The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-05-14
AROUND THE MINES

The Eagle & Blue Bell mine closaI
| the month of April with total oil
forty-eight carloads of ore, or about
2,J44 tons, to its credit.
Butte & Superior for the year end
ing December 81 shows gross profit
S2,676.653; net profit. s937,79 otne.
income, 1914. Total income, s942,'
1888.
| The new 50O-ton mill of the Aurora
Consolidated Gold Mines company at
Aurora, New, is practically completed
and will be ready to start in few
days
On May % at Parowan, Utah, there
will be a foreclosure sale of mining
properties OF the Gold Springs Mining
& Power company, in favor o. the
| Western Electric company.
The production of primary refined
| lead dead produced from ore) in the
United states is given by a recent
government publication at 2,460 tons
in 1913 and 4S0,S94 tons in 1912.
Eleven parties are being made uI
by the United States geological sur.
yey to investigate this season the
mineral resources OF half dozen OF
more different districts of Alaska.
Each 1000 shares of Utah Copper
company stock today represents
| about $4,000. There are less than
200 stockholders holding 1000 shares
or more. In ali there are 3,9l4 stock
holders In the company
The mill at the independence group
near HALEY is working uninterrupted
ly, and II the price of lead does not
drop by 20 to 40 cents more it will be
kept at work through the summer AMI
even next winter If power can be ov
tanned eheaply.
Sales aggregating 1900 tons of Eng
lish hematite have been made by one
dealer to consumers in the eastern
Pennsylvania district, and, as report
ed. these lots now are being deliv.
cred, says the Iron Trade Review.
They are being shipped in three par.
cells. The price reported is about $40
seaboard.
At meeting In Spokane of direct
ors of the Standard Silver-Lead Mil.
ing company, owned by the Finch.
Campbell and Clark interests OF Spo-
kane, 1t was decided to declare an ex.
ira dividend of $4,000 in May, doub
ling the regular monthly disbursement
of 21s cents the share. The mine is
near Silyerton, b. c.
The value Of silver, copper, lead and
zinc produced in the central states in
1913, according to the final figures OF
J. p. Dunlop OF the United States geo
ogical survey, was $5S,045,927 OF this
Missouri and Michigan contributed by
far the largest amount, the Missouri
production being valued at $29 04,S90,
and that of Michigan at $21,2s5,561.
Oklahoma was the only one of the
central states which showed larger
output OF both lead and zinc in 1913
than in 1912. The value of the silver
lead and zinc produced at mines in
Oklahoma for the year 1918, accord
ing to J. p. Dunlop of the United
States geological survey, was 1855,
217. compared with $1,101,042 In
1912.
That the Clapp ore extraction pro
cess. which for months has been un.
der demonstration In Salt Lake, is 60
ing to make good. is emphasized in a
communication received in Salt Lake
by Col. George f. Cooke from his
partner. the inventor. c. w. Clapp,
who has been in Oregon for several
weeks on business connected with the
proposition.
Parties who picked up good looking
float ore On a field of the old Black
ranch. now owned by w. p. Graf Of
Bellevue, began prospecting on Satur.
day. says the Wood River News
Miner. They uncovered a large guam.
tity Of zinc and good galena ore. The
discovery was made in an alfalfa field
in a southerly direction from the
Glendale mine.
Five out Of the eight dividend-pay.
ing mines OF the Occur d'Alene dis.
trict OF Idaho are said to be steady
monthly dividend payers. the others
paying at intervals. according to the
state of their finances. Several new
properties will be added to the list OF
dividend paying mines this season.
the most prominent being the Ma.
tional and Interstate Callahan.
A charter has been granted by the
executive board of the American In.
stitute OF Mining Engineers tor the
organization OF Utah local Of the ma.
tional association. or a Utah-Neyada
local This is the word received in
Salt Lake last week By members OF
the national organization who are
back OF the movement to form a local
branch OF the institute.
The annual report OF the Mason Val
ley Mines company for the year 1913
shows the total tonnage OF ore smelt.
ed was as5,S55 tons. Of which 1885
tons were from the company's prop
erty and lll.2l9 tons custom ore.
From the foregoing was produced IL.
ieS tons OF copper matte. containine
ltsoL520 pounds OF copper. 1922 Il
ounces Of gold and 1sl.S3l74 ounce.
OF silver.
According to the auh report. the
Goldfeld Consolidated mill treated 80
S4s tons ot ore in March. SAYS the
Goldaeld Tribune, which yielded net
PROFITS o. SI61,sS6eT. Mining and
milling costs during March were a
cents per ion lower than during Feb