The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-24
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made operation OF the Yellow Pine
n.ne. Goodsprings district In Nevada.
unprofiiable and the mine and mill
.as closed December until neral
prices recover.
Another rich shoot has been encoun.
,ered in the Bristol mine. situated near
pioche, New. This shoot has been en-
countered on the 500 level, near the
intersection Of the May Day flssure
with a north-south vein.
Officers Of the Tintic Standard an
lounce that the work of sinking
mother deep shaft, the third. for the
Tict.c Standard Mining company, will
be taken up during the coming month
and that the big undertaking will be
carried along as rapidly as possible,
perhaps under contract.
Utah mine operators az conference
held at Salt Lake, December IA. one
OF a series of meetings held TO con-
slider Problems vital to the Industry.
| approved resolution which recon-
mended that the wages of operatives
ia silver-lead mines be cut January l
a cents. in copper mines, 81.
Announcement was made at the
Mexican customs house In Aqua
Prieta, Sonora, that instructions nave
been received from Mexico to lift ex-
port duties on all copper ore passing
from Mexico into the United States
until the price of copper on the New
York market Is above Is cents.
A party Of seven husky Alaska
mining men arrived at Lewiston,
Mont, recently. prepared to go into the
Mosby oil fed and take a hand in
The oil development They say there
are about u hundred other Alaskans
at Seattle VINO are preparing to come
n, the oil 60 me appealing very strongly
to them.
| Nep0rts from the Leadville mine.
abodt forty-five miles from Gerlach,
New, say the mine has been on fire
for severa, days. A fifty-glllon drum
of gasoline exploded and set fire IN
the station timbers. The men unde--
| ground DID not get out of the winze
for several hours, but there was No
| lu.,s of life.
| The Silver Prince Consolidated
Mining x Smelling company, owners
Of the Mount Irish mines in the
Pahranagat lake mining district near
| Hiko, Lincoln county, Nevada, are de-
vtiopins. large tonnage of s.lver-lead
copper ore on their property and ex-
oect tt. erect a mill at Hike in the
! near future.
| The complete collapse in silver
'hiuel and in lead prices-both have
been | ractlcally halved since the early
months Of the year-make it extremely
doubtful whether the United States
shielding will be able to show other
han II deficit from operations the
second half year, says the Boston
News Bureau.
| The annual prospectors' short course
Offered by the University of Nevada
will open January II. Courses in
prospecting metallurgy. mineralogy.
geology, direct and alternating current
niachinery, chemistry, hygiene and
sanitation, mine iescue and first aid
mining laws, surveying and gas engines
will be given.
| The Silver State Chemical COM
| pany has begun construction of its
| proposed plant at Winnemucca, New.
1t is planned to erect buildings for an
ore teaching plant, and laten to build
| line kilns and acid plants The leach
| log plant is to have a capacity Of
,hirty-five tons day and is for the
deduction of silver-lead and zinc ores
interest in the prospective oil area
a Garfield county. Mont, around Calf
creek, Is spreading, and leases are
being eagerly sought. At Sand Springs
the Garfield Development company
has been formed and deal has been
/ closed up with the Sinclair company
under which the latter will put down
test well ten miles south Vt Jordan
| Oil Sand creek.
The well on the Alvy Dixon farm,
which has been yielding some oil, tut
which was sunk to lower sand, is
| reported to have come in strong,
with flow Of 1000 barrels daily, to
be added to the supply from the Rock
creek field In Wyoming. This section
adjoines that on which the greater
nhmbec of wells have been drilled, and
IS we'll within the proved area.
| The mines of the Pahranagat lake
district in Nevada were discovered In
| 1865 and for eight years were very
active, being credited with production
! of about 100000. This production was
principally In silver. Since that early
period Of activity little or no mining
has been done and large Indicated
tonnage of milling gre remains ii
place on number Of the properties.
Cars loaded with ore, the value OF
which range from $500 to $1,000 car,
are being steadily shipped from forty
twO-year-Old mine that the Guggen.
helms can point to as to the source Of
the vast wealth that Is behind the