The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-01-30

teams steadily TO the railroad ut Wa
satch.
The management Of the Iron King
has decided to sink another shaft in
the southwest part of the company's
large mineral tract in TiItic district.
Mining operations, interrupted TEN.
porarily at the stockton Standard
mine to retimber the main wOrkin
shaft sunk TO the 200 level, have beer,
resumed.
Within the next few days officials o.
the Beaver Copper company confident
ly expect to cut ut depth highly min
eralized assure from which shipments
were made in the workings 10 feet
above.
New machinery Is being taken out
to the property of the Diamond Queen
Mining company, in the south end o.
the Tintic district, and preparations
are being made for sinking the main
working shaft.
New machinery is being taken out to
the property of the Diamond Quecl,
Mining company, in the south end nj
the Tintic district. and preparations
are being made for the sinking Of the
main working shaft.
BY driving a diamond drill hole from
the bottom Of the new shaft at the
Chief Consolidated mine 1t has beer,
possible to drain the shaft Of the flow
of water which has interfered to some
extent with sinking operations.
With the present high price of sill
yer and the increasing valuation of
both zinc ana lead, the future of Park
City mines, which have b,eA prOdnc
ing for a half century, Is brighter than
it has been for considerable time.
The rooster Of the Judge Mining 4
Smelling company at Park City re-
sumed operations last week. The
Judge plant is an electrOlytic smell
ter, with daily capacity Of from ten
to fifteen tons, of zinc, .999 per cent
pure.
Recent. developments at the Gold
Crown mine are tending to prove that
those who hold to the idea that the
ore deposition of Beaver county is
merely superficial may have to revise
their ideas as to the mineralOgy of the
district.
The Simon Silver-Lead~ company at
Nina, Nevada, has purchased num-
Der of houses at nearby camps and
Is moving them in and retitting them,
in order to provide accommodations
for the rapidly increasing force Of em-
plOyees.
Ore shipments from the mines of
the Tintic district last week made an
increase of nine carloads as compared
with the previous weeks total. A to-
tai of 147 carloads of ore We're shipped
by producers Of the district during
the week.
With ferrO-vanadium quoted at from
$3.50 to 81 per pound and vanadium
pentoxide at Sc per pound, it is rea-
sOnable to expect that the vanadium
ores of the Yellow Pine mining dis
trict, Clark county, Nevada, will re-
ceive some attention.
The Arrowhead Consolidated mine
shaft, in Arrowhead district, Nevada,
which is down 100 feet, is in the. sui
phide zone. An encouraging amount
Of good ore has been opened up re-
Gently at the bottom of the shaft, it
is reported. The new hoist is COM
pleted for operations.
Two dividends We're declared at a
meeting Of the directors of the Knight
A dividend Of 2h cents
per share, totaling 5000, will be paid
to Iron Blossom shareholders, while
a dividend Of 1 cent per share. total,
ing $1S,75O, will be paid to Dragon
shareholders.
The oil land leasing bill Is held up
~ serious deadlock between the SEN
ate and the house over section Is,
which provides maximum 320O-acre
ease to claimants on lands covered by !,
he Taft withdrawal, and provides for
he disposition Of lands in excess Of
hat amount, claimed by prospective
essees.
With record of forty-three ship
ling mines and leases, the Tintic min
ng district in Utah rounded out the
lftieth year Of its discovery with
more shipping mines than any other
mining camp in the world and with the
lrst location in the camp, the Sun
'eam claim, still among the list of
hippers. II
Evidences of great year for the
mining industry are now cumulative.
Eastern banking interests are begin
ling to see much better year for cop
YER, the lead and zinc markets have
'een gradually improving and the sill.
er market has again started to climb.
It the same time reports from every
amp in the state Of Nevada, Utah
nd Idaho announce the starting OF
ew work, the opening up of old prop
rites, the beginning Of a new era
or the mining industry. HI
Production Of carnOtite ores in con-