The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-08
MINES AND MINING

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pounds Of copper.
excavations are being completed
at Gold Circle for the ten-stamn mill.
ing plant which is to be installed by
Butte capital. The mill builders are
expecting the arrival OF the eaui.,
ment any day.
DANIEL Guggenheim, president of
the American Smelling and Refining
company, is as optimistic over the
OUTLOOK for better prices for silver
and lead as he is over an improved
copper market.
Inc gold production ofthe United
above the S100,O0O,OO0 mark. A few
years ago, the best informed gold
miners did not consider it within rea-
son to predict an output of that
amount before 1915.
A strike was recently made in the
Red Elephant mine, seven miles west
OF HALEY, Idaho. Three feet of high
grade galena ore was cut into in the
lower workings and regular ship
ments are being made from the mine.
The idea to have banks make SUBJ
stantial loans on mining stocks of
merit, as they do on railroad and
other securities that are subject to
market fluctuations, is worthy of
careful consideration, says the Min
ing World.
From a mine near Leadville, Colo,
the Independent smelter of Ogden
last week received a carload of ore
that will net the shippers s23,450.
The values carried are STA in gold,
734.7 ounces in silver and 1928 per
cent copper.
Discovery of a zone of remarkable
naturalization in the Gold Prize
group of claims, west of the Seven
Troughs mine and directly south OF
the Cleghorn group, is one of the
latest sensations in the Seven
Troughs district.
The Clifford mine. fifty miles east
OF Tonopah, in Nye county, Nevada,
has been sold by Edward Clifford
and his sons. who discovered and de-
'N'OiNN Wv lApl'iA ~ w a.. ~ NhNSpi-
mack of Goldfeld for s350,0O0. first
payment of s25,O00
The Consolidated Mercur Gold
Mines company last week shipped to
the mint at Denver its August output
of bullion, which will bring the com
pany something over $4,000. This
is a substantial increase over the
output of any month for some time,
the production having run from SG5,-
600 to $4,000
Reports from the camp at Buck
skin, Nevada, are of the best 1t is
certain that the people there are sure
they have a camp. New mines are
being developed and old workings
started up. The oil excitement has
also reached that camp and they
think they have as good a showing
as any OF them.
The Independence mine. two miles
south of Ketchum and fourteen miles
from HALEY, has been worked since
1888 by the owners. taking out only
first class or shipping ore. leaving
the second class, OF milling ore. in
the mino and dumps. Its record for
shipping ore sold up to June. 1907,
was over 100000.
The iron fields of Iron county.
Utah. have long been known to be
among the best in the United States.
In some portions of the field exists.
II is said, the very best product for
making bessemer steel that has been
discovered anywhere. There is no
question about the deposits being
very large. nor that they will be
utilized some day upon an extensive
scale.
The deal by which the Pittsburg
Consolidated Mining company, oper-
atlng in the Alta district, takes over
the holdings of the Pioneer Consoli-
dated company has been closed. The
property is taken under bond and
lease with the consideration of
S52,250.
Realizing $4,000 from a l0-foot as
sessment hole is the romantic record
established by George Norton, miner.
Of Mohawk. Ariz., who has been
spending a week in Los Angeles Nor
ION had decided 20 give up his
ground ms worthless. when the strike
was made
Tho famous Encineers' lease OF
Goldncld has In three months pro
duccd $3.50 coo and has paid $500 600
in dividends. The lease has two
months vet 10 run, nj the end Of
which time - Is estimated that tho
gross output viii have been better
than $3.50 coo
The long looked for change Of for.
nation has appeared In the long tun'
mol that is being driven into Scott
hin by the Scottish chief Mining
company. M Park City. The tunnel
Is mast The 2o0'oot mark and tho
last go feet has been run through
hard quariziio.
strike Of twn feet OF FREQ milling
ore that assays close 90 $500 IN gold
and pans bis. was made in the south
Fork CEspeY mine recently. accord
ing 10 the ELK city Gdshol Mining
News. 4 year ago t2.1fo vas taken
ont IN fourteen days with coffee
milf equipment
Two feet of frst-class ore. accom-
ranvlng three and four feet ~ good
milling rock. haye been opened in
the long tunnel ~ the Columbus ~.