The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-04-01
MINES AND MINING

showing that il earned a little more
than per cent in 1914.
The big teaching plant at the Ne
vadaDouglas is building as rapidly
as the present force of men can dc |
it, says the Yerington Times.
Phoebe ore shipments the past week |
TO Utah smelters amounted TO Sc car ,
loads. This is estimated at 1890 tons |
and valued at $4,000. II is one OF |
the biggest weekly productions the |
camp has ever experienced.
The resumption OF activities on the
Giroux claims, fourteen miles north OF
Luning, is causing considerable com
ment in the camp. says the Walker
Lake Bulletin. These claims are con
trolled by the Arizona copper syndf
cate.
One hundred thousand dollars is be
| ing expended in development OF the
| potash deposits near Marysvale, Utah
| and there is now no question of the
quality of the potash. The only Ques
ton now is the quantity OF the de
| Dosits.
1t is the expectation of the man
agement of the Mccoy property at
Mccoy, a new gold camp located thir'
| ty miles south of Battle Mountain,
New, to make arrangements in the
near future TO do some shipping from
surface veins.
Conditions are very encouraging at
the Pittsburg- Idaho mine at Gilmore
Idaho At present there are thirty
ieasers at work and twenty-eight men
employed by the company. Some OF
the ore being sent out carries near
81 900 to the car.
After close-down of about two
months, during which the filters oil
the big mill have been entirely recon
structed, the Aurora Consolidated
Mines company, operating at Aurora,
Mineral county, Nevada, is to resume
operations at opce.
Miners are now working night and
day at the Lower Mammoth. This
Tintic property is producing heavier
than ever before in It's history. witt
spelter at IS or better we can make
pretty fair profits at the Lower Nam
moth" said General Manager Dicl
last week.
1t is reported from Provo that thu
, Iron Blossom now has approximate!
100000 cash on hand. and the likeli
hood is that the regular 10-cent quar-
terly, due for announcement on Apri
10, will be paid. This will call 10
100000 and will give the company
dividend record OF $2.37 share.
That Utah is entering upon an er
of wonderful activity and prosperity
and that the Salt Lake Stock an
Mining exchange will continue to mil
ror the business and financial aspet
: of the community and will again rel
- lister it's transactions in the million
is the belief Of President r. J. Evan
= Profits OF the American Smeltin
& Refining company in 1914 amour
4 ed to $1O,571,91O or 100000 less tina
= in the previous year. Material wort
more than $2OO000,000 was manufa
tured and the net earnings were ju,
below Az per cent on the turnove
The company has a $520,23S pensio
: fund.
y A placer gold strike of unusu
= richness has been made on Dext'
divide, four miles from Nome, sa!
a dispatch from there. indication
are that the new field viii be one
N the greatest producing sections in Il
n Seward peninsula district. Many o
a. orators have struck dirt paying S.
u pan.
With the advent of spring, mini
is picking up in the Tintic distri'
~ There were more shippers in the Ii
a. last week than at any other time sin
~ last summer The total production
" larger too. The output Tor the WEI
~ is los carloads. This is estimated
40 5,4O0 tons OF ore and valued AT Sl3
600.
Describing the recent strike of &C
., ore in the property OF tn Rico Nj
IA ing company, the Rico Item OF Mar
no 10 says: The ore consists of VIII
IN and rose quartz. ireeiy impregnat
with blacklist and resinous miner
containing high values. Specks OF
- terspersed free god appear tbrouG
out frequently without the aid OF
=, glass
nm Arrangements have practically be
n. completed By Receiver Everett OF I
"A. But,e-Duuth Naming company to p
nit the eastern interests that Ia
M an option on thu property to 60 abe
80 with the experiments and now v
"a begin al once the churn drilling
- find out the depth and quality OF I
-, ore on the ButIeDuiuth ground, Sd
% the Anaconda Standard
a Charles h. Doohttle. manager OF I
Bingham-New haven Mining compal
nm has returned from an inspection
"A its Utah and eastern property
=, Shem, in southern Utah. Il owns
\ copper mine and an old smelter the
= The mine was found in pre-
tumbled down stale. TIs Bingh