The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-31
AROUND THE MINES


,y Utah producers of the metal
A regular quarterly dividend Of 20
cents, dates February and January l.
has been declared on United Verde tx
tension Copper.
From July / TO September 80. 1870.
inclusive. 2045 TASKS OF quicksilver.
of seventy-five pounds net. was pro-
duced in the United States. accord
ing TO figures obtained recently
Operations at the new sulphur plant
which Is being constructed by the Req
River Lumber company at sulphur.
New. ON the Western Pacific railroad
north of Winnemucca. will soon begin
Drilling IN the Ragged Point dome
BY the Ohio Oil company has been
suspended temporarily. owing 10 de-
fects i'm the boiler tubes at the well, is
the news that comes from Roundup.
Mont.
Several hundred tons of minerals.
an assay of which shows value OF
1876 ounces OF silrer and $4S in gold,
have been blocked out in the Silver
Bar wine situated thirty miles north
of Nina, New.
The excellent news from the Wini-
fred district in Montana, where the
Kansas Montana has at last reached
| what is supposed TO be the cap rock at
a depth of 2i67 feet, has renewed in
terest in that oil section.
Under an agreement with the Brit
ish government, the debt of $l22,Uu,-
600 due this country for silver pur-
chased during the war will be paid
, by 1924, according to details of the
plan made public by Secretary Hors-
ton.
Values of ore shipped from the BuE
lion mine, near Jean, New, hold up
well. Returns from the car most re-
Gently settled for gave the company
net return of $9S357 after deducting
smelter charges and freight, which
! amounted to more than 5000.
Nipissing in October mined ore
, valued a, $1S4.57S and shipped ore and
residue worth about $316,745. Figur-
n in- silver at 81 cents an ounce. These
r operations are below normal, work
I being held up during the month be-
r cause of lack of sufficient power.
a The recent heavy snowfall in Little
e Cottonwood canyon has brought about
IS excellent conditions for the hauling o.
ore from Alta mines to the railroad
r Hauling Of ore from the Columbus
S. Rexall mine has been proceeding
A steadily during the three weeks past.
re During the first ten years of De
n, cember gold imports totaled $11,S46
n 352, compared with S19,373,299 for tn
e- ten days ended November 30, Will
lr- exports for the first ten days Of d.
nd cember amounted to $ll59S, "A.
ed against s., 253,711 for the period In N
9o- vember.
al According to American Iron NJ
Steel Institute steel ingot productit
during November was 2,63S,670 tor
lis decline of 377,312 from October,
der about 121a per cent. This producti'
wi represents output of thirty compani
en- producing slightly more than 50 p
in scent of total output Of the country.
idl- The Anaconda Copper Mining COZ
nsk metal output from Montana belt
nay current production, which Is appro.
AN mately 11,0OO,000 pounds Of copper a.
'ie 100000 pounds of zinc per mon
zen This basis of operations is as low
'an- economic production can be made.
sv- More interest IS being displayed
-, :. the shale industry in the Uintah q
= trict around Dragon and Watson. L
plants are ready for production on
commercial basis. One plant will
80 the Wallace process and the other
Ginet it is said. Both plants are
Wy signed to treat $50 tons Of shale da
+,,aa Fatal accidents in Nevada mi
ros, numbered ten during the year en-
. 81 November 80, 1920 according to
biennial report now being prepared
Andy Stinson, state inspector
mines. Two of these men lost Il
lives while engaged in top work, Il
I'D ing a death toll of eight for un'
ground workers.
The extreme depreciation in silve
De- reflected in the quotation OF 63lA c.
hsid- an ounce for foreign compared
high of $1.37R n November
atlon ago. The present price is the 10y
hc'hg since 1915, and is attributed by 81
con- dealers to the general fall in pl
fls IN which other commodities as wei
Drlhg silver has suffered.
'nes Considerable interest Is attache
y h0 the recent expression of Presi
ohe Harding concerning a tariff for
nuaeS' zinc industry. The fact that the
an properties in Utah, Montana and I
western states have suspended
oneh' ations because Of the low price
'o'ie'e spelter indicates how serious 70
cup competition is becoming.
:" 'nc Metal mine production in the Il
= Mountain states has declined
than 80 per cent in the past
wears. In 1917 the gold, silver,
49, per. lead and zinc mined In
& Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Ne