The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-03-15
MINES AND MINING

| "|VihIlE anu HiutDntlHeiti oil neiuS.
An entirely new Wyoming field Is
now predicted az the result of n strike
made by the Observation-Disclosures OH
company ia the Maverick Springs field
north of Pilot Butte, Wyo.
Frank Lee, foreman of the Walla
Walla mine, located near HALEY, Ida
| no, sends report 80 the directors that
vein of silver ore running 200
ounces to the ton has been discovered.
The old Liberty mine. situated at
Liberty, twenty miles north Of Tono-
pah, has opened rich body of ore
that may reward the owner for years
of patient waiting and an investment
close to half IA million dollars
Officials of the Yuma company. near
Eureka state that the Wine has fol-
lowed the ore from the 800 level To a
point where it is now near the GOO, and
that drift now will be started The
| ore runs well in lead and silver
The Manganese association of Las
| Vegas, New. has closed a contract with
1 Suffern & Co. of New York for the
shipment of $4,000 tons of manganese
ore within the next ten months. The
total price to be paid is SP,60O,OOO.
The recent snOwstOrms which COW
cred the hills of the Copperfield sec
ton to the depth a from one and one
| half 10 two feet-and even deeper
where the snow drifted-has effectually
put stop TO surface work for the time
being.
Mining operators in the West Tintic
and Erickson districts. located to the
west of the Tintic district. are now re-
| joicing because definite information
has been given regarding the construc-
ton of a railroad into that very prom
Using mining section.
Announcement is made by the man.
| agement of the Treasure Rox Min
ing company, operating in City Greek
canyon, about twelve miles from Salt
Lake, that n contract had been let for
extending the lower tunnel on the prop
erty another 300 feet
For taxation purposes the Silver
King Consolidated Mining company of
Park City, Utah, has reported TO the
state board of equalization the valua-
ton of its machinery and surface i'm
prOvements as S7O.950 and the net pro-
ceeds of the mine for 1917 at SOS. O76.
The Midwest Refining company's
new. casiRghead gasoline plant at Salt
Creek, Wyo., now is in operation. The
plant was built at a cost of about $780,
600 1t is estimated that from two and
half to three gallons of gasoline per
1000 cubic feet of gas will be obtained.
Much of the ore which the Grand
Central mine at Eureka is now ship
ping is coming from what appears to
be an entirely new ore channel, located
about midway between the old east
and west veins, which, up to this time,
have furnished practically all of the
mines ore.
To foster the oil industry now in it's
infancy in Utah, particularly that
branch pertaining to development by
mining methods, an oil section of the
Utah Chapter of the American Mining
Congress was formed ut meeting last
week at Salt Lake of representative
oil men of the state.
1t is rumOred that some water has
been encountered in the No l shaft of
the Iron Blossom mine. The shaft is
being sent down to the 200 level and
it is very close TO that point at pres
ent. Belief is expressed that the water,
which now amounts to less than twenty
gallons per minute, should not increase
to any extent.
There are many anomalies in the
stock market at the present time and
American Zinc, Lead & Smelling pre-
ferred is one of them. The company is
today earning the Sc dividend on 10000
shares of preferred twice over and vet
the shares are selling ut only A.. an in
come return of between II per cent
and IL per cent.
Although complete reports concern
ing the activities at Prince COnsoli-
dated during February are not vet
available, preliminary figures received
at the local offices of the company in
dicate that the output for the past
month will be approximately 1900 tons.
The mill recently erected tn work a big
tailings dump near the mine is report
ed to be working perfectly.
The mine operators and consulting
engineers of the different companies
at Luning, New, are giving increasing
attention to a study of the geology of
the district, with the object the best
possible results may be obtained with
the least expenditure Of time and
money, and ii is believed that the con-
ditiOns are now quite well understood. |
The council of national defense has |