The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-02-01
AROUND THE MINES

llans are now under consideration
for the opening up Of new oil eN-
chnnge in Salt Lake
on recommendation nf the war in
dustrieS board, President Wilson on
January - extended anil June ] next
the price of -1'a cents u pound for
copper, fixed September -.
Word that the Emerald OH company
had brought Ina well with daily cu-
pacig OF thirty Ia forty barrels of high
grade oil in the Rangcly district, came.
from Nernul, Utah last week
An immense tonnage 81 milling ore
has been developed at the Muncy
Greek mine near Cherry Crcrk Nev..
according Ia "a report received ut the
offices of the company from Surrriu-
tendent Clark.
Although development work was be-
gun scarcely two months ago. the Arcn
Mining & Mining company nuw has
about a carload II auumouy ore uu
| the dump ready for shipment, accord.
ing To- reports from Arco, Iduho,
During the past few months tens of
| thousands Of acres of oil shaIe and oil
| sand lands have been located in the
| Uintah and san Rafael districts in
| Utah, and many plants for the dis
| ulhAg Of oil are contemplated for the
| near future,
With the orebodies improving Ia size
and value Ms further depth is gained,
aud efficient milling methods replnc-
ing the old wuSteTul reduction pro-
| d,
taking prominent position among the
stellar gold camps OF Nevada,
Some interesting tests have been
made in Salt Lake the past week of
extracting oil from san Rafael sands.
Samples Of some of the richer black
sands are crushed, and considerable
quantities OF oil carried OFF. This Is
done without the aid Of either fire or
steam
In the southern part OF the Ne.
wanus property crosscut has been
driven west from the main south DRIFT
10 the foot-wall and some ore II TX.
celleut grade has been exposed here
and drift Is now being advanced ON
the ore shoot says the Goidheld
: | Tribune.
Completion Of arrangements FOR the
| installation Of uu aerial tram, 20 con
; meet the mine Of the Iron County Coal
company with Cedar city, Utah was
announced hast week The work of
erecting the tram line viii bee under
tnkeu as soon as the matcrinl arrives
!. on the ground
The Eagle 4 Blue Bell has been
. very successful, and Is an important
b. source Of revenue Ia bingham Mines
A.. During the eleven months ended No
:. vemhcr 30, 1917, Bingham Mines
= earned Sl45. 4I6 from its own opera
= rions. and received S3G5,7s7 In diNi-
bends from It's subsidiaries.
Ncyudn -pouglus shipments 10 the
. Mason Valley smclter from December
= - to December 81 amounted 10 1850
:, tons. ranging from 80 to per cent
:. copper. From January l 10 January
;. y the shipments totnlrd 20jO tons OF
% 10 y per cent copper. From Jnnu'
. airy 9 10 IG the output was 100 tons
= Scnator pittmnn of Neyadn, speak
a Ing to the American Mining congress
n at Denver, declared congress has 40
n Intention Of extending the leasing - f-
= TEN Ia mctullfcrous mining, ana If tith
: plttman Walsh oil aud coal land l"as'
=. ing bin becomes law, the leasing
- question. as far us the west Is ""a-
A serned, would be settled for years.
The Northern Montana Natural Gas
II company has been Incorporated. say :.
=. Butte dispatch. The gas company LA
\. in view the supplying Of the smoityrs
n and works 81 the Anaconda company
- at Great Fails, Mont. and Anaconda.
N Mont. with gas as fuel, contemplating
le the piping of IL from Sweet Grass lin,
=, Ia northern Montana 10 Great iuii~,
al Helena, Butte and Anaconda.
n The Mason Copper property Ia Ma.
d son Pass f. steadily improving, says
the Y,rIueton (Ncy) Times. 4 new
X clubhouse has been built and the work
=, Is hc.ng rushed by o good sized crew
r Their open cut is about twenty feet
~ wide uuG eighty feet long, from which
ie they are drifting. Tho ledge opened
Is about four feet deep. but Is now about
twelve gret and looking better all ihc
le time"
ne Nra, records were established ln tho
T. December ore shipments from Rico
~ lCulnJ station. A total of otguty-siN
10 cars WAS consigned to the smr.trr~ ~
Utah aud Kansas during the last month
~ the year just closed. Ne, since
u May. 1913. when lOB ears were shtpped,
g. ltus this mark been reached. and May.
iE 1913. nus au exceptional month, over
n topping records reaching back into the
p4Ius daAs ~ the camp.