The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-05-20
AROUND THE MINES

OF Denver, in which Utah capital il
heavily invested, has opened offices in
Salt Lake.
Recent silver deposits found at Nina
Nevada, promise to give the old town
real boom. according to the Tonopah
Daily Times.
Recent advances in the price of si1
yer are causing much discussion among
mining men as to what price may be
expected for this metal
Excellent progress is being made al
the Cottonwood Grand Central Mining
cOmpany's property, which is located
at Mill D flat, on the south fork of b.
Cottonwood canyon, near Salt Lake
City.
Mining shares, which have remained
dormant during the recent steady adj
vance of other issues on the New York
stock exchange, have come into their
own and are all active at steadily in
creasing prices.
Big returns are expected of the Vol.
cano claim, which Is half mile from
Phoebe. This claim has been leased to
two leasing comprehensive Stindt.
Donohue company and the Pitts &
Christian company.
Claims aggregating in amount $751;
500 have been filed up to date from
the three states of Utah, Idaho and
Nevada, with the war minerals relief
commission, according to the Mining
Congress Journal.
Articles of incorporation for the
Utah Colorado Oil & Gas company
have been filed at Provo, Utah. The
company has 1880 acres of oil and
oil shale land in Utah, and in Rio
Blanco county, Colo. ......
In Utah, five companies which mined
manganese will claim relief from the
war minerals relief commission for a
total sum of $4,000; one company, for
mining pyrites, $500, and one COM
pany, for mining tungsten, $1,000.
At the Phoebe Bristol, affairs are be-
ing shaped so operations will be re-
sumed A shaft is being sunk so that
ore bodies may be tapped. This mine.
formerly known as the DAILY Bristol,
has a good record Of production, it is
stated.
Ore samples that were taken from
the chimney reported found by Wallace
G.. Hunter and party in the Woodlawn
mine last week, have assayed is per
cent lead, 1855 ounces of silver, trace
of gold and 25 per cent copper, with
an average value of $3.50 per ton.
Articles of incorporation for the Tin
tic Bullion Mining company have been
filed with the county clerk at Provo,
Utah. The property of the Tintic Bull
lion company consists of three claims
Joining the Eureka Bullion, Big Hill
and East Tintic Coalition mining prop
critics in East Tintic.
A survey Of the. hilly sections on
both sides of the Willamette valley,
beginning at Eugene, Ore, and extend
ing north, will be made this summer
by DR.. D. w. Smith, head Of the de-
partment of geology at the University
of Oregon, to investigate possible
supply of gas for the valley.
A report, issued in New York, May
Z, showing the results Of the opera
tons Of the Utah Copper company for
the first quarter of the calendar ana
fiscal year of 1919, shows that 2S,971,.
0S9 pounds of copper was produced,
while during October, November ana
December, 1918, the output was 49,
3O3, 1892 pounds.
The Cardiff Mining & Milling COM
pany states that operations will open
up on it's properties June 1 or Is,
weather permitting. Most of the sur
face snow is off the road which runs
from the main canyon Of the Big Cot
tonwood to the mine, but slides still
obstruct travel and make it Impossible
to haul ore by trucks from the mine.
1t is announced that George Wing
field, H. G. Brougher and associates
have taken over the control Of the Bel.
cher Divide, Victory Divide and Bel.
cher Divide Extension estates. 1t Is
understood that there is no intention
of effecting any consolidation of the
companies, but that, on the other hand,
development will proceed separately
and as outlined.
After having devoted almost it's en-
tire energies toward helping to win the
war by giving over to the common
cause it's experts, that they might,
through their peculiar knowledge, de.
velop new methods Of destruction for
the enemy, the bureau Of mines, de-
partment of the interior, has now re-
turned to it's interrupted peace pro-
gram, and during the week of Sep.
TENDER 20 next will formally dedicate,
to the best interests of humanity, its
new million-dollar laboratories and |
in Pittsburg, Pa, with GER
which will be national in J
scope.
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