The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-11-22
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shipments of ore from the mines Of
Iihtie this week toiaied l42 carloads.
ihese are estimated at 1000 tons ma
valued nj $4,000.
fhelps-Dodge corporation s,pettars
produced In October l6.72s.s7I pounds
OF copper, compared with l51o s,a
pounds in September.
Plans are being made for the omen.
ing up or u new coal mine near Cedar
.ity, where there has been considerable
activity In developing various eoal
properties in the past year or 50.
FROM Wyoming comes the report of
the completion of IA well with a uro-
auction varying from 2Ooo 10 1000 bar
reis initial flow. in the Elnigrant Gan
Held. few miles south of casps.r.
shipments of first class crude ore
ana product of the mills OF Park civ.
last week totaied 100 tons. This l.
estimated at SJ0000. II is coynnared
win I'oo tons the previous week.
With the recent incorporation Of the
corona Mining company by well-known
Salt Lake and Idaho citizens. further
ana speedy development of some of the
vast mineral resources of Custer
county, Idaho seems assured.
Manager John Glllie of the Anaconda
Copper company bid in the Butte Cen.
fral property for 1900 last week Mt
sheriff's sale. for the Butte Conner
< Zinc company, which is operated nv
the Anaconda. The property Of the
Butte Central consists of the ophir
mine and concentrates.
Frank Hertzer and Dan O'Keefe now
nave an incline shaft - feet deem on
the Silver Fox and Silver Moon claims.
situated twenty miles southwest from
uohhiieid and nine miles from Silver
Peak. says the Goldfield News. Hert-
ger and OKeefe are working the claims
under bond and lease.
According to advices from Wyoming
the first deep Well in the Big Muddy
Held was completed two years ago this
month and on this second anniversary
II Is making a record by producing aud
marketing approximately 1900 barrels
OF oil daily, giving 1t rank next - Salt
Creek as the largest producer OF any
Wyoming section.
According To IA report from Wyoming
the presidential order Withdrawing AID.
proXimately $1,000 acres of public land
In the Buck Creek and Cow Gulch dis
tricts in Niobrara county near the Ne
braska line, is considerable of hanii-
cap to the early development of the
field, as territory about twenty five
miles square is involved
Greatly handicapped by insufficient
labor the Inspiration Copper Company
has at times during the past month
been operating at but 10 per cent "a
pacity. AT the present time there are
fifteen units out Of twenty running.
which on normal handling of 1000 tons
each has raised the quantity OF ore
treated from 10000 tons daily 10 1900
tons.
company has been organized at
Boise under the title of the National
Potash corporation. with principal
place of business nj Boise The com
pany owns many thousands of acres
of cement rock land at Huntington.
Ore, McCammon and Lava. Idaho. The
purpose of the company Is tn manu-
facture potash for the time being and
cement later
The ferro-manganese plant of Ana
conda ut Great Falls Is proving highly
successful. From operations of the
first furnace 100 tons of manganese
ukas been shipped to Pittsburg A sec
ptf2 Furnace WAS blown in few days
ago and 1t is now i'm full operation The
other three furnaces are awaiting some
DELAYED equipment and IL Is expected
by the close of the month the whole
nse will be in operation.
With four wells under pump and
fifth one waiting for the pump to be
Installed, with a refinery in operation
and actually selling gasoline and kero-
sene, with two drilling rigs on the
ground and ready 10 continue with their
drilling program, l.. g. Bradley. presi.
dent of the Dixie oil company. feels
That the corporation mas mahe sub
Stantial showing for it's summers work
and is in good shape for continued de-
yelopment.
The Great Bend mine continues ship
ping from the lG0-foot level. The raise
from the drift on the 31J-foot level l.
still being driven in ore not III com
mercial grade. \ short time ago driV-
ing of the drift was stopped aud the
raise started 10 open ore found on the
upper levels. While ore Of shipping
grade has not yet been found 10 the
raise, Ii Is believed the working j. now
nearing the point where results may be
expected says the GoldfieId Tribune.
According to the New York Journal.
resembling of decree of Mexican govern
ment requiring told return To extent of
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