The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-04-22
AROUND The MINES

Mining company for the year ended
December II. 1870. shows net loss O.
slsj14o. compared with profit OF $751;,
800 In the preceding year.
Work was resumed last week AT the.
North Tintie property Of the Tintie
Paynaster Mines company. crew Of
men has begun the timbering OF the
station and the drift from The main,
shaft to the working shaft.
More than 5000 acres Of land in
the Salt Greek district. Wyoming. will
be offered for leasing at the Douglas
land office. beginning at 10 o'clock on
June IL, the leases to be limited to
not more than $40 acres TO any one
person, association or corporation.
Operations will be resumed imme-
dateSy at the property of the Galena
mining company. A crew has left
Salt Lake for the mine, which is situ-
ated IN the Beaver Lake district, ad-
joining the Beaver Copper mine, about
ten miles northwest of Milford, Utah.
One constructive outcome OF the
contest against the Guggenhelm man.
agement AT the annual meeting of the
American Smelling 4 Refining COM
pany Was the accession to the ,iiree-
torate of representatives of several Of
the larger Wall street banking insti-
tutions,
The closing of the copper smelters
at Anaconda, Mont, has in no way
affected the construction work of the
Anaconda Copper Milling company
holdings at Conda, Idaho, where its
large phosphate mines are situated.
The camp is seven miles north of Soda
Springs.
The Croft Mining company, owning
property in one of Utah's oldest min
Ing districts, the Lincoln, formerly
called the Pioneer, which is situated
about fifteen miles southeast of Mil
ford, last week acquired two applica-
tons for oil drilling permits, accord
Ing to directors of the company.
Notwithstanding the present condi-
tion of the metal market, the mine Oh.
orators of Nina, New, confident that
the bottom has been reached and the
climb toward the top started, are push
Ing the development Of their proper.
ties SO that when conditions have i'm
proved production at full capacity may
, start at once.
!, AS consequence of conferences
: held in Casper between high officials
, OF the Standard OIL company Of In
diana and the Midwest Refining COM
pany. the Midwest company has an
nounced that 1t will take Is per cent
OF the oil produced on each lease in
: stead of 50 per cent, which has been
the rule for the last two months.
Twenty dollars from sluicing half 4
yard of sand was the return received
by John Wedekind and Frank Buol.
), the original lOcatOrs OF the Johnnie
. placers, says the Tonopah Daily Times.
: The dirt was carried to Johnnie, where
:. there is fine flow Of water from the
. town waterworks, and the sluicing
9 was done with an old-time slucing
box.
o The board of directors of the Chr
ciga board Of trade have submitted
y to President J. p. Griffin its report
I OF an investigation he had requested
concerning alleged trade abuses ON
v the board. The report conceded that
l for period of years prior to July /.
h 1920, trading activity was at times in
|, excess of that warranted by trade re-
I quirements.
r The Idaho state bureau of mines and
z geology will start a typographical and
l | al -
e Snake River canyon, in the Seven
i Devils district, this summer. The
u work will be carried on in conjunction
p with the United States geological sur
vey, and the federal appropriation Of
$4,000 will be matched by a state ap-
preparation of $4,000 for this pur-
u pose.
Drilling restrictions In The oil fields
OF Oklahoma and Kansas, which have
:, been in effect since February II, were
: removed April ID, by action of the
Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Producers
: association. The conference commit
tee warned producers, however, that
:. its members believe the purchase Of
. all oil offered will be only temporary
, and that new oil crisis may be ex-
pected shortly with an attending in
i creasing production.
v The Montana Bingham Mining com
I. pany has been notified that the smell
J. ter can take care of all the ore that
u the company desires to ship. About
$ twenty men have been added to the
!. pay roll the last week.
e Mine rescue car No. IL OF the
e United States bureau of mines is this
u week at Murray, Utah, where a class
Il Of sixty men from the American
o Smelling K Refining company's plant
D, at Murray is taking instruction In
e flrst-ald work.
The recent strike Of rich ore in the
GOldfield Great Bend has assumed
such proportions that for the first