The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-07-12
MINES AND MINING

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iecoru Oh the previous week
standard Oil interests are ranor.os
" pe contemplating an exnansion -
tnelr undertakings in WYOMING NJ.
thu vi Is to be included in m. nI.,a.
that are now maturing
After a brief. but aggressive nro
urinary campaign of deyelon,n.,,.
the Iintic Delaware Mining co,nna,...
Win extensive holdings loeated IN
west 11ntic district. last week closed
contract calling for the immed,a,a
SHIPMENT OF not less than ten tons of
ore per day.
~ Is announced that the Minerals
separation company has decided RI
take an appeal to the United States
supreme court from the recent aee,.
sion OF the Ninth circuit court of an.
peais III the Butte & Superior case
inns appeal probably will be heard ar
the October term.
The manager of the Conner Glance
VINO was up to the property in Ameri-
FORK canyon last week, let a con.
tract Tor the driving of the tunnel. No
definite distance was stated. bur II
Is understood that several hundred
rect Will be driven, in hopes that the
Pacific vein will be picked up in this
property.
conference Of western congressman
and mining men at the capitol on June
70 resulted in the creation of COM
mittee, headed by Representative Tay-
Tor of Colorado, to formulate a. plan TO
lay before the treasury and the rail-
road administration to encourage gold
mining and to maintain the interna-
tiOnal standard of value.
While the finishing touches are now
being put upon the splendid new pump
Ing equipment at the property Of the
Chief Consolidated Mining company, it
Is hardly likely that the pumps will be
used to any great extent for the pres.
ent,, for the reason that the small flow
of water already developed below the
1900 level is giving but little trouble.
| Development on large scale of
what is regarded as one of the most
valuable silver mines in the state of
Nevada, known as the Orizaba mine,
has been assured by transaction re-
sulting in the transfer of control of
the Diamondfield Black Butte Reor-
| ganized Mining company of Goldfield
to Charles s. Sprague and associates
| The superintendent of operations at
the old Utah mine, located at Fish
Springs, reports satisfactory progress
on the new mill now under construc.
ton for working over the old dumps OF
the once famous property. The plant
is to have capacity of about 200 tons
per day and it is anticipated that the
mill will go into commission in Aug
ust.
Heavy shipmentslare in order at the
Tintic Standard and it is generally
understood in Tintic that the average
| grade of ore which is being mined
there is bringing the company from
$1,000 to $1400 per carload. Practical
ly every piece of new work that has
been taken up at the Tintic Standard
in recent months has opened up new
ore, and right now there is little or nc
prospecting under way.
Chuquicamata's development has
been hit hard by the war, which dim
inished the amount of shipping avail
able for exporting copper and for i'm
porting the necessary supplies, say:
the Mining and Scientific Press. The
Chile Copper company, which owns
the great mine in Antofagasta, had Il
raise $685. 900 by bond issue II
1917, bringing the total bonded indebt
edness to $50, 665 900, all of which ha.
now been spent.
According to the Casper (Wyo.I
Daily Press, the highest price eve
paid for an Oil lease in the United
States has been agreed to by syndi
cate of Wichita and Kansas City capl
talists for one-sixteenth interest II
the oil produced on the Peter Paulsor
farm near Towanda, in the Butter
county. Kansas. oil fields. Paulson ha!
been offered 81 600 600 in cash for one
half interest in the oil produced OF
his farm.
The fuel administration. througl
Mark L. Requa, director of the Oil I'll
vision. has issued the following state
ment: up to the present time ther'
has been sufficient gasoline 10 NEE
all requirements but to be prepared
for any shortage should ii arise plan
are being considered by the OIL I'll
vision. in cooperation with the automo
bile industry and the national war ser
vice committee. to determine the mos
satisfactory method of gasoline conser
vation."
The Butte & Superior Mining com
pany now has exclusive colitroi o'e
its own finances and receipts. JUG
Bouruuin, IN the federal court AT iiel
ena, Mont, has dissolved the oiuei e
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