The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-03
Mines AND MINING

IlOnaIlly OF the O4O-acre homestead
law now on the federal statutes.
| In 1920, 153,OOO,OOO barrels of OF
were exported from Mexico, in com
fparison with SO,7OOOOO barrels il
1919, gain of 72,3OOOOO barrels, o.
1915 per cent.
During the year 1920 Tintic was thu
greatest silver producer in the United
States. This may sound like an ex
aggeration, but statistics prove tina
this statement has fact for its basis
Production of the mines of the Tin
tic district for the week closed lFebru
airy 25-a total Of 128 carloads of ore
as compared with the previous weeks
total Of 1855 carloads-shows a good
increase. ...
naturalization of such a nature as
to favor the belief that more favorable
conditions will be encountered in the
near future, has been opened up al
the Leonora mine, in the Beaver dis
trict in Utah.
| A temporary restraining order to
prevent the Rico-Wellington Mining
company of Provo, Utah, from selling
stock of minority stockholders to cover
an assessment Of 10 cents share has
been granted.
The new mining district of Silver
Horn in Nevada, is attracting the at.
tention of Nevada m ming men and
eastern capital. Visitors have been
numerous at the growing camp during
the past week.
Many experts feel that the galena
district of central Idaho might rival
the Occur d'Alene or the old Wood
river section in Idaho if development
work were begun and proper transport
tation provided.
Ground is being broken for a new
building at the Tintic Standard mine,
this structure to serve as an office
for the company, and it will contain
storerooms for mine hardware and
other supplies.
A total of 4O5,O95, 900 barrels repre-
sents the estimated output of the oil
refineries of the United States for the
year 1920, compared with 351 100000
barrels for 1919, gain of 53,333,O 900
barrels, or 15.1 per cent.
Salt Lake men have organized the
Pyramid Oil & Refining company to
develop 4SO acres of Fossil, Wyo., Oil
land acquired by lease from the Nam
moth Oil Refining company and the
Acknowledging Oil company.
Leasers on the No. 2 tunnel in the old
Mammoth mine at Mace, Idaho, have
opened a ledge of carbonate ore with
returns of silver 365 ounces per ton
and lead value of SO per cent. The
assay was taken from an eighteen-inch
ledge.
The Panama Mining & Milling COM
pany has been organized by residents
of Grand Junction and Palisade, Colo,
to develop a silver-copper property To-
Gated on the eastern slope of the La
Sal mountains, about five miles east of
Castleton, Utah.
Shipments from the mines of the
Park City, Utah, district for the week
closing February 25 shows slight
decrease. A total of 1918 tons of ore
was shipped during the week, as com
pared with total of 1900 tons for the
week preceding.
Report of Butte & Superior Mining
for the three months ended
December 81, 1920, shows loss of
S169,227 compared with! loss In the
preceding quarters Of $102,21S and a
profit in corresponding quarter Of
1919 Of $566,9S4, or $1.95 per share on
the stock.
Nevada Consolidated Copper com
pany for quarter ended December 81,
1920, reports an operating loss of $423.-
$40, which compares with loss of
1884, DAB in the previous quarter and a
profit of $6S7 200 in the corresponding
quarter of 1919, equal to 81 cents a
share on the 1,999,457 shares.
Nevada produced over 100000
ounces OF silver in 1918, but dropped
down to 6,863, $50 in 1919, and then in
creased it's output to 7,7S6,0OO in 1920.
Montana's output for 1918 was over
100000 ounces, but 1t fell off to
about 12,50OOOO ounces for 1919 and
the same for 1920.
The new vein recently uncovered on
he 3OO-foOt level of the Standard
Metals mine has widened to ten feet
If shipping ore, says Reno dispatch.
The product is of beautiful specimen
appearance, with silver plainly in evil
lence. Gold and copper are present
n important amounts, with the gold
content steadily increasing.
The output of metallic cadmium in
900 was 1928 pounds, compared
With 99,939 pounds in 1919 and 127, 1874
pounds in 1918. The production Of
.admium sulphide was 1918 pounds,
to 31,197 pounds in 1919.
ME combined value Of metallic cad
mum sulphide in 1920 was about
$500, compared to $159,362 in 1919
nd $25S,518 in 1918.
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