The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-04-01
MINES AND MINING

DIIlclhi.
The United States geological survey
department OF the interior, has just
published a map Of the oil and gas
fields Of Kansas.
The past few days the force at the
property of the Eureka Bullion. Tin
tic district. has bsen busy retimbering
section Of the shaft which is near
the 200 level.
ore shipments by the mines Of the
Park City district, total Of 1864
tons OF ore, for the past week made
IA slight Increase as compared with
the previous weeks total of lS'6'tons.
The copper mines of the Chitina
valley are the largest and richest thus
far developed in Alaska. Their sue
cessful development has been made
possible by the completion OF the Cop
per River X Northwestern railroad.
| which affords transportation to tide
water.
The famous Nome placer gold
| fields discovered In 1898 have now
produced gold worth nearly $SO,OOO,-
| 600. Much Of the gold mined In that
| region Is won by the use OF dredges.
| Twenty-Five of these machines were In
operation In 1919 and made a total
gold output of $450,OOO.
| The Simon SiIver-lead Mines COM
pany has prepared prints OF the flow
sheet of the mill now being construct
| ed, and announces that construction Is
60 per cent completed and that 81 per
cent of the machinery and materials
are on the ground. Is the news that
comes from Nina, Nevada.
Returns thus far received by the
United States geological survey. de-
partment of the interior, from the
producers of potash in the United
| States during 1920 indicate that the
output amounted to 167 ,346 short tons
Of crude potash salts containing AS
625 short tons of actual potash.
Some OF the mining towns Of the
Sierra Nevadas of California are iso-
lated by impossible barriers during
the winter time. Naturally the miners
are DESTROYS Of keeping in touch with
the rest Of the world, so 1t has been
suggested that an all-year-round air
plane line service be established.
Plans for the bringing together of
the thousands of miners trained In
first-ald and mine rescue work by the
bureau of mines into local safety chap
tiers which would form component
units of national parent Organiza-
ton, were developed at meeting of
the association just held In Washing
ton.
'rhe twenty-fourth annual conven
ton Of the American Mining congress
to be held in Chicago from October
II to 81, promises to be the greatest
ever held In the history Of the or
ganization," declared John T. Burns
assistant secretary of the American
Mining congress. In Salt Lake City er
route to the coast.
One Of the largest and most import
In the history of the Pacific coast ha:
been consummated at San Francisco
BY Its terms. all rights and title to ,
newly discovered immense deposit o
borax In Clark county, New, goes L
+. NJ. (Borax) Smith, and incidental.
puts the former "borax king" back OIL
the throne again.
Directors of the Tintic Standar,
Mining company have declared
dividend OF cents per share for tn
first quarter of 1921. Reason for tn
cutting of the regular dividend rat
from 10 cents per share to cents |
believed 10 be the precarlons condi
ton of the metal market. which make
Il imperative for mining companies I
keep on hand large reserve TO NEE
emergencies.
Officials of the Tintic Standar
Mining company are EXCEPTIONAL
well pleased with the manner in whic
the new milling plant has been opel
ating. For the past month the Tint
Standard mill has been treating II
average of nearly Ito tons of ore dali
and for the last ten days the averag
has been quite close to $50 tons dali!
this last figure being the full cnpacit
Of the plant.
From Montrose comes report, u,
cording 10 the Rocky Mountain New
that the largest radium ore deal eve
made In Montrose WAS completed whe
II Andrew Nyiund Of the Gateway se
y tion sold carload Of earnotite ore ,
+ G.. Barlow Wilmarth OF the Montros
e radium sampler, which will run col
b siderably in excess Of $4,000. Tn
4 Is the richest ore that has ever passs
nj through the Montrose sampler.
The only diamond mine thus far di
~ covered on the western hemisphere
10 located in Pike county. Arkansas. tt
10 diamonds are found in pipe" u
= crater of an extinct volcano which az,
VI ago boiled up through the surfac
= had It's terrific heat Chilled by {,
~ waters 81 an inland sea, and left bi
of carbon scattered throughout Il
=" periOtofitp which nnu fills the crate