The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-09-17
AROUND THE MINES

| Mining Journal
Dunn's Review says some steel
mills are more actively employed
than during July, and additional in
| quiries have been received from
abroad with some actual sales.
Shipments OF ore from the mines
OF Park City. Utah. for the week end
| Ing September 5, look a little more
| like old times They show four mines
In the list with a total OF / 1858 tons.
! This is estimated at $4,000 The
previous week the total was 1883
tons.
The war In Europe Is proving a
mixed blessing TO the worlds zine
industry. 1t has improved the zinc
metal situation In the United States.
On the other hand this Is the only
nation which has Rroiited from the
European situation, ia SO far as 1t
affects zinc
The news comes from Gilmore. Ida.
announcing the strike of a silver-lead
vein In the Gilmore miae. While no
details are given II Is stated that
the mine win begin to ship, which Is
taken to mean that considerable de-
post Of a good grade OF ore has been
encountered
For the first seven months OF this
year the gold production OF the
Transvaal amounted to 4819, 332
ounces, OF a value OF G2047i. 222.
compared with 5.255,Sis ounces and
G22. 495, i73. In the corresponding pc
riod OF 1913. The decrease in value
was about sl0.00O.0OO In American
money.
, George Kirby, who Ia said TO be q
representative OF one OF the big steel
companies, was In Tlntie last week
. for the purpose OF making an exam
nation OF the manganese deposits OF
the Homansville Mining company.
: lie was very reticent regarding the
, object OF his visit to this camp and
even the owners OF the groundsare In
the dark.
The Chief Consolidated company
has commenced the erection OF an
experimental hill at Eureka, Utah.
= having q capacity OF 100 tons day.
= Tho excavation for the new mill Will
!, be finished within the next few days
aud II Ii stated upon good authority
! that the large building, that will
!. house the machinery. viii DO com
i pleted within thirty days.
Q Confident that the lime quartzite
Il contact. carrying the lime on the
b hanging wall and the quartzlte on the
. 'ootwall and known as the Park City
% formation, when cut by mineral
Q bearing assures Is productive OF
U large ore bodies In the Snake Creek
. mining district, the Reyelator Mining
company IL pushing development
y work on the Revelator claim.
Returns have been received from
I the frst shipment made from the
: Macon City mine near Lane City
New, by the Ely Leasing Il Milling
4 company. The shipment consisted
!, Of twenty-seven tons, and tho settle
= ment value of the gold. silver and
: lead contents was si5.5l ton, with
/. silver figured at 40 3S cents al
a ounce and lead at sass por hundred
a poundA
o tion OF the metal market. the Bunker
Hiil n sullivan Mining company. op
Grating mines and mills at Wardnei
n and kellogg. Idaho. have declared q
monthly dividend at the regular rate
A u rs cents the share, or SSi.7a0
n which will make the disbursements
\. II the current year S736750 and vii
"A Increase tho grand total TO SIS.
b $4,000
ID That the possibilities OF milling
d Utah ores at profit are greater
ID han ever before. due to the recent
"a advance In metailurgy and that many
mines heretofore impossible 10 work
"a On commercial basis viii be start
ID ID. IN the opinion expressed by john
.. W. Thompson. for q number Of years
d In charge az tho min at the Silver
10 King Coalition Mlnos company a
y Park CITY.
" Plans for reorganization by thos'
N most heavily Interested In the Utah
10 Metal Mining company. for (which II
~ y Jennings was recently appointed
!. receiver. have been formulated ant
1 viii ue pAN INV NhNNs We sNNA Ne ee'
!. court proceedings arc closed. Tit
y properties held by the company a
= Bingham have been sold by Receiver
Jennings aud no IL now waiting Il
~ got the courts approval.
That the copper situation Is bettei
~ NJ present than II has been for an,
:, time since the war started. tina
here IL every reason TO believe tina
II he exports OF copper VIII continue 4
grow larger each succeeding week
md that copper producers may looi
onward to the greatest copper mar
h set IN the history 81 that metal a
81 he close OF The war. Is the opinios
expressed by Colonel d. c. lacking
40 managing director OF the Utah Cope
company.
with the ore averaging from 81
ne % more than 500 Ia gold 10 the ton
~ he rich streak which Is beinE follow
ID down ON the recent discovery OF
he surface OF the Centennial Euroki
- a Eureka. Utah. promises to eveni
~ 4ally Eiss excellent accounts OF Il