The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-09-21
AROUND THE MINES

IL was minated from Washington
few days ago that the price Of cop.
per has been agreed upon.
Phelps Dodge last week declared an
extrH dividend Of $3.50 share In adj
iltlon to- the regular quarterly ~ SEQ.
From Casper. Wyo,, crnne IA wire
September 10 that large welt has
been brought Ia rs the Gtrnrnck com
pauy On section . ia iilg Muddy field
Since the irumwuy has resumed up
Grafton. the Rochester Mines com
pany's mill at Loyelock. Nevada, has
been treating GA an avcrug" Of 100
tons day
Ore shipments from Gold i'm dur
Tag the month II August iotuled i26
carloads. Or approximately 800 TONS
~ an estimated value amounting 10
sii1.ObO. For "a district TINT has had
railroad facilities for only six months,
this ~ splendid record. considering
the limited number o. producers,
Cardiff Mining company Il az pres
eut employing force 81 40 men and
itA daily production has been Increased
90 t35 tons. II was declared scml-0f-
nclaliy last week that the yalnes nro
much better than heretofore. The ORE
Il being mixed from the many faces.
giving high value to the ore as
shipped.
FROM Park CITY comes word that
Supt Peter Harrington OF the New
quincy is loading another ear Of ore
from the new workings. At the salt
carload u 81 tons shipped a week or
more ago Is now belng sampled. II
had been lined up with other ears
awaiting It's turn,
-Four ears Of ore are now on the
at0ekplie awaiting shipment. and the
shoot aud bins are filled. according TO
word received from Manager NJ. q.
Godbe Of the Hamburg Mines com
pany NJ Phoebe, New. During the
past ten days there has been the pre-
waiting embargo on Ores resulting In
none reaching market in that time.
Directors of the Big Four ENplora'
tlon company have made another post
ponement OF the No ! tO-cent assess
ment dates. First the date Of dclin-
uuoney was set for September and
sale date September 20, Then the
dates were postponed to September ~
aud October 4. Now they are again
postponed to October 1 and October
as.
with mineral production for 1910
valued at Sl,oOs.7g2. Humboldt coun'
~ maintained liz record Of growth ns
nn important metal producing county
according To advance figures on gold,
silver. copper, lead aud recoverable
zine for this state issued by Victor q.
Heikes Of the United states geological
survey. Humboldt county WAS third In
rank among the silver producing
counties
Under the offer Of one for five, the
Indications now are that before the OK,
plratl0u of this month, the Bingham
Mines company viii have secured prob.
ably every outstanding share In Eagle
4 Hue Ren. or It's 100000 shares,
the Eagle had issued 100000 Gradual
~ this big block has been picked mp
hy the Boston directors of the ling
ham Mines, until to-day they have more
than 30 per cent Of the Eagle stock,
From New York comes the startling
statement that the American Smelling
4 Refining company has reduced the
prite of lead from 10 cents Ca 8 cents
a Mound This hits all the mines of
Utah, with few exceptions, Utah
produces 2OO.OoO,OOO pounds OF lead a
yenr This little word out of big
offtrc would cut S2OOO,OO0 out of the
Utah production of lead on years
run.
The Tonopah Belmont sent to the
taln 2isl tons, the Tonopah Mining
1000 tons, the Tunppah Extension 2s'So
tons. the Jim Rutler 100 tons, the West
End ia10 tons, the Hescue 10 tons, the
Ilnllfax forty -elght tons aud the Cash
Hoy Gifty tons making the total pro-
siuctlon for the week $3.50 tons, the
estimated value being SlAd2d0 This
valuation Is calculated ON the gross
mllliug value Of the ore -Tenopah
Miner.
Advance figures of the mine pro.
duetion Of the counties % the state
af Nevada. of gold, silver, copper, lead
aud recoverable tine, given out by '.
u. Heike, OF the 4. :. Geological Sur
yey. plaocs the value Of clark county
production for 1915 az Sh23a.2'a,
This makes Clark couaty thlrd among
the counties Ut the state la point Of
total production value. White Pine
county leading with total production
~ SIS, N0lpiT. and NyC sccond With
1881 .Naa
Samples a urc taken from a new
disclosure Ia the old Maxfirld mine Ia
Zig Cottonwood were aSsayrd last
wv,.k and give ryturus ~ $50 OF
more ton Thia rs from yhr runtUet
uurk being pushed by the huston De
srloltusuf gvmpauy II Is being done
a. shr west rnd Of the property Th"
annie aHyg Fs4Tufns uf - auutvS az