The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-12-31

1907 was 1.750.Oo0 tons. valued at S.
OOO. coo.
Gold is mined In nineteen counties
OF Idaho, and silver is found In almost
all the counties that yield gold.
The sales on the Salt Lake stock
exchange for 1907 are placed at IT..
T25.S56 shares. valued at sl3. 997.-
Is5.ss.
The total dividends for 1907 and
1905 paid by the mines OF Utah thus
far are placed at the enormous sum
of 100000. 900.
Goldheld is making a strong bid for
the next meeting OF the American
Mining congress. and 1t is believed
that the enterprising camp win land IT,
Gold production from the Snake
river deposits In Idaho is gaining. In
that section a number OF ambitious
hydro-electric power and railroad
building projects exert a powerful up
lift on the mineral industries.
The new Goldheld Consolidated mill
is practically completed and has been
running for several days trying out
the machinery Parties who have
seen the mill pronounce ii a model
and declare it to be working perfectly.
Despite the drop in prices OF nearly
all metals, due in large measure TO the
financial unrest OF the last three
months of the year. 1907 was the best
year in the history OF mining in the
state of Utah, both as TO production
and profit
The Bluff City, Utah. oil region is
reported to be one of the livelisst
spots on the petroleum map at pres
ent. Twelve drilling rigs are ON the
ground. pounding away day and night
and FIVE producing oil wells have
been struck.
At the depth of 500 feet in the Lu
cero shaft of the Orizaba Mining com
pany. operating in the Indian Peak
district, streaks of gray copper and
ohalcopyrite are coming into q mas
sive body OF ore on which the shaft is
being sunk.
The first shipment of ore from the
| rev strike in the ground of the Lion
Hill Consolidated company at OphiI
was settled for at the smelter last
week upon controls showing values Of
255 ounces in silver, per cent lead
and $1.20 in gold
The principal copper producing ares
OF Idaho is in the Occur dAlene coun
try. The copper production for this
year will reach value of $1,5O0,000
This industry is now in a condition tc
be considerably increased, If the prizes
Of copper goes a little higher.
In gold and silver production IL
Idaho there are 267 producers, includ
ing eighteen placers. In ore valuation
the yield for the current year viii
average AZ cents in gold and 1894 TO
silver per ton. The ton value for gold
silver, copper, lead and zinc will aver
age $12.95.
One of the busiest mining camps II
Nevada today is Lodi, where the Lod
Mines company is not only develop
ing a mine which is proving wonder
but is building a 1O0-ton smelter Z
treat its own ores. The company ha
laid out a townsite near the mine an
smelter.
The bottom OF the winze, fifteen fee
below the $50 level in the Neyad
Hills mine at Fairview, Neyadf
shows q magnificent body of high
grade shipping ore, while three to fou
inches of sensationally rich sulphide
carry gold and silver contents {
$1,000 to the ton.
r. A. Millick, one OF the largest OF
orators of the Osceola district in N,
vada, announces that he is about [
launch the Kohinoor Mining. Milhn
& Power company, backed by Por
land, Ore, capitalists. to take owe
the Kohinoor group of mining claim
in Spring valley.
The matter of pedtioning the legi
lature at its coming session to estal
fish a state mining or Industrial b
reau. with an appropriation lare
enough to make its work effectiv
will be taken up at an early meetir
of the Utah branch of the America
Mining congress.
The richest discovery on Goldfie
Florence ground since that of the
] IlOuS lrdSt has DECn "a
covered in the adjoining block
ground to the east, formerly know
, ! as the Daisy Florence. and now u
. property of the Mitchell-Fairfield ID
velopment company.
The Independent Salt company HI
, just completed construction of dill
! on it's property about three mil,
south of Saltair. on the lake shor
, and IL Is announced that plans for
: refinery will be soon gotten out.
! is expected to build the refinery d.
ing the coming summer
! Greater activity in copper mining
3 being manifested now than ever !
Z tore in TIE history of Utah.
; total OF 141 .2S9 $40 pounds of lead W
Q produced in 1907. and 1t may be {
+ pected that the lead mines of Ut
e will show a larger production for Z
current year than for 1907.
+ Cuprite. New, where are large s.
:. phur deposits which have been fou
:. to carry gold. apparentlSSin payi
{ quantities. now lays claim to the Il
q Their distinction of having ores viii
Il carry a high percentage of titanium
v valuable metal which occurs In CT
junction with oxide OF ron.
& Directors Of the Utah Consolidat
h Mining company, in New YORK on I
, cember IL. posted the company's res