The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-16
MINES ANU MININ6

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production By the mines Of Park CITY
last week totaled I1s3 tons valued i,
Ns1.ooO. This includes the flrst-e,ass
crude ore and The concentrates from
the mills.
Progress is being made In driving
the Globe tunnel Ia the Mary ELLEN
suich at the rate of about eight fe.t
a"s' Is The report that comes from
aiifrican Fork canyon. Utah.
Ore and concentrate fran the
Occur dAlene district, including lead.
zihe' ana copper materials were shin.
ped at The rate of about a4,uU tons a
month during the first half of 1918.
! me mines In the Tonopah district.
uhder the stimulus afforded by The
hish price of silver. are producing
about 1880 tons n week . s,,yh,,,
nshef rate IMAM that reached In 1917.
Inc output OF gold from the Gold.
heid New, district has been declining
| anu the grade of the ore mined In me
dserlct Is lower than In former years.
Many individual mines, however show
/ - f''Ahtt pb VI sptu.
what Is declared TO be the most i'm.
poftant mining deal hi San Juan, Cole.
IN TWO years Is the taking over OF the
"oid Ming group of famous old pro.
| dueefs and six claims lying between
the Gold King and Sunnyslde mine by
new company which promises to oper.
ate them.
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The manager OF the Rico ArgentIn.
| mine, at Rico, Colo, announces thar
the July output of twenty.seven or
twenty-eight ears could be regarded
ass ohiy fair because the mine was now
In physical condition To produce M
ieast Sixty tons per day could ude.
quate labor be procured.
The output of lead and zinc in Neya-
Ola Is less than that of the other metals
The monthly shipments from the Vel
low Zine district, la Clark county. de
creased from about 1000 tons IN 1al.
10 about ZOO tons In 1918. Many
mines We're closed In the later part of
1917 and were not reopened until
March. 1913.
Mine operators throughout the west
are complaining loudly OF the war
Drain on their best men. A Salt Lake
naming operator said last week thar
out OF his small camp eight more men
nave just been taken. This thing IL
Gripping all the mines, and GORE
spondingly cutting down their monthly
productions.
News of further development and ar
increased production come from the
comstock district. Pumping has 40
greatly lowered the water In Its mine
that the Union Consolidated 60. WINS
able TO hoist considerable ore from
the 24oo-foot level and has been paying
regular dividends. The district IL said
to be producing $4,000 month.
Construction Of the Deseret noun.
tain wing Of the Salt Lake, Fillmore
kanosh railroad from LyndyI TO
Deseret mountain at least. and pro-
Dabiy on to Death canyon, ten miles
west OF Deseret mountain. will greatly
stimulate the development Of the great
Manganese properties lyhg in the
Erickson district Of Tooele county.
In 1917 mines In Nevada produced
metals at about x53. 900. 900. the greater
part OF which was for copper. accord
ing TO V. c. Heikes. Of the United
States Geological Survey, Department
OF the Interior. The output of copper
VIII be considerably greater In 1918
than 1t was In 1917 II the present rate
or shipping and smelling IL maintained.
Production of the Anaconda Conner
cmpany In July Il estimated ut q. 400
ooo pounds. This IL compared with
29.0OO,UU pounds In June and ~
ooo pounds In May. This tremendous
output liz coming from many mines.
while the Utah Copper's normal OF
about 100000 pounds comes from
one mine.
since the first Of this year Chile
Copper company has been steadily In. |
creasing Its monthly production or cop.
per, says the Boston News Bureau
This eliminated In the record output !
last month of 9.2sOO00 pounds. bring
ing total production for the six months |
ended June 30 up to 50,144. 900 pounds.
an increase of ~ per cent over the
same period In 1917.
Contract for an individual fifty feet
OF the main tunnel Of the Park CRY
King property. located In Park City
district, has been let by the manage
inent TO David Scott. who has been
driving the main bore for several
months. This tunnel il now in a little
more than 300 feet. and the face Is
now apparently In the hanging wall
OF the vein.
Though much Is heard concerning
Increased cost and shortage Of labor In
1918 many OF the big mines I'm Idaho
continue to Increase their shipments.
recording 10 the United States geolog-