The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-09
MINES AND MINING

company during the past week cut
another minor fissure specked with
lead.
Resumption of daily train service by
the Deep Greek Railroad company be-
tween Gold HIN and Wendover Is look
ed upon as probability in the near
future.
The metal miners union has mace
demand ON the mining companies mt
Butte for S6.40 ii day, six hours work
per day, and the abolition of the rusti-
ing card system.
The ophir Hill, Senator Clark mine
at Ophir, Utah, is steadily operating
its large mill, Tile company Is making
annual profits of about $4,000. ac-
eording 10 recently filed statements.
Instead of using large timber In the
new working shaft. the sinking OF
which was taken up few days ago,
officials of the Chief Consolidated
Mining company have decided to line
the shaft nj Eureka from top to bottom
with cement.
Copper Leaf has now attained
depth of 500 feet in the new shaft, Is
the word that comes from northeast
rintic, the site of the shaft. II Is the
expectation 10 sink on down at least
10 the 1000 level before prosecuting
the country.
Since shortly after the first of the
month there has been interest In Gold
field mining circles in Il discovery or
manganese by Ike Gaillic and Mat
kusick. Goldfield men, says the Tono-
pah Daily Times. Stories of the dis
covery have been subStantiated by re-
liable mining men, who have inspected
the find recently.
Ii is announced from the office OF the
United States assayer in Salt Lake
city that the gold handled by that
office for the last fiscal year was
more than onethird greater than the
previous year. The gold which has
been handled at the Salt Lake office
/, has come from Utah, Nevada, Idaho,
Montana. Arizona and california.
George Clark. lessee on the old Buff
falo property at ophir, Utah. has just
shipped in another carload of charac-
| ltllSllt II SiibNtN fbh-
trolls of approximately $3.50 in gold.
81 per cent lead and "a ounces silver.
This ore Is worth S75 10 near 500
ton gross. Ii Is coming from tunnel
working 500 to 600 feet under ground.
Smelter production of copper from
ly undeveloped large company Is
American and South Ameican mines In
the first six months of 1918 totaled
960. 6i0,6J9 pounds, n decline of about
270oo,0o0 pounds from the 9S7 ,234, 900
pounds produced In the corresponding
period last year, says the Boston
News Bureau.
During the past week Super'nten.
dent John Wosterdahl OF the Tlntlc
Standard exhibited some chunks of
native silver ore-almost the pure
white metnI-which had been found ~
:. what Is known ms the No. Stope. One
:. piece of silver was about as large nS
an egg, being the incest specimen Of
, native silver that has been produced
here in recent months.
h Although the coal production of the
: United States ~ still hugging the high
a point, the production To date for the
. coal year is S.9i2. 800 tons behind the
:. estimated requirements ms figured by
. the fuel administration. The production
for the week ending July 20, IN bitumln-
/, Gus fields, was l2,95o000 tons. The
:. high week was that ending July 10
!, with l3273,0O0 net tons.
! G. W. Craig, the Provo railroad man
!. who Is al the head Of the new company
y formed for the construction or n
q branch line from Lyndyl to Kanosl
and also from Lyndy TO the West
?, Tintic and Deseret mountain dis
Y trlcts, is authority for the statement
. that no time will he lost Ia construction
: Of what Is known as the West Tintic
@ wing Of tAe road.
y A large electric compressor and hoist
v have been purchased by tip Tonopal
Divide. and will be installed IN the
3 very near future, says the Goldfield
n (Nev) Tribune The observation-disclosures
II Power company has completed its line
n to the Divide district, so just as soor
n as the new machinery Is put In place
Is and connected up. the company will be
Z In shape TO mine on an extensive scale
e Seizure OF several German meta
firms reveals another of the Teutonit
Is plans for this war. and the expected
e trade war To follow. For one thing u
o reveals the fact that at least one OF
n these firms had been engaged In get
y ting zinc into Grmany. and had piled
= up great stores of the metal for export
r IN Germany after the war. says tl'
J. Wall Street Journal.
Valuable holdings now are belni
4 acquired by the Alaska Gold. according
4 20 adyices from Boston reflecting Il
Il .tnrn dlr..nt frnm Alnskn Tho HnA