The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-21
AROUND THE MINES

L taA- NO canll> OF thc EhiiaA shfcf
mining company anu a .annel at the
Mich gan Utah mine were destroyed.
Salt Lake men have undertaken the
of oil lands in Cave val
ley, Lincoln county. about 90 miles
south of Ely. says the Tonopah Times.
The agreement gives the Salt Lake
men lease on 1000 acres and a COM
pany is 10 be formed.
The community of Ely and particu-
larry the management and stOckhOld-
ers OF the Hlipah Petroleum company
are jubilanI over the news received
from Washington. ID. c., stating that |
the lllipah Petroleum company oil
leasing permit has been granted.
While the house appropriation COM |
mittee recommended the abandonment |
of several assay offices in the west and |
cut of their appropriations, it author
lies continuance of the office at
Boise. Idaho, and makes the same APP
preparations as were made last year.
The report in mining circles that di-
rectors of the Rico-Wellington Mining
company had levied an assessment of
ten cents per share on its stock created
considerable stir among Utah mining
men The company, whose property
is situated at Rico, Colo, is controlled
by the knight interests of Provo.
The Tonopah Times says that Ro-
setta Divide is in commercial ore car
rying a gold content of $500 in
total value of S27.60, the balance being
in silver. The oreshoot has been
drifted on for ten feet and the vein,
as nearly as can be reckoned, is over
nine feet in width between walls.
Decision in the Rico Consolidated
Mining company versus the Rico Ar
gentine Mining company apex suit for
the recovery of ore alleged to have
been taken out of the plaintiffs ter
ritory has been made in favor of the
plaintiff by Judge w. n. Searcy of
the Sixth judicial district court Of
Colorado.
Utah's increasing Importance as the
principal coal producing center for in
termountain and Pacific states is seen
in the report of the annual production
in 1920 issued by the state industrial
commission. According to this report,
the mines of the state last year broke
all previous records in 1920, when s.
S95, l05 tons were mined.
1t has been reported on good au-
thority that new mining company is
about to be organized and known as
the Rochester Crown Point Mining
company, to take over the property
formerly owned by the Nenzel Grown
Point Mining company, which was re
Gently sold by the Anglo-California
Trust company, says the American
Mine Reporter.
According to o. NJ. Nordquist, man
a9er of the IdahoNorthern Mining
company, the development work in thu
past few days has uncovered a flint
lot of galena ore from crosscut o
the lower tunnel. The new ledge wa
cut about forty-five feet from tn
lower tunnel For more than the las
fifteen feet fine pockets of galen,
have been cut.
The Industrial commission, through
its mine inspection department, ha
given out the figures covering the ia
talities in the metal mines of Utah 70
the year 1920. There were a total o
twenty-six deaths. Six of these wer
due to snowslides in the region of Alt
and the Big Cottonwoods, which leave
total of twenty properly chargeabl
to mining operations.
f. l.. Torres, president and genera
manager of the Eureka Croesus con
pany, who arrived recently at Eurek;
New, from New York, has been bus
looking over the property and plal
ming future operations. AS soon 6
the snow leaves next spring Mr.. To
res states a mill will be erected nee
the mine to treat the low grade ore
that are not now a source of prof
and that will also, in all probabilit
be able TO handle ore of shippir
grade.
One Of the most important que
tons to be considered by the presel
congress is undoubtedly the matt
of passing what Is known as the nj
Fadden gold bill. The prosperity
twelve of the greatest western stat
depends upon the enactment of til
measure. Unless something is dol
now to relieve the situation the go
mining industry of the nation
doomed, says the Carson City (Ney
Appeal
The Lost Treasure Silver Min
company has commenced active dew
opment Of its holdings in the Pair
nagat Lake mining district, near HiB
in Lincoln county, Nevada. The Lo
Treasure group produced conside
able tonnage of silver ore In the ear
days of mining on Mt. Irish.
That the Anaconda Copper Mini
company believes its fertilizer opet
tons are to become large factor
future activities Is emphasized by
efforts to get into manufacturing
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