The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-19
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Decision to raise, without delay, II
capacity of the Utah Sulphur corpora
ltion's present plant in Beaver count.
to many times Its present output wa
announced last week.
Excellent progress is being made b!
the Arizona Wyoming OIL company Of
| Its tract of 1920 acres, held by leas'
and purchased bond, in the Fossil
field, near Kemmerer, WyO.
The large and increasing use Of pc
ltrOleum in the industries Of the wOrlt
1has stimulated a search for. new Of
fields, and the United States geological
survey is assisting in this search.
The management of the Utah Wal
Tint company, which is manufacturing
kalsomine from it's Utah properties
said last week that 25-tOn car hat
lust been shipped to San Francisco.
A new syndicate will soon enter into
negotiations for the purchase of con
troll of the American Metal company
This may be accomplished through
private transactions rather than al
public auctions.
With the arrival of the transformers
at the Yankee property and with ther
Installation, operations on rgel
scale will begin, according to informa-
ton given at the company headquar-
ters at Salt Lake.
The geological survey, in prelim-
mary statement on production of cop
per in 1918 issued July 1, gives Utah's
smelter production for the past year
as 30,964,9OS pounds, as compared to
227, S40,447 pounds in 1917.
Gold shipments have recently been
made to China. On the steamer ST.
IBERIA, which left San Francisco last
week, there were consignments aggre-
eating $1,000,000 which were destined
to Shanghai and Hongkong.
The annual report Of the CONSOLE
dated Coppermines company for the
year ended December 81, 1918, shows
total income amounting to $90,216 and
expenses, taxes, interest, ETC., $2O2,S1O,
leaving a deficit for the year of SILL
994.
Producers of valuable ores and man
ufacturers of ferro, liquid or powder
concentrates from such ores are be-
coming anxious over the delay in the
decision of the railway administration
as to the policy to be pursued in rat
ing these substances.
At the Big Chief property in Grand
county, Utah, thirty men are being en-
ployed and the force will be increased
to seventy-five men as soon as the
mill is ready to operate, about Sep
TENDER 1. Concentrates will be
shipped to the railroad by way of
Thompson.
Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and Montana
possess vast deposits Of high grade
phosphate rock. Although the phos-
plate areas are by no means com.
letely surveyed, the amount of phos-
phate in the known deposits is esti-
mated at nearly five and one-half bill
lion tons.
Operations will be begun soon by the
Revelator Mining company, which
owns property in the Snake Greek, or
Park City, mining district, southerly
continuation of the West Quincy min
eral belt, about two miles south from
the last-named property, according to
information received from officials.
Although, of course, an increase in
the price of zinc (spelter) to Z cents
per pound, East st. Louis, means an
uplift in revenue for the American
Zinc, Lead & Smelling company, it
does not mean the company will get
elated over the profits from this price
advance, says the Boston News
Bureau.
Favorable physical conditions are
being encountered on the property of
the Cottonwood Grand Central Mining
company, according to information re-
ceived from the c0mpany's headquar.
tiers. The main tunnel at present is
about 5000 in from the portal, with the
whole face in silicious lime which Is
strongly impregnated with lime.
Four cars of ore were shipped last
week from the Combined Metals at
Phoebe, New, and four cars will prob
ably 20 forward this week. In addi-
ton there will be a small car of high
grade silver-lead ore. The first car
to be shipped has already been sam
pied at the smelter and the values
were found to be mare than satisfac-
tory.
The Indian appropriations act just
passed contains a provision of great
interest to the mining industry OF the
states Of Arizona, California, Idaho,
Nevada, New Mexico, Ore
gon, Washington and Wyoming Sec.
ton 26 places the power with the Sec
rotary of the interior to throw open
for mineral entry all unallotted Indian
lands in these states.
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