VOL. 14. No. 20. SALT LAKE OITY. UTAH • .JANUARY 30. 1913. SiNGlE COPY.

15 CENTS

, REFINING PETROLEUM CRUDE OILS

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By J. C. HOWARD.

This is the "Oil Age" just as it is the age
of mechanics; both are inseparably connect·
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ed. No commodity before or in our own gen·
eration has had such a univer<sal variety of
uses.
gether in buiJd:ng Nineveh and Babylon, of . for its wonderful curing power, a natural
it being used as an illuminant by the Chi· medicine, ,pumped from a well in Alleghany
nese, centuries before Clhrist. The Egyptians County, Pennsylvania. Four hundred feet be­
used it for embalming; the Romans and law the surface of the ground." This was an
Greeks for building and paving; the French advertisement put on bottles by Dr. ,Samuel

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One hundred years ago petroleum or any
of its products was not considered a factor
in the world's commerce. Today it is one of
the greates-t factor·s. It supplies actual nec­
essities, has enriched the men who have re·
fined and distributed its various products,
of the sixteenth century used it for medical Kier, a Pittsburg druggist, and sold in large
purposes. quantities as a salutary nature medicine.
The shale oil industry of the British Isles The best physicians still prescribe the
grew to rather large proportions in the early salves, ointments and emulsions made from
part of the nineteenth century. Miners dig· the petroleum by-products of crude oil.
ging coal in England sa.w oil trickling down As printing :became general the people

Spring; Valley Field. Wyoming;. Where Oonsiderable High Grade Paraffine Orude 011 Is Produced for the Utah Oil Refining; 00.
and, becaUse it requires so much experience
and capital to develop, store, transport, re-
fine and di,stribute, it has enalbled a few
men to manipulate it in such a manner as
to build up the strongest financial corpor­
ation in existence today.
While Colonel Drake's well drilled on Oil
creek, Venago county, Pennsylvania, in
1859, really marked the beginning of the
present petroleum age. and was the first oil
well ever drilled, still we read of bitumen be·
Ing used to cement the alabaster bricks to·
the coal and to this day a great percentage
of the people refer to kerosene as "coal oil."
Shale oil was obtained by digging out the
oil bearing shale rock, putting it in closed
ovens and catching the oil that was driven
out of the rock ,by heat. A number of small
rock oil refineries were established in Eng­
land and also In towns on the Atlantic sea·
board before petroleum erude oil had been
rproduced in what we would now call com·
mercial quantities In this country.
"Kiers Petroleum or Rock Oil, celebrated
were eager to read books, magazines and.
neWEipapers. The old illuminants, sperm oil
and tallow candles were both scarce and ex­
pensive, and the best of these fats were
rather poor illuminants, so the people weI­
comed the coal oil made from crude oil. A
high price, up to seventy-five cents per gal·
lon, was obtained for kerosene.
Oil fields were rapidly developed in
Pennsylvania and large refineries w'ere
built. The principal product was kerosen.e;
the gasoline and napthas were not market­
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and large quantities of gasoline were 'paraffine ,base found 'largely in Pennsylvania year 1912. Th's grade is also found in Texas
wn back into the wells to 'cut the para­ 'and adjacent states, However, sOlIIle crudes and Wyoming; ho,wever, as a general thing,
from the casing. The wax distillates in Oklahoma and Wyoming. Colorado and they are not quite as heavy as the asphaltic
resliliums were either used :for fuel or Utah fields are also paz,aifine. These, how· base crude in California.
wn away. However, methods of extract­ ever, are generally considered by oil men as T·here is another grade known as the ole·
the wax 'I;>y certain processes of refriger· semi-paraffine and asphaltic, running from fine found prinCipally in the Baku oil fields
near the Caspiau sea in Russia. This oil has
simply a trace of paraffiine but not suffi·
cient to classify it as either. From this crude
very valuable low cost cold-test lubricants
are produced. They have a universal de­
mand for special purposes. Speaking gener·
ally, these are the three .grades of erude pe­
troleum and from them a great variety of
oils can be made. However, not all these
olls produce varying 'percentages and qual­
ities of gasolines, napthas and kerosene.
In 1859 the production in the United
States was two thousand barrels. The total
amount of barrels, containing forty·two gal·
Ions each, produced in the United States in
1912 reached the grand total of two hundred
twenty million, tw'o hundred thousand or
with!n two hundred thousand barrels of the
banner year, 19]1. The mid-continent and
eastern fields declined about nine million
barrels, whereas California enjoyed an In­
crease of about the same amount. Still, in
the face of a two hundred thousand barrel
decreased prodUction, the total valuation
caused by the advanced prices for crudes
was sixteen million dollars more than 1911,
, or the splendid sWm of one ihundred and fifty
, Receiving Yards and Stiils of the Utah Oil Refining Co.
million dollars, which is ,greater than the
were devised and instead :of running thirty·two to forty·eight Beaume ,gravity, but combined valuation of all the gold, lead and
'S by fire heat down only to tar, steam -the average Pennsylvania high grade crude silver the whole United States mined in 1912,
were used in the stills to keep the re­ runs about forty-one to forty-three. There There were no less than six advances
ns sweet.- This made it possible to pro­ are also several grades of paraffine crudes posted on light refining crudes 'by the big
the highest grade lubricants to meet found in Borneo, which they are now refin­ pipe line companies in 1912. This increase
rgent needs of railroads, ,power plants ing there. was due, firstly, to the ten per cent decline
a~tory machinery.
•
e comparatively recent invention and

-sal manufacture of the internal oil

Istion engine, principally for automo­

,
3e, has steadily increased the commer·

~lue of gasoline, 'which on today's mar­

: refinery and distribUting points; aver­

00 per cent higher in price than kero­

~or instance, the tank wagon price on

ne .in St. Louis is 9 cents per gallon;

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Ie, 18 cents per gallon.
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I,.phenomenal production of petroleum

country and the <modern methods of

lorting
ears
through large pipe
and across the
lines,
seas
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mk ,steamers, ha.s made it

e for large American oil companies
Dete successfully ,In foreign countr:es,
ontrol 60 per cent of the oil trade in
lavia,Britlsh'Isles, Germany, France,
\lid China, !and 80 per cent in Africa
Ith America. Whether in the jungles
est Africa -or in the extreme border­
theA:retie regions, the five gallon
kerosene is considered an essential The next grade of crude is the asphaltic; in light oil crude production; secondly, to
ity. it is found principally in Californ'a; the the phenomenally increased demands for
e are three grades :of crude oil and greatest oil field in: the world, producing one· napthas, gasolines and lubricants; and third­
grades there are very many kinds. third the world's production, which amount­ ly to the dissolution of the Standard Oil com­
t grade and most valuable is the ed to some ninety mlllion barrels during the pany of New Jersey as a holding company.
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THE SAL T L A K E
The processes of refining crude petroleum
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are fundamentally the same today in the up­
to-date modern refining plants as they were
in the old ,plant of forty years ago,
The 'most iIlllPOrtant process in the refin­
ing of petroleum today consists essentially
t of two parts; .heating the oil in a still by
firing underneath until it vaporizes in the
~ same way as boiling water passes into
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steam; and condensing these vajors just as
steam condenses on cold objects, The suc­
-cessful operation of the different product:>
depends on the fact that each of the many
hydro-carbons composing crude oil has its
own p,articular boiling .point, and thus allows
gradu.al heating to carryon the process of
division, or fractional distillation, as it is
called,
ThB crude oil stills, the condensers
where the vapors are condensed back into
liquid form, the receiving house, where the
stillman separates the distillates 'by
weighing their gravities, the recelvmg
tanks, agitators and storage tanks repre­
sent the important ,parts of the skeleton of
'every refinery.
Type of Stills,
The oldest type of distilling tanks used
by the early refineries of Pennsylvania was
called the "cheese box type", which was
higher in step than in diameter, Thecapa­
city ranged ordinarily around seventy-five
barrels, but larger refineries built them up
to two hundred and three hundred harrel
capacities, Most ILP-to-date refineries have
discarded them and, at the salme time, some
of the refineries of the present time retain
them for special reducing purposes, The
cheese 'box stiU, with a capacity, say, of
seventy-five .JJarrels, would not be charged
to the full capacity, but only to about sixty
barrels, This is to allow the most volatile
fractions to arise and ascend over the vapor
line and the heaviprcarbons to return into
the still to be refractionated, The fire is
built with coal or oil, whichever fuel is the
cheaper of the two, and steam coils are also
put into the still, ,which are perforated so
that live steam can be thrown into the
charge; the Ipurpose of this is to keep the
residiums sweet, prevent the oil from being
scorched and to assist the fire heat to frac­
tionate the paraf'fines.
The modern crude still, which is a hori­
zontal cylindrical style, was first discovered
by the Russians in the Baku fields to be
more economical; a still having a capacity
of five hundred ,barrels would be about ten
and one"half feet in diameter by thirty-six
feet in length. The fire 'box being under
one end, naturally a great portion of the sur­
face of the still is brought in contact with
the live heat, thus obtaining greater effi­
ciency out of the fire than with the cheese
,box type. In sOime of the large modern re­
fineries such as at Point Riohmond, Califor­
nia, Bayonne, New Jersey, and Port Arthur,
Texas, these stills run from seven hundred
and fifty to tWelve hundred 'barrels 'capacity.
MIN I N G R E VI E W, JAN, U A R Y
Referring to the method of distillation
and percentages of various oils obtained
from the crude oil stills, let us take ,for in­
stance the Casper, Wyoming, crude as a
basis fr,om which to illustrate: A five hun­
dred barrel still is charged with four hun­
dred 'barrels of crude and the fire is built
under the direction of the stillman. When
the temperature arises to about one hun­
dred and sixty in the still, the light volatile
vapor starts to rise and ascend into the
vapor lines, d,own into the condenser box
and on into the receiving house. By the time
it gets into the receiving house it is again
condensed down into liquid form. This is the
Gusher in Salt Creek Field, Near Casper, Wyoming
beginning of the distillation and what is
known as gasoline distillate; distillate, by
the way, meaning no special part of the
'crude oil, but rather a product of distilla­
tion.
When the still heat continues to rise, the
stillman diverts the streaJm from the receiv­
ing house into one large tank, until the
gravity in the receiving house is about fifty­
one, or until the temperature in the stilI is
about three hundred; he then diverts the
stream into what is known as the kerosene
distillate tank, The first cut will yield him
about twenty per ,cent, continuing to run
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from fiftY'one gravity down to a:bout thirty­
eIght or about five ,hundred and fifty degrees
Fahrenheit into the still, This goes into the
kerosene distillate tank, This has an average
gravity of about forty-three, If it were put
on the market in this shape, it would be un­
satisfactory, making a smoky, sooty flame
and often creating an unpleasant odor, There
fore further treatment is necessary, It is put
into an agitator holding from one hundred
to fifteen hundred barrels, depending upon
the siZ€ of the refinery, and treated with a
certain almount of sulphuric acid and agitat.
ed about thirty minutes, The acid has an af­
finity for tarry matter and fixed carbons; it
precipitates these and they, being heavier,
fall to the bottOim and are drawn off, The oil
is then neutra],ized with a certain amount of
soda-ash, eliminating all of the acid nature,
and, afterwards, it is washed with a com­
paratively warm water, 'purifying it from
all acids and forei,gn substances, From there
it is pumped into settling tanks, until all
the moisture settles to the bottom. This is
generally done by raising the temperature
through the use of heating coils. From there
it is pumped into the general distribUting
tank ready for the market. At this point it
is cut out and run at from about thirty­
eight to thirty-five gravity, or from five hun­
dred and seventy-six to six hundred and
twenty degrees, into another receiving tank,
Thi,s oil is called ,solar oil or power-distil­
late, which is now being used very exten­
sively for traction engines and general
power service, where there is a continual
operation and high temperature maintained
in the engine.
The next 'cut is in the gas oil from about
six hundred and twenty Fahrenheit to about
seven hundred, or from thirty-five to thirty­
three gravity Beaume. At thirty-three grav­
ity the stillman diverts the stream into the
wax distillate tank, and he runs this down
from about seven hundred to seven hundred
and fifty degrees in the still. This last dis­
tilLate is about twenty-nine to thirty gravity
Beaume, and from it is obtained the wax or
paraffine, also the lubricating oils, such as
automobile, gas engine, stationary eng;ne,
compressor and other machine and neutral
oils.
The reSfdium remaining in the stills is a
finished product as far as distillation is con­
cerned. I,f this be strictly paraffine oil, then
the residium left in the still is a finished
cylinder oil, as far as distillin,g is concern­
ed, sweet in odor, green in color, say five
!hundred and forty flash, twenty-one-twenty­
four gravity, and, after going through pro­
cesses of treating, filtering, and compound­
ing, is universally used for steam cylinder
purpo~'es in steam pumps, stationary steam
engines, locomotives, etc. If, on the other
hand, it 'be an asphaltic base crude, this re­
sidium is an asphalt, or bitumen, generally
used ,for a binder in road paving, and runs
all the way from ten to one hundred and ten
penetration. However, the penetration of
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I!halt ordinarily used for street paving
ually runs from seventy to eighty and the
avier grades are generally used for roof­
s purposes and for manufacturing water­
oof felts. By stopping the still a little
oner this same asphalt could be used for
ad oil or fluxing. For instance sixty or sev­
ty per cent of this road oil or flux proper­
mixed 'lVith our Utah gHsonite, makes a
ghly satisfactory asphalt both for roofing
,d paving purposes.
A specimen of the binder-course which
r. Heman recently put down in one of our
Lit Lake City streets, made from this mix­
re, is thoroughly saturated and is Vf'! T
nacious and has a resilency, which pre­
,nts it from cracking, in the winter, and
om overheating and becoming soft, In the
,mmer.
Referring to the condensing phase of re-
ing, you will notice from the cut that
rm the vapor dome of the still, a vapor
e eight, ten or tw~lve inches in diameter,
pending upon the capacity of the still, is
)wn attached, This enters a condensing
t made of steel plates, say twenty to thir­
feet in length, eight to ten feet wide, and
ht to ten feet high. A series of return
Is are put in, commencing with an eight
h, and then reducing to six,' four and
ee, the three inch running into the re­
ving house. There is a constant stream ot
d water 'being thrown into the condenser
m the bottom of same and at the top of
condenser there enters a three inch
rHow pipe, which conducts the hot
:er {lUt. The larger the still the larger
condensing box, and the more water
-equires for the condensation.
Going back to the gasoline distillate, it
L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, JAN. U A R Y
might be interesting to know how the gaso­
line is made frQlm this product. If you would
place a little of the distillate on a piece of
paper you would soon notice the difference
between the gasoline and this distillate; the
gasoline would entirely evaporate leaving no
mark whatever, whereas the distillate would
leave a trace of oil, which would not evapor­
ate. This indicates, upOn the surface, that in
the first distillation, in the crude still, the
gaSOline distillate having been thrown over
by live fire heat underneath and live steam
in the still, a heavier oil has been fraction­
ated and thrown over with the more volatile
properties. It i.s, therefore, necessary to take
this gasoline distillate and place it in a spe­
Cial still, referred to as a steam still, 'w.hich
is in appearance very similar to the crude
oil still, being a horizontal, eylindrlcal type,
ranging from one hundred to one thousand-.
10" Vapor i.me
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The Modern Steam Stili, In Which Gasoline is Refined
barrels capacity, de])€nding, of course, upon
the capacity or size of the refinery. How­
ever, the still rests near the ground and has
no fire box under it, and the only way it re­
ceives heat is through the steam which is
conducted by a two inch line down into the
bottom of the still and permits the live, wet
steam to enter into the charge throu.gh hun­
dreds of Slmall holes in the steam coils lying
on the bottom of the still. The distillation of
this product should be slow and gradual, and
the condenSing water extra cold, so that all
the vapors may 'be recovered in the gasoline_
If the still is rushed with a full head of
steam, then the heavier hydro-cal'bons come
off and it makes a pOor quality of gasoline.
The stillman's knowledge and long exper­
ience enables him to know exactly what his
still is doing, and the quality of the product
that he is putting over.
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Regarding the gravities of gasoline, there
Is a general tendency to believe that it is ne­
cessary for a very high gravity of gasoline
to run an automobile; this is a mistake, It
has been proven by government e:x;perts, also
by numerous autQlmobile manufacturers, that
various crudes produce various kinds of
gasoline. One crude might produce a large
yield of sixty-six gravity, another ,crude a
large percentage of sixty-three, another of
sixty. Naturally the automobile men would
say they want the sixty-six and would most
likely pay a premium for it, but it has been
proven that the sixty is equal to the sixty­
six in power and response. This is due en­
tirely to the native oharacter of the product
and es])€cially to the low distillation point.
&> gravity is not as serious as some consum­
ers would believe.
Naturally on account of the tremendous
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demands on the refineries for gasoline, the
gravities have been materially lowered.
It was customary in early days to sell a ..
seventy-e:ght and then a seventy-two. Sixty­
six was considered rather low. but now the
great ·bulk of commercial gasoline in the
United States runs between sixty and sixty­
one. This is due primarily to the extraor­
dinary demand caused by the universal use
of motor locomotion and secondly. through
the new crude oil fields Which produce a
lower gravity gasoline which, however. as
said above, is equally efficient.
Referring again to the use of gas oil. it
might be interesting to you to know that
this oil is used principally by gas compan­
ies. even ![ they are running on coal gas, to
enrich the candle power of their coal gas
and also increase the heat units. For in­
stance, the ordinary coal gas produced by
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 THE SALT LA K E
bituminous coal, today, runs about fourteen
candle power, whereas paraffine will make
it sixteen to eighteen candle power. It
will also add two or three hundred heat
units per one thousand feet over and above
the bituminous product.
No doubt the wax distillate is the hardest
Fart of the crude oil to handle. This is due
entirely to the fact that the paraffiines must
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FiJB UTAH OIL lfI!:FINI"'.
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Modern Agitator In Which Kerosene Is Finished Info Water White Illuminating 011
be extracted 'before the oils beeome useable.
In the early days, some very crude meth·
ods obtained but, at the present time, the
modern refinery of paraffine base crudes has
large wax plants, consisting of ice machin·
ery, whIch reduces the temperature of the
distillate to, say, twenty or ten above zero,
and, unde:r pressure, 'Puts it through filter
MIN I N G REV lEW, JAN. U A R Y
presses. The plates retain the crystalized
wax flakes and the oil is pressed or squeez·
ed out and drops in a grooved incline lead·
ing to the receiving tank for this oil, and is
known as pressed distillate.
This wax in the plates in the press is
generally called slop wax; after being thor·
oughly washed or cleaned 'by live steam in
some outside tank, it is pU'mped into large
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" color from a dark cherry red to almost a
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sweat pans, where it is chilled down to a
still waxy form, then all the doors and win·
dows are closed, the heat is turned on and
the moisture and oil are melted 'out; the wax
flakes remain on the bottom of the pan, a
little more heat is added, sufficient to melt
the wax, and it runs into a small receiving
tank and is then sold for {)rude scale wax,
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being packed in barrels and shipped to the
various consumers, or, if higher grade wax.
es are desired, the refiner makes two or
three cuts and after putting' it through the
filter of fuller's earth, a very fine white wax
is produced.
Large quantities of this wax are used for
sealing fruit jars and ironing by the house­
wife and still larger quantities are used for
candles. It has also numerous other uses.
The pressed distillate oil, which has been
extracted from this wax distillate, is put in.
to a small reducing still of say one hundred
to five hundred barrels capacity, again de.
pending on the size of the refinery, and on
account of its heavy nature; must be frac.
tionated by fire underneath and steam coils
inside. A great deal of steam is used in the
distillation of this pressed dist1lJate. inas­
much as the residium reduced stock left in
the still must be sweet oil. and steam also
adds to its viscosity or adhesive nature. This
stock is run, say to three hundred ninety or
four hundred flash, is then either treated or
filtered several times, depending entirely
upon the purpose for which it is intended,
and out of this still stock we get the numer­
ous machine and engine oils which are un!.
versally used around mills, smelteries. rail­
roads and machinery of every conceivable
kind. These Oils are generally referred to by
refineries as viscous neutrals, and vary in
prime white.
I have given a general idea regarding the
main cuts or products from crude petroleum
oil, 'but from these various main cuts some
two hundred by-products can be and are be­
ing manufactured by the larger refineries,
all illustrating the practical and universal
value of petroleum oil as a commodity in 0;11'
present day of civilization.
*President. Utah Oil Refining Compa1lY.
Address delivered before Utah Society of
Engineers, Salt Lake City.
ALTA ACTIVE,
In spite of a severe winter season, the
mlnes of the Alta, Utah. camp continue ac­
tive. Among the mines where development
is Being pushed are the Emlma. Flagstaff,
Alta Consolidated, South Hecla and Michi·
gan-Utah.
The Columbus Extension reports favor·
ably,but o\"Iing to the destruction of the.
'boarding house, not much 'activity is mani­
fest. The Michigan·Utah tram is running
steadily, keeping the usual force at the mine
busy. Some thirty·five men are employed.
Improvements here inclUde the 'moving of
the hoist from the Coalition lower levels to
the City Rocks, and the proposed small
hoist for use on the Coalition.
About 150 tons ·of ore are now at Tan·
ners Flat awaiting ore teams, which ha,'e
'been hampered by the heavy snowfall.
The other companies are confining "or~:
to shaft sinking, raising and drifting.
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ORE . TREATMENT AT REPUBLIC

By FRANCIS A. THOMPSON.

3ut little has 'been written concerning Poil river, in what W,ag formerly the "north· shipped frO'm the lWpublic mine netted the
camp of Re'public. In 1900 Ohatard and half" of the 'Colville Indian reservation. oW'ners $160 per ton, after being hauled
itehead 1 reported the results of some On Washington's birthday, 1896, thispor­ sixty miles by wagon an-d 300 miles ,by rail.
erilIlents with samples of ore from the tion of the reservation was thrown open to Prior to the advent of the railroads into the
,ubUc mine, and a few years later Fritz mineral location, and within a few weeks camp, this mine paid in dividends practically
$400,000.
Table I---'Produ1::tion of Republic Camp.
An exact estimate O'f the productiO'n of
Clas'S.ifiedPlroductJion from Jan. 1, 1896, to Dec. 31, 1905.
the district is difficult to' secure. Table I has
Property. Disposal of Tons, Approximate I Total been compiled from all available data.
Ore. Average Val.: Value.
- 'Combining the total O'f classified produc­
ubUc .................... '1
Milled .... c; • • • • • • • • •
24,000
Shipped .. ;" ........ ,
13,000
$17.90
80.00
-:;430,O()O
1,040.000 tiO'n prior to' 190,5 with the sum of the an­
Ip ~ . ........ . ...................
Shipped .............
24,422
~ ~ 10.76 262,800 nual .prO'ductiO'n since that date, We get fDr
10.83 130,000 the value of the tO'tal production to January
llltain LiDn .............. ~
Milled ..............
12.000
Shipped .............
8,700 7.00 60,900 -1, 1912, $3,898,49,2, which I believe is very
e Pine ...........................
Shipped .............
8,000 14.00 112,000 close to the truth.
Hur ....................
-d
iomia <Il An examination O'f Fig. I, in which the
'ning Glory ... .............
8
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gDld-silver productiDn of the district and of

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1 Thumb ..................
>=I
.... Shipped ............ ,
7,000 21.00 147,000 the whole state is plotted, shows very clear­
~k Trail ......... ...........

~ ly the successive stages Df the camp's prO's­

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Caliph ..... ................

....
Poil .................. 1 0
perity, which continued una/bated until the
lrgent . . .............. '
,5 middle Df 1901, when the large mill of the
Total fO'r ten years, ending 1905 .... ........ .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $2,182,000
Republic Power & Cyanide company clDsed
down.
Unclassified Annual Production. In 1903, with the arriv,al of the railroads,
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there was a sporadic activity, which died as
Year. Tons Ore. Silver. Gold. Total. SODn as the smelting market had been glut­
ted with the siliceDus Dre, in addition to
which of course mO'st Df the ore 'available
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _,.a ••
0 ....
6,233 $17,653 $69,957 $87,610
........... ,. ................
450 4,700a 4,032 8,732 was Df to'o Iowa grade to' stand a combinoo
'.,. .......... "" ...........
584 4,190 15,343 . 19,530 freight and treatment charge of $10 per ton,
...................... ... "
11,299 27,817 209,114 236,931 which was only lessene-d in the case of large
....................... .,.
33,781 100,082 713,604 813,686 contracts. 'Since 1909 the camp has again be­
.............................
24,500a 75,000a 475,0008. 550,000a
come vitalized, stimUlated largely by the
activity Df J. L. Harper and his associates.
Totals ..........
76,857 $229,442 1$1,48' $1,716,492 Beginning with the opening of a previously
a Estimated. overlooked (probably intentiO'nally) rich
spur-vein in the old Republic mine, activities
el' described the constructiO'n, opera­ important discoveries had been made. The have spread to the Surprise, Knob Hill,
and results attained in the tmill at the present Eureka mining-district was organiz­ Blacktail, Lone Pine, San Poil, Ben Hur,
ntain Lion mine. From time to time ed, the camp grew ,apace, and consignments Quilp, and other properties.
t articles, mostly Of a semi-technical na­
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ally in regard to its areal features, has

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aper presented at a meeting of the Spo­ l&Jij 'II) '!j~ '1,11 HIfj(J '(jl '(fl '0:1 '0'; '0;:, 'UG 'Oi 'OS '09 '10 '1
, Local Section, American Institute of
ng Engineers, C{)pyrighted, 1913, by the
rican Institute of Mining Engineers and FfG 1 -GoLD- A~D SILVER·PRODU(;TlOlJ OF THE REPJ.:BLIC DISTRICT AXD
nted by permission from Bulletin 73 of Tllr f'TAT F. OF W AbOTI'()TO!'l FRO;>! 1890 TO J 911
Institute.
State College of Washington. of ore were shipped by wagon to Grand Up to the present time, however, this
Trans., A. I. M. E .. xxx., 419 (1900).
Journal of the Canadian Mining lnsti­ Forks, thirty miles away; or to Marcus, a activity has ,been pernicious from the point
vol. v., pp. 274 to 287 (1902).
The Geology of the Republic District, sO'mewhat greater distance. of view of good mining. Many o.f the prop­
3tin No.1, Washington Geological Sur­ It is reported that the first 1,500 tons € r tieshave been Qperated as though by
(Olympia, 1910).
 THE $ A LT LA K E
leasers, with the inevitable consequence
that, to use the vernacular, "the eyes are
being gouged out of the mfries," only that
ore being shipped which will show a profit
after .paying a combined >freight and treat­
ment cost of from $8 to $lQ per ton. This
means that everything below $12 per ton
is left in the stope, on the dumps or is not
broken at all. These unfortunate condi­
tions will continue until successful local
treatment Ls available.
Republic is unusually fortunate in trans­
portation ,facilities. Two lines, the Washing­
ton & Great Northern and the Kettle Val­
ley and British Golumbia railroads, enter
the camp, and almost every property, no
matter how insignificant, has its own spur
frO'm one or both of these roads.
Geology.
The geology of the -camp, from a mining
engineer's point of view, is extremely sim­
ple. The veins are fissure-fillings, with con­
siderable wall-replacement at various points;
all are inclosed in a series of
terti,ary erupUves and eruptive brec­
cias, grading from andesite to
rhyolite. According to Umpleby, the ore­
·bodies are genetically related to (me of the
Table II.-Comparoson of Republic Mineral and Tetrahedrite.
Element. Republic Sample.
Per Cent.
8 15.4
8b
Cu
Fe
Ag
latest of these flows. In general, the velll"
strike almost due north south, varying a
few degrees to the east and west; usually
the dip is to the eastward at a high angle.
In width they vary from ten inches to ten
feet, usually from two to five feet, however,
with an average of about four feet.
The prevailing ore of the camp is a fine·
.grained, close textured,chalcedonic ·quartz,
the values consisting entirely of gold and
silver. Free gold is frequently viSible in the
'hlgh·grade specilmens; free silver occurs,
probably as an oxidation-product, in the up­
per ·portions of many of the veins. In the
average grade ore, however, neither of these
metals is visible.
The most remarkable and characteristic
feature of the ore is the unique banding, due
to crustification. Indeed, the appearance of
the ore Is so characteristic that anyone at
all familiar with the district can identify a
piece of Republic on') at a glance. This crust­
ification, or banding, is made evident by
alterations of fine and coarse-grained quartz,
together with psuedo-bands of metallic min­
eral. These "metallic bands" are usually so
Indistinct that they have the appearance of
pencil-streaks on the under side of a ground­
glass plate. Further examination heightens
this resemblance, for under a pow'erful lem.
MINI N G REV lEW, JAN. U A R Y
the streaks do not appear continuous, but
are seen to be made up of nU'merous little
points arranged along a continuous line. The
determination of the exact character ot
these metallic .particles is a problem of some
importance in connection with the treatment
of the ore. Various attempts have been re­
ported in this direction, none of them with
any positiVe results.
About four years ago I became interest­
ed in the problem of treating this ore, and at
various times I have worked upon it, 'both
personally and with the aid oJ !my students
and assistants, and while I am not yet ready
to pass positively on the enUre subject, the
results obtained are interesting.
In the first place, it became evident early
in the investigation that the only hope of
finding the exact character of the metallIc
minerals lay in the examination of the high·
grade specimens. This, of eourse, is open
to .the objection that the minerals in the
high-grade ore may be different from those
in the low·grade. From examination of a
large number of saimples from various parts
of the camp, however, we have eome to the
conclusion that the difference is one of de­
gree, rather than of kind, the minerals in
Tetrahedrite Analyses (Dana)
Maximum. Minimum.
Per Cent. Per Cent.
29.6Q 19.66
3Q.18 9.06
31.4
43.3 44.08 lQ8
4.8 13.Q8
5.2 31.29
the high-grade ore being identical with
thOse in the low-grade, but present in great·
er quantity.
One of the first samples examined con·
s:sted of a piece of high-grade from the
spur-vein in the Republic mine. This speci­
men, examined under the microscope by re­
flected light, showed particles of gold, in
part apparently crystalline, and a few' small
cubical crystals of pyrite, with IIDarked
striations, scattered throughout a more
abundant steel-gray mineral of metallic Ius·
ter, devoid of crystalline form. A few crys­
tals resembling fluorite were noted. (Recent­
ly specimens have been secured in which
fluorite is albundant.)
An analysis of this high-grade specimen
gave 8iO" 75.7 AI,O" 2.8; };'e 1 0; 8b, 6.6;
Cu, 9.1; S, 3.2; Au, Q.3; Ag, 1.1; total, 99.8
per cent.
If we discard the non-essentials, silica,
alumina, and gold, and ignore the extremelY
small amount of pyrite visible, we get, by
recalculating the remaining elements, the
figures shown in the first column of Table
II. The data In the iast two columns of this
table afford a comparison between this min­
eral and the tetrahedrites listed by Dana!
• A System of Mineralogy, 6th ed., P. 139
(1892).
30, 1 9 1 3. 1~
The "Sulphur is 4.2 per eent beloW" the re­
corded minimum, the antimony 1.2 per cent
above tlie recorded maximum; but in a min·
eral showing such wide variations in com­
position, this does not seem an insuperable
difficulty, and, pending correction by the
mineralogists, I shall cal! it "tetrahedr!te."
The specimen was sufficiently rich to
sweat little bubbles of gold when roasted. It
was handed to me as a sample of gold tel­
luride (Sylvanite?), its behavior on roasting
being cited as evidence of its telluride Char­
acter. As an actual matter of fact, it con·
tained no tellurium at all. Selenium, if pre­
sent, escaped detection.
From time to time other high-grade speci­
mens 'have been exa;mined with substantially
the same results, except that chalcopyrite
has been added to the list of possible min­
erals. Recently we received some extremely
rich samples from the 1QQ-foot Jevel of the
Knob Hill mine. These samples, in which
free gold is present in great abundance,
show a comparative absence of the gray
copper·mineral. Chalcopyrite, however, is
quite abundant, as is also cerargyrite. In
places minute sparkling black crystals of
pyralmidal habit are abundant, which can
only be detected under the microscope and
are with difficulty made available for test­
ing. The work of investigating- these crys­
tals has been referred to Roswell E. Samp­
son, Assistant Professor of MetaJlurgy, State
College of Washington, who reports the ex­
tremely rare metal selenium as 'being abund­
ant; silver also is present in considerable
amount; antimony is suspected. (Provision·
ally, it might be suggested that the mineral
is perhaps a selen·antlmonide of silver; the
antimonial analogue of the ·hypothetical
mineral, rittengerite, of Dana)
It is suggested by Mr. Umpleby, in his
report, that probably a large part of the'
,gold occurs as a gold selenide. Such a com­
pound has not .been reported from anywhere
else, and the prominence of free gold in all
of the high-grade specimens, even from the
levels well below the zone of oxidation,
would be against the supposition.
Tellurium, in our investigation, has not
been found.
The occurrence of selenium is unique and
interesting; only in two other .places, so far
as I am aware, has it ·been found on this con­
tinent-at Goldfield and at Tonopah. It need.
however, not cause any uneasiness to the
cyanider, since selenium is extremely soluble
even in the most dilute cyanide solutions,
and it will therefore be unlik~ly to interfere
with the solubility of the gold even if com­
bined with it, which I seriously <louut.
o re-T reatme nt.
From time to time in the history of thE
camp of Republic attempts were made tt
treat the ore on the ground, and the genera:
impression appears to be abroad that all oj
the plants were unsue,cessful. Such. how
ever, is not the case.

int of historical order, the plants
)resented as follows:
Plant of the Republic Gold Mining
5 Co.-This plant used the Pelatan­
rocess, following wet-crushing In
" and was reasonably successful in
thenQw universally recognized de­
;he process. For some time, with its
cent recovery on high-grade ore, it
ed upon as quite an achievement. It
in all probability, 2,000 or 3,000 tons
t is interesting to note tbat D_ W.
of Repuhlic, has recently completed
'eatment of the entire tailings-pile,
ich a good profit was realized.
Barrel-'Chlorination Plant of the
Reduction CO.-This plant, from
ction of its remains, appears to have~
scarcely at alL
Mountain Lion ~rm-This amalga­
,nd cyanide plant began operation
5, 1900, and ran continuously till
~r 1 of the same year, according to
,sheet shown in Fig 2. It treated
)Us of ore of an average value of
"r ton', and made a total extraction
ive per cent; forty-one per cent of
)very being made lby wmalgamation
balance by the cyanide treatment.
ling cost per ton during this period
as $3 73, which is quite a reason­
re for so small a plant, remote from
tation. The mill is said to ha ve
ut $SO,OOO and was thoroughly well
ted from a mechanical standpoit.
'e keep in mind, ho,wever, the ex­
fine-grained C'haracter of the ore,
, at all strange that cyanidation did
d satisfactory results when applied
ntington mill product. An eXaJmina­
the tailings from this plant showlI
lrge part of the loss was in contain­
cles-,gold surrounded by a chalce­
atrix.
03 attempts were made to adapt the
: electro-eyanide process to the needs
llant, but presumably withou· satis­
results. Some experiments in vanner
'ation were conducted at a later date
~m told, a fair measure of success.
le Plant of the Republic Power &
'Co'-This plant, locally known as
l Republic Mill," was erected on the
the plant of the Mercur Consolidated
r, by D. C. Jackling, now of the Utah
~ompany, to whom I am indebted for
the details here presented in regard
lccess.
mill 'began operation in October,
d wa;s closed down in July, 1901, for
reasons, chief of which being the
lte ore supply, due to failure to keep
,lopment work ahead of the demands
ilL Fig 3 shows the scheme of treat­
lployed and it is scarcely necessary
into any further description.
19 nine ,months of operation this
eated 21,240 tons of ore, averaging
,z Cirkel, IDe. cit,
..... '" ,. ...,".---,- .
N"1'~';G:;REV I ~W. J A N.U A R Y 30, 1913.
gold, 0.77 oz., and silver, 2.3 oz. per ton. The filter had demonstrated their practicability
recoveries (by bullion), as shown in Mr. and success in cyanide work, and we began
Jackling's report issued August 1, 1901, were to wonder if Repubilic ores would not prove
gold, 91.3; silver, 15.5; total, 85.05 per cent, amenable to the new order of things.
the average eost during the last six months In 1909 I undertook the investigation of
of operation being $4.S5 per ton, exclusive the possible cyanide treatment of Republic
of general expense, amortization, interest, ores by standard methods of fine-grinding
etc. A steady, uninterrupted supply of ore and filtration, with the results shown in
(1) Shaft·Bins.
(2) Grizzly.
(3) 9"by 15-in. Blake Crusher.
(4) Gravity Tramway.
(5) Mm-Bins.
(S) Four 5·Stamp Batteries, 1,200 lb., 7-in. drop, crushing througb SO-mesh,
(7) Copper Plates.
(8) Four 5-ft. Huntington Mills (80- or 100-mesh),
(9) Bucket-Elevator.
(10) Cone-Bottom Settler (12 by 12 ft.)
Pulp. Return Water, to (S).
(11) Conteal Agitator (10 by 11.5 ft.). 8 hr. with 0.4 per cent KCN; 4 hr. with 0.2 per
cent, KaN.
(12) Six Percolating·Tanks (Decantini and Filtering with vacuum). Tanks 24 by 4.0 ft.
Solution. Tailings.
(13) Zinc-Boxes.
Precipitate. Barren Solution.
Fig. 2.-Flow-Sheet of the MOUntain Lion MilL
sufficient to enable the 'mill to run at full Table III. At the same time I advocated a
capacity would haVe reduced this cost ma­ thorough sampling of the entire camp, with
terially. a view to the erection-should the tonnage
Of these four plants, the Mountain Lion and values justify It-of a plant to be oper­
mill is the only one in existence today. ated in -connection with one of the larger
The railroads in 1903, as has been stated, properties, as well as to provide custom mill­
did not bring the expected revival, for rea- ing facUities for the entire camp. It was ex­
(1) 'Crusher-Bins,
(2) No.5 D Gates Gyratory.
(3) Trommel, 0,75 in,
Undersize. Oversize.
(4) 15· by 36·in. Rolls. (5) Gates Gyratory" H," to (3).
(S) Sample- and Storage-Bins.
(7) Two 5- by 3S-ft. Driers,
(8) Two 15- by 3S-in. Rolls.
(9) Two 15· by 2S·in. Rolls.
(10) 40·Mesh Shaking-Screens (90 per cent. through SO-mesh, 55 per cent. through 200­
mesh,)
Undersize. Oversize, to six 30-in. Griffin Mills, to (10).
(11) Four Jaekling Roasting-Furnaces. Hearth, 12 by 100 ft. (10 to 12 cords wood each
per day).
(12) 12 Steel Leaching-Tanks, 22 ft, sq. by S.5 ft. deep. Treatment, 4 to 6 days with
0.5 per cent. KON; 2 to 3 days with 0.3 per cent. KCN.
Solution. Tailings.
(13) Two "Gold" Tanks, 10 by 14 ft.
(14) T,wo Zinc-Dust Precipitation-Tanks, 8 by 12 ft.
Precipitate. Solution, to Sump.
Four 24- by 3S-in, Johnson Presses.
Precipitate, to Bullion-Room. ,Solution, to Sump.
Fig. 3.-Flow-Sheet of the Old Republic Mill.
sons already discussed, Republic then lapsed pee ted that this plant would follow the gen­
into "innocuous desuetude," the mines were eral : "len laid down in Fig, 4, 3 1,;bject, of
nearly all abandoned, and not a few of the course, to some preliminary work to be
more important ones, including the Repub­ undertaken by altering one of the existing
li-c itself, were sold for delinquent taxes. In plants into a testing-mill. Owing to reasons
the meantime, cyanidatlon had been making extraneouS to this discussion, the entire
rapid strides, the tube-mill and the vacuum- project was dropped; hut the correctness of
 THE SAL T LA K E MIN INC REV lEW, JAN. U A R V 30, 1 91 3. 17

the mill scheme has been amply demonstrat­ The plant of the North Washington on, I present, in Fig. 5, a flow-wheel of this
ed by the success of the little mill erected Power & Reduction company, on which work mill.
by D. W. Rathfon to treat the tailings from was begun early in 1911,js just commencing The SanPoil Consolidated company* also
the old Pelatan-Clerici process. Mr. Rath­ operation. It is following standard lines and has recently undertaken the erection of a
fon's plant consists of a 5x22-foot tube mill, should, under proper conditions, yield satis­ treatment plant along the lines shown in
short Pachuca tanks, Oliver filter, and zinc- factory results. Fig,6.
In neither of these plants has any provis­
(I) No.5 Gates Gyratory.
ion been made for amalgamation or concen·
(2) 50 Stamps, 1,500 lb., 6-in. drop, 110 per min_ 4-mesh Screen.
'tration; and while I believe that satisfactory
Crushing in KeN Solution.
extraction may be made in this way, it seems
(3) Chilean Mills, 20· to 30-mesh.
from our experi'mtmts, that a sufficient re­
(4) Classifiers.
covery is possible by amalgamation to make
Sand. Slimes.
this simple addition to the mill scheme fully
(5) Tube-Mills (70 per cent. through 200-mesh).
worth while. The omission of concentration
Sand. Slime.
is, I think, correct; although I understand
(6) Muntz Metal Amalgamating·Plates.
that the contemplated additions to the
(7) Classifiers.
Rathfon mill, which are designed to fit it
Slimes. Sands to (5).
Ifor the treatment of ore, as soon as the sup­
(8) Pulp-Thickeners.
ply 'Of tailings is exhausted, include an
Underflow. Overflow, to (11).
equipment of belt-vanners.
(9) Pachuca Agitators.

Table IlT.-Treatment of Typical Samples

(10) Merrill or OliYer Filters.

of Republic Ores.

Solution. Tailihgs.

(11) Clarifier.

Agitation With 0.25 Per Cent KCN Solution

Precipitate. Barren S-olut:on.

Agltation.
(12) Zinc-Dust PreCipitation-Plant.
Fig. 4.-Flow-Sheet of the Plant Designed in 1909.
Hours. Per Cent.
(1) Main Storage-Bin. 8 76 to 81
(2) Shaking Grizzly. Hi '19 to 85
Oversize. Undersize, to (4). On 150-Mesh.
(3) 10- by 20·in. Blake Crusher.
8 78 to 88 80 to 82
(4) Shaking Gr;zzly. 16 80 to 88 82 to 84
Oversize. Undersize, to (6).
On 200-:\:lesh.
(5) 10- by 12-ln. Dodge Crusher.

(To be replaced by 16- by 42,in. Rolls.)

8 89 to 94 82 to 86
(6) 4 by &-ft. Trommel. 16 95 to 99 86 to 9,
Oversize. Undersize, to (8). Amalgamation 'Of 200-Mesh Material.
(7) 14- by 30·'n. Traylor Rolls.
(8) 16·in. Belt-Conveyor. Gold-extraction. Silver-extractioll.
(9) Two Vezin .Samplers (in series). 31 to .}7 per cent. 8 to 10 per cent.
Dis<:ard. Samp'le to Assay Office.
Repnblic is the best gold camp in the,
(10) Mill-Bin.
state of Washington today, and there is no
(11) 6-ft. Trent Chilean Mill Crushing in Cyanide solution.
question that the ore can be satisfactorily
(12) Akins Classifier.
treated on the ground for $2 or less per ton
Sands, to (13). Sli<mes, to (15).
if cheap electric power is available. Conser­
(13) 5-by 22·ft. Tu'be-Mill, El Oro Laning, Scoop-Feed, 28 rev.
vatively, then, we may say that all ore more
per min.
than $5 per ton in value can ble handled at a
(14) Cone-Classifier.
profit. How much of this $5 ore is available
Slimes. is, 'Of course, the question. Personally, I be­
(15) Four Trent Agitators, 33 by 20 ft. lieve the amount is large, possibly runnin:s
Pulp. Overflow from No.1, to (17) or (19) up into millions of tons; but this estimate
(16) Box 'Classifiers. is based upon general impressiDn gained
Overflow. Spigot, to (18). from numerous visits to the camp, supple·
(17) Trent Disk Thickener. mented by knowledge gained in samllling
Pulp. Solution, to (19). two or three of the larger properties, and
(18) Oliver Filter, 11.5 by 16 ft. not through sampling and measurement of
Tail-ings. Solution. the ore exposed in the different workings of
(19 ) Clarifier. all tbe various mines, without Which, 01
(20) Trent Zinc-Dust Precipitation-Plant. course, no estimate of any value can bE
(21) Gould Triplex Pump.
made.
(22) Perrin Press.
Precipitate. Barren Solution. *Flow sheet on following page.
Fig. 5.-Flow-Sheet of the Plant of the North Washington Power & Reduction Company.
The West End Consolidated of Tono
shaving precipitation boxes, and has given By the courtesy of H. W. Newton, metal· pa.h, Nevada, made net p;rofits of $36,85!
better than ninety per cent extra<:tion, by lurgist, under whose superintendence the in December, from treatment of 4,350 tom
bullion, on the tailings mentioned. construction of the plant has been carried which Yielded $8.50 a ton net.
OPOSED AMALGAMATION AT D. L. Huntington, president of the Wash­
REPUBLIC. ington Water Power company, has admit­
ted that his company has been trying 0 en­
(Special Correspondence.) list capital in Republic in order to bring
rane, Wash., Jan. 25.-Through the about full development of the mines in the
o·f officials of the Washington Water district, that his company might increase its
company, which is desirous of en­ power service.
ng development of mining regions Extensive development on existing and
t to Spokane, a New York syndicate deeper horizons, underground connections
tiating for the purchase of the more that will provide miles of ,continuous work­
cut mines of the Republic, Washing­ ings and the construction of a mill or a
.trict and to erect a concentrating series of mills that will have a capaCity of
u1l'iciently large to treat the entire 5,000 tons daily are said to be among the
of the district. ambitions ()f the New Yorkers and their as­
ons on a number of the properties sociates.
een taken in the name of the Spo- Spokane mining men are greatly inter­
Eastern Trust company, hut authen­ ested in a series of persistent and apparent­
I'mation as to whether all the prop­ ly well<founded reports that the Federal and
.amed are included Is not divulged. Day interests are -planning a big consolida­
(1) Ore-Bin.
(2) 18-in. Belt-Conveyor.
(3) Williams "Hammer Trommel" Mill'.
(4) Elevator.
(5) Storage·Bin.
(6) 14- by 24-in. A-C Rolls "C."
(7) 5- by 22-ft. Gates Tube-Mill, Trunn'on Feed, Iron Lining.
fully every characteristic of coals studied
Crushing in Cyanide 8:o1utlon.
in the field, and, in order to become il'lllmil­
(8) Sand·Wheei.
(9) Duplex Dorr 'Classifier.
Slimes. 'Sands, to (7).
(10) 10· by 25-ft. Don Thickener.
Pulp. Overflow, to (12).
11) Nine "Grass·Valley" Air-Agitators (12 ft. in diameter by 18 ft.) in series
arranged for decantation.
Pulp. Solution, to (14).
(12) ,Cone-Bottom Agitator used as Wash-Tank.
Slimes. Overflow, to (14). Solution.
(13) 16·ft. Oliver Filter.
Solution. Tailings.
(14) Clarifiers.
(15) Zinc-Boxes.
g. G.-FlOW-Sheet of the San Poil 'Consolidated Mill.
~ squirrel·c.age diSintegrator. 3 ft. in diameter by 6 ft, long, making 100 rev. per
'jthe same direction as a central shaft making 600 rev. per min., upon which are 32
hammers slung from the shaft by chains. The space between the bars Is 3·16 In .•
e mill is intended to reduce mine-run ore to this ~ize.)
kane Chronicle publishes a story to tion of their holdings in the Idaho. Coeur
It that options [or the following d'Alenes into a heavily capitalized operating
m secured at the prices named: corporation. The Federal has just taken over
for the Mountain LiDn, $250,000 for ,the Star property, adjoining its Morning
Thumb,$750,OOO for the Knob Hill. mine at Mullan, under a two-year bDnd of
[or the Ben Hur, $1.000,000 for the $750,000. Ru'mors of the consolidation were
;onsolldated, $250,000 f{)r the Quilp current at the time Harry L, Day of Wallace,
000 for the Old Repu,blic. An offer Idaho. was elevated to. the ,presidency of
)0 is reported to have been made the Federal company. It is sald the Fed·
Jlaconda properties and $3,000,000 eral company has been endeavoring for a
of the Republic Mines corpora­ number of years to acquire several import­
msuccessfully. ant properties adjacent to its holdings. and
:ttions are -being handled locally that the making of Mr. Day -president is in
Richards, M', E., /lIccording to the accordance with well-matured ·plans for the
th J. C. Lawrence, M. E. handling taking over of these mines. the majority Df
fDrk end. Behind the activities is which the Day interests control. Thes!>
·f Standard Oil operatDrs, it is plans, it is said, contemplate the organiza­
o invested $5,000,000 in the Nickle tion of a heavily capitalized corporation,
. at Hedley and in Dther ,properties which will absorb the Federal, the Tamar­
ielding dividends among the first ack and CUster Consolidated, the Ambergris,
tinent. HU'mming Bird and the numerous claims in
which the Days have secured interests in
the last several months. and the Hercules,
provided August Paulsen and L. W. Hutton
will dispose of their hDldings in the mine,
or consent to consolidation.
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SIMPLE TEST FOR COKING COAL.
(By W. R. Calvert*.)
In the course of my professional work
many inquiries come to. me regarding the
characteristics denDting a coking coal and
the tests .for same. The usual field method
Qf detel'lmining whether a coal will <loke
iquality by the appearance of the product.
Th-is method is unsatisfactory, in that it
entails considerable time and labor, amI,
at the completJion of the test, doubt may
often arise. A much simpler test is avail­
able, and, in my opinion, the results are
probably more dependable than by experi­ i
mental burning in a pit. ~, ,\
While the Writer was connected with
the fuel section of the U. S. Geological
Survey, he, with the other members of that
section, was urged to observe care­
iar with those characteristics,-Buch as
fracture, color of streak, etc., various lab­
Dratory tests were instituted. While grind·
ing to a powder in an agate mor·tar var·
ious samples of raw coal, M. A. Pischel
noted that there was a great divergenoe
in the manner in which the powder ,adhered
to the mortar and pestle, and reference to
the Driginal coal samples brought out the
'Peculiar fact that only coking coals so ad·
hered. Whereas the powder from non..coking
coals adheres not at all. Grinding a raw
coal sample in an agate (Dr poreclain) mor­
tar constitutes, therefore. a very simple
,method of ascertaining quickly, and with
almost definite certainty, whether any par·
ticular coal ,possesses coking qualities.
Those slllmpiesgiving a strongly adhesive
powder may ,be pronDunced coking; those
not adhering are, without question, non-cok·
ing; while the coking quality of those nDt
definitely in either class is in dDubt. though
the degrees of adhesiveness affords a. very
good criterion. Mr. Pishel published the
results of his experiments in Economic
GeDlogy, vo!. 3, 1908. but the many personal
inquiries directed to my office suggest that
the test .given is not generally known. The
writer has made tests in the manner cited
on coal samples obtained from widely soot­
tered fields in the United States and Alaska,
and can vouch for the dependa.bleness of
the test.
*Consulting Geologist and Engineer, Salt
Lake City.
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Manager Frank expects to have the
third section of the mill of the Ohio Cop·
per company, at Lark. Utah, In operation
in a few days.
 THE SAL T (. A K E MIN I N G R £ V lEW, JAN. U A R Y 3 0, 1 9 1 3.

I let the Imen know what each

costs, and 'educate them in the costs.
EFFICIENCY ENGINEERING IN MINING

By LBTSON BALLIBT, B. M., C. E.

can then see what everything cost
they are intelligent men and will saVE
they can if they know, but no man cal
Is .it a fact, that the mining engineers or $216 per rmonth, or $2,592 per year on a a loss if he does not know it is bein!
of this country are so busy looking for 24-hour continuous operation. The valves Machinery is made to run. Emp]
more ore, faults, and other geological con­ were not absolutely tight, and a little leak will run n, if you give them a chanc,
ditions, thM they have no time to look in the piston packing or leaky rings re­ show them details. In other words,
after the handling. of what they have? duced the efficiency of the' compressor and it easy for your men to take advanta
Is mining to ,be compared with an ef­ resulted ,in a loss at every stroke. I spoke conditJions and tools, show them how
fort to fill a barrel that is leaking between to the manager about it, and he said: "Oh, they will accomplish ·more with less
every stave, and with every hoop loose? the compressor is big enough; it never themselves, and at less expense.
The cartoonists and humor,ists,of the notices these I'ittle leaks." I found a puddle Give them a chance-Don't try to
da!ly press, would head these two ques­ of oil that had !been drained from the air on labor. Increase the efficiencies, I
tions, as "Impertinent Questions No. 1001 receiver-a waste of oiL the costs and pay labor more for inteJr
and 2," but it is time that the efficienCIY The m<;lst complicated machine on a effidency.
engineers of mines come to the front. or mine is the cable. Every strand has a --~o---

course, the .big things of a mine must be friction over the others at every swing STRIKE AT SHEEP CREEK.
right, 1 e., the head must be open \before of the cable, every jar, every bend over the
we <try to fill the barrel, but it has been sheave and drum. It should be properly Sherman McGarry, foreman at the
sadd '\we can buy mills now, just as they lubricated with penetrating lubricants, not ver Butte mine, in Newton district of U
do Howe trusses for bridges, by the rod, coated with water proofing. This cracks has brought to Salt Lake information ,
and cut off as many rods or feet as we and water gets inside and "pits" the in­ cerning a rich discovery on the Sheep R
want." Whether that be so, or not, it is side strands, while the coating holds the 'mine of that district.
evident that the big thin.gs around a mine /moisture inside. When the outside wears A. B. Blaney, who has been building
call be had, but who is going to look after down, the strength of the inside "ires is twenty-stamp mill to treat the Sheep H
the little things? It must be some one gone, and there is nothing to hold the ores, made the discovery, near the surf
who KNOWS HOW. weight, .and, if it doesn't result in an acc!­ and aJbout 1,000 feet south of the old we
Any mine manager can tell you how dent,it means a new cable. ings. Twelve feet of $20-0re has been eXI:
much he Is making, but can he tell you U it pays the big factories, railroads, ed and some of it will run $40 to the ton.
how much he is lOSing? p(}wer companies, macMne shops, etc., to is also reported that the old stope on 1
Questions; Do $5-a-day 'men do $3-a­ get efficiency out of their plants, why do seventy-five-foot level is producing ore 0:
'day men's work? Do they come after their the mining engineers show such lack of value of over $200 to the ton. Under forn
own tools, <rustle their own candles, run . interest? lessees much rich ore was sent out frl
out cars of rock, etc.? When an order comes to reduce ex­ these workings.
Do men have to wait for cages with penses at a mine, nine times out of ten There is an ore zone in Beaver coun
their cars, or cages have to wait for men? the management .begins to layoff men, Dl' some twenty miles long, in wh;ch are Sl
Do men have <to wait for tools till an­ tries to reduce the pay, and get more work mines as the Sheep Hock, Rob Boy, Bea'
other man has finished using them? out of fewer men. This cannot be done. Butte, Beaver Gold and others. It is fre
Do hoist runners turn their oil cans Mien will give an honest day's work for predicted that the Newton district will m~
upside down and walk around the hoist, and an honest day's pay. I have been handling itself felt this cO'ming summer. The start:
turn them back up, when fin!shed? men for eighteen years, and I venture to up of the new' Sheep Rock mill is bound
DQ m\ning companies save. money 'by boast, that there ds not a 'lllan who ever attract greater and more favorable aU
trying to make men work in bad air with­ worked under me that w'ould not come tion to the district.
out proper ventilation? }}ack. I have never reduced a man's pay ---(}---­
Do men at day's pay do work that a in my life, and kept him at the same work, THE ROCHER DE BOULE.
little ,tool Dr !ll1achine could do at one-tenth nor ever laid off a man to hire one for
the cost? lower wages. But that is getting away J. F. Cowan, of Salt Lake, has recei'
Do you find the fittings of the com­ from the story. In July, August and Sep­ a te:egraim from Hazleton, British Columl
pressed .air line leaking in most mines, tember, the cost per foot of sinking a containing gratifying information conCE
and do you know how much it is costing shaft, under my direction, was $31 39, $30,80 ing the Rocher de Boule mlne, of which
for each leak? and $30,64% per foot of completed sbaft. is in charge. The ore in west drift is r.
I could ask a thousand such questions, The miners and engineers la;bor for the four and one-half feet wide, and avera
and everyone is a leak that can be stop­ same months was, $16.68, $15.58 and $14,46 eighteen per cent copper. At the surface
ped. per foot, each month just a trifle lower. ore was five and one-haH feet wide. and c
In the inspection of one mine, I found The wage scale was $5. The men were tained twenty to twenty-two per cent (
a two stage compressor driven by an elec­ making good time and I paid them 50 cents per. The west drift is in ore at 150 feet
tric motor; the power company rate was a shift bonus, not for an hour's overtime, depth, and when it first encollntered
4 per cent ,per kw.. !hour,-1practically 3 not for extra hard w'ork, (for I never dMve vein, there w'as only fifteen inches of h
cents per horsepower hour. I found sixty men) and In November, they reduced the grade. The vein has been widening as WI
leaky joints and fittings, under ground. per-foot cost of the shaft to $28.55%, and progressed. It is now the Intention to
Without computing motor losses or pipe the men did not put In an extra hour, nor a cross-cut in to reach the vein at a de
friction, I estimated that an average of be­ were they watched Dr driven to extra ef­ of 400 feet which can be done in a dista
tween five and six of the leaks were wast­ \fort, and II added another 25 cents per shift of about 600 feet. The vein has been 0);
ing horsepower. Calling it six leaks per to their wages for the saving they made. ed at the surface for a total length of
horsepower (and some of them were pretty I keep a table Dr power costs and de­ feet, and work will. be continued at th
big leaks), there was a. loss of 10 horse­ tails posted in the hoist house and c\lange new levels, in ordetto determine its ext
power or 30 cents per hour, 91' ,7.20 a day, room, wh~re all men can read it. undergmund, "
 THE SAL T L AK E
IN ROCHESTER CANYON.
,·Bodies Proving Up Well With System·
atic Development and Exploitation.
R.ecent advices from the new mining
Other mistakes have been made in drill­
lpof Rochester Canyon, Humooldt coun·
ing 'On the sYnclines, where, if water is
Nevada, are of a most satisfactory and
present, water alone will be found. The.
:ifying nature, and the result of develop·
'Oil in ninety per cent of the wells is found
It is being watched with intense interest
'On the anticlines. The ,fact that some
over the country,
wells strike oil In sYnclines is due to the
~uite a number of Salt Lakers have al­
lack of water qn which oil would 'Other­
ly secured a foothold in the new Eldor·
wise be floated to higher levels_
among the pioneers being John F.
'an, who is identified with the Rochester
es company, Whose holdings embrace
original discovery in the district.
n speaking of the caimp, Mr. C{)wan in·,
IS The Mining Review that he has re­
ly ,been advised that on lease No.1 the
t has boon sunk to a depth of twenty-five
all in ore, and that the bottom is show·
six feet of pay-rock that is being sacked
5hipment as it is broken down, without
ing; the lowest values being 'about 72
:es in silver to the ton. On lease No.2 a
s·cut tunnel is being run, while on lease
4 a splendid shOlWing is being made and
'ge vein is being uncovered.
'he Rochester Mines Company, of which
Nenzel is manager, is running a >cross­
tunnel which will be some 600 feet in
th, and w.hich will cut the vein at a con·
'able depth. To accomplish this work
require three or four months.
'chester is now a thrifty and growing
), notwithstanding the inclement
her which has attended its advent into
c Ufe; and, now has close to a thou-
inhabitants, whi.lebuildings of every
'iption are springing up on every hand.
enger traffic is 'being handled ,by auto­
les, while heavy freighting is 'being
by teams from the nearest railroad
,Oreana, which is eight miles from
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THE OIL FIELDS OF UTAH.
: a recent meeting of engineers in
Lake City, Dr. F. J. Pack, professor of
gy at the University of Utah, g1ave his
)IT of the oil fields of Utah. T.aken as
ole they show'~omepromise, but, so
prospectinl? ii~d development have
inadequa,te~
)st of' the liel.ds".are .,'marked oy oil
ges, which preciildes' their becoming
producers, notwithstanding that many
now in the field have been erected
seepages, in the mistaken be1ief that
was the proper place to find oil. Oil
i!;es have been likened to ore outcrops,
,t the driHer expects m'Ore oil, where
ows at the surface, just as the miner
ts more}re in depth, when he finds
,tcro!!. This analogy 1s wrong, how-
The presence of an oil seep indl'
lOiS; 011 has been coming to the sur·
MIN IN G REV lEW, J A"" U A R Y
face and evaporating for a. long time and
no great pools can be logically expected
near seepages) Prospectors and drillers
should avoid 'Oil seepages as scenes of oper­
ations.
From January 27, to February 8, the
Utah 'State Agricultural 'C'Ollege, at Logan,
will hold a "round-up" at which all of the
features of its work will 'be illustrated, Ir­
rigation, dry farming and kindred subjects
will receive great attention, both by means
of addresses and .practical demonstrations.
Of especial interest to engineers wlll be
One drawback in the development of
the Utah fields, and others, as well, is
the fact that the large companies are loath
to come in before the preliminary WOrk
has been d'One, and oil drilling is not a
poor man's game.
More attention should be paid to geo­
logy ,and a careful study of the formation
made by geologists. Until prospecting is
more intelligently directed we can look for
Httle development of the Utah ,fields.
Dr. Pack indicated that the best show­
ings were in the San Juan and Vernal
fields, and stated also that he 'believed cer­
tain selected portions of the San Rafael
section would produce oil, but that the field,
as a whole, was not as promising as others,
but should be intelligently :prospected.
Dr. Pack discussed briefly the process
of drilling for oiL Two styles of rigs are
used, the standard heavy, square rig,
erected in place, and the light porta:ble rig.
All drilling is done by churn drills. The
hole may 'be started with a diameter of
twelve inches, casing driven to seal off sur­
face water, and drilling resumed. When a
wateT crevice is struck, another casing is
driven inside the first to seal it off, and
S'O on until the hole becomes So srflall by
the use 'Of successive telescoping casings
that the drilling ,must cease. Tn one w'eU
examined, the hole decreased in diameter
from twelve inches t'O two inches in a depth
of 1,{)00 >feet,at which depth the well had
to be abandoned.
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Sharp & Irvine 'Of Spokane, Wash,ing­
t'On, recently received notice from Princ-e­
ton, BritioSlh C'OLumbia, tha:t negotiations in
New York between the BritiS'h Coumbia
CQPper company and Emil F. Voigt rela­
tive to the taking up of the bond held on
the Voigt mines, near Princeton, by the
British Columbia company, had resulted
in the pr'Opert:ies being taken over under
the bond agreement, and immediate reo
sumption of activities at Voigt camp, sus­
pended a short timie before the conference
was M.ned, is anticipated. The deal in·
v'Olves .approximately $250,000. The oond
was negotiated aoout a year ago, since
when a large force of men has been em·
ploy<ed extracting ore for shipment and
making exhaustive explorations of the un­
developed portions of the mines with dia­
m'Ond drills.
30, 1913.
THE ROUND·UP AT LOGAN.
Exhibit of Products and Methods in Which
Utah Electrical Men Interested.
the exh!bit arranged by the Utah Power
and Light company. This company has got·
ten the electrical manufacturers and deal­
ers of the state interested and the greatest
exhibit of electrical appliances in the state
will be the result.
Of interest to the ,householder and es­
Pecially to mining men who are always with·
'Out gas, and can get fuel with difficulty,
,but who ordinarily are 'plentifully supplied
with electricity, the bousehold appliances,
including electric 'heaters, electr:<: stoves,
vacuum cleaners, toasters, percolators and
numer'Ous other devices, will ,be of interest.
In connect:on with irrigation, there will
be in operation a complete electric pumping
plant working under a head of 100 feet,
which will demonstrate the efficiency of
electricity in irrigation.
The farmer will be shown how he can
l1g1ht, heat, and furn!sh water to his house,
as well as do the major part of the dO'mes·
tic work with the aid of electricity. 'Min­
ing will not be neglected.
The Utah Electrical club, Which was or­
ganized in November of last year, with
fourteen mem:bers, has grown to a member­
ship of nearly 400, including practically ah
those connected with the electrical industry
in the state. The club will go in a body,
on a special train, as the guests 'Of the Utah
1
:
Power & Light company, on February 1,
1
"Marketing Day." It is expected that Gov­
ernor 'Spry will accompany the party and
will deliver an address, if he can get away
from his legislatiVe> duties.
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Stevens County Light and Power com­
,I
pany, with a plant at Meyers Falls,Wash­
ington, has secured the contract to furnish
power to the United Copper and Aurora
Miining companies at Chewelah for the next
10 years. The stipulation provld'es for It
maximum of 1,000·harsepower daily, at $40
for each horsepower a ye'ar_The Stevens
Oounty Light and Power company is con­
trolled -by J. A. Coram of Boston, ,Massa­
chuse.tts, for:merly with the Butte & Bos­
ton Mining company at Butte, Montana,
w'ho opernte-s power plants in Montana un­
der the name of the Kootenai P'Owe.r and
Construction company_
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The production of the Utah Copper Com­
pany .for December w,as 5,975,246 pounds of
copper.
 T Ii E SAL T
21
FIRST AID FOR CYANIDE POISON.
(By Wm. H. Kritzer.)
A patient's life depends on your prompt
action, . as the poison acts quickly. All
cyanides are deadly poisons, and the J:)rus­
sic acid gas liberated from the solutions,
it inhaled. causes almost instant death, and
'When diluted with all', causes dizziness,
faintness, and a depressing frontal heaa·
ache.
Dilute solutions of cyan'ide are very
poisonous when taken internally, and when
.they come in contact with the skin, pro·
dUce. in some persons, eruptions of paIn·
ful red boils.
H the poisoning is the result of inhaling
Pulsifer, H. B. ......................... 36
Safford, J. L. ........................... 36
prussic aClid gas, proceed as follows:
Sherrill, S. C. . ........................ _ 37
Silver Bros., Engineers & Contractors... 37
D:j.sh water in the patient's face; start
Troxell, L. E. .......................... 37
Utah State School of Mines .... " " " "
a.rtilkial respiration; make the patient in­
hale .e:U:er a small quantity of am1monia;
Waite, James W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _. . . . . .. 37
Or a small c;.u~ntity of ether. or a small
'Valker. H. C. .......................... 37
W'iddicombe & Palmer .,................ 37
quantity of ehiorine gas which can be
Wilson & Ott ........................ _. 37
quickly made by sprmirling a small por­
Zalinski, Edward R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
tion of chloride of lime (lllf'aC'hing pow­
der) on a piece of .flannel cloth. mcjl'tened
with acetic acid, and then holding the
cloth to the nostrils of the patient.
If the .poisoning is the result of tak­
ing cyanide solution internally, place the
patient dn a hot bath, and apply cold water
to the spine and neck. providing no (le ....l'S
are ,permitted to intervene in carrying out
the previous instructions.
Incite vomiting by tickling the back of
the patient's throat with the finger. or with
a feather, or by causing him to drink luke
warm water. or strong 'mustard and water;
or 'by the use of a stomach tube and hot
water; or by some physical means.
Give ammonia water solution (dilut·
ed) or nitrate of cobalt solution (diluted);
or J:)eroxide of hydrogen solution (diluted).
or give carbonate of iron (freshly precipi­
tated). made by mixing equal parts of fer·
rous sulphate and sodium carbonate and
administer it internally to the patient at
once·
Or follow special directions accompany­
ing antidote in cabinet compartment nu1m'
ber 4.
Place special wood cabinets with com­
partments of suitable size in conspicuous
and easily accessable parts of the cyanide
plant.
Have the emergency orders ror the
handling of patients affixed to the inside
of cabinet door.
Properly label each bottle. also see that
its contents ar~ kept in a fresh and pure
condition.
Compartment 1 should contain:
One large bottle of distilled water'.
One large metal spoon;
One pint metal cup for mixing the dif­
feren tan tidotes.
Compartment 2 should contain for exter­
nal use:
One bottle of ammonia;
L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW,
I N D E X .....r o ADVERTISERS
Mlnlnlli Machlnery and SuppUe.... Director,. of Engineer••
Allis-Chalmers Co_ ..••.•..•••..••..•..•
Central Coal & Coke Co................. 38
Denver Fire Clay Co. ......•...........
Diamond Drilling Co. __ . . . . . . . .. ...... 38
Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. . . . _.... .....•
Jones & Jacobs, Mill Builders ..........
Lane Mill & Machinery Co. . . . . . . . _.... "
Mine & Smelter Supply Co. ..............
Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co....... 43
Porter, Charles F., Building M·ateriaL _ . .
Revere Rubber Co. ..................... 43
Richmond. F. C., Machinery Co. ..........
Roessler & Hass'acher Chemical Co..... 35
Salt Lake Hardware Co. ........ ....... 44
Silver Eros. Iron Works ................
Utah }<'ire Clay Co. ................
Utah Fuel Co. ......................... 40
\Vay's Pocket Smelter .................. 35
Western Heating & Sheet Metal Co.. . . . . .
Z. C. M. I. ..............................
Banklnlli Houses.
McCornick & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ 35
Merchants' Bank ....... .............. 35
Salt Lake Security Co. ... . ............ 35
Utah Savings & Trust Co. _............. 35
Utah State National Bank .............. 35
Walker Bros. . .................. ..... 35
37
A"lIJa,.ers and Chemists.
A. F. Bardwell .........................
Bird-Cowan ...........'. . . . . . . . .. . . .. ..
Crismon & Nichols .....................
Currie, J. W. ..........•...............
Officer & Co., R. R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Union Assay Office ....................
Railroads.
Bingham & Garfield Ry. ................
Oregon Short I~lne ......................
Salt Lake Route .....................
Mining Attorne,....
Booth, Lee, Badger & Rich ........
Bradley, Pischel & Harkrl(,ss ...........
Callahan, D. A., Mining Law Books ....
Davis & Davis ........................
Higgins, E. V. .........................
Hutchinson, W. R. ......................
Pierce, Critchlow & Barrette ...........
Powers. MarioneRux, Stott & McKinney..
Sanford, Allen T. ...................
Mine Dnd Stock Dealer...
Orem & Co. . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
One hottle of ether;
One bottie of acetic acid; throat in small quantities, if necessary
One bottle of chloride of lime (bleach­
ing powder); swallow_
One piece of flannel cloth for admin­
istening the chlorine gas.
'Compartment 3 should contain for internal
use:
One bottle ammonia water solution
(diluted) ; cian cannot 'be had promptly.
One 'bottie of cobalt nitrate solution N. B.-It is advisable to have aphy­
(d:luted; SIClan prepare the several solutions re­
One bottle of -ferrous sulphate (fresh);
One bottle of sodium carbonte (fresh).
Compartment 4 should contain for internal
use:
One bottle (sealed) containing 30 C. C.
of caustic potash;
One bottle (sealed) containing 30 C. 'C.
of 33 per cent solution of ferrous sulphate;
One package (sealed) containing oxide
of magneSium (light), to be used as fol­
lows:
1st: Quickly empty the contents of
the two sealed bottles and packages into
the metal cup, and stir thoroughly with
the metal spoon.
2nd: If patient conscious mak~ hIm
swallow the mixture at once and lie dow'n
for a few minutes.
3rd: If patient unconscious place him
JAN, U A R Y a 0, 1 9 1 3.
P:lge Page,
8 Adamson, W. G. ........................ 36
Arnold. Fisher & Calvert .............. 36
4 Boss. M. P. . ... _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 36
Brooks, Chas. P. ..........•. ........... 36
5 Brown, G. Chester .................. ,.. 36
4 Burch, Caetanl & Hershey ............. , 36
4 Burke. James J. ....................... 36
1 Connor. P_ E. ........... _ . __ . _ . . . .. . . . 36
Craig, W. J. . ..................... _ . . . . . 36
6 Dunyon, N. A . . . . . . . . . . . . . _.. .. ...... .. 36
Fiske. 'Vinthrop W . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . .. . . . .. 36
2 General Engineering Co. .... .......... 36
Howard. L. O. _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Ireland, T. W. .......................... 36
3 Jennings, E. P. ........................ 36
39 Johnson. Jay Eliot _.................... 36
Knowlton. A. D. ........................ 36
Lee, Murray ................ _ . . . . . . . . . . 36
6 Leggat, J. Benton ...................... 36
6 McCaskeli. J. R. ..•......•...........•.•.. , 36
Pack, Mosher F. ....................... 36
Peet. C. A . . . . . . . . . . . . ,.................. 36
Valtinke, Paul ........... _. . . . . . . . . . . .. 36
VEladsen Bros. ......................... 37
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38
38
38
38
38
Mi..cellaneou...
Century Printing Co. _.............. _.. 5
41 De Bouzek Engraving Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ 41
39 Gardner & Adams ......... _. .. . .. . . . . .. 42
H Harris, H. H., Accountant ........... .. 38
Hotel Stanford ......................... 33
Internationa.l Smelting & Refining Co... 8
37 Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co. .......... 41
37 Nephi Plaster Co. ...................... 41
37 New Era Motor Co. ...... ............. 4
37 Official Directory of Mines.............. 40
:)7 Railroad Time Tables .................. :l9
37 Roberts, J. C., Dealer in Rare Metals .... 6
37 Salt Lake Photo Supply Co. ............ 3x
37 Salt Lake Stamp Co. .................. 38
37 Shiplers, Commercial Photographers .... 3S
Utah Ore Sampling Co. .......... ..... ~
"~alker Bros. Bank Building ........... 38
38 Whitaker, Geo. A., Cigars ...... ....... 30
on his back and pour the mixture down his
pinching his nose in order to make him
4th: Incite vomiting by one of the pre-'
vious methods suggested. and it is advis­
able to keep a soft rublber stomach tube
having a funnel and exhaust bulb in one
of the cabinets. if the services of a pr.'.ysi.
quired and prescribe the dose of each to
be taken by a patient in an emergency, and.
to further assist in preventing mistakes,
'bottles of blue glass can be used as con­
tainers ·for the acids, and bottles of white
glass for the alkalies. if it is desired.
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Elmer Duncan, of Silver City, Utah. sup-
erintendent for the United Tintic Mines
company, wa.s a recent Salt Lake visitor.
Mr. Duncan states that the property of the
company is in promising condition, with a
fine streak of ore exposed in the north drift
on the 210 level. The company is shipping
about a carload of good ore every other
month, mine assays showing a value of about
$40 in copper and silver. The ore is
·heavy in iron. and makes a desirable fluxing
product. Development is being pushed and
the ore outpnt is paying expenses.
 ~Al:T' LAKE;M I
lished Semi-Monthly by Will C. Higgins
. and A. B. Greeson.
;e, Room 1601 Walker Bank Building,
Top Floor. Phone, Wasatch, 2902.
"L C. HIGGINS .•..•.•........••.. Editor
•• HOWARD ...•••••....• Associate Editor
8. GREESON ..•.....•• Bnsiness Manager
Snbscription Rlites,
year ......................••....... $2.50
J\fonths ........................ ; .... 1.50 in this promising camp. The usual crop of
rle Copy............................ .15
"ign Countries in Postal Union .•.... 3.75
Subscription Parable in Advance.
!]ntered November 29, 1902, at Salt Lak~
" Utah, as second-class matter, under Act
;ongress of March 3, 1899.
ld-.-ertl"lng Rate.. , Advertising rates fur­
,cd on application.
Contributors.
B. Pulsifer. A. L. Sweetser.
H. CalvElrt. H. W. McFarren.
oy A. Palmer. Maynard Bixby.
'" McLaren. B. F. Tibby.
Jay Eliot Johnson.
Advertls:ng Agencies.
JENVER, Colorado.-The National Adver­
~g Co., Quincy Building.
~EW YORK.-Frank Presby Co., General
'ertising Agents, 3-7 West 29th street.
30UTHERN CALIFORNIA. - Hamman's
'ertising Agency, South Pasadena, Cal.
It has ~n said that the lead in most
,h mines is practically a by-product.
,m the scurrying about, when tariff r&
.on is mentiQned, we would say it was
main\mineral product of the state.
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Petroleum and its derivatives are always
lresting su.,bjects for discussion. In this
Ie we publish another interesting article
the refining of oil. Incidentally, the man­
d uses of the petroleum products are
ught out.
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Ore treatment at RepubliC, Washington,
been throug'll a series of interesting
.ses. In connection with the resume of
t pra.ctice, publish€ d in this issue, we
Ild call attention to the proposed mer­
for this camp, and the possi-ble entry
strong interests.,
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We note in the daily press that 8. bill
been introduced in the Colorado legis­
Ire, providing for the building of a smelt­
, to be erected near the GQlden School
\1Iines, and to be operated under the au&
3S of the school. It is a question whether
h enterprises are of any great value,
lpolicy in the stronger institutions of
ming is against the use of such large
.ipment, w'bichcan never be operated
a basis approaching that of commercial
erprises, and when used as a means of
truction" it takes up time that could be
ch ,better used elsewhere.
The interior dep&rt~nt has at last
granfed a patent to coal lands in' Alaska.
W. (t. Whorf ,gets sixty-three a.cres at Port
Graham, Cook's Inlet. The department
claims this Is the first location to CQmply
with the law. Let the law be c~anged, so
that a man may get a coal mine, instead of
a binful Oof coal.
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Rochester ca,!lyon, Nevada, promises to
be on the map mOore than ever. It has a
newspaper of its own. May we hope t'hat
the features, characterizing the earlier
(boolms in Nevada may be entirely missing
exaggerated statements is already abroad.
It is our hope that the camp wHl justify
them. Opinions as to. persistence in depth
are little more than guesses at this time.
However, the surf.a.ce showings would make
any camp.
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TRUTH IN MINING.
In our last issue we took up the relation
of mine dividends to the market and ex­
pressed the opinion that what was required
in order to induce the public to invest in
min{ng shares was more information as to
the actual conditions at mines. Our atten­
tion has si-ncebeen called to several arti­
cles, all ,bearing on the same question and
treating it in a similar manner. The interest
in the arguments set forth by so many writ­
ers is Widespread. It is now announced that
the local exchange Will estabUsh a depart­
ment of p~blicity, the ,purpose of which shall
,be to ,give unbiased publicity to Utah mines,
"to obtain for the use of the public, accurate
and up-to·datei:nformation in regard to the
mines of the state." Attention is called to
the fact that mines furnish a majority of
freight to railroads, yet the railroads do. not
advertise the mines. It is said that official
and semi-official or~anizations of the stat:e
do not give publicity to the mining interests
while promoting the other industries.
The members of the exchange recognize
the desirability of more accurate and trutn­
ful informatio.n regarding mines as evi­
denced by this statement of the 'proposed
innovation, "It seems we would c,reate such
a confidence and such a sense of security
that any suspicion or hes:itation on the part
(),f the investing public, as to the mining in­
dUistry, wfruld 'be removed, and their sup­
port secured."
We welcome such a position, and trust
that for the good of all interested, the plan
may he inaugurated and receive strong sup­
port. The public has not the confidence in
the literature of private, brokers that it
would have in an impartial statement made
by those who have no. especial interest in
an individual stock. "Ve are all prone to
overstate the case, when personally interest­
ed in any proPQsition, and this may 'be done
in all honesty and with the best intentions.
Yet where our bread and .butter is concern­
ed, who can blame us for exhibiting undue
optimism?
PubEclty statements should contain facts
not given in the customary report. The bare
statement that so many tons Qf ore are in
sight will not suftlce fQr the intelligent in­
vestor. He wants to know how the ore in
sight is measured, just what the openings
are, width of ore and value in each Qpening
and prOoof that ore 'between openings is real­
ly blocked out, Two tunnels 1,000 feet apart
vertically, revealing in each case veins
whose characteristics are the same in every
respect, does not mean that an ore shoot ex­
ists for the whole distance, And yet how
many times are estimates of ore reserves
based on just such showings.
Emphasis is always placed on the Ibalance
sheet of .operatiI1g cOlJllpanies, 'but maps
which will enable one to figure for himself
·the possibilities and probal:iilities of the
mine and its ore reserves arEl" nearly always
lacking.
Statements as to mining costs should be
carefully analyzed to see that deprec!ation
and amortization are included, and the per­
connel of the management should '00 given
the most careful attention. In a.ddition, to
make the purchase of an individual stock
14
desirable, it should be frankly stated
whether amortization is to be included in
costs, Qr whether the investor is to take
care of amortization for himself. In the lat­
ter case sOlJlle attempt should be made at a
t
conservative estimate of the life of the mine,
so that the investo.r may know how much 1
he should set aside as a sinking fund to re­
tire his principal when the mine is exhaust­
ed. When all these matters are given pub­
licity, we may expect greater 'buying of min·
ing stocks, and these features must !be in­
I
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conporated in any publicity plan that is to
be anything but a tmisnomer.
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l
ANNU.AL ASSESSMENT WORK.
A reader sends us the following query:
"If the owner of a claim b~gins w-ork on
same in the last m-onth of the year 191~,
and continues work on into 1913, being in
undisputed possession, is it necessary ro do
the $100 assessment work for the year
1912?"
Thisquestio.n opens up a wide field for
discussion. Certain assumpti-ons must be
Imade in answering it. There is little' doubt
that the intent of the law is that a claim
.owner shall do the . required assessment
w.ork each year, and in a spirit of fairness
ihis should !be done. However, in connec­
tion with mining land, it has been the policy
of the government· to take no notice of
what is or is not done, under possesory
ttile, except when there is a contest. If
'then there are no intervening rights, that
is, if no one has attempted to jump the
claim In 1912, it is probably unnecessary
to do the work for 1912, in order to hold
possessi.on. However, if at the beginning

 THE SAL T L AK E
of 1913, another should jump the claim, on
the ground that the assessment work for
1912 had not ,boon done, we believe it
would ,be up to the original locator to prove
that he had resumed work in 1912, and had
prosecuted it diligently since that time.
iY;e would say, then, that, providing
there is no contest, the original locator need
not do the work for 1912,but that, were
there a contest, he might find himself in a
,bad position in the courts, when the ques­
tion of intent was considered, and would be
In danger of losing tlhe claim. It has been
decided,. in a case similar to the one pro­
pounded, that where, in December of one
year, work was resumed, continued through
the first of the new year and not completed
to the amount of $100, that a .party locating
on the same ground in August of the new
year, had title to the claim.
This would seem to conllict with de­
cisions that even after a lapse or several
years, the old locator may go on the
ground, do $100 worth of work and legally
hold the elaim, although no work was d'One
for the preceding year, provided, always,
that no one else attempted to locate the
ground in the intervaL
Yet there is a difierence. In the latter
case, the equivalent of $100 worth of work
was done in the current year, with no ad­
verses. In the fOrlmer, t'he assessment was
d'One neither for the previous year nor for
the current at the time the ground was lo­
cated.
The only case in which the original lo­
cator can hold the ground under the condi·
tions of the query, are that in 1913, before
the claim shall 'be relocated by anot'her, he
do the work for 1913. The necessity 'of do­
ing it for 1912 is then overcome.
Applying this point of view to a con·
crete case, Suppose A, the original owner,
resumes in December, 1912, and does $25
Worth of work before the end of the year,
and continues on into 1913, dOing $75 worth
in 1913. He is now safe for 1912, provided
he chooses to apply this work. Suppose,
however, that !he sees a reasonable chance
of g,etting $25 worth more done, without in­
terference. He may, then, do $25 worth in
addition, making a total of $125, $100 of
which was done in 1913, and may be ap­
plied to 1913, and protect the claim, without
finishing the assessment for 1912. If an·
other locates ·before the first $100 of work
is done, the oWner would be .forced by cir­
cU'mstances to apply the wmk on the 1912
assessment in order to hold the claim.
The following, we ,believe, shows the
possibilities. A locates in February, 1911.
He need not have the work done until De­
cember 31st, 1912, and then, he may by
January 31st, 1913, :have enough done,
$100 'plus, to cover assessment for 1913, and
need do no other work until the end of 1914,
thus securing possession for practically four
years, with a little over $100 worth of work.
0: course, without a contest he need do
MIN I N Q REV I ~ W, JAN! U A R Y
none at all, but by the above procedure, he
,prevents anyone interfering for nearly two
yell-ra to come.
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A PROPHET IN HIS OWN COUNTRY.
We reprint the following editorial from
the Mining & Engineering World, ,published
at Chicago, from which city the object of
the denunciation hails. No f!lrther comment
is necessary.
"You admit by what you have told me
that you know nothing of the conditions in
the mining states; that you know nothing of
mining law and that you have never tried a
milling case. I have asked you if you knew
the meaning ofa half dozen terms used in
mining and you say you do not. Doesn't that
prove your incOimpetency?"
"The a,bov,e excerpt ,from a Washington
press dispatch appearing in a recent issue of
a 'Chicago morning paper, refers to are­
,ported interview between ,Secretary of the
Interior Walter L. Ifisher and an Arizona
United States senator. The interview w'as
'brought about by the senator's protest over
the recent ruling of the secretary that
"there could be no prospecting for valuable
minerals as practiced for more than a quar­
ter of a century; that the miner must dis­
cover it on the surface and not sink any
shafts."
"At the time Mr. Fisher was called from
Chicago by Presid<mt Taft to administer the
afiairs of the important department of the
interior, we were, to say the least, consider­
ably surprised. For here in Chicago we knew
him best in connection with the tangled
legal affairs of corporations, 'both cammer­
cial and municipal. That he was a success
along these lines is surely evidenced by the
"f,at" fees that usually fell to his portion.
But that ,he aspired to, or that he had the
ability to untangle the affairs Qf the inter­
ior department, which were so sadly dis·
rupted by Roosevelt and Pinchot, was never
given a thought, And now after hav­
ing been at the head of the department 1'01'
several years, we are at a greater loss than
ever to know just what qualifications he was
supposed to possess which induced the pres­
ident to appoint him to this important office.
"To those who have followed the admlll!­
istration of the land laws by the interior de­
partment the past few years, and especially
the mineral-land Laws, there has been and
still is apparent a decided lack of experience
on the part of the secretary with the affairs
of the great mining industry. w'ith the pub­
lic-lands question of the west. and with the
needs of the -public-lands states and Alaska,
"It surely is a matter for congratulation
that the official life of Mr. Fisher, in his
'present capacity at least, will end with the
inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. Who h1s
successor will be is probably unknown at
this writing even to Mr. Wilson himself; but
judging from the recent utterances of the
president-elect on matters pertaining to pub­
a 0, 1 91 3. 23
lic service, we feel assured that he will at
leaJst select a man for his cabinet who really
knows the difierence 'between a mine and a
hole in the ground. That he should come
from some :far-western state goes without
saying."
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CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT.
Fred V. Bodfish, manager of the Amer­
ican Flag property at Park City, Utah, is to
take charge of operations at the Union Chief
mine at Santaquin. '\'TIile in the east he per­
fected arrangements for financing the prop­
erty. The drift from the lower tunnel has
reached a depth of 1,100 feet below the sur­
face, and when this connects with the ore
shoot exposed by the upper tunnel, much
ground will be availllible for stoping, with
low mining costs. The mine can be worked
by overhead back stoping, all ore being put
down ooutes to the tunnel level.
Another item in low cost mining is the ab­
sence of pumping and hoisting machinery,
the only power required being that for the
machine drills, and for haulage. Electric
power is now in use for driving the com­
pressor.
Mr. Bodfish is quoted as saying: "I will gO
to ,santaqUin. make a detailed examination
of the Union Chief and map out a plan of
development. I made a preliminary inspec­
tion of the property a few weeks ago, and I
was very favorably impressed 'by its sihowing
and prospect. I did not, however, make a
study of it with a view to future operation.
That is what I shall undertake now.
"I am enthusiastic over the mining possi­
bilities of the Wasatch mountain range from
Park City to Santaquin and Tintic. I am
convinced that that range contains more
mining surprises than any similar area in
the west."
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A SHIPMENT FROM THE MUIR BROOK.
Morrow & Walker, of Salt Lake, leasing
on the Muir Brook property at Stocl{ton,
Utah, are awaiting returns ona car of lead
ore recently shipped to a Salt Lake smel,
tery. Another shipment is being prepared.
So far the work has aU been done by thE
lessees, ,but it is their intention to put two
more men at work soon. There are threE
.places where stoping may be carried on.
The property is opened by an incline
seventy-five feet deep, from the bottom oj
which a drift enters the hill for about 12C
feet. In this drift the showing is excellent
and the ore appears to gO to the surface. It
is also possible to sink in ore. The orE
carries, in addition to an amount of lead
w!hich makes it profitable. about one pel
cent copper, and one ounce of silver to eael1
three per cent lead. A large amount of fair
ore is now exposed, and it appears that
these energetic young men are now in a
position to realize on their efiorts.
 THE SAL,T
rhe Prospector
and His Burro
,­
IfIwjJ!JIJ.!JIII'I\,...
(By Will C. Higgins.)
'lease ante and 'pass the buck," said
prospector to his 'burro. "HOIpe you
for I think I have a. hand that will
you out to an extent that a referec
lnkruptcy will have to ,be appointed
you, just the same as a receiver has
been put in charge of that promising
tidy-looking property just 'Over the hill
our camp. Board o!!' play for you,
you cannot take it back, which leaves
In the same fix as the manager of the
I have just mentioned. who under­
lated th~ hand that his opponent,
e Nature, held, and played a two spot
l he should' have lead the ace. And
he has been sent down the hill, and a
1ge guy from the city is going over
oooks and accounts, while a geology
{. is at work in the mine fi,guring out
:fficult problem of d.ips, spurs and
~S.
rhis mine I speak of," continued the
)ector, "formed the basis for an incor·
:ed company some three ()r [our years
There was a fine showing of ore on
surface, and everything indicated the
ence of a big mine. A well-known
19 man was put in charge, and he ]:}e­
at once, an active campaign of shal­
development work. A tunnel was run
1 the vein for a distance 'Of over 500
all in ore Qf good milling grade. From
Ildications the mine was going 00 de­
. into a whale, and. from the manager's
'point, was 'the latest, the greatest,
the very UlP-to-datest' propositi'On in
"hole mining field, and it crowded the
ination with excess baggage from the
start. But, here was where he made
3take and played a deuce when the ace
ld hav~ oome out. for, th~ first thing
id was to insist UJpon the building of
3tly ,milling plant, a swell 'bungalo for
lanagement. and cottages for his super-
dent, foreman, engineer and as.sayoer.
•ok at th~ layout one oould not imagine
ling more successful or promising. The
air of the place suggested govern·
bonds, champagne suppers and auto­
LAKE MINING REVIEW, JAN.UARY
moMles. Visitors from the east returned
to their tickers and other highly intellec­
tual pursuits fairly wild over the future out­
look for the property, and homes were
mortgaged and jewelry pawned in order
that another ,block of stock in the com­
pany might be salted down until it should
sell above par after it had paid more than
'faoo value in dividends. Oh, the whole
thing W'lI.S swell, and afforded more joy to
stock holders, in antiCipation, than would
a bunny hug dance to a hall-full of coons.
And, this feeling of serene- enjoyment and
complete satisfaction continued for several
months, for unlooked-for delays and non­
arrival of important parts of machinery
prevented the starting up of the new m.ill
at the time appointed. But. finally, every­
thing was ready, and the first run was
made amidst great enthusiasm and hurrah.
And it was a success, too, and the saving
on the plates gave 'promise of profitable
operation and a period of regular dividend
paj'lments, A month passed. and alrea;dy
the company had a nice balance to its
credit at the bank when, almost without
notice, the tonnage going to the mill ma­
ter.ially lessened. The president wired to
the manager for an explanation. the man­
ager called in his superintendent, and the
superintendent summoned his shift bosses.
'lihe session wa.s a warm one. 'but the
answer was simple, for the ore in the mine
workings had 'been exhausted, 'and no more
was in sight. Whether the d€iposit was
nothing more than a gash vein, or whether
the ledge had merely pinched, no one could
tell; for, as 'a matter of fact. no develop­
ment work had been done ahead of ore
<extraction, and no depth had been at·
tained.
"Anyway, the mine Was nothing more
than a hole in the ground, with nQ ore in
sight,and it looked as bad to the manage­
ment as an empty 'barley sack would to
·you; and, the way the boss and his men
s'et out looking for pay-rock reminded me
()f a pack of coyotes closing in on 'a mother
sheep with a little lamb, lost out in the
sage··brush. The elusive ore-body. however,
would not stand without hitching, and led
the management a merry chase through
winzes, cross·cuts, upraises and drifts, and
had not been c{)rralled up to the time when
the surplus fundS had all been exhausted,
and the receiver appointed, of which I
bave just told you. Of course, ore may
be found at depth; ,but, under present con­
diti'Ons everything is atastandstill, as far
as production is concerned, and the mill
stands as a monument t{) the folly of PUt­
ting in extensive and expensive reduction
plants until the orebodies in the mine are
systematically demonstrated as to extent
and value, and future possibilities fully cop­
!pered.
"I want to tell you. Old Long Ears,"
continued the prospector. "it is not always
good judgment to be too cock sure about
30, 1913.
anything. whether it is the number of face
cards held by others in a. sluff gaJIDe. or
the possibility of a surface deposit of ore
going to the deep. It is far better and
safer to develop the ore bodies in a mine
and then build 'lI. milling plant. than it is to
assume that the ore is there, put in reduc­
tion works, and then. later on, go d'iooey_
The same reasoning applies to all walks
of life, tenderfeet and burros included;
and there you are. and then some."
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ANEW DIVIDEND PAYER.
The Eagle & Blue Bell Mining com­
pany has joined the list of dividend payers
'Of the Tintic district of Utah and will dis­
tribute its initial dividend of five cents a
share on February first. Ther~ are 889.146.
shares outstanding, so that the disburs~­
ment will total $44,457.30. The company
is controlled by the Bingham Mines com­
lPany. which took qver its stock some
time ago.
The creditable showing is due largely
to the excellent work of General Manager
lmer Pett, the property being in very poor
condition when he took charge. In order
to get at the most pr()llllising section of th~
'Property. Mr. Pett sank a new sha,ft at a
considerable distanoo from the old one and
demonstrated continuous ore from the 700
to th~ 1,OOO4'00t level. The company has
ore also on the 1,300 and l,500·foot levels.
Shipments are being made steadily and the
property is in good condition for continued
dividends. With the excellent record of
the Chief C<>nsolidated. two new dividend
payers have ·been added to the Tintic list.
thus early in the new year.
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BOND COLORADO MINE.
John H. Meager, of Silverton. 'Colorad'O,
who has been spending the past ten days in
Salt Lake, closed up a deal. while here, with
the Amerioan Smelting & Refining company
whereby the latter secured a !bond and op­
tion on the Merger group of mining cl~ims
at Silverton. the purchase price running up
into five figures.
Preliminary examination will be made at
'an early date by Enginoor Wilson (If the
American staff, and a payment is to ,be made •
May 1st. The entire purchase price is to be
made within the year. The mine is only
2,000 feet ,from the Silverton reducti'On plant
of the A. S. and R. cO'mpany, and but 1,500
feet from the railroad. The ore is a heavy
sulphide carrying excellent values in copper.
Mr. Meager is an enthusiast on the sub­
ject of ,building a direct railroad line from
Silverton to Salt L.ake connections, and
states that, with such a road in operation. at
least 60 per cent of the ores of that section
could :be handled by Utah smelteries.
I
Wm. ,Meager, of Battle Mountain, Nev­
ada, assisted in rounding out the deal. and
has returned hom~.
 THE SAL T LA K E
[Mine 0- Smeller Building I
Boy property, at Dun Glen, Nevada, recent­
An electric pump wlllbeinstalled at the
Toro Blanco shaft, at Manhattan, Nevada,
vada, will be equipped with a mill.
An electric hoist will be installed at the
chief interests in the operating comjl:
Midget No, 2 mine at Cripple Creek, by the
,gulch, nealr Central City, Colorado, and
lessee, a Mr. Arbough.
The Summit Hill mine, near Dobbins,
California, '\\'111 be equipped with a ten­
stamp mJill in the spring.
The Last Chz.nce Mining company,
operating near SUmpter, Oregon, wi1J erect
a milling plant in the spring.
A 200-foot shart is to be sunk on the
June-Eclho property at Chewelah, Washing­
, ton. Hoisting machinery is to be installed,
,A. T. Amado, of Tucson, Arizona, has
acquired the Papago Chief mine in the Ba­
tboquivari district and will install new 'ma­
chinery.
The Tonopah 76 Consolidated Mining
company of Tonopah, Nevada, ds receiving
bids 'for an electrically driven air-com­
pressor.
The Goldfield Consolidated Mines com­
pany, of Goldfield, Nevada, will install dia­
mond drills, .for prospecting below its deep­
est levels.
Russell & Morgan, of Cripple Creek,
Colorado, have leased a property on Jeffer­
son 'Squaw mountain and will install an
electric hoist.
The EI Oro Mining & Mdlling company,
of 'Cripple Creek, Colorado, has acquired
the Jiener mine In Eclipse gulch and will in·
stall a geared hoist.
McGill & Company have leased the Black
Jack claim on Beacon hill, at Cripple Creek,
Colorado, and will install a fifteen-horse­
power electric hoist.
The Pioneer Consolidated Mines com­
pany, of Pioneer, near Rhyolite, Nevada,
may build a mill for the treatment of its
free-milling gold ores. William J. Tobin is
president of the company.
The management of the Lincoln 'Consoli­
dated Mining company, of Jackson ,Cali­
fornia, is considering plans for the installa­
tion of new pumps in the Lincoln shaft.
The Red Cross mine, near Dobbins, Cal­
ifornia, has been leased to George &
Chambers. The terms call for a fifteen­
stamp mill, to be built within eight months.
The North Georgia shaft, at Chloride,
Arizona, will be equipped with a powerful
hoist and suitable pumping macfuinery to
handle the water recently encountered in
sinking.
It 1s reported from Telluride, Colorado,
that E, H. Van Endert and G. C. Webber,
who are interested in the Or<r'Cashier
Mining company, at Ophir, are to purcfuase
machinery for a mill which their company
contemplates building during the cO'nling
spring.
MIN I N G REV lEW, JAN. U A R Y 30, 1913.
A hoist is to be installed at the Silver compose the board of trustees. The st
ly bonded by E. Wicklund to Charles Olm­
holders authorized a mill to cost bet\\
. $15,000 and $20,000.
stead. If the present showing continues, a The Diamond C mine, in McKean (
mill will be built. yon. fifteen miles from 'Winnemucca,
Tibbetts, Oliver ,& Company have a
lease on the Sliver Dollar mine in Russell
are C. D. Cousins, of San Francisco, A,
contemplate the installation of an electric Powell, of Hayward, California, and T
hoist and compressor. Merrigan, of Reno. Nevada.
The Copper Reef Mdning company, of An increase of capitalization from :
Globe, Arizona, contemplates the ,Installa­ 000,000 to $1,500,000 was authorized by 1
tion of an electric station and a twelve-mile stockholders of the H. E, M. ;\llning cc
transmission line from San 'Carlos. llany at the annual session in Spoka
An
aerial tralmway will also be installed. \Vas,hington, recently. The purpOse of t
William Reed has sold all his mining increase is to 'supply funds for fllrth
property at Hamilton, Nevada, to a Mr. development and equipment of thc m'
O'Brien. This includes the IDberhardt and and to ·install a compre,ssor and COlleent
the rich mines of Treasure hill. It is un­ tor, the aggregate eXjlense of which will
$50,000.
derstood a 'IDiIl will be erected in the spring.
'A syndicate, represented at Spokane, lssuance of gold bonds in the sum
Was.hington, by J. V. Richards, is planning $500,000 was authorized by the stocklJold"
to secure control of the best pro.perties in of the Home Builder Mining and Develo
the Republ.ic diSitrict with the intention ofment company at the annual meeting, he
erecting a large concentrating pl'ant for thein SpDkane, Washington. The monpy w
ores of that section. be used for the erection ofa cyanid8 11)
According to a report from Nogales, Ari· having a daily capacity of 5,000 toliS, '11
zona, a pump is to be installed on the Bob the development of a water power ar
Lee mines In the Patagonia mountains, and appurtenant equipment at the propprt"
a concentrating plant will be put up on the the company, situated about 65 mle" east J
old Derazno mine in Magdalena district, for­ Spokane. An arrangement has been maE
for the sale of the bonds. it is sta ted h
ty miles southwest of Nogales.
'.Valter C. Brower, president of the <:01'
The Granby Consolidated Mining com­ pany. <so that ground may ,be b-roken for tt
pany, of British Columbia, will try to secure mill as soon as t.he snow is off, A. Hut
a bond issue of $5,000,000 at its stockhold­ of Tacoma, Washington, S. J. Net·drum. (
ers' meeting on February 25th. Among the
Seattle. R. E. Mcli':arland of Coeur d'Alen
Improvements wEI be the erection of a
Idaho, G. W, Dickinson, of Spokane, an
smeltery at its Hidden Creek property. ,\V. C. Brov:er of Bro)'ter. Idaho. \\'el
Allen L. Burris,president of the EI Paso elected directors for the year.
Consolidated Gold Mining company, says 0----­
that a new drainage tunnel will be con­
CONSTRUCTION NOTES.
structed in the 'Cripple 'Creek district of
Colorado, 700 feet below the Roosevelt tun­
Bonds of the Plateau Valley Railrm
nel, construction to begin early this year.
company in the sum of $6,000,000, Ilan· bp,
Miners' Reduction & MiHlng company, of sold for construction of the standard ,gall!
Silverton, Colorado, has leased the North railroad from Yeckel Jundion, 011 tile R
Star mill, located at the foot of Sutton Grande railroad in :\Lesa county. Coloretd
mountain, and will in the next thirty days to Collbran, twenty-five miles through t1
open a custom plant for the treatment of Plateall valley. Construction to l;c,c;
ores. New machinery is to 'be purchased ~farch 1.
and installed. It is reported from Yreka, Califol'ni
The Russel tract of 500 acres near Igo, that th€ 'California-Oregon Power compal!
California, has been acquired ·by a party of Sjskiyou diviSion, will erect, withil, tll!'
Seattle capitalists headed by Capt. H. months, a 600-kilowatt, 60,OOO-volt outdo
Thompson. The new owners plan the In­ substation and three miles of 60.0(;/)-\'(
stallation of one, and possibly two, bucket­ transmission Jines, and will purr:hai;e 0
elevator dredges. Er'lectricity will be the 60,OOO-volt pole-top switch. O. G. Steel
motive power. division sU]1erintendent.
These officers OF the Idaho-Montana The Hydro-}<':;Iectric company has til
Amalgamated Mining cO'mpany, owners of a with the county clerk at Hood River. OJ
lead-silver property in the Cabinet range, gon, for record, a 'mortgage for $](1(1,000.
were elected at a meeting in Spokane, secnre a bond issue of like amount. T
'Washington: A. D. J<'eyter, president; Pro­ company j)roposes to develop two WIlt'
fessor W. S. Morley, Vice-president, and A. ]lower sites on Hood river and ext,md j
F. Cook, secretary-treasurer. The officers, transmission Jines into the Daile;;. J.
with J. B. Whalen of Spokane, and 1. L, Col­ Thompson is vice'president of the C ..lI11par
lins and C. A. Tenwick: of Moscow, Idaho, and general manager,
 THE SAL T L A K E
'onslruclion News
is to be resu'med at once. A 35()-kw. turbo­
'municipal electric light plant is to be
lied at Belen, New Mexico. Plans are
being prepared.
)s Angeles is planning a new water sup­
and in this connection will erect a
hydro-electric station.
30rge Calhoun, a Bakersfield, California,
lan, is considering the erection of an
lfinery at Phoenix, Arizona.
e Light Granite company of Everett,
lington, R. H. McKee, promoter, will
Id $20,000 in equipping a plant to cut ~
teo
lle Pacific Power & Lig.ht company is
egin work at once on its proposed
·horsepower 'hydro-electrio plant at
River, .oregon.
ians are under consideration by the
~ Fe railroad to build a cuton: between
'unta, Colorado, and Amarilla, Texas,
nee of 200 lIlliles.
R. Martineau, of Salt Lake, has re-o
d word that the city of Pocatello,
), has granted him a street railway
electric lighting franchise.
r the $6,500,000 power bonds to be voted
ebruary 25th, at San Francisco, $750,000
}e required to complete the power plant
under construction by the city.
lle municipal electric light and power
at Clayton, New Mexico, which was
ttly destroyed by fire, is to be rebuUt
equipped with modern machinery.
he Holton Power company. of Holt­
California, contemplates improvements
extensions to its system, for which
s to the amount of $150,000 have been
d.
he town trustees of Gunnison, 'Colorado,
x)llsidering w.ays and means to build a
concrete reservoir and extend the light
A committee has been appointed to
:tigate the matter.
onds in the sum of $37,000 have been
I to establish a municipal electric light
poWer plant at Glendora, California.
1 G. Dressery, HI-bernian building, Los
,les, is city engineer.
he Kootenai Power company of Coeur
'ne, Idaho, is contemplating the con­
tion of a dam and electric power plant
,bby, Montana. Paul D. Pratt of Ubby,
:al representative.
I:lOshone 'Electrk Light & Power com·
of Cody, Wyoming, expects to pur
~, within the next three months, two
ads of Idaho cedar poles and fifty me­
D. A. Tinkom is superintendent.
he Bend Water, Light & Power com­
'has been sold to Charles A. Brown
Kempster B. Miller, of Mdfeen &
:r, of Chicago, the corporation being
rn as the Central Orego{l, Power COm­
MIN I N G REV lEW, JAN. U A R Y
pany. Work on the proposed power house
generator unit is to be installed. T. H.
Foley will be retained as general manager.
The city of Pasadena, California, will in­
stall two electrically driven centrifugal
pumps in the new sewer system on South
Grand avenue. Van Nor brnum, city engi­
neer, is in charge of the work.
The Mountain Development company is
preparing to Install a 2,500-horsepower hy­
dro-electric pow'er 'plant on Berry creek,
near Sattley, California. The plans call for
construction of several dams. W. O. Peck
is interested.
The Western States Gas & Electricity
company, is planning to distribute electri·
city in and about Lodl, California. Work
will soon ,begin on installation of the sys­
tron. W. ,So Butler, of Stockton, California,
is general manager.
Bids will be received by Warner Thomas,
city clerk of Redlands, California, until Feb­
ruary 5 for construction of an electric 'power
plant ,for municipal water system. F. E.
Track, Union Oil building, Los Angeles, is
consulting engineer.
The Crane Power & Irrigation company,
Ltd., of Boise. Idaho, is to complete, within
the next twelve months, a 12,000 horse­
power sub-station to supply electricity for
pumping water for irrigating purposes. .os­
wald H. :Slcott is secretary.
The Williams Water & Electric company
is to purchase, within the next three
months, 'boilers, engines, generators, ,pumps
and condensers, etc. Luther 'Stover is in­
terested in the company, whose headquar.
ters are at WHliams, Oregon.
Plans are preparing in hands of the
Southern California Edison company to en­
large its auxiliary steam generating plant
on the ocean front at l..ong BeaCh, Cali­
fornia. The work will include power house
and installation of second unit.
Bids are to be received by the Los An·
geles board of public works until January
31 for 353 steel towers for a 1l0,OOO-volt
transmission line. Forms, etc., to be ob­
tained on application to the Los Angeles
Aqueduct Board, Los Angeles, California.
The gradual relaying of 90·pounds rails
the entire distance ,from 'Salt Lake to Los
Angeles by the Salt Lake Route will begin
immediately. InWal expenditure will be
$250,000 for the first thirty·six miles out of
Los Angeles. The entire sum to be spent
aggregates $3,500,000.
The Nevada. Valley Power company has
filed with the county recorder at Reno,
Nevada, a trust deed in favor 'Of the Inter­
national Trust company of Denver, Colorado,
to secure a bond issue of $3,000,000 to pro­
vide funds to build Its power plants. The
power site proposed to be used by the com·
Pllny is located on tlhe Truckee river about
3 0, 1 9 1 3.
seven 'miles from Reno. The directors are:
H. D. Danforth of Reno, who Is local agent;
Edson Adams, Edward Boewes, Milton Ham­
ilton and A. F. Tarley, all of Oakland, 'Cali­
fornia.
The Corvallis & Eastern railway will
make extensive i'mprovements th!s summer.
It will erect at Albany, Oregon, a car shop,
addition to machine shops, large stewm
boiler, one or more electric motors, turning
lathes, etc, D. ~r. McLaughlin is master
mechanic.
The light commission of Glascow, Mon­
tana, is to purchase one 65-k.w., 60-cycle,
three-phase alternating current generator,
directly connected, and a condensing outfit
for the municipal electric light plant, within
the next twelve months. A. J. Melvin is
snperlntendent.
The board of public works has Instructed
City Engineer Dimock of Seattle, Washing­
ton, to prepare plans and specifications for
the construction of a dam at 'Cedar lake
for th'3 city water and light system, to cost
about $1,500,000. PI::ns will be ready for
estimates about March 1.
The plant and holdings of the Deming
Land & Power company have been pur­
chased by C. E. Miesee, of Chicago, Illinois,
and associates. The development of 9,500
acres of land, proposed by the company,
will cost $1,000,000. A central power plant
will be installed, also pumping .plants.
The Rawlins Electric Light & Fuel com­
pany is to erect, within the next twelve
months, an elevatcd coal track to facilitate
the unloading of coal and may purchase
a 50·horsepower condenser, one ton of Wire,
seventy-five meters and a sm.all amount of
miscellaneous supplies. J. H. Jacobucci 1s
manager. , ,
J.S. Harker, 'president of the :M~unta!n !
Progressive club of Madera, California, is !
promoting construction of an electric rail·
way from Madera to Yosemite valley. To
secure power for the proposed railway it is
proposed to store the waste waters of the
North Fork watersheds to be utilized to
drive a hydro·electric plant.
The possibility of installing a hydro-elec­
tric power ,plant at Grace, Idaho, to light
and heat the towns of Grace, Bancroft,
Alexander, Turner, Lund and Centrah is be­
ing discussed by the Last Chance Canal
company of Grace, which controls a power
site capable of generating ample power for
the :purpose. T. E. Stanton is manager.
The Great Falls Power company of
Great Falls, Montana, has ,geen granted
M<mtana's federal permit for double power
transmission line of 150 miles to furnish
,power to Puget Sound for electrification of
450 miles of main track between Harlow­ 1
ton, Montana, and Avery, Idaho. The ago
gregate cost of installing the new system
will be approximately $5,000,000. iI
 THE SAL 't LA K E
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I Personal Mention
Lorin N. Morrison, of Salt Lake, has .gone
to NeVada.
F. A.Sweet, of Salt Lake, transacted
business in Idaho, last week.
A. A. Brim, of Arco, Idaho, was in Salt
Lake City early in the month.
John A. Steele, of Lane City, Nevada,
was a recent visitor in Salt Lake.
W. T. McArdle, of 'Contact, Nevada, is
in Twin Falls, Idaho, on mining <business.
H. A. Caldwell, of Butte, Montana, was
a :recent ",lsitor at Wallace, Idaho.
Dave Marquardson of JaJ'lbidge, Nevada,
has been in Salt Lake on mining business.
Colonel Charles P, Taskar, of Green
River, Utah, was a recent visitor in Salt
Lake.
G. W. Lambourne, of Salt Lake, manager
of the Daly Judge at Park City, was recent­
ly in New York.
D. C. Jackling, general manager of the
Utah COllPe>r company, has gone east on
company ·business.
E. K. ,Stone, mining near Imlay, Nevada,
has gone to Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, for a m()nth.
George Weston, of the Copper Queen
property, which is twenty-five miles w~st of
Elko, Nevada, is in Salt Lake.
W. W. Oharles of the Tonopah Min­
ling COmpany of Tonopah, Nevada, has gone
to Los Angeles !for 'a brief trip.
H. B. Dow, manager of the Virgin Valley
opal mines, Ilear Denio, Nevada, has re­
turned from a trip to California.
Henry Greenwell, manager of the Provi­
dencia Maning company, has returned to
Nogales, Arizona, from a trip to Ohio.
Sam S. Porter, of San Diego, California,
who is heavily interested in Utah mines,
has gone to Chicago ona ,business trip.
Herman Freudenthal, prominently iden­
tified with the business and mining interests
of Pioche, Nevada, was a recent Salt Lake
visitor.
,Charles Knox, president of the Tonopah
Mining company, has returned to Tonopah
from a visit to the Commonwealth mine
in Arizona.
L. Loranger, of Duluth, MJnnesota, has
been investigating properties near Silver
City, Idaho, in the interests of eastern
acquaintances.
Newton Farr, of Salt Lake, rooently
returned ,from Battle Mountain, Nevada,
where he has started Work on the Hider·
Nevada property.
H. S. Barnhardt, one of the directors of
the California-Utah M~ning company, oper·
ating at Doyle, California, is in Salt Lake
for an indefinite stay.
L. F. Clemmons, of Denver, recently vis­
1ted properties in the South Mountain Imin­
ill! I N IN G REV i E W, JAN. U A R Y 30, 191 S. 27
1ng district of Idaho, in which he is in­
terested,and has started development on
the Standard Mining & Milling eompany's
properties near Silver ·City.
J. E. Garr, of Cripple Creek, Colorado,
manager of the Golden Cycle mine, was in
,Salt Lake, last week, en route to Los
Angeles. Mr. Garr Informed The Mining Re­
N Gl'man 'Carmichael, general manager view that he is working a force of 250 men
of the Arizona Copper company, of Clifton, and producing in the neighborhood of 250
Arizona, made a trip to the Panama canal tons of shipping ore daily. The mine is
during the Ohristmas holidays. paying $250,000 in dividends monthly, and
Bob Mabry, 'president and general man· Is one of the big mines of the camp. At one
ager of the Credo-Eureka Mines company, time it gained considerable notoriety by
paying $1,000,000 in one dividend. Mr. Carr
Edward A. MoYe and N. C. Titus, all of s.po­
is an old-time friend of F. V. Bodfish, of
kane, Washington, are in Eureka, Nevada,
inspecting the company's mines. Salt Lake, the well-known and successful
mine operator and Imanager.
S. H. Williams, president and general
manager of the Smokey Development com­ George St. Clair, of Ophir, Utah, man­
pany, which is operating at Ely, Nevada, was ager for the Uon Hill Consolidated ;,\'1in­
a recent visitor in ,salt Lake on his way to ing company, was in Salt Lake, the first of
the property from the east. the week, with a carload shipment of good
L. M. Elvans, one of the western repre­ ore. l\f:r. St. -Clair states that he is ship­
ping at the rate 'Of a.bout 100 tons of ore,
sentatives of the A. Leschen & Sons Rope
cOllwany, of St. Louis, was in Salt Lake, JJlonthly, and that the mine is in good con­
last week, from a trip into Idaho, where he diti-on. He also says tha.t the camp of
had been in the interest of his firm. Ophir is looking exceptionally well, and
that the Clark railroad is busy all the time
R. L. Edward,s, general manager of the
handling traffic for the camp. The Ophir
Mus'grove Mining ·company, of ldaho, is in
Hill is shipping regularly and the remodel­
Salt Lake. The new mill of the company
ing and equipment of its mill is now nearly
has 'been thoroughly tested out, and
c()lmplete; while the CUf!' is maintaining a
enough ore is in 'sight !fora long run.
regular output and is now in the dividend­
F. s.. Sizer, of Wikox, Arizona, general pa.ying class.
manager of the Mascot Copper company, ----0--­
has been in San Fl"ancisco, in conference SCRANTON REACHES ORE SHOOT.
with the directors of the company as to
Production at the Scranton mine, in the
future development at the property.
North Tintic district of Utah has been ham­
A. O. Jacobson, superintendent of the peredby the failure of the ele'ctrical trans­
Alta ConsoUdated Mining company, of Alta, formers to arrive, according to Manager N.
Utah,has returned to Salt Lake from a A. Dunyon, who has just returned from an
trip to the Santa Fe district of Nevada, inspection of the property. Prospecting and
where he has been looking over property develop'ment has ,proceeded at the usual rate,
with the object of taking over S()lIlle of the however, and the point :where the vein,
more promiSing ground. which has been nearly flat, begins to dip
George W. Tarkington, manager or the downW'ard, has ibeen reaohed. The beddillg
Pelican and Seven-Trinity mines, at Silver plane has been followed for 1,500 feet, and
Plume, Colorado, has gone to Kentueky, to has been the source of the company's ship­
confer with -officials of the Parkington ments. Several working places are now be·
Mines company, which has recently taken ing opened up in addition to the work being
over these properties. done 'On the downward extension of the main
·\Vm. Ace, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, a vein. W'here the change in the inclination
prominent business man of that 'place, of the vein occurs, a great orebody 250 feet
who is president ·of the Rock 'Springs Ex­ square ,has ;been found, the average content
ploration company, whose holdings are 10' ,being about twenty per cent zinc. Leaching
cated in the copper camp of Contact, Ne­ ihas been pronounced here and it is ,prob­
vada, was in Salt Lake last week, visiting ·able that ore of commercial grade will be
with A. J. Taribet, one of the members of the found at greater depth. The zinc ore on the
c()lmpany.Mr. Ace is enthusiastic over the Delmonte level, from which shipments have
present outlook for Contact, and is well sat· 'been made, is running about thirty-six per
isfied with conditi-ons as they exist there. He cent zinc.
is especially pleased with the fact that the If the shoot, now found at the foot of the
camp will doubtless enjoy excellent railroad Knapp incline, shows enrichment with depth,
d:acilities in the near future, as two lines are the mine should be ,back on its old produc·
now projected into that section. A number of ing basis in a few weeks.
'pieces of very choice mining property have ---0---­
recently changed hands in the district, in­ The Cleveland CHf!'s Iron Co., Ispem­
cluding the noted Bonanza mine, which has ing, Michigan, will install in the Lloyd mine
passed to an English syndicate which is ac­ at Morris,Michigan, a 100-k.w.-motor-genera­
quiring a considerable area in the district. tor set and three 6-ton electric mining loco­
The Bonanza adjoins the property of the m'Otives in the Ispeming mines. The orders
Rock Springs Development company, and is for this apparatus have been placed with
on the same immense vein system. the General Electric company.
 John Olmstead, of the, engineering force
I Engineers and Millmen
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of the Calumet & Arizona Copper company,
at Bisbee, Arizona, has gone to San Diego,
Pips, Spurs and Angles .\

F. V. Bodfish, of Salt Lake, is in Cali· CaUornia, on a pleasure trip. The MacNamara mine of Tonopah, Ne­
f-ornia on important mining business. L. V. Waterhouse and A. W. Wincey, of vada, ,is nOW in milling ore on its GOO-foot
C. E. M'Oulton, of Salt Lake, has gone to the Broken Hill mines, of Australia, have level.
Yerin.gton, Nevada, as engineer for the New been 'making a tour of western mines, and \Vork & Company have their mill run­
Yerington Copper company. recently vis'ted the Utah -Copper company's ning on CQvode mountain, Georgetown,
properties at Bingham, Utah. Their trip
J. A. MeCaskell, of Salt Lake,has return­ Colorado.
has included besides the mines and smelter­
ld from a trip into central Nevada, where he Electricity has been turned on at th2
ies in America, a study of mining and smelt­
lttended to Dmportant professional business. Sheep Rock mill, in Beaver county, and
ing in European countries.
W. H. Block, of Salt Lake, with the Desert the plant will probably be running by the
Don Maguire, of Ogden, one of the noted
"ower & Mill company, at Millers, Nevada, time this issue is out.
metallurgtstsand engineers of the west, who
las been visiting relatives and ,fr~ends in lt is reported that the Craven sUmer
was in Salt Lake, last week, informs The
;:'jon, during the past week.
Mining Review that, in Camp Floyd district, may be tested at the Utah Copper com­
TO'm Mlorrow, of Salt Lake, now operate Utah, he has uncovered one of the finest pan,y's mi.lls, the inventor, P. H. Graven,
ng in che Stockton district of Utah, ~has bodies of chlorutahlite ever disclosed in the n'Ow being in Salt Lake dn an endeavor to
~'One to Carlin, Nevada, and will examine west. This is a gem stone, emerald green in have the machine tI'ied out.
Jroperties in the LYnn camp for Salt Lake color, and is used quite extensively in the It is reported that Joseph Nenzel plans
llients. manufacture of jewelry. From this point Mr:­ to incorporate a company to build 'a power
Frank G. Janney, in charge of the mills Maguire has already taken from 1,000 to 1,­ plant at Oreana, Nevada, to supply power
)f the Utah Copper company at Garfield, has 500 ounces. and light to the mines at the head of
;one to Butte, Montana, to inspect the Butte -----0 . Roches'ter cany.on and Lincoln hill.
l; Superior mill, which is operated by allied RICO ARGENTINE SHIPPING. The recently organized Nenzel·Crown
nterests.
The Rico Argentine Mining company, Point comp'any of Rochester canyon, Ne­
H. F. Widdecomb, of Pioche, superintend­ with properties at Rico, Colorado, has ship­ vada, is about to start a long tunnel from
,nt of the Bristol C'On., who was in Salt ped ten cars of ore during the past two the American canyon side 'Of Nenzel peak
.ake, last week, stateji,. that conditions with weeks, in an effort to test the posslbili­ to tap the main vein on Crown Point No.3.
he company are most satisfactory and ties for favorable eontracts from various Ed Cach, manager 'Of the Gold Fissure
'ramising. smel:eries. Three thousand feet of aerial property on Covode mountain at George­
Sam Treloar, formerly manager of the tramway has been built, 1,bUO feet of tun­ town, Colorado,has just shipped three cars
Jtah Metals Mining company, at Bingham, nel development done, hoisting plant, of ore of varying grades, ,the lowest of
s in the city, from Los Angeles, and may blowers, orebins, and houses built. New di­ which is expected t'O run about '$20 to the
!ecide to locate here and engage in the rectors were recently elected as ·follows: ton.
'ractice of his profession. C. D. Ray, president; C. B. Smith, vice­ Two and one-half to three feet of five
J. E.. Spurr, consulting engineer of the president; S. A. Greenwood,secretary and per cent copper ore has been opened in the
'Qnop,ach-Belmont Development company, treasurer; G. A. BlaCK, Charles Read, S. A. lower level of the Oopper King mine, near
as been examining properties in Rochester King and L. O. Hoffman, additional direct , Mullan, Idaho. Thall' adjoins the National,
anyon, Nevada, in company with W. H. tors. Director King is quoted as saying: in w:hich a similar strike wa,s recently :re­
,Jackburn, superintendent of the company. "During recent months the Argentine 'ported.
Douglas W. Jessup has resigned from the management has opened eight new ore The Ozokit-Ceresin company has been
J.perintendency 'Of the Home RunCQpper bodies, the values being in lead, zinc, eop­ incoTPorated by Salt Lake interests, witll a
)mpany, of the Day·Bristol district to take per, silver and gold. In the last ,sixty days c'apitaIlzation of $100,000. Officers are L.
position at the MJidvale smeltery of the two of these bodies have been opened, one V. Sheare,r, president and treasurer; 'A. L.
nited States Smelting, Refining & Mining of which was crosscut for thirty feet and Hoppal1gh, vice-president; R. E. M8Irk, sec­
)mpany, at Midvale, Utah, it was twenty·seven feet thick, the aver­ retary.
Fred J. Siebert is now in charge of the age value being 5 per cent copper. This The Tonop,ahcRelmont Mining {:'Ompany,
~velopment of the group of claims in Roch­ body carries good zinc values as well, and of Tonopah, Nevoada, ea!rned net profits of
Iter canyon, Nevada, recently acquired by the two characters of ore are well sep­ $172.450.32 in December from 11,740 toM
'. R. Evans, W. H. Webber and John T. arate!, s'O that they ean be mmen separ­ -of ore of a net value of $257,007.32. The
ods'On, of Salt Lake, and inwhic.h George ately. There are twelve or more places gold bullion produced was 3,095.9G4 ounces,
rlngfield has ·became interested. showing ore in the property other than silver bullion, 315,634.37 ounces.
these bodies, but the company has not had
Rene Engel, a graduate of the UniVersity The Exploration Syndicate, controlled
sufficient time to do mueh work on them.
Paris, is in the city a guest 'Of Dean Bry'On ,by Seeley & Mudd and Philip Wieseman, of
I believe that the property at this time
J.mming, of the U. 'Of U. Mr. Engel may Los Angeles, has taken a long lellse of the
easily shows $1,000,000 worth of ore de­ Reymart properties, eighteen miles north­
cate in Salt Lake in the practice of his
'ofession; chemical and mining engineer­ veloped. east of Florence, Arizona. Under the terms
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g. For some time ,past he has been employ­ The deal whereby the Nabob Mining of the lease, lessees are to sink a I,OOO-foot
[ in Colorado fields. shaft.
company was to acquire the V group on
The General Engineering company, of Pine creek, Idaho,has Ifallen through. The Mineral Ridge Mining company has
lIt Lake, is making the experimental tests -----0'----­ been incorporated by Ogden, Utah, men.
ld perfecting the process for the treatment J. C. Greenway, manager of the Calu­ to work three claims in Box Elder county.
ores in the new mill to be built in Tintic met & Arizona smeltery at Douglas, Ari­ The 'Officers and directors are Henry B.
strict, Utah, by the Knights, of Provo. The zona, says that the plant will probably be Baker, president; Adolph M. Miller, vice­
mpany will also make the plans for the started in May, but will not be finished be­ president, and George M. Flowers, secre­
9.nt and superintend its construction. fore August. tary and treasurer.
 THE SAL T LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, JAN. U A R V 30, 1 913. 29

The capacity of the mill of the North camp with a corps of assistants to mak~ lead. The property is 95 miles from Tono­
Washington Power & Reduction company, an exhaustive invesbigatJion. It is repOTted pah, and it is planned to put on auto
at Republic, Washington, is to be doubled, also that one of the New York directors of trucks to haul to Tonopah. Other shipments
according to Clyde L. Andrews, millwright. the company, ,accomp,anied by several min­ ran $245 and $180 to the ton.
A new tube mlill is included in the equip­ 'ing engineers and eastern capitalists, will The Mine!rs' Reduction & Milling com.
ment. Harry 'V. Newton is superintendent arrive 'here in a <few days and that an ef· pany has leased the Star mill near Silver.
of the plant. fort will be 1llade to close the deal on 'the ton, Colo·rado, and will remodel and im.
The Clara COll>Sl::Jlidated Gold & Copper three properties before the options expire prove it at an early date, the intention
company will soon 'be dissolved, the as­ on February 1st. being to conduct a custom plant. The
sets to be taken over ·by the Swansea Con­ The Yakima·Alaska Mining & Deyelop­ mill will have a daily capacity of aoo'Jt 150
solidated Gold & Copper Mining company, ment company has been incorporated for tons. The equipment will embrace a zinc
of Pierce, Arizona. The lattelr w,as or­ $5,000,000, to develop property recently lo­ separating plant and complete cyanide an·
ganized to r€<3cue the Cliara from its fin­ cated in westelrn Alask·a. The incorpora.­ nex. Edward C. ,\Vallace is metallurgist
ancial difficulties. tors are Calfifornia men, and consist of the for the company. Other plants of similar
A strike on the Flaxies,at Jarbidge, following; Walter N. Grarrger, of Zallah, practice may be installed at Silverton, and
Nevada, is reported. A long cross-cut tun­ O. G. Burgess, North Yaki'ma, P. J. Quesin­ these should enable mine·owners to han.
nel ,struck ore at a depth of 340 'feet, which bery, Outlook, and Fnank J. Barnes, North dIe, at a profit, OTe going $40 to th" ton.
is twenty·two feet wide, 'and twelve feet Yakima. -----~o-·---·

of which runs over $40 to the ton. TMs T,he Chief mine in -Patagonia district, LEACHING COPPER ORE.
property 1,s about a .mile northeast of the Arizona, owned by William Powers, has
Success and Bluster. fiye feet of rich silver-lead ore. The ,prop­ (Special Correspondence.)
T,he appropriation 'bill, as passed by the erty is under bond to A. L. Haroun and as­ Spokane, ,\Vash., Jan. 25.~.As Ii l'i'sillt oj
United States ISena.te, includes the appro­ sociates, of Kansas 'City, Missouri. The years of experimentation by ~Iilton F. '\Veb
priations for the m.aintenance of the asSiaY long tunnel encountered 1,600 ounces of sil­ ster. a Spokane assay.. r. the Bullwhackel
offices at Salt Lake City, Boi'se, IdahO, ver and 48 per cent lead, when in a little leaching plant at Butte, )'Iontana, is turn
and Carson City, Nevada, which it was over 400 feet. The workings are some 200 ing out pure copper in sheets or \'arving
feMed wou.ld be left out, and which was feet above the famous Worlds. Fair ledge. thickness, ready to go to the llnllufact~re~
left out in the house ·bill. Operations alt the ,Alta Consolidated without being subjected to a refining pro
l On February 26th, civil servdce exam­ M·ining company, in Little Cottonwood can­ cess, according to Patrick Clark of Spokane
yon, near Salt Lake, are progressing satis­ prinCipal OWner of the mine, who said:
inations will be held for the appointment

I of jun.ior chemiists ,in radio-chemistry. This

is in keeping with the recently announced
policy of .Dhe B.UJreau of Mines, in conn.ec­
fa.ctorily. The property will soon be con­ "That the process is a commercial succes,
nected with the Michigan-Utah tram, which has b"en demonstrated in our plant. OUJ
w:ill errable 1t to cheaply transport its are ore is crushpd and then subje~·t",d to
to Tanners FJllIt, five miles below. The leaching treatment, tbe principal part 0
tion with the investigation of the uranium,
IS'haft will be continued below the tunnel whiCh consists in mixing the pulp with suI
radium and carnotite question.
level, according to A. O. Jacobson, o'f Salt po uric acid. 1I'llen the copper is dissolv€(
The sixty·ton mill on tihe Sierra-Nevada we draw the solution off into vats, wher" ,
Lake, who is in (lhrurge of op-erations.
mine, nea.r 'Vardnelr, Idaho, is ready to heavy ele~tl'ic current is turned into
start. D. W. Peepes is in charge of the The J<'ree & Wire Gold Mining & Milling
through an agitating device that keeps th'
work ,for the lessees and ,is employing company, of Salt Lake, operating in Camp liquid constantly rotating, and the CO.lJpe
twenty mJen at present. The mine is thEl Linn, near Carlin, Nevada, has sent an as­ is precipitawd by this method and -collecte(
property of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan sayer and mining engineer to its ·property, in thin sheets on plates placed vertir'it;]:
company, and has been a good producer. whQ wUl make 'an exhauSitive exam.ination
around the sides of the vat. 'I'llis Sy,llf"1I
The Tonopah Mining company, of Tono­ and report. If conditions, according to the of treatment is not only 83. ving (l.
pah, Nevada, made net profits for Decem­ report, are satisfactory, the company will per cent of our values. bnt WI' are C'uttin)
ber of $121,400, from the treatment of 14,­ at once ·begin 'preliminary stells looking to out the refineries as well. The 0
464 tons of ore of a value of $17.45 per mill building. Reeent advices from the com :\1r. '\Vebster's system is {;prtClin to mark;
ton. There were shipped 235,960 ounces of pany's property are of a gratifying nature.
new era for copper miuing In lll(; north
bullion, of a value of $194,280 and eighty­ The HiLltop district in Lander county, w,,~t, as it provides a simpl" In,l satisfa.
one tons of concentrates worth $34,970. Nevada. is active. George 'Wingfield, of tory method of treatment ~ita' ('an be elf'
The Wolf Tongue Mining company has Goldfield, has some good property. H. J. ployed in any leachiug plam, and it prOJr
aqcuired the properties of the Tungsten Grindle is Isending are steadily from the ises to revolutionize exisiillg methods ()
M. M. & E. company ~n Boulder county, Maysville Consolidated to the Red Top treating the copper deposits i:l many id,
Colorado. The ~'dourel-Smith g'roup of mill. The Philadelphia Western is in­ triGls wllere carbonate or copper ore 8)
eighteen claims is equipped with a concen­ stall!ng a large hoist and will sink the lsts in quantity."
trating plant. Nine of the claims are P/1l1"­ shaft ·from -Dhe 200 to the 500-foot level. ~----o~~~- .. ­
tially developed and have yielded over $40,­ Twenty-five men are 'busy' :installing tube PATENTS RECENTLY ISSUED.
000 1n surface workings. Development will mills, classifiers, tables and cyanide plant.
be pUSIhed by the new owners. The Willow Creek Mining company, reo (Prellared for The }Iinin<:; Hede'\\' 11
EX'amination of the San Poil, Old Re­ cently incorporated to work property in the Davis & Davis, patent attorneys. Washin§
public and Ben Hur mines at Republic, Willow Creek section of Nevada, with Zeb ton.)
Washington, in compliance with the agree­ Kendall, president; Dave Jenkins, vice­ l,f140,251-0re-screen-C. O. }Iicliaelsen, On
ment under whic·h the properties were re­ president, and George Banovitch, secretary aha, NebI'.
cently ol'tioned under direction of the and treasurer, recently shi·pped a car of ore 1,040.288-0re-collcentrator-K IJeisrer. VOl
'Vashington '\Vater Power company, is to of a 'gross value of over $190 per ton. The '\\'ayne, Jnd.
begin ,immediately. J. W. Richards, the o,re came from a hole thirty-five feet deep, 1.040 460-Fllme-arrester for !'p?,""IlPrativ
Spokane mining engineer, who is repre­ and the ledge shows for 300 feet. Values maCing·furnace-· \\'. F Taylo
senting the option holders, has gone to the are chiefiy silver, with some gold and Tacoma, ,Vasl!
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American Fork Citizen: The Pacific says from seven to fifteen per cent copper.
A round the State
shipped another 50-ton car of good ore yes­
terday. -from W'hich the company expocts to
There is a considerable tonnage blocked out,
and the leasers will put a crew of men to
At the Wild.Bill, in Beaver county, A.. B. net $2,000. Part of another shipment is work and start shipping at once.
,mer has a five foot vein of high grade already on the dump. The connection be·
tween the north and south workings will The Opohongo, of Tintic, has declared a
lore and will SOOn send three cars to
be made about January 10th, when a larger dividend -of ,one cent a share, payable Jan­
smeltery.
force can work upon the ore, with good air uary 30. Approximately $9,000 will he dis­
rhe Silver King -Consolidated Mining connections. The shipments will then be tributed, making a total of about ,$74,000 to
lpany, of Park City, will sink its main more frequent. Maybe dividends long de­ date. The company is producing 100 to 200
rt another 500 feet, fTom the 1,300-foot layed will follow. tons a week of ore carrying eight to nine per
,1 to the 1,800.
On the morning of January 11th, fire de­ cent copper, $1.50 in g'Old, -and six to seven
rheSilver King Coalition ha.s let a con­ stroyed the ,boarding and 'bunkhouse of the ounces in silver, this ore coming from the
t for sinking a three com,partment shaft, 'Columbus Consolldatedand Columbus Exten­ 300, 600 and 700-foot levels. The Ophir Hill,
1 the Alliance tunnel, at Park City. The
sion Mining Companies at Alta, entailing a Cliff and Lion Hill Consolidated mines, 'Of
:h will be 1,200 feet. loss estimated at $20,000. The house had Ophir, are shipping about four cars aI' ore
~ car of ore from the United Tintk gave accommodations for 200 men, but only daily. The Montana will soon join the ship­
following returns: $1.10 in gold, 27.lt­ twenty·five were in it at the time of the fire. pers, under the management of William
~es of silver, 8.12 percent copper, 15,2­ These were unable to save anything, and Kelly.
cent silica, 29.4 per cent iron and 8 per the building was a total loss. Much discom­
zinc. It is expected that the Spring Canyon
fort was 'caused by the extreme cold. It is
Coal company, one of the Knight properties,
'he Crown of Gold I\Hning 'Company has expected that the ,building will be rebuilt.
n over the Kitty 'Clough, Humboldt and OIperating lat Spring Canyon, will start ship..
The Chief Consolidated at Eureka, pro· ments early in February. A:bout 500 tons will
r properties six miles southwest from duced 31,OQO tons of ore during 1912, from
ord. A. B.. Lewis is president of the new be produced daily. at the 'beginriing. About
which the company derived a net profit of
~any. The main shaft is now down 120 300 men are now employed in getting the
$312,000. Nearly a mile of development
property ready. The property is equipped
work was done 1iuring the year. The annual
'he new machinery of the No. 1 shaft of report will soon be issued to .stocknolders.. with coal cutting machinery, and an aerial
Iron Blossom mine, in ,the Tintic dis- The first dividend will soon ,be IJ'llid. Work tram will deliver from the mine to railroad
has been started, so that development will be continued on the main shaft, and the cars, a distance of three-quarters of a mile.
[lOW be undertaken on the dwpest level, ~pper portion may'< be made two compart­
Its capacity will be 2,000 tons a day. This Is
1,900. This electric hoist has some ments to correspond with the lower section. a new departur'il in western coal mines. In
Ie features which have been touched 'Present plans call for a depth of 1,800 feet. all respects, the ,plant is said to ,be the most
in these columns before. modern in the state.
The annual repor~ of the Lower Mam­
Ilil Clark and Wil1iaJm Christopherson, moth, operating in the Tintic district, shows --~~o)----

es at the J<Jureka Hill mine at Eureka, that 'operations for the}ast four months cov­ STOCKTON IN JANUARY.
;etting ready for shipments. They have ered by the report resulted in profits of
high grade ore 'broken and the ,back nearly $3,000. Considerable development
(Special Correspondence.)
100r of the drift in which they are at work .was done and there is now showing on
nt working is in high grade ore. The the levels between the 1,300 and 1,800, a low iStockton, Utah, Jan. 27.--Stockton ship..
act Ifor selling allows a profit on $10 grade zinc orebody, estimated to contain ments fOil" t'he current month are as 101­
IDws:
125,000 tons carrying 12 per cent zinc. This
Ie Lion Hill at Ophir continues to sink Is useless unless methods of concentration Bullion Coalition Mines, company ore,
.osa shalt, which lies to the east of the can be devised, and the company is now ex­ 23 cars, lessees ore, 2 cars; John Connor
yry 1iike which cuts through the Ophir perimenting along this line. lease on slag dump, 3 cars; Eagle, Mills &
lnd -Cliff mines. In this development, cDmpany, lessees, on the IBen Harrli.,son, 5
The -Moscow Mining & Milling Company,
)ropany is taking out some ore ;contain­ of Beaver county, has inaugurated the pay­ cars; J. A.Beaman, sub-lessee from Eagle,
s much as fifty ounces silver, twenty­ Mil1s & Company, 3 cars; Ea;gle lease on
ment o.f monthly diVidends, which are to be
er cent lead, $1.20 in gold and five per at the rate of one cent a share for the pre­ Cyclone, 1 car; Galena King, 1 car; Mor­
~opper.
sent. In accordance with this plan, th€ row & Walker, lessees on the Muilr Brook,
e Ketchum Coal Company, prinCipal company will pay $8,176 on February 15th. 1 car; Total, 39 ears,
of business, Salt Lake, has been in­ The company Is shipping one car a day. On No :shipments were made from the Dry
'ated with the following officers: A. T. the 600, the ore is ten to fifteen feet wide, canyon district owing to the heavy snow­
, president and general manager; T. A. and on the 500-foot level a station is being fall and cold Wleather. However, develop­
um, vice ,president; G. S. Payne, sec­ cut at the winze which connects with the ment is being 'carl1ied on by large crews
and treasurer. The capital will be 600, and an air hoist will be installed at in several of the mines and shipments
). The company owns eighty acres o.f this point. About ninety men are employed will be resumed as early as possiJjle.
.nd atC:astle Gate. at the mine.
The car 'shDrtage continues, not so much
~ Relonia Mining Company, operating Beavel' Press: Andrew Cochrane and
a shortage of cars seemillgly as of loco­
Mt. Nebo district, has a tunnel into Thomas H. Tulloch were in Milford last
mD.tives in sufficient ,repair to get the ton­
ountain 300 feet, where it recently week, and while there made an examina­
nage over the road.
two feet of high class lead ore. It is tion of the Milford-Utah claims in the Beaver
ed that this district will have at least Lake mining district about sixteen miles Mr. W.F. Oden, manager for the Bul­
dozen shippers this year, as all the northwest Df ~1;ilford. They were very well lion Coalition M,ines, during the past two
)rs report satisfactory progress in de­ pleased with th€ showing of ore at this prop­ years, has accepted a position with the
lent, and see the approach of the erty, and will soon start a lease on n. 'fhe Wllbert Mining company of Arco, Idaho.
lesired day of shipments. ore in sight Is of shipping quality and as­ Mr. E. J. Raddatz succeeds 'him.
 THE SAL T L A K E
t In Adjo.ining States I
turns from the ore recently shipped from
ARIZONA.
At the old Dominion smeltery at Globe
two of the Great Flails types of converters
were recently blown in.
In the Jerome district, a large low grade
ore body has been found on the Arkansas
and Arizona property. The work is being
pushed on the 1,400·foot level.
The 'Cinnabar claims, owned by H. H.
Bowman, near the Sunflower ranch, in the
eastern end of Maricopa county, h'ave been
,bonded by C. N. Sears and associates.
The H'arqua Hale mine, now the Yuma
Warrior, in Yuma c-ounty, is being oper·
ated by the Martin Broth~rs, who believe
that this old producer will again yield
profits:
The Frisco mines of the Union Pass
section treated 14,000 tons with a recov·
ery of $115,000 In gold.- All of this ore
was dr-illed by hand, twslve men being em·
ployed.
It Is~ stated that nineteen more auto
/trucks will be gradually put on the road
hauling ore from the property of the
Arizona·Empire Mining company, operating
near Parker.
George O. Ford, superintendent of the
Ford Mining company, at Mineral Point,
has the !buildings erected, and power drills
and hoist installed, and it is his purpose
to resume operations at once.
The Humboldt 'Consolidated Mining com·
pany, operating at McCabe, will deepen its
shaft another 100 feet. Some rich silver
ore has been recently found on the prop­
erty. Ben Rybon is superintendent.
1.t is reJported hat the old Conger mine
in the Cherry Creek district will be re­
opened. The Cactus Gold Mining company
is the present owner of the property, which,
in the old days, with a poor mill; ran ore
which p4tted about $17 a ton. .
The Tom Reed mines, in Mohave county,
Were producers of approximately one-third
of the gold output of the state, and paid
in dividends during the year $53G,637, from
the treatment of about 44,000 tons of crude
ore and 10,000 tOllS of tailings.
James S. Douglas 'and associates, who
recently took over the United Verde Ex·
tensjonproperty have taken an option on
the Jerome-Verde, which adjoins the other
property. The syndicate of which Mr.
Douglas is a member has been very active
in the Jerome distrkt in acquiring new
properties and has ·several others under
consideration.
J. M. KeLlogg and Paul Crawford are
taking out some good ore from the Blue
Lead property near Ivanhoe camp, five or
six miles from Patagoni!a. James Kane
of Patagonia has received encouraging reo
MIN I N G REV lEW, JAN. U A R Y
the Blue Eagle lProperty in the Santa Rita
mountains, and will get another shipment
off as soon as poSsible.
The Grand Gulch Mining company, oper·
ating in the Bently district, is shipping
about 15{) tons of ore monthly, hauling the
same to 8t. Thomas. Auto trucks are now
being tried out fur this work. It is esti·
mated that $127,000 in copper and silver
values was taken out during the last year.
The Magna Copp"r company in the Sil·
ver Belt disrtlct, is shipping 100 tons ot
high grade ore to the EI Paso smeltery,
Weekly. The copper occurs in the fOl'1m of
ibornite and chalcocite. The property is
equipped with two compressors, com·
pressed air hoist, 200 horsepower boiler
,capacity, and buildings. The Gunn-Thomp­
son interests control the property.
Bisbee Review: At Courtland the Lead·
ville mine, oonded several weeks ago bY O.
llo NeeI', of Douglas, and his associates, is
now producing copper ore with a force of fifo
ty men employed, and the ore from the
Leadville is 'ooing hois·ed 'by the GreaJt West­
ern company through the Mary shaft. At
Gleason the Tijon Mining company, of which
W. H. Kittrick js the prinCiple owner, Is
working a force of mln-ers and last week
one of the shafts ent'efed a body of suI·
phide copper ore at a depth of three hun­
dred feet. The shaft has now pierced this
ore body for eight feet and is still in ore.
COl.ORADO.
The Argo mill at the mouth of the tun·
nel at Idaho SiPrfngs will be put in com·
mision early in Flebruary.
The compressor plant at the Mendota
mine at Georgetown, has ,been started up,
and from now on a full force of men will
'be employed at the mine ·and mill.
The Primos Chemical company will soon
use 200 horsepower at its plant at New­
mire. Employees of the Utah Power &
Light company are now stringing wires
from VanCe.
The EJrnpire Zinc company. a subsidiary
of the New Jersey Zinc company. has pur·
chased the St. Joe. Silver Wave, Eagle Bird
and the Belden group, located on Battle
mountain, Red Oliff. in Leadville district.
Leadville operators are elated over the
fact that the zinc smelteries of Oklahoma.
'and Kansas wIll now take carbonate ore
running as low as eighteen per cent zinc,
for which a net flat rate of $5 a ton is
made.
The ore mined at Leadville in 1912 is
said to have had an average value of $24
a ton. The Arkansas Valley smeltery
treated an average $15 ore. but handled no
carbonates. The Leadville district, there­
fore, stilI depends on relatively high grade
ore.
30, 1 9 1 3. 31
Leopold Sternberger has made consider.
ab:e progress in equipping the Cherub mine,
near Centml 'City. A new shaft house has
been erected, power connectipns made, fifty.
horsepower electric hoist installed and a
double comp'artment shaft put down eighty.
five feet.
At Idaho Springs, Hyland & JUles are
opening up a good showing on the first
level of the Shafter, and will 'Put in ma­
chine drills. Shaffer Brothers & King are
shipping $15·ore from their lease on th"
eleventh level of the Gem, at the rate of
100 tons ,a month, John Edwards has a
five-inch streak of $60 ore in the Florence
vein, which he is working through the
Tro:pico tunnel.
The Pozo mine is to have a shaft con.
nection with the Newhouse level at Cen.
tral City. The shaft is now down 265 feet
and must go about 1,300 more. About ten
cars of $40 ore are coming out of the tunnel
each day. In the shaft is a four to six
foot vein of good ore. William Bishop re­
cently made a shipment frO'm the Winne­
;bago property which was settled for on a
basis of 2.46 ounces gold, seven ounces of
silver 'and 7.25 'Per cent lead.
Ben T. Lloyd, manager of the Buckley
mine at Central City, has secured the old
Anderson mill to use for the Buckley ore.
He estimates that the ore can be mined
and milled for $1.75 per ton. The average
value is above $8 a ton, so that there will
be considerable margin for profits. The
Bezant company, of which O. J. Duffield is
president and manager, has installed a 50·
horsepower electric hoist, and a four drill
compressor. The mainshafi is dOWn 500
feet, and crosscuts are being driven on the
160 and 250-foot levels to cut the Knowles
vein. New shops will be erected at once.
John Calderwood and J. B. Oonger, of Den­
ver, purchased the steam holst of the
Bezant, and are sendlng jt to Cyrene group
at Twelve Mdles, where they have a shaft
down IG5 feet. The veins averages four
feet wid€ with an average content of Six
per cent copper. F;-om the 100-foot level,
a stope "''as carried up to the surface in
ore running $25 to $30 a ton for smelting
grade and $10 a ton for milling grade.
Jaimes Moody and Michael Klais have
opened up some ore of $22 grade in the
Bonanza shaft of the Mabel tunnel in Rus·
sell gulch.
IDAHO.
The deal whereby the Federal ::YIining
company obtains the Star ground at Mullan,
has been completed. This wW add greatly
to the life of the former company.
Harry Ingals, of Mullan. secretary and
manager of the Copper King M.ining com­
panys. reports that the long tunnel, which
the CO'ID1}any has been driving for the ]last
four years, has crosscut a fourteen-foot
 THE SAL T
1, assaying 5* per cent copper and 9
cent lead. The vein was reached at
listance of 4,000 rfeet, from the portal,
is 1,700 feet vertically below the sur­
> It has been drifted on for thirty
The Elmpire CQPpercompany shIpped
;y-one oars of ore to the Salt ]jake
,lteries. [rom the l\f,ackay district, in
:ember. The company is working about
men.
Recent work on the Black Jack mine.
r Bellevue. justifies the owners. J.
Irge Arkoosh and n. B. Smith, in be­
ing th,at it will become a valuable prop·
r. 'TWO gQod stopes 'Of ore have been
ned since December 12th. when wo~k
; begun.
Four carl'Oads of ore have been shipped
the last sixty days frO'm the Qld Climax
Ie In the Lead Belt district. twenty·five
es west of ArcO'. The ore is worth $20
on and cO'mes frO'm just belO'w the sur­
e. A. A. Grim Qf ArcO' is wO'rking a
perty in this sectiO'n which has pr'Omis·
showings.
Development is active in the Pine Creek
tion. The A1my & Matchless is adver­
ng fO'r 'bids on 2.000 feet O'f tunnel wO'rk.
~ Nabob is awaiting the coming 'Of the
~er lines IbefQre pushing development on
V group of claims. An electrical driven
en·drill cO'mpressor has been O'rdered
other equipment is on the ground.
Judge W'Oods in rendering his decision
the case Qf the Ontario and Stewart
Ipanies, d~lded in llavor O'f the defend·
;. He said that while there might be
.e question as to the apex, there was
e in his mind as to the course Qf the
t. and that the vein passed out of the
11 through Qne side line, which. -there­
• became the end line. On this basis
jecided in favor of the defendants.
nterest is .intense .in the struggle O'f
Bunker Hill & Sullivan company and
Stewart cQmpany over the O'wnership
he Ontar!'O vein. which the Stewart
1S by apex right. Many experts wit·
es have arrived at Wallace. On the
ze, or Stewart sid·e. are H. V. Win­
, of Minneap'Olis, MinnesO'ta; C. F.
lan, O'f Leland StanfO'rd University;
,d Frank. of SaIt Lake, genern.1 man·
O'f the OhiO' Copper <-"Om[Jany; Fred
n, fO'rmerly with the AnacO'nda cO'm·
. O'f Butte, Montana; GeO'rge N. Ken­
O'f Denver; W. H. Swart, O'f the United
s Smelting. Refining & Mining com­
; W. ClaytO'n Miller, formerly man·
of the Federal Mining & Smelting
any. and John ,"V. Finch, O'f Denver.
lpposing daims wiII be upheld by Max
ner, 'Of Denver; ,"Valter A. Wylie. of
•ngeles; A. C. LaWson, of the Univer­
CalifO'rnia; Fred Searles. O'f the GO'ld·
Jons'Olidated, O'f GO'ldfield, Nevada; be·
LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, JAN U A R Y 30, 1 91 3.
sid<ls the staff 0' fficials, Stanley A. EastO'n The Alpha grO'up at JJll'bidge, owned by
and others. The value of the ore in dis­ L. O. Ray and associates, has been SO'ld
pute is etimatedat a milliO'n dollars. to the JO'hn A. Jess syndicate, which has
---~-O'-~- had a force of men at work for the last
MONTANA. six O'mnths, under bond and lease.
Merten & Cantwell have put a 15·hO'rl:le·
The Butte·Alex Scott will sink its shaft. power hoist on their lease on the Crescent
at Butte, frO'm the 1,600 to' the 2,200-foO't Imine at Manhattan. The White Caps shaft
level. The cO'mpany has been wO'rking be· will soon re·ach the 300·fO'O't level, at which
IO'W the present deep level, by using the P'Oint waste and O're PO'ckets will be cut.
,"Vest C1)lusa workings. Shipments continue
steadily. ' The Vernal prO'perty, in the Diamond­
field district of Goldfield, is shipping $50
The North Butte ·continues to add to' its
ore to' the samplers, while piling a cO'nsid·
ore reserves in its deeper levels. The Gran.
erab;e tO'nnage Qf lower grade on the dump.
ite MO'untain shaft is 'being extended to the
Work is being carried O'n on the fifty and
2.200·fQot level. When it has reached 'anO'ther
400 feet. the Speculator will be ret!mbered
100,fO'ot levels. ..
and the hO'isting done through the Granite There are several goO'd showings in the
MO'untain. S'anta Fe district, near Luning. W'Ork so
The East Butte cO'ncentrating plant at ., far is mostly at the surface, in the lime.
Butte, is to' be increased in capacity from The 'Ore 'being shipped averages six to seven
300 to' 500 tons, and the smeltery will alsO' per cent cop,per. It is shipped abO'ut forty
be enlarged. The furnaces are treating frO'm mBes to the smeltery at Wabuska.
six to seven hundred tQns a day and will nO't It is rePO'rted that the fO'llO'wing groups
be shut down at present fO'r the enlargement at Contact have ,been bO'nded to' Emil Moyer,
because .of the excellent copper market. The who is supposed to represent interests in
shaft will be deepened to' the I,800·fO'ot level Hc..lland"CO'ntact Copper, 'Copper Shield.
!frO'm the 1,200. Henry A. Smith group, M,cGilvray grO'uP.
The TuO'lumne Copper Company has Zetta Blanchard grOup, and Salt Lake grO'Up.
stmck, on its 2,000·foot l<lvel. a twenty-fO'ot A new headframe, seventy feet high,
vein, six feet O'f Which runs from six to'
has been installed at the Nevada W'Onder
seven per cent CO'Pper, and five Ifeet .of whic.h mine at Fairview. A hO'ist O'f larger capac­
has 'abO'ut five per cent. The same veln was Ity Is nO'w 'being installed. While thE>
lean on the 1,800 and was struck Qn the 2,000 changes were 'being made the mill was run
some fO'rty feet sO'oner than expected. T·he
company will c'Ontinue the crosscut to de­
O'n dump O're. Pr'Oduction will nO'w 'be re­
sumed O'n a larger scale.
teJ1mine whether the dip has changed O'r the
vein forked, the latter a cO'mmon O'ccurrence The Butte & Ely .copper c'Ompany Is
at Butte. busily engaged in drilling its ground in the
search for workable copper depO'sits. The
NEVADA. prO'perty adjoins that O'f the GirQux at Ely.
PresIdent J. B. CO'ttO'n has just issued an
The Oro shaft at GO'ldfield, now down exhaustive report on this work. The re­
350 feet, will be enlarged and sunk anO'ther sults O'f the work have been fair.
650 feet. A 100·ton O're bin is under cO'nstruction
Clayton & Brine, who are operating near at the Earl shaft, at Manhattan. Several
Dayt'On, recently shipped a car O'f copper hundred tons from the 350·foot level have
O're and appear to' have a good prO'spect. ibeen dumped on the surface, and the new
The hQisting plant and building at the .cO'nstruction will facilitate handling the
Jumping Jack mine at Manhattan was reo current output. A neW triplex pump is
cently destroyed by fire and explosiO'n Qf :be'ng placed at the 350"fO'O't level. II
a PO'wder thawing device. The legislature prO'Poses to limit the
The GirO'ux, of ElY, cO'ntinued to ship number of non·English speaking miners
in excess of 1,000 tons a day during the whO' may be employed underground. Tak·
recent cold snap and seemed to be little ing intO' cO'nsideration the numerous acci·
affected by conditions wh!ch hampered most dents which result through- unfamiliarity
of the western mines. with the English language. this law should
The 'Centennial property, adjO'ining the ,be a w'elcome relief to those who have the
J\,1lcDonald·Elly, at Ely, has been leased for interests of the industry at heart.
a year. In the Metzger shaft, wO'rk was The production of the TO'nQpah mines
'begun on a drift where twelve inches O'f for December in tons is given as f'OIlO'ws.
ore showed. In ten feet it has Widened to a gain O'f 2.20J tons over November,
two feet 'Of twenty-five per cent CO'Pper ore. TO'nQpah M.ining 00., 14,850; TonO'pah
A w;nze will be sunk O'n the ledge to trace BelmO'nt CO'., 11,734; Montana Tonopah,
the shoO't, and a drift will afterwards be 4,218; Tonopah Extension, 4,634; West End
run from the shaft to' cut it. HO'pes are <cO'n., 4.350; MacNamara, 2,449; Jim Butler•
entertained that the company will yet be· 1,268; Tonopah Merger, 1,160; Midway,
-come :a 'PrO'ducer. 146; NO'rth Star, 125. TO'tal. 44,934.
J
 THE SAL T
Along the boundaries of the Yerington
Malachite Copper company and the Mason
Valley property, at Yerington, a three-foot
vein of cop'per ore has been found in the
limestone, on the No, 4 level of the latter
property. This indicates that the lime­
stone maybe the source of more ore than
was expected.
Work h'as been resumed on the Giroux
property owned by Joseph L, Giroux and
associates, of Los Angeles, and situated at
Atlanta, in the northern part of Lincoln
'county. The main shaft, now dow'n 200
feet, will be deepened. Other work will
also 'be undertaken in the camp and the
old timers are looking for a revival.
The Nenzel lease, at Rochester, which
John F. Cowan and associates of Salt Lake
control, has started its ore shipments.
Three cars will be sent to different smelter­
ies, to get returns on which to base
smelting contracts. Three shifts are work­
ing steadily. The ore is hauled to teams
in boats, 'and six-horse outfits haul it, then,
to Oreana, for shipment.
The annual report of the Jim Butler
Tonopah Mining company, of Tonopah, for
the year ending September 30, showed that
mU-Qh dev~lopment had been done, but no
ore shipped at a profit. In December, how­
ever, the Wandering Boy workings showed
great improverment and, in the latter half
of the month, 760 tons of an average value
of $35 a ton were shipped.
Bour mlfimg companies have been
formed by C. H. McIntosh, W. C. Pitt and
John Cleghorn, to operate in the Rochester
district. Each company is capitalized at
a million dollars, The companies are desig­
natedas follows,-Rochester 1fining De­
velopment company, Original Rochester
Mines company, Crown Point Extension
Mining company and Rochester-Belmont
Miningoompany.
At a depth of 130 feet in the Combina­
tion mine of the Goldfield Consolidated
Mines company, at Goldfield, a new orebody
has tl'een found, northWest of the main
shaft. One crosscut has shown the 'body
to he forty feet wide and to average about
$25 per ton. This discovery has added
some $500,000 to the value of the reserves,
Further developments on this discoverY'
will be watched with interest, for there is
'a possi:bility of another large ore body in
it. Diamond drills are to be used by the
company in prospecting from its lower
levels.
The Montana-Tonopah has cut a new
ore ,body on the 700-foot level, which is
three feet wide and of good grade. The
MacNallliara has a new ore body on the 300­
foot, where an eight-foot ve;n has been
opened up, carrying values averaging
around $25 a ton. Up to the end of 1912
Tonopah had produced ore of a value of
$58,144,490 from which dividends to the
LA K E MIN I N G REV lEW, JAN U A R Y
473,112 tons of ,a value of $9,431,603 were
produced. The mines -credited with this
production are the following: 'Tonopah
Mining, 173,809 tons, value $3,215,460; Bel·
mont, 123,847, $3,149,580; Tonopah Exten­
sion, 53,201, $731,513; Montana, 51,875, $1,­
023,500; West IDnd Con., 41,081, $824,820;
MacNamara, 20,195, $252,437; Midway, 1,001,
$46,792; North Star, 500, $19,375; Jim But·
ler, 6,008, $133,900; Tonopah Merger, 1,­
485, $33,005; Mizpah Extension, 30, $1,22l.
The last four Were not ·producers in 1911.
The dividends paid were by four companies,
Tonopah Mining paying $1,600,000, Belmont,
$1,500,000, Montana, $199,786, and Tonopah
Extension, $47,500. The latter was added
to the dividend list in 1912.
---0---­
OREGON.
The Buckeye mine near Sumpter, and
the Black Butte, in the Vicinity of Canyon
City, have suspended operations for the
winter. There are a number of properties
which are steadily operating in this sec­
tion, among them the Ben Harrison,CoIum­
'bia, Snow Creek and Last Chance. It is
rumored that the latter will build a mill in
the spring.
The Powder River Gold Dredging com·
pany put its new dredge at work near
Sumpter on the 7th of January. The
capacity of the dredge is over 8,000 cubic
yards per twenty-four hours. The hull is
100 by 52 feet, the digging ladder 86 feet
long, equipped with sixty-five buckets of
nine cubic feet each. The dredge is held
to the 'bank by two spuds, weighing 21,000
pounds each. All power is electrical. the
total horsepower -of the motors being 475.
----0---­
THE ALTA MERGER.
The officials of the ColumbusConsolidat·
ed Mining Company of Alta, Utah, have SUJb­
mitted to the stockholders of the company
the details -of the proposed merger in the
Alta camp of which We have made mention
in a general way. As 'will be seen, the mer­
ger would include, besides the above com­
pany, the Colu'mbus Extension, Flagstaff
'Copper and Superior-Alta. The details, as
given by A. H. Cowles, president, and W. O.
\VJliams, secretary, follow:
"You are well aware of the vicissitudes
through which the company has passed in
recent years, and of the necessity of effect­
ing an amalgamation with the adjacent prop­
erties, in order to secure the co-operation
necessary to the ilmmediate future develop­
ment of this company's property. We are
confronted with a constant expense in the
handling of water, which must be obviated
in order to ena.ble us to develop the known
resources in the lower levels of our prop­
erty, and the expense of constructing this
tunnel is too great a burden to impose upon
anyone of the operating companies, all of
30, 1913.
equally benefited by the drainage jJ
posed.
"The suggested consolidatioll ha
given most careful consideration h,
directors in all its aspects, and the
has been thoronghly gone into and
ed "'illl the d'rectors of the other Cal
h1l'0lved, and it is the unanimolls Olli
all concerned that the proposed eo
tion is the proper and only solution
difficulties with which we have her
had to contend. The plan of con so]
contemp' ates the transfer of the pro
of the companies designated in
to a CO'lll!l'1ny to he immediately
known as the \Vasatch :lIines co'
which will be capitalized at l.OOO,i)!)I}
of the val' ntiue of $5 each, wllie:l
posed to distr'ume as follows:
Colulllbus Contiolidated :lUning COIl,
pan)'
Columbus E'xlension :Ilining (·nn.,
[lctny . .
:Flagstctff COIJPer :\Iining company,
Superior·Alta :llining company .. , . '
'Vhich wili be ratably distributed am",
sJ,or:khoJrlers of record,
"The treasury share,s will he
,j<
dispOSition for lawful corpora!" ;)l1I
and for the pnrpose of raising W(lil;'
the eon~truction of the tunnel, and '1.
iI"e development of the lower le,'pi~ !
l'al'iollS Pl'Ollf'rtie~, where ore
become impossib;'e ty reason 01' Ill,' III
iug volume of w3tel' render'ng ~ ('('I)
cal extraction illlpracticabl('. Tl", '1'''
shal'€ s will also afford means fOl' th,.,
dation of the outstanding obligalnlJ6 ,
companif's to he amalgamated. a n,j
ayoid the necessity for future a,i""'~!1
if the ore bodies proye to be or ,,"f:
extent to place the llro\lertiflS un ;1 l'
basis, That they are of sncll f'XH'lJl
('olll'ictioll of the officers of all or 'ile'
[1:1t:i",,, inyolyect."
TRADE NOTES.
Til" L'tah Apex :'Ilining "')lllitHl.',
!lUlll Canyon, l-tah, will plane in .)PC'
a n(~\\' ;j-toll electric Inini.~ lO('Olllf'IL i,
('('!ltly [)l':l('red from the (;('n<'l''' 1 1.'1
(,0111[1an",
The .'\naclJllcia COl)per :'Ilillillcc .,,:,
bUill'. :'II 011 lallH. 11'i11 add t,) ,tH' :"
of its mines at lJIack Eagle SI~ri'J1L
tani-l. :-;(>\'0211 :!.~)-tQn and t\yo j
lHilling lo('omotil'es. The 01'1[,-.;' .,.
lO(,lllllotin's has l)e"n placptl I'll i, 1I,.
enl! J<:leC'tl'ic company,
The Hollisler ;mllinu; COHll'ali\, ('
Fa ll~, ,\1 ichigan. "'ill insta 11 it 6:n·lc,·"
ti" t\lri1o"u;enel'ator in Its pOlYP!' lda!!
I :'>J insia;lation al'l' incJlIded a ~,ji"~\\
('rat:)L 1,-d)-b.ll. motor, Tirr111 r(J.21l~·1tn!·.
:20 k\'-a.~tran~ronnel'S and swJtr~!tlJ()flrd
tWv t-tOll E'Iectl'lc rninin:2:' ~n('n!i!()ii','( ~
tIlt.> ;t[Jliaratns has h(lPI1 {H'r1{:l'(:,:i ,';
 THE STOCK EXOHANGE. January 17. NEW YORK LISTED STOCK!'.
Silver, 63 cents; lead, $4.35; copper ca­
Quotations on the local exchange, Satur­ thode, $17.32%; zinc (St. Louis), $7.15. 1 Sales. I H. I L. Close.
lay morning, .January 25; 43

January 18. Chino. ....... 5001 43 42',1,1

Listed Stocks. Goldfield Con.. 200 2% 2~ 2~
Silver, 63 cents; lead, $4.35; copper ca­ Nevada Con.. 400 18',4, 18%1 1811.
~:Xn. C~~'p. ~~~ :~~~ ~~~~
1 Bid. 1 Asked. thode, $17.32 06. zinc (St. Louis), $7,15.
1 19 'h
3eck Tunnel .............. $ .08%1$ .13
.. ..... ... ... 33%
January 20. MiamI Copper. 100 24%, 24%, 24 'li
3ingham Ama.lgamated . . . . . . . . . . . . , .06
Silver, 6311. lead, $4.35; copper ca-
3lack .Jack ............... .10 .15
Utah Copper. 400 55 54%1 54%
~edar-Talisman ... . . • . . . . . .01 % .02 thode, $16.22¥.,; (St. Louis), $7.15. Inspiration ........... 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. 17'1.,

~entral M'ammoth ...•..... '.10 January 21, Studebaker Cn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 35 %

~entury . . ................ .10 On t~Lrio Silver. I.... ..:....... .. ... .. 3

colorado Mining .......... .17 .19'1.,

Silver, 63 cents; lead, $4.35; copper Ca­
~olumbus Consolidated .... .10 .30 thode, $16.22 %; zinc (St. Louis), $7 .15. TRADE NOTES.
~rown Point .............. .03 .03%, January 22.
)aly .•....•............... 1 1.20 1. 75
Silver, 63'li cen ts; lead, $4.35; copper ca­
)aly-Judge . .............. 6.00 1 6.50
The Miller-Cahoon company, of Murray,
)astern Prince ............ .01 .02 '4
thode, $16.22',1,; zinc (St. Louis), $7.05.
:ast Crown Point ......... 1. . . . . . . . .01 January 23. Utah, is now handling the Bj,g Four "30"

:ast Tintlc Consolidated .. r.••..••. 1 .01

:ast :t'intic Development ..•........ , .01
Silver, 62<"4; cents; lead. $4.35; copper ca­ gas traction motor and the Reeves "45" trac­
thode, $16.22',1,; zinc (St. Louis), $7.05.
merald . ................. .03 .10 tor. These are especially adapted to hill

old Chain ............... .40 .43 January 24.

rand Central ............. .72 .76 Silver, 62% cents; lead, $4.35; copper ca­
work, and for ploughing. Catalogues and

ldian Queen ......... ... .00'1., .01 %

thode, $16.22'1.,; zinc (St. Louis), $7.05. other printed matt-er .mailed Upon req uest.
'on Blossom ............. 1.25 1.27'1.,

le Bowers ...... ,........ .00% .10 January 25.

The Inter-Mountain Transportation com­
ing WilHam............. .02% .O~%
Silver. 62% cents; lead, $4.35; copper ca­
,ad King ............... .00% ....... . thode, $16.22':2; zinc (St. Louis), $7.05. pany of ,Salt La.ke 'City, the new enterprise

,hi Tintlc ................ .OO¥., .00i)(,

on Hill .... .............. .02'li .05 ------0------ which is solving the ore !hauling pwblems

ttle Bell .....•.......... .35

NEW YORK C1JRB R4NGE. of many mine operators, whose properties
,wer Mammoth .......•. .04'12 .05

,son Valley.............
Ly Day..................
8.00
.22 I9.00
.22% ;;;;:=-=-..-;-~-:::--,-;I..:S:.:a:.:l::.es:::....;1 H. 1 L.
F,irst N. Cop. • 1. . . . . . . \' . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . . . )
! .close.

are far from railroad points and far from

water, has closed a contract during the past

'~~J:inBrtfi~~ ::::::::::: ... :~:.. :~g Giroux Con. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7-16
2%

w-eek with the Wilbert Mining company

vada Hills ............

w York ...............
1.45 1 1.60
.00'41 .02'4
Yukon Gold .. I....... I....... .......
Ohio Copper ......... 1.......'1'....... 314

1-16 and has shipped motor truck equipiment to

\0 Copper ..............
ohongo . .......•.......
,che Demijohn .........
.05 %
.04
I
.98 I 1.00

.06
.07 %
N. Keystone ...............
South Utah ........ " . . . . . .. .......
Mason Valley ........
Braden Copper ... " .........
.. .. ..
!....... 1'.......
".....
2
8%
'I.,

9%

the Wilbert mine, forty-two mlles from Arco,

Idaho. The mine has a daily output of

'che Metals ................. 5' O· • • .02

tsburgh-Idaho : ....•... 1.25 Ely Con. ..... 1.600 , 1 2 12: 12 twenty tons and hauling with motor trucks
:tus . . ................. .06'4 .07% Nevada Hills .. / 1,50° ' 1 9-1611 9-161 1 9-16 will ,be commenced immediately. Two round
nee' Consolidated ...... .95 .99 Kerr Lake ..•. 200 1 1 9-16 3 9-16 3 1-16
(all. ...................
en Troughs ...........
.01
.01 %
.04
.02 '4
Belmont . . . . . :.......
Tonopah . • . . 1" ..... ,....... .......
i.... ·.. 1· ...... / 8~
6~

trips from mine to railroad will be made

en Troughs Coalition .. .40 Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 13%1 13%1 13%
daily with the motor trucks.

'er King Coalition ..... 1 2.75 3.05

er King consolidated"1 . 75 I ..... · ..

LIST OF DIVIDEND·PAYING STOCKS.
thern Pacific .......... .01 '41 .12

IX Consolidated ...•..• .03% .•......

th Iron Blossom ... " . . ........ .01 !
.nsea Consolidated ..... i .OO%, .01% Dividends on Stock Issued
ic Central ............ \ .01 .ont No. of
Par
ed Tintic ............. .01 .01'4 NAME OF COMPANY
'e Sam................ .11 .13 Shares
Value Paid in Total to I Date of Payment
1 Consolidated ........ ' . Ol';~ ,02 1913 Date
,n Chief............... .05'li .06 Date Amount
oria Consolidated ..... .57 .60
'ert . ................ .09 .11 Annie Laurie ..•.•.......... 500,O()0 $25.00 ........ $ 439,561 April, '05 $ .50
{ee Consolidated . 18 Beck Tunnel Con.•....•.... 1,000,000 .1() ........ 675.000 Oct. 20, '07 .02
. 32 Bingham & New Haven ..... 400,000 5.00 ........ 480,219 July 12, '12 .10
Boston-Sunshine ........... 250,000 1. 00 ........ 27,261 Nov. 2, '11 .03 'li
UnUsted Stocks. Bul'ion B. & Champion ...... 1,000,000 lO.OO ........ 2,768,400 July 11, '08 .10
Carisa ..................... 600,000 1. 00 ........ 60.000 Dec. '05 .01
Centennial-Eureka ......... 100,000 25.00 ......... 3,60().OOO Oct. 16. '12 1.50
Century ....'............... 150,000 1. 00 ........ 39.000 Feb. 15, '07 .02
Chief Consolidated ......... 1,000,000 1. 00 87,000 87,000 Feb. 3. '13 .10
Colorado ................... 1,000,000 .20 ........ 2,600.000 Dec. 20, '12 .03
Columbus Con...... , ...... , 300,000 5.00 .......... 212.623 Oct. 15, '07 .20
Cons. Mercur ............... 1,000,000 5.00 ........
. 3,420,312 July 10, '12 .03
Cliff Mining Co............. 300,000 1.00 .....
· .. 60,000 Jan. 2, '12 .10
. ........
~

Dalton & Lark ............. 2,500,000 1. 00 350,000 July, '01 .10'h

Forenoon Sales.
own Point, 1,000 at 3'12c.
DalyJudge ................
300,000 1.00 .......
., 495,000 Dee. 20, '12 .30
Daly ......................
150,000 20.00 2,925,000 Mch.. '97 .25
io Copper, 100 at $1. Daly West. ................
180.000 20.00 .. '2'7'.000' 6,606.00() Jan. 15, '13 .15
ince Con., 100 at $1. 100 at 97c. Eagle & Blue Bell .........
1,000,000 1.00 44,457 44,457 J.i""leb. 10'1 'l .05
Open Board. Gemini Keystone ...........
5,000 100.00 • • * • • • • • 2,060,000 Nov. I, '12 6.00
· ... ....
~

tck Jack, 500 at 12c. Gold Chain .................

•• * • • • 70,000 Dec. 23. '12 .03
.........

19 William, 1,000 at 3c. Grand Central ............. '

600,000 1.00 1,452.750 Oct. 25. 12 .O~
nce «Jon., 300 at 98c. Horn Silver ................ 400,000 25.00 .........
5,662,000 Sept. 30. '07 .05
Totals. Iron Blossom .............. 1,000,000 .10 100,000 1,470,000 Jan. 25, '13 .10
~ular, 1,300 shares for $332. Little Bell .................
300,000 1.00 .......

· ~ 60,000 Sept. 22, '10 .05

Lower Mammoth ...........
250,000 1.00 65,073 Dec. 29. '09 .07 'I.,
m, 2,100 shares for $519.
ai, 3,400 shares for $851. ::>fammoth ................. 400,000 .25 .........

• •••••• < •

24,000
2,280,000
132,000
Oct. 10, '12
Feb. 10, '13
.15
.03
---0'---- MayDay .... , ..............
800,000 .25
Moscow M. & M. Co..........
1,000,000 1.00 16.352 32,704 Feb.15, '13 .01
rHE LOCAL ~IETAL :!!IARKET. Mountain View ............. 150,000 1. 00 ....... " .
12,054 Aug., '06 .06
Newhouse ................. 600,000 10.00 ·...... . ~ 600,000 Nov. 20, '07 .50
Janaary 11. Northern Light. ...........
400,000 5.00 ..... .
· ~ 20.000 Feb., '04 .05
Ontario ............... , ....
150,000 100.00 • < ••••• • ~ 14,962,500 D(j'c.• '02 .30%
er, 63% cents; lead, $4.35; copper ca­ Opohongo ..................
1,000,000 .25 7,990 74,916 Jan. 30, '13 .02
$17.35; zinc (St. Louis), $7.20. Petro ........ , ............. 800.000 1.00 ........

. 65,000 Aug., '06 .04

QuIncy ....................
150,000 .50 · .......
1,100,000 Mch.. '02 1.50
January 13.
·...... .
~

Sacramen to ...........•....
1,000,000 5.00 308.000 Dec., '06 .00'h
.........

;r. 63% cents; lead, $4.35. copper ca­ Salvator ...................

200,000 1.00 6,500 Aug., '04 .01
a 7.32 %; zinc (St. Louis), $7.20. Silver King Coalition ....... 1,250.000 5.00 .........
12,834,885 Dec. 24, '12 .25
January 14. Silver Shield ...............
300,000 1. 00 .........
4,500 FeD., '01 . ..
........

Sioux Cons.................
750.000 1. 00 . 872,630 July 25, '11 .04
,r, 6311. cents; lead, $4.35; copper ca-
17.32'1.,; zinc (St. Louis), $7.20.
South Swansea .............
300,000 1.00 . · ......
~ 470,000 Apr., '04 .02%
Swansea .......•........... 100.000 5.00 334,500 Mch.,'07 .05
January 15. Tetro ......................
300,000 1. 00 I:::::::: : 18,000 Dec., '04 .01
r, 6311. cents; lead, $4.35; copper ca-
17.32'1.,; zinc (St. Louis), $7.15.
Uncle Sam Cons............

Utah Copper ...............

2,500.000
Utah .................... · .

Utah Con, ............... ···

700.000
750,000
100,000
1. 00
10.00
10.00
5.00
I::. :::::::

........
281,860
470,000
17,068,722
7,500,000
Sept. 20. '11
Dec. 30, '12
Dec. 21, '10
Dec. 12. '12
.05
.75
.02
1.00
January 16.
· .......

• "w •••••

Victoria .................. ,
1,000,000 1.00 207,500 Mch. 25, '10 .04
· .......

r, 6311. cents; lead, $4.35; copper ca- Yankee Cons, ..... , ........
300,000 1. 00 ~ 182,500 Jan. 15, '07 .03
17.32'h; zinc (St. Louis), $7.15.
 THE SAL T L A K E MIN I N G REV lEW, JAN. U A R' Y 3 0, 1 9 1 3. 35

BANKING HOUSES
ONE OF
Start a Savings

McCORNICK & CO.

TWO THINGS

BANKERS
Account with the

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