The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-01-10
MINES AND MINING

between a and IS per cent of which
he iron output Of .-Gj.t.o tons. Val.
led AT S3,T93oo0 was responsible.
Nineteen mines OF Utah during 1878
1aid dividends totulin- Sl9.43G l9p
Last year tlalI mines distributed au
aggregate in dividends Of SD. ITO. $50
n 1916 thes paid total Of So. 30 1870
1t j. now estimated that the Ontario
Silver company lost about $500 worth
4 tool, IN the fire al Park City last
week Independent Of buildings How
4Ner, everything was fully covered by
Insurance.
Platinum is one of the precious met
ais that demonstrated iis great utility
and usefulness during the war, ana II
Is hound 70 play an important part ia
the industrial development Of the
world now To follow
Wyoming's coal mines produced dur
ing 1913 approximately 100000 tons
IF coal. I'm increase over the 1917 pro-
ductiOn of approximately l,3OO.UD
tons. The value OF the 1918 output
was S5I 900. 900, as compared with 3d.
100000 in 1917
Statistics compiled by the United
States geological survey. show the
total value of lead shipments of do
nestle manufacture sold in the United
States in 1917 amounted 10 S5G, 1863. 92s,
rs compared with S3l .o6l ,:JS9 in 1916
aud S24, 81 4. COG in 1913.
The Tintic district during 1918
shipped 1O,04i ears of ore. as com
pared with 9,296 carloads in 1917.
Each year since 1869, the year the dis
trct was first settled, has found the
resources of the community increasing
in value and the producers multiplying
in numbers.
Following close upon the visit of the
principal Officers and directors of the
about ten days ago. To that North Tin
tic property, comes the official an
nouncement that the board of directors
has decided to install. without delay,
complete electric plant.
1t is estimated that the government
has on hand between I5,0oO,oOO and
100. 100000 pounds of copper, com
pared with 62.Ooo,ooO pounds Great
Britain had when British government
control of metals ceased Federal
owned copper will not be dumped Oh
the open market in this country.
Says the New York Morning Tele-
graph When William j. Bryan
sprung the Is 10 / heresy more than
twenty years ago there we're but few
of his most enthusiastic followers wht
would have dared 10 predict that in
the year 1913, but for government ac
ton. silver would have been selling al
that parity.
According 10 the Denver Mining &
Financial Record the outlook for the
coming year in the mining and oil in
duStry is exceedingly bright. All con
ditionS are favorable for a period OF
heavy development of major proper
lions throughout the mining and oi
regions from Alaska to Mexico during
the next several years.
j
which ten-stamp mill WAS started il
1852, has been proSpected or worked
over an area of l23 miles and has pro
| duced. according To estimates, ovei
$3.50. 100000 in gold The early gross
| yields per ton We're higher than thost
| of more recent times, which do moi
average over 81 per ton.
Announcement is made of settlement
| for the third car of ore to be sent doWr
! this season by the Nipont Silver Min
| Ing company which holds under lease
| and bond for operation the property 81
| the Nipont Mining company. located II
| the northwest corner of BoXeidel
/ county. Utah. with Oakley, Idaho. thu
| loading station The shipment brough
/ 5000 for the carload.
From Boston comes the story tina
the output Of blister copper in Novem
! Der of twenty leading producers of thl'
/ country and Latin America aggregated
/ i4S. 1G3.l71 pounds, compared Will
/ 1l4. 7oS. 30 in October. This i de
crease of approximately 6WD.op
| pounds and brings total Ssnelter outpu
/ of these mines for eleven months Il
+ December | up 10 l,63o,34h,d-'
/ pounds.
The tax injunction suit of The ttal
Copper company and nineteen othe
I mining companies against The >tat'
i treasurer of Utah. protesting againS
i the collection Of the occupation min'
i tax and seeking an injunction restrain
ing the state treasurer from sellin!
/ the properties for the alleged delin
I puent taxes. viii be submitted on il
merits ia Judge Johnson GA MondaX
January &, 1919
i The great gold producing properties
arr very low grade Under norma
conditions they can he made to yiel'
i profit only hy operating on serl
large. scale under the most effieieh
+ management Conspicuous Among suei
+ properties may be- mentioned Ia
/ Alaska TreadNcll rine~. which since