Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-01
MINES AND MINING

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erty Of Arizona are to the effect that
the Busch shaft is down over 260 feet,
and that it has been in 2.S per cent
copper ore for over 10 feet.
Goldfeld. Tonopah and other
southern Nevada towns are consider
ably agitated over the question OF
what place is likely to be chosen as
terminal of the new railroad from Ely |
The price of radium is now eight !
million dollars per pound, according
to an order given by British com
pany last week for 75k grams, for
$4,000.
With a stringer of ore which as
says as high as 1897 ton, leasers on
the Seven Troughs Knickerbocker
companys ground, near Vernon, are
in fair way to open paying prop
osition. according to latest reports.
The gold diggings in the neighbor-
hood Of Fairbanks, Alaska, will yield
$12,000,000 during the present year,
according to reports received by
Seattle bank. This bank expects to
handle about $1,000, 900 of this Alas
kan gold dust
One hundred dollar silver, lead and
copper ore is being extracted from
prospect hole in the Silver Island
mining district of western Utah. re-
cently acquired by Salt Lake men,
who have secured bond on a group
of five claims.
A company has been formed in Salt
Lake City, its special purpose being
the exploiting of patent iron fence
post and telegraph-telehone pole.
Utah iron, smelted by the Fink
process, is to be used in the construcr
ton of the new product.
All records for copper production
on the American continent were
broken in May with an output of no.
5000 pounds, as compared with
| 104, 755, 600 pounds in April and 3d.
| $50 800 pounds in May last year, says
| the Boston News Bureau.
Within less than month and q half
the Goldfield Consolidated has sent
out to the minis in gold bullion $777,-
400, represented ia bricks handled
through John S. Cook & Co. The total
is the shipments for exactly forty
four days This means strict aver
age for the time of more than $17 ,660
day.
rive feet of ore which IS said to
run close to 5000 ton in gold have
been opened at depth of only fifteen
feet from the surface in the Jumbo
mine in Hart, California, district
The strike was made in a 40-fooi
open cut driven to the vein at a point
some distance down the hill from
i the shaft.
Hundreds of settlers, acting in CON
cert, have located every acre Of thu
Southern Pacific's undeveloped OF
land in the Colinga, Cal, field. TIT
result of a suit now pending to ties
the validity of the railroads deed t,
part of its undeveloped holdings, vii
largely determine the course OF tn
recent settlers.
The third trial of the famous sui
Of the St Louis Mining compan.
J against the Montana Mining com
pany an English corporation, involv
ing title to an exceptionally rich stri1
of mineral ground near Marysville
Mont, was begun at Helena las
week. The property is estimated t
be worth 100000.
Last week there was shipped from
Salt Lake City to the property il
Idaho of the Cannon Ball company
3fty-horsepower hoist and a sixty-five
horsepower boiler which will be IN
stalled Immediately This compan
has the new mill practically ready 70
business, and in July active produs
lion OF golu Du.hon VIII De under way
Mines of the North Star distr CT
Utah, while working in a relativel
small way, are making a good show
ing. The Moscow is shipping at tn
rate of three carloads a week, th
Red Warrior is maintaining a credit
able production, the Hub and the Ce
, dar-Talisman are working in good or
and several prospects are givin
promise of soon entering the produs
ing class.
An open cut which taps the grea
strike at Mount Ellen, Salisbur
Wash district. at the depth of II fee
from the surface, has opened ore a
that depth which pans the almost ur
Delieyable values OF 100000 a tol
IN gold. according to the Tonopal
Sun
The. recent landslide at Roosevelt
! proved blessing in disguise for tn
mining firm of Caswell & Curran, tn
torrent nncovering for them the yer
ground they were expending muc
money TO reach, 1t being estimate
that this freak OF nature saved Their
$4,000.
So far as Glendale. or Salsbur
Wash. is concerned, the disposition Q
the more conservative mining men @
Goldfield is to await development be
fore rushing in with money TIL
original owners are doing nothing
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