The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-02-22
MINES A ND MINING

Rawhide, the new Nevada gold
camp. has been connected with the
outside world by telegraph
The CRANKY Copper company, In
Canada. is again operating to almost
full capacity. but the other boundry
smelters are still closed down In De
cember all the boundry smclters were
shut down.
Wonder and Fairvicp. booming
mining towns a year ago. are prac-
tlcally deserted today. A hundred or
more. practically all the towns con.
tanned. started across the hills last
week for Rawhlde.
The estimated production Of copper
in January was 100000 pounds in ex.
cess OF the December production. but
100000 pounds behind January last
year, and 100000 pounds less than
the normal monthly output.
One thousand miners employed by
the CreraF Clinch Coal company OF
: Chicago, went on strike at Duquoin,
ILL.,, last week, The trouble originated
over the price OF powder which tho
operators have been selling to the
miners.
The Boston News Bureau figures the
production OF copper In the United
States, Mexico and Canada for the
month OF January at 65.000,O00 pounds,
comparing with S4,935,143 pounds in
January, 1907, and 97296, 400 pounds in
January. 1906.
Rawhide fever is fast causing the
depopalation Of the town OF Ely, so far
as Idle men are concerned, every man
who is not working, and many who
are, determining to size up the new
camp for himself, to see just what
there is to It.
Ore shipments in pounds for the
week ending February Is, from Park
City. were as follows: Daly-Judge,
$4,000; Silver King. 372,740; total.
74G,7lO pounds. The total shipments
for the month from the Silver King
were l,S52,640 pounds
II Is planned to have the milling
plant at Magill, Nevada, handling moi
less than 10000 tons of ore day be-
fore the end of the year, and, includ
ing the crude ore from the Veteran
mine and other sources, the smelling
works will be reducing to bullion pos
sibly 5000 tons of copperbearing pro-
duct.
That the rumored developments of
the Giroux Consolidated Copper com
pany will be carried out, their plans
including building additional concen-
traitor facilities. installing long pipe
line for securing water for 1t, opening
their townsite project in the early
spring, is the latest reports from Ely,
Nevada.
hide, Nevada, came last Friday with
the announcement that Balloon and
Grutt hills are practically a solid
mass of free milling gold ore. The
TOWNSHIP is locs.ted on the two richest
claims In the district, and lot owners
have transformed their dwellings into
mining claims.
Clarence Eddy, who has been max.
ing tests' to verify his theory that the
sunkeI bed OF Death valley contains
sufficient value in precious metals to
make II all dredging proposition,
has received returns of an analysis
u1ade In Oakland, Cal, resulting in
f$2. 80 gold and silver per cubic yard
and values In aluminium.
The first 2,O00-ton unit OF the con-
centrating mill at Magill, Nevada, is
practically finished. and work is being
crowded on four more sections, all of
which will be ready to go into commits
sion by the time the first 1500-ton
unit Of the great smelter works Is
ready to receive ore, about the end of
June or early in July.
Thomas F. Kelley, the millionaire
Chicago operator, made final payment
last week In the sum of $4,000 for
the McGarry group of twenty-four lode
and one placer iron claims in the Iron
Springs district, Iron county. The
total sum paid for the property was
s225,500. This undoubtedly means
blast furnaces and mills for this dis
trict.