The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-04-19
MINES AND MINING


pany, near Virgin City, Utah.
The Old Susan mine In Tintic dis
trict is again being operated, aud the
first shipment from there in many
months was made last week.
The new strike at the Miller Hin
continues to improve as development
work progresses, according 20 word
brought from American Fork. Utah.
Rock carrying twelve to fourteen
ounces silver has been encountered In |
the drift from the 50-foOt level at the |
Three Kings Consolidated at Park |
City, Utah.
The annual report of the East Butte |
Copper Mining company for 1917 shows
net surplus from operations of Sl,O2l.-
962, equal to $2.43 per share, compared
with $I,565, 76S or $3.50 per share in
1916.
There was a slump in oil company
interpretations In Wyoming during the
last week, only three such concerns,
with a total capitalization OF $2,2OO,-
600, being chartered by the state dur
ing that period.
An increase of - cents day over
the prevailing wages has been granted
voluntarily to all employees on the pay
rolls of the principal producing mines
of the Park City district. The new
scale became effective April !.
While the gross tonnage produced
by the Judge Mining & Smelling COM
pany at Park City last year was
little under that of 1916, a big increase
In the amount of smelling. ore pro-
duced is shown in the annual report OF
the company.
Recent developments at the property
of the Seminole Copper company, In
the Clifton-Deep Creek district, has
demonstrated that the tungsten ore
shoot continues TO a depth of 200 feet
and has made available vast tonnage
for the mill soon to be erected at the
mine
Ferromanganese is becoming scarce,
but Anaconda Copper company Is pre-
pairing to build large plant at Great
Falls. Mont. for producing ferroman-
ganese. which will be manufactured
through utilization Of low-grade man
, ganese ores in Butte mines never
worked before.
: Another general investigation OF
railroad rates on petroleum and petro'
Ieum products has been ordered by
the interstate commerce commission
The Investigation was decided on III
view of wide differences in the
amounts and percentages of recent
rate increases sought by the railroads
Gold, silver, copper and lead pro
duced in Mexico for four years ended
9 December 81, 1917 had an aggregate
a value of $166,OO0,OO0, American cur
, rency. according to estimate by depart
. ment of Fomento made public by Mexi
can News Bureau in Washington an(
published by Engineering and Mining
Journal.
- The loading dock of the Tinti
q Standard was out of service coupl
: of days during the past week and ma
= terially affected the shipments from
. the East Tintic property. 1t
; reported that repairs have been mad
and the management expects to main
: tain steady production of aroun
!, 100 tons day or better.
- Information has been received b
10 the state tex commission that all tn
g mining companies in Nevada subjeC
"A to a federal tax have accepted Attoi
ney General Thatcher's construction
:. the law, which is that federal take
no fnplnnnn 1
N operating expenses when arriving d
= the amount to be paid in state bullio
an taxes.
l. REIMBURSEMENT of a number OF COZ
w tracts between mining companies an
copper refineries has been effected r.
a Gently. Where old contracts existe
a the new rates named were about SO
:, ton, hut where il was necessary to el
- ter into new contracts the tariff we
nearer S35 ton. Prior to the WI
!, contracts were based on prices ram
: ing from $14 to SIT ton.
II would not he surprising II An
conda Copper Mining company decide
=. to sell Its entire output Of ferro-mal
- ganese to the Steel corporation. 4
- yet there have not been any actual n
gotiations. but informal discussion
~ have centered around the possibility
- United States Steel taking the cOpp'
company's product when the latter
big electric furnaces are installed
A' Great Falls. Mont, some time ne
IN August, to convert the manganese or
from the Butte district.
We Mine leasers Of the Tintic distri
" are greatly interested in the efforts
% the members Of the state board
d equalization To levy an occupation q