The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-10-31
MINES AND MINING

Ilp' nv, wv.
Officials of the Beaver Copper mine
IRE much encouraged over u recent
development In the drift from the DOT
tom of the Shaft, which Is now down
40 feet.
The Mule Creek oil field Is In the
northeastern part Of Niobrara county
Wvotn.ng. about four miles from the
east line of the state, eighteen miles
nearly northwest of Edgemont, ). u.
Their is movement on foot for the
construction Of a new wagon ROAD INTO
The North Tintic mining district, ana
from present indications the PROPOSE
ton will he carried through success
fully.
Physical conditions of an interest
ing and encouraging nature are be-
ing encountered in the development
work which is being prosecuted at the
| Three Kings mine in the Park City
district.
The Bluestone Mining 4 Milling com
pany, whose property Is situated near
| Mason, New. is working a full force
| of men in the mine and breaking APP
| proximately 800 tons Of ore every
twenty-four hours.
| A new world movement In silver
carried silver prices to still higher
levels recently says the Financial Re-
view. A price Of 63A pence, the high
est In 100 years. was reached in Lon
don for British standard silver.
That over q half million dollars
day is being spent by between 400
and 500 drilling rigs in Eastland and
Stephens counties, Texas, including
the Desdemona field in COmanche
county, is the estimate of oil men.
Material In large quantities for the
operation Of placer deposits above
Dayton, Nevada, is being shipped in
by the Gold Canyon Dredging COM
pany, which will construct a large
dredge for the extraction of the gold.
1t Is not only an American Oppor-
tunlty but an American duty to open
up the known silver mines Of this
country that they may meet the de-
mand Of the world for precious metal,
says the Bradstreet News of New
York.
Van III. Manning director of the Blu
reau of Mines, in discussing the petrO-
leum situation In this country. advo-
Gates the establishment of an annual
fund Of $1,OO0.OO0 for the purpose Of
organizing petroleum research bu-
reau.
Mason Valley has sold it's option
held on the Majuba Hill group of mines
IN the Antelope district, twenty miles
west If INLAY, New The syndicate
taking the option on the property has
organized the Majuba Silver-TinCop-
per Mines company.
The Carson River Mills company has
erected near Dayton, Nevada, mill
!. with 200-ton capacity to treat tail
, ings from the Virginia City district.
! Approximately, half million tons OF
these tailings, which came down Six
Mile canyon. We're impounded on the
fiat
The new ore discovery which was
made last week on what appears to
; be the main vein of the many assures
Z and cross fractures that traverse the
E ground of the Nevada Honey Bee com
: pany of Loring, Nevada, is showing up
D fine under development and promises
to prove find of considerable impor
lance.
: News Of an important strike OF rich
r gold-bearing ore in the Starlight claim
i of the group owned by the Guggen
+ helm interests ut Jarbdge, New, has
:, been received. A vein twenty feet wide
y has been uncovered in the 275-foo
y level. The average value is $50 pei
ton, but Il threefoot streak runs S4O1
:. per ton,
;, The report comes from LovelockS
Nevada, that II flattering offer ha:
- been made to Jack WEIGH for n con
r troll of the stock of the Majuba Sill
Il ver-Tin-Copper Mines company by on,
!. of the biggest mine operators of tn,
q country. whose headquarters is in Den
yer, but whose interests extend t,
t nearly every mining state.
l. The feature of the mining reports
II OF the week is the large ore produc
u ton from the Consolidated Virgini.
e NINE where 457 tons of ore were ex
II tracted, having gross assay valu,
p of about $4,000, nearly all of whicl
came from the new vein on the ol50
" foot level, the car samples runnin,
, from SIS to $50 per ton on the 2l5,
T. level. says the Virginia City (Nev
Is Chronicle.
!, In mining, perhaps more often thai
!. In other industries. is encountered tn
y unexpected. According To the Ana
conda Standard, from the solid rocl
$50 feet underground at the bottom o
the Orphan Girl shaft. drillers extrac,
: ed toad. The reptile. which is fun
:, three inches long. was alive when
!. came from the rock with gush of wa
:. ter. but died in about an hour from OK
. posture to elements with which II w,