The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15
MINES AND MINING

Colorado leads In the production Of
both gold and silver for 1907, having
furnished t20.ss7 900 Of the former
and f.5S7 900 Of the latter metal.
Uncle" Jesse knight will soon
nave the Uintah Treasure Hill mine
machinery installed. He is installing
new boilers, compressors and ma.
chine drills.
The Gold Point Mining company on
Red river, in Idaho, has ordered a 40
ton capacity Gillian mill. Assays of
ore taken from this property have
run as high as $500.
Next to Colorado in production of
silver during 1907 was Utah, s7,52S.-
BOO; Montana, with s7,345,5OO; Ne
vada, $5,465,1OO iuano, s5.206, 300:
Arizona, $1,916,O00, and California,
81 ,049, 400.
The Wabash mine at Park City
has closed down on account of the
water. The company intends to put
IN new boilers and new machinery to
handle the large volume of water
that has come up in the mine.
Fire resulting from an explosion of
a can of oil in the boiler house burned
all the buildings belonging to the
Union Pacific mine at No. 2 dump. at
Scofleld, Utah, including the boiler
house. dump, engine house, and small
adjoining buildings.
Three feet of solid galena ore that
averages 65 per cent lead and As
ozs. in silver. with several feet more
or good second class ore-such are
the handsome proportions of strike
Just made in the Branburg property
In Big Cottonwood district
Alaska produced $1S,4S9, 400 in gold
during 1907. followed by California
with s16,S5s, 500; Nevada, with 3d.
1000; Utah, with s5,121 900; South
Dakota, $413S,200; Montana. $3,472,-
600; Arizona, $2,664 900: Idaho, 81.
255,9OO, and Oregon, $1,222,2O0.
Twenty-three miners at work in the
Mollie McCarty mine quit in a body
few days ago. being dissatisfied with
the Chinese cook, says the Idaho City
World. The company has employed
lady cook and two of the old crew
went back to the mine to work
A message received from Oro-
grande, Idaho. states that a RICH strike
has been made In the Four Mile min
ing district This strike was made
on a claim about 400 feet from the.
rich find made last spring that start
ed the big stampede to that district.
In Boxelder county, Utah. where
one can stand and look over into the
states of Utah. Idaho and Nevada is
a mining section that is coming to
the front in an ore development way
without making much fuss over the
fact. This section is in what is
known as the Goose Creek range of
mountains.
The Zenoli Silver-Copper company
! last week marketed a lot of ore from
its mine at Palisade, Nevada, from
which It realized the sum OF $2,69S. 10
after freight and smelling charges
had been paid The settlement
showed values of 2313 ounces in sill
yer, SIS per cent lead and 2.5 per
cent copper.
The dam for the first power plant
on Little Cottonwood creek. in the
Alta district. is complete with the
exception of the last section OF con.
crete work. The diverting OF the
water through n tunnel to admit OF
/ laying the last section has just been
| finished and short shift will be made
of the work remaining 10 be done
The production OF gold and silver
by the mines of the United States for
the calendar year 1907, as determined
by the bureau OF the mint and the
| geological survey, acting in conjunc.
ton. aggregated 4,374,S27 ounces OF
| fine gold of the value of 500. 435 700
| and sc, 700 fine ounces of silver of
| the commercial value averaging &C
| cents an ounce. or S37 ,299. 700.
Active development will be started
at once and. continued all winter at
the property of the Liquidator Min
/ ing company, situated near the Hec-
! Ia, In the Occur d'Alenes. The com
| pany has Just ben organized for the
| purpose OF working the group OF
claims.
The strike in the Columbus Exten-
sion company's tunnel at Alta has
opened into from 30 TO 40 feet OF sui
| phides, the greater portion of which
Is fine stun that slides like sand.
making the progress OF work very
slow Not the entire body is OF COM
mercial grade.
The Dominion Copper company
formerly operated under the direction
of Samuel Newhouse. but subsequent.
" turned over 10 eastern sharehold-
ers. Is TO be reorganized The neces-
sity for this action. says the Boston
News Bureau. arises from tho lack OF
I treasury funds.
The officials OF the Uintah Treasure
Hill Consolidated company. whose
property Is located in Park City. have
called on the stockholders for one
cent per share. the money 10 be
raised hv This assessment going to-
wards placing the company on an
operating basis.
News Of a very fine strike OF rich
silyerlead ore was brought TO Salt
Lake last week hy w /. Harwood.
the general manager Of the Park City
Mining and Power company The
Park CITY company among other
properties owns the noted old Baby
Mckee territory.