The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-06-11
mines AND MINING

''et'atu inv Ifith NEAR warm
creek,
conditions M the producing mines Of
the Tintic district are excellent and
the output Is curtaiied mainly by the
existing labor shortage.
i-essees who are AT work nj the old
sunbeam mine have finished the Job
OF retimbering and cleaning our the
shaft TO a depth If 40 feet.
."e Zuma property. Tintic district,
which has been closed down for about
u week ON account Of nm accident 10
the machinery. will be In operation
again within u day or two.
lunches of rich ore are being en-
couniered In the drift On the seventh
level, $40 feet below the surface, of
the Gold Reef Consolidated Mining
ana Development company.
The old water line of the Eagte 4
Blue Bell mine. extending from III.
property 10 the conpany's wells at
iionansyiile. Is TO he taken up and re-
placed with new two-inrh pipe.
II Is reported that about fifteen
men are being employed at the Inn
periai lead property In the west Tintic
section. which has been shipping con-
tinuously for several months.
Nevada Consolidated Copper com
pany, for the quarter ended March 81,
1910, reports profits. after deprecia-
ton charges, Of xci5,5ss. equivalent to
II cents share ON the 1859, 457
shares OF stock.
During the first four months ~ this
year twenty-five prominent copper
companies produced 35s3s3. p82 pounds
OF the reel metal, compared with 49,
S0s.li6 pounds during the CORES
ponding period Ut 1919. an Increase of
u $40 siS pounds, or per cent.
The first shipment Of ore from the
Hamburg mine. situated n the
Prince Consolidated mine M Phoebe,
Nevada. has been made and another
shipment will be made about the tenth
OF June. Considerable good ore WAS
shipped from the Hamburg Ia early
lays.
The copper export trade Of the
United states continues to show q
gradual increase, says the Boston ~
nancial News. II the same rate OF
monthly increase is maintained II will
NOT be- long before exports are again
running ut the rate Of better than
lOO,OO.UW pounds month.
The final steps toward perfectina
the organization of the Elko oil cor.
poration We're taken when the stock
holders met AT Elko. Nevada. last
week and elected board OF directors
This company Is organized not as n
uock selling proposition. but purely Ia
develop the oil fields adjacent to Elko
The curtallment policy adopted b,
copper producers more than year
ago is stlIl in effect at great ma
jority Of properties. For that reason
production during recent months has
varied but slightly In many instances,
and increases, where occurring. have
moi been due To any definite plan look.
ing Ia an enlarged output.
The prominence of Utah as the
great mining center OF the west OBJ
tains additional recognition IN the or.
sanization Of a new company compos-
I'd of ohio Pennsylvania and New
York men. who have purchased and
Will start Immediate operations on ...s
New England mine at Bingham, Utah.
Hibbing. MINI, Is located on the
famous Mesaba range. where "A con-
siderable share ~ the iron ore In this
country Is produced approximately
its people. occupies ground that has
been discovered 10 contain exception
ally high values In iron A. a result.
this part of the city will move, bag
and baggage. 10 new site two miles
away.
Last week information Of vital Inn
poriance "a shnle men of the inter
mountain district was received from
effect that Secretary ~ the Interior
tohn H. Payne had approved Assist
ant Secretary vogelsang's opinion
which ruled that claims Of bona fids
locators Of sinai. deposits under the
placer mining law should be recog'
nized.
In March 2.28S. 80 pounds Of re-
fined copper IN ingots. bars or other
forms were exported from this eoun'
try. the largest exports In any month
vince prior 10 III. signing Of the
srmistic~. That large export trade In
March compared with 2.7Ss.I 37
pounds In February. ~ oaS .ts,t pounds
In January. and -. lit. .s7s pounds las,
December.
Tn. largest precious stone In the
worlds history recently MAS discover
ed In Burma, according TO cable
from Bombay. II is sapphire and
weighs 200 earnis. or more than
five pounds svoir,iuPoiS. The dis
eovery Of ih. secoiId largest precious
stone. kept secret sine. 1917. was AN