The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-04
MINES AND MINING

ming smoothly and Is handling q good.
iy quantity of ore.
During the week past total OF ESQ.
sos shares of stock, with a selling
value of s206.65455. changed hands
IN the Salt Lake mining stock ex.
change
At the Boulder group OF claims near
Idaho City. Idaho. force of twenty
men has been at work since last July.
but this number will be Increased TO
fifty the coming season
What is believed TO be an entirely
new vein has just been opened In the
properties OF the Mason Valley Mines
company at Yerington, assays showing
the ore to run lis per cent copper.
Arrangements are about completed
for the adjustment OF the Raven Min.
Ing company's affairs. Directors have
voted TO ask for authority to increase
the capital from 100000 TO 1000, 900
shares at 81 each.
Machinery for dredge at Jack Rab-
bit Springs. wyo.. will be installed as
soon as the weather will permit on the
placer ground. which is 125 acres in
extent and of an average thickness OF
five feet. The sand runs so cents a
yard in gold.
Dennis Ryan, one of the four own
ers of the Horn Silver mine at Frisco.
Beaver county. who cleaned up for
tune In the ground in the early days
and then sold the property for $1,000
interests which he still retains In this
section.
The recent copper discoveries east
of Monroe, Utah. in what is known
as Main canyon, is causing a lot of
talk among mining men. Some very
rich ore has been taken out and at
present the Indication are quite favor.
able. The locators are making an eff
fort to begin the development OF some
0i Tie properties.
The raise at the Ely Witch has been
completed and win hereafter be used
as the main working shaft OF the mine.
The raise is from the Witch tunnel
and the distance from the tunnel 10
the surface is 260 feet A well Is
being driven by the churn drill in
front of the mine boarding house to
supply the miners with water.
Considerable interest is being mani
tested in and around Koosharem
Wayne county, Utah. over the discoy-
cry OF some very rich ore which had
been exposed in the roots OF trees
pulled up for wood. This is the third
time that good ore has been found in
this manner. and this time an invest-
cation is being made.
The Pittsburg Silver Peak Consoli-
dated has force OF ESQ men at work
on the new 100-stamp mill at Silver
Peak, New. Nearly all of the machin-
cry is on the ground, and II Is calcu-
lated that the mill will be in commits.
sion by midsummer. A large force OF
miners is employed in the mine, block.
ing out ore.
For forty-five tons of ore from it's
Idaho properties the Weimer Mining
company last week pulled down
check from the smelling company for
s2.711.67. The control assays gave
the copper contents of the rock at
1884 per cent. This IL the twelfth
carload shipped since last November.
when the initial lot hit the market.
The governing Board OF the Salt
Lake mining exchange has posted an
important notice. In effect, Il is that
ai,y broker found cutting commissions.
OF accepting any commission aside
from the amount fixed by exchange
rules. will be fined 800 and suspended
for ninety days for the first offense:
for the second offense. he will be fined
$500 and suspended for six months;
ard for the third offense he will be
excluded from the exchange without
tina privilege of reelection.
Owners OF the kindergarten claims
In the Seven Troughs district. Nevada.
report the performances OF the mines
AS being sensational, high-grade gold
ores being the characteristics, and the
high grade values running up as high
az $500 per ton.
Recent developments In the Aura
King mine. east OF Tuscarora. New.
have disclosed a vein about four feet
wide. carrying gold values all through.
but most important is a twenty-inch
streak OF high grade stun. carrying
$3.50 in gold per ton.
Among the latest enterprises OF the
bustling young camp OF Wonder. Ne
vada. is the organization OF a move
ment among the stock brokers 70 hold
informal meetings daily at each others
offices and. when the time IL ripe.
open a stock exchange.
While waiting for the gasoline hoist
and other equipment TO arrive upon
the Beaver county property of the
Utah and New York Copper company.
the management is doing some inves-
tigating upon the lower levels Of the
property. where work was done some
time ago.
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