The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-16
ROUND THE MINES

10 the ton. were Snippcu recehsV
the Jih mine at Basiu. Mont.
Claim jumping has been revived In
e mineral districts contiguous To
ELENA with the Increased mining ac-
Sities.
IL is estimated thst the copper sales
November and December amounted
o25 900 pounds. which is the big
est record made since 1918.
Steady Improvement In ore reserves
nd mine conditions throughout the
hack Metals property in the Jack
Rabbit district, In Nevada. is reported.
Production of petroleum in the Unit
hd States in 1919 was approximately
q ,76. 100000 barrels, an increase of 3D.
po. 90 barrels over the production IN
b9ls.
M Production of carnotite ores In con-
sinuing steadily In the Moab district.
hin Utah. Oarnotite ore. with a or
M Der cent vaaadium oxide, is worth
NJ from 80 to 60 cents per pound.
II All of the mines in the Comet dis /,
IA ,rict, fifteen miles west Of Phoebe, |
NJ New. are now being developed In spite |
N of cold weather and some interesting |
n disclosures Of ore have been made
n lately.
Conditions at the Price Mining COM
pany's property In Big Cottonwood are
improving and In the face of the tun-
mel is appearing blotches of sulphlde
carrying high values in lesd, silver
aud zinc.
81 The United States geological survey
H gives the total production of bitumin-
"a Gus coal in the United States in 1919 as
I 45S.OoOO 900 TONS This is the smallest
Nj bitumnous output, the survey notes, in
81 any year since 1913.
al Andrew z. Nayberry, formerly SUI
81 perntendent of the Centennial Eureka
mine in the Tintic district, will act
n in an advisory capacity to the North
"a standard Mining company, according
a 70 an announcement made last week.
As work progresses at the Cardin
~ mine in Big Cottonwood the ore de-
'N post already developed there is grow
# ing much larger and it is declared that
at present there is more ore in sight
|N than at any time In the history of the
M mine.
81 The Natinum market during the first
n quarter of 1919 was easier than in
n 1918, owing to the facts that the gov
n ornamental restriction on the use OF
platinum had been removed and that
the government was disposing OF Its
surplus stocks.
rich vein, specimen assays from
which give u valuation OF ssh TO the
ton. was struck recently by Walter V
VI Martin and II. p. Adams on their prop
H erty, two miles from Warren, Idaho
n on Washington creek, tributary ts
MI Warren creek.
NJ According to well authenticated re
NJ ports from the Willow creek district
III in Nevada, there seems no reason U
doubt that silver discoveries or un
usual Importance have been made be
\ tween the gold camps of Willow Greer
and Irwin canyon.
Eight commercial coal mines Il
sheridan county. Wyoming, owned b
six different companies, have been sol
to the Peabody syndicate OF Chlcag
capitalists for $7,OOO,OOO. This is Dc
lieyed to be the largest single transat
ton ever recorded in any bituminou
! coal field in the United States.
During the past week the telephon
company completed the construction
a new line into the North Tintic di
a trict. installing phone at the propert
N of the Tiutic Paymaster company In
is central point for most of the wor
II now in progress in that section and
n great convenience for the miners.
II Domestic copper consumers are a
VI lively and urgently in the market.
the past few days, according to II
Boston News Bureau, they have pu
chased copper as far ahead as ne,
June. and would make commitment
even for July and August If produce
were willing to accept such contract
The output of soft lead by mines
the Mississippi valley and easte
states in 1919 was about 217WO sho
II tons. and that of argentiferous lie;
VI by mines of the western states w
IA about 20S,0O0 tons, total or 42o,o
N tons. compared to 267 ,1S4 tons al
N 314,47O tons, respectively, total
n .jSl, 654 tons in 1913.
The average price of lead at NJ
u York in 1918 was 5S cents pour
n as compared with an average value
II cents in 1918. At the beginni
M Of 1919 lead was quoted at $40 cen
IA but it went slightly below 8 cents
April and May, after which 1t stead
climbed until the close Of the ye
% when it was quoted at about 10 cen
M From central Idaho comes anotf
VI report of the recent finding OF mt
M .lost mines" They are declared to
IN in the same locality where the Jens
brothers are said to have relocated
Nh mine that was worked years age. a
i$ which had been lost to the world
4@ over twenty-five years. The recent Il
was made by prospector and trap