The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-12-31
MINES AND MINING


Shipments OF ore are being made
steadily from the Eureka-S .roexns mine
nj Eureka, utah. at the rate OF ar
pFoximateiy four cars per week
Tonopah Belmont Is fhe third ~ the
Tenopah companies 10 post dividends
for The years end, having declared a
distribution Of 5 cents per xiEarr for
the last quarter.
Shipments of ore from the Park
City district for the week closing
Ierembet ~ iu4als.d fAN tons, A.
compared with total Of 900 ionx
for the week preceding
Standard oil company of California
continues the largest producer ~
crude oil In the United States. With
gross daily output OF imnOU barrels,
the biggest production ever obtainedby
H. "a
The Eidoraio Mining company. villa
property short distanc. east ~ KEEL
iogg. Idaho. on the north side u The
river. has let another contract for
pushing another tunnel into the ujoun-
tain of i00 feet.
A rich strike of siiversteAd-copper
ore was made hast week at the Lo<ky
Tom mines. which are situated Il the
Indian mining district about tvooty-
two miles west Of the active nftefoi
mines near Phoebe. New.
A method whereby irnn may -
smelt-d from volcanic Iron oxide uanei,
heretofore regarded as wholly rcfrsr.
tory. has been reported ny Acfensific
esperimen,ers working for TN wnr de-
partmeut. says report from Toxic.
Work has been suspended 1t Chr
Grand Central mine at Mammoth.
Utah. about fifty men being laid On.
Word given out by the officials u TIE
company Indicate. that the shutdown
will last until conditions nre m0se
favorable for mining opernti0na
Directors of fhe stockton standard
Mining company have Recently made
the purcha~. OF gas engine. ThIa
engine will be- hauled. after the firsr
of the year, 10 The property. cCnsist-
Ing Of thirteen claims. situated ahcut
on. aud one-haif miles from Stock
tou. Utah
Important strikes made not only in
on~ mine. bur Ia several mines, In th.
Cherry Greek district, White Pine
county, New. have strengthened the
confidence of prospector~ and opera.
tors who are developing properties in
this region formerly 80 productive of
mineral Ia the early days Of the west.
Metal quotations for the week md
Ing December u. as reported ~ the
Engineering and Mining Journal are
as follows Lead. average price, 49,.
AS compared with s497 for Inc week
preceding copper catholics. avetnes.
$i35., ~ compared with SiJ57l aanc.
average. saaT. "a compare win to.tp4.
TN account III the passage u the oil
leasing bin which became 4 taw %
February -. ig20. public lands which
are valuable for petroleum cun M
longer be- acquired under the nslnfnk
laws. although valid claims instituted
before the passage OF the leasing bill
may be perfected under the laws under
which iney WERE Instituted.
Emerald mining H. a government ms
nopoiy In Columbia. The best known
miue---the Muzo and cosqtex-~nre
situated in Bosaca. about ninety miles
northwest OF Gogota: Third the
Somondoco mine. IN about thirty-hy-
miles east of Bogota. and fourth
deposit. the calncha. across the Minero
river from the Muzo mines.
Announcement Of the amount Of gem
~rai reduction In wages Of employees
of IN. Utah copper company was post
ed at The various plants in Bingham-
Arthur and Garfield last week. The
wages of all skilled i8horers will be
reduced ~ per day the wages Of un-
skilled or common laborers. ~ cents
per day. These reductions win be ef-
fectis. January !.
Holding that the interests Of Nevada
require that all agencies OF transpor
tntlon be extended TO the mining In
dustry Of this state on the same basis
"a ia those of Utah. X. n. Gartney.
Interstate commerce commission ex-
amln.r. has ordered that rate of
y
b- established from Western Pacifie
points 10 wahuska. Lyon county.
Metal min. production in the Rocky
Mountsia states has declined more
than ~ per cent In the past three
years. la 1917 the gold. silver. cop
per. lead and zinc mined In Utah.
Montana. Idaho. Colorado, Nevada.
New Mexico and Arizona was valued
Il spr,. Ia. Sso, In 1919 The total
raiue of these metals ia the seven IN
states had fallen to x-a
Nh. s-D
Thotnss Hire. one ~ the veteran
of the M ckay. Idaho. ses-
lon. ~ho at present i representing
Yea York capital which Is devslopfng
.ofne mining claims ga Try rree.k, re-
sbris new strike In Little Caafoa-
sos,d cauyon In the vicinity % Mar
In. 4 twsiss-fooi ledge Of silver aud