The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-01
MINES AND MINING

$500 N0"iosicai survey MAS carried /
lofNard much more actively during
iSoi Than In any previous year.
state Mine Inspector Bell. who re.
Gently paid visit TO the Deadwood.
clue FONT region, says they have the
ore there and with railroad facilities
mat VIII become the greatest gold
camp In Idaho.
A number OF instances have been |
ciled OF late where old and aband. |
ohed mines, located in different sec
lions Of the west, have been re-
claimed and are now on the producing
and paying list.
look for revival In mining de-
Veiopment on a far more conservative
basis than obtained in the time of
the BOOM" said John Hays Ham
mond during an interview in New
York the other day. a
The Perry Bryson copper mine,
southwest of Post Falls, Idaho, has
been sold to Black Bros. Of Occur
dAlene for $1,000. The ore is said to
assay $55 ton. The tunnel is in
about thirty-fve feet.
The special meeting of shareholders
OF the Inlay Mining company called
LOT the purpose of considering the
matter of borrowing money sufficient
10 erect new mill, is scheduled to
take place on the Goth instant.
The Mendha mine of Phoebe has
within the last few days marketed
two more cars Of it's fine product. The
latest shipment gave returns Of 1872
per cent lead, 81 ounces in silver and
~ In gold to the ton, making values
of about $50 ton.
A big eastern syndicate has ar.
ranged to erect a power plant at Dali
las, Wyo, and supply the mines in
the Atlantic, South Pass and other
districts with power. The machinery
has been ordered and the plant will
be established at once
The famous Tiger-Poorman mine in
Burke, Idaho. the deepest silver-lead
mine in the world. will be closed
down, according to rumor. in about
two months, and will no longer be
operated, the equipment to be re-
moved to the Standard
A bond and lease on the Desert
Wonder property near Modena has
been taken by Salt Lake men, who
have started force of men at work
In the shaft which the company sunk
to the depth of sixty feet Splendid
ere indications were found in the
shaft and in various surface work
ings as well.
George & English, lessees on the
well known block of ground on the
Fine Gold estate. have secured an
agreement with the management Of
the Mazuma Hills to treat $50 tons
of ore from the lease. and stopping
operations We're begun Tuesday on
| tunnel, says the Seven Troughs
Miner.
In the property OF the Kinsley De-
velopment company at Kinsley, New,
the shoot Of high-grade ore has been
followed 144 feet since 1t was picked
up on the opposite side of the dixie
making the total length of the shoot
opened from 800 TO $50 feet. This
| shoot carries three and one-half feet
OF ore that runs better than $40 O
ton.
| The stockholders of the Pacific
company. whose property is in Amer
| ican Fork canyon. Utah. are rejoicing
over an important strike that was
made there a few days ago. The
miners opened up a fiveinch vein OF
cube galena, which carries GO per cent
| lead The extent of the strike has
| not been ascertained as yet but u
| promises TO be something extra good
The Mining and Metallurglcal So
ciety of America announces that thu
| subject for discussion at the Septem
Der meeting will be the protection o
| mine investors. This IL placing thu
emphasis where IL will lead TO ;
! clearer conception Of the RESPONSE
| bility Of the engineer II tends TO |
distinction between engineer an'
client, between technologist and lay
man.
The old Orofno creek placer In
central Idaho continues 10 yield wei
| rfter having been worked for man!
wears. Operators who have been II
the Orofno district this summer esti
mate that the seasons cleanup vii
amount to fully 100000 in the yellow
! dust
A stock exchange is SEEING forme'
in Seattle under the name Of TN
Seattle Alaska stock exchange. TIT
object Is TO handle local securitie
and Alaska mining stocks. Member
ships are 20 be 500. The eNchsng'
will be headed with good reliable
people
rnquestionably the greatest dept
Of ore ever got in a Keystone dri
hole in the district has been secure
In the No. hole of Nevada Cor
solidsted al Ely This hole is al pres
ent bo,tomed AT depth OF 400 feet
whore II was stopped because II wen
/ crooked.
Good reports are coming In frof
The Marshal Lake and Seven Devil
countries. In fact reports from a
over the state indicate that ano'he
wear or two will pu, idaho In IN
front rank as n mining state. 10 "a
nothing OF her wonderful agriculture
resources.
Prom New York comes the wor
that the Utah Consolidated has poste
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