The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-10-17
.A|NES AND MINING

win a promising showing of onar,
IN the south drift. the prospect, al =,
early strike In the Piutns WORKING.
In Tintie district are good.
The body of high grade ore o,anaa
on the 4O0foot level Of the Eureka.
Holly mine is holding out well and is
yielding nifty tons week from the
winze that Is being sunk In the ore
Sinking has been stopped temporar,.
" AT the property of the North Stand.
ara company in the Tlntlc district and
arift Is being sent our ia search az
the ore at depth Of about 800 feet.
The twenty -second annual call for
inc convention of the American Min.
ing congress has been issued and The
event viii take place at the Planter
hotel, st Louis, November II to II
shipments of ingot copper from
England appeared In New York last
week, says the Boston News Bureau.
arrival or still another IL reported
| recent cables Indicate considerable
trading between England and Germany.
The settlement of the strike M Tono-
pan means the returning of large
number OF men 10 work at the mines
IN northwestern Nevada Besides Tono-
pan, Divide. Battle Mountain and n
number or other camps were affected.
Development work that In now nm.
| der way at the Coin Silver Mines com.
pany property of four claims. twenty.
five miles west of Lund, Utah. in what
Is known as the Indian Peak country.
promises to open up large lead-silyer
mine.
| I'm Is one of the few highly useful
metals that are practically not pro-
duced In the United States proper. The
output OF tin from domestic ore In
1918 was only sixty-eight tons. nearly
all OF 1t obtained from placers in
| Alaska.
| Bringing in of it's second big deep
sand well in the Homer field. northern
Louisiana. with an estimated produc-
ton Of 10000 barrels daily. marks this
district as one Of the most promising
ever discovered, according 10 the Bos-
ton News bureau.
Recent advance of 10 to o5 cents In
eastern grades of crude oil Is one Of
the most significant developments in
the oil industry since the end OF the
war. Prevailing price of Pennsyl-
vania grade crude oil of S4.25 bar
rel is the highest ever reported.
1t is now absolutely safe to predict
the early construction Of n wagon road
from Eureka into the eastern end of
the Tintic district. The money neces-
sary for the road has been raised
and the contract for the work awarded
The road will cost in the neighbor-
hood of 5000.
The activity in Cerro de Pasco Cop
per company shares has been based on
the realization that the ore continues
10 show very high gold and silver
content, says the Boston News Bureau
This, of course. brings down produc
ton costs. with result that Cerro Il
earning well In excess of dividend re
quirements.
The metal output of the mines OF
Washington in 1918 was valued al
81. 487 .421, a decrease from 81 .2S9. 2Ss
in 1917. The present rate of shipment.
indicates that there will be decided
decreases in the output of gold, silver
and lead In 1919. The ore output In
1918 was 3S.911 tons, part of which
was milling ore.
Recently B. +. Harrison. prospec
tor and miner Of many years expert
ence, made a discovery In what is al
most the back yard" of the town oil
Cherry Creek. Nevada. Within few
minutes walk of town. upon ground
over which innumerable prospectors
have walked. Mr.. Harrison has opened
up 7O-foot vein of shipping ore.
From Spokane comes the story that
Harry L. Day and his brother are now
negotiating a sale of their holdings In
Idaho TO the Anaconda Copper inter
ests. For several years the Guggen-
helm interests have been endaavoring
TO secure - Day holdings. but It is
| understood that they were unwilling
TO pay the price, something over $685.
100000.
Tule canyon. Nevada, which extends
south from Mount Magruder toward
Death Valley. has lately become the
scene of renewed activity In placer
mining. according TO the Mining and
Science Press. This deposit OF gold
bearing gravel is valley some twelve
miles long. and has long engaged the
attention OF capitalists interested In
alluvial mining.
The Needles mining district. located
about eighty-two miles southeast Of
T, nopah. is described as virgin coun-
try, i'm which very little work has been
done except on the property of the Ar
rowhead Mining company. The forma
ton is described as identical with
Comstock and Tonopah, with an ande.
site-porphyry belt about seven miles
long and three miles wide.
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