The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-11
AROUND THE MINES

idaho Mining association will be held
at the chamber Of commerce az Bols&.
On February IL and l..
Reports from the Con. Virginia
mine are to the effect that the
new raise on the 225O-foot level. To-
Gated 40 feet north OF the main west
crosseut, is now showing fair grade
Of ore.
The Bull Head Oil company. COM
posed Of Nevada men, filed articles
OF incorporation last week. The conn.,
pany controls 2.750 acres of land near
the Bullhead ranch. about forty miles
north of Golconda. and is capitalized
for 100000.
flans are being made by officers of
the Empire Oil X Gas company to re-
build receiving house and condemn
Ing the tower destroyed by FIRE at the
refinery at okmulgee. Okla. They
said the loss would not exceed s4OOOO
The fire started from an explosion of
the still
More encouraging physical condr-
tions have never existed in the lower
Howell tunnel, according to the man.
agement The face of the adit being
run to open up at depth the rich min
eralization opened up years ago in the
upper workings is now 29CO feet from
the portal
The second carload OF Ubehebe ore
mas arrived from the mine in Death
valley, California, according to infor-
nation received last week. This prop
erty, which is owned by the Arrow
head Rico Mining company, is situ-
ated about eighty-seven miles from
| Goldfield.
The Elkora mines at Jarbidge once
each month ships the gold bullion gath.
cred during the preceding month, and
Just recently, according to the Twin
Fails Chronicle, an auto came in from
the camp with $174,OOO of the precious
yellow metal, which weighed nearly
800 pounds.
! Many independent steel manufacture
Ing concerns in the Pittsburg district
have increased operations on what ex-
ecutives were united in saying was a
cautiously conservative" basis after
about six weeks in which operations
have been entirely suspended or great
ly curtailed.
Another new Oliver filter Is being in
stalled at the Mexican mine, Virginia
City, Nevada. The filter will add ma
terially to the capacity Of the plant,
and it is expected to put through at
least 140 tons Of ore daily, instead of
80 to 80 tons, which is the present
limit of the mill.
A mining journal in large headlines
announces that 1T Looks Like Big
| Times on the Comstock' And so it
does, with operations being placed on
business basis and with ore as the
foundation for the new prosperity in
the district, says the Virginia City
| New Chronicle.
The management Of the Consolidated
/ lllipah Oil company has received from
the foreman at the property some very
| encouraging news. The foreman's re-
port is to the effect that they had
broken through the tough gumbo into
black shale, Is the news that comes
from Ely, Nevada.
Application for leases to prospect
| for Oil on government land In south
ern Utah continue to pour into the
| Salt Lake land office. Many Of the
| applications received during the past
few days have been from fasteners.
| A total of approximately 10000 acres
has been applied for.
Following closely the announcement
by the management of the Con. vir-
ginia mine that a vein of ore ten
feet wide and averaging $40 ton had
| been opened in the north drift on the
225O-foot level, comes the announce
| ment that from ten to twelve feet Of
| $50 ton ore has been opened on the
1650-foot level.
Reports circulated in New York City
| that the Standard Oil company was
| planning 10 per cent wage reduction,
affecting its employees in all parts of
the United States, were given added
currency by news of cuts made by
Standard Oil subsidiaries in widely
separated fields--New Jersey and
West Virginia.
Such an encouraging measure of
success is being attained by the Prince
Consolidated Mining and Smelling
company's efforts to finance the sink
ing of the main shaft to the lower ore
beds developed by diamond drilling
that the president and general man
ager of the organization promises an
early resumption Of this work of such
great Importance not only to the mine
but to the Phoebe district as whole.
Coincident with the Muncy Creek
Mining companyss victory in it's recent
litigation, during the course Of which
the property was firmly established
by the company, work has been re-
sumed at the property. Although the
company has large deposits of lead
and copper developed in it's property
| situated in the Spring Valley district