The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-05-30
MINES AND MINING


district in which he is interested
personally.
The foreign visible supply Of cop
per on the 18th. as reported from
Boston, was IL sos 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 n
phenomenal rush is on.
The record of ore production OK the |
mines Of Park City for the week just
ended is as follows: DAILY Judge. l.
120. 900; Silver King, 1.i1s.760; DAILY
West. HOO 900: Ontario. $4,000. To-
tai tonnage, 3.6s1.760.
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 profit of ss,s42,669.
The old camp of Sprucemont, Ne
vada, whose mines have been worked
for more than n 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 96.567,7o0 pounds,
against 1O2,495.230 pounds in March
and s5,2sS,160 in February. The
April reduction is due largely to Ia
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. A
contract has just been awarded Tor
200 feet more of tunneling.
1t is stated in what apparently Is
authoritative circles that as soon as
. the Salt Lake route completes iti
! 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. Thi'
will be cheering news to the miners
!. of that section.
i 1t is reported from Park City tina
d the Miners union Is considering tn
8 adyisability of resembling the orde
I against men working on the drail
tunnel of the Ontario for less than y
a shift. II Is said that number 0
the miners now consider that 1t woui
l. he all right to permit work there
8 the old scale of $3.50.
Another mining company has jus
. been launched In Springville. Utai
h The company is known as the Ev
Mining company, and its property
e located In the Mount Nebo mimi
e. district. The property has bee
n worked on at different times Tor Sc
eral years past, and considerable q
yelopment work has been done.
Advices from Lovelock, New, al
- to the effect that to the many pror
10 Using discoveries made in Humboi'
3 county during the past year anoth'
ia has been added. A strike recent
made In the Trinity range, twel'
- miles northeast OF Lovelock, Is d
scribed as being one OF the ricne
and most extensive OF the season.
Development work is now progress
\ ing on the Mountain View mine
pine. Idaho. The mine was clos
down for time In the winter, b
work is now being pushed vigorous
They hope to be able to start ths
mill during the summer, but at pr'
ent are devoting their attention
tracing out the course OF the @
shoots.
A meeting OF the stockholders
the Silver Pick Triangle Mining co
pany Is being held in Goldfield TO
uuire into alleged fraudulent dealin
of the promoters, Patrick, Elliott
| Camp. II is claimed that 27o,'
shares of the treasury stock was 81
at 10 cents, and that virtually nc
l OF the proceeds has gone into de'
opments.
George wingfeld is quoted as
ing that the Goldfeld Consolida
OF Mines company would in every pro
/ bility not pay any dividends dur
ms the year 1907. nor will any hi
'ou grade ore be shipped to the smeit
.n at Salt Lake. Mr.. Wingfield 9
md that the company was going to er
it's own reduction plant In Goldh
ng at a cost OF between 100000
100000, and that the mill wo
have a capacity Of from 600 to j,
Ion tons per day.
ref with the breaking up OF win
on weather. the weimer Copper G
INV pany. operating splendid propt
but in Idaho, has commenced shipme
md A car OF ore shipped to Salt l.
Ii last week consisted of forty-nine I
ne and the check called for the sum
." s2,9051o.
The nrice Of silver. like the pric.