The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-10-29
MINES.AND MINING

RuIIion. He ore from the
,asna on ihihe near Jean, New. net,ed
iessees a sum of s125O ''eu
frouuction of the mines of tho r,..
uisirict last week decreased 70 80,
OF 10 carloads as compared with 90
output OF AZ carloads the nrav,on.
week. previous
A dividend of 10 cents nor s,.
mas been declared by the dlrecto,. 80
.ne onler Consolidated Mining com.
pany. Payment will be made Sonon,
Der /. >o'em-
Two hundred feet of WORK in ,,o
east drift from the Alta Tunnel ha.
Deeh contracted by the management,
ana the contractor is said to no mol,
Ing excellent progress. m
ore assaying 8 per cent copper ,h,r
teen ounces in silver and SO CONT
gold, has been opened on tho Sn;ro
tunnel level by the Silver King Con.
solidated at Park City, Utah.
exploration work at the Spccoss
mine, situated about four m;,es e.
uoiu HILL Utah, is meeting with con.
ditions which promise well for tho
future OF the property as a producer
An estimate of gold production Of
the United States based on the outnut
ior the first six months this year. in.
dicates production for 1920 will be
less than half the amount prodncad IN
1915. ~
according to word from officers
OF the North Standard Mining com.
pany of East Tintic, good proprass
is being made in sinking the shaft and
the general outlook of the propertv
is exceptionally good.
Guggenheim interests have ACQUIRED
group OF the mines in the province
OF lnquisivi, department of La paz Ro-
livia, and are now making elaborate
preparations for their development,
according to latest reports.
A five-foot vein sampling 500 to 500
per ton in gold has been uncovered
In the section of the Red Top mine
subleased from the Goldfield Develop
ment company, by the Silver Pick com.
pany, says Goldfield dispatch.
That iron and steel products can.
not compete abroad at this time as
a result of adverse exchange and
keen competition from British, Belgian
and German sources, was the opinion
expressed in expert circles lately.
High-graded streaks and punches of
ore have been making their appear
ance in tue face of the drift on the
lowest level of the Eureka Lily mine,
Tintic district, which has attained a
depth of 1900 feet vertically below
the surface.
During the last week the Tonopah
Belmont made a shipment of Al bars
of bullion weighing 1892 ounces, hav-
ing value of approximately $4,000,
and the West End shipment totaled "A
bars weighing 44,S0O ounces, of an
approximate value of $4,000
After being delayed for almost two
months through the inability to secure
sufficient casing. operations at the
well of the Crescent Eagle Oil Co..
now drilling mile from Crescent
station on the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad, have again commenced.
Metal prices for the week ending
October 13 as reported by the Engin-
eering and Mining Journal show fur
Their recessiOns. The average price of
wire bar copper dropped off to S16,S6
as compared with 1856 for the week
preceding. Spelter averaged SIS
against $742, and lead, S7.35 against
SAP.
The extensive naturalization en-
countered in the exploration of prop
critics in the Goodsping district In
southern Nevada is most impressive
indication of the large future of the
mining industry in the west and OF
the excellent opportunities for profit
afforded capital in the development OF
ore desposits.
A small mill has recently been IN
stalled at the Ruby Copper and Is
now running ten hours day. making
about 1000 pounds of concentrates
during the run. The crude ore going
through the mill runs from twenty TO
thirty ounces in silver and few dol
lars in gold to the ton, while the
go Al per cent copper.
Grading is now in progress for the
15O-ton fletation mill that Will con-
stitute the initial unit of the simon
company's reduction plant
to be enlarged in the spring, Is the
news that comes from Nina, New. A
large force of men is engaged in WORK
on the new road connecting the Siihoh
district with the shipping point al
Nina.
A dispatch from Washington says
the interior department officials par
those of the legal depart
ment. are awaiting with interest
protest from the state of Utah against