The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-05-28
AROUND THE MINES

| Is still working force OF twenty u0H
on a rich shoot of ore, following the
closing of the mill
1t is claimed that since April l
lease On the Michigan-Utah has aver
aged a carload OF ore daily, the ore
averaging $3.50 to $12 net smeltel
returns.
The Great Western Development
company has purchased the cyan1d
plant at Galena and will move 1t to its
property in humboldt county, says the
Reno Gazette.
Federal Mining & Smelling com
pany last week declared its usual quar-
terly dividend of " per cent on pre-
ferred stock, payable June 10 to stock
OF record May 20.
The Lake Superior corporation, in
GLIDING subsidiaries, report net earn
ings for the nine months ended March
81, 1913, of $1,633,934, an increase OF
$4,000 over the same period last year
Recent assays made from the rich
streak in the Lucky Deposit property
in White Pine county, Nevada, owned
by Utah people gave returns of ~
ounces silver, trace in gold and 1916
per cent copper.
In his suit just started asking for a
receivership for the Coppermines Con-
solidated, Col E. A. Wall says he
owns $1,000 shares in the Giroux and
$500 shares In Butte & Ely, two of the
merger properties.
Just as soon as the turn comes and
investments in stocks are resumed,
the legitimate mining issues will ba
the first to receive the beneficial eff
fects of the new impetus" declares a
prominent Utah mining man.
On the eastern claim in the Coco
mongo district few miles from Cher
ny Creek, Fred Borchet and r. A.
| Nuckols have recently opened a streak
OF rich ore which they are preparing
to mine and mill, says the Ely Exposi-
tor.
An experimental teaching plant ara
rived at Ludwig this week for the
Nevada-Douglas company and is being
set up to make tests of the ore by the
process that the company has been try
ing out for the past several months.
says the Yerington Times.
Wyoming has been famed for years
for its valuable mineral deposits, but
in many parts of this western country
there are rich sections which have
never been prospected because of their
distance from the railroad; and the
great cost in proper development of
small-paying bodies.
Phosphate rock was produced and
sold in the United States in 1918 H.
the amount of 3,O97,021 long tons, val
ued at $11,767 O92, according to W.
C. Phalen of the United States geo
logical survey. This was an increase
over 1912 of 1859 long tons in guam,
tity and $91,31S in value.
Deposits of chronic iron ore occur
in Maryland and the adjacent portion
of Pennsylvania. in North Carolina and
in Wyoming, but the only deposits
operated in the United States within
| ANNNAN JNoAo al III MI.
merous deposits have been reported in
thirty-two counties of that state.
There is no unwieldy surplus of COP.
per at the present time. the world 8
visible on May l standing at 1886. 894.-
900 pounds an increase of 1880 900
POUNDS in April. Foreign stocks in
creased 100000 pounds, not surpris-
ing with such large receipts from
this side, says the Boston News Blu.
| reau.
ABOUT nifty men are now employed
at the Star mine and mill near Cherry
Creek, New, where twenty stamps
were dropping last week on ore from
the mine. 1t is planned to gradually in.
crease operations until the mill can
be kept running three shifts, as con.
siderable ore is developed in the mine
and steady production can be main.
tanned.
Former Governor Jewett Adams has
leased the tailings of the old Reyeille
mill in Nye county to Matt Rosenthal
at present. residing in this city saws
the Carson Appeal, The tailings are
supposed to contain considerable val.
ues and are from the immense ton.
mage of silver-lead ores treated at tn a
mill over twenty years ago and which
nave since lain dormant.
The value of the secondary mot.
as exclusive of gold. silver. plati.
mum, and iron, recovered in the limit.
ed states in 1913 was $72,s45. 900 &C.
cording to ]. P. Dunlop of the Unit.
ed states geological survey. Even
this large figure is a decrease com.
pared with 1912. when the yalue was
| $'i,Ss6,OO0. The term Secondary. 70
applied to metals recovered from
scrap metal, sweepings, skimmipvs
crosses, etc, as distinguished fron,
| primary metals. which are derived
| from ore ''eu
notwithstanding that there is stu,
considerable snow on the ground
'oree OF men under Erick Nelson ara
engaged in clearing away the vra.,.
age at the Daily West and gatt,n.
,hlhgs In shape for the erection Of ,ho
1 1,g works, says the Park CIV
Utah. Record. NY
Al directors meeting of the Rooh
ester dimes company. two of IosanA
Nshtels directors resigned and Iohn
! No"an obtained control of tho hoar,,
" the election OF two Of his suppor,
IS Nenzel resigned as president ana
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