The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-04-26
MINES AND MINING

Arrangements for truck service to
convey the ores Of the Lucky Star
Copper company from Dngway to the
railroad have been completed.
Conditions almost Identical 10 those
found in the Gemini just before big aud
RICH ore bodies were opened up have
been encountered in the Eureka Mines
property.
Although work at the Earl Eagle has
been delayed during the last few days
because Of trouble with the compressor
engine, conditions at the mine are of
very encouraging character.
Half "A dozen quartz stringers, vary
ing in width from one TO six inches,
have been encountered within the last
few days in the crosseut from the main
shaft of the Nixon-Nevada mine
Within the next day or two the
work of sinking the shaft at tile No. l
property of the Iron Blossom company
at Tintic will be stopped, the shaft
having reached its objective point.
which for the present will be the 200
level.
Polish has been creating no small
wave of excitement In the Fallon, New,
community the past few weeks A
new feature was added last week,
when II. H. Young OF Lovelock took
over thirty-two sections of land. To-
Gated for potash, I'm the Dixie valley,
representing over 10000 acres, says
the Fallon Record.
While in search Of oil in Texas a
| group of Salt Lake men recently dis
covered what may prove TO bee one of
the most remarkable mineral deposits
in the world. The Midwest Liberty oil
company encountered an unusual for
wells, and assays yielded values OF
$3.50 gold and IS silver to the ton.
Joseph Tognoni and son, who have
mining and ranching interests at Duck
water, were in Eureka a few days ago
with u quantity OF exceedingly rich sill.
yer ore, recently taken from their
mining property about thirty miles east
of Duckwater. Figuring silver at 81
an ounce, these samples ran from $500
TO $1,000 per ton, says the Tonopah
Times
Deposits of chromite have been
known in Alaska for number of
years, but they became of economic
interest only I'm 1917, when the rela-
lively high price of the ore recalled
| them to the attention of mining men,
with the result that ore is CONNER
clally mined at one property, says "A
bulletin of the United States geological
| survey
| Manager w. 4. Wood Of the Idaho
| Wyoming oil company is making ar
engagements this week for the installa-
ton of pumping system for well No.
l of his company, located In the Fossil
oil field. This well was brought In
late last fall, and its capacity is esti-
mated at from ten TO twenty barrels
daily, says the Kemmerer (Wyo) Re
| publican.
The Chief Consolidated maintained
its place at the top of the list of ship
pers from Tintic last week and the
total production Of the camp showed
an Improvement ot fifteen cars over
Weather conditions were generally fa-
yorable to the companies which haul
some distance 10 the railrond and the
Tlntic Standard averaged two cars
day.
The development of the manganese
and chrome ore deposits In Nevada
promises to be very extensive within
the next few months and the produc.
ton increased 20 ten To fifteen thou
sand tons month, according 20 Frank
NJ. Manson, manager 81 the Western
Ore Purchasing company, who returned
last week from an extended trip to
Washington and other points In the
East
Recent reports from the great Bawd-
win mine of the Burma corporation
show an increasing proportion Of cop
per in tiie ore, which hitherto has been
mainly valuable for silver. lead and
zinc, says the editor Of The Mining and
Scientific Press. On the flfth and
sixth levels high assays Of copper have
been recorded, In one case the copper
content for SJ4 feet ranging between
Z and II per cent.
According TO reports, there has been
another important gold strike made In |
the mountains adjacent To Paradise
valley in Nevada. From what can be /
learned the discovery was made by /
George Reed and Arthur Lille In the /
Santa Rosa range and not far from the 4
DOOley ranch. The ore is an oXidized /
quartz and samples brought to Whine
mucca assayed as high as So in gold |
to the ton.