The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-04-15
AROUND THE MINES

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cording 10 latest reports from that
section.
All recent developments AT the
DoughbOy nine near Mackay indicates
that the deposit being opened up in
this property will probably prove to be
one Of the largest ever exploited in
central Idaho.
jules V. Barnd. president of the
Consolidated Spanish Belt Silver Min
ing company, arrived in Tonopah re-
Gently for the purpose of Inspecting
the latest developments at the mine
and arranging for the construction Of
the new MILL
The winze being sunk on the fifth
level of the Virginia Louise mine at
Phoebe. Nevada, has now reached
depth of thirty-rive feet below the
level, with no sign of going through
the ore or any diminution of the val
| ues contained.
Announcement by the board of d.
rectors of the American Smelling K
| Refining company, that 1t was pro-
| posed TO recommend an investigation
Of the affairs of the company by for
mer President Taft, has caused con-
siderable interest in financial circles.
! With earnings after reserves of but
| S6S,00O for January and February,
| passing of the United States Smelling
common dividend requires no extend
ed explanation. says the Boston News
Bureau. The preferred dividend alone
for single quarter calls for S425,OOO.
Driving crosscut tunnel has been
started in the Sunshine Silver Mining
company's property. The property of
this company, situated in the Clark
Mountain district, near Gina, Cal, up
to the time the tunnel was started,
had been developed by the sinking of
shaft.
The arrival in camp of New York
capitalists has greatly increased the
excitement in Silverhorn, Nevada.
These parties have acquired valuable
additional interests in the district, and
while no statements have as yet been
made it is apparent that the recent
developments have made deep i'm
preston.
Since drilling was resumed at the
test well of the Big Six Oil company,
at Moab, Utah, last week, the bit is
penetrating at the rate of four to
five feet each day. The well is now
down 1920 feet. The stratum now be-
ing bored is salmon colored shale and
is far harder than the kaibab lime
y stone everything the shale
: While the mining of ore has been
suspended by Anaconda, the smelter
ut Anaconda, Mont, will operate about
week longer and the refinery at
Great Falls Mont, will run for about
a month Wire workers at Great
4 Falls will be able to continue working
q for about three months with orders on
D hand and possibly longer.
II When the annual meeting of the
q American Smelling & Refining COM
3 pany opened at Jersey City, n. j.,
d April 6, for the election of n new
b board of directors, such large crowd
of stockholders appeared that the
h regular meeting place was too small
to accommodate them, and adjourn
B ment was taken to st. Peters hall.
& The San Juan basin, in northwest
ern New Mexico and the adjacent
part of Colorado, contains large
amount of coal of good quality. Al
q several places where shipping facili
8 ties are available, such as Durango
q Colo, and Gallup, N. NJ, this coal has
B been mined for many years, and tn,
a number and thickness of the beds ar,
Z well known.
The Pittman act will not be re
& pealed is the gist of the message
II brought by Senator Key Pittman OIL
his return from Washington to Ne
vada. Since arriving home the sen
as ator had been besieged by mining me-
I'M who inquired for the cause of tn
I'M anti-silver propaganda recently start
IT. ed in some of the leading magazine
or and financial journals.
II Thirty applications for permits t
prospect Cor oil on government land i
Grand county, Utah, near Westwate
: land office by residents of Ogden an
~ Spanish Fork. The land involved
some distance from other prosperity
oil sections Of the southern part of tn
state and the applications came as
surprise to the land office officials
Good Roadway is being made wit
the raise which Is being driven out
the Tintic Drain Tunnel property. TIL
raise, being driven near the face of I'll
q tunnel, is now up distance of 81
feet, all of this work having been pc
n formed since the first of the year wit
# but one shift.
a Indications that the five years
sM steady development work carried on
@ a great expense by the Silver King Co
solldated Mining company in drivii
the Spiro tunnel distance of near
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