The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-11-26
AROUND THE MINES


twenty feet Of the great Buckhou ~.
sure. the first big objective.
News comes from the Bullion min.
at Goodsprings. New. that the coma.
tons are steadily improving, with n.
mine looking better than at any IL.
for months.
The Consolidated Illipah oil wen Ia.
struck stream Of water at a de.-th ~
40 feet. which by the manager, .nt 4.
considered an excellent indicatie3 saw.
the Ely, New, Times.
1t is reported that 2O0foSt tunp.,
has just been completed in the Sum.
init mine on Alder creek. In Idaho
and that a fine face Of and 10 nos.
cent copper ore has been struck.
After n shutdown Of more than two
months, waiting for new drilling tools
and other machinery, operations have
been resumed at the Virgin Dome ON
company's well near st. George, Utaa
At the Little May, in East Tirte.
the shaft has reached a depth Of 100
feet and the entire bottom is in low.
grade ore, through which runs q
stringer of exceptionally high grade
copper-silver ore.
From recent discoveries made on the
property of the Western Union Mining
company, according to the Wallace.
Idaho, Press-Times, the work during
the past year has been within few
feet Of chute Of ore carrying good
commercial values.
The new vein recently found on the
165-foot level of the TOnOpah Divide
mine is stated by insiders to be one
Of the most important discoveries in
the annals Of the property. Assays
are stated to ranye from 500 to $40
per ton in silver and gold.
At the offices Of the Keystone and
Ontario mines VI Park City, Utah, dis
trict, it was stated last week that the
new mill OF the former property was
now entirely under cover and was
ready for the machinery which will be
installed as rapidly as possible
At the Deep Greek Mines, Goldfeld.
sinking Of the shaft is being rushed
, with three shifts, with the men paid
Sc 50 per day. The work Is advanc-
ing so rapidly that the management
expects to be able to shortly place the
, massive Merger hoist in commission.
: Twenty mines in Eslneralda county.
!, New, produced last year 2S,4S3 short
tons Of ore, from which there was ex-
tracted 3S,O99.13 ounces gold, 292,92S
n ounces silver, 12S,27S pounds copper
e and 1924 pounds lead the total value
e Of the four metals being $1,143,721.
: The Utah Mining and Metallurgical
e society Of the University Of Utah was
IS organized last week. The society Will
5. petition the American institute of min
; ing and metallurgical engineers the
national technical association OF min
ing men, for affiliation as a student
chapter.
1t is reported that in the Emerald
% Mining company property, Tintic dis
trict, in the main drift to the east,
N which is being run on the 1OO0foot
+ level, the face of which is about 35O
feet from the shaft, the last few
TX rounds Of shots had brought highly
Oh pleasing results.
ie The gradual drop Of prices of min
NJ Ing supplies, coupled with steady I'M
III pruvement in the labor situation, mas
n BEEN heartily welcomed by GoldfielC
Ell operators, as high material costs anC
On shortage Of labor have been the prin
sh ctlal causes initiating against rehaDl's
is talion of this famous district
Shand Smith, general manager o.
the Little Cottonwood Transportation
IG company's railroad, announced las
week that he had closed down the lint
OK for the season. This action has peer
taken by reason of the unexpectedi'
ry early advent Of winter in that reglol
Ia covered by the portion OF the roao
ny An attempt will be made to peace
nu ably settle differences between miner
a" and the Minerals Separation Nort
ns American corporation, holder OF pa
" ents covering the flotation process
" ore separation, 1t was decided at
~ session OF the IWen'y-tlliIu SohNN
'-o of the American Mining congress
=, Denver.
t,v The Copper Range company has III
I'D yet arrived at any decision on III
question of reducing wages at its pro-
cries. The announcement by the CAV
met 4 Hecla of a Is per cent redu
Tea tor in wages at both its own al
nt. subsidiary mines is The first step
on this direction taken by any OF the ha'
Ia Superior producers, says the bos'0
hat News Bureau.
the An examination Of the available AZ
is in most instances official, sources
the information for the principal coai I'M
lea ing countries shows that the iais'
,m- production per man during any !e'
cen was 1874 short tons, the average p
yo. duction for each underground - -
ployee in the coal mines of the oh'''
States during 1918.
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