The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-02-28
MINES AND MINING.


The head. Crisis ia the American POI.
ash Industry" Utah is the only state
treating alunite ores.
During the past week the WaSatch
Mines new drain, development and
| transportation tuhnei reached a rolnt
about 1900 feet In from the portal.
This gives a vertical depth of 500 10
| GOO feet
Drifting has been discontinued for
The present IN the Red Hiil Florence az
ssoldteld, and a win1e II being sunk
| from the drift ON the 600 foot level in
which the discovery Of rich ore was
made recently.
| Hundreds of Greeks. SerbIan~ and
Italians In Helper. Price. Hlawatha
ana other mining towns IN southern
| Utah are being iieecel Of war savings
stamps and Liberty bontis by saIpslneu
Tor wildcat oil companies. IL is charged.
Stockholders of the Albion, Mineral
Flat and Alta-Gernania wfning com
panies met In special meetings ~ Salt
| Lake and unanimously voted In fnyor
~ The consolidation of their extensive
united domains In Alta and American
Fork districts.
The representatives Of the Copper
Export association, who sailed from
this side on January IS To study possi.
hiiities for the early renewal of the
European export business Ia copper.
have arrived in London, says the Hos
ton News Bureau
One carload of what Is called the
'semisulphide" ores of the Alta Con.
solidated was put through the sampler
the past week and showed gross values
or about $40 n ton. This carload
amounted 10 81 dry tons. ana Is expect.
ed TO bring in well over $1,000.
From the lowa.Copper comes the en-
couraging news from Manager Dave
Scott that small pockets of nigf-graae
copper ore IN being found Ia the drift
from the shaft, and water coming In AZ
the face Indicating that the contact IL
being reached, says the PARK city
tutah) Record.
One of the biggest acrcages of min.
erai territory Incorporated Ia the TIN
tic district In years will be taken I'm
by the Tintic rnyinnster Mines com
pany. II Will embrace In the northwest
part OF the district 90 ncres, while
added to>thls there are options on "a
additional claims
According 20 "A story from Boston
for the last few months earnings Of
American Smelling q Refining com.
pany have been affected adversely not
only by the duilness In copper market
conditions. but by similar conditions
existing In the lead situation In which
the company leads
The mill M the Ingalls, mine Ia Tule
canyon has been operating successfully
for the past two weeks, treating from
sixteen 10 seventeen tons Of ore a day
and making a recovery that IL highly
satisfactory, following IA period of s.y.
eral weeks devoted 10 trial runs, saws
the Tonopah tNev) Times
Reports have come up the past week |
from Beaver county that Supt. Grnf |
Of the Pnloma has encountered some
good values In south drift on the |
E0-foot level. He writes that the
values are in lead and silver This
work is out approximately 100 feet
from the main incline shaft.
AT IA distance of over 300 feet from
the main shaft the east drift IN tbe
Jumbo Copper mountain mine at Gold.
Held has entered one of the cross
assures in which the ore IN found and
assays as high as 30 per cent copper
have been obtained recently. with inai-
catiops that the present work Will lead
TO the opening cf large ore body.
According To the TraasYaal chamber
Of mines, the output from the Wit.
watersrand district during December.
1918. tn fine gold. amounted 10 G3D..
90 ounces, as against go. 7a7 for No.
yember and 6S7 III ounces for the cor
responding month of 1917. From the
outside districts 1870 ounces are r..
ported, as against 1900 ounces for the
previous month
Decision 10 throw upon The market
iurplns stocks OF copper. brass and /
cad held by the war department hns
wi AfA'Hff4s II WIS announced 4 s4is~ I
uary II. at meetings held III WASH
ngton between officials of the dlrec- ,
or of sales office representatives of !
he lead and copper industries and Of q
he geological survey. This VIII be :
lone gradually. however la order that
he price may not be affected.
Statistics have been presented be- '
ore congressional committee. show. u
ng thai 81 per cent Of miners en-
'ieyed in this country are of foreign :
firth. and that many thousands of !
hem cannot read snfefy Instruction. !
r understand directions spoken Ia q
.ngliSh They were declared to- be a
lenaee Ia amp Industry which annually :
ills an average Of 500 men AMI in. !,
nrles 10000, or one-fhirsi Of the total .
miloyed, There sere said 10 tse $ &
l0SJ iliiterates and persons unable
, speak English In the United States.