The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-01-31
MINES AND MINING


tertained though 1t is not believer |
that the snow has drifted enough yet |
to cause any great damage.
The management OF the Utah mine |
at fish Springs is slowly but surely |
penetrating the workings OF the prop
erty, which so recently were Quilted
by "A fierce fire
II Is estimated that no less than
5085 men are employed In the min
ing industry in the Occur d'Alene dis
trict OF Idaho. The lowest wage
paid to any mine employe Is $3.50 per
day.
Directors OF the Amalgamated Cop
per company on the 18th declared isa
regular quarterly dividend Of IA per
cent and an extra dividend OF V OF l
per cent This Ii unchanged from the
last previous dividend.
Splendid progress Is being regis
tered upon the concentrating plant
destined to handle the resources OF
properties, the foundations being In
and the timbers well up. Ii Is ex-
pected that the frame work VIII be
completed within the coming two
weeks.
william Stephenson. chief chemist
Of the Weimer Copper company, whose
mines are near Kaufman on Birch
creek, was In conference with some
Of the leading citizens of Idaho Falls
last week on matters pertaining to
the possibility OF the erection by MS
company of a smelter at or near
idaho Falls.
AS an evidence that the recent fire
mt the Utah Mine company's property
In the Fish springs district, Deep
Creek, has not interfered with pro-
duction. the management announced
last week that 1t had just pulled down
a check from the smelling company
FOR $5,10753, the proceeds from one
carload OF ore.
On the Old Chunk property in the
Atlanta district of Idaho, an extern
sion of the great lead on which the
Petit Is located, rich strike has
been made. This is the property that
was being worked by Mr.. Spaulding
when he was caught and killed In
snowslide. The property Is now bond
ed by w. s. Brown.
The Dark Horse mine in Idaho, on
the divide near the Montana line, Is
proving sensational. 1t shows IL
feet of bornite that carries 60 per
cent Of copper The stock OF the COM
pany has risen to high price. and
some men who took their pay In
stock have been made comfortably
rich by their Investments.
The stockholders of the Nipissing
company. assembled in the east, did
Samuel Newhouse, of Salt Lake, the
distinguished honor of selecting him
as the executive head of the company
and late Wednesday Mr.. Newhouse re-
ceiyed official announcement or the
fact that he Is "a director and presi-
lent of this famous mining orgapt
cation.
A well-defned report is In circula
lion In Goldfeld that a gigantic mer
ger of mining interests, including tae
Daisy, Triangle and Great Bend. Is In
process of formation. The interested
parties refuse to discuss the rumor
William J. Brewer. who controls the
Triang,e, admits that an eastern syn
dictate Is seeking that property.
Manager Grant Snyder states tina
conditions are gradually improving
At the Nevada Fairview company''
property. Ores ranging all the wa.
from SIS to over 5000 per ton in sill
YER and gold have been coming from
the No. 4 tunnel, and the average
between three and four feet OF orr
In the face IL better than $50 ton
4 large body of sulphide ore wa
recently encountered on the 10000
level of the Osborn mine at Horseshoe
Bend. This discovery made at thi
depth, which is about 200 feet oeioN
the bed Of the payette river. and abou
l 1000 feet deeper than the deepes
mines OF Pearl (which are on tn
, same belt)., speaks volumes fer tn
future permanency of this camp.
, A strike of high-grade ore Is reporte
: In the Moonlight mine, ten miles eas
of yocatello. Idaho. 1t was encoul
tetea in the lower cross-eut tunne
h which has opened body of the hes
q ore yet found in this property IL
= sa,a I new ore body is continue
ton Mt. depth of that opened in IN
opper workings. is eight feet wild
and cs the highest grade yet found
the Moonlight.
!, Idaho county. Idaho. Is on the vere
of the greatest mining exploitation
;, It's history. The Goodenough grou
i, of mines on Bear creek. in the Ma
:, shall Lake district, Is the scene
the excitement. Ore richer than thi
y of Goldfield. Nevada, is being brougl
u to the surface. One chunk or OF
= weighing rs pounds Is shot throus
7 and through with gold, and estimate
- to yield $4,000.
Activits In Utah Consolidated stot
the past few days is due to the Ia
n partly that II is now earning
n the rate Of SIS per share. The ne