The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28
AROUND THE MINES

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/ The world in radium bearing waters.
The United States Mining company
/ is now the heaviest shipper of the
underground mines in the Bingham
district, the daily output being more
than 500 tons. Much Development
work is also being done.
With the receipt OF new string Of
/ drilling tools by the management OF
! the Big Six oil company, which is
drilling test oil well on the north
side OF the Grand river, near Moab,
| Utah. work has been resumed.
Some of the machinery already
placed in the new mill at the Eureka
| Holly. at Eureka, New, was tried out
| last week and found TO work satisfac-
torily. The power for this machinery
/ is furnished from the big air compress
sor at the mine plant.
Nine men registered for the mining
course on the opening day at the Uni
versity of Nevada, at Reno, and it is
| expected that before the short course
is many days old the number will be
| greatly increased. Practically all of
those registering are practical mining
| men.
Among mining men there has been
! considerable interest in regard to the
next CONGRESSES attitude toward the
Pittman act which has pegged tne
| price of domestic silver at 81 per
ouuce until the metal sold to Great
/ Iust fll, mil, tlf,
! placed in the treasury.
The Anaconda Copper Mining COM
r,ny expects to be shipping fertilizer
from its Soda Springs, Idaho holdings
early in the spring according to in
formation from that district. The
crude phosphate rock will be shipped
to several other refining plants be-
sides their own at Anaconda, Mont.
For the first time, so far as the
mmory of the oldest miner can recall,
the mine of the Tonopah Belmont com
pany remained closed over Sunday
This action was due to the accumula-
ton of ore congesting the big mill
which is unable to keep the bins clear
with its capacity flow of $50 tons
daily.
Phoebe miners are optimistic. Despite
the many handicaps placed upon the
industry, mining men of the southern
Nevada camp are confident that within
the next ninety days properties whose
activity has been but little diminished
in the past few months since the drop
in the price of the metals will again
be producing at capacity.
In addition to boastng the leading
silver mine in the United States, the
| Chief Consolidated mine at Eureka,
Utah, has achieved the distinction Of
producing about 40 per cent of the
stock of white metal bought by the
! mint department of the government to
replace the bullion sold to England
during the war under the Pittman act.
f. l.. Abbott, director of the Ar
rowhead Rico Mining company, who
has come from the Ubehebe, states
that good Roadway is being made in
winning the tunnel to tap the main ore
bodies at depth of 400 feet. Mr..
Abbott was on the property seven days
and says that in that time the miners
had advanced the tunnel sixty-three
| feet.
The noted Clifford mine, forty miles
northeast of Tonopah, has been bond
ed by the Clifford estate to syndicate
of New Workers, who plan to open the
mine on scale in accord with it's
| great value. The mine is reported to
| have produced 100000 worth of high
grade silver-gold ore, much of which
| was concentrated in a small plant on
| the ground.
War minerals claims to the number
OF 1l24 have been acted upon, leaving
only eighty-three unsettled, according
TO report of the war minerals COM
mission which was complete to Novem-
Der II The commission expects to
llnlsh its work by February or March.
Claims for $l5,S27, 1882 were consid-
cred and awards totaling 2,357 491 80
were recommended
With excellent ore demonstrated in
the Standard Metals, Fravel-Paymaster.
BACK Panther and other properties
ana the various operators and mine
owners strongly organized into pro-
sfesslve association, pledged to foster
legitimate mining activities. the Pea
vine district, about three miles north
Oh Reno, is rapidly taking it's place
among the premier mining districts of
Nevada.
Ernest Bamberger, speaking for the
otah mine producers, and Jerome ].
Day of Wallace, representing the Her.
CUES, Iamarac and Custer Mines Of
wallace, Idaho, ON January IA an.
peared before the house ways and
means committee and urged that a
specific duty Of two cents pound be-
levied ON lead in the Forthcoming gen.
erai tariff bill to be reported at the
special session of congress.
The famous Ontario mine In PARK
CITY, which was big contributor. even
Wnen the mining industry of Jrt,h $40,