duction motors '<It starting. This IX
starting is used only in ca3e of en
when no other means of starting'
able. The feature has, however, 1
advantage that the 'Plant can still Ii
from a: complete standstill, even~
is no air In the storage system, '
A considerable quantity of the,
ed air from ,this central compr.wj
Is used to operate the very larj
engines at the various shafts,
"
18 THE SAL T
its immediate yicinity_ The balance is used
to operate the pneumatic drills used under­
ground.
The hoisting engines now pneumatically
operated, were formerly operated by steam.
To adapt them for air operation, only a few
()Ihanges were required. It has 'been fIg­
·ured that the economy in hoisting, secured
by the use of compressed air in the man­
ner here described, will reduce the cost of
copper approximately one-half a cent per
pound which, considering the tremendous
output of the Butte mines, means an im·
mense annual saving.
Calculations of the cost of hoisting by elec­
tricity direct, indicate that the economy of
electric hoists would be even greater than
that secured by the use of compressed air;
but, on the other hand, the installation of
electric hoists would have meant the entire
discarding of the present equipment, the
Central Compressor Plant of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Butte. Mont.
purchase of considerable equipment that
would be of no service except in connection
with hOisting, and further, to obtain the ad·
vantages of a storage system, such as is af·
forded by the receivers at the 'Central Com­
pressor Plant, motor-generator·sets with
large fiy-wheels and storage batteries would
have 'been necessitated. For these reasons
and ce:rtain other considerations, it was not
considered feasible, In this particular in­
stance, to electrify the hoists themselves,
although for most installations tlhe direct
electrification of the hOists will prove more
economical than -the use of electrically
compressed air.
On account of the importance of the
mining operations In Butte, the great ex·
pense of even temporary shut-downs, and
particularly on account of the compre€sed
air ibeing so largely used for hOisting pur·
poses, the reliability of the apparatus to be
nsed was given the greatest consideration by
LA K E MIN I N G REV I E W, S E PTE M B E R 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
the engineers of the mining company. For
a long time there was considerable doubt as
to whether synchronous motors of this size
could be made 303 reliable as induction mo­
tors. It was thought that if there were any
very large variations in load, or If unfor­
seen circumstances distu:rbed the normal
condition of the electric power supply, the
motors might fall out of step. So when
synchronous motors were finally decided up..
on, very rigid guarantees, regarding suc­
cessful and continuous operation, were re­
quired from the manufacturers, but the
machines have more than lived up to their
guarantees. Since the early part of 1910,
when the first synchronous motor was put
into .operation, not a single failure ot any
soril: has occurred, and although the power
supply during this time has often been un·
steady, and despite the fact that there have
been large variations in both voltage and
load, none of the motors have' ever fall'Sl
out of step nor has there ·been any dl"posl·
tion on their part to hunt. For this reason
it .\las been recently decided to double the
capacity of the original installation.
The three motors now installed, and the
one now on order are all rated at 1200 H.
P., 3 phases, 2400 volts, 60 cycles. The:;:
have an overload capacity permitting con­
tinuous operation at 25 per cent overload
and 50 per cent overload for one hour. Prac­
tically, therefore, they are 1500 H. p. mo­
tors. On account of the slow speed requir­
ed, due to their being direct connected to
large compressors, they have ninety..srx
poles, giving a speed of seventy-tive revo·
lutions per minute. They were 'built by the
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing
company, The dimensions are probably
larger than any other synchronous motors
ever built for the class of service.
The electrical energy used is generated
on the Missouri river by the Great Falls
Power company, and transmitted approxi­
mawly 100 miles, under a pressure or 110,­
000 volts, to the point at which these mo­
tors are installed_
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SELLING WAY'S POCKET SMELTER.
The prospector and small operator is
coming into his own again. There is a
strong demand for new properties, the gov·
ernment of.ficials are showing a disposition
to co·operate, and everything points to a
big resulIllption of prospecting and develop­
ment this fall and early winter. A reflec­
tion of these conditions is .shO'Wn In an al­
liance recently completed by the Way's
Pocket Smelter company.
The sales of this company have reached
such a point that it has become advisable
to separate the manufacturing and sell·
ing organizations. In the future, Way's
Pocket Smelter company will devote its
entire time to making smelters and in ex·
perlmental work along new lines_ The sell·
Ing organization will be J. W. Swaren &
Company, 112 Market St., San FranciSCO,
Cal. In the future all orders for Way's
smelters and supplies should be sent direct
to J. W. Swaren & Company.
In addition to the Way Procesll this new
company will handle a complete line of ma­
chinery and supplies ordinarily used by
prospectors and new properties. Mr. Swa­
ren has been a prospector hllll3elf, and he
fully appreciates the difficulties met in get· - .
ting equipment and supplies while out in
the hills or on the desert. His personal
attention will be given to securing for the
customers of this new firm the best mate­
rials on the market.
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A GOOD SPECIAL ISSUE.
The Las Vegas Age has issued a Pros·
perity Edition, which gives many interest­
ing facts as to history and mining condi·
tions in Clark county, Nevada. Mention is
made of the old Potosi mine, a famous lead
and zinc producer of the fifties, and the
prominence of Utah men in those days.
The most important mining enterprises tri­
lj
butary to Las Vegas are the South Nevada
Mining company, of which G. W. Hillegas
and Paul Watelet have control; the Arden
Plaster company, which has important gyp­
sum products and ships several cars per
day from its mill; the Potosi, which .still
ships 600 tons per month of zinc ore; and
other clahn3 in the Vincent, Triangle and
Mesaba district. The Issue is well printed
and embellished with many good cuts of
interesting points, and biographies of the
leading men of the county.
o
The mines in the Stockton district of
Utah are reported to be very active, and
shipments are steadily increasing, as a re­
sult of the 'present high metal prices.
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9,
THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV I· E W, S E PTE M B E R 1 5, 1 9 1 2.

TRUE CONSERVATION. our present knowledge, this one supply must tending back over three years, Il
serve as a basis both for the needs of the made a satisfactory ag'reement
In the preface to Bulletin 47, Note3 on present and the tar greater needs of the fu­ owners of the North Moccasin fe
Mineral Waste, written by Charles L. Par­ ture. chase of that .property.. It co,
sons, chief mineral chemist of the Bureau "In a higher way our mineral resources 2,000 feet in length along the i
of Mines, which has Just ·been issued, Dr. should 'be regarded as property to be '<Ised formation between the Barnes-Ki
Joseph A. Holmes, the director, givb .. his and to ·be beld in tru3t, with regard to both north and the Kendall on the SQ!
v:ews upon what he terms real or true con­ the present and the future needs of the "The Kendall - mine has pro'
servation. country. It should :be remembered that than 700,000 tons of ore, and ha
Dr. Holmes say.3: "During the past year, neither human labor, nor any human agency, 450,000 in dividends.
in producing 500,000,000 tons of coal we has contributed to their origin or to their "The Barnes-King under tl
wasted or left un~erground, in such condi­ intrinsic value, and that whatever rights ownership, produced about 300,0
tion that it probably will not be recovered the individual may possess have been de­ ore, and paid dividends amountin
in the future, 250,000,000 tons of coal; we rived from the general government and 000. The new company, beglnll
turned loose into the atmosphere a quantity ftom the state as the original owner. The tions in January, 1907, mined 23
of natural gas larger tlian the total output state does not Surrender its right, and which produced $828,110 in 'bullib
of artificial gas during the same period in should not neglect its duty, to safeguard mine was closed down in June
all the towns and cities of the United States; the welfare of it3 future citizens, by pre­ no more pay ore in sight. Wit:
we also wasted or lost, in the mining, pre­ venting the wasteful use of these resources. age yield in bullion of about $3.1
paration, and treatment of other important Though the individual may claim the right the present company made very I
metalliferous and non'metalliferous miner­ to use the resources in proportion to his ·but the best ore extracted cam
a13, from 10 to 15 per cent of the year's pro­ needs and the needs of the community, he ore body extending from B
duction of such minerals. These losses certainly has no right to waste that which ground into the North MoccasiI
serve to indicate the importance of inquir­ is not needed for present use, 'but is certain owners of that property took oli
ies and investigations by the federal gov­ to be needed hereafter. same ore body 25,000 tons of,
ernment for the purpose of lessening the "Those in charge of the investigation3 of produced $127,000 In bullion, or a
waste of essential resources; investigation3 the Bureau of Mines recognize the rights $5 per ton. With the C03t of I
on the same general lines as those looking and duties of the federal government as be­ milling deducted, and the expenJi
to a reduction in the loss of life in the min­ ing .limited to the carrying on of inquiries in constructing a tramway to tl
ing operations of the country, 'and the far and investigations, with a view to deter­ mill, the ·profits were not large,
more extensive investigations looking to the mining the nature and extent of this waste a cave occurred in the workingl
more efficient production and use of agri­ of resources, the means by which it may ers stopped mining.
cultural products, both of wh:ch are being be diminished, and the setting forth of the "The Barnes-King Developmeli
conducted by the federal government. facts in the case. has undertaken to purchase the I
"In a consideration of the possible activ­ "The present report embodie3 the results casin on the following terms: P
ities of the individual, the state, and the of certain preliminary inquiries as to the property, $150,000; $5,000 to b
federal government in ·behalf of a less waste­ nature and extent of- this waste. It will cash, and the balance out of nel
ful use of our mineral resources certain be followed by a more detailed report on the mining operations, and within
facts' and principles should be kept clearly subject, as soon as the necessary inquiries time. From the bullion returns E
in mind, namely: and investigations have ·been conducted and the Barnes-King is to retain $3,
"That the present generation 'has the the results put in shape for publication. for mining and milling, and tUI
power, and it will exercise the right, to use "In the preliminary work along these per cent of the balance to the ?
as 'much of the country's resource3 at it lines, the repre3entatives of the bureau have casin until the purch3l3e price a
actually needs; there can and there will be received the cordial co-operation of the en­ tioned has been paid.
no such, thing as stinting the present gen­ gineers and chemists associated with the "We propose to repair the B
eration by bottling. up resources for the use varied mineral Industries of ,this country, shaft, and then develop the NortJI
of the the future. and also of the owners and the operators of ground by means of an incline
"That the nation's needs are not ..likely tothe mines and the metallurgical ·plants." be run under the ore body frO)
be curtailed; these needs will increasl1 with Copies of this bulletin may be had by level of the Barnes-King mine.
the extent and diversity of tile nation's in­ addressing the Director of the Bureau of will require a considerable ini'
dustrie·3, and they will increase more rapid­ Mines, Washington, D. C. we believe that our costs of ]I
ly than popula.tidn increases, for the reason ----0'---­ milling when we begin to extra,
that the per-capita consumption of mineral not exceed $3.50 per ton, and th#
THE BARNES KING DEVELOPMENT CO. be a:ble to make some profit ~
products is rapidly increasing; and_
"That the men of this generation will for the North ;Moccasin propeJ
not mine, extract, or use these resources, New developments in Barnes-King Devel­ terms outlined above. ' ..
at continuous financial loss to themselves, opment company's affairs have been an­ "About two years ago the Piij
in order that something may be left for the nounced by C. W. Goodale, general man­ property was offered to the E
U3e of future generations; there can 'be no ager. The properties are outside of Butte, Development company, but under
such thing as a mineral industry without Montana. The Piegan-Gloster mine near conditions which were not satisit
profits. Mary.>3ville, has been purchased, C. C. Swin­ have just executed an agreeme.
"Furthermore, it should be clearly under­ :burne, treasurer, states that, after paying owners, by which we may P~
stood that - the mineral resources of this the options of $5;000 each on the. North property under the following teq
country have required long ages for their Moccasin and Piegan,Glofiter mines, the down; $20,000 Sept. 20, 1912; ,
accumulation and that, of· these r~sources, first of which was mentioned in our last 20, i1913;$2£,OOO Jan.. 20, 19j
the nation has but the one supply. There issue, there remains on band, $288,153.81. July 20, 1914. Total, $125,000. f
are no known substitutes available to meet The circuiar letter, issued to stockholders, "After the second payment .t
the nation's further need3 when that sup­ - by Mr. Goodale follow3: deveiopment, which will be aCl
ply will be exhausted and, to the best of "Your directors after negotiations ex­ taken, should ·be sufficiently
20 THE SAL T L A'K E MIN I N G REV lEW, S E PTE M B E R 15, 1912.'
the company has the privilege of paying
plishment, and is in keeping with Mining
$75,000 on or before March 20, 1916, and
aI\d Engineering World's oft·repeated state­
receiving title, thereby saving $25,000 on
ment that mining, when carried on on a
the purchase price.
business plane, .will yield profits equal to
"The property is located near Marys·
ville, Montana, the terminus of a branch
of the Northern Pacific railway. It in­
,clude3 about 200 acres of. patented ground
and several claims held by location. and
covers about 9,000 feet along the Piegan·
Gloster vein. Nea.r the middle is the old
Gloster mine, which was actively worked
from 1880 to 1888 down to a depth of 500
feet, arid produced several million dollars
in gold and silver bullion. It is :believed
that by better, modern methods of treat·
ment a good deal of ore left in these work­
ings, or which may be developed by deeper
exploration, wi!1 yield a profit, but this
cannot be verified, as the mine is full of
water.
"The Piegan claim, which ha3been
worked by tunnels, has yielded about 10,­
000 tons of. fair grade,and the company's
engineers, after a careful examination, re­
port 23,000 tons in sight, assaying $8.50
per ton, which should yield a net profit of
about $90,000.
"Besides these known ore bodies, there
are possibilities of finding others in such
an extent of mining ground, and your diree­
ton decided that the company was justi­
fied in making the cash payment ana un­
dertaking further development.
"There is no mining equipment at the
mine, but in the old Gloster mill building
there is ample room for any mill machin­
ery which may be required.
"George T. Mct}ee, formerly manager
at the Barnes-King mine, has been again
engaged as manager, and will have full
charge of the company's new ventures.
"The directors have had under consid­
eration more than 100 mining propositions
during the last three years, and the North
Moccasin and the Piegan-Gloster are the
only ones within our financial means which
we have been jU3tified in accepting.
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RESULT OF HIGH METAL PRICES.
As compared with the same period of
1910 and 1911, says the EngineeriIig and
Mining World, American mines and met­
allurgical works show increased dividend
disbursements during the first 8 months
of the present year.
By reason of I\igh metal prices, 135
,American properties have yielded profits
in the shape 'of dividends so far this year
totaling $57,356,881. This compares' with
$54,865,316 in 1911 and $48,301,333 in 1910.
Since incorporation these 135 companies
have operated their properties so success­
fully that holders of their stock have been
enriched to the extent of no less than
$758,324,170, a return of 1.07 per cent on
the combined capital of $703,642,.029.
This is, indeed, a remarkable accom­
these companies paid OUt $8,923,9.04 in divi­
dends, as compared with $8,537,430 in 1911.
Since incorporation these companies have
enriched shareholders to the extep.t of
any industry and will exceed a large ma­ $131,140,201.
jority. The securities-holding corporations, nine
Companies operating copper properties, in number, divided among shareholders this
particularly, have .at last begun to feel the year $12,965,904, as compared with $9,896,­
effects of the improved .copper prices, for 556 paid by' eight companies in 1911. To
27 of these were able to declare dividends date these nine companies have paid out in
totaling $24,122,999. This compares with dividends $146,227,399, a 71 per cent return
$21,107,285 in 1911 and $15,44.0,012 in 1910. on the outstanding $205,205,790 share capi­
Since incorporation the 27 companies men· taL
tioned have paid out in dividendS $357,­ The accompanying table give3 the divi·
998,454, a return equivalent to 158 per cent dends paid during August, the date of pay·
on the outstanding $227,277,082 share capi· ment and the amount per share. For total
tal. dividends paid by these companies since
By reason pf its present large holdings, incorporation and for dividends paid by
Anaconda is far in the lead in point of other companies previous to August, see
dividends paid in 1912, having diSbursed no ta·bles elsewhere In this Issue:
less than $6,386,250, and to date has $65,­ Dividends Paid In August.
658,75.0 to itl! credit. Utah Copper ranks Per
second for the year, with $3,750,00.0, and Aug. Share. Amt.
to date has paid out $14,451,263, Gammel. Al<li3ka Mexican, Ala .. 28 $0.35 $63,000
& Hecla is third for the year, with $1,800,000 Alaska Trea.dwell. .... 28 .75 150,0.00
but since incorporation has divided among Alaska United 28 .50 90,1.00
its shareholders no less than $117,660,.00.0. Ama!. Copper • 26• 1.0.0 1,538,879
~ •••• #
In the gold-sllver-lead-zinc class 135 com­ Amparo, Mex. • 10 .03
••••• 60,.000
# ~
panies contributed to the 1912 total to. the Buffalo, Ont. ......... 5 ..02% 15MO
extent of $24,219,987, and to date have to Bunker Hill & Sull .... 3 .20 65,400
the:r credit $267,585,515, a 102 per cent Butte-Alex·Scott, Mont. 15 .50 37,500
return on the $261,871,997 issued capitaL Champion, Mich. ..... 1 1.00 100,0.00
Of the above 135 companies, 68 operate Cliff, Alaska ......... 1
~ .05 5,000
properties in the United States, and they Colo. Gold Dredging ... 10 .25 25,00.0
paid dividends during the year totaling Coniagas, Ont. ........ 1 .45 360,000
$14,213,525, and to date $172,973,36.0. Crown Reserve, Ont. .. 15 .05 85',442
Far in the lead for the year is Goldfield Elkton Con., Colo ...... 24 .01 25,00.0
Con. of Nevada, which has enriched share­ Fremont, Cal. · ...... 28 . .02
~
4,000
holders to the extent of $4,626,877. This Frontier, Wis. ... , ... 9 2..0.0 2,478
company also leads among the 1912 divi­ Golden Cyde, Colo, ... 1 ..02 30,000
dend payers in total disbursements, having Grand Central, Utah .. 25 .05 25.0.00
divided among shareholders during the few Greene Cananea, Mex. 31 .25 606..0.00
years of its life $22,773:.060. Tonopah and Greene Con., Mex. . ' 3.0 .4.0 ..
4.0.0,000
Tonopah Belmont, two' other companies Hecla, Idaho ." ....... 20 .02 2.0,000
operating in Nevada, rank second and Homestake, S. D. ..... 25 .50 109,000
third, the former having paid out $1,200,.000 Int'l Nickel, pfd ...... 1 1.50 133,689
and the latter $1,125,000. Int'! Sm. & Ref....... 31 2.00 200,000
Seventeen ,Canadian companies disburs· Jerry Johnson, Colo ... 10 .01 25,000
ed dividends during the year amounting to Lucky Tiger, Mex...... 20 .05 35,767
$6,381,987. Nipissing leads for the year .
Miami, Ariz. ......... 1 :50 371,288
with $1,350,0.00, and in total disbursements Mohawk, Mich. ..... " 1 2.50 250.000
with $8,640,000. Coniagas ranks second for Parrot, Mont. 26
0 •••
.15 34,478
••• •
the year with $960,000, and to date has paid Pittsburgh-Idaho ...... ..04 32,120
out $3,800,000. Crown Reserve is third for South Eureka, Cal. ... 1 .07 20.999
the year with $707,531, and to da.te is cred­ IStandard, B. C. ..... 10 .02% 50,0.00
~ .
ited with $4,323,598. Tennessee Copper .... 1.0 1.00 200,000
Fifteen Mexican companies, handicapped Tuolumne, Mont. 0" •• 15 .15 120,0.0.0
by the continued turmoil in the republiC, United Copper, Wash .. 1 .01 10,000
have been able to declare dividends du'rlng United Verde, Ariz..... 3 .75 225,000
the year totaling $3,594,475. Since incor­ Wasp No.2, S. D ....; .. 15 .02 10,000
poration these fifteen ~ompanies have divhl­ Yosemite Dredging, CaL 15 .01 2,400
~---o,---
ed among shareholders $52,901,941. Santa
Gertrudi!! leads for the year with $997,632, It is reported that the Utah Copper com­
with Dos Estrellas second with $75.0,000, pany is to electrify its shovels and railroad
and to date, $11,505,.000. Medco Mines of at Bingham, Utah, u3IIig motors in place' of
El Ore ranks third with $36.0,000. the present locomotives. The' company has
Six metallurgical companies show a begun the use of power of the Teilurlde
Slight increase in disbursements as com­ Power company for its compresSQrs and un'
pared with, 1911. During the present year derifrouftd' haulage arid lighting.
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THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV I E W, SEPT E M B E R 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
THE, KARNS TUNNELING MACHINE.
The Committee on Science and the Arts
of the Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania,
has awarded the Ed~rd Longstreth Medal
of Merit to John Prue Karns of Boulder,
Colorado, for his Tunneling Machine, in
consideration of facts "wh'ch indicate that
the Karns machine will operate with econ·
O'Il1y within the limits of commercial utility,
and possibly with a very considerable de·
gree of economy, depending on Its durabil·
ity and the continuity with which it can be
kept in operation."
7 Lee, Murray . _.•.................
As early a.:; the fifties, efforts were
made to perfect a satisfactory tunneling
38 Pulsifier, H. B. ..•.•••... _...•••.
38 Roberts, J. C. . _. _. _. ___ ......... .
machine, and in 1851 and 1858, patents were
38 Satrord, J. L .....••..••... __ ..... .
taken out in the United States and Eng.
23 Sliver Bros. Engineers & Contract'
land for such machines, and many have
bee patented since, but these proved im·
practicable.
The Karns Tunneling Machine is con­
structed to drive a six-foot hole in rock
without the use of explosives. The hole is
made by steel cutters, inserted in a circu·
lar head, to which is imparted a reciprocat­
ing motion, from the cylinder of what is
practically a very large air-drill, and ro­
40 Nephi Plaster Co•..... ___ .......•
tary motion through a rifled nut. The lat­
ter motion is intermittent, the nut being
provided with dogs, and the head is rotated
a few degrees on each back stroke of the
shaft~ which carries it, so that the cutters
strike in a different place at each stroke.
The shaft is sixteen inches in diameter and
about twenty feet long, and substantially
made. Reamers are provided for maintain­
ing the gauge of the tunnel. All moving
parts are carried on roller bearings.
The committee watched the operation of
a machine at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, driv­
ing a tunnel through horizontal strata of
coal and a hard, close-grained rock. The
tunnel had been driven ·150 feet. The rate
of driving was one and two feet per hour
at eighty and 160 strokes per minute, re­
spectively. It was driven from a eompres­
sor of a capacity of 2,500 cubic feet of air
per minute, compressing to 100 pounds per
square inch. The weight of the recipro­
cating parts of the machine was about seven
and a quarter tons, and the stroke, seven
inches. The tunnel surface was smooth and
the gauge well maintained. The chips re­
moved ranged from one-eighth Inch to one
inch. The temper of the cutters is varied
for different parts of the face, to maintain
an even wearing surface. The chips were
removed by :flUShing through an eight-inch
pipe.
The inventor claims that the cost of
drilling can be cut eighty per cent with his
machine. The complete cost of installa·
tion is estimated ro be about $30,000. Op­
erating cost per twenty-four hours is es­
timated at $160, with coal at $3 per short
ton, and labor at $3 per twelve-hour day.
Interest and'" depreCiation are figured at
twenty per cent or $20 per day, making the
'=INDEX TO ADVERTISER.
Mlala.. MachlaeFT aad Supplle••
Pall!"
Bogue Supply Co. • .••••••..•••... _. . . . .
Denver ll'lre Clay Co. .................•
General Electric Co. . ... _. __ . . . . . . . . . . .
Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. •••••••..••••
Lane Mill & Machinery Co. . ...•...... _.
Jones & Jacobs, Mill Builders ... _.. _. . .
Minneapolis Steel & Macl'l1nery Co.. _•. •• •
Portland Cement Co., of Utah ......... _•. 43
Richmond, F. C. Machinery Co. . ..... _.
Revere Rubber Co••••.•..••• _. _ .• .•. .. .
Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Co. . _. . 42
Salt Lake Hardware Co................. 44
Trent Engineering & Machinery Co...... 10
Union Portland Cement Co •... _......... 43
Utah Fuel Co.. ...... ......... .......... n
Utah Fire Clay Co. .................... 40
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. ...... . 7
Z. C. M. I. • •...........•..... _..... - . _.
B ..akh... Hoa.e•.
Merchants' Bank ......••...............
McCornlck & Co. •••••••••••••........•
National Copper Bank .............. _. .•
Walker Bros....•................. 6 and
Utah State National Bank __ . . . . . . . . . . 3~
A ....7e... ....d Met..lIur.......
A. F. Bardwel1 •.•..•••.......•..•...... 39
Blrd·Cowan ••••. _••...••..•• _. . . . . . . • . • 39
Crismon '& Nichols •••••. _.•••. . . . . . . . .• 39
Currie, J. W. ...•.••.••••.............. 39
Officer & Co., R. R. ..••................• 39
Union Assay Office .................... 39
Utah Department Denver Fire Ciay Co... 39' De Bouzek Engraving Co........ ..
Ralltoa .....
Bingham & Garfield Ry. ...............• 36
Oregon Short Line •. _ . • • • . . . . . . • • • • • . • all Official Directory of MInes •...•••
Salt Lake Route ......................
Rio Grande Western ••.•..••...••••••• 40
Mlal..&, Attorne7•.
Booth, Lee, Badger & Lewlshon........ 38
Bradley. Pischel & Harkness .. _... __ .... 38
ca1lahan, D. A., Mining Law Books.... 38
Davis & Davis ........... _. .. . • • .. . • • .• 38
Higgins, E. V. ••.•..• .••........... .•• 31
Pierce, Critchlow & Barrette .. _. . . . •. . . 38
total per day for interest, depre­
ciat:on and operation, $180. At a rate of
drilling of eighteen inches per hour, the
cost of excavation is about $5 per cubic
yard. Taking the average figure for driving
an 'eight-foot tunnel at $10 per cubic yard,
this means a saving of one-half in operat·
Ing cost. The initial cost of the machine
would be greater than in the ordinary
method, but the compressor plant would
be about the same.
o (Special Correspondenc&
AMERICAN MIINING CONGRESS.
(Special Correspondence.)
Spokane, Wash., Sept. 23.-With the ex­
pected arrival in Spokane in a. few days of
Secretary James F. Callbreath and Assist­
ant Secretary Walcott, of Denver, active
preparations for the annual convention of
the American Mining Congress will be put
under way. The convention will be held
November 25 to 30.
En route from W:ashington, D. C., to Spo·
kane, Secretary Callbreath is making stops
in Pittsburg, Chicago and other eastern
cities, arousing intere3t in the congress.
Local offices in charge of Syuney Nor­
man have ,been opened in Spokane at 701
Paulsen bulldlng, and interest among min.
ing men of this section 'is running high. On
the arrival of Mr. Callbreath a large gath·
ering of mining men will be held ro wei·
come him and to take up further arrange·
Mlae aad Stoek nealen;
9 Orem &- Co....................... ~
4
3
"
Clvtl aad MIDln&' Ea&,laee"
Adamson, W. G. • ••..••...•.....•~
"
4 Arnold, Fisher & Calvert ...... _ .~
• Burch, Caetanl & Hershey ..•. _. ;a
6 Brown, G. Ch'ester .... ,': .... '. •. :-.11
Burke, James J •.•....•.........•.
~ Craig, W. J •••••...•• _.•••.......
I> Deseret Construction Co. • .....•••
Fiske, Winthrop W. . ............ .
Galigher, T. W. . •...•..••........
General Engineering Co. " __ ....
Howell & Kingsbury •.•.... '•...•
Ireland, T. W. . .................. _
James, Geo. D_ ..••••...... _ . __ ..
Jennings, E. P. • •.•.•...... _. _.. :
Pack. Mosher F. • •..•...•..•••... ,
Peet, C. A. . __ ....... _....•.......
Troxell, L. E. . ....... _.. ___ ..... .
Utah State School of Mines .....•
Vl11adsen Bros. . .........•. _.....
Widdicombe & Palmer .•........
Walker, H. C..•...... __ .. _..... .
Zallnski, Edward R. . .. _..• _... _.
MI.eelianeou•.
Century Printing Co_ .........•.
Hotel Stanford ••••••... _..•••••.
Gardner & Adams ............. ..
Mountain States Tel. & Tel_ Co. ..
New Era Motor Co. _..........••',
Railroad Time Tables ••••••.•••• ~
Salt Lake Stamp Co............ ..
Smith & Adams, Tents •....•...•
Shlplers, Commercial Photograptt;f
TOOele Smeaer •••••••••.•••.••••
Utah Junk Co. • ••...••.••..••••• ~
Utah Ore Sampling Co•.•.••••••••
United States Smelting Co. . .•••.
Whitaker, Geo. A., Cigars " _... __
menst for- the convention.
Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, direct
bureau of mines, will be on tl
speakers, which wlll include sor
national authorities on mining.
t!on, treated in its true .3ense, an.
the greatest possible use with the
sible waste, will be one of the
topic~ to be dis·cussed.
o
THE GRANBY SMELTE
Grand Forks, British Columbi,;
ber 10.-The Granby smelter
Forks, B. C" broke its year's
'cenUy, treating in one week 25,1
ore, bringing the year's total thus,
252 tons. The high price of coit
13 inducing the company to PI
greatest possible tonnage of oil!
provements at the smelter are;
reasons for the increase. To,!
year the company has ,produce~
pounds of blister copper, 395,Q
being sent to the refineries last l
production in the Kootenayanll
distrl-ct3 was again well above ti
and totaled 52,441 tons and t~
the year jumped above the miW
half ton mark, the output tiO
1,'524'600~ tons.~ S,m~e~l~~ter,~,~r~ec~e~iP~ ~, ~
were 47,161 tons; for the ye ~
1,372,733 tons. .!r1~t~}~sbiJt­
Trail were 64 ton~, ~aru~a at $
_. - ',-"="
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investors. A $40,000-plant would not only
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x tions were made on small lots as high as
ELECTRIC POWER FOR MINES.
Every mining camp In the west should
be able to secure electric power for the
operation of its mines and mills. No mat­
ter if fuel for the generation of steam
power is abundant and cheap, the appli­
cation of electric power Is cheaper, more
convenient and more reliable. In the ab-·
sence of wood for fuel, or when a long wa·
gon haul is involved where coal has to be
used, many good mining properties are com·
pelled to operate at a very close margm
of profit, or to close down -altogether, un­
less the ore is exceptionably high in grade.
In the west, Where the use of electricity is
becoming so common, there are still many
camps which have not, as yet, been sup­
plied with this convenience, this necessity;
and the mines of these districts can show
any amount of $6, $10, $12 and even $15
and $20 ore, which cannot be handled and
treated at a profit on account of the high
cost of fuel for power-generating purposes.
And yet any of these camps could be sup­
plied with electric power, although ten,
twenty or fortr miles from some stream
>YIp.ere this power could be generated. In
the west, today, there are a number of camps
which are practically idle because of the
fuel and power problem; and, the mines
of these camps can make a showing of
thousands upon thousands of tons of ore
which could be handled at a handsome prof­
It if cheap power could be secured. There
are many mines in the,3e district" with a
quarter of a million blocked out in their
workings which are noW idle, but which
could be operated successfully by the in­
stallation of an electric power plant at a
cost of from $35,000 to $40,000.
healthy future.
----o'-~~-
ognized and seized upon by capitalists and
(Record, Ely, Nev.)
While the great plant of the Steptoe
Valley Smelting & Mln!ng company at
McGill has about reached its capacity for
facturing purposes in valley towns, and
an extensive lighting system inaugurated,
as well.
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INCREASED METAL PRICES,
Since our last issue, there has been a
very gratifying advance in the price of the
metals. Of most importance In the inter­
mountain region are the increases in the
price of copper and lead. Copper stood at
seventeen and four-tenths cents for some
time, but has now advanced, at the time
of writing, .to seventeen and flfty-()ne hun­
dredths cent3 per pound. Lead has ad­
vanced in the same period from four and
onehalf cents to four and seventy-()ne hun·
dredths cents per pound, and some quota­
five cents.
The continued high level of prices and_
the advancing market mean much 'to west­
ern producers. Many small mInes, hereto­
fore unable to ship, are now coming Into
prOduction. Old dumps, many of which are
available in the Tintic district of Utah,
are being reworked for the value lost in
the days when only highgrade ore could
be shipped ,at a profit.
Better prices mean better smelting con­
tracts. The advantages are not alone limit­
ed to the actual cents per pound increase,
but are reflected largely in the better feel·
Ing prevailing as to the success of Individ­
ual mines, a feeling which is always in the
air at a time when prices are advancing.
Not only are many old producers com·
ing back, but there is great inducement to
prospecting and development of new prop­
erties in those districts which have long
had a few shippers. Relering again to the
Tintic district, the past two weeks have
seen all records broken in the matter of
tonnage shipped. This 'may be assigned,
;lin great measure, to the feeling that min­
ing is again picking up, as evidenced by
market conditions.
Silver has maintained its high level
around sixty·two cents an ounce, a factor
which is always a gratifying one to produc­
ers of that metal. All that has been said
in regard to copper and lead applies equally
well to silver. Zinc, likewise, has shared
in the general advance.
It is clearly evident that mining In the
west is due for a great impetus. New pro·
motions are daily reported, and capital
seems eager to acquire good mines and­
prospects; in fact, the supply of good prop·
erties held at reasonable prices is much I
less than the demand. All this indicates a
WILL MAKE GREATER SAVING.
gross tonnage, with a steadily maintained
demand on the mines for 10,000 tons of
ore a day, the possibilities of the plant for
increased savings are the subject of con­
stant experime!lt. One of ·the greatest
sources of loss in the concentration of cop.
per ores is the tendency of the tiny par­
ticles of mineral to escape in the fOl'm of
"slimes." A small experimental plant is
now handling a portion of the slimes and
effecting a large additional saving and when
the problem has been more fully worked
out a special plant with sufficient capacity
to handle all the slimes from the mill will
be erected. With ore running less than 40
pounds of copper to the ton, it is of course
a mechanical impossibility to save all the
values, but the recovery of an additional
pound of copper per ton of ore In a plant
handling 10,000 tons a day will amount to
a very handsome figure annually.
The repumping system at the Steptoe
concentrator is now sending back to the
mill from 5,000 to 5,500 gallons of water a
minute. A new ten-Inch volute pump is be­
ing installed in the pump house as an aux·
ilIary and a new steam pump with a capa­
city of about 5,000 gallons a minute has
-been ordered but will not be Installed for
several months as an addition to the pump
house, 90x45 feet in size, must be built to
make room for it. The new settling ponds
have been allowed to fill up with slimes so
that the mud might seal the earthen walls
of the ponds, but now that this has been
accomplished the mud will be flushed out
by hydraulic pressure and the ponds will I
1
in future serve their purpose of supplying
clear water to the repumping plant.
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A deed of trust to secure the Issuance
i
of first debenture mortgage bonds of $200,­
000, bearillg. 7 pet cent interest, has been
issued by the Central Republic Mining com­
papy, with Thomas H. Brewer, president
of the. Fidelity National bank of Spokane,
and Ortho Dorman, as trustees. -The bonds
will be Issued to enable the company to
start extensive development of its prop­
erty, comprising the Valley View, D. D.,
FingerbQard and Evening Start claim, in
the Republic district.
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THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, S E PTE M BE R 1 5, 1 912.
The Prospector
and His Burro
"A bobtail flush is nothing to what the
tenderfoot prospector will :put over on the
veteran miner,once in a while," said the
prospector to his burro. "The old·timer who
is long on information, even if he thinks he
has four aces in his hand, is often beaten
to a finish by the young fellow who drifts
into camp with a mine sam,ple bag in one
hand, a mandolin in the other, while a crop­
tailed dog follows in his rear. The old fel­
lows in the camp wag their heads when they
see him, and those of tender heart begin to
worry about his future, for they do not see
how he can make good when they know they
have spotted every good thing in the dis­
trict. Still they extend the glad hand, for
the fresh, spicy air of the newcomer catches
their fancy, and he is a good fellow to have
around. If he wants to know where there is
a good place to prospect they will tell him
to go anywhere, as the country is all good.
He takes them at their word and goes out
and locates a bonanza in the serpentine,
which, the old·timer had often maintained,
could not be mineral-bearing. Or, his dog
chases a chipmunk into the underbrush, the
tenderfoot follows, and finds a strong ledge
of $150~re within a hundred yards of where
the veteran prospector has been camped
for six months. The tenderfoot does things
the old-timer would not think of doing, and
prospects a stre'tch of country that has been
condemned for many years by the veteran
miner, just because he doesn't know any
better, as· everything looks alike to him;
with the re3ult that he finds more good veins
and ledges than the average prospector
would find in ten years; ·and, all of the old
grizzlies wonder and shake their heads, and
eventually accredit the SUCCe£B of the new­
comer to nothing but sheer luck.
"You cannot confine mining to a mere
system," contJnued the ·prospector," none
whatever. Wheat stacks, to be goo'd, must
be made with just sO much flour in them,
a ·proper amount of baking powder, a few
teaspoonfuls of bacon grease and a pinch
of salt. \\'ben all is ready a skillful hand
at the skillett turns out a dish fit for the
&
gods. But, in prospecting, you must take back with 'them looked good, ev
conditions as you find them. A prospector But, I knew that gold could nc
should not slight a new section because the those chalk cliffs, and so gave ~
lime does not just .3uit him, because the no serious thought. The next m
quartz and the porphyry do not correspond boys went out with some rcipe~
to his ideas of what forms a desirable com­ 'their equipment. They did not
bination, or because the granrte is lacking that night, and I began to feel:.
in feldspar. He must remember that he is worried. Along during the altern
not making 'the Jormation, and that he must second day, however, they broke
take it as he finds it, with a chance of on a run. I think they must haVE
finding something big with geological condi­ powder rags and corsets, for Ui
tions different from that in which great divi­ more like a remnant of the lost
dend-payers have been found in before; for, even the raggedest of present-da
'gold is where you find it,' and not where tors. But they were happy, all
you believe It ought to be. and the samples of gold-bearing II
"You say that you don't see how a man had in their sample sacks set·
can ,find anything unless so.me wise guy had wild. After they had rested a~
previously furnished him with a chart and told me of their adventures. It
detailed map of the country, like those pro­ until nearly noon, the first day 01
vided by the U. S. Theological survey, the top of the cliffs, by a roundal
which are so pretty.and nice to look at, a.nd, After eating lunCh one of the bo)
that as far as you are concerned, you do not the other to the mouth of the ell.
see how the tenderfoot could have the heart rope they 'had taken with them.
to dig in barren ground when he could not other tied his end to the trunk 7
tell a piece of pyrite from rock fiecked with and slid down. The cave was 1
gold, if he should find either; which goes ger than it looked, from my car
to show that you would not make a good, little spring broke out of acre"
enthusiastic tenderfoot, or an old, dyed-in­ feet in. The boys had candles v
the-wool prospector, ndtwithstandlng· the and soon began making an exp1
fact that you have traveled with me, in the the cavern. After going in a d
hills, many years, and should have absorbed 100 feet the chalky fOl'Illation gay,
some mining lore, along with your daily ra­ a fissure in rhyolite took its pIa"
tions, without being conscious of the fact. olite not being visible from the (
Why, you haven't brains enough to make low. After following the cave f(
even a green tenderfoot, two of the green­ 100 feet they bumped up against
est of which stumbled into my camp three of the fissure, a body of quart:!
years ago. These boy.;; are big guns, now, in width, and which was fairly
and look more like steel trust magnates than gather with wire gold. They knE
men w·Jtb have made fOl1tunes in the hills; about metals to know nothing bt
and, as we have run out the chuck-a-wallas silver, in that region, could ex
and looked into the bedding for snakes, I condl'tion, and, although overjo:
will tell you how 'these youngsters came not surprised at their discovery
into our district and found a· whaling big was What they were outprOo3pecU
mine that we had been looking at for they worked for an hour or two
months without having any idea of its exist. decided to return to camp with !
ence. At the Ume I mention two boy·" from pIes. When ,they got back to the
St. Louis bumped hito camp one· day, as real troubles began. Not being ai
full of push as a bottle of pop, and "know­ steeple-chasers, they had difficulty
ing so little that even my burro felt asham­ ing uP. First one would slip a
ed for them. One of the boys had a powder then the other. Finally onegav
rag in his kit, and I believe the other wore tirely, but the fellow with the t
corsets. All that I could say of them was managed to get up ten or twelve I
that 'they were alive,' and nothing more. by grabbing at the few scattEl~
They made the camp hilarious, however, and growing in the ·crevlces in the fa
took a great deal of interest in the pros­ cliff, he managed, finally, to re~
pect hole I was tlinking. One day they. where he collapsed from ov'er:.e:xt
asked me to direct them to good pr03pect­ ter an hour or two he succeeded .~
Ing ground. I pointed to some over·hang­ up his partner and they ca.mped~
ing cliffs, on the bare face of one of which the night. The next morning thej
there appeared 'to be the opening to a cave, ing but re;t, and Ilhey were a to"
and told them that was likely ground. As lot when they finally got into
a matter 1)f fact, however,. noth!ng but an up with them, the next day
eagle could get to it, and the boys were a rope ladder,a.nd(was
short of eagles. They started out, however, I saw their discovery. Back of
as' joyous and as confiden't as a baby with
'a full nursing bottle. That night they came
in leg-weary but enthUsiastic. They had
made their way to the base

24 THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, S E PTE M B E R 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
was amazed at the showing. A company was
formed, an aerial tramway installed, and
the fir3t few carloads that went out con­
tained the ramson of a Caesar. The boys
helped in development and eqUipment, and,
before two years were rolling in wealth and
the whole country looked upon them as be­
ing expert mining men who had style and
system in their prospecting.
"1 want to tell you, Old Long Ears," con·
cluded the prospector, "I never pass up
anything after that experience, and would
as soon prospect around a badger hole on a
sandhill as in a lime-belt cut by a porphyry
dyke. I .no longer look for gold where it
oul¢:tt to be, but am always expecting to
find it where it really is; and there you are,
and then some."
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LOW GRADE GOLD ORES.
(Colorado Springs Telegraph.)
The work of the Portland Gold Mining
company's mill at Victor, Colo., in the treat­
ing of low grade ore, is an object lesson to
the mine operators of the entire Cripple
Creek district, in the opinion of George M.
Taylor, general mill superintendent of the
company, who gave· out some interesting fig­
ures on the operation of the mill today. A
few days ago, for the first time .since the
mill opened, the amount of ore treated
passed the 6Oo-ton mark, 625 tons of rock
being run through in twentY-four hours.
This ore had an average value of $3.20 a
ton and the net profit to the company is
$1 a ton. The net profit of the mill for
the month of July is close to $18,000, al·
though the actual figures have been made
out.
"Every day in the Cripple Creek dis­
trict," said Mr. Taylor, "there are from five
to fifty tons of rock of just as good or bet·
ter grade thrown on the dumps at every
property that is being worked at all. This
rock ·can all be worked at a profit of $1 a
ton jU3t as we are dOing, and when one
stops to consider the unlimited quantities
on the dumps of the district, we can con·
ceive what the net results would be."
Ten and fifteen years ago-yes, five
years ago-ore was discarded as worthless
that ran $5, $6 or $8 a ton in gold. Today,
handsome profits are being made on rock
that average.;; only $3.20. And when It Is
considered that, during the days when
science played less a part in the general
scheme of extracting the ore from thh hll1s
and the gold from the ore, there were tens
of millions of "pay stuff" thrown. over the
dumps, the possibilities of the mining alone
almost surpass comprehen3ion.
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The Chief Consolidated of Eureka, Utah,
has over $200,000 i.n its treasury, and is
shipping regularly. It is expected a divi­
dend will' be paid when the net earnings
Teach $250,000, which should be at an early
<l{lte.
t
at?
CAMP·FIRE CliATS
By PAUL VALTINKE
The mere fact that you have a "true
fissure" does not in the least add any addi­
tional value to your prospect. There have
been thousands of fissures discovered and
worked which never produced better
than Irish dividends. Although a true fiSt
sure is a very desirable find in a mineral·
ized district, it would be utter folly to dis·
card any other mineral deposit simply be­
cause it does not show the earmarks of a
fissure. As some of the richest mines de·
rive their wealth from other than fissure de.
posits, it will be of great use to the prospeCt
tor to familiarize hhmelf with all clasess
of ore deposits found and recognized so
far. Different classifications exist, but
the field man cannot err, consid·
ering only the following: }<'issure veins,
contact veins, segregation veins, bedded
veins, chamber deposits, gash veins, impreg.
nation veins, and stockworks. Fahlband de·
posits are not met with in this country.
Fissure veins are best recogniz>ed by
their regular strike, and if several veins
are found in the district they will generally
run parallel to each other_ They will ex·
hibit a more or less banded structure of
often different minerals. They mostly
show the well-known talc selvage; but, if
there has been little dip or plane faulting,
they may, as the 'miner says, "be frozen
to the wall and still be fissures." They
strike for long distances and extend to great
depths. Contact veins should, as the name
implies, lay between to or more dissimilar
formations; but, if they cut ,across the
formations, as they often do, they should
be rather termed fissure veins. Segrega·
tion veins will also sometimes show the
banded structure of fissure veins. Their
veinstone will .3how more or It~ss crystali·
zation. The ore-bodies will be Irregularly
distri\>uted; the. veins will follow the stra­
tification of the surrounding rocks closely,
exhibiting thereby a more irregular strike
than fissure veins in general. Signs of fault­
ing are seldom observed. Bedded veins or
blanket veins will only be found between
sed'mentary rocks. .They lie ,l}aTalle\ to
the stratification and will follow all con­
tortions Qf .the enclosing beds. If found
at the top of a former anticline they will
necessarily crop in two places; one outcrop
dipping away frOlm the other. These de·
posits were laid down, originally, horizon­
tally. Our Mercur mines are an illustration
of this class of deposits. Chamber depos·
its are always found in limestone or other
soluble rocks. Ore bodies of varying ex­
tent and purity, of mostly lenticular shape,
without any connection or connected only
by small seams, make up their mineral
wealth. The United Verde Copper mine and
the lead-silver mines of Eurek;a, Nflyada.
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are good illustrations of the· chamber-de­
posit class. Gash-veins are the most dis­
appointing of all veins to tile miner. They
are nothing else but small cracks which
derived their mineral values. either frQ'm
the surrounding rocks, or, what seems more
probable, by infiltation from the surface. I
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They seldom attain a depth of more than
a hundred feet, gradually pinching out with
depth. They will very seldom show tal.C
lining. As c~acks may Tesult by either con­
traction, by folding or the cooling of igneous
rocks, the number and variety of said
cracks is easily explained; but the gen~sis
of their ore bodies is still open to dispute
and varied theories have been advanced on
this subject. 1mpregnatiQn veins and s~ock­
works are rather related to the fissure vein,
class. The ore bodies consist of slilall
seams all through the vein·filling, some­
times branching out for great distances into
the walls of the deposit. They are mostly
found in igneous rocks. Fahlband depo.3its
never ca'me under the writer's observation
in this country, and he has never heaTd of
any being reported. If fissures cut or cross
through different formations, and the ore·
bodies only appear when a certain forma·
tion (in most cases shale or shiet) makes
the walls, while the rest Is barren, the de­
posit will belong to the Fahlband class.
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SMELTERY SUPERINTENDENT KILLED.
S:meon C. Hazelton, superintendent of
the United States smeltery at Midvale,
Utah, was killed in an automobile accident
on the evening of September 6th. With
three companions, bound for Salt Lake City,
he was struck by a street car, while at­
tempting to avoid collision with a carriage
A gasoline explos:on added to the horror
of the occurrence. Mr. Hazelton and one
cOlmpanion died before reaching the host
pital.
Mr. Hazelton was unmarried and about
thirty·five years of age. He came to Salt
Lake a few years ago from Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, to take charge of the Ameri­
can Smelting & Refining company's plant
at Murray, and later assumed the super­
intendency of the United States smeltery.
Mr. Hazelton was well liked by all witll
whom he came in contact, and his loss will
be keenly felt.
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'Valter Hal'vey 'Veed, .manager of the
Calumet & Sonora Mining company, oper­
ating in Sonora, Mexico, announces further
improvements' at the property. The shaft
will be enlarged to a size permitting two
hoisting compartments. The shaft was reo'
cently deepened by raising from the 525.
foot level, and a new drift hll.3 been com'
menced. The dry mill Is operating one shift
a day. A recent shipment of copper con·
centrates to the Cananea Consolidated smelt
tery at Cananea, contained fifteen per cent
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THE SALT LAKE MIN I N G REV lEW, S E PTE M B E R 15, 1912.
MASON VALLEY DEVELOPMENTS.
In an interview in The' Salt Lake Trib·
une, A. L. Jacobs of Salt Lake, makes some
interesting comments on the Mason Valley
district of Nevada, as follows:
"The Mason Valley property has been
opened by means of a series of tunnels,
the lowest of which, the No.4, is about
550 feet from the surface," said Mr. Ja·
cobs.
"The mine is connected with the tracks
of the Nevada Copper Belt railroad by
means of an aerial tram, the capacity of
which is about 2000 tons dailY. The man­
agement has opened the vein along its
strike for 1200 feet, the ore shoot being
anywhere from twenty to one hundred feet
in width throughout this distance.
"As the management widens its surface
explorat:on, new surprises are being brought
to view continually, and I spent a consid­
erable time In going over the surface, see­
ing enough to convince me that new bodies
of ore will be disoovered, when the com·
pany gets ready to prospect untouched
ground. In sending several surface cuts in·
to the mountain, the management has op·
ened Its lime flux!ng rock, and in so doing
a fine body of red oxide was developed,
which averages two per cent copper, con­
stituting a splendid..fiux.
"All the lime rock and red oxide ore is
handled by contract at an extremely low
figure per ton. It is conveyed through
chutes from the surface to the No. 4 tun·
nel level, where the loading station is 10'
cated. The several levels have been con·
nected with raise to the surface, and in do·
ing this work the management has driven
into good ore bodies where they were not al­
together expected.
"It had been a year since I saw the
property, and I am satisfied that if the
mine were to be sampled and its resources
measured today, a larger tonnage of 4 per
cent copper ore would be shown. than then
existed. It is my opinion that there nre
more than 1,000,000 tons of 4 per cent cop­
per ore now blocked out.
"The tram at the present time handles
about 150 tons of lime rock, and between
250 and 400 tons of oxide and sulphide
ores daily, just as required for fluxing the
custom ores at the smelters and to af­
ford the food for the one furnace now
in service. Outside of the 300 to 400 tons
of Nevada Douglas copper ores received
dailY, there are about 125 tons delivered
by small mines to the smelter each day.
The custom ores are carrying a consid­
erable excess of silica, the Mason Valley
ores contain a fair excess of iron, hence
it is better business to conserve the Ma­
son Valley ores for fluxing purposes than
to rush their extraction.
"Among the shippers
. is'
and netting about $5 per ton. Messrs.
Sonne and Alberts have a lease and bond
on this property for $20,000, which they
would not sell now for four times that
amount. They are experienced mining men
and they have developed large bodies of
shipping grade ore.
"About a year or two ago the McCon­
nell property was leased by Goldfield peo·
pIe In behalf of a French syndicate, upon
a report 'made by Engineer O. A. Palmer
of Salt Lake City. Thep .spent about $70.­
000 in development and then threw up their
lease. It seems, however, that they did not
fol:ow the advice given by Mr. Palmer, but
Mr. Sonne proceeded to follow his recom­
mendations, meeting with the results al­
ready stated. This illustrates some of the
uncertainties of mining."
When asked in regard to the Mason
Valley smelting plant, Mr. Jacobs said it
was operating with all the smoothness of a
watch. The .one furnace is treating about
SOO tons daily on an average. The perfec­
tion with which smelting operations have
been carried on from ·the first hour of work
reflects great medit upon General Man·
ager Jules Labarthe. The capacity of the
plant is now being increased to 1900 to 2000
tons daily. The sintering plant is to be
enlarged at an early date. As soon as the
plant reaches its logical capacity Mr. Ja·
cobs expects to see the company's own re­
fln:ng plant installed.
Conditions throughout the entire district
are extremely gratifying, says Mr. Jacobs,
and numerous properties are being added
to the active list right along.
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NOVEL METHOD OF GRADING.
Concerning the excavation being made
for the new hoisting 'plant for the Nevada­
Wonder mine, the Mining News of Wonder,
Nevada, makes the following comment:
The excavating is being done just back
of the present hOist building, and to avoid
danger to the building and to the men
employed on the surface from the heavy
blasting, a tunnel was run in at a.n: angle
from behind the blacksmith shop, and when
this tunnel was in far enough a raise was
made to the surface. A chute has been
built at the bottom of this raise and a
track laid through the tunnel to the dump.
As the rock is blasted down from the sides
of the raise it falls into the chute, is
drawn off into cars, rolled out and dumped,
without· shoveling at all. Shooting from
inside this glory hole eliminates danger
of flying rocks to those working about the
collar of the shaft.
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The August production of the Miami
Copper company, near Globe, Arizona, was
3,048,750 pounds. This is about the capaci­
ty of the present mill, and t:he advisability
....
THE WILBERT MINI
(Standard,Leadore, I"dat
The 'Wilbert" Mining- & ~
pany with field of operation hi
district, is pushing ahead wltl1
energy, .aince the necessary rel'!
mill have been completed, all~
for the enterprise now forecastlil
succe£s. The equipment of the
at its maximum is of 150-ton3 ca
prises a Blake crusher, rolls, C1
James and Wilfley tables, two I
and a "return" through which t
crushed tine enough are conve~
be ground over again. Ore b
at the mill is 200 tons. Just at
mill is treating a'bout 85 tons i
per day, which quantity will :
creased to 125 tons. Concentrati·
Tatio of 4 to 1. F'rom the crude
ters the crusher, to the fin13b
a saving of seventy·five· per (
ues is effected. The mm is ,
steam power, which, although ..
attendant on freighting the he,
ery over wagon road from the
road point, Is great, will pro,
in the long run against water I
tions via a long flume, usually
ice in the winter.
The mines of <the company
north ·by south in a big contil
zite, limestone 'and granite, the
mation being the hanging walt
which is on a contact fi3sure.
working re.presents a vertieaJ!
outcrop of only. 250 feet. 'l'hrQ
of openings,good miIl dirt lJ
posed on the vein fur the disU
feet, and, it is estimated that.
prominent workings of the "W
are from 40,000 to 60,000 tons (
ered, ready for 'breaking down
through the milL Exclusive 0
on ore, a systematic course of­
is being pUI'3ued.
The Holman air drills, whi(
in use since the placement .
compressor and 150 h.p. englii
excellent satisfaction. Total i
which is divided into two shift:
forty men.
A. S. 'Ross, president and1l
ager, H. S. Knight, of Salt Ld
and treasurer and M. M. Joh4
engineer of the company, art
the magnificent showing of"
Which has crossed the boundal
prospective stage to that •
And to Mr. Johnson must !
credit for the adequate mill
its adjustment, thereby
of the plant.
Although' it Is
the hlll to Arcb and
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26 THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV I E W, SE PTE M BE R 1 5, 1912.

UTAH COAL MINES.
(Price Advocate.)
Without discrediting the future possibil·
ities of the precious metal mines of Utah,
it is becoming more evident each day that
the fuel industry is one of the most prom·
ising in the state. 'Close observers have
attached more importance to coal mining
here than the average person, and the en·
trance of the United States Smelting, Min·
ing and Refining company into the coal
business is considered of greater import·
ance among eastern financial interest3 than
most western ,people realize.
But we are just entering upon the pos·
SIbilities of the coal industry in Utah. The
Knights have acquired some good coal prop·
erties near the properties recently taken
over by the United States Smelting como.
pany. Some other big mine and smelter
people have been quietly taking up coal
lands, as a result of their location near
a railroad where either a fair haulage rate
is assured, or their close proximity to a
market makes it possible for coal roads to
be built. Of the coal lands here acquired
by the United States Smelting company the
Wall Street Journal has the following to
say:
"Directors of United States Smelting
company who have 'within the last few
weeks examined the company's coal lands
speak with great optimi3m of the outlook
for earnings in this direction within a rea·
sonable length of time. It will at the out·
side be but two years from date before the
Utah company, the coal subsidiary holding
title to these twelve thousand acres of coal
lands, finishes the construction of its eighty·
mile road to connect with Union Pacinc and
give it an additional outlet for its coal. Sev­
en surveying parties are now in the field, and
It is probably more than they will earn
until the new railroad line is fin!~hed and
in operation, but it is perhaps conservative
to estimate that United States Smelting
is today meeting less than 5 per cent of
this interest charge out of its own earnings.
This percentage will steadily decline as the
coal output is increased up to and beyond
a million tons."
---~o-· ­ Butte property.
STRIKE IN YELLOW DOG.
(Star, Winnemucca, Nev.)
S. L. Baker and John Yates are in town
from Dyke, in the Pine Forest range. The
former is superintendent of the Yellow Dog
property, on which a phenomenal strike of
gold ore was 'made a short time ago.
The latter is a pioneer of the camp and
with his associates owns the adjoining
ground to the Yellow Dog, on which there
are excellent exposures of ore. Their ar­
rival in town corroborates what has been
said about the rich discoveries in the camp
of Dyke and as a proof of the assertion
Messrs. Baker and Yates brought in a large
number of samples of ore that are ex·
tremely rich in gold. In fact, the ore will
compare favorably in richness with that of
National, Rexall and even the great Gold·
field camp. Samples brought in from the
Yellow Dog claim were taken from the face
of a 200·foot tunnel that encountered the
ore body at a perpendicular depth of 120
feet and are exceptionally rich In gold.
Some of the pieces aTe covered with small
nuggets and particles of gold are scattered
in profusion over the rock. One piece has
so much of that yellow metal that it Jooks
as If it was poured into the oxidized por·
tion of the ore.
Messrs. Baker and Yates are very enthu­
sIastic over the prospects of the camp and
THE BEAVER·UTAH.
(Press, Beaver, Utah.)
One more evidence of the permanency
of the Newton district comes to hand in
the form of the assayer's certificate from
the Crismon and Nichols office in Salt
Lake, on a sample taken across the bot·
tom of the fifty· foot shaft on the Beaver·
The assay 'shows 0.60
ounces silver and 6.90 ounces gold, valued
at $138 per ton. The bottom of the shaft
is about4x6 feet and is being sunk on the
vein. The Butte has steadily increased in
value from $8 at the surface to the present
fancy figures.
This in itself is very gratifying to the
owners, but it is not all by any means.
Recently the vein has been prospected on
the surface for a distance of six hundred
feet by numerous cross·cuts, and for the
entire distance on a four to four and one­
half foot vein values of $10 a ton have been
obtained.
It is fair to assume that the values will
hold to a fair average in the prospected
territory and allowing that the average is
only $25 a ton it would give a total valua­
tion of $200,000 above the 50·foot level in
the six hundred feet of known gold·bearing
ground.
Work will be prosecuted on this proper·
ty as rapidly as possible. The shaft will
be sent 'down another fifty feet before mak­
ing any attempt to follow the vein, as it
is a moral certainty that the gold is there
the entire length of the outcrop, With
the installation of the quartz mill on North
Creek and the completion of the tramway
across the foot hills, this property will have
at least 50,000 tons blocked out and ready
to break down for the crusher.
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a few week3 will see this portion of the believe that it is in the making one of the NEW MILL AT MANHATTAN.

work finished. The general location of the
line is definitely established and rights of
way are secured.
"The present facilities of the coal 1>rop­
erties are confined to a connection with the
Denver and Rlo Grande, by a twenty·three·
mile branch owned by the Utah company.
The Gould road is giving excellent service
and is doing its part in helping get a larger
production of coal to market. 'When the
coal properties were acquired it was stated
that production was at the rate of five hun·
dred thousand tons yearly. The curt'"ent
output 13 about seven hundred and fifty
thousand tons and this rate will gradually
increase, so that by the tlrst of Janu!l.!'",7 It
is likely the mines 'will be outputting the
equivalent of a million tons yearly.
richest sections in the state. There is
ledge after ledge outcropping throughout
th whole district covering many miles and
nearly all of them .are gold·bearing.
Charles Everson is another prospector
who is in town from the camp and he has
fine showings on his claims. He is also
one of the pioneers of the district and has
accomplished considerable development work
on his claims. He states that in all his
workings he has uncovered nice bodies of
free·milling gold ore.
Other claim owners in the camp are Al
Gay, D. A. Johnson, J. E. Hawley, J. G. Fos­
ter, Mr. Alley, James Robins and as.sociates,
and all have good showings of ore.
o to discard for the present.
The Day·Bristol Consolidated Mines
The camp of Manhattan, Nevada, is to
have a new 150·ton mill, which is to be
erected by the Manhattan-Big Four MJining
company. The mill will be gravity type, de·
pending on amalgamation as the main
means of recovery. It is planned to tram
the ore from the shaft to a Blake crusher,
whence it will go by gravity to ten 1.050.
pounp stamps, crushing through four mesh;
there to two 85-ton tube mills, which will
grind the ore to 150 me.h. After this sec·
ondary grinding, the pulp will pass over
thirty·six feet of stationary amalgamated
plates. It is expected that the pulp from
the plates will be of sufficiently lowl grade
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"W,hen the United States Smelting went
into the coal bus~ness last spring, it financ·
ed the purchase of these eoal properties
through sale of $10,000,000 6 per cent note3.
This calls for an annual interest charge of
$900,000. This is considerably more than
the coal properties are today earning net.
company, of Pioche, Nevada, is shipping fifty The Michigan·Utah Consolidated Mining
tons of highgrade ore, daily, from Its company has been erecting an aerial tram­
Gypsey mine, and will soon be shipping way up Little Cottonwood canyon near
forty tons a day from its May Day mine, Salt Lake. The route is a diftlcult one and
and twenty tons from its Iron mine. H. F. the completion of the tramway will mean an
.Widdecombe is mine manager for the com· . increase in shipments. Smeltery settlements
pany. have been on the basis of $30 per ton net.
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THE SA L T LA K E MIN I N G REV JEW, S E PTE M BE R 15, 1912.
IRON BLOSSOM.
Jesse Knight, president of the Iron Blos­
som MinIng company of Tintic, Utah, has
,announced that a 100.ton concentrating
plant will be built by that company. From
experimental work, extending over the past
year, it is estimated that the saving by con­
centrating will be fifty per cent more than
by the present method of shipping to the
smelteries.
The mill W1ill probably be erecwd at Sil­
ver ,City, where water is plentiful. It is be­
lieved that $6 ore can be treated. There is
much ore of this grade in the Tintic dis­
trict, which would become available if the
new mill wa" successful in treating' it. In
connection W1ith these plans, the lowler
grade ore of the Iron Blossom will be no
longer shipped to the smelteries, but will
ue held in reserve for the mill, resulting in
the curtailment of the production by forty
per cent, and the consequent laying off of
I$ny men. It is expected, hoWjever, that
the development work, now being planned,
will provide for the employment of most
of the men. . ,
There has been no mlll building in Tintic
in the last ten years, and none are now in
operation. The success of the Iron Blo3S0m
mill would mean much to the district. The
method of treatment is not announced.
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VERTI,CAL COPPER CONVERTERS.
For many years, there has been consid­
erable difference of opinion amo~g metal­
lurgists as to the relative advantages of the
barrel and vertical types of copper convert­
ers. The barrel type has perhaps been in
more general use in copper smelterie3, the
Boston and Montana plant of the Anaconda
Copper Mining company, at Great Falls,
iMontana, being almost the sole representa­
. tive of the .vertical type. The size of con·
verters at this plant has been steadily in­
creased, and most comprehensive experi­
ments have ,been carried out. Finally a
large type has been perfected, which is be­
ing rapidly adopted at many .smelteries, and
seems to be the most economical to use.
The Greene-<Cananea 'Consolidated Mining
company has installed one at Cananea, Mex·
ico; the Calumet & Arizona Mining com­
pany will install five in its plant at Doug­
lass, Arizona, and the Copper Queen, three.
The smelwry of the Arizona Copper com·
pany at Clifton, Arizona, will have three,
and the United Verde, at Jerome, expects
to install some. The Arizona smelteries
will use the .size which is nineteen feet
high and twelve feet in diameter. .The lat·
est practice at Great Falls favors even
larger sizes.
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The Wyoming Mineral Development
company has taken over the Victoria Gold
com;pany and the Free Gold group, near
Centennial, Wyoming.
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A round the State
Beaver Press: A fund of $3,000 has
been raised here to be expended in pros­
pecting for the extension of the Rob Roy
vein in Newton district. The parties own­
ing the ground adjoining this fam;ous prop­
erty think they have an excellent ()hance
of (Jutting the vein and are going right to
work on the proposition.
-Park Record: Conditions are again im;­
proving at the NeW' York Bonanza. Thurs·
day of this week a nice bunch of ore was
uncovered on the 200 and Manager McGill
is in hopes that the body will prove per·
manent, which appearances indicate it will.
Ore b again being raised to the surface
and in all probability another shipment
will soon be ready for marketing at the Lit­
tle Bell.
Beaver Press: The latest advices from
the King of the Hills IS to the effect that
the tunnel work is going on at the rate
of eight feet a day, and that the machin­
ery is all working to perfection. Some lit­
tle difficulty has been experienced in the
operation of the whim which is being used
for hoisting water, but the defect has been
remedied and noW' everythil1g is moving
along like clock work.
Milford News: At the Moscow, during
the last week, a strike of ore has been
made which is arousing considerable In­
terest. It seems to be the sa.me character
of ore as that struck heretofore and to
be about five to six feet in width. The
actual extent of it has not as yet been
developed. but according to past history of
the mine, Matthew Cullen say·s, it promises
to be the best thing the Moscow has ever
had.
Richfield Sun: The Outzen Mining Co.
has four men at work driving its tunnel
into the mountain. The company expects
to get the main lead in a short distance
and when it does find it it will certainly
have a bonanza. It is a known fact that
this group of claims is very rich and it
will only be a case of time and hard work
,before the company will reap its reward.
L. iII. Outzen is very much elated over
. the present showing of the tunnel and
says he wlll find the big lead or bu'st.
Milford News: R. H. Burke and Robert
Finley, who have a lease on the Cortez
.claim in Elephant canyon, belonging to Mrs.
Sophia Woodhouse, of Beaver, are continuo
ally showing samples of rock w'ith free
gold 'visible td the nak;;ed eire running
hundreds of dollal'\s to the ton. They went
to Beaver and back on 'business last week,
returning to Milford Thursday. They have
a. prospective deal on hand for the handling
ot this property on a larger scale details
of which will be announced later if it goes
through successfuHy.
Eureka Reporter: The dri\l
driven over into the Gold ~hl
from the 1600 level of the Lom!
mine is now fully.400 feet W1ithla
company's ground and for' t~
weeks it hllls been cutting tIi
good looking quartz. So,me OJ
found but it has not been Of.
nature. This is an important
velopment for the Gold Chain
will cut the ore bearing sec'
property fully 700 feet below
point at wjhich work has been
iMilford News. It is report
North American Mining comPI
claims in the LiMoln district
miles from Minersville, and sevl
southeast of Milford, will star;
in the very near future. Th
has wPrked off and on for the
three yeal'S and has disclosed
good ore; but permanent bodil
yet ,been reached. George E. C
ly of Pioehe, but noW' living iJ
City, we understand, is the II
director ot ,the company. C.'
is the president. Just as soor
details .can be arranged and. ad
will be started with a force of
Park CUy Record. General,
G. McMillan of the 'Daly West sp
of days at this property the
week. He. reported that the ~
able conditions continue at bot
mill with the usual tonnage mal
week The gentleman Informed
that an extensive campaign O'!
velopment was planned, and U
tract recently awarded to Jal
llwee and Sons of Denver, 'i
much prospecting and. opening
territory in this big property
ultimately result in much goo
,City. Mr.•McMillan is enthusl;
timistic as regards the future {
camp.
Vernal Express: A coal de
$10,000 was consum:mated this .;
by the Pack & Young eoal m
hands. The new purchasers'
Pack and L. H. Allen. By the
they come into possession ot
and most developed coal mine iI
basin. rrhe vein Is fuJI five
ness and gets better with ev
r.
depth. The new! owners havst
on a larger force of miners a~
ing bins and loading chutes. .
capacity now Is about 2M toM
will be increased to meet the
the trade. L. R. Pack will ~
mine. The .purchase Includ1
mine 136 acres of patented co,
a ,filing on 160 acres of other i
ing the mine. i
t
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It is reported that oil has i
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THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, S E PTE M BE R 15, 19 1 2.
28
Adjoining Slales
ARIZONA.
Range News: The Standard
company, whose property is located
between Dragoon and Johnson, owned by
Owen T. Smith, has begun fUrther develop­
ment on its property. Mr. Smith has just
returned from a successful bUSiness trip.
and ample funds have beeu supplied lO
finance the property for the next two years.
Thi3 property has all the earmarks of mak­
ing a mine and is situated between the Cen­
turion and Republic. Mr. Smith is an able
mining man of experience and has con­
fidence in the .property.
Prescott Courier: It is reported that the
Emporia mine3, one of the best gold prop­
erties close to Prescott, will shortly be
un"l',ratered and that the development of
the property on a large scale will be re­
sumed. In a recent issue of the Courier
a quite extended descript'on of the Emporia
properties was printed, and it now appears
that the m,ines are about to make good.
The first work to be done, after unwater­
ing, will be the driving of a level to con­
nect the two shafts, thus affording stoping
ground while additional sinking i3 being
done.
J!'lorenee Blade·Tribune: J!'rank Vincent
is assorting a carload of copper OTe at his
Butte mining claims, situated fourteen miles
east of Florence, and will ship it to Doug­
las. The ore runs over 17 per cent copper
and about $10 gold per ton. It also car­
ries som!;l silver. The combined value of
the three ·metals runs the ore up to about
$60 per ton, a very nice shipping product.
Frank ha3 been prospecting in that district
for a·bout two years past, and he and Henry
Zeuner, postmaster at Price station, are
partners in some gold claims, in that 10
cality, that carry high·grade free gold ore.
Frank is a sober, industrious miner and
prospector and will make a "stake" in the
Butte district if he keeps his strength and
health.
Prescott Courier: Development of the
properties of the Arizona-Portland Mines
company, whose large group of claims are
situated close to the rich strike of the
Commercial Mining company in Copper
drift is being continued east on the hang.
Basin, continues steadily and with good re­
ing wall, and a'bout the first of the com­
sults. A small force of men is engaged in
ing week another crosscut will be run to
running a tunnel upon a claim of the group,
the foot wall. So far all of the ore is
which i3 about three-fourths of a mile from
good mill feed.
Copper Bas!n, and the tunnel has reached
Mullan Progress: The Carbonate Center
a length of over 100 feet. O. W. Blicken­
Maning company has [been organized !to
staff, of this city, who is one of the prin­
cipal stockholders of the company, recently
returned from a trip east, where he suc­
ceeded in obtaining needed finances for
future development work. He reports that.
while money is by no means easy, there
is money to be had for legitimate mining
enterprises.
COLORADO. ::: tons of 350-ounce ore. McGuire & Co.
shipped 3 tons of :lOO-ounce ore. Ramonds
Georgetowll Courier: The Capital mill & Co. opened up a streak of ore this week
is running steadily on ore from the com­ in their lease which gives values of 250
[lllny ground in the Cap;tal mine, and a ounces in silver with high lead values.
steady and heavy production of concen­ These le3sees expect to commenCe ship­
ments of ore in the near future.
trlltes and large retorts of gold are being
sent out regularly. The mill is running o
IDAHO.
on about 100 tons of ore a day and it now
looks as thought the ore bodies in the com­
pany ground would keep it running indefin­ Wallace Press·Times: It is reported that
itely. a strike of considerable importance has
Idaho Springs "'fining Gazette: Schrieber, been made on the property of the United
Schoffer and Roller, leasing on the Treas· Lead company a short distance below Os·
ure, have opened a streak of rich ore, for burn. The strike is represented as being
which this old mine i3 noted. Two months in a drift on the ledge from the long cross·
ago these parties secured a lease on a cut. The property lies on the south side
block of ground and proceeded to work of the valley. Formerly it wa3 known as
without any blow or bluster and the result the German-American. Dr. W. G. Pickerell,
is that after a few weeks development, of Spokane, is manager.
they have at the sampler a shipment of .:Mackay Miner: J. A. Phegley of Arco,
twelve tons of ore that wiIl run over ten in company with John Walsh and George
ounces per ton. There are now six men Serfe!t, visited the Columbia Standard
employed at the works. group of claims, In which Mr. Phegley is
Telluride Examiner: The Primos Chemi­ largely interested, the fore part of the week.
cal company is working a force of men This property has a fine, 'strong six-foot vein
on a large deposit of vanadium ore, which of "good copper ore exposed in several
Ees in contact formation between Bear and places, and is considered to have some of
Fall. creeks, on the south side of the San the best ground in this section. The gentle­
Miguel river. Recently th13 company tried men in control of the property are planning
out an auto 'truck, guaranteed to haul six some extensive develQpment Work.
or seven tons of ore from their property Wallace press·Times: Henry Leeper, of
to the mill, but it is understood the truck Coeur d'Alene, who has charge of the work
did not make good, and will be shipped on the Pennsylvania Mining company's
back to the selling cOmpany and teams will property, formerly known as the Mastadon,
be put back to do the hauling. about fifteen miles southeast of Wallace,
Ouray Herald: The grand news reached in the St. Joe district, was in the city yes·
Ouray last Sunday that the Camp Bird had terday preparing to take over a second load
cut the vein again, this time on the 500 of supplies. He has been employing four
foot level after crosscutting about sixty feet men in development. He reports an en­
from the shaft. The strike was not con­ couraging showing on the property. The
firmed until Tuesday, when Manager Cox forest fire two years ago wiped out all
stated to the Herald, that "it would add surface improvements on the property, and
materially to the prosperity of the Camp destroyed a vast amount of good timber.
Bird." On the 400 foot level, the vein is Mullan Progress: The Snowshoe com·
nine feet wide, and at the new di~covery pany is still drifting east on the ore 'body
it has proven to be two feet better. Sample in the lower tunnel. One crosscut has been
and specimen assay,> run five ounCes in run to the footwall and shows a body of
gold. The ore is a lead-sulphide product. sulphide ore 25 feet wide, ·similar in ·char­
.By Wednesday night, they had drifted thirty aeter and mineral contents to the ore being
feet both ways on the vein. No one knows, milled by the Snowstorm. Assays across 25
for certain, the exact length of the shoot. feet show from 2% to 9 per cent copper.
Georgetown Courier: The past two The average will be about :I per cent. The
weeks have witnessed some exceptionally
. fine 'shipments of ore from the various
leases on the Seven-Thirty and Dives-Peli­
can property. Paracchini & Co. shipped
24 tons of ore which gave returns of $150
a ton. These lessees are operating in a
winze below the Hercules level and have
a streak of ore running from one to four take over the property formerly owned by
feet in width. They expect to have about the Tombstone Mining company, east of
40 tons of this ore and 40 tons of con­ Mullan. The incorporators of the new com­
centrating ore ready for shipment early pany are John Foss, Archie Gillis, John
next month. Oscar Johnson & Co. made Erickson, Thomas G. Kennedy and O. A.
a shipment of 4% tons of ore which re­ Larson. The old stockholders in the 'fomb­
turned values of 300 ounces in slIver with stone coIniPany will be given the opportun­
high lead values. Randahl & Co. shipped ity to secure the same number of shares
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THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, S E PTE M B E R 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
in the new company as they held in the
old, 'by payment of their proportion of the
indebtedne3s standing against the old com­
pany. The property will be developed by
the new company as rapidly as possible.
The ground is located on the same vein
as the Carbonate Hill and Carney Copper
claims, both of which have good showings
of ore.
Hailey Times: C. ·C. Ruthrauff visited
the Con. Virginia property Saturday after·
noon to examine the condition of the shaft,
after the burning of the hoisting works sev·
eral years ago. The collar was found to
be only slightly Charred. On his return
east next month 'Mr, Ruthrauff intends to
arrange for building new hOisting works
of fire,proof material, to be equipped with
an electric hoist and other electric power
apparatus. The present vertical -shaft,
which is 270 feet deep, wtll be extended
with an incline on the vein to a ,further
depth of one hundred feet, and drifts will
be run both east and west, the former
to catch the ore shoot now leading down
and west from the Relief, and the latter
to intersect the Hancock and Alta veins
up the gulch.
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NEVADA.
Tonopah Miner: Another new ore body
was opened up in the M1acNamara mine
this week about 100 feet east of 'stope twen­
ty-six. This was cut in a crosscut from
the east end. of dIjft twenty.,slx, which
passed through thirty feet of quartz In
Which were four feet of ore assaying from
$25 to $30 a ton and this has now been
drifted on for fifteen feet and gives every
indication of yielding a large tonnage for
the mill.
Pioche Record: It Is reported from re­
liable authority that the deal which has
been pending for some time and which
involves a controlling interest in the Prince
Consolidated ,mine, has been consummated.
It is said that the new management will
take formal control within the next few
days, and confirmatory of this report is
the announcement that Mr. A. Y. Smith,
who is to be the manager, ""'ill be in camp
again within the next few hours,
Winnlmucca Star. J. P. Turner, the well­
known -mining man, left Saturday With a
load of supplies and tools for the southern
end of the Eugene mountains, where he will
start work on the old "56" copper mine.
This mine is situated not far from the
Humboldt river /Southwest of Mill City and
was located in the year 1856 by L. D. Vary,
who ,was passing down the river on his
way W'Jth a party of emigrants to' the then
great gold fields of California. As near
a's known it was the first quartz mine lo­
cated in the state of Nevada.
Wells Herald: 'C. H. Hand, of Los
Angeles, accompanied by E. E. Vessey
., • iu
Mr. Norton of Cleveland, Ohio, arrived here
last Friday night and departed at onee by
automobile for Sprucemont. These gentle­
men are m,embels of the Spruce Mountain
Mining & Smelting company and s.pent sev­
eral days on the mountain making an ex­
amination of their holdings. They gave 6ut
no information as to what conclusions they
arrived at, other than that they intend con­
tinuing the development work which has
been in progre3S for several months.
Ely Record: The Giroux mines and its
cam,P at Kimberly will soon have electric
lighting. The cement fOUndation;; are now
g'oing in for the big 'Corliss engine adjoin­
ing the engine room at the Morris shaft,
which will furnish the ,power for the dy­
namos, which will have 440 voltage with
a three-phase generator. The stations and
drifts along the sulphide zone will be II­
11lIminated by electricitw, .and there will
also be plenty of "juice" for. the entire
camp at Kimberly. It is expected that the
plant will 'be in operation in November,
or early in December.
Ely Record: Ralph Kellogg, manager of
the Ely Con., visited the Cuba mine in
the Blaine district Saturday last, which
he controls under a two year lease, and
was more than well pleased with the splen­
did showing the property is -making at the
present time. He is working only a few
men at the mine, but since his last trip
they had taken about 400 sacks of ore which
is expected to average at least 80 per
cent in lead and 400 sacks which will aver·
age 50 per cent, besides about 250 tons of
second-grade ore which will pay to ship.
A ,shipment of two cars of ore will be made
by the middle of the present month, and
as lead is now $4.85 per hundred, it will
be seen that the I,ease is making good
money at the present time.
Ely Record: Ore bin3 for the Copper­
Mines company have been erected on the
waste dump of the Nevada Con. at Star
Pointer, and immediately above the l\-lin­
nesota shaft, through which all of the ore
is being hoisted, The cement foundation
is in for the hoisting engine, which is on.
the ground and will soon be in place, and
go into commission, after which the ore
from the, shaft will be, raised to the ore
bins through an incline and dumped direct­
ly into the bins, from which it will be
drawn into cars for shipment as 'soon as
the steel ralls are laid connecting the bins
with the Nevada Northern track. In the
meantime shipments are continuea by
wagons from the shaft to the siding near
Junction City. It is expected that ship­
ments by rail directly from the shaft will
be commenced within a couple of weeks
when more miners will be employed and
the output from the property largely in­
creased.
[Mine <'5- Smelter BUild~
The Rambler Mining company, ~
Rambler, Wyoming, will install a fifl
concentrating plant.
The Reno Ruhl Mining company, ot4
Nevada, has decided to equip its pro
with a 25-horsepoW1er hOisting plant
It Is reported that a cyanide annex
be built to the Brady mill of the Manh
Milling & Orecom,pany at Manhattan
vada.
The Bullwhacker M,iilng compan:
Butte, ,Montana, expects to erect a J
Ing plant. Patrick Clark is president c
company.
The Cripple Creek Drainage Tunnel
pany, of Cripple Creek, 'Colorado, ma
stall an electric power plant at the I
of its tunnel.
,The Nevada Gold Northern Mining
pany, of Fairview, Nevada, WI. F. S
general manager, has about decided to"
its property with a big milling plant
Tb.e LaFountaine Bros., of Bo'
Ferry, Idaho, will build a $25,000 flum
the Lolo group of placer claims. GUY
neaux, of Sandpoint, Idaho, is their
neer.
It is stated that a strong COmPlfl
about to take over the Bi,Metal mines
Kingman, Arizona, and that it is the:
tion to equip the same with a large m
plant.
ThePocohontas Copper Queen M
company, of Mayer, Arizona, W. H. Skj
general manager, will equip its pro
W1ith a neW' ho!sting plant and m,Ulln!
chinery.
Ben Ross of Silverton, Colorado,
build a cyanide plant for the treatme
ores from the Esmeralda mine, as WI
custom ores. The initial capacity 0
plant will be 100 tons, daily.
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CONSTRUCTION NOTES.
The city of Tucson, Arizona, will
build a reinforced concrete waterresl
of 7,250,000 gallons capacity.
It is reported that Arthur Arms)
aud associates, of Ephraim, Utah, will
build a flouring mill, and a grain elev~
The county commis.sioners of Box
county, Utah, utilizing the recent boni
Which realized $75,000, will soon ad'll!
for bids for ,the building of sixteen
bridges.
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Patrick Clark of Spokane,
the Bullwhacker mine at Butte, Mont.,
on his return from the mine that
development w1\l be continued
tenaive scale, and that a
will be, '
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THE SAL T
{: Personal Mention
A. Y. Smith of Los Angeles, California,
was a recent visitor in Salt Lake.
Grant Snyder, of Salt Lake City, has
been visiting the mining camps of Colorado.
C. W. Gaby, of Ely, Nevada, is noW in
charge of the ·tireat Valley mine at Hamil­
ton, same state.
G. D. 'Wilkin, superintendent of the Mos·
cow mine near Milford, Utah, is visiting
relatives in Ohlo~
A. W. Brantlund has accepted a position
as superintendent of the Ruth mine, near
Kingman, Arizona.
R. R. Clark, of Muskogee, and 13. F. Hil­
liard, of Porum, Oklahoma, are visitiug the
Zero mine near Prescott Arizona.
W. E. Young, of Chicago, Illinois, reo
cently visited the Rich Gulch mine, near
Silver City, Idaho, where he holds an in­
terest.
W. H. Smith of Shell Rock, Iowa, a
stockholder in the Big Five Mine, at Idaho
Springs, Colorado, recently visited that
property.
W. C. Hunter, assistant superintendent
of the Montana-Tonopah 'Min!ng company,
of Tonopah, Nevada, has been in Oakland,
California.
R. C. Kerens, vice-president of the San
Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Route,
with associates, was a recent visitor at
Tonopah, Nevada.
William J. Priestly, Jr., is in Brigham
City, Utah, having resigned his position as
superintendent of the Rhodes-Hall mine,
}I'airbanks, Alaska.
O. Barlow Wilmarth, of Telluride, Colo­
rado, general manager of the Colorado Car­
notite company, has moved his residenoo to
Montrose, same state.
Walter Wilson, who is' president of the
Manhattan Amalgamated Mining company,
at Manhattan, Nevada, has returned from a
trip to Los Angeles, California.
F. M. Bender, of Marion, Ohio, president
of the Golden Gate Mining company, has
taken charge of the company's operatioIL3 in
the Greenhorn district of Oregon.
S. H: Douglas, of Salt Lake, has returned
from Hazelton, B. C., where he made an in·
spection of the Rocher de Boule mine which
he states, is in a flourishing condition. ' traction.
W. H. Tangye is the new superintendent
of the Calumet and Sonora Mining corn.
pany, operating near Cananea, Sonora, Mex.
ico, and succeeds Charles Strachan in that
position.
I. P. Allen, president of the Nonpareil
Mining company, and J. P. Burke and E. H,
Callahan, of San FranCisco, have been in­
specting the company's property at Vlrner,
California,
LA K EM' N , N G REV' E W, S E PTE M BE R 15. 1912.
L. F. Miller, in charge of the physics and
electro·metallurgical department of the Col.
orado School of Mines, has been inspecting
the mines and smelteries in the principal
districts of Colorado.
C. J. McGlynn, president of the Alta·
Emerald Mining company,. will reside in
Salt Lake City. The mI'ne i.n Little Cot·
tonwood canyon, near Salt Lake City, is to
be opened up on a large scale.
J. O. Gilchrist has returned to Pittsburg.
PennsylVania, after spending two months at
the property of the Eureka·Ophir Mining
cO'mpany in the Stockton district of Utah,
in Which he is interested. D. F. Clinton is
manager of the mine.
Hansen E'vs'mith, of Duluth, Minnesota,
who has been making such a success of
theSt. Marys mine near ,Milford, Utah, dur­
ing the past summer, has returned home
with the intention of returning to Star dis­
trict at an early day.
R. C. Breemer, sales maI:\ager for the
Wm. Jes,30p & Sons. Inc., importers of high·
grade tool and drill steel, was in Salt Lake
the first of the month. While here he com­
pleted arrangements with Delos Irish to
represent his company in this territory.
H. B. PauUm, of Duluth, Minnesota and
J. E. Curry, of Warren, Arizona, who are
connected with the accounting department
of the Amalgamated Copper company, are
making an examination of the affairs of the
Giroux Consolidated cO'mpany at Ely, Ne­
vada.
J. L. Craig, J. V. Lyle and C. H. Jenkin·
son, of Salt Lake, who are with the Ore·
gon Short Line railroad, recently visited
Milford, Utah, and, while there, made an
inspection of the property of the Mining
Range Gold MIning company, in which they
are interested.
J. W. Power, of Twin Falls, Idaho, who
is largely interested in Jarbidge district,
Nevada, was a recent Salt Lake visitor, com­
ing here on important mining business. Mr.
POWer is much pleased with conditions at
Jarbidge and stated that the camp was im­
proving rapidly.
George St. Clair, of Ophir, Utah, mine
manager for the Lion Hill Consolidated
Mines company, was in 'Salt Lake, last
week, with another 50-ton shipment of high·
grade ore. Mr. St. Clair states that the
mine is looking fine, and that development
work is being kept well ahead of ore ex­
The Co;pper Era, of Clifton, Arizona,
states that A. Lafave and wife recently
celebrated Hie 49th anniversary of their
wedding, For a number of years Mr. La·
fave resided in Salt Lake, and was quite
,heavily interested in mining in this section,
where he made many friends because of
his many sterling qualities. He is now eu­
gaged in mining in the near vicinity of
Clifton,
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I. Engineers and Mil/men I
F. Augustus Heinze is ill Salt Lake City.
Frank H. Probert has returned to Call·
fornia after an extended trip in Europe,
H. C. Hoover, a mining engineer of Lon­
don, England, and author of "PrinCiples of
Mining" is in New York.
Albert Frank, general manager of the
Ohio Copper company, has returned to Salt
Lake City from the east.
Sydney II. Ball has returned to New
York, after examining some properties in
the Ural mountains, in -Russia.
William w;.rd, who has been in CoIOln·
bia, South America, investigating placer
ground, has returned to Denver, ·Colorado.
Robert S. Lewis, a graduate of Leland
Stanford university, has begun his duties
at the University of Utah, as associate pro·
fe3sor of mining.
Jules Labarthe, general manager of the
Mason Valley Mines company, with proper·
ties in the Yerington district of Nevada, is
in Salt Lake City on professional business.
D. C. Jackllng, president and general
manager of the Utah Copper company, has
returned to Salt Lake City, from Butte,
Montana, where he has been examining the
Butte & Superior mine.s.
F.' F. Hintze Jr., of Salt Lake has re­
turned to Columbia university where he will
finish his course in geology. He wiH grad­
uate in 1913. Mr. Hintze devoted his .. um·
mer vacation to the study of the geology of
the Cottonwood districts.
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POTASH PROPERTY WANTED.
I have a ready customer for a large pot·
t,oh property. Would appreciate any infor­
mation relative to a property of this kind.
Give all the details yoU possibly can and
address ·same to C. A. W1" care of Salt Lake
Mining Review. Sept. 15, 2t
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WILL SELL OR LEASE.
OWner will sell, lease, or stock propo­
sition. A splendid copper, sllver·gold propo­
sition in Nevada. Six miles from Central
Pacific ~ailroad. Have shipped several cars
of flne ore from upper workings. Owner
wants funds to complete lower tunnel.
Property well equipped. Complete descrip­
tion to interested parties. Box 7615, Salt
Lake, Utah. Sept. 15·2t,
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The Yukon Gold company, operating In
the Klondike district of Yuk(ln TerritorY.
Canada, handled in July, by dredging, 1,020,­
700 cubic yards of gravel, yielding $644,000
in bullion. The production for the season
up ·to July 30th, was $2,760,700 from 2,481"
100 cubic yards of gravel. These results
are better than those of 1911.

THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, S E PTE M B E R 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
[ Dips, Spurs and Angles
The mines of Park City, Utah, produced
7,020 tons of ore during the month of Au­
gust.
The Lower Mammoth' company, of Mam­
,moth, Utah, is shipping ore going from 35
to 40 per cent zinc.
The Victoria mine, of Eureka, Utah, re­
cently shi:pped three cars of ore which
brought the company over $6,000.
A ten-stamp mill has. been erected by
C. E. Warren, superintendent, at the Juanita
mine, near Prescott, Arizona.
The new boiler and compressor plant of
the Boston.Ely, at Ely, Nevada, is about
ready to be put in commission.
The mill of the Maricopa Mines company,
in Lander county, Nevada, has been started.
The company employl.3· thirty·five men.
The Iron Blossom mine, of Tintic dis·
trict, Utah, has been mining about 100 tons
of fine copper ore, weekly, for sO'llletime
past.
The Miami Copper company, of Arizona,
produced in July, a little over 3,000,000
pounds of copper, which breaks its former
record.
John Price, who is leasing on the Buck·
wheat mine, near La Plata, Colorado, is
preparing to ship a carland of high grade
silver are.
The Colorado Mining company, of Tintic
Utah, has passed its dividend, in order to
keep its surplus unimpaired by the exten..3ive
development work to be undertaken.
An explooion of firedamp in the Clarence
pit, near Lens, France, on September 3rd,
resulted in the death of forty miners. The
mine is on fire and. w1Il have to be sealed
off.
Construction work commenced, recently
on the new mill of the Idaho Continental,'
near Porthill, Idaho. The mine, owned by
Spokane people, was financed by John D.
Ryan.
A. M. 'Wilson, who has made several
shipments, now has three carloads of car­
notite ore ready for shipment at his mines
in the Paradox country, San Miguel county,
Colorado.
The plant of the. Primos Chemical com·
pany, at CIIfton Station, Pennsylvania, has
been destroyed by fire.. The company has
extensive vanadium properties in western
Colorado.
The LOwer Mammoth Mining company
of Tintic, Utah, expects to ship some of its
zinc ore this month. The deposit Is on
the 1,500-foot level, and the showing is said
to be good.
The copper production of the
Montll,na, dlstri!)t for AUlPlst, wall ;:1S."bJ~.UU'U
p.;rl!!!ds, thll wb!\l)l
:;
l the properties ~f the Anaconda Copper Min. The plant was blown in May 29th,
ing company. should begin to show earnings during'
The Brown Mountain pyritic smeltery second half of the year.
at Ouray, Colorado, wi1l be blown in at The Chino Copper company, operatin
an 'early date. The capacity will be 125 Grant county, New Mexico, made a pr9
tons. tion of 3,618,226 pounds of copper in
A syndicate, headed by James .s. Doug­ gust. With the exhaustion of the OlfiJ
las, of Douglas, Arizona, has taken over surface deposits, a better recovery is l!!
the property of 1he Uniteq Verde Exten· made on the sulphide ores.
sion Copper company In the Jerome dis· The improvement in the metal rna
trict of Arizona. and favorable smelting contracts have
The Rico-Well1ngt;on Mining companYi abled the Carisa Mining company of
of Provo, Utah, recently paid $50,000 on the tic, Utah, to ship fifty or sixty 'ca;s of­
bond on its property, the money coming from its old waste dumps, formed "
from are shipments from the companys mine the mine was a producer of rich ores.
at Rico, Colorado. The deep shaft of the Goldfield Me
The mall routing for Jarbidge, Nevada, Mining. company has passed the 1300·
from Salt Lake, has been changed from level and it is planned to connect the 1
via Three Creeks, Idaho, to via Deeth, Ne­ foot level with the same level of the (;
vada, making a much shorter route to this field Consolidated. This' wlll assist the
'Velopment of both of these Nevada III
promising gold camp.
at depth.
The July operations of the Nevada Hills
Mining company, netted over $64,000. The The Mushett & Wittenburg lease on
average value of ore treated was $28.44 per Manhattan Consolidated, at Manhattan~
ton, with a total production of 3,550 tons vada, Is preparing for a production of
and a recovery of 91.2 per cent. tons per day. Some very rich ore is
Carl M, Owen, president,' and Martin to have been uncovered on the 130·
level, and the same shoot is being SOl
Schwerin, general manager, of the Rico
on the 250·foot level.
Mining company, have returned to New
York after spending a week at the com· Harvey M. Ross, manager of the N~
pany's :property at Rico, Colorado. Mining company, operating near Kell
The Alta Consolidated Mining company, Idaho; has arranged for a power line J
,,·ith mines at the head of Little Cottonwood the Bunker Hill & Sullivan power hous
its property on Pine Creek. A seventy
canyon, near Salt Lake City, is shipping fifo
horsepower motor will drive a compre
teen to twenty tons of lead·silver ore dally.
O. A. Jacobson is superintendent. of 427 cubic feet capacity.
The Silver King Consolidated Mining The placer property of the Dutch
company, of Park City, Utah, has increased Mining company, in Humboldt county."
vada, has been bought by T. F. Brot:/;
Its capital stock to 700,000 shares of $1 each,
of Salt Lake City. The property has I
for the purpose of sinking Its shaft deeper
worked but little although about $tO!
and acquiring adjacent claims.
in gold has been taken out. A large fore
The Gold Roads Mines company, a sub­ men will be put at work at once.
sidiary of the United States Smelting, Re­
fining & Mining company, has ordered twu The Goldfield Consolidated Mining •
gasoline trucks, for service from its mine.. pany, of Goldfield, Nevada, has declarej
at Gold Roads, to Kingman, Arizona. regular quarterly dividend of thirty ~
a share, payable October 31st, to stocjQ
The new Calumet and Arizona smeltery,
ers of record September nth. Tp,eam
which It was orl~nally planned to blow,
to be distributed is $1,067,729, bringing
in August 13th, will probably not be blown
total payments to date to $22,840,789
in before the first of 1913. The company
The Hecla Mining company, of Wal:
is now earning about $7.70 per share.
Idaho, paid dividend No. 110, amounti~
Charles Cox, superintendent of the P. $20,000, August 20. This was the rei
P. R. mill in Gilpin county, Colorado, reo monthly dividend, based on two ce~
cently deposited in a Central CUy bank a share on an issued capitalization of $1,
gold retort, weighing 657:. ounces and worth 000. The total amount of dividends in,
$1,117, which was the result of one month's is $160,000, and the total to date ii"
cleanup at the mill. 510,000.
The Ely Copper company is planning to The iShannon Copper company, oJ.
resume operations near Ely, Nevada, by lng nea,r Metcalf, Arizona, has
sinking a shaft near the east boundary of dividend of fifty cents a share,
its properties, to seek an ore body, bellev­ Qetoben 1st. This means a
ed to underly this location. The mine has $150,000, and II. total ()f $609,000. ~~._j_
been Idle since 1907. statement of the company" ~
32 THE SAL T
Arizona Railroad's six per c~nt bonds bav­
ing been retired. N. 1.. Amster, president,
of Boston, Massachusetts, says that the net
profits for the fiscal year will be $600,000.
During August. the Eva Mining company,
<,perating in the Mount Nebo district of
Ftah, shipped about 200 tons of ore, of a
g:-oss value of $6,000. George L. Hyde iB
president l!nd geenral manager; C. A. Hyde,
,l{'e president; John L. Whiting. secretary
and treasurer, and Thomas West and M, W.
Bird, additi?nal directors.
Work has been begun on the spur con­
necting th~ property of the Inspiration Cop­
per company to the Arizona Eastern rail­
way, and on the extension of the line from
Miami, Arizona, to the Inspiration Tunnel
Site and the Live Oak mine. A number
of new dwellings have been built near the
portal of the Inspiration tunnel.
The Arizona Copper, operating at CIif·
ton, Arizona, had a gross profit of $850,215
for the half year ending March 31st. Pro·
duction was 9073 tons of Bes~mer copper.
Superintendent George Frazer of the smel­
tery will make a trial of basic converter
lining, which has displaced the acid lining
at many smelteries, during the past two
years.
The Calumet & Arizona Mining company
with smeltery at Douglas, Arizona, has de­
clared a quarterly dividend of $1 per share,
payable September 23rd. Sixty-five dol­
lars a share have been pa!d to date, or a
total of $15,500,000. The Superior & Pitts·
burg, own~d by the Calumet and Arizona
company, will pay thirty cents a share on
the same date.
The Braden Copper Mines company,
operating in Chili, South America, is ex·
perimenting with fill~r grinding, for which
purpose it will install a Hardinge mill and
a twenty-two foot tube mill. It i3 hoped to
increase th~ extraction above th~ present
figure of eighty per cent, If results are
satisfactory, the Minerals Separation com­
pany:s flotation process will be installed.
During the month of July, the Tonopah­
Belmont Developm~nt company of Tonopah,
Nevada, treated 10,415 tons of ore, with a
net profit of $114,081. The new mill at
Tonopah is giving very satisfactory results,
and underground conditions at the mine are
favorabl~. The next dividend will be paid
October· 1st, to stockholders of record on
September 14th. Twenty-fiv~ cents a share
will be paid.
The r~port of the Ray Consolidated Min­
ing company, of Ray, Arizona, for the sec­
ond quarter of 1912, shows a copper produc­
tion of 8,952,074 pounds, from 374,609 tons
of ore. The ore averaged 1.72 per cent of
copper. The recovery was 69.37 per cent
against 68.85 for the preceding quarter. The
cost per pound of copper was reduced from
10.19 cents to ·9.954 cents. The cost in
June was 8.95 cents.
L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, S E PTE M B E R 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
The American B03ton Mining compl!.'l'y.
Diorite, Michigan, will install in its power
plant a 500-kllowatt, 2300-volt Curtis turbo­
generator. The order for this unit has !leell
p'llced with the General Electric company,
·The International Smelting & Refining
company has spent about $6,01)11,1)00 in new
rjants and equipment, of which $4,000.ilOO
was expended on th~ Tooele plant, in Utah.
About $3,000.00(1 came from earnings.
The McKinley-Darragh-Savage mining
company of Cobalt, Ontario. recently
shipped thirty-eight tons of ore, valued at
$142,231. or a little better than $4,000 per
ton in silVer. which makes a new record for
the district. The previous recorn were
made by the Temiskaming Mining campany
with cars containing $144,000 and $127,000 In
silver, respectively, and the Casey Cobalt.
with one shipment, whiCh returned $132,000.
The Calumet & Arizona and the Copper
Queen Consolidated Mining companies of
Bisooe, Arizona, increased miners' wages
tw~nty-five cents a day, beginning Septem­
ber 1st. The operators decided to share
some of the profits of the lat~ copper mar­
ket with their employees. This wage seal..
is the same as that of Butte, Montana,
when considered on the day bas:s At
Butte, however, the miners must put in a
full eight-hour shift, while in Bisbee. they
are only required to work. ·on an average,
seven and one-half hours.
At the recent stockholders meeting of
the Black Jaek and Plutus i'vllning com­
panies, operating in th~ Tintic district,
Utah, the following officers were elected:
Plutus Mining company, Jesse Knight, presi­
dent; Jacob Evans, vice-president; David
Evans, dir~ctor and general manager; W.
Lester Mangum, secretary and treasurer;
J. William :Knight and George Havercamp,
additional directors. Black Jack Mining
company. Jesse Knight, president; H. G.
McMillan, vice-president; W. Lester Man­
gum, secr~tary and treasurer; F. D. Kim­
ball and Mr. Mangum, addition directors.
Harry Gestry and Levi Syphus, of St.
Thomas, Nevada, recently made a most im­
portant strike in the old Savanic mine near
the Grand Gulch, just over the 'N~vada
line, In AriZona. According to reports they
put in one round of holes Is the old work­
IngB, and broke into a body of solid, high.
grade copper ore. The lucky owners of this
property, .at one time controlled by Col. H.
L. Pickett, of Salt Lake, but now of Tomb­
stone, Arizona, took out about $4,000 in ore
in about three weeks. They will continue
work, and expect to begin ore shipments
at an early date.
At the last meeting of ·the stockholders
of the Stewart Mining company, operating
near Wardner, Idaho, the following men
were elected directors to replace the old
board: Edward J, Hickey, president of the
State Savings Bank of Butte; W. E. Cullen:
Of Spokane; W. O. Allison, president of the
National Reserve Bank of New York; Wil­
liam A. Beaudry, superintendent of the min~;
and Allen P. Bowie, assistant cashier of
the State Savings Bank of Butte. It is ex­
pected that Allison will become president
of the company and Cullen, secretary. The
finanCial state'Il1ent -shoWS $270,000 on hand.
There are 1,238,262 shares of a par value
of $1 each, and the mines and mining prop­
erty are carried at a valuation of $1,378,363.
The net profit for the year ending June
30, was $276,181. F. Augustus Heinze still
retains the control.
Gr~en River Dispatch: Colonel C. E.
Loose of Provo was an arrival Sunday even­
ing, accompanied by his ,son-In-law, Preston
Peterson. They visited the Wimmers and
drove out to the coal mines that they are
preparing to open up and which are com·
manly known as the old Farrer mines. They
already have two men at work and by the
time snow fiies w!1l prObably be getting out
fuel of very fine quality. A pipe line two
miles in length is being construct~d to
supply water for camp use at the Collins
oil well. Contractor H. H. McFann and
his crew have everything In readiness to
begin drilling as '300n as th~ piping ar­
rives to complete the water supply sys­
tem. This well, being soclos~ to this
city, will soon be a pOint of interest to
Sunday visitors, who will go out there in
great numbers.
o
AMERICAN GEM OUTPUT.
American mines in 1911 yielded $2,700
worth of diamonds, $9,500 worth of emer­
alds, $215,313 worth of sapphires, and $44,­
751 worth of turqUOise, according to figures
just compiled by the United States Geologi­
cal Survey. The total output of precIous
stones in the United States last y~ar was
valued at $343,692; the production in ·1910
;was valued at $295,380.
An important feature of the gem-mining
industry in the Unit~d States during 1911
was the result of prospecting at the Turner
emerald mine near Shelby, N. C. The qual·
ity of some of the gems and the value of
the gem material found in this deposit with
a small amount of d~velopment work are.
promising, for the output included gems val­
ued at $100 to $200 per carat and equal In
quality to the average rnn of the meraids
from South America During the last three
years this one locality in North Carolina has
yielded gems worth $10,500.
Much Interest has lat~ly ooen aroused in
the moss agates found in Montana, some of·
which are remarkable for their resemblance
to landscapes. By taking advantage .of the
arrangement of the dark seams and den­
dritic patches, patterns are obtained that
resemble· moss. sea growth, ferns, rushes,
trees, and landscapes with water and
Islands. The cut gems consist of stones
suitable for use lubrooches, stick pins.
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T HE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, S E PTE M B E R 1 5, 1 91 2. 33

watch fobs, belt buckles, and other orna­ stage of preparation to another; yet but to other houses to be compounded with puln'
ments. The gems cut from the Montana one teacupful of this harmless looking liquid and other substances into· divers kinds or
moss agate or mocha stone command good would be quite sufficient to destroy not powders and high explosives. By one prO:
prices, bringing anywhere from $1 to $200 only the factory but prety much everything cess it Is poured into a baSin filled witff
or $300 apieCe. Some Of the smaller stones else for a cons!derabledistance. There may pulp and by a hard rubber wheel is mlxeqi
suitable for stick pins, if the mossy or fern· be seen other work houses, separated by into a yellow porous substance. This Bub'·
like patterns are particularly delicate and uniform distan~es an.d connected. by nar­ stance is dynamite, ready to be loaded lnie!
beautiful. bring $25 each. row gauge tracks, wherein men work nitro· cllltridges, ThIs loading is accomplished ~
Most of Ameriacn diamonds come from glycerine and pulp cotton into dynamite machinery, the machine being ·fed great
Arkansas and California, although accounts and blasting gelatine. Under a nitrating basketfuls of the product at a time. A
have appeared in newspapers of the discov­ process the pulp becomes giant powder, Red dozen cartridges are thus made In a very
ery of theoo gems in Illinois and Texas_ The Cross, Hercules, Judson, ·carbonite, foreite, few seconds. The next step Is to pack the
most important find of the year in Arkan­ and other high explosives. For the perfec­ cartridges In cases to be removed to the
sas was an 8% carat white diamond-the tion of nitroglycerine the greatest .care must storage magazines. Giant gelatine Is ~
largest diamond so far found in the sta.te be exercised. During' the process of fusion substance almost thrice as powerful as dyna..
Another white diamond, of 322-64 carats, with nitric and SUlphuric acids in big Ca!' mite. It is made In the same way that
was also found. drons holding hundreds of gallons an ex·pert dynamite is made, although it Is handled
The largest emerald so far discovered in keeps sending a cooling stream through th~ in a separate house.
North Carolina. measured about 1 inch by coils in order to maintain the proper tern.
* of an inch by half an inch. It was about perature. It must also be kept constantly
half of a crystal split parallel with the agitated while it is undergoing this mixing
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MINING AROUND BEAVER.

length. This piece has been cut into about process. Should. the temperature rise or
twenty gems, the largest of which weighs should the liquid cease to stir, a most de-­ (Press, Beaver City, Utah.)
about 3 carats. This stone has been de· structive explosion might immediately ocelli'. It is stated that work on the Beaver
scribed as having an excellent deep-green For the most part, It is said, explosions In Butte,in Newton district, is being ste~dl!!
color and as being particulalry beautiful at mixing houses are due to overheating and pushed along at a satisfactory rate. and
night. It has almost no visible fla.ws, but insufficient stirring-though, it may be that a considerable quantity of $8 and $10
is slightly foggy In strong dayfight. added, few persons close enough to an ex­ rock Is being deevloped. The Butte is a
ConSiderable business in gems is done
plOSion to acquire information as to its close neig.hbor to the Beaver Bonanza. and
among tourists along the coast of Califor­
cause have ever lived to tell. It follows the Sheep Rock, which is now stacking ul!
nia and Oregon, the beach pebbles having
that even the most expert workers are In. a big shipment of $500 ore. No reports
peculiar textures" odd markings, and pleas·
no position to state with definiteness when have reached here this week of anythlnj
ing colors. Some of these stones have been
an explosion is about to occur. When it new at the Rob Roy, except that the velu
described in terms suggested by character­
has a.curred the survivors can only guess that was struck a few weeks ago Is keep.
istic features sueh as "enychthyol," "tlower.
at the cause. As a general thing accidents in ing right up to expectations, .and that •

~
stone," "wire agate," "fish egg," and "Jap­
dynamite and powder mills are exceedingly
anese stone. One company in Avalon, Cal., infrequent. Indeed, they are out of all pro·
has been engaged in cutting these stones portion to the risk. Many safety appliances
big shipment of high grade is being gol
ready for the Salt Lake market,
Repotrs eoming in from the King of th.
for several years. The stone is obtained are employed safety walls and embank­ Hills property in the Granite district a.r~

!
in all s'zea, from cobbles over 6 inches thick ments, hose houses, hasty exit doors; and to the effect that they have one of th,
to small pebbles, but good gem material is similar devices. The buildings are lighted biggest copper propositions in the country
not plentiful. Beach pebbles are collected electrically, There is no wIring at all In Recent operations there have developel! f
and cut for the tourist trade·along the coast the dangerous houses, which are lighted vein of high grade copper for a consider
of Oregon, as in southern California. The from the outside. Th~n. too, every article able distance with an average width 0:
tourists also collect these pebbles to carry used In and about the ma~hinery is made fourieen to eighteen feet, and an avetagi
off as souvenirs, ether polished or in the with peculiar care. Every person enter-. value of .more than 10 per cent copper, ant
rough. ing the grounds of a dynamite plant Is other values in gold and silver and somi
A copy of the surveys report on gems ., thoroughly searched-matches, ·knives, and streaks in the vein going as high as 2:
and precious stones, 1911, by Douglas B, all metalItc substances that could produce per cent copper. One of the most encour
Sterrett, may be obtained free on applica­ a spark being rigidly excluded. No danger aging things around the camp Is that out
tion to the director of the U. S. Geological whatever offers In the acid houses. Here side people have an envious eye on th.
the acids are. extracted from ores. In one property, and a number of overtures hav.
Survey, Washington, D. C.
house sulphuriC acid is mixed with .nltric, been made by different parties for a coli
- - - - - 0 ......- - ­
The ooids are then applied to glycerinll In trolling interest, but so far the ownem
DYNAMITE IN THE MAKING. the big vats In the mixing building already seem to be inclined to paddle their OWl
mentioned. In the mixing process the gly­ canoe.
(Internatio~al Investments.) cerine liberates the nitrogen from the acid, F. P. Kessler is in from the Old Cali!

To the casual visitor to a dynamite fac­ the sulphuric element taking up the water property, where he a.nd Will Hardy have I

tory there is little indication that tremen­ set free in the operation. The mixture, lease. He states that their tlrst car of or.

dous explosives are in ·course of manufac­ watched with the utmost care and care­ was shipped to the Salt Lake market oi

ture, for the general appearance of the place fully tested with the thermometer from time Monday and that they have plenty of shll

is peaceful enough. One sees in the mix· to time, In <the ·meantlme becomes nitro­ pi{lg ore in sight. The work is now bel,

ing building nitroglycerine being mixed in glycerine and is piped of Into another stage directed to the driving of a drift for a dij

thousands .of gallons and running down of perfection, being washed In warm water tance of sixty feet, for the purpose ~f gej

leaden gutters into great tanks. This pro­ and soda to free· it of any acid that might tlng under the ore so that it can be taki

duct Is driven by means of cold air through induce decomposition and explosion in late! out more advantageously. Mr. Kessler cau

a series of lead coils, is piped ~ff, drawn stages. The nitroglycerine is now drawn In not ·tell <the extent of the ore chute, b

off, poured off, and agitated tbrough one vessels and conveyed with the utmost carl' there Is sufficient high grade shipping ot

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 THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, S E PTE M BE R 15, 1912.

Room with Bath, $1.50 and $2.00

Per Day

The

Albany Hotel

This is something new for a Den­ I

!
The New Sparta Drilling Machines ver Hotel. Larger rooms with bath
Have recently won several competelive $2.50 and $3.00 per day. Try one
tests in drilling for mineral and water.
They are guaranteed to operate as suc~
of these moderate priced rooms with
cessfully by distillate as by steam. bath, and you will be pleased. New
These machines are built in either trac­
tions or portables with capacities up to Fire Proof Annex, _every room with
2500 feet. bath, completed July 1st, 1912.

Salt Lake Brancb 926, Kearns Building

J. c. ROBERTS, Manager
sigb t 10 keep the lcasers bll!:5Y ali ;c)unl'
cr.
So IlH:' dctire Ol)erations are to llf' (-om·
t:'1l{'('L! <\L tIle' Oak Lea[ propf,-'!'ty in a few
ty!-.!. Preparations are heing TuaU!:. to i11­
rtU a stealll hobt at 1he V1"0I.lenly 0arly
',xt month. The maellillE'ry Ins heen pllr·
lased and is no"v ilJ trallsit and will ue
rought l1V from .\fiHorti as soon as it arc
yes. A ll<lrty ('onsi;;ting of L B. Bolli'
C. .\[cGany and W. :\f. Chris,ian went
nt On Tl1(>sday tn lnsJw('! rhe- property.
nd llwy n'port a tille IJoell' or ore has been
lwn"rl up ~ll(1 will I,., hrought to tl1f: S\Ii'.
aCe (fOl' J:;hlpmf>lJl as soon as the new
fJuilJll1t'nt b jJia("vd in l:Olllntission, 'The
),ik Lear hab bf'cn rillE' to go into fIle sbilJ­
jag class [or sonw timE', but a lack of
'orking capital stood ill tlte way. This
ondiiion has lwen removed and regnlar
hipments will probahly follow.
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RECENT MINING DECISIONS,
(l'l'eptll'pd lor The }\'1illillg Reyiew.)
Lessee of Mine.-A h':"ee in possession
f a milling l'Iail1l in Alask,l lInee1' an agree,
(e;'lt to work the !;am" con LllI;ously, and
ay over 10 the le,,,or a p~rcentage oI the
ainerals extracted, is a purchaser for a
ahwble (;onsiderathn, \YitJlii1 ltle meaning
f the act of June, '"H)i) 131 g,~t. at L. 321,
03, chap. 786), title 3, Section 98, provid.
19 that every unrecorded conveyance of
eal property shall be void again'St any sub·
-
sequent innocent purchaser, in good faith
and for a valuable conSideration, of the
same real property or any portion thereof,
whoEe conveyance 6hall hI" first duly re­
corded. Frank H. Waskey v. J. J. Cham­
bers. Supreme Court of the United States,
32 SUIl. Ct. Rep. 597.
Development Work.-Where an original
locator of a mining cJ.aim on unoccupied
pl1blic mineral lanc13 did some work in ex­
cavating a discovery cut, and then relocat­
ed the claim and further exc·3,varcd the dis­
covery cut and completed it so as to make
it of the necessary dimensions, ~nd thereby
completed the location of the gmund, he ac­
quired title, in the ahsence or. ?ny showing
that the rights of another to the ground at­
tached in the interim by virtue of a location
hy him.-Eureka Exploration Co. v. Tom
Moore Min. & Mill. Co., Supreme Court of
Cclorado, 123 Pacillc 655.
Locatlon.-The rule that a locator of a
mining claim on unoccupied public mineral
lands cannot, by relocation, extend the time
within which the necessary steps must be
taken to complete a location, applies only
where right. of third persons intervene be·
tween >the original location and the reloca·
tion, and the time wiJthin which the steps
required to constitute a valid location is
completed Is dmma>terial where they are aU
completed before the rights of .third persons
intervene.-Eureka Exploration CO. V. Tom
Moore Min. & Mill. Co., Suprenii! Court of
Colorado, 123 Pacific 655,
Location by Asaociatea.-A location by
an association of persons is but a single lo­
cation and not se!parate locations of each,
and will be treated as an entirErty under one
locati<>n for >all purposes of marking boun·
daries, doing assessment work. expenditure
for patent. and discovery of mineral, and a
.single dt3covery Is all that is required to
support it, and the :wsociates may maintain
such condition of entirErty, though they con·
vey.ed a specifiC part in consideration of the
undertaking by the grantee to do discovery
work for the henefit of the associates.­
Merced Oil Mining Co. v. Patterson, Su­
preme Court of California, 122 Pacific 950.
Lien on Mine.-A contract for the sale of
mining claims, which provides 'that the
purchaser shall keep posted on the prem­
ises notices signed by the vendor to the
effect that he will not be liahle for labor
and materials or machinery furnished for
the premises, makes the purchaser the
agent of the vendor in keeping such a no­
tice posted, and the vendor may not as
against laborers or materialmen avail him­
self of the failure or the purchaser so to
do, but the laborers or materialmen may
enforce their liens as authorized by the me·
chanlcs' lien act of 1899 (Laws 1899. p
261). Pike v Empfield, Court of Appeals of
Colorado, 120 Pacific 1054.
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THE STOCK EXCHANGE. Angust 29.

Silver, 62% cent~; lead. $4.50; copper
Quotations on the local board Tuesday cathode, 17.40 cents.
mornIng, September 10:
Listed Stoek...
,,,i.gust 30.
Silver, 62% cents; lead, $4.50; copper There are no dark days
cathode. 17.40 cents.
1 Bid.r Asked.
Beck Tunnel .............. 1$ .09'h $ .10

Eingham Amalgamated ... , .06 .07

Silver, 62%
Au&,u8t 31.
lead, $4.50; copper
for those who use the
B·a.ck Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.12 .15
cathode. 17.40
Camp Bi~d •.... . ........ 1.. " " . . .10

Cedar-Talisman . .........
Carisa . ...........................
Central Mammoth ........
CeI'tury . .................
. DO%,

'1'"''''''
.04
.01 %

.10

.10

.07

Holiday.
Septenl.ber 2.

September 3..
No. 3A SPECIAL
Silver t 62 %, cents; lead, $4.50; copper
Colorado Mining .......... .17 'h 1 .19

·····1 cathode, 17.40 cents.

KO DAK

Colorado Consolidated .15 1 .30

September ...
Consolidated Mereur ..... • .02 .•......
Crown Point •........ · .... 1 .02 'h .03 Silver, 62 %, lead, $4.71. copper
Dal y . .
Daly-Judge ···················1
• .............. 1. 00 1 6.20
5.80 2.00

cathode. 17.51
September 5.
Dragon. .........•........ ........ .35

East Prince ............... 1 .01'h .02

SilverI 62 *- cents; lead. $4.71.
cathode, 17.51 1A cents.
copper
East Crown Point ........ i. .. .. .. . .00 I!!

East Tintic Consolidated .. 1........ 1 .OO';!;

September 6.
East Tintlc Development.. .OO';!; .01
Silver. 62%. cents; lead, $4.71. copper
Gold Chain •............. :. .35 .38
cathode, 17.51\4 cents,
Grand Central ............ .61 .70
September '1.
Indian Queen ............. .01 .01 'h

Iron Blossom . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.20 1.22'h

Silver, 62% cents; lead, $4.71; copper
Iron K!ng ................ .02 .04
cathode, 17.iil1A cents.
Joe Bowers ............... 1 .00'h ...•....
September 8.
King WlIliam •............ \ .03 .03'h
Sliver, 62'h lead, $4.85; copper
Lead King ............... .02
cathode, 17.41 'h
Leh! Tint!c .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .00 'A 1 .00'h

Lion Hill ................. 1 .04 V.. 1 .05

September 9.
Little Bell ........................ 1 .37
Silver, 62'h rents; lead, $4.85; copper
Lower Mammoth ......... 1
Mammoth . .•..............
Masonic Mountain ................
.06'h
.75
I'.......

.06%,

.25

cathod·e, 17.4l'h cents.

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NEW YORK LISTED STOOKS.
Mason Valley • •..... . .. '112.00 13 .IH)

May Day........... ......

Mineral Flat .....•..•....
.14'h1
j
.01
.15'h

.02
==:::--__ e"'s."I".-i.;H. i L. IClose

--cI"S,'-a"l..
Chino Copper ....... 1 4,2QOI 43 %! 42'h 1-42'h

Mountain Lake ............ .04 .05

Goldfield Con. . ... _ .1 2.0QOI 3'h 3% 3%

Mountain Lake Extension '1' . . . . . . . .03

Nevada Con ........ 1 1,000\ 22'h 22% 22'4

Nevada Hills ..................... 2.10

Ray Consolidated ... ,. 7,300122 ,21 %, :i1 %

~~r;; ~g~~er"::::::::::::::1 :~~'4 :~~%. Tennessee Copper ..

Miami Copper ......
1,400 44%./. 44
1,200 29". 29'4 29 '4

44

Opohongo . . .............. 1 .12 .13

Pioche Demijohn .......... .09 .09%

Inspiration Con. . . " ....... 18% 18% 1814

Utah 'Copper ....... 2,600 6.% 65% 65%

Pioche Metals ............. .02 .03

Pittsburgh-Idaho .................. 1.10

NEW YORK CURB RANGE.
Plutus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I........ .08'4

Prince Consolidated ....... 1 1.70 I 1.12'h

Rexall . . .............•.... 1........ .02 'h

I Sales I H 1 L IClose
The high power of its Zeiss­
Seven Troughs ............
Silver King Coalition ...•.
Silver King Conso:ldated.
!.. ......
.02
.65
.03

3.00
1. 00
First Nat'l Copper •. )....... 1 2%
Giroux Con. ........
Nevada Utah .............. / 5c
3001 51!!
2
5'h
2c
2
5'h
5e
Kodak Anastigmat lens (f.6.3)
Silver Shield .... " ..... " . . 01 ~ .03 Ray Central ...............
Yukon Gold ...............
3
2 3 in .connection with the flexi­
Sioux Consolidated ........ 1 .04'h .05". 3%. 3'h 3'h
South Iron Blossom .. " ... 1 .00'''- .00'h Ohio Copp~r •.............. 1 85e 75c 75c bility of Speed control in the
Swansea Consolidated ..... 1 .06'h1 .07 New Keystone ...... 100 2 2 2
Tintic Central ············1 .01 1 • 01 ~ South Utah ........ . ....... 1 % 'h % Compound shutter make snap­
U. Tintic .................
Uncle Sam ................ 1.14
.01'4 .Ol%.
.1f.
Mason Valley ......
Eraden Copper ..... 1
100 12 'h 12 'h 12%
900 1% 7 7
shots possible on days where a
Utah Consolidated .•..•....
Union Chief ...............
! .02
.12
.02 'h
.14

Ely Consol!dated ... 1 1.800 30c

La Rose ............ j 100 2%.
30c
2%.
30e
2%.
time exposure would 00 neces­
VIctor Consolidated ....... .04 .04 'h
Be:mont ...................
10 9%. 10 sary with an ordinary camera.
Victoria Consolidated ..... 1 .60 .64
TonO'pah ................... 7% 7 7
Wilbert. ................... .18 .21
Alaska ........•.... 6,000 9 8% 8%
Yankee Consolidated ...... 1 .Iv 1 .15%
The 3A Special makes pictUres of
Yerington Copper •........ 1 .06'h1 .10
NEW YORK METAL MARKET.
Post Card size, 3l4,x5¥., inches using
Unlisted Stock... New York, Sept. 10.-Copper, firm; stand·­ Kodak Film Cartridges. It has a rack
I Bid. I Asked.
ard, spot, $17.25@17.75; September, U7.2S@
AIt"····Consoli-dated ........ '1$~-48- $--: 50
17.37'h; October. $l7.25@17.40; November, and pinion for focusing, riSing and
South Hecla ............... .12 .16
'$17/.25@.1'1.50; electrolytic, $17 .75@17.87'h; ·glidlng front, brHliant reversible
Thompson-Quincy . ....... .36 .38
casting, $17 .12'h@17 . 25. Exports of copper
New Yerington ............ 1 .n'h .13
thIs month, 6,118 tons. London copper, finder, spirit level, two tripod .sockets
Rico-Wellington ..........
Cardiff . •..........•...... ........
! .35 .43

.38

steady; spot, £78 lOs; futures. £79 5s.

Pioche King ........ .'.....
ber, $48.10@48.20.
Sales.
May Day, 1,000 at 15c.
Prince Consolidated, 100 at $1.70.
Tlntic Central, 1,000 at l'hc; 1,000 at PAc.
Shares sold, 3,100.
Selling value, $347.50.
Open Boord.
Lower Mammoth, 2,000 at 6'hc.
Silver King Coalition, 100 at $2.85.
Tintic Central, 300 at 1 'h c,
Shares sold, 2,400.
Seiling value, $419.50.
Tin. firm; spot, $48.12'h.@48.25; Septem­
and focusing scale. The be~lows is of
soft blapk leather, and the camera is
.05'A
October, $48.00@48.20.
Local exchange sales of tin, 100 tons. Lon­ covered with the finest Persian Mo­
don tin, dull; spot, £220; futures, £217 5s. rocco. A simple, serviceable instru'
Lead, strong, $5.00@5.20. London lead, ment, .built with the accuracy of a
£23.
Spelter. firm, $7 .25@7.50. London spelt­ watch and tested with painstaking'
er. £26 15s. care.
Antimony, quiet; Cooksons, $8 .45.
Iron-Strong and unchanged. Cleveland
warrantst 65s 7Y.zd in Lohdon
--------0---­
So far as known to the United States
Geological' Survey, the only bismuth bear­
Price $65.00

---0---­ ing ore produced in this country during Kodak Catalogue free lit tlte dealers Qr
LOCAL METAL M."-RKET. 1911 was in La Plata county, Colorado, by mail.
Au&,ullt 26.
Which carried 6 to 8 per cent of bismuth.
Silver, 62 cents; This ore, however, was sold for its gold and

Eastman Kodak Co.

lead, $4.50; copper

cathode, 17.40 cents. silver content. Another lot of stH! richer
."-U&,Ullt 2'/'.
ore was mined frO'IIl a claim about 35 miles
Silver. 61% cents; lead, $4.50; copper
cathode. 17.40 cents. southwest of Tularosa, New Mexico. The
AU&'WIt 28. ROCHESTER, N. Y..., The Kodak Clt~.
imports in 1911 amounted to 172,093 pounds,
Silver,61 % cents; lead, $4. 50; copper
cathode, 17.40 cents. valu-ed at $311,771.
 THE SAL T LA K EM' N , N G REV lEW, S E PTE M B E R 1 5, 1 9 1 2.

RAILROAD TIME TABLES DENVER & RIO GRANDE TIME TABLE.

OIUcGON SHOR'r I,INE THUll C \-RD.

TIME CARD. Will you he with us
(Etrect1ve May 19, 1912.) 10 the new huilding
EFleI.;CTIVE JUNE IG, 1912.
)'.'lHITt. Dnily.
:1.' A.:\L .. Ogden. M(\Jad. Den­
Arrlv~* Depart Dally.
as depositor or ten­
ver. Omaha, I{ans~1s Provo, Manti, Marysvale ......... S:OO A.M.

City, Chicago, San Midvale and Bingham , ..•......• 7 :45 A.M.

ant, or both?
I;"'rnncisco. Ely nnd Denver, Chicago and East ........ 8:35 A.M.

intermediate points Park City ....•.......... ,........ 8 :20 A.M.

Ogden and Intermediate Points ... 10:35 A.M.

beyond Ogden. (Og~

den a.nd intermediate
Ogden, San Francisco. Portland .. 12:40 P.M.
Our new hanking
Ogden, San Francisco, Portland .. 2:45 P.M.

lloints only arriving) .. 8:15 A.M.

,',':'1' .. Ogden, I...ogan, Poca­
Midvale and Bingham ....... , .... 2:45 P.M.
rooms, into which we
Denver, Chicago and East ... ,.". 5:20 P.M.

tello. D0ise, Marys­

vilh:. Intermediate-­
Provo, Springville, Tin tic ........ 4 :50 P.M.

Denver, Chicago and East •....... 7:00 P.M.

will move this fall, ~,

Montpelier. Going .. 10:IQ P.M. II
",:'>r... Ogden and Intermo­
diat(> Iloints .. ,
..\.:\1.. ,()v€ l 'l<lntl LimHed~
G:ri:J P.M.
Ogden, Portland and Seattle ...... 11:10 P.M.

Arrive Dat:y,

Ogden, San Francisco, Los Angeles 8:15 P.M.

will he among the

finest in the west.
~i
~,
l
Omoh'-l, Chicago, Tin tic, Springville, Provo ....•... J 0:20 A.M.
~!
Denver. St. Louis 3:20 P.M. Bingham and Midvale ., . . . . . . . . . 10:30 A.M.
~!
.A.:\1 .. ,Los Angelos IJimited Denver, Chicago and East ........ 12:25 P.M.
~l
.·--Omnlll.1,
Denver, SL Loui3
Chicago,
4:4::; P.M.
Ogden and Intermediate Points ... 2:10 P.M.

Denver, Chicago and East « •• 2 :35 P.M.

,.".
WALKER ~!
III
r.:\I. .Over:and Limited-- Ogden, San Francisco and West .. 4~55 P.M.
Ogden, Reno, S"'lCl'fl­
mento, San Frflnclsco .. 2:05 P.M.
Park City and Intermediate Points 5:00 P.M.
Bingham and Mldvale ............ 5:30 P.M.
BROTHERS
; '-, 1'.1I.. , Ogden, TIoise, Port­ Provo, Manti, Marysvale ......... 6:30 P.M.
land. Butte '" ...... 4:;;0 P.M. Ogden, San Francisco, Portland .. 6 :50 P.M. BANKERS
:1 P.1\L .. Ogden, Sun Francisco.
11.:U... Oguel;,
Cache Valley, Mahul
Brjghanl,
6:55 P.M. Denver, Chicagq and East ........ 10:55 P.M.

___
Phone, Wasatcb, 2526.
..
~."I< t offlc." 301 Main S_t_r_e_e_t._ __
~
a,,!l Intermediate .... 11 :35 A.M. You can become a depositor through our
1",:\[. Ogden, Denver. Oma~ banking by mail department, no matter
J"l, Chicago, Park

BIN6HAM «6ARFIELD

City. Green RivQr where you live. Write for booklet.

and West, only. re­
turning) . . . ""." .12:40 P.M.
Cd) P.)L .. :\,1 (.It01' F'lyer~Ogdell
and Intermediate .... 9:35 A.l\f.
j :', P.).f.., Yellowstone Special
-Ogden, Pocatello.
Idaho Ii'aIls a:ld Yel­
lowstone Park (Chi­
cago and East and
RAILWAY COMPANY

San Francisco and

West. a'so arriving) .. 7 :40 A.M. The Scenic Line to the Great Copper

~~) ·P.'M... Ogden, Boise, Port~

land Butte ..... , ... , .10:30 A.M. Mining Camp of BINGHAM

t Y 'l'it·k... t OA'lcf', Hotel Utnl,. fl'el. Ex. lS~

. 'Ii I',,;nno, LOS AN{H.;I,ES .~ S.U,T LAKE

R.\ILROAD CO:lIPA'iY. TWO TR,AI N S DAt LV
VIA
(Et'I'ective June 16, J91~.l

1. Ilion Stntion, SuJt Luke City. UtnJI.

THE 6ARFIELD SMELTER SMITH & ADAMS
MANUFACTURERS OF TENTS AND AWNINGS
AND Filter Cloths, Ore Bags, Camping Outfit., Anything
Made of Canv:u. Get our pri<.;et. Send for Cat:t!ogue
DEPART.
i--Los Angeles Limited.,
Los Angeles
to
5:00 P.M.
MILLS OF IlTA~ COPPER CO. 225·227 Edison Street, Salt Lake City, Utah

l--Tlie Oyor and, to Los An­ debris which has accumulated ar.ound the
geles ·· .................. 11 :50 P.M. .old W.o.odside shaft.
. ;:; l--:\Iiner's Loc-nl, 10 Tooele and
EUl'!'ka . . . . '" 7 :30 A.M. Excursions between
In early days,when the la·te William
:,;:~Gartiehl Local, to Garfield
and SmE'Iter ,... ():50 A.M.
Salt Lake Citp and Bingham
T. Gibbs was superintendent .of the W.o.od·
: -, - ~Tooeie SfjP{'ial, to Garfleld
nnd Smelter, illld Tooele,. 2:40 P.M.
Everp Sundap
side mine, the 'Shaft was 3unk toO a depth
; -Garfield Owl, to Garfiehl and .of 240 feet and s.ome very go.od .ore was
Smeltel' '"
\;l-··-Lynndyi Spt;(,jal, to Lehi,
..... 11 :00 P:M. $1.00 Round Trip enc.ountered but .owing t.o litigation which
Amerkan Pork, Provo, f.ollowed, the mine was cl.osed down.
Payson. "epili, Lynndyl.. 4:50 P.M.
i;:~~~ \Y;\llcy)C:t.iI, to 1'1'0\'0, Ne- The shaft at the Eureka mine is d.own
phi, San Pete Valley and
:'>[('n'll!' . . 8:00 A.M. For further Information aoply to anI) "Sail Lake .over 200 reet. Four years ago this mine
ARRIVE.
Route" or Bingham & Garfield Rat/wop Agent was unwatered down toO the 170-f.o.ot leveL
S-Los Ang'eles Lhnited. from
-or-­ At this point a highly mineralized ledge 23
~'-Tt~~~;~1t~n~l. 'fr'o'~l' i;o's' 'An: 11 :40 A.M. H. B, TOOKER, Oen" Pass. Agent feet in width between the 170 and 130 fo.ot
., gales . . . . . . . . , '" ....... 6:30 A.M. 617 MCCornlck 8uildlng SALT LAKE! CITY levels there are thousands .of t.ons .of .ore
.I::-:\fincr's Locill, fronl Eureka,
s:rver City. Stoc·kton. ready to be h.oisted t.o the surface.
t;t'~Ga'I~~'~j-~e i-,'o~[~l:' from
G";l'r"- 4:50 P.M. BURCH BUYS OLD EUREKA.
-·_·--0·--­
field.
Smelter ............ 8 :50A.M. FREE.
"G~G"rfield Local, from Smelt­
er. Garfield .. , .......... 6 :00 P.M. (Gazette, Ge.orgto wn, Calif.) Sp.orting goods catal.ogue. Address W'·~1
:is-Garfield Owl, from Garfield.
Smelter, Riter "'""'" .12:55 A,11:. A Burch of Berkeley, was herethb week ern Arms & Sporting G.o.ods Co., Salt L:>kP
6~--1.(Fnndyl Special. fro]'n
Lynndyl, Nephi, Provo Clnd l.o.oking after his mining Interests. It is City, Utah.
IntermC'dlate points ." ... 10:05 A.M.
L -.l--.Valley Mail, from Nephi,
reported that Mr. Burch has b.onded the ------0------­
PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS.
Provo, Mercur ....... 6:05 P.M, fam.ous .old Eureka and W.o.odside mines in
BlnghnlU &:: Gnrfte1.1 R. R,. Co~ this place, and that these mines will be
DEPART. The Salt Lake Ph.oto Supply c.ompany.
unwatered and th.oroughly proospected. 159 Main, headquarters f.or K.odaks, Cam­
1 r,g..-Sitlt I~"ke, to Bingham .. 7 :45 A.M.
l11-,Salt Litke, to Bingham .. 3:15 P.M. The h.oisting machinery at the Eureka eras, Supplies and K.odak Finishing. Mall
ARRIVE. shaft has been .overhauled. and ye3terday us your orders. Coome and see our new
1l0-,Bingham to Salt Lake .... 10:40 A.M. a man was put toO w.ork clearing away the
112-Bingham to Salt Lake ..•. 6:10 P.M. store.