The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-03-25
AROUND THE MINES

OF The Prince Consolidated Mining q
Sineiting company near Phoebe. New.
One OF the rarest OF rare metals
gaii'Nn. has been discovered In the
ola aiming district OF Lynn. twenty
niles north of Carlin. New, II Ia re-
ported.
Several companies in the Peayine
Held In Nevada are completing prepa.
rations Tor comprehensive operations.
while fully a dozen properties ara
undergoing vigorous development
The Giant Ledge mine i'm the Murray
district. In Idaho, which has been under
constant development for several
months, is continuing to show new ore
shoots as the work develops on the 400
foot level.
The report of a strike in the Divide
Extension mine has created consider.
able interest AT Tonopah. Thirty-six
tons of ore haze recently been shipped
from the new strike. The ore runs
as high as $1SS3 ton.
Reuben W. Wright, a wealthy Dun
kirk, N. T., man, alleges he has been
defranded out of S11,5 In mining
deal In which he purchased claim in
Idaho county, Idaho. Officers are in.
vestigating the affair.
Arrangements are being rapidly con-
summated whereby the holdings of the
General Oil company in the Sanpete oil
Held, In Utah, consisting of $4,000
acres, held under long-term lease.
VIII De developed thoroughly.
1t Is learned that orders have been
received at Eureka, New, from the
New York office of the Ruby Hill De.
velopment company to cor tinue the
sinking of the LOGAN shaft to depth.
and that preparations for commencing
the work this week are now being car.
ried out.
one OF the old-timers of Jarbidge
camp, Ed Benane, was in Salt Lake
few days ago and took some pride
IN stating that during the past year
TINS somewhat isolated camp in the
northeastern part Of Nevada produced
more gold than all the other Nevada
camps combined.
The Consolidated nlipah Oil COM
pany has taken steps to materially
augment its present holdings in the
lllipah field, in Nevada, by filing on
ana making application to the United
States government for a permit on
2o60 acres of oil lands in the San Juan
Oil fields of Utah.
According to w. p. Fowler nresi.
dent of the United Metals & Power
company, operating in the HALEY dis
trict' who has just returned to Idaho
from five weeks trip to Pittsburg.
IA, the company is in excellent posi-
tlon to obtain eastern finances for con-
templated development.
Plans are being considered by the
utah Placer Mining company with re-
gard to the development of its property
OF ooO acres lying on the Grand river
just below the mouth of the Dolores
river in Grand county, Utah. The
nearest railroad point is Cisco. on tina
Denver and Rio Grande railroad
Practically the same amount Of zinc
was produced in the United States last
year as in 1919, according to geological
survey estimates, which place the 1920
total at 4S5,179 tons, against 4s5. 491
tons in the previous twelve months.
1hese totals include the yield from
both foreign and domestic ores The
value of the 1920 production was SIS.
D,1thNb p0mnnpin NIT
1919.
One interesting development after
another follows exploration work being
carried on in the Doughboy mine stu.
ated about nine miles from Mackay.
Idaho. A full breast of galena ore has
peen opened up south of the shaft on
the 5oO-foot level. This ore, which will
run IN value, 1t is said, from 65 to 70
per cent in lead, has been opened up
In the south drift, about 200 feet from
the shaft.
Development Of plans for standardiz-
ing mining equipment has progressed
satisfactorily since a permanent or
ganlzation of the general correlatine
vas CllCNlcu. PURSUANT To
the plan agreed upon in New York in
January, the general Standardization
of the American Mining
congress are preparing drafts of their
years work for use of
the correlating committee.
After some delays, the mill con-
structed by the Idaho Leasing COM
pany, holding lease at Mace, Idaho.
IN the old Black Bear, one of the Fed
sral ties, has been made ready
o receive its first ore and a test run
made. The mill, while small is modern
many respects, being equipped with
ables, jigs and other machinery neces-
AIRY for its successful operation, and
capable of handling about fifty tons
'er day.
An oil of exceptionally high value f.
supplied by the wells of the Okotov
ield, near Calgary, Alberta, according
o a practical oil man. The oil Of
everal of these wells is clear. yellow
With Il very disagreeabla odor Jusr