The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-03-05
AROUND THE MINES

Nevada Consolidated produced o.
791. 1923 pounds Of copper. as compared
with 5,343.s pounds in December.
Work at the Cupric Mines conipany's
property near Newhouse. Utah. Is to
be resumed soon. II is said. after
considerable period Of idleness. A gas
oline hoist Is to be installed.
The price at which radium sells at
present ranges from 1920 to $3.50
milligfam OF metallic radium. Price
is dependent on several factors, chief
OF which Is the quality Of the product
An assessment OF mills a share
has been levied on the capital stock
OF the Tintic- Delmar Mining company
The company owns twenty-eight
claims In north Tintic on which deyel-
opment work has been in progress for
several years.
Salt Lake mining men are working
the Rescue property in the vicinity
Of Golconda. according to the Nevada
Silver State. The group is under
bond The operators are getting fine
gold returns from the crosgcut from
their 100-foot shaft
An analysis Of the last quarterly re-
port of the Utah Copper company de
velops the interesting point that from
2.113,0S0 tons of rock treated, which
averaged 1876 per cent copper, net
earnings OF $l,479,7s7 were derived.
says the Boston News Letter.
Utah has an undoubted large re-
source In carnotite ores. Lack OF
transportation is its chief drawback.
but Green River developments Of the
past three months have shown that
much ore is to be found where there
is no surface indication of it.
Frank p. Cavanah of Boise, Idaho,
has taken a bond and lease on the
mine and mill owned by Harry Mac
Namara Of Tonopah, says the Bonan-
IA. This Is located at Athens, twenty
seven miles east OF Luning, and has
been operated for the better part of a
year with excellent results.
The last carload of rails from what
was once the Salt Lake & Mercur rail-
says the Eureka Reporter, A few car
loads of ties are buried in the vicinity
of, the abandoned town of Mercur un-
der about three feet of snow, but there
is no longer any railroad to the town
The new hydro-electric power plant
at the Rocher de Boule copper mine
at Hazelton, b. c.. in which Butte and
Salt Lake people are interested, is
completed and In operation. The
mine is being developed by tunnels,
but the current is used to run com
pressors for operating machine drills.
The Butte 4 Superior company is
making very substantial earnings at
the rate of $3.50 per share on its stock,
IL is understood that 1t earned $126,-
600 in January following net earnings
Of 100000 in December. An improv-
ing spelter market is very quickly re-
flected In Butte & Superior net earn
ings.
A Salt Lake radium enthusiast says
that u Chicago rare metal expert re-
Gently made an analysis of some San
Rafael reef ore that had been exposed
to the air for year and rated II as
containing 72,450 mache units of ra.
dlum to the ton, which he figures
makes the ore worth $3.50 ton for
radium values.
All previous finds of high-grade Gin
nabar ore was discounted this week by
| the discovery made on the property
| OF Pepper Il Keough at Cinnabar, nine
miles east of Nina, says the Western
| Nevada Miner. II is undoubtedly tho
richest cinnabar rock ever discovered.
| u portion of the ledge giving values
| OF so and 60 per cent In mercury con
| tent
With all that mas been said regard
ing the recession In business and its
| effect on the consumption of copper.
| the fact remains that the year 1914
started out better. from the statisti-
cal standpoint, at least. than 1913,
| with net decrease n worlds visible
supply of about 100000 pounds,
against an increase of 10000. 900
pounds for the same month of 1918.
says the Boston News Bureau.
At Tonopah last week the annual
meeting of stockholders in the Rail.
road Valley company was held. at
which more than 700 600 shares were
represented, \ plan by which the
work of conducting further explora-
lions In Railroad valley for deposits
OF potash or other valuable salts was
adopted, as was resolution to secure
leases Of as much of the probably val
liable claims as possible,
Rochester is makiag one OF the
great mining camps OF the world. All
development north and south shows
the permanence of the district. not in
sensational high grade. but in consist.
cnt larger bodies OF milling ores. This
| applies over that wide area. miles
long and MS wide. comprising tho
great western fault plane of the Hum.
boldt mountain and within which are
found the old Rye Patch. Relief.
| Humboldt Queen and the great placer
diggings OF American canyon.
J, +. Hamburger has retired from
the presidency OF the Daily West Min.
Ing company at Park City and has
been succeeded on the board OF al.
rectors by Herbert Cohen The
change was made at the annual meet.
ing. held in Denver recently.