The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-07-11
MINES AND MINING

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districts of the state.
| Two carloads OF machinery for the
| io0-ton concentrating mill TO be erect
cd at once at the Muldoon Mining
Mining company's property. have been
received At the Bellevue. Idaho. depot
The directors of the Tonopah Min
| ing company have declared the regular
| dividend OF rs cents share. The ex-
ira dividend Of 10 cents. which has
been declared for the last few per
iods. was not ordered.
In Beaver and Deer creek canyons.
in the Mt Badly mining section OF
Utah. a number OF prospects and some
ter are being given attention. and
some OF them are coming out with
| good showings.
The Ohio-Kentucky at Phoebe. Of
which Samuel Ncwhouse and the God
| bes of Salt Lake City are the chief
owners. Is preparing to ship their ore
! to Salt Lake from Bulhonville until
1 the reduction works are erected 1t
the latter place.
Unless present indications prove do
ceitful. Cedar City. Utah. Is likely TO
experience quite mining boom In
the near future, as a result of dis
covery recently made by J. H. Arthur.
local land attorney and surveyor.
| The returns show $50 to the ton In
| gold.
The Birch Creek Mining company.
made up chiefly Of Idaho Falls men.
has a promising mine. considerably de-
veloped by tunnels and shafts. from
which l6 carloads Of ore have been
shipped from Dubois station that ran
| ~ per cent lead and Is ounces silver.
The mine is in the western part of
Fremont county, Idaho.
On June 80 the Goldneld officers
seized ton OF stolen ore which ID
worth $50 900. some OF 1t assaying as
high as $40 per pound. Most OF the
ore was taken from the Smith Assay
and Reduction works. Some was
found In the house of u deputy sheriff
and jailer. Several other suspects
are also under arrest.
A HALEY miner. w. s. Pierce, who
has Just sold the famous old Ontario
mine near Ketchum to Boston parties.
says that the wildcat" corporation
bill passed by the last Idaho legisla-
ture has done wonders in restoring
the credit of Idaho as mining state.
He says that investors look on this as
an honest law.
w. ]. Mcconnell, the first COVER
nor OF Idaho under statehood. manager
and large owner in the Idaho Lead.
Silver and Zinc company, in the lead
mining district. eighteen miles from
Argo, is In correspondence now with
parties In Europe. with a view OF
shipping his zinc ore either TO Wales
or Belgium.
II may surprise the old prospectors
to learn that an entirely new mineral
belt has been discovered on the Dor.
ders OF Custer and Lemhi counties,
and almost In sight of town." Al
some one expressed IL. says the Chal-
lis Messenger. Nevertheless, such is
the fact, MS can be verified by actual
observation II any person doubts IL.
David Keith. president of the Silver
King Coalition Mines company. which
recently absorbed the Silver King
and other Park City mines. announces
that quarterly dividends will be in
augurated on the 10th OF July. The
company will start on on a IL per cent
basis which, on it's capital of $780,
900, will call for the disbursement Of
sls7 900 per quarter or s750.000 per
year
President Joseph s. Giroux. OF the
Giroux Consolidated, who is now In
the east. says that the Giroux will be-
gin production at Ely within a month.
The 50e-ton concentrator win be rap
idly increased when the shafts are
enlarged. With this equipment, to-
gether with shipments OF the two
other smeiters. he says the Giroux
can earn 100000 net for the coming
year on 15-cent copper.
Much excitement has been occasion.
ed In the mining circles Of Butte by
the discovery OF a teninch streak
of very rich peacock copper ore 10
the Greenleaf mine Of the Amalga-
mated Copper company. two miles
east Of Butte, demonstrating. In the
opinion OF mining engineers. that the
copper veins Of the famous Butte
Hill extend east OF Butte to the main
divide OF the Rocky mountains. sever
al miles beyond Butte.
Senator w. A. Clark. who some time
ago took bond on the May Day mine
at Bristol. Nevada. for $3.50. 900. has
made the FIRST payment OF $4,000.
The May Day 10 great copper propo-
sition. Senator Clark has q large
force of men at work prosecuting de-
yelopment work.
The Bristol Consolidated people al
Bristol, Nevada, who have been block
ing out ore which they propose To
haul 20 Bullionyiile In wagons, have
let a contract for handling 1000 tons
to the smelter town for shipment over
the new road. az soon as the steel Is
laid TO that point
The operators OF the Wyoming
mine lease. pear American Fork. Utah,
during the winter past have mined and
sacked ore which will bring returns
ma Il.