The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-12-26
AROUND THE MINES

eastern counties run into billions OF
tons.
Operations at the Emerald mine In
the Tintic district which for the past
ten days have been hampered by =
lack Of coal. are going forward a.
usual.
class in scientific prospecting has
been enrolled az the Denver oppor-
tunity school for a course of twelve
weeks study of rock formation and
mineral deposits.
Gold production On the Rand in
South Africa has been somewhat be-
low normal; during August. 1919. it
was 1o6,ooo ounces. aud the month
previous I25.0O0 ounces.
Plans are being made at the Chief
Consolidated property at Eureka. Utah,
for the installing of more pump
equipment. the Installation 10 take
place during the Christmas holidays.
Charles NJ. Schwab has acquired com
troll of the United Zinc Smelling cor
poration, it was announced nj New
York few days ago. NJ. Il. Lishber-
ger has been elected president of the
company.
In irving east on the 4TO-foot level
of the Beaver Copper property in
Beaver county, Utah, six inches Of ore
has been encountered that carries q
per cent zinc, IL per cent lead and 10
ounces in silver.
The prevailing oil excitement has
trt,
group of mining operators there has
secured perpetual leases on about 5000
acres of oil land in Colusas county,
about eleven miles from Williams, Cal.
Under the reorganization plan for
the old Lion Hill company at Ophir
the stockholders have been given un-
til December 81, 1919, in which to ex.
change their stock for an equal num-
Der Of shares In the Ophir Metals COM
pany.
The Utah state board of land COM
missioners has agreed to relinquish
whatever claim 1t might have to 1854
acres of coal land in Carbon county to
the Miner ENTHUSIASTICALLY the
Carbon County Land company-for
$3.50, 400.
Through the resignation Of J. l..
Brace, present general manager of the
Butte Il Superior Mining company,
whose property Is situated at Butte,
Mont. Charles Booking, present as
sistant manager, will on January
become manager.
| .hn
have been developed the past SUMMER
OF Che property Of the American
, Standard Mining company, which is
I situated about ten miles north Of the
Muncy Creek mine in the schell Creek
range, Spring Valley, Nevada.
~ Gold production for 1918 shows de-
! cided drop from 1917 in the United
!. States From 1913 to 1917 the pro-
= duction has averaged annually about
|, 4,45O,0OO ounces. Last year the out
. put amounted to 3,313,373 ounces; last
|. year it was 4,479056 ounces and in
y lEf7 4O51 44O onnces -~7
ts
Silver production for the United
States in 1913 amounted to 67,S19 139
. ounces. Production has been gradual.
ly decreasing since 1915, when ii
; amounted to 7496l O75 ounces. At that
. time the average price of silver was
5O.7 cents, whereas In 1918 the aver.
age price was 81 per ounce.
"a According to reports, the Black
= Metal property has encountered body
: Of the richest ore that has been found
in the old Jackrabbit district, in Ne
d vada. since the early days 1t is de-
!. clared that there Is now thirty-five
"a tons OF ore out for shipment that will
"a average $3.50 ton in silver, gold and
lead.
Ia The cold weather of the past weel,
3. has been handicap to mining and
d milling operations, especially in the
northwest. Operations at several con-
contractors and mills were stopped. In
the Wallace, Idaho, district, with the
IN shortage of water, 1t has taken con.
- siderable effort to keep the fumes
n from freezing
n. The fire which has been burning In
th the HOmestake mine at Lead, s. d.
n. since September rs has been extin
e. guished by flooding. 1t was necessar,
ch to flood the mine only to the 6OO-foo
he level The mine Is now being rapid,
Ii. unwatered and milling operations have
be already been resumed on ore bein}
is mined from the upper levels.
d. An increase Of IS per cent in thu
Ill number of miners killed in the Goa
ne mines of Utah based on the number O
a tons produced Is shown in statemen
issued by the department Of mine in
spection of the Industrial commission
The number killed is % compared witt
lal 10 in 1918, when the production O
cd coal was almost 100000 tons greate
,st than this year.
ct. In the course Of It's plan of liquida
he ton, the Las Vegas & Tonopah rail
Ia road, the CLARK road" sold the con
ew trolling interest in the Bullfrog Gold
ew field railroad to Althouse 4 La Grang
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