The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-08-27
AROUND THE MINES

Denver. Colo. September .. 10 and IL.
Water in the Wine from the 300
level OF the main shaft In the Emma
mine has nearly been pumped out and
operations will be resumed soon.
After having been closed down dur
ing the entire month Of July. develop
ment work has been resumed out as
the property of the Eureka Bullion
Mining company in the eastern end Of
the Tintic district.
Development work Is going ahead in
u most satisfactory manner out at the
property of the Tlntic Paymaster CON-
pany in North Tintic. aud there have
been no delays whatever in the work
during the past few weeks.
Great activity, according to reports
brought to Elko by recent arrivals, Is
being shown in the Rawhide district,
the once famous boom camp of Ne
vada. The regeneration of Rawhlde
Is due TO the price of silver.
Gross yields from the mines Of
White Pine county, New, for the
three months ending July 81 amounted
TO $4,000 tons of ore of total value
Of s., 663.576.22, according to the quar-
terly mining proceeds report.
Exploration work being conducted
at the Emerald mine, adjoining the
Mammoth, the Centennial-Eurek and
the Grand Central properties in the
| Tintlc district, is meeting with most
encouraging conditions, according to
officials of the mine.
| For quarter ended June 30, 1920,
Chino Copper reports net operating in
cUme of S330,152. equivalent to 81
!, cents a share, against SS03,I26, or %
cents share, in preceding quarter,
and S370,415, or AZ cents share, in
corresponding quarter in 1919.
| Probably the most valuable oil well
In the United States Is that of the
Texas company at West Columbia,
fifty-five miles southwest of Houston.
Its output has been worth more money
in given time than any other well in
the history of the petroleum industry.
Reports covering operations of the
Rochester Silver corporation for the
first half of the year show an excess
of current assets over liabilities
amounting to S269,991. 10, nearly all Of
which is in the form of cash in bank,
bullion on hand or in transit and in
supplies on hand.
Details of the compromise agree
ment between Anaconda and the w.
A. Clark interests whereby Anaconda
gives to the latter a portion of the
Emily vein under the surface of the
! Pilot-Butte claim have not been dis
closed, but it is known to be a notable
victory for the Clark interests.
The American copper market con.
.tinues colorless affair. There Is
really no demand for copper in vol.
ume, according to the Boston News
Bureau. Large producers hold to 10
cents per pound in one breath, yet In
the next they intimate they are will
ing to sell metal under that figure.
Development work out at the prop
erty of the Iron King company of East
Tintic, according to latest reports, Is
progressing In most satisfactory
manner, and although no important
changes have taken place, neverthe-
less things are looking most encour-
aging, especially in the northeast drift
on the 1900 level.
Silver stocks at the mines Of Cobalt
are increasing, says the Mining and
Scientific Press. A total of about
100000 ounces Of bullion Is stored In
the local vaults. Using cars with
capacity of thirty tons each, four such
carloads of refined silver are being
held pending higher prices. The Nipis-
sing alone has nearly two carloads.
The United States bureau Of mines,
working in conjunction with the Mid.
west Refining company, is, according
to the Casper (Wyo.) Daily Tribune.
about ready to cement No. Of the
Elkhorn Oil company on section 4-33.
10, Big Muddy field. This well was
the big dividend payer of the Elk
horn company and went to water last
fall.
Il. G. Hurd Of Carlin, New, man.
ager of the Tri-O-Lite company of that
town. has brought several samples Of
Nevada kieselguhr to Elko. He states
that his company has just completed u
; $15,OOO mill, which will begin opera.
tons this month. Large deposits Of
kieselguhr have been found near Car
lin and Lovelecks and 1t is of high
quality for Observation-Disclosures.
That the Cripple Creek gold camp
. Will come out Of its doldrums this fall,
when the labor situation is expected
to ease up considerably, is the opinion
of George NJ. Taylor, manager of the
Portland Gold Mining company. ac-
) cording to the Rocky Mountain News.
The present low condition Of the gold
mining camps is entirely product Of
: the labor situation, according to ex-
perts.
The production Of metals in the