The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-04-15
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oianh Soiiipuly nave DeeI
Tiled at Salt Lake. The company is
saking over ground at Marysvale held
by George w. Vogel and others.
Increased drilling activity is result
Ing in the Lance Creek field in Wy.
oming because of recent favorable de-
velopments in the field, Several wells
are close to the oil sand and are ex.
pected to be in shortly.
According to New 70. x adyices. the
Salt Creek Producers association has
been Incorporated for $20,O00o0O
sOOOOO shares, par value $25 each, to
take over group of producing prop.
critics in the Salt Creek field, WyOm.
ing.
The Martin Gold 4 Silver Mining
company, operating in Thaynes canyon
Summit county, filed water appli.
cation with the state engineer for five
secOnd-feet of water. The company
claims to have developed most of the
water in working it's mining tunnels.
D. e. Mcpherson, superintendent of
the Deseret Mountain Mines company,
with holdings in the West Tintic dis
trict, left Salt Lake last week for
the property, taking with him force
of men and truck to do the work pre-
paratory to an aggressive spring cam
paign.
According to the Goldfied News, the
full face of the southeast drift on the
fourth level of the TonOpah Divide as
sayed SAB, according to A. l. Darcy,
consulting engineer for the company.
This shows an increase of over 5000
per ton in the value of the ore in a
short distance.
With several strong companies de-
veloping virgin territory and opening
to mining large reserves of good ore
in old workings Of once famous Mines
the Austin field, in Lander county, is
rapidly forging to the front among the
silver-gold districts of the west, says
the Humboldt Star.
During the last month or six weeks
gas has bothered some at intervals in
the Eureka Lilly, Tintic district, but
the company has so well equipped the
property with appliances for overcom-
ing this that comparatively little de-
lay has recently resulted, seventy-one
feet having been made in the last week.
Out of the general offices of the
Michigan Consolidated Mines
company, operating in the Alta-COt-
tOnWOOdS, comes the cheering news
that all Of the nine towers, damaged
several weeks ago by a heavy snow
slide, had been located, and that III
no case was the injury as great as had
been expected
The war department has announced
that an agreement had been reached
with copper producers under which ap-
proximately 1OOOOO,OOO pounds of cop
per owned by the war department will
be disposed of during the next fifteen
months at market price. The United
Metal Selling company, organized by
the producer for the purpose will han
die the transaction.
Notwithstanding the apparent weak
ness Of Naildriver on the Salt Lake
mining exchange, conditions at that
property are improving every day, ac-
cording to Manager ]. D. Fisher, Con-
tinuOus ore bodies have been opened
up for more than 500 feet, and these
bodies are increasing in quantity and
quality as development progresses.
says the Park City Record.
Just what effect the reported action
of the English government in fixing
a new maximum price Of 95 cents
standard ounce on silver will have in
America is not yet known. Western
silver producers are unanimous in the
opinion that if the big finger of the
entente is taken off the white metal
the tremendous demand or the sur
plus in India, China and other coun-
tries will at once send the price up to
above the famous 16 to one, or about
$1.25 an ounce. Some declare it would
reach $3.50.
Production by the Judge Mining &
Smelling company at Park City, Utah.
in 1918 amounted to approximately
81 900 tons of ore, which were sold for
81, O61 GAL, according to the annual 10.
port just issued. The crude ore aver.
aged $33 a ton, the lead concentrates |
$40 and the spelter brought $2O3
ton.
That the Uintah basin is the source
Of high-grade commercial oil is being
demonstrated in concrete way by the
Urado Oil Sales company, at Salt
Lake, which has received another car
load Of the product. This is the fifth
received to date.
Revival of mining in the famous old
Cripple Greek district Of Colorado Is
reported from there in a story which
says that recent development at the
ninth, tenth and eleventh. levels Of the
Cresson mine has disclosed u verit-
able network of veins.
Reports of rich strike of ore at
depth in one Of the most active prop