The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-04-11
MINES AND MINING

Production Of ore by the mines OF |
Tintie during the month of March
10 ISL carloads.
Park City mines during the month
of March yielded in crude first-class
shipping ore. mill product aud spelter
from the sinelter total OF 1866 tons
OF ore.
Shipments last week OF ores from
the mines of Tintic amounted To an
aggregate OF I54 carloads. These are
estimated at 700 tons of ore valued
at $4,000.
Business on the Salt Lake mining ex-
change the past week was extremely
dull during the entire period. II aggre-
gated only PASS shares sold, valued
at S3il3417.
Water In greater volume has begun
to gush from the face of the great
Spiro tunnel on the Silver King Con.
solidated. according 10 the latest word
from Park City.
According TO Nevada Journal, a
new townsite Is being laid out and
surveyed ut Divide. The new town
site lies on both sides of the main
road between Tonopah and Goldfieid.
Fully one-ihird of Germnny's iron
ore deposits have been taken from her
by the restoration Of Lorraine. II was
from the Briey basin that krupps got
most of their material for guns and
ammunition.
The total gross value OF the mineral
product of Idaho for 1918 Is SS7.12o.'
600 as compared with S56.-sf2 600 for
the year 1917. In the years 1915 and
1916 the output was approximately
that of 1918.
Fork ore belt is still pretty firmly
locked In the rigid embrace Of Jack
Frost. In many places snow II ~
ported covering the tops of the noun
tains many feet deep.
Lead has been the chief metal value
produced In Idaho for numaer o.
years. In which respect Idaho ranks
second only TO Missouri in It's annna
production, and has maintained tina
position for twenty years.
Formation Of National Association
OF Potash Producers viii be under
taken nj a meeting 10 be held In Den
yer during the week. and which VII
be attended by the representatives :
United States.
The potash industry. during III
period of the last two years. has grow
from babe in swaddling clothes I
one that bids fair To become one of III
4 giants OF the western hemisphere.
the old days Germany WAS chief anon
. the furnlshers of this substance TO III
!. United States.
There has been a decided change 4,
the better in the copper market. A
sellers revised their quotations u
ward, says Wall Street Journal. II
0 estimated that sales made Saturis
and Monday total about $4,000
! pounds, or more than the entire tran
n actions put through In either JanuaI
or February OF this year.
ACCORDING to the Reno Gazet
: death Valley Scotty's" lannon's mil
Is reported To have been found M
located, information reaching Col
field to that effect. The mine is sa
TO be situated In Ubehebe district
California. IL is about eighty NIL
J from Goldfieid The ore is said
carry a value OF $4,000 ton In 20
and the ledge IL four feet wide.
! News comes from the Mascot pro
erty At HALEY, Idaho. that work h
been steadily pushed on the big low
:. tunnel throughout the winter. the hoI
), that will cut the veins AZ depth
ZOO feet below the present lowest lev
being now In lis feet. with abo
ninety feet additional 10 drive hcfo
reaching the first big vein, which h
TO some exten, been proSpcctcd al
developed above.
Refineries in the United States rs
3o6.024 $50 barrels of crude oil In 10
an increase Of lO. So 90 barrels. GO
pared with 1917. when refineries r
3l5,l3i 68i barrels. From this cru
Noil. 81, oo1 Az barrels of gasoline We
manufactured. r. 4G0.96 barrels
kerosene. 174.3i0 Gus barrels OF gas a
fuel oil. 2Doe349.423 barrels of iul
eating oil and 0.635 95l barrels OF III
cellnneous OTIS.
All OF the metals that Idaho y
duces were marketed In smaller y
ume In 1918 than In 1917. The II
figures show lead. 2oosis.44i poun'
silver. e.5T221i ounces zinc, 5l.pi.'
pounds; copper. $40, 100 pounds e
36,:sD- ounces. This compares with
1917 output as follows Lead. 1855
Oo pounds silver. u 5000 ounc'
zinc. 5000 pounds; copper, $50
pounds gold. 5000 ounces.
Proflting by the costly experience
the war, when IL was compelled 10 -
enormous sums into other countries
payment for petroleum and petrole
products the British government
adopted clearly defined OH policy I
Is already credited with finances
- to f.s4.s