The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-07-30
AROUND THE MINES

Goal prOuuctlon N Stnh All AnV
first five months Of the current year
aggregated 1927 900 tons. according 10
figures Just received by c. A. Allen
of the bureau of mines.
Two new hydraulic oil well drilling
rigs have arrived in the Fossil field.
Wyoming. and will he Immediately in
stalled upon the property of the Arb
Wyoming Oil company.
What is rapidly developing into
strike of considerable importance has
been made. on the 350foot level of the
Simon Contact Mines company in the
Simon district of Mineral county. Ne
yada.
Operations Will be resumed upon
( the 2O00foot level of the Ontario mine.
at which depth for more than twenty
/ years no work has been done, is the
news that comes from Park City,
| Utah.
Development and prospecting work
this year In the north will be handi-
capped greatly by scarcity of labor
and high mining costs. according 10
George Craddock, Montana and Ida
no mining man.
Shipments of approximately fifty
tons of ore to the Utah smelters are
being made daily from the Ward mine.
about twelve miles south Of Ely. New.
which is being operated by the Ward
leasing company.
Oil production in the United States
is averaging 200 barrels day,
against 1,O952OO a year ago. an in
crease of 100000 daily. This reflects
: largely output of north Louisiana oil
fields, particularly Homer.
] Physical conditions al the Wood
lawn copper mine in the Big Cotton
wood canyon are SO promising That
the manager has started miners stop
ing ore in three different places in
!. the vein on the 1OO-foot level.
Arguments in behalf Of claimants
|. under the war minerals relief act in
!. regard to questions under dispute with
K the commission functioning under that
= act, will be heard by the secretary Of
n the Interior John Barton Payne.
}. Development work at the American
n Consolidated Mines company. whose
J. property. a consolidation of the Earl
n Eagle and the Bog mines. situated in
If the American Fork canyon, Is reach
q ing an interesting stage, according to
n the superintendent.
Transfer to Reno New, OF the ex-
'e pertinent station that was established
u | - tn Ol 20 I'll
n, en- in 1917. has been approved by the
d. secretary Of the interior. This sta
IT, ton will be known henceforth as the
We Rare and Precious Metals station.
w In suit against the Monetare Min
III Ing company to recover 5000 alleged
3, to be due for legal services, N. V.
Jones, Salt Lake attorney has been
ng awarded verdict by a jury in the
u Third district court. The jury assess
IL ed the rightful claim of the plaintiff
ht at $4,000.
"a Salt Lake men, attracted by the
rs phenomenally rich ore exposed In sur
face showings in the Silver Bar group
as situated thirty miles from Nina apC
Ia. twelve miles from the Tonopah ant
oi Goldfield railroad, have taken ~
u year lease upon this property owne,
rs by A. A. Bass.
In the Fossil field, in Lincoln conn
=" ty. Wyoming, the Wyoming Pacific Oi
49, company, which is drilling upon sec
ton "a, has its we'll down to dept
Of go feet. Encouraging showings O
- oil have already been encountered
=. The Southern Petroleum company Ia
~. well on section 18 down 300 feet.
ORC Pat Sullivan, who was injured b
- picking into hole in the Cardiff
POS mine, August 90, 1918, by which
tn lost his sight, was awarded lum
sum by the state industrial COMM.
tos sion of 10000 and an addition;
the a"a'u VI 90 per week 1or lol Week
ons to be paid by the Cardiff Mimi
~, company.
or report from Santa Maria, Cal
nm. states that a party of officials fro,
the office of the United States Pr
ducers' Refining company, shale Q
developers, have left there for a 81
min. months trip in northern Texas, whel
a co they Will make locations for leas,
ool and the building of $lOOO00O sha
ato- Oil plant.
ade Great confusion has been cause
by among the oil shale men OF the I
AXE Beqne, Colo, district. due to the ia
the that several of the townships ha'
IRE been surveyed SO that their lines owe
tb,. lap. Because of this many lar
tracts OF land have been located Sc
eral times and much litigation pro
ably viii develop.
,v;a. Considerable interest ia centering
for well-drlling activity which will be.
HE III the next few days at Escalan
,prn Garfield county, Utah.
with Shipments Of approximately fiji
eyed tons OF ore to the Utah smelters ;
Getty beng made daily from the Ward mil
ABOUT twelve Iniias south of I,