The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-01-02
5 AND MINING

uOildTS ~ lul iii'ii 'N |
~ coinage, says the boston
breau.
announcement has just been
ht the SpD-ton Smelter in Ma
fy, Nevada, is To resume oper-
rly next spring.
prices during the past week
decided Improvement, ac-
o quotations made by the En-
and Mining Journal.
ION the old 2OO0-foot level OF
rio Silver mine. in the Park
rict, will be resumed as soon
evel has been unwatered.
October, Sl2,269.619 in silver
ported, over 30 per cent of
las shipped to China and So
WAS imported in silver, the
which came from Mexico.
Queen Mining company Of
Il Bisbee, AriZ., have directed
b to what the company consid-
cord in the operation of a big
whole year without a fatal ac-
Exports show a large increase
October and although imports
bped, the balance is greatly in
the exports, amounting to an
If 1881 800, according to the
Of mines.
rice of platinum has reached
hest point ever known. New
alers recently quoted $3.50 to
Ounce for the soft metal, $3.50
containing . per cent iridium
= B for that containing III per
1ium.
strike has been made on the
level in the Jinksville drift
ka, Nevada, and promises to
|bf the best yet made. Assays
Is new find run 362 ounces sill
per cent lead, with about $6
in gold.
cal conditions favorable to
of extensive ore deposits are
Encountered in the development
Ehich is being prosecuted at
perty of the PocahOntaS Min
mpany. in BOxelder county
few miles south of Lucin.
wing the change in the manner
Eating the upper levels of the
hial Eureka mine it may be pos.
arrange for some kind of q
= agreement which will permit
r. e extensive development of the
n end of the old Eureka Hill
N, it is announced.
n coal production for 1919 vii
but 6OO, 900 tons below the pro
- for 1918, but will run abou
ID tons higher than the record foI
I&nviest previous year, 1917, &C
II to estimates furnished by thu
tfial commission of Utah through
he inspection department.
e#Bullshead Mining & Smelling
any, whose property is situate
Tobar, Nevada. completed
kfive-ton blast furnace at it
IN the west side of Spruce noun
|n time for IA trial run before tn
rktorms and cold weather set il
I'm was highly successful.
orecent strike of ore on the 4Ot
|Gfel of the Spruce Monarch mine
Iobar, Nevada, is a strong ind
~ if it is not an altogether cor
~ proof, that the rich shoot c
eloped by the 100, 200 and 81
bf the mine and at grass roo,
to a great depth, it is al
$ arations have been complete
celebration, to be hel
&hmoth. Sunday and Monday. D.
- % and %, in commemorate
II semi-centennial of the discover
- in the Tintic mining distric
4rst mining location having bee
8sin December, 1869, just fifr
gago.
II team stages this winter wi
"a freight traffic between the en'
keel on the railroad the Unite
u government is building betwet
nd and Fairbanks. Alaska. lie
.130 miles separate the line bell
Skouth from Fairbanks. in the
n and the steel being laid up fro
nd, on the coast.
nkkas gold production in 10
"a third. according to statisti
utly published by the geologic
eS. The territory's mines yield
3N ounces of gold. worth S9,42
last year. California produc
- ounces valued at S16,1So, 4
colorado was second with 615,o
- worth S12,124.T0o.
FL shipments for the past we
a|<the Tintic Standard decreas
n343 carloads for the week of l
Ill l. TO total of 10 for I
Week \ shortage of coal at :,
Properties has been one of I
orr, with a car shortage and b
y which have operated To decres
volume of shipping from this d