The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-06-25
AROUND THE MINES

Reports 10 the bureau Of mines
show that there were els fatal xcct
tents In the anthracite mines in 1918.
compared with sss fatalities In 1yis
The Western siiyer.Lead Minlns
company. which operates the Odd
Fellows creep near wardnrr, idaho.
has contracted 20 put in 5O-horse
power motor and air compressor.
An immense amount of work Is be-
ng done around the site OF the new
International smelter near Miami. Ark
soma Construction viii be almost on
AZ large scale a. at the netshbcrinE
Inspiration mill.
The rich old Montana mines on
estes mountain. Yankee Fork mining
district. Custer county. idaho. which
| sorty years ago was q wonder In the
mining world for its extreme fichnesa
gold. il again coming 20 the front
All previous records in the coal
production Of Ohio were exceeded 10
1913. both In quantity and value. not
outstanding tina. eoai-mining opera
lions. like all other industries 81 the
state. we're seriously intertered with
by an unprecedented inandaiion In
March and April Of that year.
| The Redbird Mining company OF
Clayton, Idaho. Ia new organization
II capitalists. with J. b. Jones ~ the
head. Coke IL being hauled from Mack.
Ay as rapidly a. possible. and Mr..
Latimer. one OF the best known smrls.
er men, who 10 In charge. hopes to
blow In the old smsiter this week.
Anthracite miners and operators
are now working under an agreement
extending over q period Of four years
from April /. 1919; there were CON
seanently no serious Interruptions 20
mining operations BY labor troubles
In 1913 and industrial peace ID assured
ia the anthracite region until 1915.
In 1913 the United States produced
LOO short tons OF raw asbestos
There were two producers IN Ge0n
gia. both furnishing asbestos Of the
amphiboie type. and one In Arizona
II Just beginning 10 produce chrysO
tile. The difference between the tive
types IL merely In chemical compost
ton.
Many Of the most prominent min
Ing engineers in tho country viii ad
dress the delegates 20 Tho annual con
vention Of the American Institute u
Mining Engineers which viii meet n
Salt Lake city In August Hixty.tws
speakers viii address the delegates
and the subjects they viii discusi
take . wide range.
Al Honanza. IN Custer county, on
what Ii known as Horse hin. right AZ
the hin from the town Of BONANZA. ars
located Two separate groups Of gole
mining claims which practically Gov
sr all the ground on the hill Ia tbs
early days the ground was In . Wal
scratched over. and even At that. con
siderable gold Was taken ous.
The recovery Of copper from Il
oren by wet processes IL graduali
developing out Of ihe chFyaalls stag
y Of experiment work into the matur
form Of routine practice, Lars
:, plants are under construction for u
4 Anaconda and Chile Copper compal
lea. and at several other places exp'
4 rimental work IL well advanced, say
: the Mining q Scientific Press,
Down in the widely distribute
carnotite zelda Of the HanksyllIe co
u ner there are probably net less tina
100 men working on various loci
u lions. while n you take the entir
Il southeastern Utah carn0tite Geld
embracing Green River. san RAfae
70 Hankssiile. Moab aud other section
not less than several hundred me
e pre- employed on rare ore deposits.
u Asbestos IL one o. The great sur
e prises IN the mineral kingdom. u
account Of itn finely fbrous. flexible
: lncombnhtible character II II spun Il
y 10 yarn and woven into cloth for th
clothing OF firemen and foundrymsl
= who are exposed 20 heat that w0ul
burn ordinary clothing. II u extet
alYely used for theater cursains an
&c has saved many an audience from u
d horrors Of conaagrati0n.
Custer slide Mining company y u
Q name Of the Cripple Greek minlE
n company that has taken . bond an
e lease on the Lucky boy fnlnea an
a mill. and the Charles Rains ore slid
RI at Custer. Idaho. The old Custer OF
= siIde 10 practically q whole side 9
IL the mountain covered with locae sid
ore that samples from ~ 3 ton an
as ID. There IL estimated to be 10000
n tons Of Rold-Eilyer ore tn this slide,
u Though Helena can boast Of sol
N lined sidewalks and goldiined cellar
IN II cannot boast Of gosd.lipcd hoass
which Frank Ffsh recently discovers
"a In the abandoned mining camp
r. Gregory. near wiekes. says the he
in enA Dispatch. As soon as tha a.
c0yery WAS made and verified by =
saycrr. Mr. irish began dismantlir
the buildings and shipping the pla
ID ter 10 the East 5eieaa KnelteF. u
10 has already shipped eight tons OF a
stun and intends to ahip every poua
70 q H.
Two shifts o. men are nov pushir
u the DRIFT on the SOC level Of the KtE
1, william. according 10 the latsst woi
: from Tintic. The face y nearing
point where something Il looked q
!. In the way Of naturalization In q
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