The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23
MINES AND MINING

otrike In the Mullan. Idaho d,str,o.
Is over, the miners having returnaa
work after having been addrassaa ~
federal officials. u W
Loading of another car az m,n,..
supplies and equipment for tho Ina,
star Mining company property T. ~
Dugway district is announcer
working forces have hoo. -
ap'y augmented in the past few waa..
on the old DAILY Mining comn.nr.s
property at Park City, which has ra
sumed shipments again.
From Casper, Wyo., comes word ,,a.
lhe american Oil company resumed
drilling on well No. near Grevnn,,
saturday, and is making good nroa
feet. VI 80
Shipments of ore from the m;n.s -
Ilhtic last week totaled 1854 carlo.ds
Ihese are estimated at 5000 tons and
valued at S240,OOO. This is comnarad
with 1S4 cars the previous week ana
145 the week before. ="
Production last week Of FIRST c,ass
crude ore and concentrates at tho mill,
OF Park City amounted to 2Os, tons
valued at $4,000. This output is com.
pared with 1888 tons the previnus
week, and 1883 tons the week before
PRECEDENT Wilson has approved con-
finuance to November | of the evis,.
Ing maximum price of 26 cents ner
pound for copper, as agreed by the
price-fixing committee of the war in.
dustries board and copper producers.
More than 100000 pounds Of ore
were shipped by Cobalt mines in july.
With silver approximately 81 an ounce.
shipments are valued at 81 900. 900. II
is evident that the Cobalt mines. in the
aggregate, are yielding approximately
81 100000 monthly.
Construction of spur line of rail-
road or the installation of fleet of
motor trucks from the property of the
Western Phosphate Mining & Manu-
featuring company, located three miles
out of Paris, Idaho, are the alterna-
tives presented to the management by
existing conditions.
July production of new refined cop
per, including electrOlytic, Lake and
casting, Is estimated at 2O5OOO, 900
pounds. This compares with similar
estimates of 21O,OOO,OOO pounds in
June, a decrease of 100000, and
with 22S,OOO,OO0 pounds in July, 1917,
a decrease of 23OOO,OOO, says the Wall
Street Journal.
Cerro de Pasco Copper corporation
has good prospect for making new
production record this year. Its total
output for 1918, If maintained at the
rate shown for the first six months,
would exceed 74,OOOOOO pounds, COM
pared with 72,674,OOO pounds in 1917
and 71.OO0OOO pounds in 1916, says the
Wall Street Journal.
A statement on the mine production
of gold, copper, lead and zinc in Mon
tana in 1917 was issued by the United
States geological survey last week
The number of producers were Gil
compared with 5l3 for 1916. The total
of the production of all the mines was
$11O,149,3S2 compared with Sl33,SS2,-
947 for 1916. Silver Bow county led
with $1O3,339S06.
According to the Tonopah Miner, the
| report of the Tonopah Divide for the
| week discloses the same splendid
| ha a
when the crosscut intersected the VEN
on the 37O-foot level laying bare y
| foot face of ore that averaged better
| than S34 per ton in gold and silver
| exclusive of the molybdenum values
which the ore contains.
| Production of bituminous coal In the
| United States for the week ended Jul.
% is estimated at 12,S02oOO tons
against 12.923OO0 tons for the weeh
ended July 20 and 13,2S6ooo tons fol
week of July Ii, according to Cnitet
| States geological survey. The outpu
decreased 121 900 tons, or about pei
cent compared with the week preced
| ing, is an eastern comment.
| Word is received from Bingham ina
the Utah Consolidated Mining com
pany has purchased the Iampa NINE
owned by the Tintic Mining ana ne
velopment company. The 1ampa ma
been closed down since March ahe
Mt that time suit was brought aeaihs
the Yampa mine by the otah eohsoii
dated company, the latter company
claiming that the Yampa mine ha'
looted their ore bodies.
| Goldfield mining men continue " ~
Interested in steps now piahiieo ~
congress to stimulate activity III soi'
mining regions and give relle1 10 'n'
industry from the high cost Oh mater
ials used in mining and mllhe' s".
the GOldfield News. Ihev are eon"
dent the government VIII soon '"A'
measures of some nature u i'o