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•VOL. 14. No. 17. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. DECEMBER 15. 1912.
SAVING FINE GOLD IN PLACER MINING
In mlnlllg placer gravels, the record of
operations shows great losses, especIally in
connection with the smaIler propositions, on
which the success of individual operators
depends Take, for instance, mining in a
I new camp, such as the Klondike field of
! Yukon Territory was some fifteen years ago.
, ' Disregarding the crude rocker stage of min­
ing, and conl$idering that method where the
! gold is saved by washing in the ordinary
Inman Separator on the Green River.
sluice, it is a well knoWIi fact that the
losses of gold were heavy, so heavy that
on many of the old tailings dumps, gold
enough can be recovered by a man with a
rocker, to pay his wages. This gold has
gone through the sluices without being
caught 'by rlffle-s or mercury.
The same thing has ,beep true or many
hydraulic propositions, as welt The trouble
has ,b~ll that.the large
req~~, to'~~a~~} ~CI
By L. O. HOWARD, M. E.
carried the flne gold a way on its turbulent
flood.
In dredgin'g, elaborate means are em­
ployed to assure the recovery of the fine
gold, by the use of patent riffles, ~coa mat­
ting, and a superabundance of quicksilver.
These refinements are required largely for
two reasons,-first, that, as -before stated,
the amount of water is not right for proper
saving of fine gold and, secondly, much
Testing Oregon Beach Sa'nds
rusty and coated gold eludes the quicksilver,
because It has not wen subjected to enoug'h
abrasion to remove the coating.
Operators have looked for some method
to more effectually prepare- the gold for
amalgamatlon_ The familiar undercurrent
has been used to sidetrack the coarse ma­
terial, and treat the fines, with all the water,
SINGLE COPY, 15 CENTS
moving current and come- jn contact wIth
the quicksilver. D,evices of this 1$0rt have
increased the recovery but the miner haa
had but two alternatives, either to pass over
the tables or through the ,boxes, the large
amount of water, used a,s a conveyor for the
coarse material, or to send this excess water
along with the coarse rock and let it carry
away considerable amounts of sllme-en­
tangled gold with it.
It has remained to get a. s.at!s(a,etory
means of rejecting the excesS water and
secure m.ore favorable amalgamating condi­
tions without a.llowing the gold to be {I&F~
ried off also. Where thIs ~n be
plished not op.Iy are
made, . '
 T r1 Ie SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, 0 E C E M BE R 15, 1912.

fig metal sluices !t lhl

aount of water

J! of the same;
JH'
MINING CONGRESS MEETING
By lOS. F. MERRILL, Ph. D.
aterial for anla:gam:1' '; I,

msity of the 1'1l: i'

liform consjstl'lJr',\', The fifteenth annual convention of the annoyed and hindered the opening anll de·
arid conntrH's. American Mining congress was held in velopment of mines.
e clear water Spokane, Washington, November 25th-30th, The topie of how to prevent the promo­
.5t of install a : 1912. There were about five hundred dele­ tion of wild-eat mining schemes was very
nds of place" gates present and nearly all the states out­ warmly debated. Just how this could be
COllcentra! iOH "!I': side of New England, besides some foreign d(?ne without hurting the promotion of legiti­
lim;;; appi),n' ' ' I conn tries, were represented. Utah was rep­ mate mining ventures was the snag that got
ertion or [be ,resented by five delegates and the states of the convention into a tangle.
Jich the COW",, "
..,'
,
the northwest, especially Idaho and Wash­ The principle of a workman'S compensa­
Assoda~J'rl ington, as well as Alaska, were strongly tion act was approved ·by the convention.
atlc Gold :"'!'" represented. Many resolutions were passed. Among
.ny are (it'01 The convention was characterized by an them w'ls one calling upon President-elect
Applega:,' absence of previously prepared papers, as Wilson to name a man from one of the public
Dyers. well as by an a,bsence of prominent publlc land states as secretary of the interior; an­
.It Lake, officials. Indeed, this last fact was the other calling for a carefUl investigation of
II € s tabll,h cause, in put, of the former. The names o( Alaskan conditions with a view to the in­
eke, and '\, Senators smoot, Newlands, Borah anll Poin­ auguration of a federal pollcy that shaH aid
€ r ation ! dexter, and Governors Spry, Hay and Sha[­ rather >than -retard development in Alaska;
roth, were aIJ on the official provisional pro­ others calling for a revision of mineral lam}
love W~lS gram, but none of these gentlemen wel-e laws, protesting against the removal of the
the COHjp'~J;' , "i! \ ' " ~ !', present. Lieut. Governor Allen of Montana duty on zinc and lead ores, asking increased
ateIllel:: , and Congressman-elect DeCKer of Missouri, appropriations to the National Bureau of
g of tt", were the most prominent public men pre3­ Mines for metallurgical investigations, fed­
scev'ihl., ent. eral aid for state mining schools, the con­
illation The congress laeked a quorum of old traction of forest reserves, etC.
COn.til1 t1 directors but when, on the third day, the The zinc -and lead Interests organized
attered new directors were elected, this deficienc}' at a special meeting, electing a central com­
laitt'd \' was made up. Five directors were chosen, mittee and naming state representatives.
Ollcrti",; four for three years, and the fifth for one The purpose of the organization is to pre­
y€ a r. Of the five, four were new men, only vent, if possible, the removal of the duties '
work >one, Mr. D. W. Brunton, of Denver, having on zinc and lead ores at the next special
s rna/k, been an officer before. The four new direct­ session of COll'gTess. Mr_ Ernest Bamberger
tions. ors are: Senator W. G Conrad, of Mon­ was named the Utah nrember of the central
tana; Geo. H. Dern, of Utah; Harry L. Day, committee.
of Idaho, all three-year men, and W. B. The local entertainment committee, nf
ie DIVIDENDS.
Spokane, deserve a great deal of credit for
Shackelford, of Missouri, the one-year
director, the royal way in which the delegates were
Too 131 entertained. Perhaps the most unique fea­
After the election, the directors met and
'ud paYte;, ture of the entertainment was the "Spokane
organized, choosing Mr. D. W. Brunton p.re!!i­
ntie dis' Digglns"-the reproduction of an early day
dent and re-electing the energetic and ever
'HOS:
enthusiastic J. F_ Callbreath as secretary. mining camp with a realism so true that it
Notwithstanding the absence of set was alrrwst shocking to the culture of the
speeches and prominent men the conven­ modern west.
tion was said to be one of the most inter­ It was a great convention-great in the
esting, enthusiastic and profitable that has interest and enthusiasm aroused. The future
,\!lldTJ:.!' UJlllP:lli~' 'wiH alone can tell how much good it accom­
been held in the hist;o.ry of the congress_
(, ()f Hvp (:(\llts a plished.
::Vlluch was said about Alaska and the north­
tn ;.;t(wldioldf·r;~ .'}j'
o
west. The federal governnrent policy In
Alaska was severely criticised and vigor­ Plans for the expenditure of a large sum
(';-(1111 ('11[1.111 \\ itl 1)"
ously condemned ·by a number of forcefUl of money in development, are reported to
('DJl:S n ,",L a n-'
'.lpeake.rs. "Take the blanket off from have followed the incorporation of the Lead:
1() 1 ITf'i))-d .):t
Alaska," was the demand of a number of ville Mining company, having property In
speakers_ This demand was reinforced by the. Leadville district of British Columbia.
t{J dftt(~ ,ror tlJ0S:f~ thr(\{l ('Orn.
the vociferous applause of the house. The articles filed with the county recorder,
};{-(':1 ~i\'''ll 3S $2r;;,,(lqO for tl-;i;
Chief Forester Greaves sent a paper, bear the names of A. C. Edwards, W;lH.
which was read, defending the forestry pol­ Taylor and Albert Allen, all of
:,n' the Uolil Chain
Icy of the federal government so far as it Washington, and state that the
-----.--0---­ affects mlning_ But the sentiment of the tion of the eompany Is $1,500,000­
The R(llllhow Inine of tIle C. S" S. R, house seemed ·tobe strongly in opposition in the assets is a ·body .regarded
.:vI. comlJany near )Jalhenr, Ore::;on, has to the views expressed in the paper. It was mother lode of the dl strict. It
~r"ased its working force from seven'y­ boldly asserted that the chief forester "did opened at several points on
'e to one hundred and fifty men. Power not know what he was talking about." Many where it is learned tha.t ore
furnished from Snake river, thirty miles instances were recited that tended to show content in lead and
3tant. the forestry poliCy of the. govenpnent had posed.
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THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, DEC E M B E R 1 5, 1 9 12. 1.

Compare the size of the largest Vezin cnt·
ter in the now idle mill at the Tintic smel·
tery. The crusher is larger, to pass three
or three and one-half inCh material; but the
spout to the first cutter is twelve inches
wide, the top of the cutter has a radius of
thirty-three inches, the cutting edges are
twenty inches apart at the circumfe.rence
and six inches apart near the center, with
OXIDE SAMPLING MILL, UNITED STATES SMELTING CO., MIDVALE, UTAH.
cutting samples by hand so that one-haH
shall be sample and one-half discard, each
time the material is poured over the alter­
nately sloping and contiguous little troughs.
It is a proven device of unswerving precis·
ion. The troughs are all of the same widtll
but one would not think of having a larger
partlc:e-opening ratio than some one~ighth.
If the slots are one inch wide the material
The cutters of either rotating or ,osclJlat­
ing type (the Vezin and Snyder rotate, the
Brunton OSCillates), ,seldQm make less thali
thirty-five passes a minute. If it require!il
fortY·five minutes for a fifty.ton lot to q
through the mill the slowest moving cutt~
has separated 1,555 sample portions from
the original lot; the second cutter has taken
at least as many portions from the first
portion; the third cutter has taken even
more from the second sample; the fourtb

cutter, which likely makes fifty·two passef

On Denver & Rio Grande and Oregon Short Line railways.
per minute. has taken 2,34(} samples from
Main building, 30x31 ft., framed 12x12 in. to 4th floor, above that 8x8 in.
the third cut and reduced our sample tt
Elevator Pit 12 ft. below 1st floor; 1·2nd fioor, 9'h ft.; 2-3rd floor, 9 ft; 3-4th floor,
less than 100 pounds. Experience fully dem
11 ft.; 4-sill No. 2 elevator, 11 ft.; 4·sill No.1 elevator, 21 ft.
onstrates that material of any customar}
Motor driven; Gen. Elec. ind.; volts, 440; amp., 65; cyc., 60; H. P., 50; 15 in. pul.
composition and even in small lots yield!
Belt from motor to shaft, 12 in, rubber, top pull.
an accurate sample by this mechanica
Main line shaft, 4-7; 200 R p. M., main clutch, 36 in.; crusher clutch, 24 in.
samplin'g. Assays run by the same mar
Spouts, 7 to 8 in. fall per foot, or more, or vertical.
commonly have trifling variations, some
Compressed air available on the 4 floors for cleaning between lots.
times are identical. The ,pulp from milh
Capacity. 300 tons in 10 hours. Usual run, with cleaning between, 4 cars in 10 hra.
using different types of cutter when assayec
Full crew, doubt shift. without unloading, mill only: 2 foremen; 2 crusher feell­
by the same man may even give identic!!
results.
ers; 2 bin men; 1 repair man; 1 helper.

Double steel·lined hopper under iracks; gates 22x22 in. in clear.

One matter of the very greatest import
Crusher. 20x10 in., Allis·Chalmers "Adamantine' jaws, 22x24 in. and 20x27 in. 11l
ance in hand sampling seldom presents an)
in. rubber belt over 30 in puCey; 5 ft. flywheels. Running free. 240 R. P. M.,
difficulty on ordinary lots for mill sampling
that Is the reqUisite smallness of the ox'!
crushing lightly, 225 R. P. M. Set to 2'h to 3 in.

pieces relatiVe to the size of the sample

Belt conveyor, 20 in.x56 ft. rolls 4 it apart; steel wearing plate under crusher;

If a fifty-ton lot is put through a crusht}:

end pulleys 24 in.; circuit in 10 sec.

set to three inches there will be so man:

First cutter, Snyder disc; 42 in. over.:ll dia.; inner edge of opening on circ!e 18 ill.

pieces that any usual lead ore will yield al

dia.; openings 7x9 in. long. 18 R. PM, or 35 cuts.

accurate sample by the mechanical method

Discard:-No 1 elevator. 61 ft. betWeen centers of pulleys; 42 in. belt pulley, GO
But if the lot of ore amounts to only a tqi
in. drive .pull(lY, 3-15 shaft top, 3·7 shaft bottom. 16 in. belt, cups 14x7 in., 18
in all, which would hardly pay to put throu~
in. centers. Top pulleys adjustable but to tighten cup belt shorten at splicl;);
the mill, it would not do to allow pieces l
drive pulley wood, 33 R. p. M.
large as three inches across for quartetinl
Sample-No.2 elevator. 50 ft. betweeu centers, otherwise simIlar to No.1 elevator.
lest a false sample result. In this case th'
Gates crusher. Allis·Chalmers, 2.D. concave liners set in babhit; bells of chilled
ore should first be put through a smai
iron~ or steel. 15* to 16 in. dia.
crusher to reduce the larger pieces to 8Ul1
'Second cutter, disc; 42 in over·all; openin'gs 5x6x9 in. long; 20 R. P. M .• or 40
able size for quartering or passin'g stan;
passes. Discard spout 7 in. per foot fall.
cutters. Tables to cover this point are co~
Discard-No. 1 elevator.
manly given in metallurgical treatis~
Sample-F. M. Davis, Denver, spring ro1:s. Shells 14x26 in., 2'h in. thick; "Mlu. whether they are practical or not depen4
vale" steel, held by 6 ·bolts Large pulley 6 ft., 9 in. dia. on fixed roll. 96 R. P. M .• on whether duplicate results can be oJ
driven by'12 in. rubber belt. SmaU' pulley 40 In. dia. on movable roll, 89 R. P. tained by repetition and whether the ~
M driven by 8 in. canvas belt. finements proposed are 'feally necessary. 1
Third cutter. disc; 28 in. over-all Di:ening 3x3*x5* in. with inner edge on cil·c;.;) all the mills get check results on $500 gol
12 in dia. 26 R. P. M. or 52 passes. Discard spout 7 In. per foot fall. ore crushed to pass two inches there can b
Discard-No. 1 elevator. no virtue in grinding all to one-half Inc
Sample-Colorado Iron Works 14x26 in. spring ro,1ls Fixed pulley 37 in. dia. by 8 size, or even smaller, as might be demande
in belt. 10 R. P. M.; movable pulley 36 in. dia. by 8 in. belt, 99 R P. M. by the tables. It is a safe rule when
Fourth cutter, disc; 24 in. over·all; openings similar to No.3 cutter; 20 R. P. M. repetition of the sampling or samples fr(JI
or 52 cuts per minute.
the discard taken at the same time; whIt!
Discard-No.1 elevator. Elevator delivers either to cars or storage bins.
amounts to the same thing, agree withi
Sample-Steel can, covered, for bucking room. About 100 Ibs. from 40-ton lots.
the assaying limits, the method is reI
Bucking room has small crusher, small rolls, c.offee·mill grinder, Braun pulverizer,
able. .
buokingboard, drying oven, moisture scales. sample scales, observation
windows,stand cutters, sieves, steel floor plates, etC. The final working down of the mi1lsa~
pie in the bucking is best made
using the stand At a
a width of fourteen inches at the center of will probably pass eight mesh;
the spout. It is only reasonable to suppose are one-half Inch the:
that irregularities will occur with spotted t wentymesh; jf l:nre'~'ell~m:n
ores it the coarsest pieees do not have the
s.ame-l:lhan~ as the. fines to get :the
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The writer's attention was recently called
to a simple devIce, which, it was claimed,
would save the fine gold. Arter an investi­
gation of the work of a small plant, It was
felt that a description of this machine would
be of interest to many operators in the
placer field. Its simplicity and apparent ef­
ficiency are marked.
Concentrate*Disc:harge End of Inman Separator and Mitchell Amalgamator.
The Inman Separator.
The Inman separator is a machine de­
,igned to recover fine gold, platinum and
)ther precious metals, and to be used in
:onne~tion with sluices, dredges or mills,
where the material treated is placer gravel.
!i fUrther object is to provide a separator
JY means of which the fine gold, usuaIly
:arried away and lost in placer mining, may
Je saved and accumulated in fine sands or
;limes. for further treatment by any sujta~le
IInalgamating or concentrating device.
In t.he sluices commonly used the amount
)f wafer which is necessary to carry along
he coarse gravel will invariably carry along
he fine gold, with a loss that is often pro­
tibitive. The Inman separator, by reducing
he sluice head tw~mty to forty per cent,
md !Jy separating the coarse and fine in
he sluice, allows the gold and other values
o settle first in the sluice and later in
he machine, whence it may be drawn off
Or further treatment.
This separation is accomplished 'by means
'f a sluice having a false bottom. composed
·f a coarse and fine screen, which is snb­
aergcd in the sluice water. The .coarse
creen is to protect the fine screen under­
.eath, which has such a mesh as to reject
11 coarse material which would not carry
alues. In the drawing, "AU is the main
luice from the mine, 2 is the lower com­
'artment and 3 the upper, although in this
ase they are shown as more or less separ­
.te. This section of double bottom sluice
Qay be up to 300 feet long, which is the
ellgth recomlllilnded by the manufacturers,
where it can be used conveniently. As the
material rushes along the sluice, all of
which Is of sheet steel, the gravel tumbling
over and Over, the fine material gets a
chance to gO through the screen where it Js
protected from the coarse stuff above. The
gold also, will go through, and in rushing
along and traveling through the screen, will
be highly pOlished, to which I shall refilr
later.
As shown in the drawing, the lower com­
partment terminates above the right end of
the machine proper, the upper compartment
taking a sudden pitch of forty-five degrees,
which is SUfficient to carry the coarse over
Tailings End of Inman Separator. Showing Waste· Water Wheel.
the end of the box into a launder, 9, and
Into the taIling sluice.
The fine material, with the gola and all
the water, falls into an adjustable slujce
box, 15, which earries the material to the
compartment of the tank shown at the left.
This sluice is made adjustable to determine
the point at which the material shall enter
the separatlng ,box, and may be tilted to
such a position that the material w11l not
enter the tank at all, ·but wiII fiow dOwn the
main chute. This feature is made use of in
case of accident or when the infrequent
clean-up is made.
The separating tank is a long rectangu­
lar box, provided with the baffles 27 and 30
as shown in the drawing. At points 32 and
22 are valves for drawing off the settled
material -to be treated further. The well­
~nown prinCiple of the inclined baffle is
used to facilitate settling. The water and
unsettled material will follow the course of
the arrows into the last compartment of
the machine. In this compartment is a
device, (not shown in the i11ustration),
which effectually filters the water and pre­
vents any of the solid material from over­
flowing with the water. The machine as now
made has its discharge !Sluices arranged a
llttle differently from those in the draWing.
The "hute 4 extends well beyond the sep­
arating box, the chute 9 receives the dow of
clear water from the last compartment, and
the two streams do not unite until they
nearly reach the ground level. This!s
shown clearly in the photographs of the ma­
chine.
Filtering the Water.
In the last compartment of the separat­
ing box is a belt type filter, inClined at an
angle of about forty-five degrees, rising to­
ward the second compartment. The "loth
commonly used is six or Beven ounce duck.
All wa.ter is made to pass through the filter
and the fine material will cling to the under:
side of the belt to be raised clear, or not,
of the water, and dropped Into a sluice
Which will carry it ore for further treat­
ment. The water will overflow Into the
waste launder. Between the upper and lower
portion of the belt Is a wat()jet to assist
the discharge of the slime, and wash the
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THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, DECEMBER 15, 1912.

filter. The connection between filter and
compartment Is made slime Ugh':' by means of
a cloth attached to the walls of the com­
partment, which has a hole in it a little
smaller than the aperture needed for the
filter to operate in, This is placed below
the filter and the upfiowing water is relied
upQn to hold it against the filter and close
the passage to any sllme.
ThIs belt is constructed in a manner
similar to the old type of the familiar Callow
screen, wIth a chain and sprocket mechan!sm
for driving the belt. Power is furnished in
an ingenious way, as shown in the photo­
graphs, by allowing the water discl1arglng
from the separating box to fall on a smaH
water wheel, before discharging into the
tailings sluice. This water wheel, through
suitable belts and pulleys, drives the head
pulley of the filter. The waste water thE!n
but the major purpose of preventing Its
Escape has been accomplished at this pQint.
By means of the regulating discharge valVes
along the bottom of the separator box, the
outflow of water and accumulated concen­
trates and gold may be re,gulated, and the
advantage secured of having with the ma­
terial to be treated any desired amount of
water. The concentrates may then be treait:d
either on tables, on amalgamated piates, or
in a sluice containing mercury, or by any
other amalgamating or concentrating device,
The most suitable treatment can be selectetl
and the separator regulated to supply a
proper feed.
The question arises, as to whether, after­
all, the gold will not be lost in amalgamat­
ing. In answer, it may be said that it will
be amalgamated under perfect conditions,
without the interference of other material
a gravel containing both coarse and iii
gold, which assayed twenty-five cents to oJ
dollar in gold, with a high amount of iro
in the sands. The results from operat1oi
were entirely satisfactory until work wJ
stopped by the farmers, who acted alo~
(he lines of the weI! known California debi
commission and prevented the eontinuati
of placer mining in thi's section.
On the Green river, seven milcl'! alJoI
Jensen, Utah, at the mouth of Split canyo:
a machine was set up to operate In conne
tion with hydraulic mining. At this poil
the machine was run dUring the placer Se>
son just closed, making a saving which tt
management states as 95 per cent. Oth(
installations have been made on the Gran
river, on the Rogue river, in Oregon, 1)
Snake river, in Idaho, and to treat the beac
sands In Curry county southWestern Oregol
three miles from the present beach line.
A. E. Custer, and aSSOCiates, of ,Salt Lak.
have bonded a piece of property on Sna"
river, Idaho, near Idaho Falls, and have let
contract for the installation of a large plat
to be operated in connection with a dra
line seMper, which will mine and deUve
to the machine. ',>­

Five miles southeast of Blackfoot, IdalJ

there will be a 1,000 yard plant operatinjfl
gravel on the Welch ranch, where a dra
line scraper will be used to deliver tl
material to the separator. ~
A test made on sands from the Graf
river, above Jensen, Utah, resulted in
return from the mint of $259.39;i:ttom 3(1
yards of gravel, assay:lng $1.05·l~/eh~··'ari
A saving of about 85 per cent,Was thUJ{mad
on the first test The management claim
to have raised this on later runs to 93 pe
cent.
The company estimates that separato
boxes of sheet steel, with all necessar
sluices and eqUipment, can be installed at
cost varying from $3.50 to $5 per yard a
capacity, The machines will bEi' made in
Elevation of Inman Separator~
factory to be established in Salt Lake, an
discharges into the main tailing sluice and , or excess water. In additil'n, in its passage can be shipped ready to set up. In connel
flows beneath the coarse rock chute, where through the sluices and box it has had a tion with the separator, the company rec0lt
it picks up the coarse stuff and carries it most excellent opportunity to become pol­ mends the use of 250 to 300 feet of steE
to the dump, or to a dump box. ished and cleaned, by the use of metal sluice and screens,
Cleaning Up. ,,;luices and screens, and has been prepared It is stated that one inch of water wIj
for amalgamation in a way that. is seldom handle a yard to a yard and a half of grav~
When it is desired to clean up the bOll:,
used in any other method of treatment. In Where coarse gold is treated, slu:lce 'bo:i~
the sluice 15 is tilted to shut off the now
fact tests have shown that more gold call with ritrJes may ,be added beyond the m,
to the box and may be made to discharge
be amalgamated after passing through the chine, and slime-free water used for wal;ihit!1
into the last compartment instead of the
maChine, than is detected by the ordinary The advantages claimed for the machijf
first. At 28 is a hinged gate, which will
swing upward under the influence or the amalgamation tests made by assayers, in are its simplicity and eatle of operation,
reverse current, whenever the gate or valve which no attempt is made to pQlIsh the gold, it practically requires no attendance;
22 is opened to empty th.e first part of the but where the conditions are sImilar to matic action, sInce the discharge' ~ves
machine and take the weight off the gate those usually encountered in saving placer ulate the 1l.0w and the sluice may be
28. It will be seen that the hottom of the gold. for ten minutes and,the accumula.ted
separating box will be washp.d clean ,by a I nstallati ons. at the lJottgm ot
small amount of cleanup water.
From Ule foregoing description it Iii read­
ily seen that the fine gold cis
neglecting accIdents, shou~d· be
the separatIng box. It is still
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Compare the size of the largest Vezin cut· cutting samples by hand so that one-half The cutters of either rotating or .oscillat­
ter in the now idle mill at the Tintic smel· shaH be sample and one-half discard, each ing type (the Vezin and Snyder rotate, the
tery. The crusher is larger, to pass three time the material is poured over the alter· Brunton OSCillates), seldQm make less tha~
or three and one-half inch material; but the nately sloping and contiguous little troughs. thirty-five passes a minute. If it requires
spout to the first cutter is twelve inches It is a proven device of unswerving precis· forty-five minutes for a fifty·ton lot t.o III
wide, the top of the cutter has a radius of ion. The troughs are all of the same width through the mnl the slowest moving cuttJl
thirty·three inches, the cutting edges are but one would not think of having a larger has separated 1,555 sampleportfons from
twenty inches apart at the circumference partic:e-<>pening ratio than some one~ighth. the original lot; the second cutter has taken
and six inches apart near the center, with If the slots are one inch wide the material at least as many portions from the first
portion; the third cutter has taken even
OXIDE SAMPLING MILL, UNITED STATES SMELTING CO., :/!r~IDVALE, UTAH. more from the second sample; the fourth
cutter, which likely makes fifty·two passef
On Denver & Rio Grande and Oregon Short Line railways.
per minute, has taken 2,340 samples from
Main building, 30x31 ft., framed 12x12 In. to 4th floor, above that 8x8 in.
the third cut and reduced our sample tc
Elevator pit 12 ft. below 1st floor; I-2nd floor, 9'h ft.; 2-3rd floor, 9 ft; 3·4th floor,
less than 100 pounds. Experience fully dem
11 ft.; 4-sill No. 2 elevator, I1 ft.; 4·sill No.1 elevator, 21 ft.
onstrates that material of any customan
Motor driven; Gen. Elec. Ind.; volts, 440; amp., 65; cyc., 60; H. P., 50; 15 In. pul.
composition and even in small lots yield!
Belt from motor to shaft, 12 in, rubber, top pull.
an accu'rate sample by this mechanica
Main line shaft, 4·7; 200 R. P. M., main clutch, 36 in.; crusher clutch, 24 in.
sampling. Assays run by the same mar
Spouts, 7 to 8 in. fall per foot, or more, or vertical.
commonly have trifling variations, some
Compressed air available on the 4 floors for cleaning between lots.
times are identical. The .pulpfrom mil!>
CapaCity, 300 tons in 10 hours. Usual }'un, with cleaning between, 4 cars in 10 hra.
using different types of cutter when assayec
Full crew, doubt shift, without unloading, mill only: 2 foremen; 2 crusher reed·
by the same man may even gi've identic"
res nits.
ers; 2 bin men; 1 repair man; 1 helper.

Double steel·lined hopper under tracks; gates 22x22 in. in clear.

One matter of the very greatest import
Crusher, 20x10 in., Allis·Chalmers "Adamantine' jaws, 22x24 in. and 20x27 in. 1~
ance in hand sampling seldom presents anl
in. rubber belt over 30 in puJ:ey; 5 ft. flywheels. Running free, 240 R. P. M.,
difficulty on ordinary lots f.or mill samplin~
crushing lightly, 225 R. P. M. Set to 2'h to 3 in.
that is the requisite smallness of the otl
Belt conveyor, 20 in.x56 ft. rolls 4 It apart; steel wearing plate under crusher;
pieces relative to the size of the sample
end pulleys 24 in.; Circuit in 10 sec.
If a fifty·ton lot is put through a crush~
Eet to three inches there will be so man:
First cutter, Snyder disc; 42 in. ovar-lll dia.; inner edge of opening on circ!e 18 ·ill.

pieces that any usual lead ore will yield al

dia.; openings 7x9 in. long. 18 R. PM, or 35 cuts.

accurate sample by the mechanical method

Discard.-No 1 elevator. 61 ft. between centers of pulleys; 42 in. belt pulley, GO
But if the lot of ore amounts t.o only a ttijj
in. drive pulley, 3·15 shaft top, 3·7 shaft bottom. 16 in. belt, cups 14x7 in., 18
in all, which would hardly pay to put thr.ou~
in. centers. Top pulleys adjustable but to tighten cup belt shorten at splice;
the mill, it would n.ot do t.o allow pieces it
drive pulley WOOd, 33 R. P. M.
large as three inches across' for quarterinj
Sample-No.2 elevator. 50 ft. between centers, otherwise similar to No.1 elevator.
lest a false sample result. In this ease tho
Gates crusher, Allis·Chalmers, 2.D. concave liners set in babbit; bells of chi11ed
ore should first be put through a sma)
iron or steel, 15* to 16 in. dia.
crusher to 'l'educe the larger pieces t.o suii
-Second cutter, disc; 42 in over·all; openings 5x6x9 in. long; 20 R. P. M., or 40
able size f.or quartering or paSSing stan.
passes. Discard spout 7 in. per foot fall.
cutters. Tables to cover this point are coq
Discard-No. 1 elevator.
manly given in metallurgical treatlse~
Sample-F. M. Davis, Denver, spring mrs. Shells 14x26 in., 2'h in. thick, "Mit!.· whether they are practical or not depeIll'J
vale" steel, held by 6bolta Large lJulley 6 ft., 9 in. dia. on fixed roll, 96 R. P. M., 011 whether duplicate results can be ol
driven by'12 in. rubber belt. Small' pulley 40 in. dia. on movable rolI, 89 R. P. tained by repetition and whether the ~
M driven by 8 in. canvas belt. finements proposed are really necessary.'
Third cutter, disc; 28 in. over·all opening 3x3*x5* in. with inner edge on circkl all the mills get check results on $500 gol
12 in dia. 26 R. P. M. or 52 passes. Discard spout 7 in. per foot faU.
ore crushed to pass two inches there can b
Discard-·No. 1 elevator.
no virtue in grinding all to one-half inc
Sample-Colorado Iron Works 14x26 in. spring ro.11s Fixed pulley 37 in. dia. by g size, or even smaller, as might be demands
in belt, 10 R. p. ;\L; movable puliey 36 in. dia. by 8 in. belt, 99 R P. M. by the tables. It is a safe rule when
Fourth cutter, disc; 24 in. over·all; openings similar to No.3 cutter; 20 R. P. M, repetition of the sampling or samples frat
or 52 cuts per minute.
the discard taken at the ;:;ame time; wIllci
Discard-No. 1 elevator. Elevator delivers either to cars or storage bins.
amounts to the same thing, agree withi
Sample-Steel can, covered, for bucking room. About 100 Ibs. from 40·ton lots.
the assaying limits, the meth.od III reI
Bucking room has small crusher, small rolls, ('pffee·mill grinder, Braun pulverizer,
able.
buoking board, drying oven, moisture scales, sample scales, observation
windows, stand cutters, sieves, steel floor plates, etC. . The final working down of the mill .

a width of fourteen inches at the center of will probably pass eiglit mew; if the slots
the spout. It is only r4:lasonable to suppose th;:material wiU, pass
that irregularities w1l1 occur with spotted " i inch: slots tlill

ores if the coarsest pieces do not !have the

ehan!le :~aSc the' fines· 00 get· .tIlta cUre
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T' ,,!. SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, DECEMBER 15, 1912.

=-­

Iud, 50rne siS

deney is more and more to buy and seIl on January, 1912, 8,156,162 pounds; F€ b ru­
specification and there is yet opportunity for ary, 8,612,739; March, 8,160,199. Totals,
nees each arc In; ii,
plenty of improvement in getting an accur· 24,929,550 pounds.
,ayers. April, 9,069,237; May, 10,068,336; June,
The llloistlll C"
·11\ ate sample quickly, cheaply and efficiently.
, "d The actual cost of sampling varies con· 9,234,465 Totals, 28,372,038 pounds.
the time the ",i
siderably. The mills which run continuo July 11,160,614; Angust, 11,841,162; sep­
mpling folio \I "
',j' ously on one or two shifts per day ought to tember, 6,965,144. Totals, 29,966,920 pounus.
~ some or illl'
do the work (or between twelve cents and Average monthly production, first qual'­
r~:on llWY lw
compenSHlt'l ;C' fifteen cents per ton. It is € q ually certain tel', 8,309,850; second quarter, 9,457,346;
3 milling li<1C' \ that with proper design and sufficient ma­ third quarter, 9,988,973 pounds.
give tl1f:: r rill' terial the work could be done for seven and During th€ quarter there was treated at
weighed, B!,;', eight cents No mill can handle more than coth plants a total of 1,581,527 tons of ore,
"en to : i'L as compared with 1,503,884 tons for the prev­
pendiHg on
- .,! ious quarter. Of this tonnage, the Magna
I.ot to iJe p:ant handled about sixty·two per cent and
noistllre SitIl1:,' the Arthur plant about thirty-eight per
the samE' , ,',' cent.
The average assay of the ore mill€ d duro
T
This Il1C:'vl1,(: ing t.he quarter was 1.41 per cent copper,
Iy jlldg'llJelll as compared with 1.42 per cent copper for
it all the the previous quarter. The average cost per
d that ilt pound of net copper produced during the
~ trearmH1' quarter, after makin·g allowances for smel·
course til tery, deductions and without ereditin-g mis­
W mater;,' Snyder Disc. Midvale Plant. (Photo by Pulsifer) cellaneous Income, was 7.707 cents, as com­
mpled. '1";" !t)"..: \\;
the capacity of its smallest unit; when pared with 8.127 cents for the second qual"
analF.efi ' crushing fine the capacity of the Midvale tel' of 1912. If the net miscellan€ o us eal'll­
em deSir"",! oxid€ mill is limited by the capacity of tM Ings in Utah, Including those from the Bing·
lue of tllv "." Gates crusher; the No. 3 mill at the Mur· ham & Garfield railway, were credited to
.
I1Je of : l}p j ray sm!llt€ r y is limited to the speed with the cost of operations, the net cost per
,~,

mJlOsitiol1 which gangs of men can shovel a carload of ponnd for the qUarter would be 7.017 cent".
leIted, (J,I, " ,jllt;:
ore over the side of the car, although th'3 Th€ financial results of the quarter's
lelting or·' conveyors and crushers insid€ may easily operations are as follows:
hlE'E an' j!l\
hand'e four times the dribble which comes !\Ijlling profit for qUarter ....... $2,539,583.67

to them. A pOor repair man can eastly Other incom€ , rents, etc., in
double the cost of sampling; frozen and Utah. . . .................. 11,698.57

snowy ore may triple the cost; mud will Income from Nevada Consoli­
do the same thing. The SlIver City sampl<?r dated Copper Co., dividends_ 375,187.50
is probably the best designed in the dis­
trict; it should handle 400 tons per shift Total net profit for' the

at abont twelve cents per ton. quarter. . . . .......... , .. $2,926,469.74

An unusually good chapter on sampling Dividends paid ................ $1,182,412.;;0

is given by Hofrman in his 'Metallurgy;" the

paper by Brunton entitled, "Modern Prac­ Net surplus for the qUarter .. $1,744,057.24
tice of Ore Samp'ing," already referred to The above earnings are computed on the
is likewise valuable. A discnssion of mc­ ba8is of 16.628 cents per ponnd for' copper,
chanical sampling also appear€ d in several which is approxifillltely one cent less than
issnes of the Engineering and Mining Jour· the average net sales price for the period.
cal during 1908 and 1909. At th€ close of the quarter, no copper due
H. B. PULSIFER. for delivery from the refinery remain€ d un­
Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, sold.
Ill. There was removed during the period a
----o-----~ total of 1,408,133 cubiC yarus of capping, as ~'
REPORT OF UTAH COPPER. compared with 1,589,648 cubic yards remov·
ed during the second quarter of 1912. Th," j
dart' The following report has been issued by u€ c rease of 181,515 cnbic yards was due to I
dOl \' C. ]\f. M:wNeill,president and D. C. Jackling all work at the min€ having been inter· ,I
nsti: 11! e\'!(lpH(,(' oj \';111.1(' n-ll \\ I~ ,eil ,j; .. general manager, respectively, of the Utah rUJlted in September on account of labor di$­
leltf' 1 \('S irnplh'i; CopJ;er company, dealing with operations at turbances.
ll)(, the mines at Bingham: 'fhe Magna plant was in full operadon
i!H'l' Hlid ~';'O-':"lH,(·t()!' (',Ill ~(·l We submit herewith statement reganl­ du'ring the quarter until closed on account
th "uel ~hon'i and lUi )\\11 OJ' 111: ing the operations of your company for the of cessation of ore, shipments from the
l1af:- ";r ,t;-n·';ByjJlg kll(l\\' ti](· 1'\;1"1 third fiscal and calendar quarter of the year min€ s as a result of circumstances here­
hi:-: ;Iump OJ' ]lih- of 0)'1':-, For till' sam,
1912. after expJained. The thirteenth and last
19' lllfU1Y other COltlIIlOdiri('h, also. \iii:;
The 'grossproductlon lof copper con·
section of the Arthur plant was started € a rly
aCl:l~~ i~ 8. ~hilljng exanlple. Current tClI­ tained in concentrates for th€ quarter and
in September and nothing in the way of con­
the preceding
two qnarters, by months, Is struction 'remains to be done at either miil
'Loc, cit. given below:

 inn:;;: iiitd .
THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, 0 E C E M B E R 15, 1912.
ments in the coarse crushing departments
now in progress at bOth of them, which work
is now nearly finished.
The contemplated extension of onr
Magna steam power plant to take care of
the growth of Our business has now be.
come unnecessary, due to the acquisitiou
8i. .
of the hydro·electric generating plants nO'N
in op€ r ation in the vicinity of Salt Lake
City and on the Bear river in Utah and
Idaho by strong interests who will construct
sufficient power plants to enable the Utah
Copper company to procure Its entire power
requirements from them. This source of
power supply has not heretofore been avail·
ab:e. The principal terms to serve as the
basis of a long·time contract covering the
company's entire power requirements have
been agreed upon and the bOard of directors
has authorized the execution of such a COli·
tract.
The basis upon which power will be pur·
chased is sucll, that the ,cost of .it will be
Century Printing Co. • ................ .
Gardner De Eouzek Engraving Co. . . , .......... .
substantially less than heretofore, as pro·
& Adams •.•.••.•••...•....•.•
duced from our own steam plant, and the
Hotel Stanford ••••..•••.•••••••.••••.•
:Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co. .., .... .
conditLon3 and obligations of the power
contract insure a character of service fulS
as reliable and satisfactory as has pre·
vailed or could result from the operation
of the ~ragna steam plant even if enlarged
to meet our full demands.
The deficiency in tonnage and produ,;·
tion for the month of September as com·
pared with the other months of the quarter,
was due entirely to suspension of opera­
tions resulting from a strike having been
called by the Western Federation. of Miners,
affecting all the mines in the Bingham dis·
trict, on the morning of September 18. The
basis of the strike was a demand for a flat
increase of fifty cents a day in the wages
of all workmen engaged in the mining in·
dustry in the Bingham district and recoglli·
tion of the Western Federation of Minerd
by the companies in their dealln"gs with
employees. The class of workmen most
active in 'bringing about the strike were
those employed in underground mining, of
which c'ass your company employed com·
paratively few, the number being about 400
out of a total of over 2,000 men employed 'ly
the Utah Copper company at its mines at
Bingham.
Very few of our surface employees be·
longed to the Miners' union, although quite
a substantial p€ r centage Qf them did belong
to other unions. However, the Miners' union
forces, composed, as has been stated,
largely of underground workmen from 0'11'
and other properties, were sufficiently strong
in numbers and active in the employment
of intimidation and violence, to force away
from work the majority of our employees
who wisbed to continue.
Armed bodIes of strikers attacked our
accompanied by
1111'( l)Il ..h IIMLL~Q1i
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INDEX "'ro ADVERTISERS
1Il11l11l1r lIlachlD""Y 'iDd luppll"••
Page.
CivIl alld III_lair EDtJlD"et..
. Pa..,
1
Ailis-Chainlers Co. ..................... 1 AdamsoR, W. G. •••.••.•.............•• .,
Denver Fire Clay Co....... , .... , .. 4 and 39 Arnold, Fisher & Calvert ..•........... U
Fairbanks, Morse & Co. .•.............. 7 Brown. G. Chester ........... , ... ,..... lIf
General Electric Co....... ,............. 3 :Surch, Caetanl" & Hershey .....•... ,... 37
Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. •.••..........
Jones & Jacoba, Mil! Builders ... ,......
Lane Mill & Machinery Co. ••..•........
5
4
4
Burke.
Connor,James
P. E.J •..............""........
. ...•............. ,...... It
Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co....... 43 ii:~~on;VN.JA.· :::::: : '.: ::: :: :: ::::: :::~.~~~;
Porter, Charles .1<'., Building Material.... 6 Fiske. Winthrop W ................. , .. .
Revere Rubber Co. . . "................ 43
. Rlcbmond, F. C., Machinery Co. ........
Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Co... "
2
39
General Engineering Co. •.......•..•.. 3
Ireland, '1'. W. ........ . ......... , .... ,
Jennings, E. P. ,....................... 81
3,
Salt Lake Hardware Co................. H Johnson, Jay Eliot... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 31
Utah Fire Clay Co. .................... 35
Utah Fuel Co.............. .... ..... . 36
'Ways' Pocket Smelter ....... ,.......... 30
i::~k, ~';-:~lr PO:':::;;:::::::;::::::::::: ~
Peet, C. A. ..,......................... 3'i
'Vestlnghouse Electric & Mfg. Co...... , 6 Pulsifer. H. B. . ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3lj
Z. C. l'>L I. . ...•.•..•..•••.••.••..• ".... 7 Salford. J. L ........... " .... ""....... 3-,
B.llkiDIr H,m."••
McCornlck & Co. •.•••••••.•••...•••..• 3S .&;
~n~~~!llBr~·B. CEnginee~~ 'C~;'tr;'~t~r;: : : ij
Merchants' Bank ...................... " 38 Troxell, L. E. • ...............•.. ' .. ,... ~
Salt Lake Security Co. ................ 38 Utah State School of Mines •..•.•...... 81
Utah State National Bank ,........... 38 Villadsen Bros. ........................ Sl
Walker Bros................ , .... , g and 36 Walker. H. C........... , ..... ,......... 31
Widdicombe & Palmer ................. 31
A •••yer. BDd Met.nurlrl.... Zalinski, Edward R. . ... ,., ... , . ' . . . .. 31
A. F. Bardwell •....•......•.••....••... 39
Bird-Cowan •.•..•.•..•.• ,.............. 39 MlaceJla_MU••
Crismon & Nichols •..••...•••..•.•.••.• 39
Currie, J. W. . •...•••.....•.•.. ,....... 39 Beer, Sondheimer & Co., Zinc Ores, .....
Officer & Co., R. R. ....•••....•......... 39 Bradford, A. • ................•.........
Union Assay Office .......•••..•.....•. 39 Central Coal & Coke Co..... , ....... , .. .
Railroad..
Bingham & Garfield Ry. ••.............. 36
Oregon Short Line •••............ ,.... 39
Rio Grande Western .................. 40
International Smelting & Refining Co.. .
Salt Lake Route ......... "........... 40
1Il1DIDir AttorDe.,•. Nephi Plaster Co. . ..•••..•.......•.•...
Booth, Lee. Badger & Lewlshon........ ~8 New Era Motor Co. • •....•....•.•...•..
Bradley, Pischel & Harkness............ 38 Official Directory of Mines ....... , ... .
Callahan, D. A., Mining Law Books.... 38 Railroad Time Tables ..............•...
Davis & Davis ......................... 38 Roberts. J. C., Dealer in Rare Metals ....
Higgins, E. V. . • . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3a Salt Lake Stamp Co...........•........
Hutchinson, W. R. , •..•....••.. ,....... 38 Shlplers, Commercial Photographers •...
Pierce, Critchlow & Barrette ..........• as Steffen, H. W., Buyer of O.d Dumps ....
MID" .ad Stock Dealer. Utah Ore Sampling Co. . •..............
Orem & Co••......••....•• , ..••.•.•..• SS Whitaker, Geo. A., Cigars •...••.....•..
workmen were dTiven from the premises, In dealing with the strike ·situation nJ
which were for some days thereafter wholly negotiations have been had with the West,
or partially in the possession of armed strik· ern Federation of Miners, its of1)cers 9j
ers. Steps were immediately taken to ,e· members, and in resuming ful! operation u~
ga:n possession of our properties, but it reo concessions have or will be made to thllii
quired some time to assemble a force of organization, or anyone connected with it
guards sufficiently strong to successfully The operations of the Bingham & Gal;
cope with the situation, and it was not until field railway cOl\tinued satisfactory through
October 9 that we were again able to safely out the quarter until the day of the strike
put any employee into the workings. Ou During all that portion of the quarter whet
that date preparations began for the reo the railroad "was in full operation haulin~
sumption of operations, and on October 11 ore from the mines, an average of 13,14!
we commenced loading ore with former em­ tons of ore per day were transported, a;
ployees only working. Since the date of compared with 10,203 tons per day, for th(
., resumption the tonnage has increased daily, previous quarter. An average of 928 tonI
with the ,result that at the time of "'rHIng per day of other freight was transportej
this report we are mining and milling at o'{er the !lne as compared with 1,265 tom
the rate of about 13,000 tons of ore per per day for the previous quarter of 1912
day, or approximately two·thirds capacity. The passenge.r train receipts during thi
Vigorous attempts were made to call and p€ r iodshowed a large increa.~~ as co19
force our workmen out at the mills, but pared with the 'previous quarter. '
these were not successful. There was some
o ""h
disaffection at these plants but the number
of employees lost was not sufficient to ham· ( d ditions am'V6 the (,oPll~f'"pt;oducer~
per us in any way and we now have a full Arizona are interesting. Pro<\ucti,9n i.s
complement of men in all departments at rapidly increased: ~
both mills at Garfield. erected at dift;)n'
The forces at the mine are being in·
creased rapidly and the outloo.k noW" is that
it will only be a short Hme until we will be
again operating at full capacity. No attempt
has been m,!J.d~}o ~es~E! yn.de~gl·o.ullllJ.,Qj~'
ations at. the 'Ulihe In
 THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, DEC E M BE R 15, 1912.
published Semi-Monthly by Will C. Higgins and
A. B. Greeson.
)!fice. Room 1601 Walker Bank Building,
~r{)r)F'h)(H'. Phone, 'Vasatch, :2902
NILI, C. HIGGINS .......•......••.•.• Editor
:..* O. HO'VARD ..
~., .. " " , .AsHociate Editor
l.. B. GREESON ......., .... BUJJlneS8 Manager
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Entered November 29, 1902, at Salt Lake
City Utah, as second-class matter, under Act
)[ Congress of March 3, 1899
Advertising Rates: Advertising
nished on appilcatlon.
Contributor",
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W. H. C . : dvert. 1I~ \V. :rUe-Farrell.
Leroy A. Pahner. ~laynal'c1 BixIJY,
Alex 1>'lct..!u'en. B. jl~. 'l'lhb.}~,
Eliut JoiH)Sn.1.
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DISCOVERY OF NEW CAMPS.
Notwithstanding the fact that the lJeJid
is often expressed that the went has lJeen
gone over, thoroughlY, in the search roy new
mines anel prospects, it is amazing to nOl'"
the large area of unexplored territory still
:emaining, within the environments of \\,h;(''1
~Teat mines may, and probably will be found.
[t is not a fact that all the big mines'),
the west have already b€en discovered,
:l.either is it a fact that even sections snp·
[losed to have been fully covered by the
prospector have really been car€[ully go~Jf.'
)Ver. A hundred men may have made wh',!
<ppa.mntly seemed to be an exhaui5tive in·
{estigation of a SUP110sedly mineral distriet.
>Vith failurt" as an ultimate result; while a
y,€re strag"ler, in going over (he same coun·
:ry, may stumble upon one of the greate"l
mine~ en,r discovered. 'fonopah is an .,x·
mlple of this. and so is Goldfield. A st.rek:J
)f country Illay lY; trayeled over, for yea!'c.
:,y JUen who see nothing in it worihy )[
lttention. Following in their footsteps ull­
other will find huge outcro[lpings fairly
';listening with gold, and a new mining camp
>prings suddenly illto existence A pI·ospe ..>
tor may spend months in trying to find it
mine in the section he is in, and still walk
around a great ore deposit which, perchance.
is within a hundred yards or 11is camp.
There are a great many wonderful min·
ing distrIcts throughout the west; but as
-=
many more will yet be found, some of thel:I,
doubtless in sections which have been ira v·
eled ove; for years, whil€ some will be
located within a few miles from long·estab­
Iished camps whose mines have already pro­
duced millions, and which have paid mit
fortunes in dividends.
A veteran mining man recently stated
that "what this country needs is the discov·
ery of more new mining camps," intimating
that they would never be found. And yet,
Important discoveries are being made with
pleasing regularity, and some of them in
mining sections which have practically been
abandoned for years. Others have be~n
made in regions oyer which prospectors and
mining men have traveled for a quarter of
a century. National, in Nevada, was not
an unexplored section, by any means, and
yet no camp, today, has a brighter future;
mtes fur­ while the whole county in which this dis­
trict Is located, is teeming with veins and
le:lges which, 'so far, have escaped the eagl-a
eye of the prospector. Hundreds of mining
men have known of Rochester canyon, in
Humboldt county, the very latest sensa·
tional mining discovery, and yet early loca­
tors there are sending out shipments of sur­
1 .\;J'·t'r-
face float that means a handsome profit,
whi'e the ledges are reported to be both
large and strong, and of excellent shipping
grade. These outcroppings, the same abund­
ance of float, and the same ledges and veins
existed in Rochester canyon before the di,­
covery of America, and yet they have re·
mained unknown merely because the pros·
pector, heretofore invading that region, may
have swerved a quarter of a mile to the right
or to the left when searching for m1neral
deposits.
This whole western country is sttll a
treasure house of mineraL Perhaps it is
well that all of these deposits have not been
found, as yet, for then there would be no
promise for the future for coming genera.
tions. But, the fact remains that many new
districts will yet be discovered, as big an~
as rich as any yet found; and, some of these
so near to well-known districts of note that
the mining world will be startled as well as
greatly surprised.
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THE ZINC TARIFF.
As stated in our last Issue, we ao not
believe that the revision of the zinc tariff,
as proposed by the UnderWOOd bill, pre­
sented at the last session of congresll, will
seriously affect the zinc industry of the
west. It is true that zinc mining has rtl·
ceived a great impetus, on account of the
present high price of spelter, and that many
camps' have been livened up by the possi­
bility of shipping their long held reserves
of zinc ore at a profit.
The protective tariff can in no wise be
credited wfth this condition of affairs. Be­
fore the passage of the Payne-Aldrich law,
there was no tariff on zinc, yet the indus·
try was flourishing. The real cause of the
present satisfactorY prices is the grea[.er
increase in demand over supply. The gain
in jYroduction has lagged behind that in con­
sllDlPtion, with the inevitable result of au
increase in price. The stock on hand in
the United States, at present, is estimated
at 8,000 tons of spelter as compared with
26,000 tons at the beginning of 1907. If the
tariff is the cauSe of this, it is a queer con­
dition.
The average of Imports for the past ten
years has ·been about 1,600 tons, while the
production in this ~ountry rose in the last
decade from 123,800 tons of spelter to 288,000
tons, while the consumption rose from less
than 100,000 tons to 284,000 tons. While
consumption approaches so closely to pro­
duction in our country and European prices
remain as high as at present, no great im·
portation need be feared. Without foreign
competition, whl~h the tariff is supposed to
prevent, and which is no stronger without
the tariff than with it, domestic produce"s
need not fear an oversupply. The smelting
capacity is not being very rapidly increased,
and will not be for some time to come on
account of natural conditions In the smelting
fields, into which it is not necessary to go
at present.
o
ABOLISHING ASSAY OFFICES.
The present session of congress has left
ont in the appropriation bill, the appropria­
tions for maintenance of United States assay
offices at Salt Lake, Helena, Montana, Car­
son City, Nevada and Boise, Idaho. This
means that the assay offices at these points
will be automatically abolished, unless a
reconsideration Is had. This action was
recommended by the appropriations commlt­
tee, with the exception of the Carson City 0(­
fice approprIation, and the vote was about
two to one, in sustaining the committ~. The
senate may restore the appropriation, after
which the bill will go to conference, but it
appears likely that the senate will have to
yield to the house.
It is supposed that the desire for econolDY
actuates the eastern congressmen, and in­
stead of introducin·g good business manage­
ment, cutting off a few supernumafles, and
abOlishing the franking privilege on political
speeches, delivered outside the house, it bas
tried to save the infinitesimal outlay re·
quired to maIntain these offices.
There is no doubt in the minds of any
one who is interested in mining that these
offices are beneficial to mining interests and
to the mining communities in which they
are situated. The miner has a ready market
for his gold, without the expense and delay
of shipping to the mint. The benefits are
greatest in the case ot small operators, *1;0
,
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THE SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, DECEMBER 15, 1912.

certainly deserve every legitimate enconr­

into commission. The day finally arriv~
agement.
The eXpense of maintaining one office for The Prospector and the president and secretary were pa§
engel'S on the stage plying between the ra'
one year is jn the neighborhood of fifteen
thousand dollars, and it hardly seems fittin':~
and His Burro road station and the mine. They were ri@
royally welcomed; but, were somewhat sli
that a few small amounts like this shouid prised to learn that the mine assayer ,hi
be begrudged the western miner in aid of suddenly decided that important business!
the industry. the coast necessitated his immediat-e I
The government in this case, as well as parture on the returning stage; The- vi~
in conservation and Bureau of Mines polio ors thought this rather queer, and the mi~
cies, has always! considered the eastern manager was sorely perplexed at the su
part of the country at the expense of the den action of the assayer. As a ~atter ~
west. We may look for unfavorable action fact, all thought the departure of the assa
,by congress on the appropriation asked hy er both mysterious and somewhat su
the Bureau of Mines, to carryon investigJ.' pkious. but soon forgot tbe Incident in tl
tions, relative to metal mining in the "West, excitement of starting up the mill. At ti
while upholding coal land investigations. end of two days a clean·up was made whe
We hope that effective action will be to the astonishment of all, the returns ShOl
taken to insure the passage of these appro· ed a value of only $3 per ton of ore. Di
priations. (By Will O. Higgins.) mayed, but not discouraged, a more exte:
~~"--Ol--~-
·'It takes a millrun test," said the pros· sive run was made, but the results weI
THE MAY DAY AND CHIEF CONS. pector to his burro, "to prove the true value the same, A ,consultation was made and
of a body of ore. Of course. a thorough was decided to make a re·sampling of tl
I<'rank D. K~mtall, the popular banker checking up of a series of sampling and mine. This was done in a most exhausti,
of Eureka, Utah, who is heavily inter· assaying should give an approximate idea manner; the sampels were assayed and r!
ested in the development of the various of what is In a mine; but, tbe mill is the assayed, checked and re-<:hecked, and y.
resources of the state, was a Salt Lake ultimate and final test. even if the recovery the final results showed a value of only l
viSitor, last week. is low, for an assay of the heads and tails a ton. As a result both mine and mill weI
Mr. Kimball, who is an ardent booster will give all complete record of the value of closed down, and the proposition is like:
of tbe mining industry of Tintic, sees a the mine's production; just as it is neces­ to be classed as a failure; a condition thl
great future for the camp, and believes It sary to be out in the hills, with your burro, shocked the company, which believed it h~
bids fair to take the lead among the great for a season, before the true nature of the a near dividend·payer in the mine, ti
producers of the west, at no distant day. beast can be clearly established. For, a members of which had been buying all -\
In speaking of the mines of the district, burro is often like a body of ore, good to the floating stook obtainable, and at fan!
Mr. Kimball expressed the opinion that the look at and as full of 'Promise as an egg is figures which were cheerfully paid becau!
May Day was destined to develop Into one of meat; and yet, when the supreme test is of the very favorable reports which Wei
of the bonanza propositions of that sec· made. bo:h may prove deceptive and fail to continually being received concerning d
tion. "It Is now looked upon as being a come up to expectations. You say that com· physical condition of the mine. I know y~
'big mine," said Mr. Kimball to The Min· parisons are odious to you, for, to your think this Is a funny storY'; but, it was n!
ing Review, "and it is getting bigger and way of thinking, burros are always good funny, at all, to tbe mine-owners, as th;
bigger every day. In its underground and to be relied upon; wblch sbows that were already figuring how to spend ti
workings large deposits of high grade ZInC being charitable is one of your virtues; dividends that were SOOn to be paid, ar
ore are being uncovered, and the mine Is something to be commended. And yet. at who, even now, are unable to account fl
in splendid physical condition. I believe the same time, this is no proof that your the discrepancy between the value of tll
the May Day will soon take rank as one judgment Is correct; none whatever, for it ore as given by the company assayer ar
of the really big mines of the camp." is often the case that a burro that Is fat the actual returns as demonstrated by
Mr. Kimball also spoke in the 111ghest and slick and so meek looking as to seem millrun. I do not believe, under the ci
terms of the Chief ConSOlidated, so full of '. almost saintly, is a hot wire when it comes cumstances, that the assayer simply ma.(
prorrnise and so ably managed. The Chief to deviltry, and dangerous to have around, a mistake. On the contrary, I belleve thl
is one of the new producers of Tintic dis· as well; which ali goes to show tbat the he held an ace up his sleeve, a commt
trict, and its record has been phenomenal. comparison 1 have made is apt and timely, practice among poker pla~rs, and thatl
It is the understanding that the Chief Con· and will serve as an illustration for the was playing into the hands of holders •
solidated will begin the payment of regular storY' I started out to teli you; floating stock who. by means of the deooi)
dividends in January next. By the first or "Not long ago," continued the prospector. Ive assays, were able t(} dispose of th,
the year the company expects to round "a mining company operating out in an holdings at fancy figures, the unreliable a
out a surplus of $250,000, which is to be r.,· isolated camp was successful In blocking sayer getting a 'handsome rake-olr on ~
tained in the treasury for any emergency out a large hody of ore, some 100,000 tons, deaL I ·can see no other solution of the pr~
that may arise. The company is now earn· or more, which, according to the company lem; there can bardly be any other, even <

Ing from $25,000 to $30,000, net, per month, assayer, carried average values in gold of I were inclined to be as charitable
and It is from these earnings that future $15 to the ton. The company was so elated yOU are; for his very actions were
dividends will be paid. over the showing that it went to consider­ pic:ous, and, he would not have been
Meanwhile development work is to be able expense in the enlargement and reo such a hurry" to make < • ,

pushed and improvements made. The work· modeling of its milling plant, expecting to he l;Ieen
ing shaft is to be enlarged to double-com­ make a great showing as soon as the mine­
partiment, and a much·desired underground run Of the ore eQuid be treated.
connection is to be made with th& workings
of the Gemini·Keystone. The Ohief Oonsoli·
d/l.ted has'all of the Qf,'""".''''''''''''-
Tiutl~" .
 THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, DEC E M B E R 15, 1912.
24

eliance always be placed upon YERINGTON·MALACHITE REPORTS. 400,000 shares originally set aside by incor­
neither can r c . , •. _

the integrity of an employee. - hate. to say porators as treasnry stock. During perio.:!
Promising New Company Gives List of Hold.
this, as you well kIlOW, and yet, It \ had covered by this report there were 6,180
ings and Statement of Condition.
a body of ore that I expected to ma e a shares treasury stock issued in payment of
fortUne out of, I would have a .check sam: TIlt' Yerington·Malachite Copper com·
accounts against the company, amonnting
piing made on it even if tile mme assaye. l,any, in which a nllmber of Salt Lake peo· to $2,050.50; 3,205 shares issued as commi,,·
was my own bl'otilC'r; and there you are, pIe are interested has issued its report as sion on stock sales; 39.688 shares sold for
and then some." required by the laws of Nevada, as follows: $14,824.65, a total of 49,073 shares, Septem·
~~--~~o--~~ ber 30, 1912, 333,677 shares remained ill
Report and statement of Yerington Ma­
COLORADO MINING COMPANY ISSUES
lachite Copper company of Nevada for year
the treasury.
REPORT.
ending September 30, 1912. Salaries, Commissions, Advertising.
Pursuant to law, Yerington·Malachite Manager received .................... $600

The repo':t of tile ('u!ol'auo Slining ('OL.1~ Copper company hereby makes and files Superintendent ....................... 900

}lany, of the Tinti~ di~triet of Utah, ha" its statement containing the following facts Secretary ............ , ............... bOO

jnst been issued. The cOlllpany is shipping and information:

Five hundred and eighty dollars and 320
little are at the present time, but has good Claims and Title.
exposures of low grade silicious are, which shares treasury stock paid as commissions.
:I1.alachite. MalaChite No.1, Malachit.e
will become aYailal'e when the Iron Blos­ Nothing paid for advertising.
No.2, Malachite No.3, Malachite Extension,
som mill is built. DHails are as follows: The sum of $2,516,96 was received from
Malachite Fraction, Montgomery, Know U
We:g.ht of ore produced 11,191.229 tons, as· Don't, Lime Ridge, Plumbum and January, sale of ore.
saying $22.1512 per ton, trom which a net reo situated in Mason mining district, Ly.)n Treasury stock is now being sold at 50
covery of $13.7282 per ton was maGe. The county, Nev" about one mile from Mason cenls per share.
analysis of the ore ayeraged 0.1616 ounces P.O., Nev. Also Red Oxide, No.3, OXide, GIDEON SNYDER,
gold, 25.88 silver and 8.14;;5 per cent lead, Secretary.
Oxide No.1, Oxide No.2, Oxide No.4, and
Operating costs pCI' ton \\'("re: November 27, 1912.
Oxide No.5, situated in Walker River min·
Explora­ ing district. Mineral county, Nev., about -·~~ ..o-·--­
tion. Total four miles from Copper Hill P.O., Nev. BIG ELECTRIC MERGER
Snppiies ..... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .033 .14 1 }Ialachite, Malachite No, 1, Malachite
Explosives ..
. , ... ..... , ... , ,178 • 3'"Lv Extension. Malachite Fraction acqllired by The Utah Power & Light company has
Lumber and timber .001 ,25" quit claim deeds October 4, 1906; parent to increased . i:8 oapitalization from $1,000
Blacksmith shop 061 ,171 same dated May 21, 1908. Motgomery, Know to $40,000,000 to enable it to take over th>;!
Power ..... : ..
~ .154 U Don't and Plumbum acquired ·by qUIt many plants which are' to go into the new
Air ...... .116 .301 claim deeds December 5, 1906, patent to company, and which are now held by the
Water .004 .0.20 same dated February 2, 1910. Jannary claim parent company, the Utah Securities corpora­
Pay 1'011 ....... . ""'" .. .488 3.693 acquired by qnit claim deed January 1, 1907; tion. The plants to be owned by the n'3W
General ortice .836 1.630 U. S. patent to same dated October 27, 1910. company comprise seventeen in number,
Malachite No. 2 and Malachite No 3 :tc· with a total capacity of 60,000 horsepower,
Total ... . , ...... , ....... 1.717 6.705
quired by qnit claim deed December 5, 1906; and with 997 miles of transmission and dis­
U. S. patent to -same dated October 27, 1910. tribution lines. The more important of theae
Development ........... $ 032 Lime Ridge acquired by quit claim deett De· plants are those of the Telluride Power
Stoping .. ............ 3.140 cember 5, 1906; U. S. patent for same cratea company, Knight Consolldated Power- com·
Tramming .164 November 17, 1910. Red Oxide No.3 ac· pany, Merchants Light & Power company,
Hoisting ....... . .558 quired by quit claim deed and Oxide and Davis & 'Ne·ber Counties Canal company,
Surface expense .2~1 Oxide Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, acquired by the steam plant of the Utah Copper com·
Surveying an(1 assaying .... ........ .164 quit claim deed dated May 15, 1911. pany, and the Utah Light & Railway com·
General expenses . . . . . . .. .... . .619 Improvements on Patent Claim pany.
Frame boarding hOUse ................. 0.)0
The companies are now supplying powe.r
Total ore cost . . .............. $4.9<l8
Frame bunk house .................. 5l1O
for the Utah Light & Railway company, of
ExplOring ....... 1.717
Frame hoist and compressor room .... 500 Salt Lake, O'gden Rapid Transit company,
Compressor , . . ................. ,... 2,O()O
Salt Lake & Ogden Railway, Utah Copper
Total .. , .............. $6.7% Hoist. . . .......................... 800
company, which will take 31,000 horsePOw~l'
PLA;-';T. No surface improvements on Red Oxide 15,000 of which is to be furnished at once,
SUPlllies .. ................... $ .048 No, 3 or Oxide Nos 1-5 . American Sme~ting & Refining company.
General 0 (nee .172 During period covered by this report $1ilO Ohio Copper company, and for mining COlli­
was expended on the Red OXide No.3 claim panies in other Utah camps,
Total ............... ~ 220
as assessment work for 1911. Many millions will be spent In develo;>·
The following work was done on the pa· ing more power, It being planned now to
Buildings and fixtures .............. $ .0 1)3
tented claims of the company: generate 120,000 horsepower. Use for this
Cars and track~ ........ , .04:)
Drifted 100 feet from the Mason Valley will be found in lighting fifteen Utah cities
:'1aCiJinel'Y ...... ...... ......... .172
No. 3 tunnel to the Malachite line, and 22l and towns ,among them Salt Lake and Og­
leet of workings in ~he Malachite claim, 200 den, for pumping water for irrigating and
Total .. , .................•........ $ .220
feet of workings in upper tunnel on the Ma­ for retail industrial purposes, in Idaho and
--:--.~-~.~,---~ lachite claim and .265 feet of workings in Colorado as well.
EdSon A. Adams and W. H. Hamilton of the Natchas tunnel on the January claim The new company will occupy the en­
Oakland, California. are the principal work­ The company paid $11,408.24 for said work, tlre fifth floor of the Kearns building in Salt
ers in a new electrical company which is including equipment and improvements. Lake. D. C. Jackllng, of the t:"tah Copper
to build a plant on the T_ogarmarsino ranch, Authorized stock, 1,000,000 shares, par company, will be president of the company
near Reno, Nevada. value $5, all common stock, no preferred; and P. B. Sawyer, geI"len!'
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THE SALT LAKE MIN I N G REV lEW, DECEM BE R 15, 1912.
TINTIC N.oTES.
Annual Meeting of Iron Blossom \)hows
Large Surplus.
(Special Correspondence.)
Eureka, Utah, December 10.-At the;-0·
cent annual meeting of the Iron Blossom
stockholders, held at the Provo office, the
old officers were reelected. The company
was reported to have a surplus of $333,806.83
on December 1st. During the year 58,783
tons of ore were shipped. A mil! is being
built and additional hoisting capacity being
installed. The daily production is now about
156 tons
The Grand Central made a total shipmellt
last week of seventeen cars, most of which
was taken from the 2,200 and 2,399·foot
levels. On the former level, the ore is said
to average fifteen per cent copper, with some
silver and gold.
In the old workings of the Yankee COil'
soEdated h:gh grade zinc ore has been dis·
covered about 100 feet above the tunnel
leveL The superintendent, Lou Merriman,
states that this ore is more than twenty
feet wide. The company is shipping two
cars of zinc ore a week, which pays all
operating expenses at the mine.
The May Day has had difficulty in gettin6
its ore out on account of the shortage of
cars, but operations are proceeding satlsfac·
The Nevada Copper Mlnin-g, Milling ,
torilY.
The Chief Con. is to be connected by
general manager, has between 1,400 a.
switch with both the Rio Grande and Sa!t
1,500 tons of good ore on the dump, whi~
Lake tracks, according to the report here.
was produced in developing and will pi
The VictOria expects to begin uslng elec·
tric power in the near future. Connections
are now being made with the lines or the
Knight Power company.
The ore averages thirty-two per cent in co
It is expected that the Beck Tunnel w:il
exceed past production in December, as
it did in November. The Humbug ore body
still continues to the south.
J. H. McChrystal and associates, :easllIg
on the Crown Point, shipped their first car.
recently and expect to follow it up by reg:.­
lar shipments.
The average shipments from Tintic dur­
ing November exceeded that of any other
month in the history of the camp, a total
of 209 cars a week going out. The ship·
by the company up to $12,834,885. Only 01
ments for the first week in December are 150
carloads.
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NEW MINING CAMP.
for treatment in the mill. The company t4
(Special Correspondence.)
Winnemucca, Nev., Dec. S.-The writer
just returned from a trip to Rochester Can·
yon, located about sixty .miles sou,thwest
of here. It is one of the biggest surface
shOwings ever discovered in the state; while
the camp is but. a few weeks old..
carload lot shipments
wh
a.ts
Canyon, and each camp is independent of the CONTACT A LIVE CAMP.
other, inasmuch as each has its own net·
work of veins and carries a different ~har· Entrance of Railroad Revives Interest
acter of ore. Each camp also has a separate Nevada Copper District
water supply. The ore veins, however, In
'both instances, make in rhyolite. The lower The Oregon Short Line will soon have
eamp just sent out a shipment of ore which road into Contact, about fifty miles no~
gave the lessees $22 in gold and $41 in sil· of Woells, Nevada. W. T. McArdle and sf
vel'. This carloap. lot was taken ~rom a Lake associates have taken over the I~
shaft not to exceed sixteen feet in depth and Wilson group, the Salt Lake group of twent;
was hoisted in a five gallon oj] can hand six claims, and the Zetta Blanchard grou
over hand with a small rope. It costs $4 of thirteen claims. The salt Lake group i
per ton to get the ore hauled to the rail· the only undeveloped one and the showing
road, Oreana on the Southern Pacific being on all three -groups are favorable. The coui
the nearest point, which is nine 'miles c.is· try is well mineralized for a distance (
tanto twenty miles. The new railroad will COl
The other new camp is one and a half nect Rogerson, thirty-two miles to the nort!
miles further up the same canyon. The with Valley Pass, forty-eight miles to tll
values here are nearly all silver and the south. The camp has had many uPs an
seven or eight ears, which have already neen downs, but it has been freely predicted th!
shipped, have been taken from boulders of the coming of a railroad would make it
float which strew the mountain sidl' below flourishing copper producer. The ore i
the cropping of the big vein on the summit. found from the grass roots down.
These bOUlders are being broken by men On the property of the Contact & SeattJ
with sledge hammers and sacked for sl>ip Copper Mining company a sulphide bodY'j
ment. One boulder in particular contained being mined, hauled by wagon thlrty-tw
127 sa-cks of good shipping ore. There are miles to Rogerson, Idaho, and shipped to tb
about seventy-five 'men noW in camp and Salt Lake valley smelteries A car of hig]
more coming in every day. At present grade ore a month is being shipped und(
Lovelock, Nevada, is the nearest point to these severe handicaps by J. V. Marshall art
outfit from, Lov:llock being about twenty- ' W. A. Southerd, lessesB on this propert:
two miles distant. The last car of twenty·one tons, brougJ
-------0---­ $1,465.
BUREAU OF MINES ESTIMATES.
Power company, of which Henry Smith .,
Estimates of expenditure for the U. S.
Bureau of Mines for the fiscal year June ~O,
1913, to June 30, 1914, are:
For general expenses ..... _.... $ 70,240JJll handsomely with the advent of a rallrom
For investigating mine accidents. 347,900.GO A large tonnage is exposed in the working
For fuel investigations .......... 13S,OOO.O\)
For investigations into the treat· per and carries other values which hel
ment of ores and other mineral defray mining costs_
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substances .................. _ 250,000.00 .
For inspecting mines in Alaska.. 6,500.00 KING COALITION DIVIDEND.
For books and publications...... 2,500.(10
The Silver King Coalition Mining cor
Towards the erection of a suitable
pany, operating in the Park City district i
laboratory for the Bureau of
Utah, has declared a dividend of twenty-li\
Mines at Pittsburgh, Pennsyl­ cents a share, payable on December 24, :
vania . . ...................... 115,OOO:OO
s'tockholders of record, December 14th. Tl
For the collection of statistics con· disbursement, the first since 1910, wi
cerning accidents in the mining
amount to $312,500, and brings the total pa
industry, etC. ................. 25,000.00
For the purchase or lease of land other Utah company has paid a bigger dh
for headquarters for mine safety dend this year. t
cars .................. _..... . 2,000.00
Most of the ore prOduced is shipped, oJ
a small proportion being of low enough gra,
A total of .................... $954,140.00
The increases asked for include $4,140 followed the policy of extensive developm~
for general expenses, $27,900 for investigat­ and has put more ore in sight eachmoD1
ing mine accidents, $200,000 for investiga­ than it has extracted. There; a·rEi.
tions Into the treatment of ores and other stopes which coolj} ,.
mineral' substances, $1,000 for the purchase
of books andojher pllblica~i<?ns, $111'''~.d(~
warda a. new lIre'prq()f lll-bgrllctQry, ...."'.,~4"'."
000
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I
I Construction
mill to treat the tungsten ores of the
Ifine 6- Smeller Building Midnight group. Over 8,000 tons of ore are
ready for milling. J. G. Clark is general
News

manager. The city of Fort Collins, Colorado, will

It is reported [i;;ll rile Calumet alld c\1 i­
ma Mining cOlllpauy will lmild a LOOtHan The Idaho-Continental mine, in the north erect an electric lighting plant.
,iii between Hll" Dlnl SUjlenor, ArIzona. end of Bonner county, Idaho, forty mil'ls SmSth Brothers will install a new pen­
from Sandpoint, will have a 300-ton stamp stock and turbine at Ogden, Utah.
W. J. Barri,; oj Spokane will in~lall 1\
mill. A. Klockman is j}resident of the com·
50,000 dredge on ilis phlC'er llroperty on The city of Denver will install new light­
pany, and reports to Boise that the property
'uartz creek in tlte P:crce district of Idaho. ing sy'!irems, involving the expenditure of
is looking well.
. The North S1<lI' .\litlE'S C0ll11J:lllY will ere",­ $40,000 .
cyanide mIll at ""va~la City, . C"morni... A Baltimore syndicate has taken a bond The Wyoming Electric Development
elow the CIiUlll,,]on nJill. A. n. Foote ;~ on the property of the Leviathan-Gold King company will install an electric plant at
lanager. Mining company in the Weaver district of Worland, Wyoming.
Arizona, and plans to erect a large cyanid­ Berringer & Richmond of Salt Lake
The North Bulle )]illillg cOlllpany )S In­
ing and concentrating plant, if drilling re­ have been granted a franchise for a gas
estigating tile ('Ooit of im;lallatioll of an
sults warrant it. plant at Provo, Utah.
16ctric ho'st III ,Is l:ranite mountain shnft,
.t Butte, Momana. The Gibsonville Mining company of Gib· 1'he JeHao'po Manufacturing -companY, of
The Virginia·1.011ise :llining company Ji sonville, Idaho, was recently incorporateG Spokane, Washington, will buy additional
for $100,000 and plans are being considered
'ioche, Neva<!ll. is planning' to install a Ion· machinery for its plant.
involving the purchase of a gasoline engine
IOrsepower 110'" in place or tlte fifteen­ W. A. Clark, of Montana, has secured
and power drill for driving a '500-foot cross­
lOrsepower 0n,"in" uow used. a water site on the Snake river, above Ash­
cut in the company's ground.
The California 11ining eOlnpany has ton, IdahO, and wlll build a power plant.
aken an oprion on 1,SOU acres on the George Wingfield and assooiates of Gold­ The San Joaquim Light & Power com·
last fork of I iie lllinois river, near Grants field, Nevada, have begun grading fora 250­ pany will instal! its No. 2 power plant at
('ass, Oregon. ,\Btl will install a dredge. ton mill for the Buckhorn mine, ten miles a point in Crane Valley, near Fresno, Cali·
The Delhi ~lining pOlnll>my. of i\evada northeast of Cortez, Nevada. The mill will fornia.
::ity, California, will finish its Ii ,·{'·mile Hum" be built at Beowawe, on both the Southern
The city conncil of Terry, Montana, I"
trom Bloody [{nn 10 tile mine. An electrj~ PaCific and Western PacifiC railways
considering the granting of a franchise for
rower plant \Yill probably be iustalled, At. the Selma mine in the North Tlntlc the installation of an electric light plant
John T. Barnett and Gr,orgB 'I. Bradley, district of Utah, it is expected that an elec­ in that city.
Df Denver, \\ m ereCI a custom concentrating trically driven air compressor will be in· The Southern Idaho Light & Power com·
and zinc separating plant on the site of the stalled in the near future, such being the pany and the Idaho Traction company will
old Wabi\ smeltery at Silverton, Colorado. report of A. L. Palmer of Montana, and make a number of improvements at their
L. C. Petersen, who recently visited the plants in Boise, Idaho.
The Cr,mmonwealtll ;Vlining company
will erect a smeltery at Pierce, Arizona, property.
It is reported that the Northern Pacific
to cost abont $::00,000. Concrete materials The Clifford Exploration company IS to railroad will build an eight-mile tunnel
for the lOUlldatiolls are now being shipped build a tramway from the dumps of the through the Caseade mountains, and wm
in. Colorado Central mine to Silver Plume, construct several cut-ol'J's.
\Vm Klink, representing Shreve & COnt· Colorado, where it has recently acquired Orders for material for -the extensiQn "f
pany, of San ];'rancisco, is planning to erect ,the Colorado Central and Seven·Thirty the line of the Utah Light and Railway com­
fl. mill ill Trin'ty county, California, with properties. The Pelican mill will be remod­ pany from North Salt Lake to Bonntiful,
the pur[Jose in view of treating the black eled wbile the tram is building. Utah will likely be placed soon after January
sands of that connty. Sutton, Steele & Steele have started 1st.
The _\Janllattan Con~oldated Gold :llin· worl( on their 50·ton custom mill at Denver, Wm. Hobson, representing the Ham·
iog company will expend $'12.000 on a roast­ ,Colorado, which will Use the company's dry mond Lumber company has applied for per­
er for the- treatm€ n t of its anitmony,hearing concentrating and separating process. They mission to erect a 10,000 horsepower plant
gold orf'8 on the Steffen leas€ of the COlll­ will alco remodel the large mill of the Am· on the north fork of Santiam and .TI~e·ten­
panY1( :llanhattan, Nevada. erican Zinc Extraction' company, at the bush rivers, in Oregon, near Salelm.
The ,\1 a l'Y s ville Dredging COlllpany ,s ar· month of the Yak tunnel at Leadville, which
they recently purchased. The Br.iacoe Consolidated Iron Works
ranging to build a dredge at :Ylarysville, Cal­
will build a plant at Hanford, California,
ifornia, 1'''1' its Yuba l'iver mines, which wiil It is reported that the Day-Bristol Min· for the manufacture of gas and gaSOline
be the largest in the world, having 1Jucke's ing eompany, operating in the Bristol dis­ engines, pumps and electrical appliances.
of ~ixtcf'n cnbic feet callacity. trict, out of PI(){!he, Nevada, will build an The estimated eost Is about $;>00,000.
It if; reporteu that Sir Donald :VIani!, aerial tram to connect the mines at Bris­ The Montana-Eastern Railway company
Canadian railroad builder, has 1Jecome inter­ tol with the terminus of the Pioche PacifiC has been incorporated to build a line from
esled in the First Thonght mine, near railway at t'he Day mine, a diJStance of a New Rockford to LeWiston, in Montana. Of­
Orient,Washington, and plans to erect a little over two miles. George E. Bent is fices will be at Lewiston. The line will be
cyanide plant on the llrOllel'ty soon. general manager for the company. 565 miles long and will become part of
\\'. J. Weatherby is in charge of extensive The Hernandez Quicksilver Mining COPl· the Great Northern system,
improvements in t.heMogollon mining dis­ pany has been Incorpora'ed at Hollister, Cali­ The Mount Whitney Power & Electric

trict of New Mexico It is proposed to tornia. The >company has six elaims in the eompany is applying to the railroad Cdm­

ereet a large concentrating m ill and a cen­ Hernandez district, and expects to Install mission of California for
an order for a
tra! power plant for the mines of the dis· a twenty-four-ton Scott ,furnace within six bond Issue to enable It to
make new In·
t rict, months. M, G Ramires is president Qf the stallatlons on the Kaweah
river, to cQst
The Boulder Tungsten Production com­ company, George V. Heimbach, secretary about $1,250,000. John
Col'J'ey Hayes· Is
)'allY, of Boulder, Colorado, will bnild a. and trea.surer, and H. G. Larson, manager. president of the company.

 THE SA L T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, 0 E C EM B E R 15, 1912.
l Personal Mention
is in Baker City, Oregon. He is a stock·
P. W. Clark of Spokane was recently at
Tonopah.
J. W. Joy, of Su:phur, Nevada, has gOlle
to San Francisco.
S. D. Taylor of Malheur City, Oregon,
has gone to Owenton, Kentucky.
W, S. Copeland, of Portland, Oregon, has
been in Pioche, Nevada, recently.
Thomas J. Murphy has returned to Tono·
pah, Nevada, from an extended visit on the
coast.
George K. Kimball has become manager
of the Lamartine mine near Idaho Springs,
Colorado,
J. W, Thompson. superintendent or the
Silver King Coalition mill at Park City, has
gone to the coast.
George Dern, of Salt Lake, has been
eleeted to the directorate of the American
Mining Congress.
Arthur Gitsch of Park City. Utah, has
been examining property in Robinson canyon
near Ely, Nevada.
P. J. Quealy, a coal operator from Kem·
merer, Wyoming, was in Salt Lake the
first of the month.
James A. Roberts of the Frisco Mines,
near Kingham, Arizona, has gone to New
York on mining business.
J. H. Baker, manager of the AmerIcan
Eagle mine, near Parker, Arizona, has r(,.4
turned from LOB Angeles.
George T. Gosling, of Philadelphia, has
been In Leadville, looking over properties
in which he is interested.
Jacob W. Young, manager of the Bully
Boy mfne, at Marysvale, Utah, has returned
from a visit in' Philadelphia.
M. T. McLaughlin of East Dorset, Ver·
mont, has been visiting the Yule creek
marble quarries in Colorado,
J. M. Hayes, of Salt Lake, cashier for
the Utah Copper company, has been taking
a short vacation in Los Angeles,
Frank P. Swindler, of Salt Lake, prom!·
nent in mining circles, is in Goldlle!d, Ne­
vada, on professional business.
R. ·M. Edwards of Boston, president ot
the Corbin Copper company, is inspecting
the .company's properties in Montana.
W. J. Craig, of Salt Lake, one of lhe
leading mining men of the west, is in Nevada
making examination of mining properties.
George Kernick, of Oakland, Callfornia,
ha,s ,gone to Tonopah, Nevada, to r",sume
a.ctive development of the Hasbrouck prop·
erty.
Larll ,Pilka.er,
Ed B, Diehl, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
holder in the Highland Gold Mines com­
pany.
R. L, Edwards of the Kittle Burton MIn­
ing comtmny, operating in Lemhi county,
Idaho, was a recent visitor in Butte, Mon­
tana.
John Olson of Los Angeles, formerly
'manager of the Shattuck Arizona Copper
.company. has been visiting in Bisbee, Ari­
zona.
George T. Cullen, manager of the Susan
D mine at Baker City, Oregon, is on a
trip to Spokane to meet the owners or tne
claim.
F. H. Summeril, operating mines in the
Tom Reed section of Arizona, near King­
'man, has returned to the mines from Los
Angeles.
John Shea, formerly foreman at the VIc.
toria mine, Eureka, Utah, has become snpei'­
intendent of that mine, succeeding the late
J. C. Sullivan.
E. B. Thornhill, assayer and chemist of
Salmon City, Idaho, has gone to Cobalt,
Ontario, on bnsiness for the Buffalo Mlne,;;,
Ltd. of Cobalt.
James Humes of Los Angeles, will be­
come the superintendent of the Silver King
Coalition Mining company at Park City,
Utah, on January 1st.
Edward Thomarson, superintendent of the
Ely Valley mine, north of Pioche, Nevada,
has gone to Los Angeles and San Francisco
for an extended visit.
E. L. Talbot, of Park City. Utah, for ten
years superintendent of the Daly West, was
in Salt Lake, last week, conferring wJth of­
ficials of the company.
'Charles Moore and Charles Barnes, Park
City, Utah, millmen, have gone to southern
California to begin work on the Lost Alice
mine, which they own.
J. H. RitzIer of Kansas City, Missouri,
president of the Skibo Development com­
pany, is at Mowry, Arizona, preparmg to
,begin work at the comp,any's mine.
F. V. Bodfish, of Salt Lake, of the Ameri­
can Flag Mining company, and the Mines
Operating company, of Park City, Utah, has
been in New York on a business trip.
Clinton D. Ray and George Black or .Salt
Lake recently visited the property of the
llieo-Argentine Mining company, at Rico,
Colorado, in which they own an i~terest.
R. J. Glendenning, of Salt Lake, the well­
kno,wn machinery dealer, has returned from
Spokane, where he attended , the annual
meeting of the American Mining congress.
William E.MIIler and Y
Edinburg,.Scotlim,d,
respeetlvely of
been inspecting the Copper Queen and Cab
met and Arizona smelteries at Douglas, Arll
ona, and will visit other southwestern COl
per plants.
Olaf Anderson, manager of the Golde:
Leaf Mlnlng company, is at Las Vegas, N,
vada, looking after the interests of his
pany, which has property in Hemenwir
00,
pass.
Clarence E. Delafield has become dlstric
mana'ger for the Crocker-Wheeler compauJ
of Ampere, New Jersey, electrical manufac
turers and engineers, with offices at Sal
Lake.
F. M. Kurie, once In charge of the Mil
nesota-Connor mines at Chloride, Arizolll
and now residing at Philadelphia, Is i
Kingman, Arizona, In the Interest of eas
ern .clients.
O. P. ~ortman, Glbbonsville, Idaho, ha
gone to Butte, Montana, after completiD
the organization of the Gibsonville Mlnin
company, Which wlll operate a consolidatio
of claims at Gibsonville.
A. B. Lantigua of the La Plata distrl.
of Colorado, has gone to Boston to finan{
the Bonnie Girl property. and will retur
in the spring to reopen the mines. whlc
have been idle four or five years. ,
Imer Pett, of Salt Lake, manager for .~
Bingham Mines company, the Eagle & BIf
Bell, and several other Utah mining cOl!
panies, expects to leave fOr New York. on til
21st, to confer with company officials.
,So H. Brady, general manager of th
Independent Lead Silver Mining compal\
with property near Keeler, California, h~
returned to Tonopah, Nevada, and reporl
that the company will soon ·be producill
again.
S. R. Furlong, general manager of tr
Albert Lea Tungsten Mining company, ope
ating in Carrie Nation P!lrk, in BouId!
county, Colorado, has returned from a mee
ing with stockholders at Albert Lea, Min:
esota.
George Blood. 'Superintendent of the Si
v.er King Coalition Mining company, of Pal
,Ci ty, U tall, has resl-gned. the resignation 1
take elIect January 1st. With his wife t
will make a tour of Europe. after which ..
plans are not definite.
George Weinnemore, president or tj
Two Kings Mining company, accompanied l
J. Grant Duncan, John F. Garber, W. ,;
Conser and Charles f[ummer, an of: -'
Joseph, Missoud, has .been inspecting ~
company's property at IdahO Springs> Col
rado.
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 \1 '... S ;1 ,-T' LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, DEC E M B E R 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
the mine. During his absence Mr, Vander
'.\
also made an inspection of TiP Top, Bullion
and Kimberly districts, and stated that <Ie
was much plealled with the general activity
noticeable in these camps. He predicts a
great deal of revival in mining interests
throughout Nevada the coming year.
J. K. Mulkey, of Death canyon, oid l£rIck­
son district, Tooele county, Utah, is in Salt
Lake. Mr. Mulkey is interested in several
I, '
valuable properties in the district, and is
looking into the merits of a new electric
smeltery which he may decide to install for
(·he treatment of Death canyon ores, reducing
to matte. Mr. Mulkey is the owner of the
,\
Mt. Lion townsite, in Death canyon, located
at the junction of Dublin gulch, as well as
valuable water rights. He believes that
Death canyon is the making of one of the
greatest silver, lead and zinc camps in the
west, with further deve~opment. John H.
and Jackson McChrystal, and aSSocIates,
now own control of the Blaine :mine, in the
canyon, and are making plans for its exten­
sive development and operation. There are
several mines in the canyon which would
be regular shippers with adequate shipping
facilities. North of Death canyon, just over
the divide, is Indian Springs, the mines of
which section are largely owned by Thom"s
Kearns and David Keith, of Salt Lake. Mr.
Mulkey is the only notary public in this dis­
trict. Mail will reach him via Eureka, Utah.
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i, , ':;'! NEVADA HILLS COSTS.
The ·costs of operation at the Nevada
:..
HlIIs :m·ines and mill at Fairview, Nevada,
\
,r
are intere;;ting. For the month of October
they are given in detail. Recovery by con­
'h' centration was 66.7 per cent, by cyanidation,
.\, l,
21.1 per cent. The per ton costs were: Min­
ing, $3.67; milling, $2.62; marketing, 076;
bullion tax, 0.11; property tax, 0.04; inter­
€ s t, 0.35; general expenses, 0.64, a total of
$8.19 per ton.
Of the mining expense, $1.12 was for de­
velopment, the remainder for stoping. Labor
In the mill cost $0.90 per ton, supplies and
power, $1.72. Marketing concentrates cost
fifty cents a ton and cyanide bullion twenty·
six cents a ton. Four th{)1lsand and thirty
tons were treated.
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I
TRADE NOTES.
The Utah department of the Denver Fire­
clay company recently received an order (or
a carload of muffles and crUCibles from the
United States Smelting, Refining & Mining
company, to be shipped to Pachuca, Mexico,
II. Kenyon Burch, chief en:gineer ror the
Inspiration Copper company, has closed '1
contract with the American Bridge eom­
pany, of New York, for about 8,000 tons of
\\'ill :-;oon he made or ml.ie steel for the new 7,500 ton mill of the com­
carrying values ot 1"rom 7 pany which Is to be built in the Miami dis­
l per cent copper. 10 to 12 ounces silver trict of Arizona. Deliveries are to begin
$1 in gold to the ton, The nearest ship­ in three months, This is more than a mil­
p{lint is Pi lite switch, five miles from H9u.-dollar o-rder. -,
Engineers and Millmen
Howland 'Baneron, of Denver, Colorado,
is now in the east.
D. W. Brunton, of Denver, has gone to
·St. Lollis, Missorui.
A. C. Morrison, of San Francisco, Is ex·
amining mines east of Parker, Arizona.
James R. Hubbard, of Dragoon, Arizona,
expects to remove to Wilcox in the sallie
state.
N. H. Emmons Is the new manager for
the North Butte Mining company at Butte,
Montana.
James Lindsay, of Portland, Oregon, has
been inspecting the Virginia Louise mine at
Pioche, Nevada.
H. W. ~nchell of 1!ttinneapolis, Minne­
sota, has been in Wallace, Idaho, on pro­
fessional business.
James A. McClave has become general
manager for the Sutton, Steele and Steele
company of Texas.
Donald Ferguson, of Goldfield, Nevada,
is eXaIllllllllg mining properties in Hon­
duras, Central America.
H. C. Hoover, of London, has been electeJ
a member of the board of trustees of Leland
Stanford University, California.
Ernest Gayford, of the Gilneral Engineer·
ing coinpany. has returned to Salt Lake
from a professional trip to MlOntana
Robert Linton is examining iron ore prop·
erties in Texas, after a professional I'n­
:gagement in Summit county, Colorado.
Martin D. Alien, formerly of Montana,
has located in Salt Lake, with temporalY
offices at 65 West Third South street
D. P. Hynes, of Chicago, is making an
examination of the properties of the Eureka­
Windfall Mining company at Eureka, Ne­
vada.
R. N. Dickman is examining the property
of lhe Frisco Gold Mines company. near
Kingman, Arizona, and may plan a mill for
the company.
J. Fewson Smith, consulting engineer
for the United States Smelting Refining &
Mining company, has returned from a
•
month's visit at Kennett, Oalifornia, in COil'
nection with professional work.
I
A .branch office of the UnIted States
Bureau of MInes has been estab\'Joshed at
Denver, with Dr. Ri<:hard B. Moore, ·physical
chemicst, in charge; Karl L. Kithil, mineral I
technologist; J. C. Roberts and John AJlen
Davis mining engineers.
J
Richard Bishop Moore, head of the Den·
vel' offlce of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, and
Karl Klthil. mineral technologist attached
to ehe same office, have been examining the
carnotite deposists of eastern Utah,wlth II
view to aiding the developmien't of thei.'.!R,·
dUS:~ 'in ~ 1egititliate:;r',,~~:~~,~~~c ..
 THE SAL T
for methods of treatment and assay. The
government has no intention or withdrawing
any of these lands from entry.
Joseph Ralph, of London, is visiting his
brother, E. W. Ralph, manager of the Bos·
ton.Ely Mining companY,at Ely, Nevada,
having come to the district on professional
w{)rk for English clients.
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NEW CYANIDE PLANT FOR OPHIR.
The Chronicle of Virginia City, Neva\la,
describes the construction of the new Ophir
plant at that place as follows: The first
work of grading began on July 15, but the
lumber did not arrive on' the ground until
the end of the month, and the actual -con·
struction did not begin until early in Au­
gust. The frame was put up during that
month, and tbe building inclosed early in
September. The machinery was also in·
sta!1ed In September, the finishing touches
made early in October; the plant started Oll
the 14th of October, and has been runnIng
continuously ever since. The compactness
of the plant, its arrangement for economical
work, and the foresight manifested tn "n
departments, impress the visitor upon en·
tering the building, and after a careful ob·
servation of the system as it is worked out
The plant was designed for a capacity
of J 00 tons per day. During the first two
week'S after startin.g, it treated 1,065 tons.
During the third week 625 tons were handled
and during the last week the plant has been
runnirrg at a rate of more than 100 tons
per day.
The process adopted consists ot regrInd·
ing the coarse part of the tailing, and agio
.tating the re·ground tailings with cyanIde
solution. The tailings are re-ground in II
5x22·foot tube mill. One problem in connec­
tion with the ere-ction of this mill was how
to get the wet and sticky tailings to the
tube mill, and the method adopted consists
in sluicing the tailin·gs from the tailings
pond to the tube mill.
From the tube mill the re-ground tailings
pass to a Don thickener 28 feet in diame·
tel' by 8 feet high, where they are settled and
the excess of the cyanide solution is reo
moved. This solution Is pumped back into
the tailings ponds and Is kept continually
in circulation, sluicing tailings to the mill
and being returned to the pond. The set·
tled slimes are elevated from the bottom of
1he Dorr thickener into one of a series of
three agitating tanks 16 feet high and 22
feet in diameter. These agitatint; tanKs are
equipped with Trent agitators, which have
proved effective in many places for the treat·
ment of gold and silver ores. They require
very little '];lOwer and U is claimed, do ex·
cellent work if· properly installed and. looked
a1.ter. After about 24 to 36 hours
with. an additional 'amount of _•.__ .~.",
L A K E MIN. I N G REV lEW, DEC E M B E R 1 6, 1 9 1 2.
I Dips, Spurs and Angles 1
The St. Helen Light and Power Company
has been incorporated at St. Helen, Oregon.
The Waldorf mine above Silver Plume,
Colorado, is expe-cted to resume operations
shortly.
The -capacity of the Mattie mut at Idaho
Springs, Colorado, is being incrt~a~ed to 140
tons a day.
Idaho Falls, Idaho, will issue $35,000 In
munIcipal bonds to complete its hydroele-c.
tric power plant.
The Washington Water Power company
wlll build a large transformer station at
Parkwater, Was-hington.
The Jones club, of Salt Lake, W. H.
Sterracker, pres,ident, will give a banquet
soon after the first of the year.
The b'g mill being erected at Copperville,
near Kingman, ·Arizona, will probably be
put in commission early in 1913.
It is stated that the Opohongo, of Tlntic
district, Utah, will gladdcn the hoo.rts of ita
shareholde:rs by declaring a Christmas divi.
dend.
Salt Lake people have taken over the
C. O. D. mine in Mohave county, Arizona,
and will begin work about the middle of
this month.
Work will soon be resumed on the Pro·
. vadencia mine, near Magda:ena, Mexico. A
large oody of gold and sliver ore is said to
be in prospect.
Fred Chapman and B. L. Farrar, of EI
Paso, Texas, have taken a lease on the
North Georgia mine, near Chloride, Arizona,
and will sink the shaft to 100 feet, in depth.
The Crown Prince Mining company has
absorbed the New system Mining company
of Empire, Colorado, and William G. Krape
has been appointed treasurer and general
manager.
In the Wonder district of Nevada work Is
to be resumed on the Queen property and
on the Red Rock, the latter being In the
Fairview section. Both have been idle for
some time.
The Democrata Mining company is await­
ing the. blowing in of a new furnace at Its
plant at Cananea, Mexico, which will en·
able it to produce about 500 tons of copper
matte monthly.
Tll.:! Boulder Creek Mines company nas
been incorporated at Boise, Idaho, with a
capital of $2,500,000. Sigmund Falk, M. W.
Wood and Herbert Lemp, all of Boise, are
the 1ncorporators.
E. H. ]!,foore of Whitehill, Montana, reo
centlY' shipped a car of silver·lead ore from
the Brown Bull mine at Gilmore; llilWJ()f
which ran. about $100 a ton. A d~Q'yerY
gray copper ore, rich in gold and
on the 55·foot level.
The New Era mine at I Idaho Springs, ~ol­
orado, has a siX foot vein, two feet of which ~
runs from $50 to $150, the remainder aver."!"
aging $10 to $15. The latter ore is treated in'"
the company's own mill. ..
The PitsbUrg,Sllver Peak G<>ld Mining"""
company, operating at Blair, Nevada, made a·
net prollt from operations for the six
months ending June 30th, of $146,743, from
gross earnings of $613,883.
Custer, Idaho, has several quartz 1111;18
and plants, llve at Custer, a dredge and mill
at Stanley, a smeIte.ry at Clayton, concen·
trating plant at Bayhorse, and a new 800·
ton smeltery at Mackay.
The CoIQrado mine in the Tintic dlstr!..:t
of Utah, may be rejuvenated by the disco',..,
ery, recently, of a six~foot vein of ore of
shipping grade, which may also be of vallt,
importance to the Crown Point.
The Eureka mine at Central City, Col;!
ol'ado, has been recently equipped ~ith PI!
new four·drill compressor and will proceed:.
with the mining of the large tonnage of texi
dollar ore which Is now exposed.
The Tonopah Extension Mining company,
of Tonopah, Nevada, has declared its reg'{
ular quarterly dividend of two and one·hal~
cents a share, payable January 1st, to stock:
holders of record on December 10.
The Tom Reed mine, near Klngman;
Arizona, is producing at the rate of $120,000
a month, and has just paid a regular divi·
dend of three per cent and an extra or the
same amount, for a total of $65,000.
It is expected that the twenty·s~amp
mill being erected about ten miles north of
Beaver City, Utah, will soon start crush­
ing the ore of the Sheep Rock, Beave.r
Butte and other Beaver countY' mines.
The Empire Mining & Development com·
pany, of.Burke, Id1;\ho, composed of :Walla.~
Idaho, Spokane, Washington and MadisOn;
Wisconsin, men has taken ove, the.I\,i~ ang
Wonder groups on Pine Cr~k. Idaho. ·iI
It is rumored that the Eagle and Blue
Bell, of Eureka, Utah, will probably post ~
dividend at .an early date; The mlile' Is'
excellent condition and Is· producing in .tbj
!,
neighoorh()Qc;l of 100.. t()nsof. "l:::~;"';'.W'C"r'~:";·
the .eil~ht:v·flive,dOl)ti
=1.
THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, 0 E C E M B E R 1 5, 1 912.
30
feet. In the main shaft, 170 feet deep, ore
of a value of $56 per ton is showing. Other
openings have correspondingly good show·
ings and it is expected that this company
will soon become an excellent producer.
Stewart, Class and Smelser have shipped
about eleven tons of gold ore from the Fram
and Klondyke mines, near Centennial, Wyo·
ming, and state that if the returns are good
they expect to interest cajJital and build a
mil!.
The Union Chief. in Santaquin district,
was in the market, last week, with a car·
load shipment of good ore. Anotl1er Sim·
ilar consignment is expeeted in this week.
The mine is reported to be in fine con·
dition.
Charles E. Rowland, of Syracuse, Ne';V
York, has organized the Onandaga Mines
company to operate the Ruler and Comet
mines on Griffith mountain at Georgetow:l,
Colorado. The properties will be deve'oped
at once.
The Chief Consolidated Mining company
will pay its first dividend of ten cents a
share on February 3, to stockho:ders of
record January 15. The amount disbursed
by this Tintic, Utah, producer, will be near·
Iy $90,000.
The Manhattan·Big Four mine has opened
a showing of twelve to eighteen inches of
$200-ore on the 100-foot level at Manhattan,
Nevada. The ledge, which is eighteen feet
wide will average $15 to the ton, aside from
this rich s lreak.
Chester L. Proebstel of Yreka, Califor.
I\ia, has taken over the Copper Mountain
mining property on the east fork of the
Illinois river, near Grant's Pass, Oregon.
The new company under his management
will start developments at once,
The Montana·Tonopah Mining company,
of Tonopah, Nevada, will pay a dividend of
ten cents a share on December 20, to stock·
holders of record December 5. The amount
distributed will be $99,891.50, the second
dividend of this size for the year.
The Gold Bug Mining company, principal
place of business, Provo, Utah, has been in·
corporated for $50,000 with the following
officers: James Rooney, president; Jasper
Hall, vice president; J. M. Loveridge, treas­
urer and J. T. Williams, secretary.
The Calumet and Arizona Copper com·
~any, of Arizona, paid a dividend of $1.25 per
!hare on December 5. For October the net
)rofits were about $450,000 and it Is said
;hat the cost of producing copper has been
'educed to about seven cents a pound.
In Smokey valley, Nevada, about
.wenty miles below Darraugh Pot Springs,
s a dry lake, twenty miles long and abo'lt
Ifteen Wide, which has been the sc.:me of a
vild rush for potash ·clalms. No definite
eturns have been received on samples, but
t Is reported that there is a large deposit
r material giving strong potash reactions.
The Lion Hill Consolidated Mines com­
pany, of Ophir, Utah, Geo. St. Clair, mine
manager, which was recently in the Salt
Lake market with a shipment of fine ore,
is getting out another eonsignment whiCh,
it is reported, is extra fine in grade.
Frank J. Johnesse has interested cap'
ital in the Rock Flat Placer ground near
.Meadows, Idaho. This ground, besides run­
ning fifty cents a )'lard in gold, Is a pro·
ducer of various,gems, in the shape of sap·
phire, oriental rubies, and garnets.
The Snowstorm Extenslon Mining com·
pany, operating near Wallace, Idaho, is
pushing development in the search for cop­
per ore. The tunnel, now In 1,900 feet,
shows some indication of copper. Three
short crosscuts have also been driven.
The West Toledo Mines company Of the
Alta district of Utah, is pushing develop­
ment and hopes that the Superior tunnel
will cut the ore at 1,100 feet from the sur­
face, in early spring. Plans are under con·
sideratIon for a mill for the low grade ore.
The Reo Mining company has taken an
option on the Ke}'stone group of claims at
Central City, Colorado. The properties are
well located for easy ·and cheap mining and
an have considerable development work. T.
R. Cudahy of Central City, is general man·
ager.
e. M. Stolle, L. E. Glennon and E. K. Tun·
nlson have incorporated the Poverty Flat
Mining & Milling company to work prop­
erty on Poverty Flat, in Custer county, Ida·
ho. The property has produced about $2"
000,000 and has $60,000 worth of tunnel de·
velopment.
Tonopah-Belmont Development company
of Tonopah, Nevada, will pay on January
1, to stocholders of record December 15,
a dividend of twenty·five cents a share.
There will be distributed $375,000, making
a total of $3,968,000, on an issued capital
of $1,500,000.
It Is possible that the Wyoming Fuel 011
company will build a pi]Je line from the Rio
Blanco, Colorado, field to Dragon, Utah,
thus making Salt Lake the receiving point
for the oil of northwestern Colorado. This
statement has been made by C. O. Emerson,
secretary of the company.
John W. Snipes of Lodi, California and
C. C. Matthews of San FranciSCO have
taken over the McLaughlin silver lead pro­
perty at Mill City, near Winnemucca, Nev·
ada, and will push development work In the
hope of uncovering a mine. They believe
that indications are favorable.
The Wanakah Mining c~mpany of Ouray,
Colorado, has recentlyaUered its mill. Sand
tailings are reground in pans and concen·
trated on a Deister slime table. The con·
Mntrates are automatically removed hy an
elevator through a sampler to a draining
bin, holding abOut one carload. When dry'
the concentrates'run dtrecUylnfocat\l·sp6t."
ted· ~iow.. . ~'--:r ",~,:;TfJ
The Knight interests of Provo, Utah, have
added to their holdings In Nevada bY' taking
an option on the property of the Nelson
Copper company, about thirteen miles north
of Sulphur, and seventy miles northWest or
Winnemucca. Extensive development will
be undertaken during the winter.
The Adamson-Turner property at Rexall,
Nevada, is the scene of another rich strike.
A four·inch streak of very rich ore has ·been
opened up, which will run thousands of dol·
lars to the ton, -it is reported. There are a
number of good s·howings on this properly
and much higb:grade ore has been shipped.
The Crown of Gold Mining company has
been incorporated to do a general mining
business under the ;Utah laws, by A. B.
Lewis who becomes president of the com·
pany J. C. Lewis, vice preSident, and A. R.
Lewis, secretary and treasurer. The capital
is $10,000 and offices will be in Salt Lake.
The recent cave on the property of the
Columbus-Extension at Alta, Utah, has
proved a blessing in disguise. Debris filled
the shaft to a height of ten sets, but no
timbers were displaced and much or the
stuff brought down by the water was ore.
The overlying lime Shale has been drained
by the cave·in and work from now on will
be easier.
T. A. ·Bradbury of the Arizona & Burling­
ton Mining & Development company, who
has had charge of seVeral properties at
Superior, Michigan, announces that his com·
pany has taken over the holdings of the
Chicago Exploration & Mines company In
Arizona and Nevada. The company will
proceed with development of the properties
In the Dragoon mountains of Arizona.
The Salt Lake office has issued a report
on Ely Consolidated Copper company's op­
erations at Ely, Nevada, in which a call for
assessment has been made to cover the
heavy expenses incurred by· the company
in sinking Its shaft and opening the vein
on the 700-foot level and to enable the man­
agement to develop further. The company
owns 370 acres of mining ground at Ely.
The King Solomon mine, near Clancy,
Montana, of which I. S. Moreland is princi·
pal owner; has been making some gOod ship­
ments of sllver·lead ore to the Interna·
tional smeltery at Tooele, Utah. The mine
is equipped with a 100·horS<!power bOiler,
'<Iir' compressor, hoisting equipment, shops,
etc. Work Is going forward on the 4.00·foot
level, where two stopes have been opened.
The United Tintic Mines company, of
Tintic district, whose property is a near
neighbor of the famous Iron Blossom, re­
ports that an important strike was made
in Its ·property the first of last week.. The
strike was made In the 210·foot level, 360
feet north of the shaft,
fou~teen inches of
$60 a totdIi'tlie .
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2+4

THE SA L T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, DEC E M BE R 15, 1912.

Marcur CkJld Mines company in $3,415,­
312.97.
In last year's report I explained that we
were re·treating some of our older tailing
. dumps. but that the results were not very
encouraging. We found the average value
so low that in August we concluded to
I discontinue this work, and only a few tons
were handled after that month. During
I the year we treated in all 14,000 tons. The
I cost of putting this material into the mill
was 17 cents per ton. including scraping,
LS'bor, $3.855.24, or $0.024 per ton classi·
fied; supplies, $1,651 54. or $0.010 per ton
classified; power. $2,189.78, or $0.014 per ton
classified; water, $480.00, or $0.003 per ton
dassifled; total, $8.176.56, or $0.051 per ton
classified.
The filtering costs were as follows:
Labor, $5,474.90, or $0.111 per ton filt·
ered; supplies, $1.597.82, or $032 per ton
filtered; power, $1.311.15, or $0.026 per ton
filtered; water. $52000, or $0.001 per ton
filtered; total $8.903.87; or $0.180 per ton
POTASH EXPLORATIONS IN NEVAD.A
T·he results of explorations for salines t
SHver Peak Marsh, Nevada, recently 'Dla4
by the United States Geological Survs
are just published in a short report by R. i
Dole, of the survey, as Bulletin 530·ftc, ~
advance chapter from Bulletin 530. SHVE
Peak Marsh Is a salt playa or driedu.p lak
of prehistoriC origin. about twenty mil.
west of Goldfield and twenty·flve mill
southwest of Tonopah, two well known mt

iL
I tramming and hoisting. In the mill it was
mixed with the oxidized ore, and the cost
of milling is therefore assumed to be the
same as the cost of milling a ton of oxi­
dized ore. less crushing, or 70 cents.
The mill costs, segregated by depart·
filtered.
The number of tons of sand and dry ore
Ofe leached during the year was 152,275.
The consumption of chemicals was as
follows:
ing centers of Nevada. The explorat!(
was made for the purpose of ascertaini!
whether deposits of potash salts in commt
cial quantities lie within easy reach of t'
surface. No extensive beds of such sal
Cyanide. 147,230 lbs., or 073 lbs. per ton; were discovered, although the salts in CI

1 ments, were as follows: lime, 3,078,600 Ibs., or 15.27 Ibs. per ton.

MILLING COSTS OF THE CON. MERCUR.

tain samples of brine contain as much
3.43 and 3.80 per cent of potash (K.<
Drill holes were sunk at several points
t the old lake bed by means of a small, PO
Crushing ......................... 201,652 tons, $ 22,973.22, Of $0.114 per ton crushed
able drilJing outfit, operated by a burro, t
Roasting .......................... 67.816 tons, 58,120.32, or .857 per ton roasted
borings be!ng carried to a depth of abc
{;lassifying & Settling .............. 159.403 tons, 8,176:56, or .051 per ton classified
fifty feet.
FIltering .......................... 49.377 tons, 8,903.87, or .180 per ton filtered
Practically the entire surface of ,

I Leaching .......................... 152,275 tons,

Precipitating. . ....................
Refining . . . .......................

83,060.40, Of .545 per ton leached

14,49778, or .072 per ton treated

9,301.86, or .046 per tOn treated

Assaying. . ........................
3,053.62, or .015 per ton treated
General Expenses ..................
13,105.48, or .065 per ton treated
Total ...................•.•...
$221,193.11, or $1.097 per ton treated
General expense Includes .bullion expense,
ta,~es, insurance. salaries, legal expense,
offloo expense, etc, the mill being charged mean a consumption of 15.27 .'Pounds of lies within forty feet of the surface.
one-half of these items.
The crushing costs are itemized as fol·
lows:
Labor, $9,563.59, or 4.7c per ton; supplies,
$6,160.60, or 3.1c per ton; power. $6,969.03,
or 3.5c per ton; water, $280.00, or O.lc per
ton; total. $22,973.22, or $0.114 per ton,
For 81 days we had three furnaces go­
ing, for 215 days we had two. and for '10
playa, thirty·two square miles, is COVel
with salt that averages in depth ahout 0
quarter of an inch. The upper 'Dluds, ~
aging probably ten feet thick, contain~·
less than two per cent of sa,lt. It i;; .~
mated that not less than fifteen Sqij
miles of the northeastern part contain.:
ten-foot saline bed of w\iich at least sl
Our lime is burned on the premises, and per cent is salt. It is calculated from tb
is low grade, hence the above does not modern estimates that 15,000,000 tons of,
high grade Gf evaporation, which would
pur·e lime per ton of ore treated.
mit solar concentration of brines, the
The leaching costs were as follows: sence of long continued rainfall to inter
Labor, $28.667.90, or $0.188 per ton with operat:ons, the nearness of a railr
leached; cyanide, $37,206.06, or $0184 per and more especially the high degre€
ton treated; lime. $6,000.00 or $0.029 per pur:ty of the product as indicated by ar
ton treated; other supplies, $4,706.18, or ses of the brines are extremely favor
$0.031 per ton leached; power, $2,654.97, or tfeatures in regard to the possibility of
$0.017 per ton leaohed; water, $3.825.29, or lizing these deposits.
$0.025 per ton leached; total $83,060.40, or Salt is now being produced on a s

days we had one. Taking out lost time sca!e by Frank Porter, of Silver Peak,

$0 474 per ton leached.

the actual number of roaster days was 700. states that about 150 tons has 'been b~

As 67,816 tons of base ore were roasted, The consumption of zinc dust was 100,·, and sold in three years.

the average daily roaster duty was 96.9 tons 648 pounds, or 0.50 pounds per ton. This 01----­
per furnace. This is a much higher duty is an increase over former records, because
than we have ever attained before, and mao we reduced our ore tonnage Without propor­ PATENTS RECENTLY ISSUED.
terlally reduced the roasting expense al. tionately decreasing the tonnage of solu·
though at times it adversely affected the tion precipitated. (Prepared for The
slime tailing, and caused some trouble and Davis & Dsvis,patent attGrne~
extra expense in the precipitating depart· The precipitating costs were as follows: ton.)
ment. Labor, $4,376.97, or $0.022 per ton; zinc, 1.035,541-Amaigamator--C. F.
The itelJJlized roasting costs were as fol. $7,780.86, or ·$0.039 per ton; other supplies, cago, IlL
lows: $1,136.44, or $0.005 per ton; water, $60.00, 1,035,273-'-Ore.crusher-B. WI. 'l'r:llvtt;I1
Labor, $15,389.49, or $0.227 per ton or $0001 per ton; total, $14.497.78, or YorkN. Y.
roasted; coal, $33,688.42, or $0.497 per ton $0:072 per ton.
roasted; other supplies, $05,502.09, or $0081
The refining costs were .as {Gllows:
per ton roasted; power, $3,015.32, or $0.044
per ton roasted; water, $525.00, or $0.008 I.;aoor, $3,810,82, or $0.019 per ton;
per ton roasted; total, $58,120.32, or $0.857 piles, $4,787;12, 91: $0.024 per tou;
ton
 THE SA L T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, DEC EM BE R 15, 1912.
14

THE STOCK EXCHANGE. LOCAL METAL MARKE'l'. TINTIC BREAKS RECORD.

Quotations on the local exchange Tues­ No,"ember 2:j.
day morning, December 10: Silver, 63 cents; lead, $4.62%; copper ca­ Badger Bros., brokers, give out the ship­
Listed StOt·ks. thode, 17.40 cents; zinc (st. LoUIS), $7.35.
NovelDber 2& ments from the Tintic district of Utah, for
'=.5=ld=.=~=1=A=S=k=ed'=. Silver, 63 cents; lead, $4.62%; copper ca­
thode, 17.40 cents; zinc (St. Louis), $7.35. the month of November as breaking all pre­
BeCk-TunneI~ ~ ~~::-.-::-:. T$:O!f%rr-~TIf% November 27'. vious records for shipments. A portlon of
Bingham Amalgam"ted . ..:. .05 1 • OS Sliver, 63 cents; lead, $4.6Z'h; copper ca­
.11 I
I"......
Black Jack ............... 1 .15 thOde. 17.40 cents; zinc (St. Louis), $7.35. their statement follows: The productioa
Cedar-Talisman • . . . . ·.·.·1 .01'4' . oil\, November 29.
Century .•................ : .04 Silver, 63 \{, cents; lead, $4.62 %; copper ca­ from Tintic mines for the month of Novem­
Colorado Mining •......... 1 .21 .25 thode, 17.40 cents; zinc (St. Louis), $7.30. ber has surpassed the record of all preVi­
Colorado ConsolIdated .... .12 .28.% November 30.
Crown Point ... " ......... 1 .05 1 .06% Silver, 6a\{, cents; lead, $4.62'h; copper ca­ ous months, being an average of 209 2-5 cars
Daly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ 1.35 I 1.37% thode, 17.40 cents; zinc (St. Louis), $7.30.
Daly-Judge • .." .. . .. .. .. 6.00 I 7.00 De-cember 2.
per week, in comparison with 200% cars a
East Prince ........... · .. 1 • O~ 1 . O~ '4 Silver. 63% cents; lead, $4.50; copper ca­ week for the month of &!ptember of this
East Crown Point ........ , .00%\ .oo'J« thode, 17.30 cents; zinc (St. Louis), $7.30.
East ~jniic ConsoliualeLl .. !........ .ao¥", December 3.. year, which was the next highest record, and
East T mtIe Development .. \....... '.
Emerald. .... ....... .....
Gold Chain...............
.05
.49
I
.03
.15
.55

Sliver, 64\{, cents; lead, $4.50; copper ca­

thode, 17.30 cents; zinc (St. Louis), $7.30.
in comparison with 160 cars a week for the
Grand Central ............ . SO \ • gti

Deeember 4. same month last year, Which is an increase;}

Silver, 63% cents; lead, $4.50; copper ca­
Indian Queen ............ ....... .01
thode, 17.30 cents; zinc (St. Lou.s), $7.25. production of more than thirty per cent over
Iron Blossom ............. 1. 30 1 1. 32%
December 5. the previous year. Nothing snows the
j~~nB~~ne~s .::::::::::::::: ":0°*1... : 05
.. Silver, 64 cents; lead, H.50; copper ca­
thode, 17.30 cents; zinc (St. Louis), $7.25. healthy condition of the Tintic mines mOre
King William ............
Lead King ................
Leh! 'l·int.e ...............
.01I
.. ..... 1
.0014
.03¥.

.07

.01

December 6.
Silver, 63% cents; lead, $4.50; copper ca­ than its greatly increased production, and
thode, 17.30 cents; zinc (St. Louis), $7.25. this in spite of the smeltery and railroad
Lion Hill ................ . 02 I • o~
Deeelnher 7.
Little Bell •............... . ...... ' .35
Silver, 64\{, cents; lead, $4.50; Copper ca­ difficulties which the eamp is experienc­
Lower Mammoth ...... ... .05 I .Uti%
thode, 17.30 cents. zinc (St. Louis), $7.20.
Mammoth ................. .1 2. 00
DeeeJnber 9. in·g. There is no question but what the
Mason Varey ............ 10.50 1 12.00
SCilver, 64% cents; lead, $4.37'h; copper
May Day .. .............. 23 I .Z3%
weekly production of the camp would easlly
Mineral Flat ............ .', .111%
cathode. 17.30 cents; zinc (St. LoUis), $7.20.
December 10. exceed the 250 cars a week shipment if it
Mountain Lake ...... ... . 03 .05
Silver, 64\{, cents; lead, ;4.37%; copper
New york............... .01').1, .02'4
cathode, 17.30 cents; zinc (St. Louis), $7.20. were not for the curtailment of the Knight
Ohio Copper ............. 1.05 1.35
mines and the shipping difficulties. The
Opohongo . •.............. .08',4 . O~ %
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Pioche Demijohn.......... .08 . 09 III

NEW YORK LISTED STOCKS, mines which are entitled to the crean for
Pioche Metals ............ .01 .02%

Pittsburgh-Idaho . ........ .96 1.25

-~.~.-~.~-.

the substantia! increase of November ship­

Plutus . ...... ............ .07'41 .O~

_ _ _ _....:I=Sales. I H. 1 L. [Ciose
Prince Consolidated ....... 1.62%1 1.67%
Chino . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,200 4inil 40\{,[ 41'h ments over October are as follows;
Goldfield Con. . ..... 1
ii~';.~'TI0~d . ~~~ ..~~~~~~I.d.a ..' . .06 i .1U
.01 \ ........
Nevada Con. •.......
900 1 % 1%
7,060 19% 18¥.: 19",
1% Weekly Average for October.
Seven Troughs .•......... . 01~' .02 '4
Eay Con. . •.....•. '112,000 20 19'~ 19* Cars
Sacramento . .•...•••••.•. ,001/4 , ••..•.. 'renness"e Copper ... 3.300 37 \{, 35 a6')j,
Seven Troughs Coalition •. .42 1 .45 Miami Copper ...... 1 2,800 25')j, 25 25 Beck Tunnel :I
Silver King Coalition..... 3.40 \ 3.45 Utah Copper ........ 11,600 58% 57'4 58 Colorado . .
Silver King Consolidated. .76 1. UII Inspiration. ........ 400 18'>1. 17%.118% 2%
::;tudebaker Co~..:.J __2I)~J 37¥.: 38_ Dragon Con. . . . .................. ,. 1I~
Silver
Sioux
Shield .... .........
Consolidated .......
.00llli
.04 I .02'h
.06 -~--o---- Gold Chain •......................... 8~
~~~t~se:;.:o~o~;gl~~':.'ted··::: .... :00*\ :~~'4 NEW YORK CURB RANGE. Iron Blossom ....................... . 17~

Tlntic Central ............. .01 .01 'h

United Tintic •........... .00').1, .OJ

. ~-==== 1&ileS.1 Ii: 1 4~K~ios~ May Day ........................... . 4

Uncle Sam ••·· •........... 1

Utah ConSOlidated •......
.12 I
.01 % I .15

.01 * First National copper/ ...... :~~~fiJr--T%1 I¥.:

Giroux Con. ....... 2,500 3% 3'4 3'4
Mammoth , ' . . .............'...... , . 14%

~r';~:r g~~e;Olid':te'd'::::::: :g~ :g1 6 Nevada Utah ........ I.. .... . 3c Ie 3c Yankee Con .... , ............ , ..... . 1'14

Vktoria ConsolIdated ····1

W'lbert . ...... .... ........
.61
.11
I
1
.~8
.13
Ray Central ........ I.......
Yukon Gold .....•.. \.......
Ohio Copper ...•.... 1,000 1 ~
2%
3'h
2%
3
1'4
2%
3
1~
Weekly Average for November
Yankee Consolidated .... .1 .16 % .17 % New Keystone ...... 1....... Cars
6erg!gton Copper .•...... , .08 .10 South Utah ........ I....... 1
2
%
1%
~
2
',4 Beck Tunnel 33-5
M r. Crn••...................... \
~ -'-' -'~'~.~~.:---.::~.~~.-~--~-~-~~
.O~ Mason Valley ....... 1. .....
Braden Copper ..... [ 9,000
'1111,4 9*
11 11

9% 9').1, Colorado " .... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 1·5

Unlisted 5toel<... Ely Consolidated .... \" ..... 11e 9c lIc Dragon Con ...................... 162-15
La Rose ........... " ..... 1 2% 2% 2¥.:
_._ _ _ _ _ _.____ 1 . Eid~ 1 Asked. Nevada Hills ....... 1 5001 1'.4! 11,4\ l'.t.
Gold Chain ........................ 12
Kerr Lake, ......... ( 200 2% 2%. 2%

MIchigan-Utah . . . . . ~~i)j)"'ITi-:05- Belmont. .......... 850 8\{, 7%' 8

Iron Blossom .................... 25 1~15
?;homypsOn-Qulnc y . ........
ew erington............
.30
.18%
.32

May Day ......................... 6 4-15
M cDonald-EIY • ' " .......
Oh 1O-J(entucky . ..........
.20
.22
~:ta ConSOlidated . ...... .55 1 :59
,y Witch ................ .06'h
~~~f~a'ii yentral-Standard.
C I ee a ...........
H'::.;:.m. RExtccslon ,........
"'j
.07% ::::::::
.14%
.06
....... .
Secretary Arthur L. Thomas has jn:<t is­
e .un opper ... ~.-.:..:_._.._.~~ _
1 _ .2~
Sales.
Iron Blossom, 386 at $1.30.
May Day, 500 at 23c.
Silver King Coalition, 100 at $3.32 %; 400
at $3 ..35; 100 at $3.37%; 120 at $3.40.
Un!ted TinOc, 10,000 at * c.
UnIOn Chief, 1,000 at 7c.
Ya,nkee Con., 300 at 17c.
PrInce Con., 700 at $1. 62%' 200 at $1.65.
Shares sold, 13.806. '
Selling value, $4,698.30.
Open Board.
Cedar-Talisman, 1,000 at 1 '4c.
Crown POint, 1,000 at 5%c.
May Day, 2.000 at 23c.
Seven Troughs, 200 at 214c_
UnIon Chief, 1,000 at 7c; 220 at 6 '4c.
Moscow, 1,000 at 30c.
Shares SOld, 7.520.
Selling value, $1,471.80.
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When. writmg advertisers ldndl, men
tlon The M1n1ng Review.
19%
Tonopah. .......... .......
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REPORT OF THOMPSON·QUINCY,
.16
The Utah Marb'e & Construction com­
sued the annual report of the Thompson­
Quincy Mining company, operating in the
Park City district of Utah. The statement
is for the year ending October 31, 1912.
The year was prin-cipally devoted to ('.evel­
opment work in connootion with the tun.nel
from the 1,200-foot level of the Daly-West.
The expenses for the year were $5,411.61 for
mine supplies, $11,562.43 for mine labor and
$1,958.05 for general expense. The money
for these expenses came from the sale of
5,000 shares of treasury stock and money
borrowed at six per cent interest. The in­
debtedness of the company is $26,552.98,
The company 1ncreased ·lt8 holdings by tak·
·ing over a portion of the old West Quincy
group and now owns about In;a.cfes.
6%1
6%. 6%
..__9~9 'h_~
Mammoth .•...................... ::0 2-15
Yankee Con ............. ,........ 24-15
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pany, of Salt Lake, whose quarries are 10'
cated in Hobhle Creek canyon, Utah county,
has prepared a marble slab which is to oe
sent to the Smithsonian Institute at WaSh­
ington. The slab is three feet square by
two inches thick, and was sawed and pol­
ished at Provo. It will be used as a table
top at the institute, upon which rare speci­
mens will be placed. The slab is a sample
of ibLrds-eye marble, of rare texture and
beauty, and capable of taking on a most
attractive pOlish. The company has marble
of various colors and shades, and 1ts
ries ha.ve been opened up so that
be profitably worked.
Midvale,
alid.·C,' t .G'ilili':I~~fi
 THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, 0 E C E M B E R 1 5, 1 9 1 2.
SHOOTING OFF THE SOLID.
Credit Given Utah and Colorado Operators
for Avoiding This Evil.
Much hIllS been said and writ:en in
condemnation of the practice, too prevalent
in some of the coal-mining state3, of "shoot­
ing off thesolid"-that is, of blasting down
the coal without having previously under­
cut or sheared It, or "JWI,klng the powder
do the work." According to Edwanl W.
Parker, the coal statistician of the Umted
States (ffiological Survey, all authorities
agree that the practice is reprehensible in
the highest degree. The heavy charges
of powder produce an unnecessary quantity
of fine coal and render the lump coal so
Ifriable that it disintegrates in handling
and transportation. The quantity and qual­
ity of the merchantable product are there­
by materially reduced. These reasons, in
themselves, are Buffici~mt to call forth the
condemnation of the practice and the de­
mand for its abolition, but a far stronger
reason is the increased liabillty to il.cci­
dent in a vocation·.that Is hazardOUS enough
when all precautions pos3ible are taken to
to promote safety. The use of inordinate
charges of powder weakens the roof and
supporting pillars and failure to unaercut
or ahear the coal increases the danger of
wind'Y shots, the cauSe of frequent dust
explosions. Falls of coal and roof in 1911
caused almost one-half of the 2,700 or so
deaths In the coal mines of ·the United
States, and explosions caused fourteen per
cent. The deaths from the more prOlific
cause, however, usually happen singly and
are not reported outside of the localities
where the accidents occur, whereas the less
frequent explosioIJ;S involving the deaths of
tens or hundreds of men are given promi­
nence in the daily and technical press, '
In collecting the statistics of produc­
tion of bituminous coal in 1911 the United
States Gilological Survey schedules in­
cluded inquiries as to the percentage of the
output mined by hand, by the use of mach­
Ines, and by shooting off the solid. Replies
to these inquiries were made by mines rep·
resenting more than ninety per cent of the
total output The quantity of coal prepared
for shooting by being mined either by hand
or by m;:Ichines amounted to approximate­
ly 298,377,000 short tons, or seventy-three
and five-tentll!3 per cent of the total produc­
tion. The quantity of coal shot off the solid
amounted to nearly 70,000,000 tons, or
seventeen percent of the total. Theprac­
tice of shooting off the solid appears to
have Its strongest hold in the interior pro­
vince, embracing the states of the Mlssls­
lIippl valley, Michigan, and Texas, although
in Texas, on account of its large propor­
tion of. lignite, relatiVe small per~eIltage
Be PI~pued to teot any
ore that you Bad.
. Do 1101 overlook allY good
thlllg.
A W oy', Pocket 5mel... wiD
5<0. It tdla
IeIt any ..e . . . coat 01
tbe .... in ,S min...... Why ~
~ ex W81t loaad'. OYer 6000 aD
daily _. nch .mno ..ti.fact'OD.
A comple'e field outlit
coat. $10. Other outlits ftom
$3.50 to $15.
Wrileloday. Thi",,,,,,,,,ia .J. W. Swaren .. Co.
lor your _ ud addr.... Room 806 112 Market 5_1
S... Franciaco, Cala.
ninety per cent of whose product in 1911
was aho: down without having been mined.
Oklahoma reported nearly eighty per cent
of its total production shot off the solid,
Kansas 77.6 per cent, Iowa 68,4 per cent,
Mjlssourl fifty per cent, and Indiana and
Illinois each thlrty·~ght per cent. The
states of the !n~erior province or Mississippi
valIey region altogether, with an aggre­
gate production equa! to a little over twen­
ty-three per cent of the total output of the
United States, reported over sixty per cent
of the total quantity of coal .shot off the
solid in the whole country. These states
produced 93,858,654 short tons, of which
42,672,000 tons, or forty-five and five-tenths SALT LAKE CITY
Sewer Pipe, Drain Tile, F'tre Brick i
per cent, was shot off the solid.
The sta~es of the Appalachian region
are larg:eljy tree from criticism :on th.ii3 Flower Pots, Hollow Tile. Fa;:
point. The highest on the rolI of honor Clay, Wall Coping. Chimney Tops.!
in 1911 was ,Maryland, with only five-tenths
per cent of its total production not prop­
erly mined. West Virginia was second,
wlith one per \cent, iPennsylv:all1ia, with
thir~y-five per cent of the total bituminous
production, reported less than three per
cent shot off the solid, and Ohio, elghty­
six per cent of whose production is ma­
chine-mined, also reported less than three
per cent shot off the solid, Compared with
these, Alabama, with forty·four per cent of
its production shot from the solid, Ten­
nessee, with 37.7 per cent, and Virginia,
with 35.6 per !cent, .appear unf!avorably:.
Among the Rocky Mountain states, Utah,
with 7.7 per cent shot off the .solid, and
Colorado. with 12,4 per cen:, are the best
examples; Montana, with thirty·four per
cent, and Wyoming, with 39.8 per cent,
are the worst. The total percentage in
the Rocky Mbuntain states is much be!ow
that of the in~erior province.
The Grand Central. mine at Eureka, Utith
now has th~. d.~P!"st shltft' In the ~ .,
Utah, and wiIlpnt dow~; ~nze
d~pes.t 1.~lIel,~ll)J!lQ, .. The
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36 THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, 0 E C E M B E R 1 5, 1 9 1 2.

RAILROAD TIME TABLES

OREGON SHORT LINE TIllE CARD.

EFFECTIVE JUNE 16, 1912.

D.,part. Dalt.".. Arrive.

CASTLE GATE
CLEAR CREEK
Pleasant Valley
Coa1 Election is Over
7:10 A.M... Ogden. Malad, Den­

ver, Omaha, Kansas

Crops are Bountiful
City, Chicago, San

Francisco, Ely and

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intermediate points

beyond Ogden. (Og­

Metals are Up
den and Intermediate

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

8:00 A.M... Ogden , Logan, Poca­

tello, Boise, Marys­

Sunnyside Coal and Coke Prosperity is Increasing

ville. Intermediate-
---.--(}---­
Montpelier. Going .. 10:10 P.M.

10:00 A.M.. .. Ogden and Interme­

diate Points ..•..•... 6:55 P.M.
11 :40 A.M... Overland Llmited-
Omaha, Chicago,
Denver, St. Louis .... 3:20 P.M.
Fuel for

11:55 A.M.. .. Los Angeles Limited

--Omaha,
1:05 P.M... Overland
Chicago,
Denver. St. Louis .... 4 :45 P.M.
Limited-
Every Under all conditions, a
good place for JOu to do
Ogden. Reno, Sacra-
men to, San Francisco.. 2 :05 P.M.
2:45 P.M... Ogden, Boise, Port­
land, Butte .......... 4:50 P.M.
Purpose
Jour banking business Is
- by mall wlth­
~
2:45 P.M... Ogden, San Francisco .. 6:55 P.M.
4:15 P.M... Ogden, Brigham,
Cache Valley, Malad
and Intermediate .... 11 :35 A.M. You Get the Service You

5:20 P.M.•. Ogden, Denver, Oma­

ha,
City,
Chicago, Park
Green River
and West. only, re..
Want When You Want It.
Walker Brothers Bankers
turning) . • . . . . . . . . • 12:40 P.M.
6:00 P.M... Motor Flyer--Ogden
and Intermediate .... 9 :35 A.M..
7:15 P.M... Yellowstone Special
UTAH FUEL COIPANY

--Ogden, Pocatello, Top Floor JU'dge Building.

Idaho Falls and Yel·
lowstone Park (Chi­
cago and East and
San Francisco and
SALT LAD CITY, DnD BINtiHAM &tiARFIELD
West, also arriving) .. 7:40 A.M.
11 :45 P.M., .Ogden, BOise, Port·
land Butte •..•.•..... 10:30 A.M.

Cit.". TI"ket 08'1"", Hotel Utah. Tel. Ex. 111.

DENVER .It RIO GRANDE TIME TABLE. RAILWAY COMPANY

TIME CARD.
!IAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES .It SALT LAKE

RAILROAD COMPANY.
(El'leetlve May 19, 1912.) The Scenic Line
(El'lectlve June 16, 1912.) Depart Dall.".. TOTHB
Provo, Manti. Marysvale ......... 8:00 A.M..
Union Station, Salt Lake Cit."., Utah. Midvale and Bingham .•.••.•••.. 7:45 A.M.
Denver, Chicago and East •.•.•••. 8:35 A.M.
Great Copper Mining

DEPART.
No.7-Los Angeles Limited, to
Park City •..•. , ....••....•....•.. 8:20 A.M.
Ogden and Intermediate Points ... 10:35 A.M. Camp of BINGHAM

Ogden, San Francisco, Portland . . 12:40 P.M.

Los Angeles ............. 5 :00 P.M. Ogden, San Francisco, Portland .• 2:45 P.M.
No. I-The Overland, to Los An­ Midvale and Bingham ...•.•.....• 2:45 P.M.. Two Trains Daily via

geles .•..............•... 11:50 P.M. Denver, Chicago and East .......• 5:20 P.M.
No. 51-Miner's Local, to Tooele and Provo, Springville, Tintie .•••.... 4:50 P.M. The Garfield Smelter and Mills of

Eureka . . ...........•.. 7 :30 A.M. Denver, Chicago and East ... _•.. _ 7:00 P.M.
No. 53-Garfield Local, to Garfield Ogden, Portland and Seattle ....... 11:10 P.M. Utah Copper Co.

and Smelter .... , ....... 6:50 A.M. Arrive Dally.

No. 55-Tooele Special, to Garfield
and Smelter, and To(>ele .. 2'40 PM
No. 57--Garfield Owl, to Garfield and' ..
Smeiter ........• '.' ...... 11 :00 P.M.
No, 61-Lynndyl Special, to Lehl,
American Fork, Provo,
Payson, NePhi, Lynndyl.. 4 :50 P.M.
100
Ogden, San Francisco, Los Angeles 8:15 P.M.
'l'lntic, Springville, Provo ........ 10:20 A.M. Lv. Salt Lake 7:45A.M.
Bingham and Midvale .....•...• , .10:30 A.M. Ar. Bingham . 9:05 A.M.
Denver. Chicago and East •....... 12:25 P.M. 110
Ogden and Intermediate Points ... 2 :10 P.M.
Denver, Chicago and East ........ 2:35 P.M. Lv. Bingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:35 A.M.

No. 63-ValleYMall, to Provo, Ne­ Ogden, San Francisco and West .. 4:55 P.M. Ar. Salt Lake .............. 10:40 A.M.

phi, San Pete Valley and Park City and Intermediate Points 5:00 P.M. 111

Mercur . , ............... 8:00 A.M. Bingham and MIdvale ............ 5:S0 P.M. 3:15 P.M.

Provo, MantI. Marysvale ........• 6 :30 P.:l.1. Lv. Salt Lake

ARRIVE. Ogden, San FrancIsco, Portland .. 6:50 P.M. Ar. Bingham , 4:35 P.M.

No. 8-Lo8 Angeles Limited, from Denver, Chicago and East .••..•.. 10:55 P.M. 11Z
,"T Los Angeles ............ 11 :40 A.M. Phone, Waaateb, 2526. Lv. Bingham .•............ 4:55 P.M.

,,0. 2-The Overland, from Los An· Ticket offlee, 301 MaiD Street. Ar. Salt Lake .............. 6:10 P.M.

geles . . . ................ 6 :SO A.M.

No. 52-Miner's Local, from Eureka,
Sliver City, Stockton,
Tooele ••................ 4:50 P.M.
No. S4--Garfteld Local, from Gar­
field, Smelter ...........• 8 :50A.M.
No.56-Garfield Local, from Smelt­
er, Garfield ...•......... 6:00 P.M.
No. 58--Garfield Owl, from Garfield,
Smelter, Riter .......... 12 :55 A.M.
No. 62~nndyl Special, fl'Om
Lynndyl. Nephi, Provo and
Intermediate Points ..... 10:05 A.M.
No.64-Valley Mall, from Nephi,
Provo, MereuI' ........... 6:05 P.M.
Dina-ham .It Garfield R. R. Co.
DEPA.RT.
No.109--Salt Lake, to Bingham .. 7:45 A.M..
No.l11--Salt Lake, to Bingham •. 3:15 P.M.
near Malheur City. Oregon. Mr. Johnson Is
ARRIVE.
reported to have encountered a twenty·foot
NO llQ---Blngham to Salt Lake .... 10:40 A.M..
to ha.ndle
,!,J~t'!"1h~~bam to Salt Lake .... 8;10 P.M..
vein of rich gold ore, free-ml\ling.
PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS.
The Salt Lake Photo Supply company,
159 Main, headquarters for Kodaks, Cam­
eras, SuppIiesand Kodak Finishing. Mail
us your orders. Come and see our new
store.-(Advertiesment. )
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F. L. Johnson recently made a s~rike on
the property of the Drexel Mining' company,
regular quarterly reports. The two furnaces
at the smeltery of the companY' are in shape
~to:\lS 'ofore .
.f
For further information aop/p to anp "Salt Lake
Route" or Bingham & Garfield Rat/wap Agent
-or-­
H. B. TOOKB~. Ocn'l Pass. Agent
6'7 MCCarnlck Buildlnli: SALT LAKE CITY
It is expected that the Mason Valley
Mines company of Yering~on, Nevada, will
go upon a two dollar dividend basis early
in 1913. The company will i~sue a complete
report in January and will follow this with
j
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