The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06
AND MINING

plant to lie located in or near that city.
Another big oil company is organic
Ing for the purpose of operating in the
Virgin river field. The corporation
has acquired 1880 acres of land.
Yerington, Nevada, is assuming its
old-time form once more, and on many
groups where the sound of the blast
has not been heard for some time, op-
erations are again under way.
The supreme court held, in a de-
cision rendered last week, that the Ne
vada mining laws and not the United
States laws apply in the matter OF
mode of location and time of assess
ment work.
While all Of the large mines are
practically closed down and mining
generally Is at standstill at Park
City, yet a number of the smaller prop
critics are grinding away and some
good hooking prospects are being
found.
A distinguishing feature of the Bos-
ton Consolidated company's mill at
Garfield, Utah, is that there is not an
elevator in the entire plant Every
thing passes by gravitation through
the works. The daily capacity will
run from 5000 to 5000 tons.
At the Banner mine at Silver City,
lily In the mine and on the mill con-
struction. The transformer house and
managers residence are completed.
The machinery for the mill is nearly
all on the ground.
An effort is being made to have q
government survey ordered of the vir.
gin river oil fields in southern Utah.
The report of the surveyor general OF
Utah shows the cost of the proposed
survey would be $l42, coo, and the
area to he surveyed, 2.750,00o acres. in
Garfield, Iron, Kane and Washington
counties.
Control of the Goldfield Consolidated
Mining company has passed from
Messrs. Nixon and Wingfield of Neva-
da to New York-Boston syndicate,
headed by Hayden, Stone 4 Company
and Barney Baruch & Company. This
company has 100000 shares of stock,
par $40, and controls the leading gold
mines In the Goldfield district
The trestle work connecting the Ne.
vada Northern railway with the con.
centrating plant of the allied interests
at McGill, Nevada, Is closing up rap
idly. 1t is expected that within the
week It will be concluded and the way
left open for running of trains from
the mines OF the Cumberland-Ely Cop
per company and the Nevada Consoli
dated.
The Goldfield Mine Owners associa
ton announces that It can use l,00C
more men. Local miners will be given
the preference. but II the requisite
number is not obtainable. men will be
brought in from Utah. The Gem lease,
which has been employing Western
Federation miners, has closed down,
and the Florence Annex will close
Both will start up with independent
miners.
At one time a mint was located In
The Dalles, Oregon by act of COR
gress; this was in the year 1865, when
one million dollars was appropriated
Rock was quarried from FIVE miles
up Mill creek with which to construct
the building. A large number OF
workmen were employed and the
building had reached the second story
when congress decided the mint was
not needed, and no further appropria-
tons We're made
Crushing of the ore In the mill OF
the Boston Consolidated company at
Garfield, Utah. is accomplished by 312
Nissen individual stamps, arranged In
double rows longitudinally with the
bin. These stamps are fed automati-
cally and crush TO 2S-mesh. Pulp is
passed to the classihers. where II sep.
arates into three divisions. passing
thence to the various machines for the
recovery OF the product, which include
2S4 Wiley tables, 256 Johnston Ia.
bles and 3l2 Callow settling tanks
A Boston dispatch says that there
Is considerable dissatisfaction with
the management OF the Giroux Consol
idated company. which is expected to
crop out AT the annual meeting Feb
3. But with Joseph l.. Giroux In abso-
TO effect change. There will be o
large concentrated ownership present.
ed al the meeting. secured through
solicitation Of proxies. which will en-.
deavor TO ascertain something about
the property The company Is under
stood to be In debt
At the annual meeting OF the Utah
Copper company at Jersey City. the
retiring board of directors was re
elected. and Charles Hayden and W
b. Thompson were made additional
members of the board The propos.
poration of the company. increasing
the capital stock from SC 900 900 10
$1,000, COO all to be common stock. ant
to authorize the issue OF 81 500 00t
convertible bond. to be secured by o
second mortgage on all the company'f
properties. was adopted
In the Village Blacksmith propert,
at Silver City. Idaho. work is in pro
gress on the upralse TO connect the
adit tunnel with the Trask shaft. The
vein is fully three feet wide. one foot
OF which shows free gold all through
IL II IL estimated that IL will run over
800 per ton.
In order to protect miners from gas
and coal dust explosions the govern
ment IL going 90 begin experiments
probably at PittSburg. A station IL
TO be established. consisting OF an en