The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-07-23
THE MINES

Its usual output of shipping ore and
superintendent H. B. Clapp estimates
the June production at about $4,000
net.
The output of lead in Arizona in
1918 was 16,144,772 pounds, valued at
$71O,370, against 6,S06,443 pounds,
valued at $SO6,29O, in 1912 and 1924.
$50 pounds in 1911.
Eight tons of bullion represent the
shipments of three Tonopah mines
for the second half of June, aggregat-
ing 214,543 ounces, or 16,O3S pounds.
Of a value of $156,025.
In 1918 the spelter production from
Arizona zinc ores was 9,42S, O67 pounds.
valued at s527,972, against an OUTPUT
of S,75S,243 pounds. valued at 1904.
Sls. in 1912 and 4,562,9S4 pounds in
1911.
The Utah section of the American
Institute of Mining Engineers will ne
formally organized and launched at
meeting of the institute called for
Thursday morning, August 13, at Salt
Lake.
Butte a Superior in the first six
months of 1914 produced $500 900
pounds of zinc in concentrates. com
pared with 36.lO3.S2l pounds Ill cor.
responding period OF 1918. an increase
Of 76 per cent
There were 4Ss mines producing
gold, silver, copper. lead or zinc In
Arizona In 1913. against 445 in 1912.
and the total quantity OF ore sold and
treated was 7.93l.S 62 short tons, an
increase OF l.Osl.7sO tons.
The state OF Texas mined 2,429, l44
short tons OF coal In 1918, valued at
S4.2SS.s20. according to f. w Parker
OF the United States geological sur.
vey. This production was nearly
evenly divided between Ignite and bi.
luminous coal. with the balance
slightly In favor of..the latter.
The Copper King company. near
Mullan. Idaho. has filed protest
against the Missoula Copper Mining
company for the patenting OF the
Wisconsin fraction claim. The Cop
per King company alleges that the
! Missoula companys survey embraces
ABOUT i've acres OF It's Blue Streak
claim.
Acting on the proposal OF the United
States government, Great Britain has
decided to summon next year an in
ternational conference TO secure n
fuller interchange Of views and CO
operation between the mining depart
ments and experimental stations o!
the mining nations of the world In re.
gard to questions OF safety In mines.
The production OF gold in Arizona
in 1918 was 1874 ,656.69 ounces, valued
at S4.023.9ll. an increase In value ol
| $26l.70i or this output. S30.69l came
from placers. $2.55S,426 from dry OF
siiceous ore. and 1889. 03S from cop
per ore. The largest production oi
gold was made from Mohaye county
-Sl,s74,547 ia 1913. against 1889.
1871 in 1912.
II is reported by correspondent In
! Bingham that the Utah Consolidated
is shipping about 500 tons OF copper
ore per day and $50 tons of lead ore.
Compared with 1918 the tonnage and
grade OF the copper ore IL unchanged,
| but the lead ore shows n decline OF
about 50 tons per day. although the
! grade is somewhat hiRher-l7 per
cent. against 10 per cent In 1918.
Sweeping tajlings Is n new branch
| OF the mining industry which Is be
ing made profitable by some Nevadan'
OF Yankee ingenuity The sands when
sacked are shipped TO the smelters al
Salt Lake, which make an inclusive
| charge for freight and treatment oi
] 50 a ton, but on average values In
excess OF $50 a ton good profits are
made even after the royalty has been
| paid To the company.
Despite the repeated statement oil
| political economists that oyerprodue
ton OF gold Is the real cause Of the
increased cost of living through the
lessencd purchasing power Of the pre-
cious metal, lie Matin says that the
| actual volume OF the gold existing
on the earths surface Is really re
l markably small According to the
latest calculations. the quantity does
not exceed 100000 pounds.
The person who sees the camp oi
Contact Is impressed principally by
two things. the symmetry of itf hhlI
and the celebration and e1tensiyenesp
OF it's copper outcrops. says the Con
tact Miners The hills are. for the
most part. smoothly and gently round
ed. as II in the Workshop ~ nature
/ These hills are nearly all accessible
| 70 vehicle. which makes csEy what
road building 20 and from The mines
10 required
American mines and works durlng
the six months Of 1914 Just ended
had one OF the most profitable halt
years In the history OF the industry
One hundred and eleven companies
/ divided among shareholders 10 leH'
+ than t5q.)ll .077. That these compan
les have been remarkably successful
in the years 81 their operation s. eyi
deaced by their total disbursements,
which amount 20 $500 .sst.20g on theft
combined Issued capital Of E55l.s5i.
$40
! o.s.ry "a, TIE Erie mine In Marx