The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-12-24
MINES AND MINING

Supplies for the construction Of
pipe line from the Cat creek oil fields
10 Winnett. Mont. have been ordered
for delivery. and construction Is ex.
pected To start Immediately.
Figures which are now available In
dictate that for the year laau the Chief
Consolidated mine. Tintic district. will
exceed the wonderful record which II
made during f9le In the matter OF the
production OF silver.
Arrangements have been made for
the immediate construction OF u power
line 10 the property III the Eureka
Standard company. where some deyei-
opment work Is now under way. says
the Eureka. Utah. Reporter.
Increase of the capitalization Of the
Prince Consolidated Mining 4 smelling
company WAS approved unanimously
al the stockholders special meeting
herd December Il, nj which n total Of
$4,000 shares out of i.uoO.000 was rep
resented.
The Con. Virginia Mining Co, re-
ports n largely Increased ore producs
ton for the past week. the mill ship
ments including Ti2 tons averaging
x2l-34 per ton. and having gross
value In excess az $i5,0O0, says the
Virginia tNev,) Chronicle.
The most valuable Of the Industrial
metals in the world today are those
comprising what Ii known as the plati-
mum group. These metals. all Of which
are allied with platinum In their chcmi.
cal and physical properties, are associ-
ated principally In Russia aud In the
republic Of Colombia.
Mine and mine operators of the Gold
Hiii district. al the end of u three-day
conference signed up new wage
agreement. according To the Virginia
City, New, Chronicle. According In
this agreement miners are TO received
$40 per day. muckers S5,25 aud pump
men aud cage men $3.50,
Several bills designed TO relieve min
Ing claim operators OF the necessity
of doing assessment work for laau
have been consolidated into one by
l
stead OF eliminating assessment work
entirely, the new bin would grant Il
six months extension of time.
The yellow Pine mine was closed
down last week for mn indefinite period
according to persons arriving from
Goodsprings, New. For years the Vel
low Pine has been great producer
OF zinc.iead ores. probably the largest
In the state. and was the big mine
In all classes. ~ Clark county.
A remarkable deposit OF salt exists
about seventy miles south of Mount
Irish In Nevada. II IL reported To be
about five miles ia length ana Gs
feet IN height. The body Of salt ls oi
unknown depth. II Is chemically pure
aud crystalline. and does not deliaueses
on exposure Ia the atmosphere.
Directors of the Tiniic Standar,
Mining company have declared n 10
cent regular and iD-ceni special disi
dend. making total payment la al
of 20 cents per share. Payment o
this dividend VIII make The gran,
total OF disbursements by III. Tlnti'
Standard Mining company Si,i29tss2.
The Leonard mine. one of the lnrg
est copper producers "f Anaconda, sus
pended operations December II. rem
derina 4Oo men idle. The propert!
was hoistlng 1000 tons daily and sns
pension reduces production of Ana
conda approximately 10 10 per cent o
normal.
The strike made n week ago IN th'
United American mine ai onlman hn'
: caused renewed interest In that greni
gold camp, says The Needles Nugget
In drifting on the lower level the,
have encountered n shoot ~ ore which
!, assays several hundred dollars IN golt
per ton across two foot face. Wills
other samples have run AZ high a.
S22.op
Imports of diamonds Into The Iniie'
States during the fiscal year 1890 wcr'
nearly double those 81 the pr.Niou
year and NOR. than three times thu
1918 total. according to figures gives
by The National Bank of Commerce II
New York. III" value OF tile 1870 I'm
, ports was clos. Ia ssa as,UD. the hanl
shows IN the December Number Of IL
magazine,
Completion Of IA" oienalien mill q
Park cry. which has been constructs
at a cost Of ssDsp i announced b.
the officials Of the company Opera
lions of the tabl. concentration pan
have begun The foundations for t'a'
fiotation plant consisting Of fif'
Jones Belmont maehInes mr.. complei
ed. aud IL j. thought tbn, within thiri,
days this treatment al ore ran be be
gun In this department.
Cars loaded with ore. the value %
which range from $50 - $1,000 n car
are being steadily shinped from forty
awO.year-oid mine ihai the Guegsn
helms rnh point ia nH 10 tho source al
the vast wealth that u behind tbs
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