The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-01-28
MINES AND MINING

Price, Ctah. Is The scene Of consid.
erable activity as result OF the in.
terest prevailing In the oil fields
lying 10 the south.
announced al the Betty Neil, Nicklas
and Copper Canyon mines near Battle
Mountain. Nevada.
The mine output Of lead and zinc
aud the refinery output of lead in
the United States Increased greatly In
1870, after declines In 1919.
The output Of silver from mines In
California was about l,53S,660 fine
ounces IN 1920. an increase Of 431 AL
fine ounces over that In 1919.
Attorney Knox Patterson Of Moab,
Utah has been granted an oil pros
pecllng permit for yl6 acres IN town
ship 70 south. range - east The land
Is located In Spanish valley, south OF
Moab.
In the nelghborhood Of $50 men are
/ mine, this being The largest force that
has ever been used. and the mine now
has .nlosf efficient working organi.
zation.
According TO The report of the United
states geological survey. the value OF
The five related minerals in Utah last
year Was Approximately $4,000, 900. or
ii slight increase over that of the pre-
ced.ng year
Announcement Is made that the mill
that has beS under construction by
the Tintic Standard Mining company
viii be in full operation within few
weeks. The mill viii have il capacity
of l1O tons Il day.
The output of gold. silver, copper,
| lend and zine III California In 1920 was
rs follows: Gold SI3,933GO0; silver.
l,53s,GG0 fine ounces; copper, 1854
900 pounds lead, 5,O7l,GoO pounds /;
zine, 1,572,5OO pounds.
Gross production of leases in the
| Florence mine at Goldfieid In 1920
was T2,40S.l6, as follows: First
quarter, $10,373 second quarter, S20,-
402, Ia; third quarter, $22,04373;
ioultH uuHitti Pvioto'bD
While the volume of trading on the
| Salt Lake stock exchange was slightly
| smaller hast year than during 1919, 1t
WAS greater than had been anticipated
and compared favorably with the av-
erage for several years past.
| Records for the number of cars of
ore shipped from one mine In the Tin
tic district during one week were
broken By the Tintic Standard last
week. From this mine during the week
IL total of seventy seven carloads of ore
was shipped.
| The famous Ontario mine in Park
| City. which was u big contributor. even
when the mining industry of Titan was
| still In its infancy, continues rs a
heavy and consistent producer The
output last year by this mine was APP
proxlmately 5000 tons.
More than Sla.O00,00o In dividends
was paid by Utah mining companies
| Inst year This shows an increase over
| the disbursements of 1919, regardless
of tile impression that last year was
not as profitable from Il mining stand
point as the preceding year.
Uah's twin industries of mining and
! smelling. and which remain the most
| important OF all the various, indus
tries for which the state Is noted, were
fnr more prosperous during 1920 than
generally was realized while the year
| operations We're IN progress.
The outstanding and unprecedented
| feature of metal mining IN California
In 1870 was the closing down Of Il
great number OF the largest gold aud
i copper mines. ana the conditions gem
orally have been decidedly adverse,
particularly in the Mother Lode re-
gion. where some of the mines that
We're once among the largest in the
state have stopped work,
Ernest Hamburger. speaking for the
Utah mine producers, and Jerome J.
| puy of Wallace. representing the Her
| cules, Tamarac and. Custer Mines OF
| Wallace Idaho, oh January Ii ap,
peured before the house ways and
means committee and urged that Il
specific duty of two cents II pound be
levied ON leud in the Forthcoming gen
eral tariff hili To he reported nj the
special session of congress.
Where commercial oil Is discovered
un land embraced In n prospecting
permit granted under section II of III.
oil leasing art. and other applications
for prospecting permits have beer
filed for lands i'm the immediate Vicini
~ and such ether applications hay,
not beeu granted prior to the discover,
of oil. such mapproved applications
shalt he immediately rejected, accord
Ing to ruling by the interior depart
ment.
The central RESCUE station maintain
ed 10y several mining companies In thu
! Gtehe- Miami Arizona district undo
the name ot the "tilohe Miami pistric
Mine Rescue and First.Aid as>ocia
tIon." u gaining In popularity rhi'