The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-05-21
AROUND THE MINES

are that the force OF about half doz-
IN men are now extracting ore.
The statement Of the Copper Pro
tucers association for April shows an
increase in stocks on hand Of 5,727-
1872 pounds. compared with the pre-
vious month.
Reports of Nevada Consolidated for
luarter ended March 81 show produc-
ton of 15.597.59 pounds of copper
net earnings Of $S0l.44O and cost OF
production 1921 cents per pound.
Shipments Of ore from the mines
| OF Park City Utah, for the week
amounted to I,2l1 tons This is esti'
mated at $4,000 The shipment for
the previous week totaled 1878 tons.
Calumet & Arizonas total smelter
output during April was 6,S46,OOo
pounds of copper. This includes the
Calumet & Arizona, Shattuck & Ari'
iona and other mines. The March
total was $4,000.
shipments from the Tintic mines FOR
the past rather quiet week amounted
to 1873 carloads OF ore. This is estl-
mated at 6,400 tons. valued at $780,
600. The production for the previous
week amounted to 143 carloads.
For three months ended March 81
Shannon Copper company treated 5l'-
$50 tons Shannon ore and 1924 tons
| ore from the outside properties. 1t
produced 1892, SS9 pounds copper, 1877
ounces gold and 19,480 ounces silver
Haystack situated seven miles
south of Jungo, is fast assuming pro-
portions of a mining camp, says the
Nevada Silver State. new district
was recently organized, with }. b.
Truitt as recorder, and a townsite has
been laid out and surveyed.
One of the most important dredge
mining deals of late years in Califor'
mia was practically eliminated last
week when engineers understood to
represent the Guggenheims acquired
extensive placer holdings along the
Trinity river, near Trinity Center.
Anaconda Copper Mining company
report for the year 1913 shows net
earnings of $l1 1928, 497, or $3.50 per
share, compared with $15 S56,334, or
1856 per share in 1912. After pay
ment of dividends amounting to $l2,-
997, 500, a deficit of 81 ,674,0O resulted,
compared with surplus of $5,O25,0S in
1912.
Five metallurgical research fellow.
ships, each having a value of 1920,
have been established in connection
with the research department of the
state School of Mines, a branch or
the University of Utah, these fellow.
ships being available to college grad
yates who have had a good training
in chemistry and metallurgy.
The twenty-stamp War Eagle mill
OF the Commercial Mines & Milling
company in the Manhattan district has
resumed the treatment of ore from
the glory hole on the Reilly Fraction,
says the Goldfield News. The hole is
ten feet deep, 1870 feet long and 10
feet wide 1t is estimated that it
has in sight at present 1000 tons of
ore
Reports of sixteen of the producing
mines in Shoshone county, Idaho, for
1913, filed last week with Assessor
W. Fl. Herrick at Wallace. show net
profits of $4.773,2S7, as against 49,.
OH ,002 for the same properties in 1912.
an Increase of $1.202, 2S5, making the
earnings the greatest in the, history
OF the shining industry in the Occur
Alenes.
The question of general amalga-
nation of all the mines on the Wit.
watersrand, of which there was some
talk few years ago. has been brought
up again by Colonel Schumacher,
George Nathan and other representa-
tives of some of the large companies
in their evidence beforet he South Afri.
can commission, now in session at
johannesburg, says the Engineering
and Mining Journal
As result of the victory of the
Butte 4 Superior company wherein
1t was sued by the Minerals Separa-
ton company for infringeme mt of pat
ent In the oil tiotation process. il is
possible that the Separation company
which has received 10000. 900 in roy.
alties, may be put out of business and
that this process may henceforth be
used indiscriminately by mining COM
panies throughout the United States.
That mining at present is in the
most profitable stage of its existence
Is evidenced by the reports made ia
Mining 4 Engineering World by Amer.
lean mines and works and other com.
panies which look to mining tor their
profits, These reports show that 1O7
OF these companies have paid dividends
so TAR this year totaling SAL. l22s 7l
To date these companies have tn tnef-
credit devidend payments aggresaunR
1895 ,532.l
The Butte 4 Superior as a result
OF long series OF elaborate experi.
ments, has brought the oil Rotation
method to degree of efficiency
never before attained, a saving being
effected Of zinc values as high "a
~ per cent with a constant recovery
OK better than 80 per cent
There are today 30 to a. active min.
ing prpDprf4aa q, - - -