The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-08-22
MINES AND MINING

by the Centennial Petroleum company
Promise for oil Is considered good
as the Prince mine confines ~
duce carload after carload of ii.
black ore each day, until the wort =
the property seems more like a hnn.
manufacturing plant than like rn,na
Large quantities of ore are exn,..s.
at the GlenalIen mine, in the p.,s,.
City district. which with proper MIN
ing facilities can be handled profitsh,.
and should make this mine a haa.
producer.
The Lusk- Edgemont Drilling sv,a,
cate, formed among the business mo.
of Lusk, Is moving national rig oa,-
the west half Of section 22-.3Ole (
the Mule Creek district, and viii, III.
drill in the Cottonwood section
A black oil well was recently con,
pleted in the Hale dome. near Ths.
mopolis, at depth Of 1885 feet. II,
bought to be good for about fifty h.r
rels IA day. The oil is similar to m,
of the Warm Springs field.
The old reliable ore factory know,
thousand dollars Is the estimated -.
reserve in the now famous Tonoah
Divide mine in the Divide d;st.,..
Three hundred and thirty thou.ana
tons of ore having an average ya,na
| of $3.50 ton is held in reserve a..
cording to the report just issued hv
the company, and which is most rom.
prehensive i'm extent.
Mule Creek is making number ~
| strong friends and there is gro,yinv
feeling Of confidence in the distric,
A new wagon road is being built "a
facilitate the transfer Of material ha.
tween the district and Lance Greek.
the Ohio took in a new rig few DAYS
ago and is extending it's operations IN
the field.
A conference was held in New Yors
recently looking to the. amalgamatou
of the Mason Valley Mines company.
the Bluestone Mining 4 Smelling Co.
and the Nevada-Douglas Consoidaied
Copper company, with the latter's snb.
sidiary, Copper Belt railroad. These
comprise the principal big mines, mill.
smelter and railroad of the Yerngta
or Mason valley district, Nevada.
| With about forty men on the nav
roll developments at the DAILY mine
in Park City are being pushed ahead
with some good results, according to
Col Il "A. Wall. Some ore is being
taken out in the present work and
considerable new ore is being opened
up. II is expected tina before long
shipments will be resumed at the
property.
Rock Creek is steadily pushing to
the front and giving signs of making
the best of the newer Wyoming fields,
according to the Wyoming State Trib-
une. lnasmuch as it is practically
one or twO-cOmpany district, with the
ONO Oil company largely controlling
what has SO far developed as the pro
ductive area, the public has taken
small notice of its advance.
The gas of Hidden Dome is to be
piped into Basin and Greybull and
distributed to private consumers, as
well as used for fuel at the GreybuIl
refinery. according to word received
from Basin. The Ohio company wells
In the Hidden Dome structure appear
good for an almost unlimited supply
OF gas for many years, and pipe line
Is projected by the company 10 pro
vide Il market for it.
Relative to conditions at the Znna
Mining Il Milling company properly
at Tintic, President p. J. Fennell in
statement To stockholders which has
Just been issued says: You can see rs
per the report of our secretary that
we have expended $46.312.42 in your
property since commencing operations
May l, 1916. Previous to that from
the organization of the company we
spent S24,47214. making total eS-
penditure of S70.6S4.56.
The Glenrock Oil company Is re-
ported to be planning deep drilbs
in the Pilot Butte section, refusing
accept the verdict of shallow drililhs
The company geologist thinks he M
discovered that the first well Of ihf
company was drilled in sineline ans
to have advised that 1t is worth gop'
TO deeper sand to be reachN =
about 5000 feet.
One of the famous producers o. "
1lntic district. the Eagle < Blue pes
thus far this year has distributed r.
6oI.@ in dividends, bringing The tsT
amount of dividends paid since frHa
AIRY |, 1913. To Sl,2G5 1i7. 10, or aeN~
Sl.31 for each of. the S93, l4d s''a''
issued out of IA total of l,oou" =
leaving 106.S34 remaining in the i'e3
Interest in Kirby Greek section
wyoming, in the vicinity of BASIN
been revived by the striking :"
strong flow of gas i'm drilling y
Murphy dome about 200 feel
the point at which the oil sah's
expected. The district was abdae
after first flash of eNciteneh' q
than Il year ago. but the ga
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