The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-10-15
MINES AND MINING

property near the swallow ranch AT
shoshone. New.
A distance Of approximately 90 feet
on the strike of the fissure lies be-
tween the face OF the Howell mine
lower tunnel and the known ore shoots
that are the objective Of the adlt.
Highly encouraging reports continue
TO come from the pinion Queen prop
eriy of East Tintic. where the main
working shaft has reached the lime
formation at a depth OF n little over
500 feet.
Five cars of good shipping grade
lead silver ore mined during develop
meni work ARE on the dump at the
Union Chief mine Ia the Saniaauin
district. awaiting shipment 10 the
snelter.
IL is reported from New York that
the "Tonopah Mining company of Ne
Nada has definitely abandoned It's Blue
river dredging operations near Rreck-
enridge. Cole. according To western
advices.'"
| The preliminary draft OF the OF.
nciai call for the t~enty.third annual
| convention of the American Mining
congress has been submitted 10 the
directors for consideration and early
release TO the public
A change in the mining laws of the
United states 50 that assessment work
can be performed between July and
\
the last day Of June Of the following
year Is advocated by senator Charles
Ii. Henderson OF Nevada.
| Increases In shipments OF ore re.
ported from Idaho. Nevada and Utah,
the principal zine producers. indicate
that production OF zine may be greater
| Ia 1920 than II was In 1919. when less
Than one-half Of the 1918 output was
| mined
| 'aiifornia's average annual gold
production for the decade previous 10
| 1917 WAS S2o.Ooooe-25 To 20 per
cent OF the output OF the entire United
States. This dropped To SIT .a.35. ino Il
| 1919. and the outlook for 1870 l. mos,
discournging Production will be
ahpuA Tfhthp,trt.
Unless AN el"Venth.hour Interruption
occurs, the new zine oxide plant of the
| American Zine. Isnd x smelling com
pany will begin operations early next
month. This manufacturing unit is
located NJ Columbus ohio. and has
| facilities OF the most modern tyne for
the production of lead free zine oxide
IL Is not generally known that there
Is pince In the northeastern part Of
Humboldt county near IN. Nevada.
oregon line. called vicksburg. named
after the famous Mississippi city. IL
Is situated In canyon ~ the extreme
north end OF the Pine Forest range
OF mountains aud not far from the
Ashdown mine
Among the new developments Of The
past two weeks nj the chief Consoll-
dated. Tiniic district. was the opening
OF another bunch uf ore out IN the new
zone 10 the east of the mines big
Slopes. Some months ago the com
pany cut this new zone and opened
some small lunches Of ore which was
not OF shipping grade
4 steady output of ore Is being
mined from the runaca group ~
claims controlled by the Combined
Metals company. the principal ton.
age coming from the 4ao-foot level.
NJ stopping II being done. the present
production being taken out In the min.
Ing Development work undertaken 10
prove up the ever increasing ore re.
serves
large shoot Of siiver.lead ore has
been opened ~ 10 ,h. Eureka Hamil.
ton mine. according 10 Thomas J.
Lynch. seereinry-tr.asurer 81 the com
pany. who saws: 1T l. one Of the big
ge>t shoots ~ ore | have seen. and
hink have seen some Of the largest
u Nevada We have = bod, Of ore
rom nine IN sixteen feet wide and
ou can walk Oh II for more than 40
ee,."
Figures furnished by the United
States Geoioglcai Survey show that
tiah's total silver production for 1919
Was ! $40 isll ounces and that Tin.
ties share of this va. So FL ounces.
other counties Ia the state which pro
duccd better than a million ounces az
silver each were Salt Lake summit
and Utah. and the silver from th. last
named county. amounting To .gEs .asi
ounces. really came from the Ttntic
district. having been produced by the
Tlnric Standard aud other properties.
vigorous pl@a for the relief ~ the
gold mining industr, tar, h.en entered
by Fletcher Hamilton state miner.
alngtS' ~ California The problem ~
stimulating ~" g"ld Industry In the |
s.-Si - anal,zs by MF Hamilton and /
r'.s SONS advanced for ~. support ~
The McFHdsl'-r hiil introduced At tn. 4
last session ~ congress Pm, id{ng thu, |
All excise tax ~ xl0 per ounce he 4
placed UPON manufactured gold in or /
der thai IL. gold producer NAV re- /
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