The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-03-26
AROUND THE MINES

The Tintic Standard. Eureka. ttan.
and the Daily Mining company. PARK
City. have each declared a ten cent
dividend.
An examination for mine foremen
and fire bosses in the coal mines OF
Utah will be held at Price. April n.
~ and -.
Sale OF the celebrated Pittsbur9.
Liberty mine at Masonic. Nevada, 70
A. G. Cook. and eastern associates.
4 for a consideration place at <S2.5O0.
Is announced.
Fire destroyed the shaft house, the
ore house and compressor room of tie
Isabella Mines company ON Bluhill,
near Cripple Greek. The loss Is esti-
mated at 100000.
The total loss to the government a.
a result OF the sui,>efne courts deci-
sion that stock dividends are not tax
able will not exceed s25.0o0.O0O. In
the opinion Of most treasury reports. |
Several mining properties. in the
hills near Payson, Utah, on which
WORK has progressed without inter-
ruption during the winter months are
now making excellent mineral show
ings.
Ore from the old Montezuma mine.
west of GOldfield, exhibited i'm Tono-
pah, caused considerable excitement
The samples in large chunks carried
lead, silver and copper with the values
running over $1,000 for picked spec
i linens.
Profitable interchanging of ideas
between the many mining operators In
attendance was onc of the outstanding
features of the University Of 1daho's
postgraduate course at Moscow. Ida
no, on the flOtation process which has
just been brought to close.
The shaft of the Cornucopia Divide
on the Silver Bow road, three miles
from TOnopah, is down $50 feet in
very strong breccia and andesite,
which causes the manager to believe
that by sinking another 90 feet con-
.ditions will be ripe for prosecuting.
Due to an extreme shortage of sup
plies Of low-grade rock, users OF phos'
phate have been forced to purchase
high-grade phosphate rock for domes
tic purposes, according to the BOstOr
News bureau. The high-grade mater
ial ordinarily figures only in expor
trade.
The plight Of the gold mining indus
try it's cause, and the remedy, hav
been the subject of much discussion
in the past few years, but the result
of all the conferences and debate
have not furnished any effectiv
means to relieve the gold mines froI
their difficulties.
bill, which has as its purpose tn
relief of the gold and silver mimi
industries. by the exemption of sue
mines from the income and e,
cess profits tax as produce thOs
metals has been introduced by Col
gresham Charles II. Evans of Nevad
in the house of representatives.
Whether the 25 per cent increas
in the coal miners wages is accepte
in accordance with the majority r
port of President Wilson's commissit
of three or not, the coal consumers
the country are likely to bear the a
-ditional cost next year, according
opinions in well-informed circles.
Gratifying results are attending L
campaign of development at the Ma
driver mine in the Park City distri
according to reports issued at the
cal offices Particularly encourage
has been the development on the q
foot level in the drift from the Du
yon crosscut along the north dippi
fissure.
Work at the Rye Patch mine ne
LovelOck, Nevada, at present consi!
of following promising stringers
ore. The ore has made in veins FRI
one to eight inches wide and fr,
one to three veins showing in the fl
every shift. Some of the samp
have assayed in value from $500
$1,000 per ton.
With 1900 delegates, some of VIII
will come from the farthest points
the globe, q program which will
clude some of the nations promin
Industrial leaders, mine operators {
metalurgical authorities and typi
Seattle welcome, the Internatio
Mining convention which will be h
In Seattle April Z to 10 inclus
promises to be gathering Of unus
interest and profit to those who
tend.
The Black Metals Mining comp
at Phoebe, New, has struck a tn
foot ledge of high-grade carbonate
In the east stope adjacent. to the
foot level. A raise run by the
timers had narrowly missed this
which lies along the north and sc
break, and the face of the raise
but few feet away from the
when they quit.
The American consul at Chungk