The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-06
THE MINES

that the new compressor recently in
stalled at the Ray-Jeaerson property.
on Nlne.Nlle creek. has been tried cut
and found 10 be In almost perfect
working order
A 75-ton milling Plant Il 20 be
erected al once at the Brown Mining
a Milling company property a. Man
haitian. New. Machinery and material
to fully equip the property Is nov be-
ginning to arrive
On account, o. the dig advance 4-a,
has been made IN the Teaching OF low
grade copper ores such a. at present
are unable to bear heavy transporta-
ton costs. there Is considerable talk
OF building custom Teaching mill In
the camp Of Contact. New.
Utah Copper 80 greatly dominated
the Bingham camp that one Is apt 10
overlook the fact that Bingham eaa-
yon has developed into a very import
ant producer a lead as wen as cop
per. This year the camp viii turn
out no less than $4,000 pounds of
lead, says an eastern report.
The United Copper al Chewelah.
sixty miles north Of Spokane. 10
shipping one car a day Of ore aud
concentrates. coming chiefly from the
upper workings After August /, ac-
cording to report. the shipment viii
be increased To nifty cars a month,
with the ultimate idea OF mining $50
tons a day,
The production Of coal In the Unit
ed States has again broken all previ.
Gus records. the output for 1918 be-
ing s70.0iS.l25 short tons, which ia
considerably more than double tho
production Of 1900 and more than
eight times the production OF 1880. The
value OF the coal mined In 1913 Is Civ.
en- as t7so.4ss.7S5.
The output Of coke IN Colorado Ia
1913 was s7s.t6l tons. valued at ga
Si5.i3t. according to E w Parker ot
the United States geological survey.
The decrease as compared with 1919.
amounting 20 $3.50 tons IN quantity
and s22s.ss0 In value. vas due entire
ly 10 the labor troubles among the
miners. and not 10 adverse trade con-
dltions
The coal mines Of the country gave
employment IN 1913 TO an army OF
nearly three-ausrter OF a million men
-741.stf The average number OF
days worked by the bituminous min
era IN 1913 was as2. against 20 IN
1912. while the average time made
Ia the anthracite mines In 1918 was
the best on record-257 days for
each man
Although there has been nothing
definite stated by any OF the officials
Of the Tintic district. Il IL generally
understood that At least three mills
using the Christensen process are to
be built there shortly. and three more
are to- be constructed. one in Nevada.
another In Idaho and third In wyom.
ing The last three are being nego-
,iated for at present
There are fifteen coke-making &C.
Adjustments In Colorado. which oper.
ate Ass ovens. all Of the beehive
type. Six OF the establishments. oper.
ating 72G ovens, were idle throughout
the year In addition TO these idle
plants. $50 ovens we're idle az plants
that made some coke In 1918. so thai
the total number OF idle ovens vas
i.70G. representing nearly half the
eoking capacity Of the state
Plans Of the 0Oldneld Consolidated
Mines company. looking TO the expan.
sion Of ita tield ot operations by the
acquisition Of other properties. are
further indicated BY the announce
meni made by General Manager Albert
Burch. who IL also director q she
big corporation. that the company has
an option on aud IL nov examining
and ramplinE the Eiko Prince mine. in
the Gold Circle district. in Elko coun.
y. Nevada.
Annual report OF Butte Ilalaklava
Copper company shows $3.50 eaSh on
hand May /. 1914. compared with
| Si9Osso on August ]. 1910. when liz
lgation Was started aEainS, the com.
pany by Anaconda In six moaths 10
May 81. 1914, since compromise agree
ment vas made With Anaconda. the
mine has yielded 1907 tons Of ore.
containing 7lt.s22 pounds Of copper.
57.iS0 ounces o. silver and siS ounces
geld. valued al lSS.tt5. The net re-
turns 20 company was t5s.slt
The Braden property. which 10 10
Gated IN Chile. South America. has
been experiencing some severe winter
weather. according to cable dis
patches from the mine. June opera
lions were badly interrupted FOR .
two weeks period. AZ a result %
the shutdown. the jane productioa
was ioN During the month. 1890
tons we're treated. averaging 20 per
cent copper Concentrates for the
month amounted TO 1900 tons. aver.
aging II per cent The recovery fol
the mOuth was 50 % per cent and tho
copper produced $4,000 pounds
Over At the OpohonEo mine al Nam
moth there 10 alec showing q ore
IN the wiuzc. recently suBk 10 a depth
% thirty Eve Zee, beiox the zoo level.
ard above this point the lezkers are
also taking out some very good gold
bearing ore. says the EurekA Reporter
The four ooA properties q the
/ tfrff~d gtatsz Smelling Refining a