The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-06-28
AND MINING

iahs looking to the movement ~ .
UNI oi ten tons "a day by moror
truck to the railroad are being ,rnrt,S4
out at the Tintic Delaware scco,,ti,,'
iniorHiatlon given out last week
ShNer-iead concentrates. as wen -
shipments of high-grade copper orc
wiz De moving from the Nuncv Craa,,
piVperty within the next sixty DAYS u
''ieie Is no hitch in present plans ac-
0ol'iils 10 word from the district
IN order to complete the comnanr,s
geological records officers of the CbjaT
consolidated have arranged for axtan-
SiVe diamond drilling operations in Tho
northern and eastern ends of rba al
trlct where the company has EXTENSIVE
holdings. '''i'e
what appears at present to no a ,o,r
anu extensive deposit Of cinnabar ore
mas been located by the Brett brothers
ana Thomas Ii, Murphy in Malbeur
county, Oregon, about twelve nil
from McDermitt, in the northern mart
Of Humboldt county.
President a. IL. Godbe of the Prince
consolidated mine, situated iust out NJ
tloche' New, who has just made an
inspection of the property. speaks on.
Enthusiastically of the good work done
IN the past month and of prospecrs
Tor substantial results at an early
date.
While the shipments of ore for Nav
are smaller than usual because of tho
embargo, they are large enough to give
the outsider the information that there
is "a fair amount of ACTIVITY in opera.
hon, despite the depression which the
mining industry all over the country is
undergoing, says the Goodsprings Ga,
zette.
Plans for the development of another
property in the Dugway district were
announced last week following the or.
ganization of the Harmon Mining &
Milling company. The new company
controls six promising claims adjoining
the holdings of the Cannon interests
on the north and the Laurel group or
the west.
That within six weeks from date the
recently organized Utah Sulphur cor
pOratiOn, which holds about 5000 acres
of sulphur-bearing land in Willard and
Beaver counties, will be actively turn
ing out high-grade sulphur produc,
at the rate of several hundred tons pei
day, is the statement of officials o.
the company.
The third of the known ore-bearin.
veins of the Tintic-Delaware has beer
cut by the Rathburn drift. accordin.
to word from Eureka. The face of tn,
drift was reported all in lead-silve
ore, much of which is high grade. TIL
other two known ore-bearing vein
were cut by the Rathburn drift during
the winter.
The initial shipment from the re
cent strike made on the Knight leas
at the Godiva went forward to tn
smelter from Eureka last week. TIL
ore encountered in the lease carries
sensational values in silver and it i
expected that the car will yield a
least $4,000, and probably consider
ably more.
The old Ontario Silver came to tn
rescue at Park City last week In tn
matter of production, and by sendin
more than 2,O00.OOO pounds of ore t
the smelter brought the total week.
: output of the district back to some
, thing near normal. Judge Mining
Smelling also contributed more to tn
production than for several weeks.
: An important deal, which prObabl
| will result in vigorous development /
t the Gold Circle mining district, abou
| 100 miles north of Winnemucca. wa
: closed few days ago, when Georg
5 ShOupe, a prominent mining enginee
: of San Francisco took options on tn
Gold Circle Crown. the Ripsaw an
, Circle Mining groups of claims.
Thirty-twO men. including miners
e muckers and machine men, left thei
: jobs at the Cardiff mine June
: after the miners had declined a ,;
2 cent raise per day offered by the off
5 GERS of the company. The mucker
= and machine men Joined them in a d,
mand for a raise of 30 cents 9er da,
, The miners have been receiving 81 pc
: day.
5 The high percentage of mortalit
Y among Wyoming oil well shooters du
{ ing the last thirty days, during whic
f period five employees Of the Indepen'
a ent Torpedo company have been kille
by explosions of nitroglycerine. h
caused the state government 10 inst
- ute an investigation OF the extra ha
: ardous" employment in which sue
: men engage. with the view of brin
ing the shooters within the scope
the workmen's compensation act.
r Since !. Il. Tregloau and Jack She
: ard of TOnopah acquired control
O the cinnabar group in the Pilot mou
tains. north of Summit springs. Sn,
the Tonopah CNey.). Miner. It appeal