The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-07-08
mines AND MINING

exports from Atlantic ports were IL
357 tons, making a total for June OF
Is, 1853 tons.
Denver directors of the Midwest Re-
fining company last week declared
per cent dividend amounting to
100000.
Shipments mined by lessees operat-
Ing on the Godiva property in the
Tintic district during June netted at
the smelter more than 10000.
The matter OF the Salt Lake mining
exchange making clearing house is
said to be receiving the serious at
tention of the governing board.
Officials Of the Eagle & Blue Bell
have decided that this is an opportune
lime in which to sink the main working
shaft from the 100 to the 1850 level.
From Rochester, New, comes word
that work will begin at once enlarg-
ing the mill of the Rochester Mines
company. The capacity will be 200
tons.
The Judge Smelling company is
about to increase its construction
force on the new zinc smelter at
Park City to 200 men and the work
will be rushed to an early compile
ton.
A flowing oil well has been struck
on the ground purchased recently by
G. w. Whitley, general manager of the
American Smelling & Refining COM
pany, in the field at Tussy, Marshall
county, Oklahoma.
Shipments of ore from Park City
mines last week, inclusive of first
class crude and concentrates from the
mills, totaled 1,414 tons, estimated at
$56,O00, compared with 1,726 tons last
week. valued at s6S0OO.
Opened by trenching operations for
distance of 600 feet along its strike,
the vein on the Lynn Big Six property,
located at Goldville, near Carlin, New,
may prove to be a bonanza, samples
showing ore running as high as 1922
ton.
with better showing of ore in
the bottom of the shaft on the Creole
property, located in the Lincoln mining
| district of Beaver county, Utah, the
| lessees are planning on the installa-
of hoist and on sinking the main
| shaft.
| An opinion OF the supreme court
of Utah gives the Ketchum Coal com
Pany lega victory in its efforts to
secure a strip of ground for tram
way across claims of the Utah Fue
company and the Pleasant Valley Goa
company.
Another copper reduction mill may
be erected in southeastern Utah
where Gilcrist & Co., also Frank Ben
nett and Frank Butler, and associates
have acquired what is one of the rich
est high-grade copper deposits fount
in the state.
The Utah Copper company, during
the June operations, broke all produc
tive records in the history OF the com
pany. More ore was mined and NOR
copper produced than ever before
The company is said to have $40 ,000
600 in quick assets.
Reports come in from the old Dial.
mine at Park City that the propert,
is Coming back" in way that prom
Uses heavier shipments for the nea
future. There are now employs
thirty men, outside of a good man
in the leasing forces.
The output of American Fork mine
for 1916, as seen in production TO
the first six months of the year, vii
set new records, the geological surve
has announced. Good prices and a
active demand for mineral products
the statement said, have spurred min
operators
: Shipments of first-class ore froI
the camp of Tintic the first six month
of 1916 amounted to total of 4.2l
carloads. This is estimated at 2lC
$50 tons and valued at $5,0GO,OOO
round numbers. This is one of tn
heaviest half-year productions of tn
Utah camp in many years.
| uc piColuSut Vi tiC ohieSo WV
says: There Is no reason to doul
that the ore body will go to conside
able depth; ore on 1,400-foot lev
shows 16 per cent copper. Shippir
1000 tons ore per month OF about
per cent copper, equal to net prof
n OF about $350,000 per month"
: Three mining companies, the pr
, perties. OF which are located in Il
Park City district, last week sent o
dividend checks, the total of Whit
aggregated S371,250. They were Il
/. Silver Coalition Mines company, Il
: Judge Mining & Smelling compal
and the silver King Consolidated Mi
ing company.
The Fort Hall Mining compan
controlled by Salt Lake men. receive
returns on its first carload of ore al
the results were so satisfactory tn
the company has started to sink
ble.compartment winze in the tn
mel. 1t is said the companys enl
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