The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-05-09
MINES AND MINING

The new camp OF Regent, So miles
southeast OF Fairview. Nevada. is
booming and the mines showing up
well.
Wonder and Fairyicw, Nevada, are
both on the grow. rairview especially
being unaffected by the present stock
slump.
Thomas Weir and n, ]. Catrow, of
Salt Lake, have purchased the Win
namuck mining property at Bingham
for $4,000.
The demand for good miners at Sil
yer City. idaho. exceeds the supply
ty a considerable number. at least 100
men being needed.
The Nevada Engineerings works at
Reno. Nevada. has been burned To the
ground Defective wiring is supposed
to be the cause. Loss. 500 0. insured.
Operations at the Western Nevada
Copper company's Dyer mines at Yer
ington are now being vigorously
pushed and with results bordering on
the sensational.
|. Cleaver, the present superintend-
ent of the Mckinley group. on the
upper Salmon river. Idaho. has struck
five foot vein of the richest ere
yet seen in the Mckinley mine.
Work on the ten-stamp mill OF the
Silver Peak valcalda Gold Mining COM
pany is progressing rapidly. and II Is
calculated that II will be In operation
by the first OF June. says the Tonopah
Miner.
John Hays Hammond. the mining
engineer OF New York. receives
salary aggregating 100000 year,
which is more money than any other
man ever received for HIS personal
services.
The selling price OF Uncle Sam
Consolidated on the Salt Lake mining
exchange was advanced $4,000 on the
goth. In other words the stock open
ed at 81 cents and sold up to GS cents
during the afternoon.
The Bullock mine at Silver. Utah,
is reported to be showing up some
very fine ore A car liz being loaded for
immediate shipment and the inten-
ton OF the company is to make regular
shipments from now on.
Good progress Is being made In the
construction Of the copper smeiter mt
San Bruno. just south of San Fran.
cisco. These works will be an import
ant factor In making San Francisco
n metallurgical center
The shaft on the whitcnob copper
mine on Lost River. in Idaho. is now
down 300 feet and large bodies OF
ore have been opened. A few years
ago this mine was worked by John
w. Mackey and others at n loss and
work was suspended. Leasers got
hold of the mine and are making IL
pay.
Transportation conditions are Inn
proving and the mines OF the Tintic
district are now getting ready for the
long summers campaign of heavy
production OF which they are capable.
During the past week 1903 carloads OF
ore were sent out to the various
smelling works with which the ship
pers have contracts.
The Cliff Mining company. which
now owns and operates the famous old
Buckhorn and a large number of ad-
joining properties in tho camp Of
Ophir, south of Stockton. Ia now down
10 real business. Underground condi-
tons are splendid. II is estimated
that there Is now blocked out not less
than four years reserves Of ore, fg.
uring the output at 100 tons day.
A new coal property. which prom.
Uses 10 develop into another good pro
Queer. IL being developed In Coal
Greek canyon. Washington county.
Utah. A well driven tunnel has been
sunk into the side Of the mountain. a
distance Of 100 feet. and fine vein
OF coal has been encountered.
II is reported that a railroad exten.
sion is to be made from Moapa. Me-
yada. TO the intersection of the Grand
Guich wagon road from the Grand
Gulch mine In Arizona. which viii
prove n great boon TO this mine.
As q result Of the settlement ef.
fected between the mine owners and
the miners. the mines OF Goldfeld
were thrown open at . o'clock on tho
afternoon OF the 2srd and the lockout
OF the past seven weeks came TO an
end.
State Auditor Bragaw. OF Idaho, has
Incorporated a group Of claims In the
Occur d'Alene district which Il In en-
pected will become copper producers
All the stock has been subscribed and
work will be pushed as rapidly as pos
sibly.
The Big Badly Mining 4 Mullins
property on Crooked creek. about IL
miles southeast Of Buffalo Hump. 10
to be thoroughly exploited during tbs
coming season. The proposition con
sists Of 20 claims and 300 feet Of tup
mel work has been done.