The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-22
AROUND THE MINES

II was announced In New York On
the 9Th that the American Smelling
company had decided on another cut
in the price of lead. This will be
from $4.15 TO $40.
Shelters production Of copper In
United States In 1913 Is placed at l.
22S,S11.5S1 pounds by the Engineer
ing and Mining Journal. This COM
pares with 1,241,762,50 in 1912.
Reports of the spelter industry In
1918 by the United States geological
survey, show that the production Of
spelter this year was 345,575 tons, an
increase of 6,769 tons over 1912.
The quantity OF iron ore mined in
the United States in 1913 is estimat-
ed by 4. +. Burchard Of the United
States geological survey. to have been
between 5S,000,000 and 60,000.00O
long tons.
Shipments Of ore from the mines of
Tintic for the past week amounted to
157 carloads estimated at $3.50 tons
valued at $215.O00. This shows the
camp back near to its normal pro-
duction following the holiday let-up.
Word received from the Utah
Wyoming Consolidated oil property
In the Bryan district is that the oil,
which has been showing an inclina-
ton to shoot out In the form of a
spray along with the gas, Is increas-
ing.
Radfrn 20 uow hofpu unanufo ofurod
In this country only in Pennsylvania.
The plant Of the Radium Cotlpany
OF America at Sellersville, Bucks
county, was established some time
ago and that company is now produc-
ing radium daily.
The Iron Carbonate property, near
the mouth. Of Pine creek, in Idaho,
will renew operations under contract
within a short time. The mine has
not been worked for several weeks,
but contract calling for a large
amount of driving was completed last
fall
Cement work In the big new sta
ton in the Silver King Coalition
mine at Park City, Utah, is all fin
ished and now a small army of men
Is employed installing the tremendous
machinery which will be used in OPP
Grating the shaft from the Alliance
tunnel to the 1,000-foot level.
Gold production was about normal in
Idaho and Washington in 1918 and in
creased over $4,000 in Arizona, near
| ly 100000 In California, nearly $780,
900 in New Mexico and over $780,
in Oregon. The increased production
in Oregon was largely due to better
yield from established mines.
The gold mining industry of the
United States was again generally
normal In 1918, according to II. D.
McCaskey of the United States geo
logical survey. but early figures indi-
cate the smallest output since 1906,
when 1t was >$SS, 10000. The produc-
tion In 1913 was $SS.301, 1923.
The preliminary estimates of the
United States geological survey and
bureau of the mint indicate a domes-
tic silver production In 1918 of ST.
601,111 fine ounces, valued at $40,-
S64.S71 This was the greatest output
though not the greatest value) since
domestic silver production began.
DR.. R. s. NJ Moore, chief of the
United States bureau of mines In
Denver, announced in an executive
session of a meeting of mining men
three methods by which the cost Of
extracting of radium from ores had
been reduced rs per- cent News Of
this statement was given by men who
attended the session.
Domestic production of quicksilver
in 1918, according to preliminary fig
ures collected by H. d. McCaskey Of
the United States geological survey.
| from the individual producers, was
1851 TASKS of seventy-five pounds
each, valued at the estimated aver
age San Francisco domestic price for
the year of $39.33, at $774.054.
The Gold Road mine, operated by
the United States smelling company,
continue to make regurlar production
| of the yellow metal at the rate OF
| $4,000 month A bar worth $4,000
the cleanup of u six days run, has just
btSn Shlpptu rum the Stdtlpu a.
Kingsman. Arizona. The mill is op
Grating on about $50 tons daily.
Though no official information has
been given out by the local manage.
ment of the McDonaldEly. it is plain
to be seen by passers by that the
property Is In the producing class
says the Ely Exposition. The bins at
the Golden Gate shaft are being filled
with ore and that shipments may be
shortly made would not be surprising
news to a good many people.
In the Palace OF Mines and Metal.
lurgy there win be housed at the Pan
amaPacifc International exposition
at San Francisco in 1915, the latest
and greatest inventions OF the min.
ing engineers genius, the tangible
results OF scientific investigation in
mining investments and in short
complete manifestation of the far.
reaching industry which has added
within the last twenty-five years over
s40.00o.o00,0O0 to the wealth of the
United States
About thirteen carloads Of ore, or
nearly 800 tons OF ore. have been
produced from hte property Of the
Hamilton Power, Mining & Transpor.
tation company near Hamilton and
nine carloads nave been shipped to
the smelter. according to the Ely.