The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-09-10
AROUND THE MlNES

For the first time since last May
silver metal a few days ago vas quot
ed above 81 an ounce.
About 10000 short tons Of fuiler's-
earth. valued al s2.0ooeo. o. sis.s7
a ton. Was produced In Ihe United
States la 1919.
With a force OF forty-five men.
about 1850 feet Of development work
per month is being performed az the
property of the Candelaria Mines com
pany in Mineral county. New
According 10 the annual report 10
the stockholders Of the Consolidated
Spanish Belt company. there are TO-
900 tons Of probable ore in the com
pany's mine near Manhattan, Nev.
Encouraging Indications recently en-
countered in drift on the 1150-foot
level OF the Plutus mine have caused
the recent furry in the stock upon the
Salt Lake stock and mining exchange,
according 10 the opinion OF well in
formed mining men.
Additional equipment installed re-
Gently ut the Spruce Monarch mine
has enabled the company 10 increase
Its output. AT present from ninety
10 100 tons of ore per day are being
hauled TO the shipping points Of To-
bar and Currie, New.
Proving the ore-bearing character Of
the Simon ledge for an addition 1900
feet in length beyond the Simon sill
ver-lead shaft, a strike of considerable
Importance is officially announced by
the Simon Contact Mines company.
operating in the Simon district Of Min
eral county, New.
| II the present rate of production il
maintained by the mines in Idaho, the
| mineral output for 1920 will be con-
siderably in excess of that of 1919
That is the opinion of c. N. Gerry
Of the United States geological sur
| vcy, who has forwarded his summary
to officials at Boise.
Ore Of high grade has been en-
countered in the Tin Boom mine, is
the news that comes from Hill City,
s. u. The vein carrying the high
grade values was cut by drift from
the 10O-foot station. The ore Is of
mica schist kind and is not only yau-
able as a tin ore, but also for The
mica it contains.
The production of Idaho mines in
1919 was unusually low, the output
of gold, silver, lead, copper and zinc
being less than the annual average of
the last ten years. Shipments of ore
during the past five months Of 1920
are not so large as those of the nor
NAL year, but considerably larger than
those of the corresponding period in
1919.
Ii the recovery in silver to above
the dollar mark proves lasting it will
have an important bearing upon the
, market, as 1t will mean that producers
J in the United States will again sell
!. their product in the general market
and cease making sales to the direc-
tor of the mine at the fixed price Of
81 an ounce as established by the
Pittman act.
Seattle interests are taking hold of
the Caribou mines near Soda Springs.
Ida, according to reports, and as soon
as possible will put them on an oper-
ating basis. Tile mineral found in these
!. mines is very good quality and in
good bodies, but transportation facili-
ties are such that only company
with unlimited resources could make
success of the project
Conditions are such at the Silver
King Coalition mine in the Park City
Utah, district that the future of the
J property as producer Is excellent
according to the mine manager. FIX
ploration of virgin territory is pointing
conclusively TO the fact that produc
u tivity of the ground hitherto uneX
5 plored should be as great as that OF
: the Older parts Of the mine.
Discovery of vanaGium ore on tht
: property of the Christmas Consoldat
ed Mines company, nine miles south
: west of Jean, New, has attracted con
!, siderable outside attention. Repre-
q sentatives of ore purchasing com
. panies have recently inspected thu
Q property and proposals have beel
made to the company both for thu
a mine as whole or for the vanadun
: alone.
e. The reduction plant of the Silve
IS Peak Chemical Co, which is expecte'
,e to turn out about 100 tons of pur
It potash alum daily from its propert
"a near Blair Junction, Esmeralda cour
re ty, is reported to have been practical
~ completed for some days. Its star
has been delayed, however, owing t
e a failure Of the water supply figure
on.
A Rights of considerable value hav
been acquired by lease from the Littl
Bell Consolidated Mining company q
Park City by the New Quincy Minin
as company. The property Of the Littl
at Bell Consolidated Mining company lie
adjacent to the New Quincy and I'll
ISIS DAILY West territory. But seventy fee