The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-09-17
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tention and a flowing sas veii has
been developed
The failure VI copper to sfsznce u
price. due TO the spplicatiea Of Dc
new freight rates. Is causing consid-
cradle discussion among metal men,
During the year ended June ~. 1870.
fertilizer valued at So .9a5. s0s was ex-
ported from the United States. cora-
pared with So405.242 for 1918 and
$5.Si0.139 for 1918.
| After being idle for thirty-Sne days.
due to insufficient power To operate
its plant. the Nevada Packard mine re-
suned operations last week and will
continue to run at nh force.
Announcement Of the opening up Of
high-grade copper sufphide ore In the
zone OF secondary enrichment Of the
Ruth mine Of the Nevada CONSOLIDATE
cd Copper company has been made.
According to specimens shewn In
Tonopah. the main Arrowhead mine
has made rich find at the bottom Of
the lSo-foot winze, the quartz taken
out there being literally plastered with
native silver.
The Bristol district IN Nevada ID
very active. Recent visitors returning
from the property Of the Bristol Sill
ver Mines company, controlled by John
K. Cook and associates, are more than
picased with the outlook.
The Prince Consolidated Mining &
Smelling corporation is shipping at the
present time over 5000 tons per month
from Phoebe. New, and has produced
from January 1. 1920. to date Ss
large total Of 38.15l.7S tons.
The Round Mountain Mining COM
pany which erected q concrete dam
to impound the water from Jefferson
canyon, Is making It fifteen feet
higher, which will insure storage Of
waters as well as the regular runoff
from the canyon.
The Ola country In Idaho Ii all ex-
element over the discovery Of what
Is believed to be immense coal depOs-
its. The deposits were accidentally
found in the bed of SQuaw creek ON
the William Saxon ranch, few miles
southwest of Ola.
Two auto trucks Of the Desert Fof-
warding company are now engaged In
hauling ore from the main Arrowhead
property to Tonopah. In the future
the production that ID marketed will
average fifteen tons weekly, each
truck making round trip every other
day.
I'll Rollo, Mo-, has been selected a. the
z place for the latest mining experiment
9 station Of the bureau. This station
o will look after the mining interests Of
> the Mississippi valley and will give
4 consideration to the various problems
. which are met with in the production
% Of lead and zinc.
le The placer season at Round Noun
n tain. New, is lasting longer than usual
this season, although hydraulic opera
tions are nearing an end, says the Man
3 haitian Magnet. The supply Of water
Is now only sufficient to keep one
monitor going several hours . day.
Bedrock cleaning will require several
weeks longer.
The Nevada Consolidated Copper
company, through q deal recently
made In New York between the Off
GERS Of the company and that Of the
Nevada Northern Railway company
according to the White Pine News. haa
leased the high line, or ore line, tracks
from the Veteran to the McGill con
centrator, and also purchased all ore
cars and engines known a. the mine
ty" class.
Active work on the property Of
South Holly Mining company will com
from Eureka, New. Equipped as the
property Is with hoists, compressor
drills and other machinery, together
with lumber and building materials
all Of which was hauled and stored
on the claims some weeks ago, the de-
velopment Of the claims will be accom-.
plished without the usual delays Incl
dental to starting operations on new
properties.
The Mammoth Mining company haa
commenced thes shipment Of Its large
mill dump. Although the present rate
Of shipment. two carloads per day
could be considerably exceeded, a. ths
smelter can handle but this amount
Of ore, operations will be restricted t
this tonnage.
The Grass Creek Oil field In Wyo
d ming has 4415 barrels daily produc
ton and the Rock Creek field. gen
:. orally considered second or third larg
~ est. Is given only $3.50 barrels produc
tiOn per day. The Grass Greek pro
duction comes from 315 different pro
ducing wells.
~ Aside from the announced determin
~ alton Of several Of the larger com
panies to give thorough test to tn,
he possibility of developing oil In south
az western Utah, many residents Of tn,
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