The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-03
MINES AND MINING

SoliGdted CDHpdh! - enc
heen sold the first three "eeAS u
present month. a., s-o,,,
A. svdenaam. Ontario, 16 miles rom
,,,-s..,-,, - located the largest MICA
80 8, the world The product 10
I'll, amber mica with some SILVER
a,nher The highest quality mihed'
THE annual report Of the ConSohaaV
q, Nercur Gold Mines company ooe'
mt make the showing that pre'iou.
,anorts have done, though it hoias ou'
a good deal of promise 1or Tue 'e~'
to come.
II is reported that some OF the Focf
aa, hetng encountered in the Catiih
mines at Silver Bow, Nevada Is iiteF-
airv Mastered with leaf silver ana tiie
rock Ia all being broken ana sacheu i''
shipment just as II comes
The sudden drop in the price oil coP,
nor and the present uncertain 'eSe'
os the red metal, have UNDOUBTEDLY
h.d > d..pressing effect upon many pro-
ducers Of the metal whose proper ''0"
are still in the Development stage
n Barker. Of Bancroft, Idaho, ne.
closed a deal by which his splehoiD
,aad.silyer.gold property, the Lead Cen
ter located in the Caribou FOREST -
serve. six miles south OF Soda opIlhbS'
sill mass into the hands OF a SloV'oVP
close corporation.
The most sensational strike OF COP
per ore ever made in the camp o.
Yerington, Nevada, has Just oeeh ie
corded in the property Oh Inc Ma'on
Valley company. A Wine is now De
ing sunk on a body Of black oxide ore
that averages So per cent copper
Another oil strike has been MADE IN
the Utah fields, this time at Fillmore
In the Fillmore field the oil Is largely
mixed with gas. At Cedar CITY "eila
are being bored, but only gas has been
obtained. although there are lafs@
ouantities OF 1t and strong pressure.
While prospecting in the wilds OF
the Panamint. near Windy Gap, Neva-
da. ("Scotty's" country. Ralph Beanie
a half-brother of the poet-proSpectof'
Eddy. recently found blowout winch
proves to be probably one OF the rlch-
est strikes made this past summer
During the recent strike of machin-
lists in Butte every man employed by
the Butte & New York remained at MS
post. This was due to the fact that
all the men employed are stockholders
in the company, having made their
purchases with parts of their wages.
An Amalgamated director says:
practically no copper is being sold
and If the first reduction to about
half our normal capacity is not enough
we will order a further reduction. We
| are hopeful of a change in the suita-
| ton. The case of Utah. Colorado
mines curtailment has been forced for
lack of fuel"
The Fundicion smelter. in Sonora,
Mexico, will be ready for business by
October L. With the first unit OF this
smelter in operation the company will
treat $50 tons of ore a day at the
maximum cost of $12 ton. or $780,
900 for $4,000 tons a year. The ore is
valued at $37 40 per ton in copper
gold and silver.
Work was started recently on the
new building of the Hanson Consoli
dated Silver mines at Port Arthur
Canada, which is to contain 30 add
tional stamps, bringing the to
tai of the mill up to so stamps. 1t is
the announced purpose of the manage
ment to keep adding stamps until Isl
are in operation.
In the property of the Utah-Y ering
ton company, which Is located east o.
the Mason Valley mines, the workmer
are now opening up a tive-foot ledgt
that is different from those being de
veloped by most of the Yerington com
panies in the character of its ore. a.
IL carries well in lead and silver, il
addition to copper and gold.
Official reports filed in the office 0
Nixon & Wingtield, at Goldfeld, full,
substantiate. it is claimed, the import
ance of the silver-gold strike on tn,
Eagle at Fairview George Wingfielt
says permanency with depth is prove,
by the fact that the ore is straigh
sulphide with no symptoms of oxida
ton. not to mention other signs.
Beyond all doubt the Yeringtol
Copper shaft has penetrated into tn
real sulphide zone, thus demonstrating
the extence of the same at somewha
more shallow depth than was antici
pated by the management The work
ing first struck ore on the 18th. an,
now at vertical depth of $50 feet tn
entire bottom is in the sulphides O
the red metal.
The ore production of Butte ha
been cut from $500 tons to $50 tons
The Berkeley. Diamond, Bell, Beimon
and Clear Grit of the Amalgamate
are down. Superintendent Gillie
states that the Boston and Nontan
may be further reduced. The amoun
OF tonnage under the reduced fore
has not been estimated. The falliu
on will be large.
The Copper Mountain mine owna
by the Guggenheims. and located 81
miles south of Tecoma station on III
southern Pacific, aud in Nevada.
connected with the main line with
ROAD -FOUR and half miles long and {
. standard gauge, and producing dy
cars OF copper ore a day.
quartz mine claim in the Tran
, | Naal is 80 feet lpno an ,ho "a: