The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-12-25
MINES AND MINING

Tcnopah the past week totaled 9;i7
tons. valued at $2O1,406.
A carload OF ore which csr..,s
about 100 ounces in silver to the ton
is being sent out from the Lover
Mammoth mine in Tintic district
Ore shipments from Park City
mines the past week tota.ed LAB
tons, estimated at $4,000, compared
with 1912 tons the previous week
Drilling on leased land near Mcn.
don, Cache county, will be commenced
as soon as standard rig can be got
ten on the ground, says the Logan
(Utah) Republican
Compared with the previous weeks
business, trading on the Salt Lake
mining exchange for the six days of
last week shows an increase of S22,-
600 in round numbers.
The Honerine, near Stockton, Utah,
has a force of men drifting on the
200-foot level to tap the shoots from
which the ore was extracted above
the present tunnel levels.
Ore shipments from the mines Of
Tintic last week tCtaled 134 carloads.
This is estimated at $500 tons and
valued at $4,000. 1t is compared
with 1876 carloads the previous week.
In driving the new adit into the ore
body at the Yankee Consolidated the
ore was found to be eighteen feet
thick, according to the officials. This
| adt was sent in In order to mine a
| cleaner product.
One of Eureka's Oldest properties,
the Bullion Beck, is now sending out
a nice tonnage of high grade zinc ore.
which is coming from various parts OF
| the mine. This ore Is mined under
the leasing system.
Already about 300 tons Of ore have
been shipped from the old Maxtieldl
mine in Big Cottonwood canyon. neary
Salt Lake This ore has been aver
aging about $55 a ton and mainly in
silver and lead values.
1t is reported from Greybull, Wyom-
ings Invest oil field, that there are at
least ten companies which are either
drilling or ready to work. Greybull
Is not a new oil district except in the
matter of aggressive development.
Within the next day or two the first
carload of ore from the Scotia prop
erty in the West Tintic disttric since
the mine was turned over to the
Chief Consolidated people will De
started on It's way to the smelter.
David Miller, who owns placer
| ;,%a ;,. ytol,
says that placer mining is reviving.
To emphasize his statement he is
showing a pocketfull of gold nuggets,
some of them as large as navy bean.
Oil from the shallowest strike" in
the Big Horn basin fields is being
bailed from we'll in the Grass Creek
district only 700 feet deep. The flow
was brought in by Nat Levi and is
about fifty barrels daily. says a Their
mopolis dispatch.
Wyoming's coal output for the ifs
cal year ended September 80, 1918,
was only 6,26S,3S9.S5 tons. decrease
Of 953,3S2O7 tons from the output OF
the preceding year, which was 7,221,-
77192 TONS according to the annual
reports of the state coal mine inspec-
tors.
Some work is being done this win
ter on the Eberhardt group OF claims
In West Mountain, according to a re-
port from Bingham. The ground COW
ers five claims and is located near
Butterfield canyon. There is BOD
foot tunnel and a new shaft Is being
p sunk.
Provo directors of the Iron Blossom
: Mining company held the regular
monthly meeting on December 10 and
declared an extra Christmas dividend
Of cents share. This calls for the
disbursement on December % Of $780,,
900. This is a total of $2,500,000 for
the company.
According to enc authority, the pro-
duction Of the Silver King Coalition
Of Park City for the year 1915, on the
! basis Of the output for the llrst eleven
months, will be about 100000 ounces
of silver, 27,OOO,O00 pounds OF lead
= 100000 pounds OF copper and 2,4O.
ounces of gold.
Twelve active leases are now being
operated on the Seven Troughs Min
ing company's property in Nevada.
y The property is being mined to the
3 700 level and fair return In royalties
is the result. The company is under
stood to have something more than
$4,000 cash in the treasury.
Operations are being carried on al
the Lucky Dtposit Mining company
property in White Pine county at the
old camp OF Aurum, Nevada. TIE
present work consists in running 8
crosscut through a prominent ven
which measures 200 feet across ant
outcrops through the property show
ing excellent values.
Announcement of the incorporate
in Maine OF the Greybull Refnin
company, a $2,50O00o concern, wa
made at the Denver offices CT tn
Midwest Refining company. The Mic
west company holds substantial il
. terest in the new concern II Ia sal,