The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-10-29

from the AleNamara mill TO the BEL
mont mill and increase Its daily ship
ments from IS to 50 tons. beginning
November I.
The United Comstock has starte4
driving the haulage tunnel from tho
surface on American Flat. three shifts
OF miners being employed, says the
Goldfield Tribune
Water has been struck In the sha1
of the Kernick Divide at Divide. New.
The flow was brought In at the DO
foot paint and few bucketfulis are
being holsted each shift.
Mining operations mt the north end
Of the Comstock are moving forward
with excellent progress ut all points.
and with general conditions OF very
satisfactory and encouraging nature In
mine development.
With the sale to banking syndicate
Of S25,OOO,OO0 series b per cent Sc
cured bonds, the Anaconda Copper
mining company completes financing
authorized by stockholders and direc-
tors nearly two years ago.
With the beginning Of drilling oper.
ations by the Associated Oil company
Of Wyoming In the Big Piney field.
| about seventy miles from Kemmerer.
developments In this district will be
watched with renewed interest.
Moving away from their peg hold
ing policy. some Of the larger copper
producers will buy the metal. Whether
this will result In business developing
above or below 10 cents pound cam
not be forecast by the producers them
selves.
The Black Rock Oil. Gas, Refining
& Developing company, owning 25OO
acres in what are known as the La
hontan lake beds In Humboldt county.
Nevada, has started the erection of an
S5-foot derrick and machinery capable
Of drilling to 1000 feet.
Fluxing ore produced and shipped
by the Black Metal Mines company.
which Is operating its property situat-
ed near Phoebe, New, has totaled since
April, 1918, 1902 tons, with total
net smelter value Of $111 ,O74.10, ac-
cording to a report issued by the board
Of directors.
With 2O,OOO000 tons of ore available
for shipping, with eighty-five miles OF
richly mineralzed zone to be devel.
oped, with In excess Of 5000 feet Of
underground work actually finished In
the district, Contact, in Elko county.
Nevada, seems on the verge Of a sub
stantial boom.
Four more units are ready to coveI
In the steel with brickwork at thu
plant Of the Western Shale company
about four miles from Watson, Utah
III One unit has been producing at thu
plant since last fall and is said Il
- be averaging forty-ive gallons Of Of
IN to the ton Of shale.
IN. Smelter returns on the first ca
led Of gold-silver ore from the Magnoh
lease were received last week, til
shipments netting the lessees So tor
The ore Is hauled by motor trucks t
/ Caliente. on the Salt Lake Route, tn
: mime being situated near the old cam
Of Delamar, Nevada,
u A Mexican subsidiary Of the Unite
q States Smelling, Refining & Mimi
company, has just purchased for abo'
& $1,250OOO the ArevalO properties
Z Mexico. This purchase will extend Il
4 activities of United States Smeltir
Il outside of the Pachuca field and ms
q open up an extensive camp six mill
q from Pachuca.
"a Interest among the mining men
the nation runs high regarding Il
plans for the first conference ev
called to discuss the alleged 0pprt
lH$ sive practices of the great trust viii
EN# claims to control every known meth
EE Of ore recovery by what is known
NN ''flotation." The meeting will be he
||ss at Denver, November 10.
M Anaconda is the largest producer
s copper in the world and It's mines q
s located in one Of the greatest mine
|ss districts known-Butte. Mont. d
Ing the past twenty-five years over
ding per cent Of the copper production
pre- the world and over 20 per cent of Il
de- of the United States came from mil
roof now owned by the company.
The recent oil strike by the Impei
- Oil company, the Canadian subsidl'
Of Standard Oil, at Fort Norman.
the Mackenzie river, the farthest no
oil ever has been found, has still
lated interest in oil prospect
throughout the north. FOrty-six clai
covering 1000 acres, were registe
at the Edmonton land office two we
after the strike.
81 Copper is one of the cheapest C
M: modities in the world today. Pres
price of 17h cents is about 2h G.
n above normal selling price before
European war, and more than &
above the lowest price reached 81
1860. But in those days the indus
was not confronted with abnOr