The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-01-02
MINES AND MINING

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II Is reported that big strike has
been usde In the Yerington Copper
companys property In the yerington
district, Nevada.
Golconda, which already has one Of
the largest milling plants and the only
smeiter In the state OF Nevada. Ii TO
have another big plant for the treat.
ment OF ores. says the Humboldt Star.
There are three different properties
In the silver Island section OF Utah
that can begin shipments OF fine ore
when the Western Pacific Railroad
company opens up for general traffic.
The ore shipments. In pounds. from
Park City mines for the week end
ing December II were as follows:
Daily Judge, i,T42.e00. Silver King. l..
1880. DAILY West. 100000. Total
$685. $50.
The Nevada Superior Mining COM
pany has levied an assessment OF be
q share on its capital stock and the
Antelope Springs company. both OPP
Grating In Nevada, has called for one
tinue Developments.
The Zeniio Copper company. whose
mines are near Paiisade. Nevada. last
week declared its initial dividend.
The directors decided TO pay 2 cents
q share, which, on tie 100000 issued
shares In the corporation. calls for
the payment Of $4,000.
Charles Baihach. one OF the pioneers
In the smelling business In the United
States. and one OF the founders OF
the great Omaha smelling plant. now
the property of the American Smelt-
Ing and Refining company. died at
Sandwich, Ont. last week
The annual report OF the Goidneid
Consolidated Mines company for the
first year of Its existence shows net
profit for twelve months OF si.T6o,-
s57 80, from the sale OF 3l.33S,os5 tons
of ore. Of which 22.62s,ii5 tons were
shipped and s.7i3.09s tons milied.
The Ohio Copper company. Maine
corporation, filed certified copy Of
It's articles OF incorporation in the of.
fee OF the secretary of state OF Utah
last week. The company Is capital
lied for $4,000 GOO. Ia SO shares The
fee for flling the articles was s2.5es.
The past week has brought some
fresh low records for the metals. Tin
has sold under Is cents. Lead has
gone down TO 3i1. New York. and
speIter down to f.20. New York. Just
what transactions are passing in cop
per are being carefully guarded. Eiec-
trolytic copper has sold down 10 ian
cents.
President Abercrombie of the Ma
iestic Copper company announces that
arrangements have been made to push
work at the property without calling
upon the stockholders through the sale
OF $4,000 shares OF treasury stock to
New York syndicate. Much better
figures were received than the present
market price.
The total silver product reported
from the mines for 1906 was divided
about evenly between giliceous ores.
copper ores. and lead ores, as follows
SiIiceous ores. 293 per cent; copper
ores. ,aT7 per cent; copper-iead ores.
lis per cent; iead-zinc ores, per
sent. zinc ores. OF per cent: placers.
0.3 per cent.
The prospect Of opening up an oil
field in the neighborhood OF Ephraim.
Utah. is the chief topic of discussion
among all classes az citizens in that
city The many favorable reports
made on the districts by oil experts
from all parts OF the country lead to
the conclusion that oil will be found
in paying quantities.
Only a very small amount OF gold
is recovered from zinc ores. To
/ gether with the silver, II remains In
I the cinders after ahe distIilation Of
| the zinc, and these cinders. II OF sui.
| hcientiy high grade. are sold to thu
| lead shelters. The iead.Elnc ores arc
I generally concentrated to effect the
\ separation of the galena and inhaler
/ lite.
The Guggenheims, for their Ameri
/ can Smelter Securities company. have
taken an option on 500 acres Of land
| In Contra Costa county. on the Straits
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OF Carquinez. near Martinez. as =
site for a new xmelter. This means
Il Is said. the final abandonment OF
the site they bought two years ago a.
Poin, San Bruno. seven or eight miles
south OF San Francisco. and where
they planned To erect a $1,000, 00o
smelter plant.
/ Because OF the failure 81 she prose
( cuiion 20 prove that tire Utah Apex
/ Mining company of Maine was a cor.
poration. the supreme court OF Utah
has reversed the Judgment OF the low
I er court in the case Of the state
against Arthur Brown. In which the
defendant WAS charged with forging n
heck on the Commercial National
oank for 1916. the money belonging
o the Utah Apex Miniag company,
The American Sheet Steel and Tin
Plate company has received orders
ieeessitsting increases In it's work.
ng forces and output. Al the Mones
ssn plant near PittEburg. Pa. consist;
ng OF twenty-eight mills. only thir
cen have been operated since early
October.
After long campaign OF intelligent
work with assessments levied with
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