The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-12-12
MINES AND MINING

American-owned copper companies.
have made an investment of over Ss7,
co. 600 in plants and properties. n.
Another assessment of L cent bed
share has been declared on the can;I
tai stock of the Iowa-Copper at Parl
City.
Last year, II Is estimated. 81 Loon -,
100000 worth Of gasoline was pr,l y
duced from gas that sixteen years ap.|
was considered practically useless
Daily tonnage hoisted at the Blaed 10
Rock mine of the Butte 4 Super,o|
Mining company is running as high Al
100 tons. This ore is carryln
around 60 ounces of silver per ton
From the standpoint of copper sale
the reports of Ray and Nevada CorN :,
solidated for the three months ende| pn
September 30 last disclosed distins the
improvement over the preceding qua fal
ter. u"I
The high price of silver has stim vs..
lated prospecting and mining operI tay
ton in the Gold Run district of whuy +
Golconda, is the trading and railroa on
center, according to the Humbol( ra
Star. oa'
There Is great deal of activity
Montana in testing for OIL The sta al
has been pretty well covered by geol mes
gical corps and practically every ava Ter
able piece of acreage is under lea p
to both small and large companies est
From Johannesburg and from Io %
don come reports that dealings r,
South African mining shares have be 90,
greatly increased of late, says the M rom
ing and Scientific Press, SO much Ire
that there is talk of kaffir "boouI n
November sales on the Salt La nan
stock exchange, which show an vi II
crease of almost $4,000, to a to =,
Of 2,160,6S2 shares sold with md ala,
ket valuation of $44G.S79.60, are f&,lt.
criterion by which to judge the heal Ii
of the market. bati
Surface veins, which are to be eita
by drifts from the new Phoebe Bris NV
shaft, some fourteen miles fri m
Phoebe, are decidedly strong Recd lend
| assays showed trace of gold, kcti,
| ounces in silver, AS per cent lead toe
S.63 per cent copper. me-
Statistics compiled by the geold
cal survey in mineral resources of FOL
| United States, show that the prod III
ton of tale in Vermont has increa] ~ y
from S97S short tons, valued at 81 8
525 in 1905 to 1880 short tons. Hese
ned at xf25 15O in 1917 III,
| High prices have brought min 1om
boom to the famous silver camp eou
Aspen, Colo. Virtually every proji Il
is being worked and the four tunn$ II,
under operation are being pust lnar
with feverish activity in an effortkuch
reach the ore bodies while the p1hose
remains high. rne'
Shipments from the mines of III
Tintic district, total of $50 cars ~,
the past Week. "hlie siishuy 'ess e lib
volume as compared with previ a.
weeks total .of 100 cars, show I
mines of the district are maintaiq no
the augmented rate of shipment lsioi
the past few weeks. To
m, 90 ~ nos,l sten
" hgle
Northwest company, owning groD kjn
short distance to the north of jprol
reka, states that the gallows-fram3 pent
now being erected over the new shpce t
which is located short distance exp
the east of the place where prey1 io 'ii
ue'eiopiheh' WIN was Idget
Sir Edward f. Parson, brother the
Lord COwdrey, the British oil pon
nate has secured for himself andfidet
brothers oil interests, eXclutlget
rights from the French covering 10
to what is expected TO prove onf sS
the most valuable oil fields mi mid
world. The held is near Dehha' Ibt 81
geria. the
Stocks of copper on hand at M of
ern Michigan smelters will be ouI ~.
the way by the time navigation Gu "a
says the Mining and Scientific No.
This is rather unexpected, OWN !, nj
the fact that the accumulated sup hit a
had hitherto been taken TO lha h "
the impossibility of marketing Ell
copper. al
, Considerable importance rs atta All
| to the development work when htjo,
: progress at the Eureka Lily anu |ippe
though the work on the IN" hey
. fails to open deposit OF coinihs
!. ore, it is quite probable that uia
!, this section of the property IL a"''
! greater depth ore in commereia' ~
!, titles will be encountered. sacu
: Though Nevada has long eeeh fizet
4 Gus for its mines of precious an met
haser metals, never uni1l no" aue'
f there been produced in TINS sIa'e y
n which in quality meets with laN' no
, analytical tests of the eNpeie
chemists. The late coal hnd i tru,
, teen miles from Wilson station INN
I Nevada Copper Belt railroad 'lem
5 With silver worth. bullion
more than the content oil So
;. and the demand for the metal ice
p stantly increasing in America Fever
= every reason for believing INA th'
x.,,apt;tias nf silver NXbnSp