The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-04-02
AROUND THE MINES

ations proposed as safety orders ~
he industrial commission has COM
ple;ed its work.
The Interstate commerce commission
has ordered hearing ut Salt Lake
on April 10 on the complaint of the
Gunnison Valley Silver company YER
sus the Denver x Rio Grande railroad.
Cont oil of the stock of the Cop
per Ki.4g Mining company. which osns
a group Of nine patented claims adj
Joining the Big Cottonwood Coalition
Mines company. has been secured by
the latter organization.
A report from the east stated that
Inspiration Copper had posted It's reg
ular dividend. The company, although
not producing TO capacity, has been
sending out "A much larger production
than most of the companies.
The Davis OH Shale X Refining COM
pany is planning to drill near Vernal.
In tho Uintah country, in Utah. This
company, IL is said, owns 300 acres
| of land at Powder Springs, known as
the Raven Ridge, about six miles
south of the IN" ranch.
The old camp OF Hamilton. Nevada.
which In the early days was one OF the
most important silver producers In the
state, is again coming to the front and
promises during the present year to
become one Of the most important pro-
ducers Of white metal In the state.
The Treasure Box Mines company.
| A. Of NJ thu nlAaaf MIN
ing claims In City Creek canyon. about
ten miles northeast of Salt Lake. Is
doing some important development
work on Its property. Work has been
prosecuted steadily for several weeks.
Returns from the first lot Of ore
shipped from the deposit recently
opened up in the Rico Wellington mine
near Rico, Colo, show the following
values: Twenty-Five ounces Of silver
and q per cent lead The high Iron
content of the ore makes 1t very desir.
able for smelling.
There is movement on foot to re-
q cover the values from the tallings OF
the De Lamar mill at De Lamar, Ne
vada. These tailings will average 81
Y. In gold and silver per ton and a recent
: test demonstrates the practicability OF
A extracting IS per cent Of these values
by treatment by cyanide.
Outflow Of American gold now ex-
a ceeds $1OOO0OO a day, reports to the
g. treasury indicate, says the Boston
+ News Bureau, and demands for still
81 larger shipments indicate exports may
III overtop the present total. Federal re
~ serve board officials estimate gold ex
E@ ports for 1920 may reach $4O,OOO,OOO.
III Uncle Sam recently came to the as
81 sistance of Nome when a coal famine
IA threatened. The war department a
M Washington ordered Fort Davis, a
ia Nome to sell citizens all Its surplu
5A coal, 100 TONS ut S36 a ton. This vii
nj fill Nome's needs until the first steam
4 err arrives from the states in the sprini
ga What is said to be the deepest or
IL body In the TOnopah district has bee
"a opened in the Cash Boy estate at
n depth of 1867 feet, where feet 9
"a high grade was encountered in
III winze. This is believed to be an Ell
81 tirely new ledge, with a strike nOrtl
M west.
Governors Of California, OOlorad
Wyoming, Montana and Louisiana ha'
been asked by Director Manning
q the bureau Of mines to send two re
n resentatives each to a conference
q Washington, April 1, to discuss the
terror departments tentative regul
MS tons for carrying out the oil land les
Yea ing act.
hAe, Under a special ruling made by Cl
med r,u,non oon,r,iss,orar of tho gone,
ieas land office at Washington, received
MI Salt Lake, 400 persons who have fill
iSAs applications under the oil and gas lie;
pu'' ing bill will keep their priority rigl
eov to the land and will be given thiI
anA days time in which to file correct /;
'.,,.a plications.
tops WIN snipp,ns ope =. a .s 80. o.. A..
70 q handicapped by the condition of
,or,. roads and cut down to a miniml
axes the management Is inahihs eseiy
the fort to improve the physical cOndit
of the property so that when the s
son opens breaking and handling
- ore may be expediently done.
J Last week the Bristol Silver Mi
company, operating the Bristol mi
at Bristol, opened up another
body of high grade silver-lead ore
Il the territory adjacent to the Gy
shaft. Assays of the ore as hois
from this ore body run Coo in gold,
ounces in silver, 1915 per cent lead
2.05 per cent in copper content.
Extensive operations of the
mine, As miles northeast of Lun
New, including the construction 9
100 ton concentration will result +
deal that has recently been cons
mated.
n Preparations are being made by
Round Mountain Mining company