The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-08-27
MINES AND MINING

The mines of the Tonopah district,
which produced gold valued at 81 .2s7..
145 In 1913, were producing consider.
ably less in 1919 and In the early part
Of 1870.
The production of metals In the
Black Hills district of South Dakota
In 1870 has been confined almost ex-
ciusively TO two mines. the Homestage
and Trojan.
deposit of radium. the most prec.
ious mineral ia existence. has been
discovered In the mountains near Java.
along the Great Northern railway east
OF kaIlspeli, Mont
Nevada produced li6.si6.44i pounds
of copper In 1913, but only about 81.
O6T 900 pounds In 1919. The shipments
of copper ore and bullion In the early
part Of 1870 have shown no Increase
What IL believed 10 be the most Inn
portant strike made In months la the
Simon silver-lead mine. located In the
Simon district of Mineral county. New.
was announced last week by the man
| agement.
| In 1913 the silver produced In Ne.
| vada amounted tn i6.0.D.uS3 ounce,
hut In 1918 IL decreased la lu.0D,.ss,
ounces, and In 1919 Ia about 10000
ounces. of which the Tonopah district
produced about s.'ss5,ooo ounces.
Shipments OF Gre from the mines OF
the Tlntic district for the week ending
August l3 totalled iaa carloads. MS
compared with $50 carloads for the
previous week. One carload of bullion
was shipped from the Tinsic mill.
The well OF the Illipah Petroleum
company. located In the northern sec
ton of Iliirah basin, In Nevada. has
struck heavy gas flow, with the we'll
down 800 feet. The gas was first en-
coantered al 2I5 feet and has steadily
increased in volume.
Iii gh-grate ore has been struck In
the Comstoek mine. situated la Amer.
can Fork canyon. The property Of the
Comstock Mining a Milling company,
consisting of eighteen claims. Is sltnat.
ed about fourteen miles from the town
of American Fork, Utah.
There was much active development
of mines in Nevada In the first part Of
. 1870, but no general increase la the
. shipments of ore, concentrates or bull
lion. according to v. &. Heikes of the
, United States geological survey, tie
partment of the interior.
: Motive power 10 operate the mill and
mining machinery Of the Leadsille
, Mines company. thirty-eighr miles
! north of Gerlneh, New, viii hereafter
be supplied by two semi-Dlesei en-
glnes. burning low gravity oil. replac'
! Ing tlle old distillate engine.
! Gratifying results from the drilling
operations of the West Penri OH *
Gas company near Goose creek. 10
: gether with remarkable geological for
nations, have caused the southern
I, portion of cassia county, Ida. Ia be
:, come the Mecca for oil men. geologisi'
and investors within the past twt
| weeks.
a The output Of lead In Nevada dc
4, crea sed from 23,1l6Iii pounds IN 1919
q to about i2,15s, ON pounds in 1918
n During the first five months Of i92s
> the Nevada United, al East Ely; tbs
h Consolidated Nevada Utah. Black Met
ais aud Virginia Louise at Phoebe. nne
\ the Spruce Monarch NJ Tobar, wer'
g making larger shipments.
o That the Cripple Greek gold cami
e Will come out of It's doldrums this fall
y when the labor situation Is expectes
: to ease up considerably, Is the opinioI
g If George ~ Taylor. manager Of TIN
Portland Gold Mining company, ae
: cording to The Rocky Mountain News
The present low condition ct the goi,
: mining camps is"entirely prodnct
:. the labor situation, according 10 ea
perts,
Articles of Incorporation have beef
" filed In the county clerks office +"
" Idaho county, Ida. by the Neal Goa
n, Mining company for the sum Of 500
o on. Some time ago deposit VII
found which the mienrs thought woui'
Al lead To an extensive coal vein. 50 ses
II .rnl geoioglsts were brought up froi
- the University Of Idaho AMI state
<. that indications were the best they ha'
- ever seen.
= Development Of the oil fields
some of the northern California eour
ties Ii assuming importance aud intel
est according Ia the American MINI
!. Reporter. About eleven miles West .
!. | williams. in colusa county. the A"ht
tain House Standard oil company
). drilling Il we'll on It's leased holding
:, of $3.50 acres IN that region. WIN
ha drilling is TO begin near Maryssnl'
il. Suffer county.
81 Figures complied by the Cni'e
he states geological survey. departmel
Is of the interior. from reports submit
ted by all zinc smelters which ope
Ms aied during the first six months
&C. 1890. show that the production of zin
D. | FRAN domestic ore In that period al