The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-10-11
MINES AND MINING

grade rock being uncovered recently,
and men are coming In from all quar-
tiers.
The Bullfrog Gold Bar will install
a reduction plant at once, stage of
development having been reached at
she property which justifes this i'm
provemeal
The Hecla mine last week declared
a dividend OF $4,000, making the to
tai paid ID date sSsO.oo0 and $40 900
paid thus far Ia 1906. The fret dtsL
dend was raid in 1900
II Is claimed that the Tenabo coun'
try, IN Nevada, IL ON the eve of a
boom Recent assays from the Gold
Quartz mine show 500 per cent lead
and as ounces silver per ton
The building of a nrst-class wagon
road between Rhyolise and the new
districts In the Panamlnt range
through TO skidoo Yia Funeral range
ard Death valley Is nov beins agi
taioa
The Anaconda Copper Mining com
paRy last week declared quarterly
dividend OF 81 50 per share This
compares with It's last previous guar
teTiy dividend of 81 s7i4 share The
par value of the stock is SIS
bin Ter the punishment of ali
f.As. ALI H.. sRl.K
the American Mining eongress. which
meets In DunYeF the 18th al next
month. watch viii be recommended to
the legislatures of all mining states for
adoption
Mhcn returns had been secured
from the average sample OF the big
body 81 ore that has been encountered
in the Cedar Mining companys prop
.rty last week Il was found that tho
material carried So per cent lead and
81 ounces silver per ton
Assistant chief Engineer Riehinga.
of the BuIlfrog -Goldneld railway. says
that unless something unforeseen hap
pens. the passenger crew OF the new
Tins will cas Christmas dinner, Dec IS,
1906, in the city of Hhyolite This
means much for Rhyolite mines.
A meeting Of considerable import
ance In mining circles was held re.
Gently in Salt Lake. when twenty.
three representatives OF companies op-
Grating Ia the Tintie district organized
the Tinsle Mine Operators aSAoo.a'
ton. with viow Of obtaining cheaper
freight rates upon ore shipments from
the district to salt Lake smelters
Development OF the Jumping Jack
mine at Manhattan. Nevada. Is beins
watched with an interest equally as
keen as that which attaches TO opera
lions a, The STRAY Dog Ore OF high
value Is being sacked With daily reg
niarlty. and the quarts not inirequeni-
~ returns assays as high As $1,000 In
gold 20 the ton.
The report comes from Custer. Ida.
no. OF sensational strike that has
been made In the Batchelof property.
Gu Custer mountaln. property that
IL being operated nader bond b. Hen.
~ Mccormick and others. of Salt Lake
city. The ore. tho letter relates. car.
ries twenty ounces Ia gold aud $50
ounces silver per ton.
Work 10 bcinN pushed steadily on
sfsn Potosl mine. az silver City. Idaho,
The old shaft which had twist In u
has been atraighteaed and all the TIM
herlag In II repaired Az the 300 level
drift has been started south. with
,hFee shifts working H. A sixteen
inch vein oi high grade orc has recent.
~ been encountered in the foteSi
Captain Herbert L. Davis. superin
tendent Of the Fidelity Copper Mlnes
eompany's property near cuprum. Ida.
no. has made report 10 his corpora.
ton tina, has created no small sensa,
ton among mlning men interested in
the Seven Devils district He states
that an ere body has Jus, been opened
that Ia the best thing he has ever seen
In The way OF a copper proposition
The Reno. Nevada Gazette has the
following 10 say OF the Bullion dts
,riet. In which several salt i.akays
have holdings Eleven different
properties are now ciaesed among the
producers In the Bullion mining dis
trsct The Gold Quartz Is aackink ore
fort he aecoaa shipment from that
property The nest shipment sent out
2 fvw weeks ago nettSd tbs company
sos 90 per ton. ali In gold
Dnring lis meteoTie career tho oas.
pat Of Golancia has never approached
tha, Of the week eadlag September ~,
and IL Is doabtial II any camp in the
state. siaoe The days % the Comsiock,
haEs even approached Il IN either ton
nakg or value ~ the product esV
snty.one railsoaa ears were hanlei
away fran ths mines, eontaimine stta
tans ~ ure. raiavd AZ quarter ~ 4
iaiiiA0n doliars
The tlE shaft oa she nalltroE Ma
tleaal Bank has rvached a depth oi
2sg te,s A stAtton wll bg cut aud
drifts Stated from thsh ioTvl THE