Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-05-24
MINES AND MININ G


Charles M. Schwab, the mining
magnate and steel king, has been ex-
aiming the mines of the Bullfrog
district in which he is interested
personally.
The foreign visible supply of cop
per on the 18th, as reported from
Boston, was II SOB tons, a 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
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..
1870 1000; Silver King, 1,119,7eO; DAILY
West. 100000; Ontario, $4,000. To
tai tonnage, S,6S1,760.
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 sS,842,669.
The old camp of Sprucemont, Ne
vada, whose mines have been worked
for more than a third of century
with profit to their owners, but has
lain dormant the past two years, rs
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 I'M
occupied ground remains for those
who are to come.
April copper production of the
United States, Canada and Mexico is
estimated at 96.567,7OO pounds,
against 102, 4s5,2 $50 pounds in March
and s5,2SS,1sO in February. The
April reduction is due largely to la
Dor troubles. notably in Arizona.
The Red Metals company, operat-
ing within a mile of SchurZ, in the
Walker Indian reservation country
Nevada, has had the first 100 feet of
its tunnel completed, the face now
being 113 feet from the portal
contract has just been awarded for
200 feet more of tunneling.
1t is stated in what apparently is
authoritative circles that as soon as
the Salt Lake route completes its
branch line from Caliente to Phoebe
it will begin Immediately upon the
proposed line to the Deep Creek sec
ton of Utah and Ely, Nevada. This
will be cheering news to the miners
of that section.
1t is reported from Park City that
the Miners union is considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of resembling the order
against men working on the drain
tunnel of the Ontario for less than IS
n shift. 1t is said that number OF,
the miners now consider that 1t would
be all right to permit work there at
the old scale of $3.50.
Another mining company has just
been launched in Springville, Utan-
The company is known as the Eva
Mining company, and its property is
located in the Mount Nebo mining
district. The property has been
worked on at different times for sew
eral years past, and considerable de-
velopment work has been done.
Advices from Lovelock. New, are
to the effect that to the many prom
Using discoveries made in Humboldt
county during the past year another
has been added. A strike recently
made in the Trinity range, twelve
miles northeast of Lovelock, is de-
scribed as being one of the richest
and most extensive of the season.
Development work is now progress
ing on the Mountain View mine at
Pine. Idaho. The mine was closed
down for a time in the winter, but
work is now being pushed vigorously.
They hope to be able to start their
mill during the summer, but at pres
ent are devoting their attention 10
tracing out the course OF the ore
shoots.
A meeting of the stockholders In
the Silver Pick Triangle Mining COM
pany is being held in Goldfield to IN
quire into alleged fraudulent dealings
of the promoters, Patrick. Elliott and
Camp. 1t is cl aimed that 27o.00O
shares of the treas ury stock was sold
at 10 cents, and that virtually none
of the proceeds has gone into devei
opments.