The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-29
MINES AND MINING

Work on the Arizona copper proper
ties are now in full blast, after a shut
down OF about two months.
In the first ten months OF 1907 the
anthracite coal shipments we're S..
66l. 467 tons, 1O,0OO.O0O tons greater
than for the same period OF TyO6.
The Combination, at Goldfeld, is
now working 450 men, and many leas-
ers round the district are gradually
adding to their forces so az to begin
the old-style form OF activity again.
II was learned last week that the
Biscuit Mining company has succeed
ed in entering into a very favorable
contract with the American Smelling
& Refining company for shipments of
ores
All but one OF the twenty-eight men
and boys who were entombed in the
Midvalley colliery at Shamokin, Pa,
have been rescued. Frank 0rloskie, a
miner, fell down a chute after the ac.
cident and was killed.
The La Sal mountains promise to
attract the attention of the mining
world the coming season. These
mountains are situated In eastern
Utah, in Grand county. Gold, sill
yer and copper are the precious metals
found in that district.
The secretary of the interior has
approved Utah clear list No. is for
440 acres Of land for the benefit OF
the state reform school, and clear
list No. IL for 906 acres for support OF
the school OF mines. the lands select.
ed being in Salt Lake land district
Sixteen miners were put to work
last week underground in the Mo-
hawk-Jumbo lease at Goldneld. They
are protecting the workings from the
swelling ground In the gumbo forma-
ton and cleaning out caved workings.
The men are working at the lately
adopted scale of wages-at the niue
owners terms.
The STOCK OF the Zenol Mining
company Is to be listed on the San
Francisco and Salt Lake exchange.
The Zenoli is property picked up by
Salt Lakers in Nevada, about a year
ago The property produced some
thing like $4,000 net the first season,
and closed 1907 by posting a dividend
of about $4,000.
Prices of metals are higher at the
present time than they were In the In
dustrial depression that followed the
panic of 1898. In February, 1894, the
average price OF copper was $40 cents;
lead was 3.31; zinc 1856 per pound
and silver stood at So cents per ounce
Today they are 1914, 1915, 4SO, and
SIN respectively.
The Mary Ellen Mining company
filed articles of incorporation with
the secretary OF state of Utah last
week. The company, which is an
American Fork concern. is capitalized
for 100000, in shares valued at 10
cents, and the incorporators are II. d.
Boley, &. ID. Hanks, I. M. Altman, w.
S. Needman and w. g. Boley.
During 1907 the DAILY West Mining
company, of Park City. treated or
shipped 24,S56 dry tons OF ore or
crude ore there were 1891 tons,
which produced 243,061 pounds OF cop
per, 2,2S9,59S pounds of lead, 36O.56
ounces gold, and $685. ounces silver,
amounting to $242,959,57 net The to.
tai production amounted to $771,679
Salt Lakers are opening up prop
erty two miles west of Palisade, Ne
vada, that is showing up splendidly.
From the work in the shaft, now
down fifty feet, they extracted a fifty
ton lot of ore carrying silver and lead
that will average anywhere from SIS
to $3.50 per ton. The entire face of
the tunnel is in ore that will average
in the vicinity of 40 per cent lead.
After a rather prolonged, yet most
interesting and spirited session. the
Montana Mining association perfected
its organization and adjourned to
meet at Helena a year hence. The
chief business of the gathering was
the adoption of resolutions expressing
fear that unless an Independent smell
ter was built the industry would be
throttled; the appointment OF COM
mittee to visit with and lay before
the president the situation relative to
the Northern Pacific land grant clas-
sitication. and the election of officers. |