The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-12-04
MINES hED MINING

There is an exceedingly strong un-
lertone to bar silver in London and
sharp adgt.4ce ii the next few weeks
would cause no surprise, says the }os-
ton News Bureau
This advance OF 2 cents an ounce III
the price OF silver means TO the lJtah
operators an aggregate Of 81 100000
IN the yearly production of l3,0j0,0Gt
to 14000,000 ounces.
Shipments Of ore from the mines OIL.
Tintic the past week tota.ed l59 CIR
leads This is estimated 1T $3.50 ton
ya.ued at $4,000, compared Via III
ears the previous week.
Between four and five feet of what
Is tern good gold ore has been
opened ON the G5ndola group Of the
Fortuna Independence Mining com
pany, in Beaver county, Utah.
With silver at its present level the
earnings Of the ontario Silver Mining
company. the property Of which is To-
Gated In the Park City district OF Utah,
have been materially increased.
Directors Of the Silver King Ccnso1f
dated met in Salt Lake last week and
declared the regular quarterly digi
dend of 10 cents share. This calls
for the distribution Of $63,750 on De
cember 81.
Great interest is being exhibited in
| the convention to be held in Washing.
| ton on December 16, 1918, which was
called by the Mining and Metai!urgical
| society of America and is to be con
Quoted under its auspices
Several Utah men are still operating
in the Lynn district in northern Ne
vada. The E,lko Free Press says that
! the Lynn district has been proven tc
be rich placer field, but the main
| drawback is lack OF water.
Utah Ccpper's October production
figures were released last week, show
ing another record monthly production
of 16,0O4. .607 POUNDS Of copper The
previous record ncnth was Angus,
with 15,966,542 pounds to its credit,
Marked activity IS noted in the pro
duction of silver in Colorado, The bu
reau CT mines has announced ina
abandoned properties are being reha
bilitated in the silver belt, and tha
old dump grounds are being worked
over,
One of the Albion leasers, who il
down from Alta, reports that some o
the ore they are extracting from tht
old upper workings carries 40 per cen
lead. The deep snow enables the mel
to easily drag their ore down tn
mountain to Alta
There were cleared from the Unite
States during September 49,4o3 9S
pounds of copper, the heaviest ton
mage leaving this country since June
when 51091 ,9S6 pounds were shippe
abroad In the interim exports for
single month got as low as q rs "
in August
The holdings of the Ozark Minin
& Milling company consisting OF tn
Wild Rose group OF fourteen claim
and the Ozark group OF seven elaim
three miles east OF Pierce, ldah'
abandoned for the laest three year
| nave DttH lOtdltu " ~. - t'.tt'N
mining engineer Of spokane
, w. r. Rust, who for many ye@
3 has been at the head of the Gugge]
helm interests in the northwest an
Alaska, has severed his connectie
O with the American melting 4 Reil
+. ing company by resignlng from Y
d presidency of the Tacoma SmeltH
company, owned BY the former co
Germ
Calumet & Arizona directors "
!, meet for dividend action on Deeemb
I T, at which tine, We understand, u
s regular quarterly distribution OF 81 ?
$. share will be made, This will u
le doubtedly be a disappointment
n many stockholders. as the comEal
must be earning at east $40 per shal
saws the Boston News BarGou
n The committee recently appoint
III by Governor John y. Kendriek 10 &C
slider the advisabiIity and desirabili
of constructing Ga0-mile pipe Ii
:" from the Casper oil fields to On.al