The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-10-15

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price 81 81 an ounce fixed In the Pite-
man act
Conditions nj the Howell mine. sifia-
afsd in the south fork of the Big Cot
tonwood canyon. adjoining the Cardifr
mine. are most favorable. according to
the management.
Coal mines Of Utah report to the
government geological survey that
they were handicapped for ears dur
ing the week ended September -.
Large profits that copper manu-
facturers are demanding ON their
products are doing much TO keep down
domestic consumption" says an OF
fetal of large copper company, ac-
cor,iing to the Boston News Bureau
Another well has been developed in
the Fossil field near Kemmerer. Wyo..
upon section %, which L. l.. Lvesey
has leased from the Arizona Wyoming
on company of Salt Lake City. This
well was brought in at a depth Of 10
feet.
The Ida May mine. which Is under
lease and bond to Arthur Murphy OF
Phoebe. is being developed with en-
couraging results Extension Of the
main incline shaft has resulted In the
opening up of additional stopping
ground.
Reports from Fallon, New. state
that the Fallon Oil & Gas company
has encountered another showing OF
petroleum at depth of approximately
1900 feet. The last of April. at
depth of $50 feet. the same company
reported a showing of oil.
James Doyle of Denver has filed
application with the state engineer OF
Utah for the use of ten second-feet OF
water from Evacuation creek. In Uin-
tab county, to be used in the treat
ment of oil shales and the production
of oil. ammonium sulphide and other
products.
Control of the petroleum industry In
Lower California has been secured by
the British government and Japan
dominates the same industry in the
state of Sonora, according to reports
4 printed i'm newspapers at Mexico City
q which combine official and unofficial
3 statements.
A carload of fifty tons Of rich ore
has been sacked at and hauled from
u the Eureka Prince mine at Eureka,
New This ore has been taken from
= the neighborhood Of the 15O-foot level
where exploration work Is being done
along and near the fissure that haa
j., been followed from the surface.
an Shale fields Of northeastern Utah
err will likely be one of the important
10 petroleum supply sources Of the Unit
rio ed States when the domestic oil pro
es- duction is insufficient to meet con
est sumption requirements, in the opinion
'es Of David White, chief geOlogist Of tn
VI United States geological survey.
:" In the month just closing Butte
superior produced In the neighbol
!, hood of 100000 pounds Of zinc an
= approximately 10000 ounces Of silvel
Output is still running below the rat
prevailing during the latter part
. last year, when the monthly averag
was over 100000 pounds Of zinc.
An important strike Of silver-leat
al cine ore has been made in the Wood
IN Creek Porphyry Mountain distric
%$ north Of Aspen, Colo. In the Varne
|S tunnel large bodies of ore have bee
M uncovered in the winze sunk from Il
S main tunnel level. 1t is claimed
. the miners that the ore body is ov
| thirty feet wide.
MI When the report of the Butte 4 5
# perior Mining company for the thr
#= months ended Thursday, September
S Is published, it will doubtedly she
III another operating loss. In the sc
w: ond quarter of this year, the net Q
Grating deficit was $4,000, due
lllI the slump in zinc prices and a low
A. market for silver.
81 The Esthonians have been using
ls'l1' mixed shale-coal fuel for some tin
, according to the Shale Review.
vestigations Of the possibilities Of
ing shale as fuel where coal and wo
are lacking have shown that the m
81 eral can be successfully used. In Z
%S place in Esthonia the shale Is Vi
- extensively for the manufacture
raph gas.
Hoes Oil lands on the San Rafael sw
in Emery county, Utah, are cove
by a government naval oil reserve
NIX tablished about 1912. The lands W
not surveyed until years after I
n date, and part Of them have not b
AJ surveyed even yet. Based on tn
facts, the United States governm
Is setting up claim to all the la
1 within the boundaries of the propO
naval reserve, on the ground that
are known to contain oil in CONNER
quantities, and were so known bel
the survey.
California's average annual ,
production for the decade previOu!
1917 was $4,000, OOO-25 to 80
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