The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08
MINES AND MINING

hhtefest 10 the new oil strike IN Nir.
gin valley. Utah. which has been
made In the las, fortnight. has stirred
oil men In the west TO nsaeh enthn-
Ksasm.
The damage 10 the Hannipah mines.
near Tonopah. Nesada. by the recent
fre was much less than IL sirst report
I'd The damage wtn not exeeed
~ .oee.
The Little Florence III Coldneld
one day last wsek transferred 10 4
local mill is,e~i pounds OF ore that
b valued At tio per pound. The lease
In producing IS eco q day.
The rumor OF rich strike OF ore In
the nes shaft Of the |. G. Mining
company, near Bellevue. Idaho. has
been fully confirmed. A mill In 10 be
erected 81 the property At cree,
The Creole mine. close 10 the old
Lincoln. In Beaver county. and which
has been shut down sar nsAriy twenty
years, has taken On new life and a
carload Of rich ore Is being taken cot
per week
one hundred and ffty American
employees OF the Arizona Copper com
pany's smeiter at Clifton. Aria, are
en- strike for an Increase OF SO cents
day In wages They have been get.
ting IN a dsy
The values from the Nevada Fair.
view rich streak ran In gold and all
YER ~ follows; Gold. IS ounces: xis.
yer, 3ss.i ounces: the seconl as
sayed l.0s ounces gold. and 1854
ounces silver to the ton.
A Boston dispatch says buyers CON.
time 70 hight present copper prices
and demand another concession be-
fore they win enter the market gener-
ally. II would not be Surprising IL
some u the independent producers
not afiiiated with United Metals made
further concessions In the hope OF get
ting business.
The DAILY West at Park City has
found new body Of ore on the 1850.
foot level. while In No. stope Just
above the s00-foot level 4 seven-koot
vein has been discovered. Men have
been put to work on the latter vein.
after having been taken away from
there two years nxo. owing to appar.
ent non-pAying ground.
A contract for 3sefoot tunnel has
just been let by the Nevada Hy.
draulic company AZ TuscarorH, Nev.
This will do away with long and
expensive fiame. expensive 10 build
and expensive to keep In repair. Mod
ern hydraulic machinery has been
purchased. and the plant Ii being rap
idly put In shape for work
Amaigamared Copper has on tts
shareholders than probably any other
mining company In the world-is. 600.
with average holdings OF sixty-sve
shares each. NipissiRg IL next. with
$4,000, averaging ias shares each.
Utah Consolidated is third. with 2.sp0.
averaging 125 shares each.
One OF the biggest mining deals In
the history on Colorado. which has
been pending for year or more. IL
the sale of the leading mines on
Quartz Hin TO the Newhouse tunnel
people. Upward OF s5,0oe 900 Ia in.
voled. These properties comprise the
main portion Of Quarts HIN and have
. combined record OF more than
10000, 900.
Salt Lake men who recently In
spected the coal deposits In the Teton
valley. Idaho. are enthusiastic about
what they saw They claim that
there lis more coal In the Teton valley
than the Hartman lines could burn
In fifty years. and II the Oregon short
Line does not build q railroad INTO
the district the line will be built by
private parties.
The Higginson lease has struck cop
per values On the 230-foos level. a
winze Ia being sunk ON the vein and
the values are increasing rapidly, says
the Goldneld News. A selected sam
at the bottom OF the winxe asgayed
$500 gold, 52 ounces silver and 4 peg
cent copper. The entire face carries
4 per cent copper.
The King Edward Mining company.
Of which Samied Ne~hoase 10 presE-
dent. operating in the Cobalt camp.
has 100000 worth Of ore ready for
the market This consists of a.n0a
sacks. OF which 400 to 600 contain
frst-clxas ore, running from | .0se 20
. 600 ounces to the ton. and 500 20
/ 900 sacks of secnHa-ciass ore aver
aging about go ounces 10 the t7n-
Calumet and Hecia issues it's no.
naal report for the year. showing nwi
earnings Of sii.2s7. saD and q surplus
n over 81 900. 600. The statement fol-
loss; Assets. cash and copper. s..
AT 400, notes. bills receivable. S..
Isl, TGs. development fnna. etc. sssg
las; Insurance fund. ss5s,s48. total.
81. 7sT.s44; liabilities. drafts and bills
il.7gs .s07; total. si.szS. seq
surplus. s702s,sts
]. A. Cxizek. ex-aAts mine Inspector
OF Idaho. SAYS II IL almost impossible
to secure MIXERS enoagA TO wcrk the
mines ns desired. nearly all the cozs.
panIes being short Of help ar. cHizak
states that the forces a. The various
mines are only about half large
enough
The Berlin I4oksi AnxeiEer has rsr
ceivea a report frosn German soath.
west Africa Of the discovery near the
coast OF Lrdsritx bay al f1sh deposits
Of copper ore An expedition wfIi sstla
leave Lndsrftx TO coBttnae Fsaxtssef.
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