The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-10-22
MINES AND MINING.


work will be required TO hold the I'M
patented mineral ground OF The llhtc
district. Some OF this has already
started.
A contract for 100 feet Of sinking IN
the shaft of the Central Standard has
lust been awarded The shaft now
has "A depth of about SO feet ana the
sinking is costing the company about
$50 per foot
Establishment OF an experiment sta
ton OF the bureau Of mines at the
Mackay school of mines, University OF
Nevada. is expected To result In large
benefit To Nevada and the mining dis
tricts OF other states.
The number Of Park City shipping
mines Increased to total of seven,
with production Of 1907 tons OF ore,
during the past week. Forty tons OF
premium spelter was shipped by the
Judge Mining x Smelling company.
A report from Elko. New, states
that the Tonopah Mining company Is
| planning to enter Jarbldge, the well
! known gold camp In northern Elko
county. having already secured op-
lions on many meritorious properties.
The Meuli lease on the Lone Star
| group liz erecting a small mill on the
| old Anaconda mlllslte. with plenty OF
| water available. Forty tons OF ore as
| saying $500 10 $1,000 per ton are ready
for treatment. says Goldfield CORE
spondent.
| miles northeast of the Walker mine,
which Is now being operated by the
Mason Valley Mines company, has one
| of the widest mineralized zones on the
| surface to be found on the Plumas
| copper belt. II Is said.
| Purchase of the Gold Hill group of
| ten claims, located twenty-five miles
southeast OF Goldfield, by the Gold
field Development company, has been
officially announced. The Gold Hill
vein seventeen to forty feet Vide.
The decline In the price Of silver
from an average of $1.22 an ounce for
| the first five months of the year TO
between 03 and 81 cents for the sue
| ceediiig three months, put a decided
criInp In earnings of United States
Smelling for the period from June to
| August. inclusive.
News of an important nature to
| those who have capital invested at the
| camp of Rico, Colo. reached Salt Lake
last week This was to the effect that
the entire holdings of the Syndicate
Mining & Milling company had been
bought and taken over by Buckley
Wells of Denver and Telluride, Colo.
II Is understood that the directors OF
| the East Crown Point Mining com
pany. Tintic district. will soon award
II contract for sinking the main shaft
which was started last year. Their
| plans call for u sufficient amount of
work TO protect the unpatented claims
of the company for the present year.
| A large body of magnesite ore Is
being developed In the mountains two
miles east OF Hyde Park. Utah. which
vs. six miles north Of Logan City on
the Wasatch range. The first ship
ment of ore will be made during the
| week. This Is the first magnesium
carbonate to be found anywhere IN
| Utah
Steel buying remains quiet and re-
price, with cuts ON plates, sheets.
skeip and seml-flnished steel. Sheets
have been reduced tn ) cents has for
blue anneuled. Z cents black plate and
SD cents galvanized. Interest has
been more active lately on that nc
count.
Americans and other foreigners
owning mines which 1t was necessary
To close down during the revolutions
In Mexico have been relieved some
what from the pressuresset upon them
by the decreSof July q. 1920 new
decree gives mine owners until Octo-
Der n, 1920, Ia pay the years back
taxes and all taxes.
The midyear report of the United
States geological survey indicates that
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exists In the mining industry of the
state Of Nevada, and that the total
output for 1920 of the five major met.
als~-gold, silver. copper. lead and zine
will show decrease. us compared
with the total amount of these metals
produced In 1910.
| Operations In the Logan shaft of the
Ruby Inn mine NJ Eureka. New. have
been resumed. and the shaft has now
been cleared Of all muck aud vast,
below the iiolfoot level. The pump
Ing operations have shown that tn,
volume Of water coming into the shaft
Is far less than VAS anticipated. ant
nttle trouble In keeping the lower
workings dpined Is expected
Shalc fields OF northeastern Utah
will likely be enc OF the important
petroleum supply sources az the Unit
ed States when the domestic oil pro
duction Is insufficient To meet con