The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-29
AROUND THE MINES

OH Of high grade is being pumped
from No. of the Arizona Wyoming
Oil company in the Fossil field dis
trict, near Kemmerer, Wyo.
| Reports from, the east say that the
Utah Metal & Tunnel company in
Bingham is being reOrganized and re-
financed to resume operations.
| The value of the gold, silver, cop
per, lead and zinc mined in Arizona
in 1918 was $500, 1874 $50. the greater
part of which was for copper.
Several new showings of ore have
been opened during the past two weeks
at the Black Metals mine in the jack
rabbit district near Phoebe, New.
| Arrangements are under way for the
opening up of the Tintic Empire
ground, owned by Theodore Nichols of
American Fork and his associates.
Conditions in Alta are rapidly i'm
proving, with Sulie OF the n..iles APP
preaching position that promises
shipments before many months more.
The output of gold in Arizona in
1918 was 262,919.43 ounces, valued at
S. 49,, OPT, which represents a consid-.
cradle increase over that OF the pre-
vious year.
Utah California Exploration COM
pany of Park City has filed its articles
of incorporation with the secretary of
state. Its purpose is to conduct a
general mining and milling business.
The capital is 100000.
Three eight-horse teams are en-.
ployed hauling concentrates from the
Sunset mine and mill at Unionville.
Besides high silver and gold contents
the ore has been found to contain
sixty per cent tungstic sulphide.
Progress continues to be made at the
North Standard mine, in Tintic. From
July s to August 8, 10 feet of sinking
was done, in addition to necessary
timbering, and installation of water,
ventilation lines and electric light.
Report of Nevada Consolidated for
| cDutu JuhC Nv, Sio"S pl""''
ton of 11,149362 pounds of copper,
compared with f12,2O1,444 pounds in
previous quarter. Net profit was Ssh
IT'S, compared with loss of Sill 1853 in
the March 81 quarter.
In the LOring district in Nevada,
which was until recently known as the
Willard district, much activity is tax
ing place. Wingfied engineers, who
have taken options on the Sheepherder
mine stock and leases, are now samp-
ling the property preliminary to exc
cutting the options.
! According to advices from the east,
the United States Smelling, Refining
& Mining company during the present
quarter is making sufficient to main
! tain dividend of $1S a share on COM
mon stock after the payment OF all
taxes. Silver is mainly responsible to
the increased earnings.
Shipments of anthracite for July, as
| reported to the anthracite bureau of
! information, aggregated 6,O52,334 tons.
an increase over June of 1872, 743 tons.
Compared with July, 1916, the latest
normal year in anthracite production,
the shipments last month showed an
increase of 619,456 tons.
AS fitting accompaniment to the
recent advance in copper it has been
asserted that the big surplus had all
been cleaned up and no longer men
aced the producing industry; other
wise how could the price advance? All
of which sounds logical enough, but
somehow statistical proof is lacking,
says the Boston News Bureau.
A raise is now being run from the
900 foot tunnel at the Globe CONSOLE
dated property in American Fork can
yon to cut the Emma limestone, where
it is believed that ore will make on
the cross fissure system, which is the
junction of a number of well defined
north and south assures and broken
up zone of east and west assuring,
The Beowawe Silver Mining COM
pany, owning group of eleven claims
near BeOwawe Eureka county, New,
has been organized by G. T. Hickey,
an investment broker Of New York
and San Francisco, and r. L. Colburn,
according to the Tonopah Miner. Two
shafts, one down 100 feet and the
other 14O feet deep, are on the claims
comprising the group.
In arriving at decision to start up
it's smelling plant again at velardena,
American Smelling officials were in
fluenced by Improvement they found
in the Mexican situation, after a very
thorough investigation Of conditions
below the border, says the Boston
News bureau. Operations at Mexican
mines have shown steady Improvement
They are running at about 80 per cent
of normal.
Guarded by armed deputies and &C.
companied by officials of the mine,
four carloads Of ore went forth last |
week to the smelter from the Kelly
mine at Randsburg, according to the
San Francisco Chronicl. Two Of these
oore oon+oinod eavnntv TONS of "high- |