The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-25
AROUND THE MINES

The A. D. NJ. & r. mill at GFAhons-
'llle, Idaho, which has been shut down
or sometime past, will resume opera-
ions in few days.
Reports from Rye Patch, New. are
mat improvements are noted at the
property of the Silver Bell and Alpha.
Ihe ore is coming from the $50 level.
High-grade copper ore has been
struck in the No. tunnel on the Gold
NH Mines property, located in the
american Fork mining district In
Utah.
Memberships in the Chicago board
81 trade sold for $4,000 on August l6.
almost double the price Of year ago.
The price is said to be the highest on
record.
Within the next week it is expect
I'd that the first unit of the sulphuric
acid plant being built at Garfield by
The Garfield Chemical Manufacturing
corporation will be started.
Six feet OF good copper ore has
been encountered in an old tunnel on
the Bingham Amalgamated property
IN the Bingham district. The old
tunnel is in a distance of about l25
| feet.
/ The gold, silver, lead, copper and
zinc produced in Colorado in 1915
shows a total value of $43, 426,-
697 according to final figures prepar-
ed by the United States geological
survey.
1t is understood that the $4,000
shares of American Zinc stock &C
! CURED recently by the Butte & Su-
perior company is in line with mer-
ger of those two companies in the
near future.
Promising vein material, highly min
eralized and carrying gold, silver and
lead values, has been encountered on
the South Cardiff property, located In
the Big Cottonwood district and 600
feet from the Cardiff ground
From twenty counties in Utah, PA
producers shipped a total of 10,45l.45
tons of ore in 1915 OF total valua-
ton of $55,l05, 070, compared to to-
tai tonnage of S,544,014 of a total Val
uation of $37,15l ,593 in 1914
Companies classified as securities
holding corporations paid dividends
last month amounting to $630,OO0 So
far this year eight of them have dis
bursed $2S,320,604 To date they are
credited with having paid $245,771 IS.
Salt Lake county, with sixty-seven
producers and a production of 9,7lS-
002 tons of ore valued at $40, 126,S57,
led all the counties of Utah in ore
production in 1914 One producer in
San Juan county produced goldfish
yer ore valued at 1925.
According to New York authority,
when the new Baltimore plant of the
American Smelling & Refining COM
pany is completed the smelling and
refining capacity OF the company at
all plants will be approximately 1,000,-
100000 pounds OF copper a year.
France, England and Russia are
making inquiries on the condition of
the tungsten market in Colorado, ac-
cording to a statement made by Fred
erick Carroll, state mining commits
sioner, and already have contracted
for 100 tons in the American market.
Both the tonnage and the produc-
ton at the Ray Consolidated Copper
company's property for the second
quarter were greater than for any
previous quarter since the beginning
Of operations, according to the TWEEN
tieth quarterly report for the second
quarter.
Two feet of copper ore has been
struck in the drift off the 100-foot
level on the Beaver Copper Mining
company's property, located in the
Beaver Lake mining district. in Utah.
The ore body is believed to be the
same one that was cut in the upper
workings.
An increase in wages was granted
miners OF southern Wyoming in an
agreement by representatives of the
United Mine Workers of America, dis
trict No. %, and coal operators. I'm
skilled labor is to receive an advance
OF 26 cents a day, while the increase
for skilled labor is somewhat smaller.
Copper properties are credited with
dividend payments in July amounting
to $685., 1896. During 1915, with thir-
ty-three companies contributing, dis
bursements were made totaliHg So
326,73. To date these thirty-three
companies, have paid dividends
amounting to s627,234429, on out
standing capital OF S32S,609 07S.
Another carload OF miners arrived
last week at Kemmerer, Wyo, from
Colorado and will be put to work for
the Kemmerer Coal company. Other
workers will arrive later The reason
for the company's putting on extra
men is said 10 be on account Of I'm
usual demands for coal by The Oregon
Short Line and other railroads.
! Although the shaft is still in ore,
the management Of the Eagle q Blue
| Bell. al Ttuuc. Utah have decided 20
cut a working station and this Is
J now under way at l,s5a.foot level