The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-01-20

: which in ordinary years would b
high, but which were soon exceeded b
: several hundred per cent. Tungste
J metal was also contracted for at price
: much below those afterward reached
! In .he fall the prices Of tungste
reached unheard-of heights; $4S pc
unit was paid for numerous lots, So
for some, and even higher prices wer
reported The prices moved upwar,
so rapidly and Unexpectedly tha
strenuous tungsten prospecting did no
follow at once, but early in the fal
a large numebr of men were in tn,
field looking for deposits.
The mining activities are described
by Frank L. Hess in some detail. The
output of the Boulder (Colorado) fielC
was for various reasons not increased
as had been hoped. Many properties
had been worked by leasing, so that
.here was no development of ore
bodies, for the ore had been removed
as fast as it was exposed, and it is
reported that in the Conger mine,
whose shaft was sunk below the 800
foot level, ore development was dis
appointing. Sinking is said to have
been continued. The output of The
district was estimated by the Boulder
County Metal Miners Association as
equivalent to $50 tons of 60 per cent
concentrates.
In the Atolia California; field there
were great developments. The Atolia
Mining Co. is reported to have en-
ployed more than 300 men, and many
men worked the desert sands in the
vicinity for float scheelite. p. J. Os-
dick discovered rich ore east of the
Atolia Mining Co.'S property and
made large profits. On and near the
Baltic claim number of men worked
the gravel of shallow gulch for
scheelite and the sands on the Sun
shine and other claims are also report
ed to have been worked at a profit.
Several gold mines also produced some
scheelite. The Consolidated Gold
Mines, in Randsburg, had found water
at depth of about 500 feet and this
has been piped to the Atolia Mining
Co.'S mill, about five miles distant
Formerly water was hauled on the
railroad for a distance of about so
miles. The company is reported to
have erected a new mill to treat its
tailings.
Several discoveries of tungsten ores
were reported from Gilpin County,
Colo, but the most extensive discov-
cries, as indicated by the number of
outcrops, were made in White Pine
County, New. Veins of scheelite were
found a. several places between the
district, 30 miles south of
Osceola, and Cherry Creek, so miles
north of the settlement Some of the |
veins were formerly prospected for
precious metals, but the scheelite was
not recognized. The hubernite mine
and mill II miles south of Osceola
we're actively operated toward the
lose of the season; the mill at Camp
Bonita, on the cast side of the Snake
Range, was operated part of the year,
md mills were erected or started by
he St. Anthony Mines Co. at Toy
Browns), Humbold: County, by A. r.
Shepard and associates in the Reagan
district, and by the Doyle Mining Co.
n Sacramento Pass, White Pine
Iounty. Some hubernite was dry
washed from desert sands at Round
fountain and Spanish Springs, New.
The dumps Of gold mines at White
)aks, N. Mex, were worked over for
ubernite and yielded considerable
uantity of concentrates, and at Tip
'op, Ariz., mill was under construc-
ion to work the tailings and dumps of
ne old Tip Top silver mine for the /
they contained.
Mills we're erected by the Primos
hemical Co. at Dragon and by the ,
[ational Tungsten Co. at Arivaca,
.riz., for treating the tungsten ores.
nd tungsten was produced at these d
aces and at Camp Wood, Yucca, .
racle, and other points. 3
At Lead, S. Oak, the great Home
axe gold mine produced wolframi.e
ON the claims west Of the great
Zen cut and the Wasp No. 2 mine, :
70 miles south, produced consider = :,
,le quantity of ore. 1t is erecting a ~
plant. Only little ore :
as produced in the southern Black q
ills. = !,
Small quantities of tungsten were
'oduced in Idaho and at Silverton, :,
,lo., and a few hundred pounds was =,
we'd from the old concentrates of the = =
I'D placers at Nome, Alaska. =,
The wolframi:e deposits on Tung =
en- Peak, near Cathedral Peak, As