The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-24
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The work Of bringing In a nea ..
well at Moab, Utah, is getting f.
way. The rig is q light one,
expected to be able to reach the iirs
Oil strata.
The United Verde Mining mas De
clared the usual 50-cent share dividend
and the usual extra of 25 cents, pay
able February / to stock record o.
January 8.
Settlements have been made for thu
car of carbonate ore the Alta Consol
idated first got out of the Bralne ifs
sure in the drift to the east. The or,
carries about $50 values to the ton.
The Mohawk Mining company In
November produced 93O825 pounds Of
copper. The Wolverine Mining pro
duced 0,332, and Michigan Copper
company 1882 pounds of copper In
November.
From Boston comes word that w. l.
Creden has resigned as general man
ager Of Davis,Daly Copper company
which position he held for the past six
years. He will still be retained in an
advisory capacity.
From Butte comes word that the An.
aconda Copper company has notified
Butte & Superior, Elm Orlu and other
zinc ore shippers that, for time being
1t desires to suspend all custom ship.
ments. No reason was given.
Reports were circulated at Salt Lake
last week that the Cardiff has made a
new strike up near the Tar Baby" This
appeared simultaneously with the 9TH
er reports that the Tar Baby has made
one of its regulation periodical ore dis
closures.
More than $4,000, 100000 in annual
production of minerals, coal and petrol
cum was represented in the meeting
of the American Mining congress just
closed, at Washington, which was at
tended by leading producers from fiji
teen states.
From Brigham City, Utah, comes
word that an oil-gas drilling outfit has
reached the town with an expert drill
Ter, and that the rig will be set up at
once at the Jensen place, a mile to the
west, where it is proposed to drill for
natural gas.
Application has been made to the
state engineer by the Bull Valley Gold
Mines company of Salt Lake for the
use of five second-feet of water from
spring in Washington county. Utah.
for irrigating 800 acres Of land in the
vicinity of Nelson's ranch.
The management Of the Silver King
Con. has sent word down from Park
City that 1000 ore sacks be sent up
to take care Of the first cleanup at
the new mill In Thayne's canyon. The
sacks are necessary SO that the fine
ore may not freeze to the wagons or
be sifted out and lost.
Extended litigation Is promised in
connection with the sale of various
mining companies properties which
were advertised by the state treasurer
Of Utah as delinquent for the nonpay-
ment of the per cent tax on the net
proceeds Of mines and which have
been offered for sale at public auc-
ton.
Below is a table of the yearly divi-
dends of the Utah Consolidated Of
Bingham in the past ten years, inclus.
i've Of a 25-cent dividend which will
be distributed on December "a: 1918,
$3.50; 1917, $3.50; 1915, 1915; 1915.
$500; 1914, $500; 1918, $3.50; 1912.
$3.50; 1911, so cents; 1910, so cents;
1909, $500.
Tintic Standard is employing some
thing like eleven large trucks in the
haulage Of Its ores from the mine +
the railroad, a distance of five miles.
These outfits have been hauling as
much as twelve to thirteen tons to the
load with the trailers when the roads
were in first-class condition. They
make four round trips Of ten miles
each day, or forty miles in day.
Official announcement Is made tina;
the Dayton Placer Recovery corpora
tons mill at Dayton, New, Is now
operating at full capacity (175 tons
per day. and is making good ex-
The plant is treating by the |
cyanide process the old mill tailings |
from the Comstock lode, which years |
ago came down from Virginia City |
through Six-mile runway and were |
mpounded in the Carson river valley |
near Dayton.
After a long and persevering cam
paign Of development, it appears rea-
,onably certain that the Tar Baby
Mining company, operating IN the Alta
Jottonwoods, has reached one of its
main detectives, in that the whole
ACE of the Victor tunnel, now in Tar
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