The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-09-26
MINES AND MINING

| o1 the are
| in the dumps. Ve
The Cobalt miners strike has
ed and the Nipissing Mines con-. 'i-
ana other properties in thar ca,,r
now resume operations after ! sx as
weeks smut down. I'VE
The Birch creek gold STRIFE ..
vada Is being touted as tho 10.
thing many of the old timers
ever seen. The new camp IL lo...'
about fourteen miles from Au>,;n
| crude oil production set n new
ord in July, when it reached ~ s.n ~
| barrels, an Increase of 2,2s2 0N NJ
rels. or 7.3 per cent, over .Iuna
cording to the Boston News prro's
Scandinavian countries have an,a
this market for copper in substa,,,a,
quantities. 1t is believed that sona -
this metal may find its way into 81,
many in manufactured if nor ,a..
| form.
For the first time in Tintic's II.
tory motor trucks are being usad /,
hauling ore direct from the mina J.
smelter. This plan is being carried
out at the Lehi Tintic properly !,
North Tintic.
Little copper has been bought for i.
month now. Producers hold steadily
at 231a cents a pound. But much eon
per Is offered at 22A cents by brokars
and spectators generally, saws the
Boston News Bureau.
Extra efforts are being made nv Tho
contractor at the No. shaft Of ,ha
Chief Consolidated Mining compauy
Tintic district, to push the work along
and notable progress within the last
few weeks is the result.
Richer values in silver and lead arc
being found in the face of the Blaek.
smith tunnel of the Utah Silyer.I,ead
property, formerly the old Carbonate
Hill mine, in Morgan county seven
miles from Peterson, Utah.
Development of an ore body Of high
grade milling ore on the Bellerophon
property in American Fork canyon
Utah, has resulted from exploration
work done on the BellerOph0n adit by
the American Leasing company
According to reports received at the
local office of the Arizona Wyoming
Oil company, the company has Just
cleaned out it's No. / well, reset the
casing and put on pump and it ID
now yielding twenty barrels of oil
day.
France, which was the largest m1
porter of American copper. dropped I'd
third place during the past year, yield
ing first position to England while
Italy's requirements advanced that
country from third to second place id
this respect.
The success which has resulted from
small scale operations a. the mine and
mills of the Sunset Mining company
near Leadore. Idaho. has induced the
directors of the company to take steps
which will greatly increase the output
of both mine and MILL
Practically every subject of impor1
lance to the American mining world
will be discussed at the 10th meet
ing of the American Institute of Min
ing and Metallurgical Engineers, which,
convenes at Chicago for u fiye-day
session on September -.
The production at the international
smelter is about the same as it has
been the past few weeks. Two revef1
beratorS are in operation and are pr"1
ducing approximately 215 tons OF cop
per per day All of the current pro
duction is being shipped as fast Us
the bullion is being produced.
An agreement between the Bank Oh
England and representatives OF inc
gold mining companies of the Trans
vaal has been signed, whereby inc
free market in gold produced by these
companies is re-established, thus fe
moving the restrictions on eSpo'
which prevailed during. the war.
Tennessee Copper's income for lne
three months ending March 81, 1919
showed net surplus of Sl,Sls,--t'
is prepared to erect ten large pan
in the southern states 10 serve a.
base for the manufacture OF fertiii1e'
with sulphuric acid supplied from '"'
company's plant at Copper HILL i'A
nessee.
With standard rig erected anu
operation. and all the details ciean'
up for large campaign OF active "v
on the Harrisburg dome. ten mss
north of st. George. in southern Va,
the Virgin Dome Oil company "n.
is backed almost entirely by .a''i'
MIA oil men. has spudded IN IL
and is down several hundred "
Government figures just nj hanu
veal the full significance al the -
ton of hostilities last Novemnes "
the copper industry in the ha"'"s
exports from mountaineering hVf
tons of two years ago. I'uii'-
twelve months ended June %
there was exported from iIe p.
States approximately a4,osV' ~
ot connar a,r.inst / o9l o.H.uh