The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-06-03
MINES AND MINING

| Electrical machinery will soon be
installed at the Lehi-Tintic in North
Tintic.
The total value of the silver, copper,
cad and zinc mined in the central
states increased from $55,17l, 306 in
1914, to 1921, 2S3 262 in 1915, or about
l20 per cent.
Tungsten discoveries at Cherry
Creek, Nevada, fifty miles north Of
ely, are bringing that old-time camp
nto prominence once more in the
mining world.
The fundamental reason why silver
is advancing is because Europe is to-
day on paper basis, says James ].
Phelan, writing on the silver situation
in the Boston News Bureau.
One of the largest bodies of ore
ever opened in the state is being de-
veloped by the Rochester Merger
Mines company at Rochester, New,
according to latest reports from the
mine.
Shipments of f1rst-class crude ore
and concentrates from the mills of
Park City last week totaled 2,054 tons,
estimated at $4,000 This is COM
pared with 1888 tons the previous
week, valued at 100000.
Shipments from Tintic last week
broke all production records in more
than two years. The output was 242
carloads, estimated at l2,100 tons, val
ued at 100000 This is compared
with 222 cars the previous week.
Nearly 10000 900 pounds OF copper
came down from Alaska during the
short month of February, this being
the largest total for any single month
up to that time, and comparing with
3,67S,SSO pounds in February, 1915.
Under the energetic new manage
ment with it's increased quota of min.
ers. the Cedar-Talisman Is beginning
to make good recent promises that
the production could and would be
materially increased in a short time.
United States Smelling earned for
the first four months of this year close
to $4,000 April showing well over
$1,20O.000. Partially estimating May
and June, net profits for the first half
year are expected to touch $1,000. 900.
The production Of silver in the GEN.
trail states is always relatively unim-
ed to 647553 ounces, valued at $685.
800, of which 585 933 ounces was de-
rived from copper mines in Michigan.
A report from Park City is that the
ore in the new strike at the Quincy
tested out carried $35 to $40 ton,
mainly in silver and lead One report
is that the ore shows ten feet and no
wall; another that ii has been opened
eighteen feet
During the past four weeks the
camp OF Tintic has shipped total OF
S64 carloads of ore. This is estimated
at 43,20O tons, valued at more than
81 100000. 1t is one of the heaviest
production months in the recent his
tory OF the camp.
Late reports from the old Day. ris-
tol mine near Phoebe. New. which is
now being operated by the Uvada Cop
per company, are that the production
is being maintained, and that it will
be increased just as soon as more
miners can be hired.
Coal mines In the Hiawatha, Nor
land and Black Hawk districts in Utah
have been operating at least three
days each week to enable coal miners
to earn livelihood, reports j. f. Pet.
tit. state coal mine inspector, who has
returned from a tour of Carbon and
Emery counties.
Shipments from the tungsten mine
on Patterson creek in Idaho during
the month OF April gave gross returns
of over $4,000. About one hundred
sacks of concentrates. averaging 65
per cent pure tungsten, were shipped.
Sixty per cent ore is worth about
$3.50 per pound