The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-01-09
INES AND MINING

Reports from the Yuma, Tfntic dis |
triet. indicate that the ore showing |
continues TO improve and the manage
ment hopes IL commence III once saw
Ing some OF this ore.
Gold mine owners and operators |
now are clamoring 10 be permitted to
boost the price of gold, which Is fixed |
by law AT S20.65 an ounce Agitation
FOR the Increase is intense.
That the demand for silver In the
arts Is now At premium and that
the world demand for business is now
greater than IL ever was. II the opin-
ion of the producers representatives
In the east.
Exports Of copper during the first
nine months Of the current year
amounted to g,U0OOO0 pounds. rs
against 6l.,0o0,Ooo and si7.ooo.ouo re-
| speetiseiy during the equivalent
periods Of 1918 and la1,.
| Mineral deposits of varied character
and extensive size await development
in the state of Wyoming. according To
an interesting review OF the state mine
4 sN0oAttNTs Ntitstn W. ItlbitldH NJ s>ktl-
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 pace of silver
ana today this mine is shipping ap.
proximately two carloads of ore
weekly.
During the past week or ten day,
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 wlnze
Is being sunk
Two tons Of gold bars. taken from
the mines Of the Seward peninsula
We're heuped on a table mt 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 shae plant
near DeBeque, Colo. viii soon begin,
according to the DeIseque New Era.
Recently six men. who represent large
interests. visited DeBeque To pick out
a site for the erection of a large shae
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
| nf tha YpinaG .,f Ia A.t
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
mine on the Comstoek were forced To
accept stock In the mine for wages.
A year afterward the stock sold for
$1,000 share. The mine has pro
duced to date $lIS.ooO0oo, aud IL still
producing.
A large deposit Of iron ore near
Horse Springs IN the Kingston range
In Clark county, Nevada, may be de.
yeloped as result of negotiations
between the owners and big interests
using iron. The ore II reported 10 be
"A high grade deposit on the surface
of the claims.
The output Of the Morgan mine. at
Carson Hill, for November totaled 5000
tons. valued AT 100000. The gold pro.
duced was probably the largest amount
turned out by any Mother Lode mine
and firmly establishes the position of
the Morgan as one of the great gold
properties of California.
The manager of the East Tintic
Coalition properly reports that M "A
depth of ninety feet In the new work
ing shaft there Is now four and half
feet of minerallZed matter and as the
assures are In the lime the outlook
Is much more encouraging than the OF.
ticers anticipated al that depth.
Magma Copper company will pro
duee close To 5o0.Oo0 ounces Of silver
In the current year and between 5000.
900 and lo,0oo,e1 pounds of copper.
Magma In fact promises Ia becomc one
of leading silver producers Of the eoun-
try with increased production. Is the
word that comes from Superior. Ariz
The Two latest cleaniips completed
AT the Tonopah Extension Mining com
, pany's mill aggregated 6530O ounces
according 10 the receipts signed by the
; express companys local office, says
. the Tonopah Miner. The shipment rep
resenting the mill rim for the last
, two weeks In November Was made vi
, of ten bars.
: Emma Silver, the mine whose Ids,
. tory has been replete with brilliant
; achievements and disconnging re-
Z verses. has re-entered the list 0f ship
. pers with the shipment of several ear
: loads of ore. Five carloads III ore
: have been hauled by sleigh To the rail-
; road at Nasaich. Utah, since the reads
have been reopened.
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