The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-05-16
MINES AND M|N|NG'

Shipments Of ffrst-ciass ore and pro-
duct of the mines Of Park CITY 10
market during the month OF Aprii
amounted TO an aggregate OF go TONS
Some Utah mining operators thihk
Ii pretty tough to once n year nave ~
submit an ltemized account Of all re-
ceipts and expenditures, but IN NeNauh
this IL required quarterly.
Announcement has been made mat
operations and Developments are To DE
resumed ON the Gold Circle queen
property at the camp Of Gold Circle
In western Eiko county. Nevada.
Once both Eureka and Austin, New,
| were famous for their rich silver ores,
and the old camps are reyiying again
now that the white metal Is holding
steady at fair price, with Indications
OF going higher.
Production Of ore by the mines OF
Tintic district in April amounted to
507 carloads, according to the regular
weekly shipping reports from the ola
camp. These are estimated at 29'Ju
tons VI ore, and valued ut approx
mately x9OO,OO0.
Silver mines throughout British Co
lunba are pushing operations with
ylgor, especially In the SLOGAN district
where silver values are so high thar
the producer can afford to store his
lead, II necessary, for Il later and adj
ditional profit.
| Two quarterly dividends Of Sl50'oOo
each have been declared by the Hecla
Mining company operating the famous
| producer In the Occur dAlenes. Each
will be paid at the usual time, the
| first on June % and the second on
September %.
Reports from POrt0la, Cal, near the
| Walker Mines In which many Salt
Lakers are actively Interested, indi-
Gated that arrangements will be- made
shortly to increase the mine capacity
| to 1900 tons daily. Indications of high
grade ore bodies have been found.
Many western mines produce ores
showing considerable amounts of zine,
and some Of these had their profit cut
almost to the vanishing point by the
prices quoted for this metal during
past months. There has apparently
been no amelioratlon of this condition.
Gold men are fairly well alarmed
over the continued lower output or
the yellow metal year by year, prob
ably appreciating the fact that 1t Is
only question of time when there
Will be an Irresistible demand for silver
and no longer debased bimetallic
basis.
| Officers of the Combined Metals
property ut Phoebe expect shortly to
complete the raising of 100000, which
will be devoted to the erection of
metallurgicai plant 1t Is learned. Bed
ded ore ut the mine now mapped out
IN estimated ut 10000 tons by the
manager.
The Big Hin Mining company has
called IA meeting of the stockholders
at Provo. Utah. for June for the
purpose of eieeting board of direc'
tors and voting on the proposal to
amend the articles of incorporation in
creasing the capital stock of the cor
poration to Sl00,OO0.
All surface miners of British Column
bla are now working on the basis oi
an elght.hour day prescribed by stat
, ute. While many properties worked
the surface men eight hours In the
past II was largely matter of loca
adjustment with the attendant labol
dispute and frictions.
Advices from the great lead-silvel
zone of the Occur d AlencS, Idaho, stat,
that spring activities have commenced
In several camps with every prospec
OF extensive work on non-producer'
which were compelled to discontinu,
, on account Of high prices of labor ant
material during the war
Waste dumps left many years ag,
In the vicinity of Nespelem, WASH, b.
miners who scorned silver POSSIBLE
ties while searching for gold are yield
: Ing splendid returns to the Great Met
= ais Mining and Milling company. rhi
: concern was formed by Big Bend whea
farmers and old prospectors of tn
Nespelem camp,
News has been received OF an I'm
portant strike In the Eureka Lilly, Tin
:. tic district. The exact nature of III
strike on the Lilly property was car,
y fully guarded by the men Interested
= but IL was said on good authority the
" believe ut the mine that they hay
struck what has come to be known n
the Tintic fissure
Recent Samples of ore extracted Il
: the Woodlawn mine in the Alta dl'
: trict have assascd satisfactory value
: In both copper and silver, aceordin
Ia the manager. who announces thu
: one sample assayed showed - ounce
: of silver and ~ per cent lead. Will
the other averaged 10 ouaecs of stly,
= and l2ta per cent lead.
The management OF the Miehiga,
/" Utah mine reports that shipping
= ORE will start shortly. Same ore Il
ready has been hauled from Tanner
Flat To wasatch. he said. During n
= slime, af bad roads "A surplus of abol