The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-27
MIN Els AND MINING

At Sydenham, Ontario, Is miles iron
Kingston, is located the largest mici
mine in the world. The product i
mostly amber mica with some silve
amber, the highest quality mined.
The annual report of the Consolidat
ed Mercur Gold Mines company doe
not make the showing that previous
reports have done, though it holds on
a good deal of promise for the yea
| to come.
1t is reported that some of the rocl
now being encountered in the Catlir
mines at Silver Bow, Nevada, is liter
ally plastered with leaf silver and the
rock is all being broken and sacked fol
shipment just as it comes.
The sudden drop in the price of cop.
per, and the present uncertain level
OF the red metal, have undoubtedly
had depressing effect upon many pro-
ducers of the metal whose properties
are still in the development stage.
j. H. Barker, of Bancroft, Idaho, has
closed deal by which his splendid
lead-silver-gold property, the Lead Cen
ter, located in the Caribou forest re-
serve, six miles south of Soda Springs,
will pass into the hands of 100000
close corporation.
The most sensational strike of cop
per ore ever made in the camp Of
Yerington, Nevada, has just been re-
corded in the property of the Mason
Valley company. A Wine is now be-
ing sunk on body of black oxide ore
that avnsa SIS per cent copper.
Another a.ttrike has been made in
the Ut am this time at Fillmore.
In the g Resseld the oil is largely
mixeSe Up h2yA Cedar City, wells
are, nave it missaly gas has been
obtss socie'' we Ter are large
guam Cluo' ,&ffNayskg pressure,
the P,zea Oh hA IA hav Gap, Neva-
da, G.! put say ca'sNhe s'ph Beanie,
an, halr ~; NO ~ IN vh usSpeeso 'l,
nrovss r te 70 ona H' by Sasa
p est stltt K % aye ~ mes as sesr
'., D"' ri 81 ss<s%s,s to their ,sI' BY
post &c, This q. cn sapx we've fNtt1 nat
al the menS ,sN ~ srote o'u not, ess
"A the compa ,aas Aen stpmeti1eir
purchases with'4o r. "a andtfGA
An AmalgamasS md says:
Practically no coip syeing sold
and if the first rec 'naT to about
lalf our normal capaciN bot enough
We will order further Nlction. We
ire hopeful: of change in the suita-
ion. The case of Utah, Colorado
mines curtailment has been forced for
ack of fuel"
The Fundicion smelter, in Sonora,
dexico, will be ready for business by
October /. With the first unit of this
meter in operation the company will
reat $50 tons of ore day at the
maximum cost of $12 a ton, or $780, |
90 for $4,000 tons year. The ore is |
alued at $37. 40 per ton in copper,
old and silver ''s
Work was started recently on the |
ew building of the Hanson Consoli- |
ated Silver mines at Port Arthur, |
anada, which is to contain 80 addi-
onal stamps, bringing the to-
II of the mill up to so stamps. 1t is
lie announced purpose of the manage
ent to keep adding stamps until $50
re in operation.
In the property of the UGah-Yering-
IN company, which is located east of
lie Mason Valley mines, the workmen
e now opening up a five-foot ledge
lat is different from those being de-
sloped by most of the Yerington com
mics in the character of its ore, as
carries well in lead and silver, in
EDITION to copper and gold.
Official reports filed in the Office of
ixon & Wingfield at Goldfeld, fully
bstantiate, it is claimed, the import
Ice of the silyer-gold strike on the
agile at FaRwiew. George Wingfield
VS. perniansncy with depth is proved
: the fact that the ore is straight
lphide with no symptoms of oxida
IN, not to mention otler signs.
Beyond all doubt the YeringtOn
,pper shaft has penetrated into the
al sulphide zone, thus demonstrating
e eXtence of the same at somewhat
ore shallow depth than was antici-
ted by the management. The work
2 first struck ore on the 18th, and
W at a vertical depth of $50 feet the
tire bottom is in the sulphides Of
e red metal.
The ore production of Butte has
en- cut from $500 tons to $50 tons.
re Berkeley, Diamond, Bell, Belmont
d Clear Grit OF the Amalgamated
? down Superintendent Gilies
ties that the Boston and Montana
~ be further reduced. The amount
tonnage under the reduced force
$ not been estimated. The falling
will be large. IL
The Copper Mountain mine, owned
the Guggenheims, and located six
les south of Tecoma station on the I
uthern Pacific, and in Nevada, Is n