The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-09-28
AROUND THE MINES

quarterly dividend uf "a per cent
Shattuck & Arizona hms Declared
regular quarterly dividend If 20 cents
and the usual extra III 10 cents.
Shipments ~ orr the past week
from the Prince Consolidated ia Utah
sinelters totalsd forty three ears, cSti~
mated at 2ln tons,
The total figures for the 1916 coal
production ~ the United States show
4 value of Ss6T. IL, eriS. The bltumln-
aus coal averaged Sla2, compared
with S2a0 for anthracite
Revised figures Of Chile Copper
nmpany's production show u total ont
put of aa.a2a,i ITO pounds for eight
months ended August III last, an in-
crease az a3.0o072b pounds.
Immediate and extensive develop.
ment In the Tollcha district. In Me-
vada. Is predicted because Of the re-
cent sale Of half interest in the dis
coyery strike to an Influential mining
operator.
sioux Consolidated has been closed
down indefinitely. according TO Col q.
h. I.anse. The general manager said
that the property viii LIKELY be quiet
! until sotne way Of raising "a develop
| ment fund IL found.
Upon his return to salt lake from
| the Deep Creek-Ferher district, e. \.
| Heralg, consulting engineer, declared
/ that new developments at the ferhsr
| Copper reveal twenty-five To thirty
feet OF oxidixed ere NJ No. | shaft.
4 E#.r "a AAE
and Morning Glory interests. near
Tonopah. recently agreed TO an order
of court stipulatlng that no further
work should be done on the contested
claims until after the hearing set for
September "a.
Both wings OF striking mine etn-
nloyes al Tonopah agreed TO coInpro-
mise with the mine operators on flat
increase OF 90 cents shift. This ~
conditional upon operators Nalving tho
twenty consecutive shifts month
clause,
The oil production Of Wyoming IL
| expected Ia run close 10 l0,OOo,UOo bar
rels this year, Next year the indira-
lions are for 3oOO0OOo barrels, In
1910 official government reports gave
the output al O2aO.O00 barrels, The
daily production now IL placed at o.
900 barrels day.
Operations On Casper EmbaT petro-
leum company's property In the Pow-
der River field viii shortly be well un.
der way. says message from Anthony
McCnuiey at Casper, Wyo. Arrange
ments are being made to place q rsE
on the ground as soon as machinery
aud material can be secured
While some ~ the mining companies
shipping ore 20 the United States
Smelling company received word tina
the embargo on ores had becn liftet
ON September 10. others shipping e
The American smelling company al
Garfield got word that It's embargo has
: : been extended from Sept - 10 Oct. /
The determination ~ the Tonopni
Mining company 10 stop the work q
It's exploration department for tbs
!. present, aud concentrate on develop
: ment Of properties acquired IN ths
/. past few years, IN said to have beet
: the cause for the recent resignation
: 81 u, spur. vice president aud nd
wishing engineer Of the company
: That the Development Of the spFins
!, Valley. wgo,, OH field Is 10 meaI
! much for Salt Lake il already eyiden
!. from the fact that the Liberty oil COM
) pnuy of Salt Lake, which has cXtensit'
r. holdings ln the Spring Valley field. Il
4 shipping IA carload Of supplies aggru
= eating over thousand dollars 1,
/, value "a It's property there.
: President ] J. Brossoit ~ the Min
= neaVta Mlpiug company hiss eotne h
n from the property in Shasta county
n Gal, bringing Samples 81 the rirl
!. quartz ore which IL Characteristic %
a The mlns. Assays show from a. 81
4 la rs high rs Bliss ouucsa gold. q
> more than Ei0O0 IA tou. aud II 40 q
!, 10 ounces silver.
70 one II tle directors ~ the sanNe
Mlulag company said last week tina
- considerable new machinery IL now be
!, Ina Installed st thia Idaho property
: which has fallen into the hands %
!, Utah men There ere nuw employs
/. about twenty five msn. TIE preaen
= production II fifteen Go tw"niy chr
loads "A nnnth.
= The production ~ coal In 1910 wn
- Bo 0ss rs net toms. valued az &sJI,
l2as8s. Hn Increase compared witi
: 1915. ~ IS AS l8ss tons. ar n per cen
z ia quautty and SIS ~. 49,. ~ - ~
rrut. Ia value. Tie production ~ bl
luminous caal was au1 1l8g82 tons
y valued ~ kgs5. lie on. an lnerense q
:" t31 peT cent $50 quantity aud r. De-
- rrBt ln YHiBe.
According "a 8 United States geo
logical survey bulletin issued tht
p4uuih the aFvrHKs value per net tul
II cuai ri rbo Utah mines from i1i
~ ta 1916 serr SIS follows In 1910. 81 -
u 1911 $50. 1919. sl.gT; 1913, tiS5
be- 1914. s1t9s 1915 SIS; 1916, SIG
a. The advance In 1915 was reutn ton
- The retail prizes Tor coal IN Salt LAX
hos b.ss-ft g. - Hssffe ssp.ssf Fs5F imEnn II