The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-10-04
AROUND The MINES

eouh'ered body of low-grada -
considerable depth ore Ut
IL Is reported from New VI
.he fierce Oil company has brougb, -
u new wen in the Mexico field Viz. a' ~
ESTIMATED capacity of 3oooo harra,. "n
day. 'o paffeis
announcement is made that ,., ;,
' ec'ors OF the Utah Consolidated Mr.
ing company have declared 4 divide,
VI % cents per share on the 5oona
shares OF the outstanding stock
american Agricultural Chemjcat h.
declared a quarterly diviaand - i'''
zen, on the common stock. pincinc IA |
issue on an 8 per cent ner anr,,'s
OASIS. The previous rate annnalh. 80
per cent. was
| Utah Copper cornpany m,do
ma h"oie increase in production com.
pairing the August output with thar of
July an increase iof almost / ouonno
pouhds. This increase is worth tod.,.
niue more than $l,O00.ooO gross
1here are three places in the Alta
oohsoildated where there are excaIl, nt
chances of making commercial GRO
oodies with no inconsderable amount
OF hlgh grade, is the epitome of - "a.
port which comes from that nron.,,,.
directors of the Tonopah Mining
company at Philadelphia declared y
quarterly dividend of II cents n share
ms requires the payment on October
Il OF the sum of SIJOUeO II win
bring the total up to approximately
So 100000.
Butte-Anaconda with their 12.N,. 70
lo,ooo men employed directly in mine
and smelter today is producing more
copper than any other one district in
the world and Montana comes next
IN production to the great premier red
metal state of Arizona.
Grand Gulch Mining company is at
present centering its efforts ON the
matter of installing new compressor
plant that deeper work may be start
ed in the near future, with a view To
increasing the light tonnage which has
lately been moving to market.
Potash, valued at from $500 to S35C
: per ton, will be one of the products
manufactured by the Ogden Portland
| Cement company within few days
The addition to the cement plant OF
the company at Baker, in Box Elder
county, Utah, has been completed.
The West End Consolidated Mimi.
2 company of Tonopah has declared
l dividend of 10 cents share. This
! calls for the distribution of S1SO,O00 ol
a October 10 to stock Of record Septem
Der 30. 1t will bring the total divi
e dendS up to more than 81 100000.
a Word received from the superinten
+ dent of the Eureka Mines company i
I that the new lessees who have take
+ over the Tintic property from the 9Ot
I foot level up have work we'll unde
way and, in. fact, are in some ore, BIT
s it ist not yet of commercial grade.
+ Conditions in Mexico have bee
Il showing Il slow but steady improve
+. ment, with the result that the Gus
o genheim plants there have been place
s in varying stages of operation wit
the exception of the Valadena smelte
f. which has not resumed on account {
It lack of sufficient ores.
e Graphite has lately been sellin
d from to % cents Il pound for certai
e, grades and 10 to II cents for other
d The best must carry about 90 per Gel
carbon content. The production in IL
d first half of this year from Unite
N States mines amounted to 1888 sho
a tons. says the United States survey.
If According to eastern adviceS. hraN
'p inroads into earnings of the America
ID Smelling 4 Refining company VIII
d. made This wear by labor. both throu-
in record wages paid and shortage Ill iht
n employed. Inefficiency VIII also II
IT. ure as an important factor, rs u
he company has been forced to take
n many unskilled men.
oil Good miners are almost inipoSSlo
lg TO get and with the last dfatt hiatle
will he much worse. Unless the 20
h. eminent comes to tie aid of the M
n ing companies it will be dIfflcul'
% keep many big producers III operatio
a. Mining is one of the very esseiiii
o. industries ut this time ana the COVER
nc ment must assist in its continuance
IN Prior TO the war the cher source
is supply for the molybdenum alloys -"
either Sweden or Norway, but now
q der war conditions the goNeriilie
&c is naturally seeking To secure il> Ia
" metals at home. one dltiicug "
~ been that the average pfesPe''
nt knows much about gold, silver ~
bo and copper and but little ah"u1
&c rare and equally needed metals
in Gold mining operations IN 'a'l"
have been conducted under most =
IN ing conditions with yield OF TINS me-
We greatly restricted, says me n''s'
p.,,,,r Dome Mines EhiHBa