The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-29
AROUND THE MINES

| Wv Shale' tobdilug over $1,000, 600
has been declared by the Amaieanat
ed Copper company.
Tungsten ores we're produced dur
ing 1913 in six OF the western states
Colorado. California, Idaho Arizona
south Dakota and Nevada
| The big eopper-lead strike recentl,
made In the property u the Westery
Pacific Copper company at Deep creet
10 creating much interest in the pos
sibility of that part OF Utah.
Predictions that the development q.
the Ely Calumet property thruugs
the Gladys shaft will result I'm the on
ening OF q big mine are confirmed by
the discovery OF new ore In the hot
tom OF the shaft. says the Ely Expost
tor
hadium Is now being manufactured
In this country only in Pennsylvania
The plant OF the Radium Company Of
America at Sellersville, Bucks county
was established some time ago and
that company Is now producing rack
| urn daily.
The Lucky Boy Gold Mining com
pany has placed the properties Of ths
company al Custer. Idaho. under bond
and lease with purchase option 10 Col
orado Springs men who propose To be-
gin active work AT these famous ols
mines as soon as spring opens
According to a report from Phoebe,
Herman 4. FreRndenthal, who has
been appointed receiver for the Day
Bristol Consolidated Mining company.
has been put In charge and the prop
srty closed down. Internal dIssenslon
seems 10 be the real cause OF the
trouble.
Word from Goldfeld says the sun.
set Mining and Development company
Is considering the Immediate erectron
Of mill and Il Is generally believed
that decision win be reached 10 pro
coed at once with the construction Of
plant Of at least 1000 tons monthly
capacity.
London fortnightly statistics show
European stocks OF copper. including
Hamburg. Rotterdam and Hremen. On
January Is decreased 752 tons. while
copper supplies afioat decreased 900
tons. making a total decrease Of 1864
tons. compared with 1850 decrease
on December 81 last
Word comes from Butte that for
the FIRST time In the history OF labor
troubles In that city the Anaconda
Connar NInfaO r...sra.., -. n
movement having for its object the
refusal Of the demand OF the Work.
tngmen'a union for an Increase il
wages from s3.5s TO 81 a day.
The production OF tin IN the United
States Is Insignificant compared with
that OF the great tin mining regions.
such as the Federated Malay States,
Bolivia. and Australia. but a small
output amounting 10 an equivalent Of
about fifty short tons OF metallic tin
was made from Eve localities during
1913.
One OF Churchill country's old min
Ing camps bids fair to come back.
Bernice, situated north OF Wonder and
on the east side OF Dixie valley. was q
iourishing camp upwards OF twenty
years ago. and produced better than
half a million dollars. and IL again Civ
,ng up her secrets. says the Fallen
tNeyl Eagle.
Ben Hampton, an old Utah mining
operator. will ship this year several
thousand tons OF Stag from the old
smelter dumps southwest Of Stock
ton to the shelters for treatment. lie
shipped over 10000 tons last summer
from the old Chicago dump in that 10
cality. on which there was = net smell.
ter return OF S. TO " a ton.
The "Frenehmans mine has
grown into a small village and tbs
other night upon the trial Of toe new
machinery In the mill just completed
burst out into brilliant light. when
the 400 incandescent lights were turn,
ed en- for the FIRST time with electric
Ity generated by the mine dynamos.
says the Las Vegas New Review.
The National Mines at National. Ne
vada. Is working full force. II has
plenty o. high grade and associated
with Il in the deeper workings Is an
abundance Of high class milling ore
which In any other district would be
elassed high grade. for better than
800 per ton ore on an average Is REQ
ognized the world over as high grade
ore.
With the exception OF the reliable
! Attest out company, the other prineE
pal properties IN the camp OF Gilmore
idaho. are practically shut down. In
spite nf this fact however. the gen.
eral feeling among miners. prospect
ors and owners. il most optimistic for
the immediate future. according To
the salmon Recorder.
The North Butte company has &C
auired 900 additional acres OF Butte
territory. for which IL has paid $1,000
900 in cash and 10000 shares Of stock
This property has been In process OF
requirement for nearly two years and
the tl.000000 Of cash has come out
II earnings. and al the same time the
eompany has added 10 working capital
a total uf about ti.000.e00.
On January there arrived AT Jar
1iegs the FIRST sack Of secondelaSs
nail since the eighteenth Of Decena-
Der. and there are remaining on the
summR between Charleston and Jar
9idge eighteen sacks OF second-class
nail in the snow. says the Ceataet
timer.
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