The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-07-27
AROUND THE MINES

the Hecla Mining company has
/ passed the million dollar mark for 1917
! dividends.
At NewsOmc Idaho, the New York
Mining company has Installed 10
stamp mill.
Shipments of ore the past week from
| the mines of Phoebe to Utah smelters
amounted to fifty carloads, or approx
mately 300 tons.
! The Hecla Mining company will save
! ut least 100000 i'm the next five years
| by virtue of the new smelling contract
! with the Bunker Hill smelter at kel-
logg, Idaho.
Tintic Standards new shaft has
reached the 12GGfoOt level and for the
| last eighty-six feet has been in ore, is
the report that comes from that East
Tintic property.
Last week the Prince of Wales, one
of the old mines at the head of Honey
comb gulch, over the hill from the Alta
Tunnel x Transportation company,
shipped "A consignment of 10 tons of
rich ore. The ore averaged 500 Il ton
and brought $500.
Reports from the Tintic Delaware,
In West Tintic, are that the ore vein
Is new eighteen feet wide and that the
ore is changing to carbonate. The
ore shoot has been followed fOrty-tive
feet on its strike, with two ten-foOt
CrOsscuts in ore.
Silver Shields new working shaft is
now down 80 to 60 feet. A compressor
and motor are being installed. 1t is
JO-hOrsepOwer motor, and the compress
sor is capable of operating five drills.
The new hoist is now operating, and
the sinking will make faster progress.
Further particulars of the new Big
Muddy oil gusher of the Merritt Oil
company are in. 1t is reported that Il
second big well has been struck. The
company owns $3.50 acres. 1t is said
that both wells penetrated the Wall
Creek sand at depth of about 310O
feet
After stirring around for months and
failing to make a satisfactory contract
for the marketing of the ores of the
Dugway mines, b. L. Cutler of the
laurel Mining company has finally
taken the bull squarely by the horns
and purchased big auto truck him
self.
Word received from the Three
Kings at Park City is that the drift
out on the 140-foOt level below the
500 has reached a point about 100
feet from the Wine. The formation
is shattered and is improving stead
lily. The men are making five to six
feet a day.
When 1t is taken into consideration
that in one section of southwestern
Utah there is in sight not less than
300000O00 tons of good commercial
iron ore, all idle, the possible import
ance of the iron industry of the state
may be imagined should some one get
busy in that section.
During the calendar year 1916 Colo
RADIO mines produced $19,14S,320 in
gold, 7,G}2, 900 ounces of silver, 70,35S,-
900 pounds of lead lin lead bullion and
in headed zinc oxide), S940,000 pounds
of copper and 129,300,0O0 pounds of
Zinc Tin spelter and in oxide(, having
total value of S4S,550,31S.
1t is reported from Park City that
the California ComstOck has resumed
shipments of ore. The company has
been equipping the mine with modern
machinery for several months, cleaning
out the old workings ami fixing up
the roads. Considerable ore is said
TO he broken on the 250-foot level.
Men in last week from silver Island
about 100 miles west from Salt Lake,
report considerable acti witty in camp.
This is about fifty miles nOrtherly
from Deep Greek and fifteen miles
from Wendover station. The White
Star recently shipped n carload of the
htgh-grade silver ore characteristic of
the district.
Samples of the ore. brought up last
week from the Tindc Standard by
Manager Raddatz were aSSayed and
gave returns of 81 per cent lead and
40 ounces silver. This is worth gross
at present market about $50 a ton.
The samples We're taken from the hot
tom of the new shaft That is down
| l2GO feet
According to the Chloride Herald.
the Utah-controied Keystone will re
sumo work ut once, Il says Fred w.
sherman, who. now has complete
charge Of the scmpany'S affairs at this
end, has just returned from trip TO
| Salt Lake ard Los Angeles. where he
purchased additional equipment needed
to make tire keystone mill an eff
! ficieut one.
Reports from the New Quincy at
Park City are that the property is
looking exceptionally good. The word
{ comes down from the mine that they
are taking cut considerable ore. De
tails acc not given out at present.
/ Tho Towu-Copper at Park City is
rsSaming ore hauling. II has zoo feet
I # Stopping ground aud new ore is be-
lnE 5SveloTSd according to reports.
From Casper (wyoD comes a re-
Tssrr thar one of tho ir,,rsnrfaDr n,