The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-09-24
AROUND THE MINES


Mems association will meet in con.
vacation at Denver. September -, %.
~ and October 1.
The kIeselguhr mill being built about
three miles east Of Carlin. New. on the
main line Of the Southern Pacific rail-
road. is nearing completion.
OH production In Texas for the quar-
ter ending June 30. 1870, was valued
ut $60,3l5.O9S. according to reports
made to the state comptroller.
The East Divide and Alto, In the
Divide district are to resume work
In q short time. according to the con-
sulting engineer for the companies.
Two Park City mining companies
declared regular quarterly dividends
last week. The DAILY West will pay
ascent per share dividend and the
Judge Mining 4 Smelling a 12H
dividend.
Unless demands for wage increase
of $3.50 day and for working agree
ment are granted. 5000 bituinlnous coal
sinners In the Colorado fields will walls
out at the end Of thirty days. it IL
announced.
According to GeOlOgist 'ihOmpsOn's
sampling q two-fo0t face In the east
drift In the Belmont vein Of the Broken
Hills Silver corporation assays $500
per ton clear across. says Reno cor
respondent.
Naturalization of an Important ma
ture has been found In the Baby Nc
Kee fissure in the lower udlt of the
Howell Mining cOmpany's property sit
uated adjacent to the Cardiff mine In
the south fork Of Big Cottonwood
canyon.
Operation Of retort plants for the
treatment of oil shale of the Sacra-
ment0 mountains soon Is ~ be real
ity, according to Il. w. Hartman, l~esi-
dent of the United States Producers
Refining company, which has installed
q plant at Santa Maria, Calf.
During the last ninety days the Sill
ger Coin. operating twent. three miles
to the southwest Of Goldfleld and three
miles from Railroad Springs, has COM
pletely equipped the mine and done
enough development work to satisfy
the management that the company has
Q bright future.
A public exchange, where any own
or Of mining or other investment Sc
curity or any prospective buyer may
sell or purchase stocks has been
opened at Salt Lake. No stocks on the
Salt Lake Stock and Mining exchange
will be called. Any person may take
his own bids and offers.
The Victory winze Is nearing the
6OO-point. where it Is planned to do
. large amount Of lateral work, says
the Goldfield Tribune. Depending on
the size and value Of the ore body
found, shaft may be raised to the
snsface as continuation Of the winze,
which is sunk at an angle of rs de-
grees.
he Bingham first MD team, made
UP Of men from the Highland Boy, the
Utah Copper, the Utah Apex and the
United States mine In that camp, tied
for first place with the team Of the
Knox County Coal Operators associa-
ton Of Indiana, in the contest for
perfection Of artificial respiration
work ut Denver.
The 75-horsepower hoist that the
Deep Mines will use while the 400 to
6OO-foot shaft Is being repaired Is in
place, buildings have been practically
finished and the concrete foundations
for the Merger head frame, which will
be used later instead of the small
frame. are being laid. according to the
Goldfield Tribune.
At the present tirle there are up.
wards Of eight to nine thousand tons
of concentrates ready to ship out over
the new tram at the Walker, in Plu.
mas county, California. These concen-
trates at the present price of copper
are worth from $50 to 500 per ton
gross. OF this value, from $40 to $1S
Is In gold and silver.
Reports made to the state railroad
commission by oil pipe line companies
showed that 7.SO8642 barrels of oil
were gathered by the pipe lines of Tex
a. during the month Of July. Stephens
county led In the gathered with 2,O07,
100 barrels. Wichita county was sec
Ond with 1925, 1921 barrels and Brazorio
county was a close third with 1,3O9. 3O7
barrels.
A great deal of important new worh
Is In progress on the Shasta copper
belt, Notwithstanding the somewhat
disappointing copper situation, says
the American Mine Reporter, but this
work reflects an optimistic view o.
the future Of the copper industry whel
present world uncertainties have be
gun to settle down and systematic re
construction sets in.
The aerial tramway at the Walker
Mining company's property in Pluma
county. California, delayed in con
srruction many months by inability I,
get prompt delivery Of equipment, ha
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