The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
MINES AND MINING

railroad for the past week, as re
ported by the Western Ore Purchas
ing company, aggregated 2.42S tons
Charles NJ Schwab, the mining
magnate and steel king, has been ex
aiming the mines of the Bullfroe
district in which he is interested
personally.
The foreign visible supply of cop
per on the 18th, as reported from
Boston, was 1868 tons, decrease
Of 1856 tons during the first half OF
the month.
There is much excitement in Car
lin, Nevada, over the discovery OF
rich placer gold in the Lynn district,
twenty-five miles from there, and a
phenomenal rush is on.
The record of ore production of the
mines of Park City for the week just
ended is as follows: Daily Judge, L..
10000; silver King, 1,119,760; DAILY
West, 100000; Ontario, $4,000. To-
tai tonnage, 1851 100.
The report of John d. Ryan, presi
dent of the Anaconda Copper Mining
company, submitted to stockholders,
shows that. the corporation for the
year that ended December 81, 1906,
earned a profit of $8,S42,669.
The old camp of Sprucemont, Ne
vada, whose mines have been worked
for more than third of century
with profit to their owners, but has
lain dormant the past two years. IS
again in the list of producing camps.
Within the last few months the
Duck Creek lead section of White
Pine county, Nevada, has presented
such an attractive opening for the
prospector that hardly an inch of un.
occupied ground remains for those
who are to come.
April copper production of the
United States, Canada and Mexico is
estimated at 96,567,700 pounds,
against O2,495,23O pounds in March
and S5,2SS,16O in February. The
April reduction is due largely to la.
Dor troubles. notably in Arizona.
The Red Metals company, operat-
ing within mile of Schurz, in the
Walker Indian reservation country,
Nevada, has had the first 100 feet of
it's tunnel completed, the face now
being 113 feet from the portal A
contract has just been awarded for
200 feet more of tunneling.
1t is stated in what apparently is
circles that as soon as
the Salt Lake route completes It's
branch line from Caliente to Phoebe
it will begin Immediately upon the
line to the Deep Creek Sec
ton of Utah and Ely, Nevada. This
will be cheering news to the miners
Of that section.
It is reported from Park City that
the Miners union is considering the |
advisability of resembling the order |
against men working on the drain
tunnel of the Ontario for less than S. |
q shift. 1t Is said that number Of |
The miners now consider that 1t would |
be all right to permit work there at |
Tho old scale of "a 20
Another mining company has just |
been launched in Springville, Utah. |
rhe company is known as the Eva
Mining company, and its property is
coated in the Mount Nebo mining
district. The property has been
worked on at different times for sew.
,ral years past, and considerable de-
Telopment work has been done.
Advices from Lovelock, New, are
o the effect that to the many prom
sing discoveries made In Humboldt
county during the past year another
las been added. A strike recently
made in the Trinity range, twelve
niles northeast of Lovelock, is de-
cribed as being one of the richest
nd most extensive Of the season.
Development work is now progress
ng on the Mountain View mine at
line, Idaho. The mine was closed
own for time in the winter, but
york is now being pushed vigorously.
hey hope to be able to start their
1ill during the summeJ but at pres
mt are devoting their attention to
racing out the course of the ore
boots.
A meeting of the stockholders in
be Silver Pick Triangle Mining COM
any is being held in Goldfield to in
uire into alleged fraudulent dealings
{ the promoters, Patrick, Elliott and
amp. 1t is claimed that 100000
hares of the treasury stock was sold
10 cents, and that virtually none
( the proceeds has gone into devel-
pments.
George Wingfeld is quoted as say.
lg that the Goldfield Consolidated
lines company would in every proba
ility not pay any dividends during
he year 1907, nor will any high