The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-07-06
AROUND THE MINES

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According to the Phoebe Record, ore
is being delivered at the Mendha
switch on the Prince Consolidated rail-
road from the Lloyd lease on the
Mendha mine.
Mining activities are seen in all
parts of American Fork district now
that the roads are in fair shape for
travel of all sorts of vehicles and the
weather is more favorable.
The Tintic Standards shaft is down
1856 feet and the bottom is all in ore
that goes $50 to $50 a ton. The Stand
ard is shipping at the rate of six cars
a week, but could ship more if teams
could be secured.
Four feet of ore carrying gross
values Of $40 ton was the last samp-
ling made on the 400 level of the Mos
COW Of Beaver county, Utah. The
values have been improving since those
samples were taken.
General Manager Alfred Frank of
the Milford Copper company has re-
turned from Beaver county, Utah,
where he made an inspection of the
property and declared that it is look
ing better than ever before.
Controls of the cotton shipment
made recently from the Bingham Am
on the east side Of Bingham were re-
ceived last week and they show that
the ore averaged $25 to S26 ton.
Monarch Mines company, operating
property on the west side of the
lake and eighteen miles by road from
Dell station on the Western Pacific,
has an impense body of commercial
lead ore, it was announced last week.
Recently large compressor was
shipped to the Henry Mountain prop
erty of the Fortuna Independence, ac-
cording to local officials. The proper
ty is about 80 miles south of Green
River. The ore carries copper and
gold mainly.
Silver Shields new vertical working
shaft Is now down so feet, is the re-
port the manager brings in from Bing-
nam. 1t has already been completed
and timbered for 40 feet. In addition,
rapid work is being done on the ex-
terror buildings at the new shaft site.
Officials of the Prince Consolidated
gave out the information last week
that the new two-inch diamond drill
hole sunk from the 600 foot level
shows the presence of sulphide ore
that carries 1882 a ton. The core
sampled $3.50 in gold and 1892 ounces
silver.
The Greene Cananea Copper COM
pany is in receipt of news that the
company has established a temporary
office at Bisbee, Ariz., about sixty
miles from Cnanea. Although Off
Gals acknowledge the situation is SER
ious, no disorders are expected at the
property.
Production by the mines of Phoebe
the past week tOtaled 80 carloads of
ore estimated at 5000 tons. The ship
pers were Prince Consolidated, so
cars; Hamburg Mines, 2; Uvada Cop
per, 2; Consolidated Nevada Utah, 2;
Bamberger Exploration, 2, and Hoges-
Cook Mendha lease, /.
General Manager Fitch of the Chief
Consolidated was in Salt Lake last
week and said that things generally
are moving along at the big TintiG
property. At the new Homansville
shaft, in North Tintic, the exploratory
work is still being carried forward on
the 600 level. The main shaft is cross
cutting the country to the east.
1t is reported from Deep Creek that
the copper ore being shipped from the
frankie property of the Woodman
Mining company shows gross values of
$1,000 to $500 a car. For period the
shipment amounted to three or four
cars week. A force of seven men
has been employed on the Cane
Springs group.
Settlement for the second carload OF
ore shipped lately from the Croft Min
Ing company's property in the south
end of Mineral Mountain range, east of
Milford, Utah, was received last week.
The ore Melted the company $3.50 a
ton. The car carried Al tons, and ii
yielded net profit, after paying all
transportation and smelter charges, of
5000.
After months of quiet but persistent
prospecting work under the ablest' ad.
vice obtainable, the new management
Of the Alta Consolidated announces to
the stockholders that their deep devel.
opment work is beginning To show re-
suits. A 16-inch vein of rich copper
ore has been struck in a drift from
the Copper Prince tunnel of the ad.
Joining Michigan-U tah.
A report from Tuscon, Ariz., is that
the Greene Cananea property in Mexi-
co has been closed down on account OF
the Mexican government insisting on
the employment of MeNtcans in prefer.
ence TO Americans. All the Americans
employed have returned to the United
States and the property closed down.
Business on the Salt Lake mining
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