The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-08
AROUND THE MINES

A recent visitor TO Eureka. New, de-
clares that with the present showing
the camp can make daily shipments
Of ore to the amount of $50 tons for
a period of two years.
shipments OF ore from the camp of
Park City. Utah for the week amount.
ed to 1901 tons valued at $4,000 The
previous week came To LIS and the
week before that 1000 tons.
United States smelling. Refining &
Mining company regular quarterly
dividends OF ~ per cent rs cents
and q per cent (7Sla centsl on the
common and preferred shares respect
lively. are both payable January Is.
A force OF men has been sent out 10
the Randolph property, In the Gold
Mountain district to start develop
ment work that has been outlined by
J. K Turner. the company's consult
ing engineer says the Goldield Trih-
une.
A production between $4,000. 600
and SIS zoe 600 short tons Of coal IN
the United States during 1913 is the
bAttCldi estimate VI tHe buitcu SlAtVe
geological survey, an increase over
the record-breaking production of 1912
Of 30.000,000 to 40,000000 tons
Within the next ten days or two
weeks the property OF the Sunfower
Cinnebar Mining company. eighty
miles northeast OF Phoenix in the Ma
fatal mountains, will be sold TO a for
eign syndicate for 81 500 600 cash. says
a dispatch from Phoenix, Ari1
IL is reported from Rochester. New
/ that Joseph f. Mcneil has sold his en-
! tire holdings In the Rochester Mines
/ company and probably In other prop
| critics Of the district to the Mexican
/ Consolidated company, which is oper-
/ ating in the old Comstock district.
Pennsylvania broke all previous rec
! ords in the production Of coal in 1919.
according to advance estimates by T.
/ ". Parker Of the United States geo
logical survey having a combined pro-
duction of hard and soft coal amount
ing probably TO 267 900 600 short tons
AT Stockton. Utah the old Honorine
mill Of the Bullion Coalition continues
TO grind out about nifty tons Of ore
daily. This low grade Is being con.
| verified into a concentrate which av-
erages 80 to 30 per cent lead, 16 to Is
ounces in silver and 90 cents up u
$3.50 in gold.
Production at the Tintic mines for
the past week was largely curtailed
on account OF the customary shutting
down OF most of the mines for sew
eral days on account OF the holidays.
However, the output is l2s carloads.
which is estimated at G,400 tons val
ued at 100000.
Lowering the waterleyel In the old
Consolidated Virginia property on the
Comstock from the $500 to the p
7Vo-foot level has been commenced
by the United Comstock Pumping as
sociation. This, it is hoped VIII re-
suit in proving that there is such U
thing as a mine coming back.
The new cunverters being added 10
the smelling plant Of the Mason Val.
ley company at Thompson. are expect
ed to be ready for operation about tho
! !
ton Times This viii mean that blist.
er copper will be made at the plant
instead OF mats being shipped To
Utah for refining
The new cyanide plant OF the Wa
satch- Utah 81 the mouth Of Little Cot.
tor wood canyon. near Salt Lake. il
complete and was started up Satur.
day for its first run There are two
ninety-ton pcrcolatioA tanks. large
Blake crushers, and a seven foot Mon.
aduock Chilean mill Everything Ia
operated by electricity
The now owners OF the Ncwpasa
mine. near Austin New. announce
that stamp mill with cyanide plant
will be installed and this old property
will again become a good producer
II is said they now have ore enough
blocked out to run the mill two years
and with their methods the ore can bo
worked up 10 80 per cent
The special committee appointed by
the Copper Country Commercial club
TO investigate strike conditions in the
copper mining district OF Michigan
has made its report to Governor Fer
ris Of that state. recommending an
eight hour day, and declaring that con
ditions are so varied that no genera
minimum wage can be applied
At the King Con at Park City
Utah, conditions are improving eycry
day. Some twenty Eve tons Of or,
comes down every day. and the or,
bodies at the property widening out
an the time Last week glance silver
ore WIS brought To the surface, and
even small pieces Of solid silver were
taken from the rich workings on III,
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The mines OF Utah are today en-
pyoliEn directly II 600 20 5000 rner
who receive In actual cash made b'
these same mines 81 Cos. 600 I'm wagrl
every thirty days while the Jtal
mines last year alone wrested from
the ErudgirR hills in new wealth IN.
huge sum Of Silypg.09o. II is esti
mated that Indirectly a fourth 70
third a. the 49a.H a1 people of n.
state are more or less dependent rp
on this industry
Frank Cook has been employed Do
the American Ru9lum company as IL
representative hsr. be- being author