The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-01-31
MINES AND MINING

Fire destroyed the Bonner timber
mill owned BY the Anaconda Copper
Aiming company; loss approximately
s2J0.UOo
Production by the mines of Tintie
last week totaled To- carloads. These
IN the aggregate are estimated at 100
tons and valued ut S375Dp.
American Fork district, In Utah.
FROM one end to the other. was closed
a'wn about thirty days ago. when the
hrst heavy snow fell over the camp
Transformers for th. Virgin Dome
oil company have arrived on the
ground aud will 90 IN position in
sew day~ - that drilling on l'urga-
'Jry iiaf can be- begun ct once.
From Wallace. lduno. comes word
that despite he continued drip In ,ht.
price u lead u.d uncertainty ~ 10
future conditions there vii ~, 40 gen.
erai Suspension % mining actNitIe- ia
The Coeur ID Alerc it-tr.rt
Production 1T are hy tie mines ~
Park tliy in 1915 t.talrd ip4 $50 tons.
lhls aggregate i~ estimated IN between
>6.outs,t ami STnUh,A INA, praduc-
tion j. compared with 5000 tons ytela-
"a IN 1917 ana s2V0 ton. ia 1916
1t j. umured tItut thr Consolidated
copper Mine, plant ~ Kimberly viii
be closed down witla 4 short time,
nut IL II believed operations NJ the
iirouA "ii continue ami that ere ship
ments from There viii be Increased.
shipment 81 fr>t-class crude ore and
product from the mills 81 Park city
last week totnied 2o.1 tons. THIS -
estimated At si20.On This output Is
compared with 1856 tons the previous
week and 1926 IONS the week before
that.
Advice~ from Cripple Greek, colo.
are that the total production for the
gold mining district for the month of
December Was S7.lG0 tons. with an av.
.rage value Of SAT-. aud total gross
bullion value Of Ss16,o3l This l. au
increase of 1861 tons aud Sl3l 81
over November
Capituiizaf On 90 % California oil
companies as of December ~. 1917.
was S-!r2.3li $50, and In year 1917 they
paid l69 per cent Ia dividends The
small producing companies without re-
Inning or marketing facilities We're cap
italized at Sl23. 433ous and puid SO
per cent in dividends.
The Idaho Continental m,Hn nclr
PORT Hill. IlaAo. now shipptn. twenty
i've tons OF consulate. n week. nill
be able To sh y t,ut much daily "a
about three We IL. when Tie irumway
across the i>oo' euaj river viii he com
plet" About - men are at present
employed on the property.
The Valley Magnesitc company
whose property i located nj Valley
Wash. is planning 10 Install a plant
for the manufacture II ill., products
Eastern people who have been pur
chasing the raw material are nov buy
ing the manufactured u pduct, ncce>
stating "A change in m. fo'icy 81 the
company.
From Cobalt comes word that more
han s25.OcotsO tn silver aud gold was
produced last year Such j. the enor,
NOUS output of The precious metal
mines during 1918 in this part of
Northern Ontario including Cobalt
and Gowgauda In the silver districts
and Porcupine and Kirkland Lake in
the gold districts.
Nearly 4Oo,Oro barrels day have
been added to the available oil PRO
iuction OF the Gulf coast fields 81
Mexico during the last siN weeks This
enormous output, Whict. could lee
turned into commercial channels al
almost Il moments notice If ira. pur.
iation facilities were ready 10 handle
it, all comes from >iN wells.
What j. considered Ners good head.
silver concentrate was the product al
the trial run Of the Silser King con
,olidated now mill IA ark tttt Al
though the mtll had just been >ct up
aud was operating with The stiffness 81
al new machinery adjustments yet
A4tt III - ftflNt tAiititN ~ .Atft'NA th' s'ffA
showed values near 80 4 ton
The Primes Chemical company has
opened up body OF ytuuaHn ore
atoNe ben L"un~bury place AZ Old
rlacervlIIe and built a tram treru %"
mines down IL the loading station "a
The railway. which i only "a short H..
lance, and are working The property
Id this time and shipping fhn produt
hs train ia their reduction Fiaat al
tauAdinm
Gre bearing .old, silver and copper
ia commercial quantities has heen dis
covered near NeSielem. Wash. hy
\ 4 kimball timber cruiser Mr.
kimhall discovered some slide r"eb 81
n pear.Sreeu color thar attracted h>
attention. An as~ay II the rock showed
good valGeS tie traced the ledge fnr
LOO fect aHd Il j., 80 feet aide 10
some place.
Metal valued al OVER sic 5000 was
produced during tho fiscal year ending