The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-09-06
MINES AND MINING

A i50-ton reduction plant Ia 10 pc
Installed at the Monarch mine at At
lanta. in Idaho.
The Thunder Mountain Pearl Min
Ing company is taking out a patent on
It's claims, nineteen in number.
A force of forty miners Is now en-
ployed blocking out ore In the sunny
side mine. In the Thunder Mountain
district
The directors of the mint on the
s2nd purchased 100000 ounces OF sill
yer at o. cents an ounce. 10 be de-
livered at New Orleans The price
paid the previous week was 6s.6a
cents
Success of the most generous pro
portions lis attending the efforts OF the
Gray Warrior company upon the Idaho
placer possessions on the Boise river,
about seventy-five miles northwest OF
Boise
Il Is reported that an important
strike has been made In property
| belonging TO Charles Men. Mr.. Nc
| Bride and others near the Dewey mine
| at Roosevelt The claim Is south and
west of the Dewey.
| Because OF the recent heavy storms
all the ore traffic from American Fork
| canyon has been suspended. The road
| is washed out In such a bad condition
| that 1t will require some time to repair
1t for the resumption OF ore freight
ing.
The directors of the Consolidated
Mercur company have declared div
idend OF 1000. With this payment
the Consolidated Mercur company viii
have distributed To the fortunate
| stockholders OF the company the sum
of s3.36o.3i297.
II Is claimed that the anthony
mines OF Utah are greater than any
ia the entire country. and this phase
OF the mineral industry of Utah Is as
Stunning proportions equal TO the i'm
pcrtance of the valuable mineral con-
tanned within Utah hills.
Fire OF unknown origin started In
the plant OF the National Smelling
company, at Rapid City. s. d.. and,
owing to the lack OF water. spread To
adjoining property. Loss about $780,
600, partly covered by insurance, The
total value OF the plant Is S25o.000.
DR. Oscar Eckstein. professor OF
chemistry at the University OF Chica'
CO. and Dr. wilfred @. Fralick of New
York City. two noted scientists and
mining experts, are on prospecting
trip In the hills near Boise. and IL IL
reported that they are prosecuting
their work in the interest OF big east
ern capitalists.
A carload OF very rich copper ore
carrying little better than I'll PEI
cent. was sent out recently by =. j
Brinton, one OF the leasers at the Eu
reka Hin This is no doubt the bes
copper ore that has been sent on
from Tintic In years, and the carload
OF ore will bring in the neighborhoo'
OF $4,000.
The actual mining and sacking o
ore has begun at the rich Sever
Troughs strike. says the Loyeiock
Nevada. Tribune. The seam OF OK
tremely rich ore Is widening will
every foot gained In depth. while sur
rounding this $1,000 streak Is sew
eral inches OF ore that will 20 from
$1,000 to $1,000.
ID. p. Rohlfng. the well known min
, ing engineer and manager OF the Frir
| co Contact and Lulu companies prop
! critics at Beaver, in Beaver county
Utah. returned from his three months
trip abroad last week. During his al
. scnce Mr. Rohlhng attended the inter
, national gathering of mining eng
neers at London.
, A mining suit that promises inter
!. esting developments has been filed a
; J Carson City, Nevada. by the Combins
. / Aibu htNlhE COMPANY ANsAANNf $50 w.
q hawk Mining company, alleging tina
!. the latter company IL working on III
|. ore within -four feet OF the Combln'
0 ton line. which ore apexes on tn
/ Combination claims.
President Don Mcguire OF the Nap
: leon g. Maghera Copper Mining con
4. pany, whose mines are located at th
foot OF MI Monte Cristo about nv
a miles north OF ogden. has just su'
g ceeded in getting sufiicien, miners
= double crew the work He Is DIRT
n Ing a deep tunnel, and the work ha
a been delayed owing 10 scarcity {
y suitable labor.
Among the more recent excit
= ments In Nevada Is that over the d.
!. coverles said to have been made {
placer gold IN a dry lake near u
Stonewan mountain. For years III
dry lake has been travelled by pro