The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-11-12
The MINES

cliffs structure and In the district -
accent 70 Escalante. Utah. are excrs
ent
Now that the court has rendered In
verdict In favor Of the Utah-Apex Mn
pg company against Utah ConsOlidat-
I'd. the next step In the litigation =
the determining Of damages due.
Everywhere in the west where gold
u being. or has been produced, the de-
to have congress do sons
thing that will aid the gold-mining
cause Is daily becoming more apparent
TIE cable on the ore tramway Of the
Rochester mill broke last week. and In
dropping the ore buckets did consider
able damage to the equipment. suf-
acient to cause the temporary shutting
down Of the mill.
John n. Hayes. treasurer Of the
Utah Copper company. for more than
10 years prominently Identified with
mining and Industrial affairs In Utah,
is planning to retire from business By
the first Of the year.
Shipments Of ore from The Tintie
Standard mine at Eureka during Octo-
Der. totaling $50 carloads. averaging
in weight from so to IS tons, brought
the net profit OF the company up to
approximately 100000 for the month
The new concentration mill Of the
Golden Glow mine. near HALEY, Idaho.
was started and Ii working most sue.
cessfully. 1t Is the intention Of the
Golden Glow operators to run this mill
all winter, unless the heavy snow
causes shutdown.
The new Cat Greek field, about %
miles out Of Winnett, Is the most inn
portant oil discovery during the year.
OIL tests SIS gravity, making 1t the
richest crude oil produced In this coun-
try, probably in the world, says the
Boston News Bureau.
Con. Virginia during the past week
| extracted large tonnage Of ore from
| the various Levels, the official reports
showing S14 tons broken inside various
slopes and working points Of q gross
value in excess Of $4,000, says the
Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle.
Indications that the phenomenally
rich ore bodies formerly 20 produc-
tive in the mines situated near Love
lock, New, and now owned BY the
Pershing County Mines company, per-
slst to depth, are being encountered a.
development work proceeds.
On the first Of the current month
the United Verde Extension Mining
company had, according to the Boston
Views Bureau, $1O89, 442 in cash and
81, 948,5S1 In Liberty bonds, total Of
$4,O16,614. In addition. the company
had 27,014,614 pounds of copper on
hand.
/ With 2OOOO,OOO tons Of ore available
. for shipping; with IS miles Of richly
, mineralized zone to be developed; with
an excess Of $4,000 feet Of underground
work actually finished In the district.
Contact, little known town In ElkO
county, seems destined to be a second
Ely within two years, says the Elko
Free Press.
The difficulties burdening the gold
mining industry has led the Yukon
Mining company to Malay, where II
has under development and nearing
production a large tin deposit. 1t also
has in Alaska an important silver-ead
deposit. Both of these acquisitions
are expected to be on regular pro
ducti0n basis during the coming year
q The drift being driven from the 40
foot level of the Holly shaft has brok
en- through into the Williamsburg drift
says a Eureka. New, dispatch. Tn
8 work of laying track to the Bullwhack
4 er from the new connection Is now 80
ing forward. This connects the Bull
s whacker workings with the 500 leve
: Of the Holly.
During the year 1919 prOd1cln
. mines In Arizona decreased to tots
of 339, as compared with total Q
!. 469 for the year preceding. Ore PR
y duction for 1919 tStaled 1927, 40
!" tons, as compared with total Of 10
= OBS, 4S6 tons for 1919. Total values 9
~ ores mined for 1918 was Sill, 157 81:
!, versus 500, 134,4SO.
!. Over 200 feet Of drifting did ne
:. disclose any ore to the early-day mil
!. ers on the Jersey claim in the Arab
district in Nevada. After cleaning O,
the old workings and making accurat
20 survey the Pershing County Mines COZ
ae pany extended the drift only FIVE fe'
- when 20 inches Of high-grade silve
az lead ore was encountered.
- The coal mines Of Utah are workir
- only about two-thirds time on accouI
- of shortage Of cars, according to .
= investigation which has just been col
y. pleted by Senator w. HI. King. Sc
~ ator King has been carrying on his
!. vestisations for some time and sa
~ that conditions were better than tn
"a had been, but were not yet satisfa
- tory.
On The properties of the Denn-Arlzol
be Mining company, operating in the Bl
nj bee, Arizona, district, shut down 81
he urday night and laid off approximat