The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-05-31
MINES AND MINING

''S properties at Park Citv ara -
SHIPMENTS again passed the 40naooo
pound mark. t''e 7'VoOoOO
work on the new min NJ -.
Mining & Milling COM, -, : 'o' e'i'e
- ,i Utah, has been seria,,slv
ue'aSed during the past month bacar.a
VI severe snowstorms
construction of an oil shalt atm.
tioh plant, with IA daily cap,,cit,, 80 200
IONS Ton Is to be started by the Crane on
- corporation on its holdings ~
watson Utah, just as soon a. moi.
rails can be assembled
Inc mine production Of lead :, ra.,
In 1916 was 345.OSl, 7s1 nounds ,.ai ,,,li1
at S22,Sso,643. The increase in nnan
Ut! was more than per cent and in
naiue % per cent. The total as,ah-
hSiies new record for the state
The value of the mine nroductio, -
goiu' silver, copper. lead ana zinc in
iua'lo In 1916 was $40. 767. 7S3 an
increase of 46 per cent over Tho ,.o,,,,
IN 1918. Though the gold decreased
signify the other metals increased
distinctly.
Inc cleanup of the first weeks onar.
atioh Of the new plant netted the D.y-
ton Placer Recovery corporation 81 500
Inc plant of the corporation is sim.
ated at Dayton, New, and was erected
10 treat the old tailings dumps of the
Comstock.
Although difficulties are being eype-
rlehced in obtaining some materials
OFFICIALS of the Utah Consolidated OH
company are happy over the prospect
that drilling operations will be started
on the Uintah basin holdings within
the next few weeks.
The quantity of ore sold or treated
in Idaho in 1916 increased 200 100
tons, or nearly 13 per cent. Most of
the ore sold or treated was lead ore
ana lead-zinc ore, the former being
more than 90 per cent of the total and
the latter nearly A. per cent.
The production of the Tintic camn
declined slightly during the past week.
as compared with the previous seven
days, principally because of differences
between the miners and some of the
companies with reference to paydays,
but 165 carloads being sent out.
Three shifts have been put to work
sinking on the high-grude ore in the
| Priscilla Wine of the New York Mon
tana, formerly the Bannack Gold. it
| " In
tons We're resumed at the property
only one shift was worked in the
| Wine until recently.
Ore sampling around 500 to $50 a
ton is being taken out in development
work at the Columbus ReXall, accord
| ing to reports received from the mine
! An average sample from twelve mine
cars yielded assay returns of 015 ounce
gold, 14.5 ounces silver, g per cent
lead and 11.65 per cent copper.
In order to speed up the development
of natural gas resources in neighbOr-
ing fields, the KeOughan-Hurs Drilling
company has entered into a contract
with the New York Oil company and
the Curtis Petroleum company to drill
three gas wells in the Iron Creek field
says the Casper (Wyo.) Press.
Differences between the management
and the miners of the Loose properties
in the Tintic district with reference
to the payday question have been sat
isfactorily adjusted. The proposition
of monthly or a weekly payday was
submitted to the miners, and they elect
ed the weekly system, which will be
put into effect right away.
Idaho enjoyed a year of unuSua
prosperity in 1916, as shown in the
| profits of the mines of the Coeul
d'Alene region. In 1914 profits were
only $6.OOO0O0. owing to the genera
depression at the beginning of thu
war. In 1918 prices improved ant
profits were nearly $lOWOUO. II
1916 every effort was made TO taxi
| advantage of the still higher prices
and the profits were Sl2,OOO,O0O.
A dispatch from Copperfield, Nevada
says George Hell. who has for some
months operated lease on the ole
State Line mine, about mile north ="
the Nixon-Nevuda main workings ma"'
, small shipment of htghgrade orr
70 during the week. which was saved II
prospecting the limited development
no was able 10 do while working viii
| practically uo capital Tile fe'H' I"
have not Yet been received lr"" w,