The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-01
AROUND THE r.IINEo

iron ore was reached November p,
when 1885, 900 tons for delivery in 1917
were sold at $5.05 gross ton. This
is an increase of $3.50 above the price
asked last season,
Columbus-Rexall has started a small
force of men cleaning up the main
workings. The management antici
pates increasing the force as socn as
the place has been put in shape SO
more men may work to advantage
Plutus viii be entered from the
Eagle & Blue Bell side in about sixty
days. according to word from Tintic
A drift has been started from the 200
level. It has 400 feet 10 go. Progress
is being made at the rate OF six feet
day.
The owners Of the Arrowhead prop
erty IN Iron county. Utah, have decid.
ed to purchase at once a 3-ton auto
truck for transporting the ore over tho
20-mile highway to the railroad at
Lund The fifth car OF ore Is now at
the sampler
Production by the Moscow Conso,i-
dated Mining company Of Beaver cOun-
~, Utah. In the month OF October
amounted to approximately $4,000
To $4,000 There were twelve car
loads Of ore shipped to the local smelt-
ers; ten of lcad-silyer and two of zinc.
Rumors continue to come out Of New
York that there is brewing great
merger Of some Of the big copper
~ r,g H. l.
Utah Copper, the Chile OF South Amer
lea. and Knnecott OF Alaska. These
arc ali soca.led Guggenheim compan.
les
Engineers just returning from an
examination OF the Phoebe Bristol
have recommended the sinking of "A
shaft for al least 200 feet when they
expect TO encounter a rich ore body.
The letting of contract is now be-
considered by the board OF direct
OILS.
The Eagle & Blue Bell at Eureka,
Utah. now has It's main shaft to the
2,0l0 level. 1t will be carried down
TO water level, which Is anticipated in
about another fifty feet. The mine Is
increasing it's shipments. SO far In
November II has sent out twenty-sev.
en- carloads.
After another inspection OF some OF
the old workings OF the Rico Argen.
tine. II Ii announced that Messrs. Wig
gins and Snyder, who are now at
Rico. Colo. have taken lease on a
promising block OF ground This IL
called the Log Cabin end of the Black
hawk ground.
Shipments of ore from the Victoria
mine at Tintic are heavier today than
they have been In many years. Tho
production the past three weeks In
November has amounted to seventeen
carloads, estimated at $50 tons. The
shipments in October totaled fourteen
carloads, or about 700 tons,
The manager OF the santaquin Syn
dieate reports that the property Is i'm.
proving rapidly with Indications good
for ore soon. The tunnel IL In 1000
feet with a depth Of 5000 feet In the
east and west break, which cuts the
north and south assures and Is In
highly mineralized formation.
Everything Is In good shape at the
Hope Mines Development property at
Sonora according to the manager.
who Is In from the California mine
which liz right now developing gold
ore In three different places. A raise
Is being sent up, a crosscut sent out
and winze sunk. all in likely terri.
tory.
News has been received OF big
strike In the Antelope Star property
near Black Rock. In the face of the
lower tunnel, which has been showing
lead and spar several days and other
wise maniFesting favorable indications.
what appears to have all the charac,
teristics of large body OF lead-silyor
copper ore was disclosed.
According to an eastern source OF
information the strength OF CONSOLE
dated Coppermines to around 81 Is
based on the rapid approach OF the
company to producing and earning
basis expected by the end of the yeai
The company Is now installing the flo
tation process AZ It's mill. and Il Is |
Planned 10 put the property on pro
duesng basis Of 300 tons daily"
The railroad from Wendovcr to tn, |
Deep Greek district has all the grad |
ing done and ties laid down TO the |
Erickson ranch, about thirty miles to |
the south, Laying Of rails has com
menced and is being hurried along. Ii |
IL expected that at leaA twenty miles
OF rails VIII be down Ia two weeks