The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-11-14
MINES AND MINING

delerla. Nevada.
The drift from the 5O0-foot level
Of the North Standard mine In the
East Tintic district has cut north
south assure eight feet wide.
A shortage Of ears and recent storms
are responsible for the decrease In the
number Of carloads Of ore shipped
from Tintic last week. total Of l02
ears.
Three weeks after the resumption
Of mining operations, forty properties
were working at Divide. Nevada. and
the reduction plants ut Tonopah are
again treating ore.
All mining claims In the United
States and Alaska are exempted from
annual assessment work for 1919, I'M
der resolution adopted by the house
and sent to the senate.
After an inspection Of the Tlntic
Delinare mine the board Of directors
Of that company have decided to com
mence immediate operations and work
will be commenced on that property
In the Tintic district at once.
Mexican opals are likely soon to APP
pear plentifuliy on the market again,
lnasnuch as mining for them has been
resumed In the districts whence jewel
ers obtained supplies before the war.
One Of the most interesting devel-
opments In recent months at the Ora
T.. Il trtt
on the tunnel level, near what Is
known ms the White Dragon shaft.
The GustayesOn Oil company, 1t is
announced. has just entered into II con-
No. =. In Diamond Fork canyon, sixty
five miles south of Salt Lake and ON
the Denver 4 Rio Grunde railroad.
The long sought Lucky Baldwin vein
Harrison Gulch. near Redding. Cal,
according to officials. The vein Is
stated to be eight inches wide at point
Of intersection with much free gold
showing.
In the Oquirrh range, nifty miles
southwest Of Salt Lake City. there
Is deposit of phosphate rock that
carries sixty-seven to seventy-fiv per
cent Of tricalcinm phosphate. The
quantity available In these districts
has not been determined.
A new silver coinage for Mexico OF
peso containing twelve grams Of
silver is provided for In decree
signed October 20 at Queretaro by
President Carranza The amount Of
silver in the 30 and 20 centavo pieces
is reduced In equal proportions.
Another shift has been added to
The force ut the Eureka Croesus mine
at Eureka, New. ore Is being inlned
from all the late strikes. and ore bod
les continue 10 increase IN both size
and value, The new ore body on The
zoo level is now eight feet wide.
In the three months ended Septem-
Der 10 last the American Zinc, Lead 4
smelling company reports net earn
ings of 1857 ,561 before depreciation.
| depletion and the quarters dividend
| OF Sl.0 per share on the S0.540 shares
of preferred stock, says the Boston
| News Bureau.
increasing values are reported from
all sections of the Divide. Nevada,
district as mining operations progress.
and in several instances ore discover
les have been announced that will have
| an important bearing upon the future
production possibilities of the proper
| ties concerned.
| The Salt Lake Potash company.
whose large plant is located ut Kosino
ON the northern edge of Great Salt
lake, Is building II track mile in
length tn connect with the old line Ut
the Southern pseiiic, aud will make
first shipnEut. Of the crude product
To the east and south about Novem.
Der 10
| Because ~ the increased activity
among the mining properties of the
East rintic district anu The constantly
increasing demands for additional cleo
| tric power, IL has been necessary for
the Utah Power and Light company to
provide what Is known as tie line"
between the riutic Standard and the
Copper. Leaf properties.
I'm response Ia the unprecedented lie.
mand the bituminous mines produced
hol. s!0.b1 net tons. or nearly 10 per
cent more In IDS than the output of
the year before. The anthracite out.
put WIS N.6ll.sll net tons. an in
crease over 1915 of i3.1 per cent. The
total output of both hard and sof,
coal WINS thus over 6O.o.t.c,-p tons.
The tweuty-seeond annual canven
tion of the American Mining Congress
will be held In ST, Louis. the week
| OF November II. n Is said IL has been
determined Ia eliminate most If tn,
technicalltles ~ mining usually taken
up IN such meetings, and TO devot. a
large proportion Of the time IN con.
sileration NJ Industrial unrest. and ID
the formation of n national business
program which can eventually hs