The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-02-27
AROUND THE ZINES

ued AT s13l.317. according 10 a report
filed with the Utah board Of equaliza-
tioL-
The ophir Hill Consolidated Mining
company has reported TO die Utah
board Of equalization that il made net
proceeds of sl55.683.9l in 1919. from
33. $50 tons OF ore
Concessions made upon the part Of
the Tonopah mine operators paved the
way 10 a settlement OF the walkout Of
the miners and millmen, which result
ed from tie withdrawal of the ,0-cent
bonus on February S.
Interest and activity in the Santa
quin district in Utah is increasing
rapidly. During the coming summer
exploration of extensive assures and
rich surface indications of mineraliza-
ton should be well under way.
Work on the reconstruction of the
building housing the supplies and
quarters for the employees of the
Logger mine in Big Cottonwood can
yon, which was entirely destroyed by
fire recently, has been commenced.
Operations at the Sunset mine near
Leadore, Idaho, are being prosecuted
steadily. The mill during the past
week operated OH the average twenty
hours per day with an average ton.
mage of fifty-one tons per twenty-four
hours.
The Silver King Consolidated Min
Ing company of Park City reported to
the state board of equalization that
its expenses for the year 1919 had
reached the total Of $106, 1852, NOT
including i'm the count the cOnstruc-
ton cost of the Spiro tunnel.
John Lingelbacl, in charge of the
Oasis OIL company property. consist.
ing of 1900 acres, seventy miles south
of Twin Falls and on the Raft river.
says that operations will be resumed
at the property early next month, as
the machinery will then be installed.
The strike at the Elko Prince mine
at Midas, Nevada, has been settled.
Under the terms of the settlement
reached by the miners and the owners,
minimum scale of $3.50 for muck.
ers and So for miners will be paid.
The men will be furnished board for
$3S per month.
With IA view of making arrange
ments for the starting of work in the
sinking of the new vertical shaft at
the Arrowhead Mining company's es-
tate, according to advices from Tono.
pah, DR.. A. H. Elftman. well-known
consulting engineer and geologist, will
visit the new silver camp.
The recent strike on the 145O-foot
level of the Tintic Standard mine in
the drift from No. 2 shaft continues
to give indications of persistence with
development. The ore, which is first
~lass in grade, has been developed for
a distance of from thirty to forty feet
with a full face all the way.
The little miner in the hills who an
swered the governments appeal for
production of minerals needed during
the war without waiting for guar
anteed price is entitled to fair consid-
Grafton in adjustment of claims. Her.
bert w. Smith of the American Min
ing congress told the house mines
committee.
Copper imports into the United
States in 1919 fell off by more than
thirty million pounds compared with
1918, according to reports at the de-
partment of commerce. During the
past year 126455,063 pounds of cop
per, valued at $23,541, 900, were inn
ported, against 157,216,4S1 pounds,
valued at S3465O,S64 in 1918.
That the present wage systems in
mines are the most frequent cause of
labor unrest and that more carefully
worked out systems would do much to
decrease inefficiency and migration
was vigorously shown by A. X Knick-
erbocker, Cayuna, Mimi, before the
American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers, at its 121st
annual meeting, at New York.
The committee appointed at the
joint meeting of the boards of Nye
and Esmeralda counties in Tonopah,
according to the Godfield Tribune,
has formulated plan under which it
is hoped to secure the necessary sup
port for the continued operation of the
Bullfrog & Goldfield railroad. This
plan looks to the taking over of the
road through subscriptions to the
stock necessary to control.
The expectations of the manage
ment of the Eureka Croesus company,
when it formulated extensive develop
ment plans inaugurated some time
ago, are proving well founded. Every
weeks work is improving the former
showings of ore.
Three feet Of rich ore. with gray
copper and chalcopyrite predominant
Ing, is showing in the face of the
south drift Of the Eureka Lilly mine
on the 1850 foot level
East Butte paid a dividend Of 50
cents per share on December 81, 1919.
and it Is thought probable that pay