The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-06-18
AROUND THE MINES

Grading for q spur from the Tono-
pah 4 Goldfield railroad tracks to the
Silver Pick has been completed and n
soon as the rails have been laid the
building of an ore bin will be started
a fact not generally known lis that
the camp Of Jarbridge. in northern
Elko county. has a mine which lase
year produced more gold than any
other mine in Nevada. 1t Is the EIkora-
The Holly has resumed shipping ore
from Eureka to the Salt Lake smell
tiers after lapse OF ten days. during
which time sufficient lumber arrived
to enable the installation of chutes 10
the mine.
The second well In the Newcastle.
Wyoming. field brought In the first oe
last week has an estimated production
Of 100 barrels. The well was only
drilled to the top Of the sand and was
shut down to await tankage.
Eleven fifty ton shipments have
recently been made by tine Eureka
Csoesus. Mt Eureka, Nevada, from the
new strike ON the 400 level. Smeiter
returns gave net of $2S.314.96 after
paying freight and treatment charges.
The influx Of mining prospect0rs
and fortune hunters into the new
Broken Hills mining camp In Churchill
county. 65 miles southeast Of Fallon
and 4S miles northwest Of Luning.
Nevada. il rapidly gaining momentum.
What is said to be the largest piece
Of radium In the west was purchased \
recently by .1S leading doctors at
Denver for $56,5O0. It II to be used
Ia surgical and medical treatment.
This particle of radium IL to weigh
one-half Of q gram.
q The oil industry, according to two
prominent Standard Oil men, A. q.
Bedford, chairman Of Standard OIL
company Of New Jersey. and Colonel
II. w. Stewart, chairman Of Standard
OH company of Indiana, Ii at the be-
ginning of a period Of unprecedented
exransion, says the Boston News
Bureau.
Bills designed to suspend further a.
sessments on mining properties In the
United States and Alaska were voted
down last week by the house mining
committee. The law requiring the
claimant to do $1CO worth OF work on
each project year was suspended
three years ago because Of the war
and labor shortage.
. A first-aid and mine-rescue contest,
/ which. in a way, will be international
!. in Its aspects, In that miners Of Can
ada and Mexico. as well as those Of
!, the United States, will be invited to
h participate, will be held in Denver,
3 Colo. September o, 10 and IL, under
n the auspices Of the bureau Of mines.
i department Of the interior.
r The thirty-ton smelter Of the Bulls
Is head Mining company in the Spruce
Mountain district of ElkO county.
J. Nevada, Is to resume treating silver
q lead ore from the Bullsbaad mine ana
e custom ore. A water-jacketed Furnaces
= is used and the fuel Is 60 per cent
= mountain mahogany, plentiful In the
= vicinity, and 40 per cent coke.
Anaconda Copper Mining company
. has opened what is regarded as q
!. large tonnage of high-grade ore. This
: body was uncovered below the 200.
= foot level in the course Of the sinking
! Of the Stewart shaft, the significant
I. feature of the development being the
:. grade Of ore at depth. indicating that
!, the ore bodies OF Butte are holding
|. their own with depth.
REIMBURSEMENT of the mining industry
\ to postwar conditions, encouragement
a Of return Of self-confidence among
- mining men, discussion of the Labor
n situation, In all industries, considers
n ton of national and state mining and
A. employers liability laws, are few Of
n the objects Of great national conven.
" ton called by the American Mining
congress in Denver, November 10 to
70 10, 1920.
,e For the second quarter Of 1920 the
lie Jackling porphyry companies have de
m clared dividends as follows: Utah Cop
K per, $3.50, same as Of late; Ray. "a
sr cents, same as three months ago, Al
e compared with 80 cents six months
r ago; Nevada. 20 cents, same as three
II months ago, compared with SIN cents
p six months ago; Chino, 37h cents
s. same as three months ago. compared
D. with IS cents six months ago.
Re The New York office of the AmerL
can Smelling and Refining company
In has advised the Salt Lake office Of
'e the company that the company Is work
IN ing out with the government the de-
tails through which the government
u will purchase silver as provided for
'r in the Pittman act, and that undoubt-
y eddy the price ultimately to be paid
3 will be 81 per ounce, less adjustment
y. for fineness, and less cost of delivery
y to mints designated by the govern
e ment, estimated at about five-tenths
= of l per cent per ounce; and that II
: will probably take the government
a some time to finally get the matter
" adjusted through the various depart
ments. M
- In the ODiniOn Of the men hest ac-