The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-09-19
MINES AND MINING

as large as pin heads.
Mining operations la the Marshall
Lake district. OF Idaho are very active.
large number OF men being employed
on various properties in that section.
Eastern publications are giving
commence to the fact that during the
past month of August the mines Of
Utah paid out in the form of dividends
the splendid sum Of sss5.350,
The Wyoming mine, near American
Fork. Utah. which has been successfully
operated for several years past By the
Tying brothers, continues To make reg
alar shipments of about one car per
day.
G. II. Doolittle, manager Of the Utah
4 Eastern company's Dixie copper
mines, near Shem, in Washington coun-
ty, and his associates. claim the dis
tinetion OF sinking the FIRST well In the
southern Utah oil fields
Those who are in position 10 know
declare that the old Silver King mine
at Park Cit Is bigger and better
mine today than ever In it's history,
owing To recent sensational develop
ments on the l.ie0-foct level
The new BaIaklaia srneiter is now
making remarkable headway and II
should blow in next month sometime.
although some engineers say that by
the time the two tramways get run
ming and the smeiter tuned" 1t will
be 1908 before the smelter Is going.
Phosphate rock, the use OF which h
limited 10 the manufacture Of mineral
fertilizers and chemicals containing
phosphoric acid. Is found in many
parts Of the United States, but the
deposits that furnish the principal COM
mercial output of the material are
those of Florida. Tennessee. and South
Carolina
The new compressor and power drili
plant OF tire Cedar Mining company
went into regular commission last
week. With its fine steam hosting
works and new compressor plant the
mine is now splendidly equipped for
development at additional depth and
the better opening up af the levels al
ready reached
The grade of the Nevada Northern
tracks In back OF Ely viii soon be
ready for one line of rails. The lower
portion is completed and only two or
three small nils are 10 be made back
Of town, A viaduct Is being put in at
the west end of Ely so as 10 make it
safer for travel by teams that are
hauling supplies TO the mines.
In few days the FIRST tunnel ma
chine ever constructed by the utaa
Harms Tunneling Machine company
for the mining districts OF Utah will be
on it's way from the hants of the manu-.
facturer. This machine is destined to
test the theory of the iayenteF up Big
Cottonwood, and on the possessions OF
the Mountain Lake mining company.
II was announced that some time
ago that the Guggenhelms had aban-
doned their San Bruno smeIter in Cali
fornia, after having expended s1e00..
600 upon its construction. A portion
OF this plant has been diverted To Ely.
New, where il will be used in the
construction OF the smelling plant OF
the Nevada Consolidated and the Cum
berland Ely companies.
The mining interests around Roose-
welt. Idaho. are looking more prom
Using than ever before since the boom
collapsed and number OF experts
sent IN by various parties have ca
pressed great faith In the future OF
h. -
erred from the injury done by extraya.
CANT statements and Ewindling stock
games.
A copper mining district closely akin
to that Of Ely. Nevada. from the stand
point of physical characteristics. and
within whose precincts sufficient de-
velopment work has been done 10 dem
odstrate the continuity and generous
distribution OF ores. Is iae Seven Dew
lis section Of Idaho. properties In that
district showing copper ore that assays
from 3.5 to Is per cent
According TO Webster and other an-
thorities q mine is "a pit where miner.
ais are dag" says the Denver Mining
Reporter There are many other defin-
itions, some now obsolete and others
extant. but all OF which are. In instan.
ces. quite inadequate End even non.
comprehensive. An exact all-ineiusfTe
definition OF the term seems almost i'm.
possible. as so much depends upon the
point of view taken.
The coal production OF Utah. which
nad shown a decreasing tendency in
1904 and 1905. felt as did the other
Rocky mountain states the stimulating
influence OF the shortage created BY
the suspension Of work during the
spring OF 1906 ia the states Of the Mis-
sissippi valley Utahs oatpn, In
creased from l.322732 short tons
valued at slTss.5i0 in 1905, 10 t.7T2.
sh1 short tons. valued a, s. 41s ISL In
1906. a gain ~ 4&0.i7s short tons. or
20 per cent In quantity. and ~ sGis
SIT or "a 3 per cent in value.
a Occur d'Aiene dlvgsteh TO the
Spokane Review says discovery Of
gold has been made NJ Tyson by Fred
W Havsfiamd Of the Tyson Consoli
dated Mining 4 MiiAnE cumpzay
Nuggets wortA SIS are being picked
us. as the result a. the riarTr mining
Of that company
Loon cre'sH. the o.s irne and oace
famous placer camp oi Isa1e. has
awakened from its S0year sleep ans
times are getting livelY pEnia = new
strike. and q rich one vas uaae lasf