The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-07-30
MINES AND MINING

and limestone at Bath, Me. ii
A million cubic yards of excavation n
is equivalent to cube having sides r
100 yards long, or to a bank of earth S
a yard square and $685. miles long.
Shipments of ore from the Peacock
mine at Ogemaw, Idaho, commenced
last week, and will continue now dur
ing the season via Lanlode and Coun'
| Gil
At a cost to mine owners of about
! $50 900, school for the education OF
mine rescuers has been established
at Atherton, in the Lancashire dis
1rict
Three hundred men are working on
the new Tintic smelter, seeking 10
place the smelter in shape for blow
ing in by the first of the coming
month.
After an idle period stretching over
sixty DAYS or So the Ingot Gold Mines
company is making preparations to re-
sumo operations on its property at
Mercur.
During the week just closed total
of 611.262 shares of stock, with sell |
ing value of s370621.66, changed ,
hands on the Salt Lake Mining ex-
change.
Roy Boggs of Baker City, superin-
tendent of the old Peacock mine, near
. Council, Idaho, has recently employed
an additional force of men and loads
of ore are being hauled to Council
twice a week.
: The Pittsburg-Silver company's big
mill at Blair, New, is grinding out
. gold bullion at the rate of 100000
= month, and clean profit of $4,000
per month from the operation of mine
= and mill is being made.
A 1t has already been demonstrated
=. that Payette, Idaho, is in gas belt
a and 1t seems more than probable that
I oil in abundance will be found in the
IS we'll that is being drilled here, when
If greater depth has been attained
is Australia has a complete, perfect,
D. petrified forest. Apparently, in some
It, remote age, while the trees were IN
full vegetation, an upheaval OF nature
err buried them in sand, which turned
It them to stone in the years that fol-
J! lowed
lis There is an inclination in western
ed circles to anticipate lower copper
ed prices before the end of the present
er. wear, some expecting the red metal &c
drop below II cents, even to il cents
per pound The statistical position OF
conner, however, appears to be strong
The Consolidated Mercur Cole
Mines company, at Mercur, Titan, II
"a now producing from $4,000 to s'5oo'
~ in bullion per month, but owing u
the large expenditures each month
and the narrow margin of proht II
Z treating low grade gold ores. profit
l do not pile up as quickly as on
would think
- For the first time this year the pro
duction of copper in Arizona IN Jun
exceeded last years figures, amour
his ing to 24,09O,000 pounds. as compare
Ike with 23,096000 pounds last yea
Utah also comes forward with ne
sed high figures of 100000 pounds
og against about 100000 pounds ft
June year ago.
The Montgomery-Sh oshone compar
is making between $4,000 and $500
last per month, the mill being fed on o.
she coming from the 400-foot level. Wol
hat. is going forward towards the ore
her the 50O-foot level, and the station
rom already cut on the 700 level. Drl
gets ing will be started at once on the Z
her for the ore had above
tout The plant of the Algoma Steel co
'sed many a subsidiary of the Lake
in nerior CORPORATION. was shut down le
ID L week without previous announcemel
! tn ryiu
for closing Hard times in Canaan
eh- steel circles caused the plant to elc
an once before this year. More than IT,
'"es men are thrown out of work
" Rcd Butte. the new Humboldt COZ
~ tv. Nevada. camp which Is rich
L. gold, silver and copper. and has
VIZ - future of brightest promise, enjoys
distinction and advantage OF l
- - charming ladies having entered
80 field of promotion in its behalf. II
are Mrs. Kate Bridewell-Anders
and Mrs. Christine Ejelly, of Oakla
II. II. Rogers. at meeting OF
resi-. Amalgamated Copper company
same clared that people generally were
same ing a more hopeful view of the SIT
= the ton. The danger point has b
treet ! passed and people are more men
, half toward optimism. That there
dang. been improvement in business Is
=, run dent. but the recovery to normal
,tives ditions will be slow.
mass Information has reached Boise II
X ont reliable source that the fam
Mace Gold Hill and Iowa mines at Qua
with burg are to be reopened and an
break tensive campaign of new developH
ecord undertaken The output OF the p
ertv is automatically reported at
GOO 900.
d in. In almost the geographical &c
rs flu ~ Texas is remarkable nc
8 gun, known as Baringer hill, from
I die: are obtained more than dozen X
=" of rare earth. metal. minerals. I'M
ing some needed in electric hghts
p. supply of which is growing excee'
i ss s,,,ls ly scarce.
The new townsite Of Mason
I dome Nevada. has all been surveyed,
Of