The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-03-12
AROUND THE Mines

Of prospectors seeking locations and
leases.
The Lone Mountain Divide company |
is planning q reduction plant. accord |
ing to Be~s coming from Tonopah. |
Nevada.
Advices from Carson City. Nevada,
are TO the effect that the Cowan-Za-
briskie zine is 10 be thoroughly ex-
plored At soce for development.
Records for shaft sinking al Phoebe,
New wiz undoubtedly be broken in
the sinking u The three compartment
shaft Ut the Prince Consolidated prop
erty.
High grade hematite iron ore is to
be shiuse1 from the Bessemer Con-
,oiidated Mining company property in
brunswick canyon, near Carson City,
Nevada
The West Arrowhead r. installing u
twenty-five horsepower mill with cam
plete equipment at its property. is
the news that comes from Tonopah.
Nevada
The Nevada Silver Shield property
in jefferson canyon, says a Tonopah
dispatch, has recently siade a new
strike n ore which runs between $500
and $1,000 ton.
Mining men from several western
states, Alaska and British Columbia,
are expected to attending the sessions
of the International Mining convention
to be held at Seattle, April to TO-
The Midwest Refining company and
the Ohio Oh company, the largest pro-
,lucers II the Wyoming oil field, have
announced increases in the price Of Oil
ranging frsm Is to 25 cents q barrel.
Utah's coal fields are among the
hest equipped in the world, according
10 an opinion expressed by c. Suzuki.
engineer ef Toxic, Japan, who has just
compaetea IN inspection Of mines in
Carb0A county.
Salt Lake mining men are to take
an active part in development Of a
grOuo e claims, the Iron Blossom, sit
uated IN the Arrowhead district, which
lies 100 miles west of Ely and seventy
miles east Of TOnOpah.
Deaplte the fact that It's boarding
hose and store of supplies were com.
pleteiy destroyed by fire only a short
time g. the Logger Mining company
operating in Big Cottonwood canyon
resumed operations last week.
Between $1O.OOOOOO and $15,OOO.OO(
in goaA coin probably will be shipped
this weak to South America, principal!
to Argentina. Total gold coin export:
10 SOstA america since the first of thu
year IL approximately $65,OOOO0O
Ore valued at SAT a ton has beer
recently encountered on the 2150 leve
of the Con Virginia, one Of the old
time mines Of the Virginia City, Ne
vada. district, which would indicat
that the mine is still valuable pro
posiisa.
With the return of a party Of Sal
Lake people from an inspection Of tn
Jib Mining company'S property q
Basin, Mont, 1t was announced tina
plans and specifications are under wa
for the construction Of a 6OO-ton mill
ing plant
There has been quite a rush int
the Wianet, Mont, section Of seeker
for 81 locations, and it is said tina
the supply Of lumber in that sectio
has been depleted as a result of tn
demand for building material. shack
being built on all the leases.
TAe Minnie Moore, once the great
est ef all lead-silver mines in tn
state, has once more achieved a stant
Ing In the mining world by the disco,
cry Of high-value vein In the Lar
claims. near Bellevue, in the Woo
river district in southern Idaho.
Renewed activity along the COmstoc
and Brunswick lOdes at Virginia Cit
will involve the exploration of impor
ant areas that have remained unpro
pected at depth during the long perio
of the districts productive life, accOrt
ing to the Nevada Mining Press.
The manager Of the Tintic Payma
ter Mines company, With extensiy
holdings in North Tintic, announce
that the last report showed the mil
ers to have crossed through ten fe,
of well mineralized vein matter at
distance Of $50 feet east of the shat
Several sulphur claims are being i
Gated ~ the Aleutian Islands, v0
canc string that stretches westwal
from Alaska towards Asia, accordir
to word received at Juneau. One su
phM daim is in the crater Of MOul
Makushin, volcanic peak which ris,
60OO feet on Undlaska island ar
which is entirely capped by perpetu
snow and ice.
A large deposit of alunite ore, 81
uated bst few miles from Mary
vale, Utah, will within the near futu
yield saulaina, potash and potash alul
If the plans of the Alunite Reductit
company prosper. This company, co