The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-14
AROUND THE MINES

lutiAei OF the WhSatch1 MlneS cOmpan,
Is now In approximately $500 feet.
East Butte Copper Mining produce,
1,929,7OO pounds copper and $500
ounces silver In December, compares
with 2. 100000 copper In November, !,
From Los Angeles comes word tina
the Union OIL company declared tn,
quarterly dividend of $1.50 per share
together with an extra dividend Of s.
per share, making $2.50 per share.
Silver Shield today is carrying OF
some Interesting development worl
near the big cave to the south of thu
new working shaft. This shaft is down
5S8 feet. and the cave is approxima tely
2OOO feet away. 9h OF 7!n~f joti ~
I .n From Washington comes word that
the motion of Minerals Separation
company for a2Iarestraining 9OrdeI
against Butte & Superior Mining com.
pany was denied by the supreme court
and the case was set for argument
March 3.ioG aGli1aHA pa - d9e# !.
III. w. Walker Of Cherry Creek has
taken a bond and lease on the old Elk.
chequer mine two and one.half miles
north of Cherry Greek, New. New York
men are interested with him. Many
years ago the 4Exchequer' is said to
have made a production Of 5000. 900
; In silver ore. ,HoiSoT~MFF ~ al1aJ
Metal mines Of California made an
output Of gold, silver, copper, lead and
zinc valued at $50, 223, 500 III 1918, com.
pared with $37 1856, 1856 in 1917, accord
ing to preliminary figures compiled BY
the United States geological survey.
This is a decrease Of $5,462, 500 or Ia
per cent. '''' '''''f, ~ ol'" 1 ,, i
q Preliminary estimate Of the produc.
ton Of metals in Oregon in 1918 by
the United States geological survey
shows, "a decrease only in the yield Of
gold, with an increase in that of sill.
yer, copper and lead. The. output Of
gold in 1917 was $1,491, 79s and the
estimated output in 1918 Is $1,27O, 800.
" Data compiled by the United States
geological survey covering the Colo.
RADIO mineral, output in 1918 place the,
total value at $33, 26O, 900. This is COM
pared, with $41.93S, 1886 in 1917. This
1918 estimate is .$12,95OOOO, in gold,
I 10000, ounces of silver $64,3OO, 900
pounds of, lead, 6,45O,O00 pounds of
copper, and 81, zoo, 900 pounds of zinc.
} President w. E. Allen Of the Bill
Nye Mining company has issued re-
port for the year showing total re-
ceipts of $2121.S1 and cash ON hand
$1476.56 The company paid out
$122515 for labor. Ore shipments and
royalties brought in about $500 The
is located in, the Goodsprings
district in southern, Nevada. bsq4 q
President Rowley announces that the
new mill, at Salt, Springs is SO near.
that the first ore should |
be fed into the. crusher1 next week.
The little plant has aninitial capacity /
Of fifty tonss However, Il the crusher
san take care of 1875 tons, and by add
ing another unit with roll and table
he capacity can at once be increased
To- 125 tOns.DYg9i 9rs lH9Y4 nAt ri Il
Ninety per cent of the mine and mill
forces of the Rochester Mines COM
,any are i'll with influenza and the
nine2 and mill remain closed. 1t is
aid that fully Is per cent Of the en-
,loyes have died Of the malady. The
Epidemic spread rapidly in Rochester
ind many deaths resulted before aid
.Ould be secured from Reno and the
'oast. Gb4laGi I'Hd. s9ie'h nq7iGt H.,
At present the Western Utah Cop.
'er is employing a force Of about forty
men at Gold Hill, Utah. The ship
nents embraced sixty carloads in De-
ember. This was mainly the lead
liver ore from the principal Gold Hill &
roperty. Here a shaft has been sunk I
0 the 7OOLfoot level, from which a l
rosscdt is now going out for the main
re zone. 5Nah' 1896, 1''i' IIai5'Jh i''' H.
California led in production of gold '
lst year with 1872, $3.50 fine ounces, val 4
ed at ST., 2O7 900; Colorado was sec q
nc" with 621,791 ounces, valued att t
and Alaska third, with !
40,622 ounces, having a value Of sos, :
DO. The state Of Montana was first i
! silver output, with 41,793 fine d
unces; Utah second, with 3,439,811, s
nd Idaho, with 1O,138O58, and Ne t.
ada, with 1918, 405, tn, and fourth, I
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According to the United States
survey, the lead and zinc q
in output in 1918, The lead
I'd the recoverable zinc of ores mined u
as approximately $4,000 tons and !
4, 900 tons, as compared with 651, 1853 q
ms and 711,192 tons in 1917. The 8
fined lead output Of shelters and re- a
leries was 654,OO0 tons against 612,- fl
A tons in 1917, and the antimonial
nd output was $4,000 tons, as against h
,t47 tons. o2Hguai slG 1g1GgiLGfF "
It is reported from Monterey, Mex r
}, that the new coinage Of Mexico Is tc
adually coming into circulation. The
INT IN. addition, IN t,rrptpoy ont cold.