The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-02-12
AROUND THE MINES


| The recent developments on the
claims held by the Roberta Mining a
Milling company, near Frisco. Idaho,
have disclosed the best showings yet
found in that property.
The Silver Wedge Mining company
has Just been Incorporated to operate
a property, consisting of nine claims,
In the Silver Island district. seventeen
and one-half miles northeast Of Wen
dover. Utah.
The coal supply Of Oklahoma In es-
| timated 10 be 10000 600 900 tons. The
state contains more than 5000. 0Oo
acres Of coal-bearing land. Some "
the land II estimated TO be capable
OF yielding 1000 tons per acre.
Nevada Consolidated produced
about Gs.000.000 pounds OF copper last
year. or 100000 pounds more than
in 1912. This company has about 40 {.
100000 tons OF ore and IL mining II
at the rate Of nearly 3.000.O tons an.
| nualiy.
II Ii announced that a mil and eva.
hide plant OF large capacity will be
erected al the NewpaAs property.
about twenty miles west OF Austin. In
Lander county, Nevada. and an equal
distance southeast Of the old camp OF
Isernica.
Again u Ii reported from the east
that ths American Smelling n Rein.
Ing company may take over =. Angus.
tus Heinza's interests In the Ohio
Copper Mining company at Bingham
and also his contract with the silver
King Coalition at Park City
The Stewart Mining company's net
profits. after all charges were paid,
for the year ended December 81 we're
approximately t659.40l. Dividends
were inaugurated during 1918. and
t402.4s7 was distributed 10 stockhold-
eFs. leaving a balance from the years
operations OF 3256.434.
Half a dozen Of the principal pro-
ducera Of Tintic showed up last week
with greatly reduced outputs on nc
count OF the heavy fall Of SNOW. which
10 general In these parts. The Nam.
moth side Of camp Ii particularly un.
fortunate, temporarily, for this un.
avoidable circumstance.
Mining Ia second In Importance 10
but one other industry. and that he
farming. Mining has been one OF The
greatest agencies that have made the
advancement of civilization possible.
II II had not been for this industry
we should still be In the Stone Age.
says prominent mining writer.
Ore shipping by parced post 10 be-.
coming the fad In Nevada. Last week
mining engineer delivered 1895
pounds OF ore to the Austin poatof.
fee In sacks varying In weight from
ave pounds up TO nifty pounds, The
ore was consigned to Lovelock. and
che postage on the ore amounted TO
1851.
The secretary of the interior has re.
versed the decision OF September 30.
1919. by which mineral entries OF the
East Tintic Mining company for the
Great Eastern and thirteen other min
ing claims In Utah were cancelled.
and has reinstated them. In the abb
sence OF valid adverse claims they
will be passed TO patent,
With the daily prospect OF running |
into body OF ore sufficiently high.
grade To warrant extensive opera |
tiona. the owners OF the Great West |
ern property. above Burke, Idaho, |
have crew Of men ON development |
work. Recently body Of low grade |
ore forty feet through was cut by the |
workmen IN the main tunnel
Last week the superintendent In
charge OF development work on tke |
silver star property. near Mullan, put
Ia q round OF holes and Uncovered |
tho biggest showing ever made ON
the claims The atrike was IN tae
nature OF a well defined ledge Of !
about eiEht feet In width, and having
over eight inches OF good milling ore.
This Is the way NJ n uaassell IN
the Ely Record sizes up mining There
are many people who have no faith
In mining. but TO all such | say, read
the report of the mines In this state
and Utah. and they win soc that
mining IL becoming more safe and so
cure each year. aud gives better re-
turns ON the Investment than any In
dustriai on the market.
National mining camp In Nevada
was found aud located by J l., Work
man and Lew Davis In the year 1907.
and was lot out TO leasers the follow
Ing year OF 1908. about forty In mum
Der. ON different locations. Charles
ton mountain. where several leases
we're let. was the nrss to disclose val
uea of any Importance. and that MAS
about the month OF August i9oS.
The location Of the tirst oil well In
the United states 10 claimed by sew
erai states The Wheeling lntellt
kencer. reviewing the oil industry OF
West virginia. says there was an oil
well on thu banks of the kanaNha
rlter at the present site Of Charles
ton. @ntty-ene years before the Drake
we'll At TitusViile. Pa. ushered In the
petroleum industry Of the world.
Nevada opals win soon be cut aud
made ready tor market without being
shipped 10 other states for this WORK.
rs has been the habit in past years.
says the winnemacea star. Deb
Roop. a Reno mining man. Who owns
some OF the valuable opal deposits In
the northern part of Humboldt eoon.
~. Is now engaged in the construction
Of a lApidAry in Reno aud viii cut
and polish the stones before ship