The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-01-21
MINES AND MINING

oniphehS OF ore from the mines OF
Park City, Utah. the past week
amounted TO a total OF l.7S0 tons, es
timated at 1921. 200. This is compared
with 1918 tons the previous week.
F. r Bell. superintendent OF the
Buckskin National Gold Mining com,
pany's property near National, AZ
rived from camp He brought In le6
pounds of high grade ore. worth about
$40 per pound, says the Humboldt
Star.
Dividends paid out in 1914 by the
mines OF the famous Cripple Creek OF
Colorado amounted TO s2,94s.6s5.1l.
The December production totaied ST.
ESQ tons with a gross bullion value of
$1,l65,s54.50, or an average OF 2l4.s4
a ton.
The following is an estimate OF the
total values OF the metal production OF
the state of Idaho for the year 1914:
Lead, pounds. O.46I 900; zinc,
pounds. 49,207 600; silver. ounces, I3.
256,00O; copper. pounds. 4.375.Ooo:
gold, ounces. 62.6S5.
1t is estimated that the consumption
of California oil for fuel on the Pacific
coast is equivalent to about 10000 900
tons Of coal, or about six times the
output of coal in Washington, or. for
that matter, in all the Pacific coast
states combined, in 1914.
Production of coal in Washington.
which is the only coal producer Of
any Importance on the Pacific coast,
has been considerably reduced during
recent years by the great output OF
petroleum in California and its use as
manufacturing. railroad and steamer
fuel.
A carload OF concentrates. the by.
product Of a two weeks run, has been
shipped by the Toncpah Extension
company. 1t weighed in the ne!ghbor-
hood OF fifteen and one-half tons. The
estimated value was $500 ton or
5000. says the Tonopah Daily Do
uanya
There were thirty-three mines pro
ducing quicksilver In the United States
in 1914 of which twenty-three we're
in California. The output Of quicksil.
yer in California in l914-1l.4 C9 TASKS
was the smallest since 1860. The
1918 production OF that state was l5..
SCI TASKS.
The foreman OF the Paloma Gold a
Silver Mining company writes from
Milford that the shaft has reached the
325 foot level and the entire bottom
OF it is now in ore. He is taking out
and saving ore every day now. The
expectation is to make an initial ship
ment OF high grade early next spring.
Regardless OF the depression in the
metal market due 10 the Europ an
war, there was an increase in the
| quantity of lead produced in Utah dur
ing 1914, according to estimates by
Victor c. Heikes OF the UnAed States
geological survey. Mr. Heikes gives
to the total metal production for 1914
a value OF S3S 100000.
Domestic production OF quicksilver
during 1914 showed a decline as com
pared with the production OF 1918, &C.
cording to figures by the geological
survey. The production last year wGs
1865 TASKS OF rs pounds each. with
an approximate value Of ssll, 1872 Dur.
ing 1913 the production was 20.zI3
TASKS valued at Ssl3,l7l.
With the mill running at capacity
and the development work bringing
more ore in sight daily, the Nau Aug
Mines company. the property OF which
is located in the Wood River mining
district, twelve miles from Haley,
Idaho, will continue regular shipmen 3
OF high,g grade lead concentrates and
lead ore from now on. according 10 tie
management.
American Metal Market says: The
production OF spelter during the first
half OF 1914 was $4,000 tens Gne
many believe production during tho
second half was Just az large, but for
| arguments sake say II decreased to
100000 tons. domestic deliveries IN
the FIRST half were l49.363 tons and 10
that case there was certainly a de-
crease in the last six months, our es-
innate being l5b, 600 tons, or just about
the same as In last half Of 1913.
In his annual report submitted TO the
secretary OF the interior, DR., Joseph a.
Holmes reviews the inyes igatioLH
made by the bureau OF min 3 70 safe
guard the miners from electrical accl
dents. Director Holmes makes the
| declaration that not oB!y have many
men been killed or injured from what
are believed 20 be unnecessary cleo
SricAl accidents. but indirectly electri.
cal apparatus has been responsible for
nine explosions and mine fires that
have extensively destroyed both life
and property.
Notwithstanding the slough Of de-
spond through which the coal mining
industry OF the Unted S-s.es Was
compelled to work lie way during The
last nine mon.hs OF 1914, a decidedly
hopeful tone prevailed AZ the end Of
the year. and the opinion generally eG-