The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-01-06
Nj Mes AND MINING

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Gold nine owners and operators
now are ciamoring to be permitted to
boost the price of gold. which is fixed
by law at S20.67 an ounce. Agitation
for the increase is intense.
That the demand for silver in the
arls is now at a premium and that
the world demand for business is now
greater than il ever was, is the opn-
ion Of the producers representatives
in the east.
Exports of copper during the first
nine months of the current year
amounted to 94,0OO,0OO pounds, as
against Gl2O00,OUO and S47.OOO,OOO, re-
spectively during the equivalent
periods of 1913 and 1917.
Mineral deposits of'varied character
and extensive size await development
in the state of Wyoming, according to
an interesting review of the state mine
resources, written by Thomas NJ. Skin
ner. Jr., mining engineer, Of Casper,
WyO.
The regeneration of the old Sun
beam property in the south end of the
Tintic district has been brought about
by the advance in the price of silver
and today this mine is shipping APP
proximately two carloads Of ore
weekly. = =
During the past week or ten days
some important developments have
taken place in the Eureka Bullion
property of East Tintic, chief among
which was the cutting of the hanging
wall of the vein for which the winze
Is being sunk.
Two tons of gold bars, taken frem
the mines of the Seward peninsula,
were heaped on table at Nome,
Alaska, and photographed recently be-
fore being sent to Seattle. There were
sixty bars, worth approximately $780,
600, on the table.
The construction of shale plant
near DeBeque, Colo, will soon begin,
according to the DeBeque New Era.
Recently six men, who represent large
interests, visited DeBeque to pick out
a site for the erection of large shale
plant which will use the Wallace pro-
cess.
Most promising conditions prevail in
the Alta district, near Salt Lake. Min
ing men returning from an inspection
Of the mines of the camp state that
the various mines of the district never
were in better condition and that with
spring unprecedented activity should
prevail.
A little more than forty years ago
miners in the Consolidated Virginia
nine on the COmStOck We're forced to
accept stock in the mine for wages.
A year afterward the stock sold for
$1,000 share. The mine has pro-
luced to date $11S,OOO,00O, and is still
"A ldl So uSpoSlL VI Hoil VIC iiVui
Horse Springs in the Kingston range
n Clark county, Nevada may be de-
7elOped as a result of negotiations
between the owners and big interests
Using iron. The ore Is reported to be
| high grade deposit on the surface
# the claims.
The output of the Morgan mine, at
carson Hill, for November tOtaled $500
ons, valued at $1,000 The gold pro-
luced was probably the largest amount
urned out by any Mother Lode mine
md firmly establishes the position OF
he Morgan as one of the great gold
of California.
The manager of the East Tintic |
Coalition property reports that at
lepth of ninety feet in the new work
ng shaft there Is now four and half |
Get of mineralized matter and as the |
ssures are In the lime the outlook |
s much more encouraging than the Of |
cers anticipated at that depth.
Magma Copper company will pro-
uce close to 100000 ounces of silver
n the current year and between 9,O00,-
90 and 100000 pounds Of copper.
Iagma in fact promises to become one
f leading silver producers Of the cOun-
ry with increased production, is the
7ord that comes from Superior, Ariz.
The two latest cleanups completed
t the Tonopah Extension Mining com
any's mill aggregated $4,000 ounces,
ccording to the receipts signed by the
xpress cOmpanys local office, says
he Tonopah Miner. The shipment rep
the mill run for the last
vo weeks in November was made up
f ten bars.
Emma Silver, the mine whose his
Dry has been replete with brilliant
and discouraging re-
erses, has re-entered the list of ship
ers with the shipment of several car
,ads of ore. Five carloads of ore
ave been hauled by sleigh to the rail-
Dad at Wasatch, Utah, since the roads
ave been reopened.
Sales of copper by the Chile Copper
in the third quarter of this
ear gave sharp uplift to earnings
nd prevented what threatened to be-
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