The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-07-16
MINES AND MINING]

oi Tcduy Tor sale stands to-
Jay at over 100000, 600 pounds.
Inc Carrara Mai lie Co. owning 4.
quarry In southern Nye county. after
zen years of development and effort
70 create market. is shipping two
'arioads OF finished tile product daily.
Deiays In receiving material ordered
% sun holding back the completion
OF surface improvements now nar,,v
Ilhished at the Eureka Holly mine at
EUREKA New, and also prevents
more extended development campaign
underground.
Goldfield Deep Mines company is
rapidly completing arrangements for
commencement Of work on its 5000
foot Blue Bull shaft. All the equip,
ment needed for the work is available.
with approximately $4,000 set aside
as working fund.
directors of the Chief Consolidated
Mining company have declared divi.
uehd OF ~ cents per share, payable
august z. This payment, the second
quarterly for the year 1920, a total of
soo.423.2O, will bring the total dividend
disbursement of the company up to a
total of $1,7s3, O94.47.
Yellow Pine Mining company stock.
holders are receiving dividend checks
1or the fifty-eighth disbursement made
Dy the company. The dividend Is for
8 cents per share, amounting to $780,
ooo, bringing the total payments made
SO far this year to 100000.
In contrast to what has been the
trend OF metal prices for the past few
weeks, prices quoted by the Engineer.
Ing and Mining Journal for the week
ending June 80 show some slight i'm.
provement. Advances were made dur
ing the week by all three metals.
Officials of the United States mine,
situated at Bingham, Utah, have de.
cided upon the policy of allowing the
surface workings of this property to
be worked by lessees. In the early
days these workings produced large
amounts of good ore, it is said.
The favorable indications Of a near.
by ore body, that have been apparent
In the face of the Mabel l.. Tunnel Of
the Eureka Climax property at Eu-
reka, Nevada, for the past two weeks,
have resulted in the discovery Of q
fine body of ore in the Dead Broke
claim
Tn hn o.
drift on the 400 level, the ore con-
tinues to show in strong position, with
an average width of seven feet, and
of exceptional value. The high gold
contents are persistent in all of the
material extracted. which Is now CON-
ing from five different localities.
After passing through fifty or sew
enty-five feet of a peculiar red mud.
Of the Elko Prince broke into what
perhaps may prove to be one Of the
best ore bodies yet found In the mine-
With the opening up Of the new ore
body a big flow of water was encoun-
tered.
Tin mining In Cornwall is facing .
crisis. Two Of the largest companies,
Granville and Dolcoath. are reported
to have given provisional notice to
1000 Of their employees that opera
tons will be suspended Immediately,
unless definite promise of assistance
from the government be forthcoming,
or until the market and operating con-
ditions alter materially
Park City ore shipments for the six
months ended June 80, as compared
with corresponding period of last
year, show an increase of nearly TO-
600 tons of ore In spite of the pre-
yailing labor shortage and the scar
city of cars which has existed sew
eral times during the past six months
n total of 5000 tons of ore versus
35.36S tons for the first six months
of last year was shipped.
Despite labor and car shortages,
which have curtailed the production
| to a considerable extent OF all ttah
properties, the mines Of the Tintic
district during the last six months
held up in an excellent manner. Dur
ing the last six months ending June
30, 1920, n total of 1901 carloads OF
ore was shipped. as against total OF
3632 carloads for corresponding per
iod of last year.
Manganese ore assaying 40 per cen'
has been produced from the Three
Kids property near Las Vegns, New
The method Of mining the ore oooy
is simple. An overburden from 10
- feet thick. which directly overiies
the deposit, is broken up and removed
Iby horse scrapers- the ore IS theh
mined by the open-pit method. Inc
deposit is drilled frem the top, ana
with each round Of blasts great
ouantity Of ore is broken down
Development Of the many proinisins
showings along the extensive ven
system upon which are located .he
| rY.1,y tho pnpa- ShpnOn ana the