The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-12-19
AROUND THE MINES

Gold circle oistact. Elko county. NJ
vada. 10 looking mighty fne- IL a.
mitted by the management
The north drift from the 5Oas...
level of the North Standard min. !.
the East Tintic district has broke.
into new and promising forna,o.
Considerable activity Is to be no,.s
in tie Comet mining district in n
vada. More prospecting and deye,oD.
ment are being carried on now th.,
at any time in the districts history.
Most promising reports CT the pc..
gress of the well being put down n,
the Oquirrh Land 4 DE, elopment con.
pany near Cowley, Wyo.. are beIp,
forwarded to the colnpany's Offices i
Salt Lake.
Permission to suspend Operations
during the winter months on the rsIl.
road Of the Little Cottonwood Trans.
pOrtation company was granted tho
first OF last week by the Utah publIe
utilities commission.
Ore shipments from Park City dur.
ing November totaled 5825 tons a.
compared with 9O02 tons during Octo.
Der, a decline OF nearly q third. An
of the regular shippers of the cam
had marked decline In production.
A total Of 652 CARROTS of ore were
shipped from Tintic mines during M.
vember as compared with 500 carlots
during October. Shipments were made
from twenty-five mines as compared
with twenty-six shippers in October.
The high price which bur silver hss
been commanding in the metal markets
of the world may necessitate a re.
duction of the fineness of the ALLOW
from which Canadian silver coins ara
struck, it is authoritatively stated at
Ottawa.
Encouraging results are attending
the development campaign of the Mon.
tana-Bingham Mining company at its
property at Bingham, Utah. Recently
in drifting along the MayflOwer vein
shoot Of high grade lead-silver ore
was struck.
Action Of directors of the Montana
Power company in declaring u Scent
dividend on common, the same as last
quarter, definitely disposes of the un-
founded rumOrs that the company would
omit the disbursement Of the Junior
issue this quarter.
All oil boom of great proportions is
now on in the Louisiana oil fields, ac-
cording to A. G. Burritt, local mining
engineer and oil geologist. Some i'm
mense gushers are being struck in this
: field, 1t is said and oil leases are being
: sold for fabulous prices.
1t is, perhaps, not generally appre.
ciated that the price of spelter has re-
Gently shown strongly advancing
tendency; in fact, it Is now full cent
pound higher than the average on
which the earnings Of the Butte and
Superior for the third quarter were
based.
One Of the most important deals in
the history of the famous GOldfeld
district has Just been cOnsummated
;. in the merging Of the properties Of the
Yellow Tiger Consolidated Mining
: company, the Deseret Chief Console
4 dated Mining company and the New
Goldfeld Sierra Mining company.
Larke-scale flotation tests in the
mills in the Occur d'Alene district are
planned, including tests of the regular
N flotation feed at one or more mills to
see If 1t Is not possible to improve
the separation Of the minerals. The
clay deposits Of Idaho and the utiliza-
ton of the Teton Basin coal deposits
will also be investigated.
Development Of tho recently found
;, ore body in the Silver Shield mine
:. tends to confirm the belief that 1t Is
rather extensive deposit In the lime
;. bedding plane, according 10 a recent
! visitor. The ore was encountered IN
Il a raise about eighty-five feet from the
= drift level, widening out when the
= raise reached the lime bedding plane.
e Activities of the Salt Lake City sta.
! ton of the Bureau Of Mines are dis
cussed briefly in the annual report OF
:. the director Of the bureau of mines
!, in his annual report. This station
= will take on new Importance ii con-
: gress passes the bill introduced last
- session by Senator King, making ap'
!" preparation for an oil shale investiga'
" ton and experiment laboratory a.
Ogden.
- The lost gold mine Of the upper
\ Salmon river district Of Idaho source
- for years Of mysterious wealth OF III
=; !. original discoveries and cause of tn
! death Of one of them, and the objec
N of twenty years fruitless search .!
their 'legatee," has been rediscovered
according to report reaching Spo
kane. The mine Is said to be on
!, tributary canyon of Ramey Creek y
~ the upper Salmon river district.
"a A settlement Of pending and threat
m ened litigation has just been consnl'
IN mated among several mining proper
r. ties In Park City which Is Of geheFA
interest to the public and to the Gu
tire district and of special interest 7