The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-09-20
MINES AND MINIAGIl

shipments of first-class orc ,
piouuct from the mines ne D., mn
'"st week totaled 17Sg tom r., NHy
slesate Is estimated at s1oooan s =, az
1n'i''ieht of premium speI,ar H. ne
600. p''eu al near ST.
announced that the Nox,a
government has for the Tim ~.
pracucaily suspended the 81, , De'''s
Which, according To American on
lereStS In Mexico, amopnta.l !, ~
liscation Of oil properties by tho o ,.o,,
eminent. ~ 'ne gov
according to It statement issrod :
'i'e Michlgan-Utah Consolida,..a Ne,
company the chief Significance 81 ~
new strike in the properly lte, 49,.
"iils III the development of . ,,ng.
DouS VI ore but also in evidence -,
permanency. VI
-hore business is being Carried an
III the oil fields of Mexico than NM
'lousiF, Is an eastern comment a., ~
business. American interests bora -
oen'is Drought in several good VOLS
ana increased their manufncturino -,
pacity there. Va,
Alaska gold made ii loss of s11 or on
me 'o9'-i9 tons milled during the QUAR-.
Ter ehded June 30. The tonnage Mild
WAS 1871 per day less than in the nra.
cedlhg quarter. The mill-feed assavaa
ql.lo per ton, as compared win Oh
cents in the first Quarter of ,ho o,,.
rent year.
Inc Apex Standard Mining com.
pahy' with property located In tbo
western end of the Tintic district il.
begun the sinking of its new shaft At
point short distance enst of tho
montana companys shaft house and
nearly due east from the portal of tho
Iron King tunnel.
Inc statistics Of the production of
potash for the first six months of 1919
received by the United States yeoloy;-
cal survey, department Of the interior
10 date SHOW total output of 10000
TO 2o,OOo short tons of pure potash
th2O), indicating that the OUTPUT for
the entire year may reach $4,000 to go
900 tons.
Inc Grandma stump crosscut has
Deen advanced to point 100 feet west
OF the shaft and will be continued tc
the west side line of the Grandfna
ground to prospect this territory at a
depth of S15 feet. says the Goldfield
tribune. The face is now in quartz
and assays running to S1.9o in GOLD
have been obtained recently.
Mining is a wasting industry. saws
the Mining Congress Journal. To the
extent that it produces it reduces the
original estate. Its invested assets
are continually growing less. 1t i.
peculiar, in another sense, in that it i,
a shortlived industry and an industry
carrying great hazards. All of the pos
sible supply of minerals for all futur,
time is now in existence.
The American mining engineer
wants to know what further duties liz
in his path toward helping to win the
war. This has been the keynote OF
the 117th meeting of the American In
stitute of Mining Engineers at Colo
RADIO Springs. No war-winning effor
has proved too strenuous for the min
ing leaders of the country who have
spent the week in this district
Announcement was made Septembel
that the directors of the Eagle
Blue Bell Mining company had de
clared the regular quarterly dividend
of 10 cents per share, 100000 in all
payable September 20 to stock of rec
ord September TO- This will bring III,
total dividends for the current year VI
to $4,000, while in 1917 the compan.
paid 100000 and in 1915, S135000.
After the steady prosecution Of de
velOpment work during cessation o
shipments for the last few weeks, ow
ing to lack of transportation facilities
the Imperial Lead Mining company
which has fifteen Claims in the Yves
Tintic range CT mountains, Erickson
mining district, las completes a.
rangements for maintaining a stead,
output OF ore throughout the season
The Silver Queen Leasing company
operating on a group of claims in tn
western part of Utah, about thirt.
miles east of Wendover, has received
returns from small consignment o
ore, it being the first marketed iron
the property. and was sent out us
trial shipment. The ore carries sllVe
and copper, and returns from the FRS
car brought IA little better than -
per ton after freight and smeltlh'
charges had been deducted.
The weeks record of ore outpu
from the Tintic district shows tota
of only 153 carloads, a considerable de
cline from the showing made the pre-
ceding week, and the average OF seq
eral weeks previous. Information
from Eureka is to the effect that gen
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