The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-07-26
MINES AND MINING

understood that the ore Is bringing
very good values.
Production by the mines Of Park
City last week totaled 1909 tons valued
| M $4,000 The output the previous
week totaled 1906 tons.
4 number OF men have resumed their
places In the mines of the GoltlfIeld
Consolidated. working under the bonus
system. which was offered the men.
Dividend records of the United
states Smelling x Refining company
by years show total distribution Of
| cash since 1907 Of almost Sl2BD.U,D.
Shipments of ore from the mines Of
Ilntic last week totaled 49, carloads.
These are estimated at 400 tons and
valued III $1,000. This Is compared
with III ears the previous week and
ls2 the week before thar.
Conditions at the Yellow Pine are
| better today than ever before, says
the Goodsprings (Nev.) Gazette. Re-
cent developments have uncovered
much new ore. aud the big ore bodies
appear almost inexhaustible.
@hRtA Nohroiiuaitd slUin- company
last week declared an increase quarter
~ dividend, amounting TO l2h cents
share, This calls for the distribution
| on August 3 OF the sum OF SllO.5 $50.
This viii bring the 1918 dividends up
TO 1887 $50.
In the first half of the current year
the smeiter output of the East Butte
Copper company totaled 1892. $50
pounds OF copper. of which approx
mately 1900 600 pounds came from the
company's own mines and the balance
from custom ore.
Tin 10 one of the few metals In which
the United States Is deficient. despite
the efforts made to develop such lie
posits as exist In several Of our mining
regions, notably Alaska. California,
Dakota and the Carolinas. says the
Mining and Scientific Press.
Production of crude oil In the Rocky
Mountain field. which Is practically
wyoming. reached the record high
| mark of l,0s4 900 barrels in May. This
compares with 100000 barrels In April
Of this year and 10000 barrels In May,
1917. is New York report.
Both the American Smelling and Re
filming company and the United States
Smelling and Refining company have
posted up notices at the plants that
all wage earners would be granted an
Increase OF 80 cents day. The ad.
vance takes effect from July !.
Mines of the northwest. inclusive of
Occur d'Alene, Washington and British
Columbia, have paid out s.. 437 .e374 In
dividends during the first half Of 1918
according 10 the Spokane Chronicle
The mines OF these sections paid out
last year a total OF SHOES 500.
From Tintic comes word thar dla-
mond drilling operations for the devel-
opment Of the northern extension OF
the immense tract OF mineral land
owned by the Chief Consolidated are
now under way and satisfactory prog
ress Is being made with the work.
More than 5000 day will be- added
to the pay roll of the Utah Copper com
pany in conforming To the Increase Of
10 cents day. which has been granted
10 all wage-earners M the mine and
concentrntors. The announcement
was posted up at the various places
July II.
l.. y. Chambrs. president Of the
Western Utah Extension Copper com
pany and OF the Pole Star Mining com
pany. came In from Pit,sburg last
week on visit 10 both properties and
particularly 10 Inspect the big recent
strike in the Helmet mine ~ the West
ern Utah Extension.
The manager Of the Tvada Copper
company says that the mine in Jack
rabbit district, dozen miles to the
northwest from Phoebe. continues 10
produce at the rate % about twenty
five tons day. The ore has been
averaging 10 10 ounces silver and 2
per cent copper with an excess Of iron
and some lime.
Shipments OF ore by the Nevada
Douglas Consolidated for the week
ending June 30 amounted 20 1850 tons.
The ore averaged "a per cent copper
l. the official report. That l. 30 tons
more than the preceding week. The
ore all goes TO the Mason Valley smell.
ter tit Thompson, a short distance
from the mine
Completion ~ two new wells III the
Rig Muddy field the past week has
brought the total production ~ that
district up 10 nearly 1000 barrels
a day The field has hardly been
.s~rratrhed" YET and II nreS.sftt IrodiFfs.-
tion ran be taken n "A criterion II
should. before the END Of smother year
be- yielding upward ~ 2ooIa barrels a
day. saws the Casper (Hyo5 Press.
Dividends paid In June. 1915 hy 90
United States mining aud meiailurgi.
cal companies mixing public returns
amounted ia S24 B51 ~. as compared
with SIS 3G1 o3s paid by 80 companies
Ia June. 1917. says the Engineering