The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-03-21
MINES AND MINING

ihlheS OF Ilntsc last week toialed 11al
carloads, These are estimated at $3.50
tons and valued nj $2o0o0
The California Petroleum has de-
clared AN extra dividend of per cent
in Liberty bonds Ia addition to the
regular quarterly dividend On pre-
ierred of l a per cent.
The Simon lead property. situated
twenty-five miles east of Nina. is de-
'eloping into one of the greatest lead
properties ever discovered In the state
says the Tonopah (Nev1 Daily Times.
In 1909 81 per cent of the coke in
The country was prepared IN beehive
ovens and the remaining III per cent
in reproductive oven. In 1916 The
output OF. by-product coke increased 10
3S.6 per cent
Arguments in the Minerals Separa-
ton litigation against the Butte Il
Superior Mining company, originally
slated for March 8, has been post
poned until March 10 by the United
States supreme court.
Recent developments below the wa
ter level in the Ridge 4 Valley and
Gemini, Tintlc district, have been so
satisfactory that the officers of these
companies have practically, decided to
Increase the pumping capacity.
Within the past month the Divide
| mining district has come To the front
with rush and the present activity
Is 50 great as to resemble the old
hnnn Of
says the Nevada Mining News Bureau.
The electrically driven hoist and the
compressor plant on the property of
the Divide Extension, In the Divide dis.
| trict of Nevada. Is now In operation
and the main shaft will be rapidly
sunk from its present depth of 100
feet to the 300-foot level.
Nothing that the government has
done in recent months viii produce SO
kindly feeling among the miners OF
| the west as the passage by congress
| OF the relief bill for the benefit of the
producers of chrome, manganese, tung-
| stem and other war minerals
There Is better tone to the cop
| per market. Ii is estimated that In the
| last ten days about 25,O00,OOO pounds
| of metal have been sold by leading
| interests around - cents pound
| Copper authorities believe the market
| has definitely turned for the better.
Shipments of first class crude ore
| and product of the mills and electricity
tic slnelter ut Park City last week to-
tailed nearly 1000 tons. This is val
ued AT upwards of $4,000. This pro-
duction is compared with 2i40 tons the
previous week and 232i the week be-
| fore that.
Actual work on the construction of
| the long-talked-of railroad connecting
the main line of the Denver x Rio
| Grande with the Tintic Standard and
| Iron King mines of the Tintic district
| VIII he started within the next two
weeks and pushed to completion as
rapidly as possible.
| Although little has been done In the
| Fossil oil field west of Kemmerer dur
ing the past few months, there will be
n resumption of activity In the near
| future, as arrangements now are be-
|
tions in three parts OF the field, says
the Cheyenne Wyo.) Leader.
Tintic men and former residents of
Eureka have just launched the In.
dependence Mining company with "A
capitalization of $4,000, divided into
one million shares. The ground which
the company owns consists of twenty
seven claims. which are located To the
east OF the Tlntic Standard and the
| Copper Leaf holdings.
Judging from report received In
Salt Lake by the Utah chapter of the
American Mining Congress, assess
ment work for 1919 will likely have
To be done In the usual manner
| There will probably be 10 exemptions
allowed as per recent war times when
| the requirements of the regular an
nual 500 was temporarily lifted.
According to information given out
AT the Salt Lake Offices of the Liberty
| Potash company, operating ut Green
| River, Wyo.. such progress has been
made In the construction of It's plant
and installation of equipment that the
engineers estimate the production of
| potash on commercial scale will be
begun about the middle of April.
Within the past month the Divide
mining district in Nevada has come
| TO the front with rush and the pres
ent activity In SO great ~ to resemble
| the old boom days Of Tonopah and
Goldfield. Dozens and dozens of new
| enterprises have been launched and
| the roads between Tonopah and
Divide are alive with all manner of
| vehicles.
Copies of the IS. 10000 war miner
ais relief measure as finally adopted
| by congress have been received in
| the west The relief II confined To
manganese, chrome, pyrites and tung-
sten. Reimbursement shall cover only
| expenditures between April q 1917,
and November T.. 1918. and no profits
shall be Included In claims. il Is de
/ ,Iarad All claims must hs rls,t within