The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-09-10
MINES AND MINING

II is reported from Seven Troughs,
New. that the Col tion production In
August win reach $4,000.
The final taking over or the Big
Sour and the Four J leases on the
property Of the Rochester Mines com
pany has been contaminated.
Shipments OF ore from Park City
last week totaled I.7S1 tons, esti-
mated at $1,000. This Is compared
with l.6S2 tons the previous week.
Nineteen mica ore claims are in
ciuded in q property located At Gus.
Ter. 8. D., which is being developed
oy I. +. Harr and salt Lake associ-
ates.
Directors Of the Utah Consolidated
Mining company have announced .
dividend Of 80 cents q share. This
requires the payment on September
81 of 2150000.
Prompt delivery spelter was mark.
| ed up on August "a at SIS In New
York. copper was established on an
iS-cent basis. lead at s4.70. and silver
advanced 3-S cent and ounce.
Shipments Of ore from the mines
OF Tintic last week totaled l42 car
loads. This is estimated at 100
tons. valued at $4,000. and IL com.
pared with ITO carloads the previous
week.
In response to the director Of the
geological survey, two engineers ar
rived In ophir recently and are TAX
ing the preliminary steps for q gem
eral geological survey Of the whole
camp.
Samples Of ore have been received
in Salt Lake from the Primer claim
lease OF the Bull Valley Gold Mining
company's property which show
coarse gold readily viaihle to the
naked eye.
The Tintic district miners union 10
planning q big excursion TO Vivian
park in Provo canyon September 5, az
which time the miners expect to close
up Eureka, Silver City and Mammoth
and come over in body.
The raise on the Tar Baby tunnel,
located in the Big Cottonwood dis
trict, is being driven steadily upward
to reach the contact between the
quartzite and what is termed the up
per black rock formation.
None Of the mines in Oregon. Utah.
or Washington reported any produc-
ton OF quicksilver in 1914. and the
output was derived from twenty prop
critics in California, seven In Nevada
and three In Arizona and Texas.
The yield OF gold from California
mines in 1914. as reported by Charles
G. Yale of the United States geoiog-
ical survey, was s2O,5e3,4 9s. which.
with the exception OF that in 1881,
was the largest production since
1854.
Production Of coal In the United
States In 1914 was exceeded by that
in only two previous years-1s12 and
1918. In 1914 the total production
OF anthracite and bitmuminous coal
amounted to 513.525.477 short tons,
valued at 1851. 4sO,643.
With the realization that the min,
ing industry offers large returns for
the money invested public opinion IL
rapidly changing and there Is plenty
OF money to be had for legitimate
mining propositions, il Is asserted b.
} prominent mining men.
A mining deal OF much local i'm.
portance was contaminated last weeh
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was received from Salt Lake parties
on their option on an interest In the
property OF the Willow Creek Gold
Mining and Milling company. operat
ing about 100 miles southeast OF Ely
At its last dividend meeting thf
Utah Copper increased the regular
dividend from rs cents TO 81 a quar-
ter, while the Butte & Superior paid
out s3.25 a share. Some anticipate
that even these rates may be In
creased provided the skies looh
bright ahead for the big mines com
panies.
Reports from Tintic are that thu
new discovery on the Yankee Con
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The surface shaft has followed the
ore down thirty-B TO forty feet and
the shoot shows signs Of diminish
ing In size. Some, ring like sixty q
seventy tons Of ore. which Is esti
mated at $50 q ton, has been OK
tracted
The management Of the Panama
Pacific International exposition hal
designated September 20 to q a
mining week. Mining men from al
parts OF the world will attend. The
American Mining congress. the Ma
tioRal Mine Rescue and First AID
Demonstration. Mines and MetallurgJ
day. the Mining and Metallurgical so
eiety win all hold sessions.
After many years Of effort. the IA
nous Victoria copper ming at DoIly
Warden. New. (made famous by rea
son of Its native copper productiOn]
has fallen into the hand OF = com
pany composed OF GoldAeid and Sc
attic capitalists, which, within tha