The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-07-25
MINES AND MINING

Milling company and composed Of
utahns. has lease upon the old
Comsioek dumps. al Virginia city.
Nevada. and aifairs hays Just been
shaped correctly for an era Of pros
pefity.
Jesse knight OF Provo Intends 10
become coal operator and railroad
man. He has acquired coal lands in
uintah county. Utah. and within few
months viii begin the construction Of
4 railroad to the coal measures which
he owns.
| After period OF nearly fifteen
years of Inactivity. the Detroit min
ing district. which lies about thirty
mikes northwest from Oasis. Utah, is
| again about To take on new life. The
formation OF the Detroit district Is
= counterpart OF Tintic.
| Reports are current that r. Angus.
tns Heinxe il connected with the new
Miners Smelling company. just incor.
porated In Maine. with sia.0ee. GOO
capital. The new company. II Is un,
derstood. will build a.uoo-Ion smeli-
er In the Salt Lake valley,
| Great excitement exists al Ceninn.
NAL. Wyoming. lead Of gold ore bear
ing samples that run As high as $1,000
to the tom having been discovered west
CT that place. The lead can be FOL
lowed FOR seven miles, and IN places
tho vein Ia $50 feet wide, A trench
fourteen feet deep shows rich ore TO
| the bottom.
A New York woman who is prospect
ing In Nevada has determined to be
comfortable. and To do SO adopted male
attire. wearing oyeralls. shirt and n
large straw hat. woman with nerve
enough to suffer the prlvations OF
year among the mountains aud deserts
OF Nevada certainly deserves to tiiscov-
CIR a bonanza
The Iron Age says, Our monthly
blast furnace statistics show that the
production in June was 2,2i7.aa0
tons. against a.20i.03o tons In May.
July starts with twelve more stacks
In blast than were In operation on
the ilrst day OF June. and the outlook
Is that the production viii be well
maintained.
Since the nrst OF June the Ameri-
can Smelling a Refining company has
cut the price OF lead b5 cents per 100
pounds Is. the company has
lowered the settling basis With the
producer that much. Yet there Is
nothing TO show that the metal Ii any
more plentiful than II was month
or six months ago.
Railroads and water are the two
things most nae~sd Ia the Lee. Ne.
vada, district. hut these are coming
IL is stated that a iwelye-lnch pipe
line will be run into the camp by
Rhyolite capitalists, and thai spur
track from the main line OF the Horax
Smith railroad track win be run into
the town and to the mines
In all probability business will be
very quiet In owyhee county, Idaho.
after July 20 The soc miners at
Silver City and DE Lamar have made
demand on the Trade Dollar and
DE Lamar Mining companies for an
increase OF &c cents day after
July 20. The owners declare the
limit has been reached Ia wages,
Preparations are now being made
at tho Honerine AZ Stockton. Utah.
for the sinking OF 1a0.foot ahaft be.
low the train tunnel level and Rrrund
win probably be- broken within a few
days. This shaft IL 10 be equipped
with hoist. pumps. etc.. and every
necessary prceaution win be taken io
FhoH A a.
once II is under way.
II Ia now planned by The Balaklaia
TO begin breaising ore ia August 10
have supply for beginning opera,
tons OF the smeiter by September l..
wnen II II expected TO be ready 10
treat both Balaklala and Trinity ore.
The trsmway win be completed by
that time and Manager brown OF the
Trinity IL said 70 have bis property in
shape TO immediately begin prodae
tion.
North and east al North Platte river
in east central Wyoming Ia a broad.
low. domal mountain mass, with >
maximum height Of about s.ooo feei
above sea level, which in known ~
the Hartsliie uplift and whieil II sim
liar in many respects 10 the Black
Hills OF South Dakota Throughout
this entire area copper IN so widely dis.
tributed that. although no large deposit
has yet been discovered. valuable beds
Of ore may AT any time be found
From all indications and aocordns
70 the statements of some Of the lnus'
reliable mine owners and residents o.
Julian and the back country nining
districts. an aesayer and ehemisi
named Howard has invented q ne-
process for extracting gold trom Roia
bearing rock or quartz which seems
destined 10 absolutely rsgoluflnnizr
quartz mlniag. making mines which
have heretofore been conRidere5 Goffb,
less and played ont. of immense Esius
and increasing the vaine ~ ail ore bs
fabulous percentages says The san
Diego Union
The secoms Mines compsny ~ ssls
Lake fiied articles % Incorporation
With the county clerk last Neeh The
capital s,oek IL $500 s0a. with shares
q, par value Of ~ esrh The roul-
paBy owns 3 number ~ claisax IN the
L1ein mining district Box Elder
county