The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-09-24
MINES AND MINING

tons. compared with 4.I5S5Ss tons on
July 81 last. an increase of 54.742
tons.
Shipments OF ore from the mines Of
Tintic during the week totaled eighty
six cars. or 1900 tens, valued at $780,
600. This is fourteen cars. or about
200 tons, less than for the previous
week.
Two discoveries that are undouhted-
ly OF considerable Importance were
made last week in the Chief Consoli.
dated mine at Eureka. Utah. new Gre
bodies having been picked up on tae
LOCO and 1900 hevels.
Utah stockholders OF the Chino are
In receipt OF letter from President
c. NJ. MacNeili relative TO the reduc-
ton of the T5-cent quarterly dividend
to 90 cents and points out the strong
Physical and financial condition of the
Georgia ranked second among all
the states In 1918 in the production of
earytes, bauxite, fuller's earth. natural
mineral paints and paper clay, and
was the only state reporting a produc-
ton Of asbestos, according to figures
of the United States geological sur
vey.
The Colorado mine ut Eureka, Utah
which is being worked under the
leasing system, earned In the neigh
borhood of $4,000 during the month OF
August, this sum coming into the
treasury in royalties on ore shipped
by the .leasers.
Tobernite has been discovered in
Utah by George Simpson .of Glover.
This deposit. out six miles west OF
Ajax station on the Salt Lake Route,
is said to be the only find OF its kind
In America. There are but two other
places in the world yielding this sort
of radium ore.
Word has been received from Tintic
that the rich strike OF bismuth in the
old Mammoth mine apparently shows
no disposition to pinch. The latest
work. however is going under the
heart of the ore body. The drift IL
maintaining it's level. while the ore
AoS HAa~e uPNoAu iTOHi tue oou tcFel.
Reports are sent in from Rochester.
Nevada. that twenty feet OF ore in
what is called the Back vein In the
Four J. block OF the Rochester mines
property, assays from SIS to $35 a ton
The vein has been demonstrated for
about 1000 feet on its strike. running
into the Big Four and Codd blocks OF
ground
There Is considerable interest
among mining men In the southern
part OF Humboldt county, due to the
newly discovered mineral deposit In
the vicinity OF Leonard creek, which
promises soon to make that one OF tns
richest mining camps In Nevada, &C.
cording to the opinion OF experts,
says the Reno New Journal.
Common salt continues to be i'm.
ported in considerable quantity. more
than a million barrels coming 10 ATT
lantic ports last year, according to
the United states geological survey,
The country is amply able. however.
to supply the entire home demand. as
the capacity of its salt mines and
works is in excess OF the present out
put.
An amalgamation and cyanide min
will be erected by the Flake company
OF Jarbidge within the next year
to treat the ore developed during the
past two years. This ore consists oil
600 tons OF an average value OF S33
per ton above the tunnel level and the
values show persistancy in a Wine
sunk Atty feet below the tunnel level
Scores OF men. working with "griE
zlies' and pans, are scattered along
the banks OF the Saskatchewan river
which bisects Edmonton. Alberta.
washing gold from the gravel and
sand on the bars The daily clean up
ranges from 81 to - man. E1pe-
rienced miners are directing the work,
which Is designed TO solve the unem-
ployed problem during the next three
months, according to story from
Canada.
Charging that the Stewart Mining
company has entered upon the On
tario claim at Kellogg Wardner. Idaho,
and has knowingly taken out ore TO
the probable value OF $4,000 the On
tario Mining company. lessor and
| Jonathan Bourne. Jr. OF Portland.
Ore. owner OF the property. have fiied
suit in the district court Of shoshone
| county, Idaho, asking that the Stewart
company be restrained from continu
ing its alleged practice.
Many inquiries have been received
by the United States geological sur
vey concerning investments in the
stock OF certain tungsten companies.
In general II may be said that tung-
stem mining. II properly conducted Ia
probably az safe financially as other
forms OF mining. II Is not. however.
within the province Of the federal sur.
vey TO give advice on the purchase Of
| particular stocks or on the condition
Of particular mining properties or in
dividual mines beyond that included
In the surveys published reports,
In general II may be said that the
New York Stock exchange has cleared
liz sheets and Is nov ready for bust
ness the moment commercial credits.
which have the right OF way. have
been put in position so that business
may be resumed in the financial dis