The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-09-06

the large mineral production IN ra..
Of $54, 424.5S compared with -.
s49, 946,424 in 1916. u
During 1918 the United states ~.
iuced 972O tons of potash. and dn. pao
the first six months of 1917 1aone
tons. The estimated production o.
whole Of 1917 was 25OOO to as,ne
tons. 'Oc
The Yukon Is turning from gold 81
silver mining. While the yaIpa -
former, or its purchasing novar
decreased, that of silver has besn
doubled. There is great activity !, tr.n
silver bearing areas tributary m ,,aa.
son.
Mines Of Park City last wael, 60.
to market first class crude ora 49,,
mill products estimated at 1870 IONS
and valued at $4,000. This IS corn
pared with II total of 1881 tonS ~
previous week aud 300 tons t,yo xvaa,,..
previous.
An important change took Mae, IN
the shaft of the Copper Leaf. in Tin.
tic, last week, the hard suIphlde anartz
which the shaft has been cuttin, Co..
more than 200 feet giving way ~
badly shattered and highly mineralzed
formation.
Just as the Wilbert Mining co,npanv
was preparing to break second cIass
ore on the 700 and 800 levels and start
up the mill, the plant was DESTROYED
by fire. The cause is thought TO have
been incendiary. The Wilbert has maid
100000 in dividends since 1915. Tho
last was distributed in November. 1917
American Smelling Refining COM
pany encountered operating conditions
in the six months ended June 80 1918
which materially reduced balance
available for dividends as compared
with corresponding period last year
when S1O.24 share was earned on
S6O,99S,OOO common stock, says the
Boston News Bureau.
A large increase i'm the flow of water
and the multiplication in the tunnel of
streaks of Ore-bearing substances is
the report that comes from the man
agement of the Park City King Mining
company. The superintendent says that
the indications are that within short
distance the main ore body. which can
be traced for about 240 feet through
the property. will be reached.
The Red Hill Florence mine is now
in better condition, both as TO amount
and grade of ore exposed, than at any
time since it has been operated by the
present management, says the Gold
field Tribune. The company has ship
ped recently eight carloads of ore, and,
in addition to this, two and one-half
tons of sacked ore has been sent to
the smelter.
That the unusual type of galena ore,
used by the government in the equip
ping of its wireless apparatus and for
merly purchased from abroad at a cost
of 81 per ounce, is found to some ex-
tent in two mines of Utah-the Tin
tic Standard and the Scranton, both of
Tintic-is fact that is leading to still
the much sought-for metal.
At the famous old o. X. mine of
the Majestic Mines company in Beaver
County, Utah, Victor Carlson is re-
ported to have broken about two car
loads of high-grade copper ore for
shipment soon. This ore is coming
from the POO level. 1t is coming from
the ground adjacent to the place which
yielded the sensational consignment of
ore about 20 years ago.
Five torpedoes. each weighing
so pounds and filled to the brim with
high explosives, will soon be slipped
down the five wells of the Dixie Oil
company at Virgin and exploded. The
object is to shatter the tight forlna-
ton making up the oil-bearing lime
sandstone to let in more oil from
thousand new cracks radiatins out
many feet from the original hole.
The general manager of the Little
Cottonwood Transportation company
which is operating railroad from
Wasatch to Alta. said last week that
his company was making heavier snip
ments now than at any previous tiihe
this season. He said that the snip
ments were now averaging around 40
tons of ore per day. with the south
Hecla mine alone furnishing from - III
100 tons of this amount.
The sampling of the Monltof-be'-
mont mine. which was purchased
ten days ago by the Nevada Nohoet
Mining company, has already com
menced and will continue unlnterrul'-
ed, says the Tonopah Miner. nti Tue
mine is dewatered ii will only ne pos
sible to sample about the 2o-foot 'eNei'
but this will take considerable tithe' as
there are miles of underground Hhteiai
workings above this level.
The sending of experts TO br'lisi'
Columbia to investigate the prosl'etis