The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24
AROUND THE MINES

ounces to the ton has just been I'M
covered In the Silver Belt mine in the
Neihart district. In Montana.
The North Butte Mining company
has made a strike In its East Side
property. Rich sulphide and native
copper have been cut in the south |
crosscut from the Sarsfield shaft on
the 9OOfoot level.
The Mason Valley Mines company |
has laid aside. but has not dropped. |
negotiations leading TO merger with |
the Bluestone and Nevada-Douglas |
companies OF the Yerington district, |
Nevada.
Reports from Mullan, Idaho, state
that small number of men have been
employed at the Morning and Hunter
mines. At Burke u small addition was
made to the Hercules crew. and the
same ut the Hecla.
The Ohio oil company Is erecting an
absorption plant in the Lance Creek
field TO reduce the tremendous flow of
| gas from three wells to proft-making
| gasoline and expects TO have It In OPP
| Grafton by the first OK the year.
According 10 . report froG yering-
ton, the Mason Valley Mines & Smell
ter company has appealed to the No
vada railroad commission for co-opera-
ton in securing better rates for the
transportation of ore to the smelter.
Instead Of shutting down in the fall,
| H. ~. 10.
Helena, Mont, district, mining opera
tors are now making every effort to
get their plants under cover before
the snow flies and continue the work
all winter.
Carson Hin Gold Mining company.
operating on the Calaveras county.
Cal, mrother loee gold belt, and con-
trolled by the HayaixpSs.Sne aga Amer
lean zinc interests Of Boston, Seports
$500 tons of SIT ore milled in the
first ten days of the month.
Since the Silver King Consolidated
opened up the new ore body in the
holdings in the Electric Light claim in
its property ut Park City, something
like $4,000 has been taken out. The
bedding has been opened for 100 feet
along both sides of the drift and In
places has thickness Of four feet.
In Its fiscal year ended August 81
Last the Ray Hercules Copper company
produced 4,994,355 pounds of copper
While the company's plant was pro-
nounced complete in August, 1918, In
Vulnerable delays occurred and it was
some months after that date that cop
per on commercial scale came forth
AS one Of the largest silver produc
ers Of the world, Anaconda Copper
with the price of silver approximate
II $1.15 per ounce and production run
ming close to 100000 ounces, If TIL
same rate as 1918 Is maintained, Ana
conda's profit from this metal shoult
help materially to offset the loss from
its copper.
Considerable activity prevails in tn
Ophir district, in Utah. Diamond drill
/ ing to prove the geology Of the dis
trict is being done. Several holes ar
4 being put down on the south side o
4 the Ophir Hill canyon fault with
4 view of encountering the Ohpir Hill
3 ore zone, from which millions hav
4 been taken.
Rochester Mines and Mills at Roch
ester, New, have been at full capacit
since September %. The shutdown
lasted only few days. AS previousl
a explained, the shutdown at Rocheste
A was due to water shortage at the La
hontan dam, the agricultural interest
taking first call on available waite
4 for irrigation purposes.
4 During the last twelve years mir
A eral oil exports from this country hav
increased 1873 per cent, using a con
parison of August shipments this yea
with those of 1907. In Angus
le this year the value of Oil shipment
IN amounted to $26,594,S9S, against SO
3730T0 in August, 1907 according I
the Boston News Bureau.
Captain Herman Davis Of the Bull
head mine, on the east slope of SpruC
mountain, Elko county, reported, a
cording to the Nevada Mining Pres
that the smelter which be is construc
ing for the mine is nearly complete
and win be ready in few days
blow in. 1t consists of blast furnat
~ with a capacity of thirty to fifty tor
VA per day.
"a The governors of all states whel
ri mining is an industry have receive
"a urgent invitations from Govern,
"a Frederick ID. Gardner OF Missouri
"a authorize state exhibits of mine Or
kM ducts to be sent to the national exp
Va sition of mines and mining to be he
IA in st. Louis in connection with the a
"A nual convention of the American Mi
IA ig congress, November 1922, inclusiv
ia 1t is not improbable that the rece
VA purchase of the Eureka-Palisades ma
W row-gauge railroad may have som
Va thing to do with the development
N the Consolidated Coppermines col
q pany and may in the near future be-