The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-12-26
MINES AND MINING

ctockton, anu ore Is being forwarued
to the valley shelters each week.
In the Virgin river oil section there
are sixteen rigs now set up ready for
| action. many of which are hard at
work drilling. Such as are idle are
awaiting the arrival OF broken parts.
A suit is to be brought to test the
validity OF the Corporation license"
tax law passed by the last session of
the Utah legislature. Over 100 cor
porations have Joined in the expense
of conducting the fight.
The production OF zinc oxide, or
zinc white. in this country in 1906
was 154.675,1sS pounds, or 74.6SO
short tons. an increase of 5,977 tons.
or 81 per cent over the production
in 1905.
Baker City and Payette have organ
lied an oil company. They have Sc
cured land near the we'll of the Ore
gon company at Payette. Idaho. and
propose to begin drilling with as little
delay as possible.
November's copper exports were
33.7S7 tons, establishing a new record
and bringing the total of 1907 to date
back to figure only LAS tons below
last years exports. The increase over
October was 5,00l tons. over Noyem-
Der last year 1886.
The cleanup of the Sunnyside mill
for the month of November was near
ly $4,000, says the Round Mountain.
Nevada, Nugget This was gathered
in three retorts which had tempo
rary resting place in the company safe
until its removal last week.
The old ketchum smelter, between
ketchum and the Guyer hot springs. is
being demolished. Most of the tim
bers and other wood work has been
shipped, much Of it to Nampa, where
1t will be used to build sheds and a
warehouse for the sugar factory.
One of the largest independent
smelters in the west will probably be
built at Leadville. Colorado, within
the next year by the owners of the
famous Greenback mine at Bingham.
Utah. This syndicate owns the
smelter at Bingham, which has been
closed down by Injunction proceed.
ings.
Before action was taken to close
down the Washoe smelter and Butte
mines, the situation was carefully
canvassed by the officials of the vari-
Gus Amalgamated subsidiary COM
panies. There We're present at the
conference, which lasted three days,
H. III. Rogers, James Stillman and
William Rockefeller.
F. C. Cooley, representing the Mine
& Smelter Supply company in Salt
Lake, has been making an investiga-
ton of the southern Utah Oil fields,
and has returned so impressed with
their future and present needs that ne
has recommended to his house that a
full line of oil drilling rigs, tools, ma
chinery, casing and supplies, be put in
at once.
A letter from the superintendent of
the Yerington Copper Mountain COM
pany's properties to a prominent Salt
L.aker advises that the shaft on the
Lydia claim has attained
q depth Of fifty-one feet, and that
there has been eighteen inches of fine
copper ore in evidence for every foot
from the surface down. with the best
showing in the bottom.
The mine owners of Fairview, Won
der, Yerington and considerable other
nineral-producing territory in that re-
sion have got to get relief from some
sources one of these days, and the
impression is that some of the big
will get together during the
winter and decide to put in mills and
shelters and invade the metal mar
Sets on their own accounts during the
coming year.
A general improvement In senti.
nent is noticeable In the iron world.
Every one seems TO be awaiting the
lime when increased activity will be
justified. 1t seems to be the general
Impression of the furnace managers
from all the different districts that
ong depression need not be looked
Tor, and that in the early part of next
rear considerable inquiry for pig iron
may be expected
One mining section of Idaho that is
lot feeling the present slumpy ten
iency throughout tae country is the
Spring Mountain district of Lemhi
county. There ara eight producing
mines in the district. the ores carry
ns lead and copper. One mine alone
has contracted to deliver fifty tons OF
1re day to the smelter, there being
10000 tons of ore in sight at the pres
mt time.
Recently two men offered eighteen
sacks of gold ore to the Tacoma
'melter. Assays showed its value to
'e $4,000. The smelters refused to
'uy because the men could not def. |
iitely account for themselves. Later |
boy appeared at the smelter with a |
'ack containing similar ore. Tits also |
vas refused When questioned the boy |
lastily departed. The siaelter officials /
IRE inclined to believe the ore is a I
PORTION of large amounts recently /
'tolen at Goldfeld, Nevada.
Mining men In the Boise basin are
making loud complaints about people |
Ahing timber claims upon mineral /
and and the state filing on the same
lass. In order 10 take such land an
Ihdayit must be made showing that 4
ne land does not contain valuable
Minerals.
The past week marked the starting
u ore simmer from the bfU nor |