The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-11-12
MINES AND MINING

| e. at 81 per ounce Under
1861 ,231 ounces. y ua'e OF
/ After three months of nro,,,
preparations, the Goldfield Daan NJ.
company has commenced sins,n es
deep shaft to reach the Goldtield can
onua.eu ore channel in the alaskita
rIouuction of ore by the mi,ss 90
uhe rafk City district continues So,
lily. Last week total of ,e2, -
ore was produced, as compared win
total OF Ills tons for the previons
week. previous
Margins of bituminous coal nroa,,
tlon were nearly 80 per cent a.o,ts
IN June than in May, according 70 .
report On cost of production iss,ad
recently by the federal trade COMMITS
sioner
The appointment of delepates "a 49,,
resent Idaho mining interests M tho
national mining congress 70 no ho,a
III Denver, Colo. November II 70 On
were announced last week nv Gov.
ernor Davis.
Strike of gold and silver values !,
'he BEL Boy mine at Marysylle
Mont, IN a drift on the 1GO-foot leval
gave returns in a car of picked pold
ana silver ore of SIT $3.50. 80 ACCORDING
to assay reports.
Inc gold production of the world
has declined from S469, 600 900 in 1e15
to $3oOOO0,0O0 in 1919, reduction of
70 per cent in the last four wears and
YET prices throughout the world have
risen enormously.
interest in the progress of oil we'll
drilling at lllipah, Nev., near Ely. con
tlnueS to Increase, due to conditions
recently encountered, believed by of.
hclais OF the companies drilling to be
important and encouraging
| owners of shale land in both Utah
and Colorado are rushing the per.
formance of necessary assessment
work before inclement weather sets
In. Around De Beque, Colo. espe-
cially is there great activity.
With cyanide plant in operation
and fotation plant to be erected
| next spring, the old mining camp of
Meadow Lake, near the summit of tbe
Slerras, 4O miles from Truckee. Calf.
seems in fair way to recover some
of its lost prestige
The properties of the enn-Arizona
Mining company, operating in the Bis
bee, Arizona, district. shut down Sat
urday night and laid off approximate
~ 100 men. This action was found
necessary, according to officials, be-
cause of the situation in the copper
market
A preliminary summary of the min
eral production of the United States
in 1919 has just been issued by the
United States Geological survey, de-
partment of the interior. This pamph-
let, which consists of 12S pages, shows
in compact form the output and value
of about 20 minerals.
Expectation of American copper to
Japan has ceased. Since January ],
1920, there has been shipped to the
Orient S0,0O0,0O0 pounds of "copper" of
which large proportion, it is believed
among domestic producers, has been
resOld and shipped to Europe in COM
petition with American agencies
abroad.
The conference of officials of the
bureau of mines, with lead and zinc
interests, at st. Louis, recently re-
suited in determination to make n
survey of all milling operations in the
mid-continent zinc and lead region.
Illinois ore will be the first consid
cred, followed by work in the Joplin,
Mo-, district.
The Cerro de Pasco Copper company
at the expiration of its present con
tract with the American Smelling &
Refining company the last of this year,
will switch the refining and sale of its
product to the American Metal COM
pany. The production under capacity
operation will run above 100,0OOOO
pounds of copper per annum.
Conditions at the Utah Apex mine, |
according to advices from Bingham, |
are reaching a most satisfactory stage. |
Three hundred tons per day of ore are |
being put through the mill, and about |
100 tons Of concentrates are recov-
cred from this tonnage. Shipments of |
first-class ore to local smelters are |
averaging about 800 tons Il day.
CALIFORNIA; oil production for 1920
will probably equal If not slIrpass the
high record of 1914, when l02.SSl.D'
barrels were produced. Big wells
which have recently been brought IN
i'm the Elk Hills district have greatly
increased the rate of output and the
outlook for new wells during the Dali
ance of the year is encouraging.
Reports from sources so reliable rs
to command consideration are eircuiat-
ing in Minneapolis, ST. Paul and I'h-
luth, according 10 the Boston News
Bureau, that an extensive iron ore
field has been definitely located 70 10