The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-08-15
MINES AND MINING

Some rich ore ~ now Deing sdcheu
at the Lehi Tintic property and car
load shipment will be made shortly,
according 10 reports from the mine.
I.essees. who are taking ore from
the old workings . nthe H0Weii NINE
In the South Fork of Big Cottonwood
canyon, are preparing to make ship
ment.
Interest in the strike of oil mt the
Gustayes0n Oil cOnpany's property III
Diamond Fork canyon has caused
number Of other interests in that part
of the country to start work.
Diamond drilling Is proving the ex-
istence of extensive deposits of ore on
the property Of the ConsoIidates Mines
| company, according to the report of
Robert Linton, managing director.
More men viii be put to work over
AT the Judge SmeIler next week, to
assist in getting the big plant in read
mess for the resumption Of work about
the first of September. says the Park
City Record.
Most satisfactory progress III the
work preliminary TO operation Of the
properties of tho Jlb Mining company
/ in the Basin district. Montana, is re-
ported By NJ. l.. IIeweit. vice presi-
dent and general manager
Colonel Daniel &. lacking has run
across another mining bonanza near
t.ulf, in the state Of Texas. This lat
est find of Mr. lacking Is sulphur
mine which is located in the county
OF Maagorta lie has "a thousand
acres of land, and at II depth of 1000
feet there has been discovered fab
ulously rich and large dead bed Of
sulphur.
While profits Of United States
Smelling. Refining K Mining company
of 81, 800 900, after all charges for Sec
ond quarter this year are considered
good 1t is expected they will be sub
stantlally increased during current
quarter. says the Boston News Bureau
Expectation Is based on higher prices
for metals the company produces.
According to officials of the Walker
Mining company in Plunas county
California, progress in driving the main
tunnel has been speeded up and now
as high as II feet day Is being made
This tunnel Is now In Il distance Of
1900 feet. II was expected hat thu
main vein in the property would b.
encountered at $500 feet, but more re
cent surveys have shown that this vii
be cut between 1000 and 1000 feet.
Manager q, +. Allen was at tn,
Centennial Eureka mine and gave or
ders for pulling the pumps and dis
continuing the campaign OF wOrl
which has for several months beer
under way on the 1000 level, which il
considerably under the water level.
is understood that the pumps have al
? ready been removed and that nearl
1000 feet Of workings below the waite
level are now filling with water, say
> the Eureka Reporter.
Copper production in the mines o
northern Michigan will not get bacl
10 normal during the current year
!, 1919, unless there is some radica
change in the labor situation. says til
Boston News Bureau The expana
ton is perfectly simple-there are no
enough men To do it, While Il reas
onable percentage of the Michigan
miners are coming back from the at
tomobile industries, there will not b
enough IN total To offset the numbe
: who left IN the spring
d. III. Hillhouse former chief of y,
!. lice OF Reno, New Is one of the lal
est converts to The possibilities of %
development He, together with II. A
' Whitaker, one of the wealthy rancl
;. er> of Nevada, and H. II. Mcconnell
one Of the largest oil operators in Te,
i, as. viii be associated in IL closed eol
). poration 10 be formed for the purpos
Il OF immediately commencing active Il,
{ velopment of 400 acres of oil land /
II the Cumberland oil district south Z
n Waterfall. Lincoln county. Wyo.
il All mechanical departments and o,
, Grating employees of the Consolidate
Il Copper company and Nevada Norther
!, Railway company. with few exception
, Went on strike last week following III
&c eommnys refusal of II demand by I'll
a. men for restoration of the pre-armi
/, tice wage scale. This would mean n
r. increase of s. per day, while the con
pany has posted wage Increase /
"a - cents per day.
to The Wilbert Mining company. one
u ating in the Dome mining diStrjc
u Blaine county, Idaho. made an exec
x lent record AZ producer and divdei,
~ payer anu was in II fair Way to enio
y prosperous career of continued div
NJ dends when the fire last year d
ft stroyrd It's plant. Adviees from RI
ef property, however, are that operation
u have again been resumed, and that II
y new development program, which h.
nj already started. comprises a thorouy
rs exploration
'n Thee WAS a decided decline in n
production ot copper by The lea,ln
American copper mines last mont
70 Eighteen representative produce