The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-12-20
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being sustained on pre-war contracts
with the railroads.
| The first cleanup OF November nj
me mill of the West End Consolidated
| Aiming company was not quite as yalu.
able as the one preceding IL. the re-
SUITS reported constituting IA shipment
OF weity-seven bars of gold and sl.
yer bullion weighing $500 ounces.
The government ban on platinum
Je"eiry has been lifted. Platinum has
been restored 10 its pre-war basis for
All Jeweiry purposes. Jewellers have
oeeh given permission To use platinum
AGAIN Ia The manufacture OF ieweiry
ana 10 sell platinum jewelry without
restrictions of any kind.
Two carloads of ore assaylng $50 i'm
goid ana silver are ready for shipment
al folicha, fifty miles south OF Gold
ileid' according TO l.. A. Ludwick. WIN
VITA y. W. Webster aud Hugh Me
'"Shes, Is working the Jordan ana
iMSer claims there, says the Gold.
heid News. All this ore has been OBJ
'nined Oh the surface.
There was shipped through the port
OF entry M Douglas from Mexico. dur
ing the month of October, copper and
lead ores carrying gold and silver To
the value OF S2,ss5,5o This Is the
best months shipment from Sonorn
turing the year and would Indicate
ihat mining conditions in that state
We're becoming normal.
The discovery of molybdenum some
time ago ut depth Of 1850 feet I'm the
shaft OF the Silver Pick created inter.
est among mining men Of the district.
To more thoroughly explore the ter
ritory In which the discovery was
made II was decided to sink the shaft
an additional fifty feet or to the 1900
foot point. The shaft has now reacheS
n depth of 1885 feet.
AriZona's output OF copper for 1918
viii exceed that Of 1917 the previous
high record by 100000 pounds IL
the statement made by Joseph II.
Curry. secretary OF the Arizona chapter
OF the American Mining congress In his
annual report Mr.. Curry's figures,
based upon carefully gathered and seq.
regated data, show this years output
to be Si9.O0O.0 600 pounds. MS against
7O0,OO0,OO0 for last year. This record
has been made In spite of labor short
age and shortage In materials.
The report OF net profits earned by
the Tonopah Mining company for the
month Of October shows the sum OF
$43,l53. which IL only little over
$500 less than the profits for the pre-
vious month. This In a gratifying
showing when one considers tho seri.
Gus handicaps against which the COM
pany has had TO contend during the
past month or six weeks since the In
fluenza appeared with Its harassments
and unavoidable labor shortage. which
OF necessity caused falling off In
mine production and other damaging
embarrassments.
Some very interesting deyelopments
have lately arisen on Los Conquista.
dores mines property. situated about
twelve miles north of Benson. 1t had
been regarded as gold proposition
solely. but recently large body OF
gold-silver-lead ore has been uncoy.
cred on the Carolina No. ] and No. I:
claims. which from the values IL con-
tains bids fair To be the means OF
financing all of the development work
throughout the property and leaving
considerable In the dividend fund for
Its shareholders.
II Is reported from kingman, Ariz..
that the first dividend In several
years WIS paid on the Goth of this
month by the Tom Reed company, be-
Ing z per cent ON Its capitalization |
Were II not for the epidemic OF In.
fluenza in the Oatman camp II IL more |
than probable that the company would |
maintain Its payment of dividends at |
the rate of per cent or better for |
years TO come and IL may do so. but |
the lack OF miners IL quite mn impedi. |
ment to overcome. The Tom Reed |
has the ore and every requisite to |
the payment Of dividends but the labor |
to produce.
Sinking the shaft 10 greater depth |
has been temporarily discontinued on
the Tonopah Extension. pending the
arrival of the immense Sordberg hoist
that was ordered ten months ago, but
the shipment OF which has been de-
layed on account Of the Nordberg Man
ufacturing company being commits
stoned by the government and required
to sldetrack NIL orders for private con-
Germs and 10 devote their energies
10 the manufacture Of marine engines.
The concrete foundation for this an. |
orrnous hoist has bee nbuIlt for some
time and the Ii0fo steel head-frame
Is on the ground and will be erected
next week. The loaded cage will weigh
about 10000 pounds. which will give
some idea OF the magnitude Of this
piece Of machinery that IL soon 10 be
installed at the Victor shaft. and nj the