The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-05
MINES AND MINING

661, ACT TONS 1O,0OO,OOO tons greater
than for the same period OF I906.
The Combination, at Goldheld, is
now working 450 men, and many leas-
ers round the district are gradually |
adding to their forces SO as to begin |
the old-style form OF activity again.
1t was learned last week that the
Biscuit Mining company has succeed
ed in entering into a very favorable
contract with the American Smelling
G. 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 Orloskie,
miner, fell down a chute after the &C
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
40 acres Of land for the benefit OF
the state reform school, and clear
list No Is 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 Goldtield. 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 mine
| owners terms.
The STOCK of the Zenoli Mining
company is to be listed on the San
| Francisco and Salt Lake exchange.
The Zenoli is a property picked up by
Salt Lakers in Nevada, about year
ago. The property produced some
thing like $50, 900 net the first season,
and closed 1907 by posting 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 SO cents
lead was 1884, zinc, 1856 per pound
and silver stood at 65 cents per ounce
Today they are 1914, 1916, 4.SO. anc
571a respectively.
The Mary Ellen Mining company
filed articles OF incorporation with
the secretary OF state OF Utah las
week. The company, which is al
American Fork concern, is capitalized
for 100000, in shares valued at II
cents, and the incorporators are IL. u
Boley, &. ID. Hanks, 4. Nj. Altman, w
$. Needman and w. &. Boley.
During 1907 the Daily West Mining
company, OF Park CITY, treated o
shipped 24,S56 dry tons OF ore. y
crude ore there were S,52l tons
which produced 243,06l pounds of col
per, 2,2S9,59S pounds of lead, 1908
ounces gold, and 367,53l ounces silver
amounting to $242,959.57 net The Il
tai production amounted TO $77l,679.
, Salt Lakers are opening up prof.
erty two miles west OF Palisade, N,
vada. that is showing up splendid!
! From the work in the shaft no.
, down fifty feet, they extracted fift!
7 ton lot of ore carrying silver and lea
I that will average anywhere from 81
to $160 per ton. The entire face
the tunnel is in ore that will averag
in the vicinity of 40 per cent lead.
E After a rather prolonged, yet mos
e interesting and spirited session. II
Montana Mining association perfecte
! It's organization and adjourned
}. meet at Helena a year hence. III
s chief business OF the gathering WI
the adoption of resolutions expressir
! fear that unless an Independent SINE
h ter was built the industry would
a tErottled: the appointment OF col
mittee to visit with and lay befo
the president the situation relative
v the Northern Pacific land grant ella
Il sification, and the election OF officer
One OF the busiest organizations
the Ely district at present is the Gu
D, beriand-Ely company. The compal
ID IL working every man that can be q
commodated at the veteran proper'
n and a hundred or more men could
taken on. and will be taken on ne
week.
In a few days Rawhide, NevaC
q grew from a camp of ] POO people
5000. and there are twenty or mo
'e automobiles a day coming in, load
down with people. Town lots are 81
- ing with all the characteristic "
OF the early Goldheld and Bullfr
days.
Rapid progress is being made In
installation of the central compress
plant and the big steam power no
of the Mohawk mine at Goldfield.
yada. as well as the myriad OF mir
innovations that have been ADOPT
under the regime of the new gene
manager.
State Mine Inspector Bell OF Ida
has just returned from a tIfp to
southeastern part of the state and
the Birch Creek mining district. II
hi county. He reports mining rat
dull In that section. but many n
enterprises are planned for the q
ing season.
In the Bonneau T. Johns well.
- north of Virgin City. in section p.
tools have been lost after driving
feet and striking a heavy flow OF 8
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