| Show MINES II-MINES MINES AND MINING NEWS I I PIOCHE MOCHE MINES I j i ARE ON THE L Virginia Louise Prince and andi I i Day Bristol Making Ex Excellent Exi Ex- Ex i i. i H Records J While tho Bristol district has come comeI cometo I 1 to tho front this week with t a number I of C new strikes the uie Virginia Louise andi and i I the Consolidated d havo have reported I I developments dc 1 In n tile the former a streak of or high grade silver lead r oro orn was encountered in the i big biff lK bod body of at manganese ore are which shows I assay values running as high as ounces in silver to the tho ton In this property some remarkable disclosures which were not altogether expected have u e been made Tho The shaft is now down lown about feet leet and for tor tho the last eighty feet it has been passing through solid ore are which In character Is Identical identical cal cat with that procured from Crom Its illustrious ou oils ous neighbor the neighbor the Prince Consolidated I The Thc whole ma runes mass s declared an nn official of ot I the company today will wll average better botter than 8 per ton ton exclusive of or the rich beds encountered now JIow and then and which is one ono of ot tho the characteristics of I the Prince mine I Within tho the next fow few days daS a station will be cut at the level le preparatory to cutting cross-cutting both east and west vest Irom ironi the tho shaft and officials of ot the tho I company confidently expect In view of I tho the knowledge gained from the developments devel el H I in the te Prince Consolidated that the oro ore boll body will be found to contain con con- tain a n. width of oC at least feet Ceet The Virginia Louise Is rapidly l approaching monster proportions and ana there thero is no longer an any doubt but what It Is to be become become be- be come one of ot tile the great producers S of or tho the Pioche district The company has hns at atthe the thc present time it Is 15 estimated no less than 2000 tons or 01 twenty carloads of or marketable ore plied piled up on tho the dump During the week II W. W y Rand nan W. W I H. H H. H Morgan lorgan of ur Portland Oregon both hoth bothof bothof J of ot whom are aro extensively Interested In Inthe tho the property were here on an Inspection Inspection tion trip and thc they both expressed themselves themselves them them- selves es as being being- mighty well velI pleased i with the condition of or things Mr 11 Morgan Morgan Mori Mor Mor- i gan was at the property about the time the development was as first undertaken there and Invested In In the stock of the company at that time bell believing that tho the Prince ore bodies would be he disclosed disclosed disclosed dis dis- closed there At that time the late William Wil Wil- fl liam Lloyd LlO d told toM Mr or Morgan that this I would be the case and the recent de developments tie tie- et e- e t have fully demonstrated r that his statements wore were correct The company has been fully ull financed no TO stock Is for tor sale Il It Is the Intention Intention tion of OC the tho management to continue continuo sinking the tile shaft while the crosscutting crosscutting cut cross ting In Is In progress on the C O level e r- r Prince The Tho new development dc In the Prince Consolidated mine this week is the lo location location lothe lo- lo of ot the of oC the mine cation 1 1 zone u U JU u uy drills at a depth of or 40 feet teet below the foot level or 80 feet from the tho collar of ot the tho shaft At the point stated the tho drill en entered a mass of oC Iron sulI sul sul- I containing satisfactory values I In Sn gold silver and lead Tho The fact tact that the tho drilling was done midway between i the tho main ore bodies developed on the tho upper levels caused a good deal of elaI elation elation ela ela- 1 I tion among Prince Consolidated j I dais Because of oC a a. shortage of miners the tho shipments from tho the Prince have not been quito quite up to avera average e this week weeks I however or at least thirty five cars were dispatched from the tho mine and about fifty from the tailings tailinG's dump Jack Rabbit DUT Bu y One Ono of or the thc best evidences e of at the Improved improved improved im Im- im- im proved conditions in Pioche Is the number number num- num ber of oC teams employed at tho the present time in hauling oro ore from the tile Bristol side at tho the camp to tho the terminus of oC the tho Pacific railroad at Jack R. R C. C Lund to whom the Da Day Bristol and Home Run companies have contracted contracted con con- their ore hauled stated that by the tho middle of oC next week ho he will have hae at least two seventy-two head of or horses In Inore Inore Inore ore hauling service ser a at t Bristol and twenty twenty ty more the Mendha Ien ha haul on ore oro mak haul mak ing In al alj head of or stock At the present timo there are at least seventy five tl o men employed In the Bristol Bristol Bris Ens- tol district where six Alx Ix months ago there was vas not a single manA man A well known mining man said of ot the Bristol district a few teV days da s 's ago ngo The Tiie activity in tho the Bristol district is Just beginning People are awakening to tile the fact tact that It Is one of ot tho the best mineral regions In the tl-o west and the tile re recent recent ro- ro cent rich strikes ma made e b by both the tile Da Day ll Bristol and Homo home Run companies Is sure to create a 1 boom in that part of ot the camp I predict that there will be KOO men working Jn In n the tho Bristol district before tho the middle of or 1913 PIoche Pioche Record MINERALS WE WASTE I ANNUALLY IMMENSE Relative to Minerals We Waste Vaste Annually Annually An An- Charles L. L Parsons of ot the bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau of ot mines gives out the tho follow follow- In lag ing interesting Interesting- facts A quarter of ota eta a billion tons of ot coal Moro More natural gas than the total output output out out- put of ot artificial gas companies Nearly ninety per pcr cent of at tho the energy of or the coal that is mined More than tons of at coal through holler boiler scale In 8 More lore than of ot products by-products in the making of at coke by old toned process In addition to losses In th the mining and ina concentration of ot zinc ores there arc incalculable losses iose which without question run into many millions of ot dollars and exceed the tho total total to- to tal value of ot the zinc mined In lu stags and waste products from rom other sources Our waste of ot nitrogen aro almost Inconceivable and ond no calculation can give Blye an idea what these losses mean moan The total amount of ot sulphur discharged dis dis- charged in tho the air from smelters would make more marc than tons of ot sulphuric sul sul- acid SPAR AND QUARTZ INDUSTRY LARGE Amounts to a Year With California Leading the States Accor According to Jefferson 1 the year car 1911 showed the largest production production production tion ever recorded In the tile feldspar In Industry Industry In- In the output being greater by tons In quantity and In value than that o of 19 u the year car of or maximum production until 1911 The Tho production In 1811 1911 according to his report on feldspar and quartz Just Issued by the tho United States geological survey was wasI I short tons valued at nt against SIlO short tons valued at 2 In 1910 Jn In 1911 deposits In California Connecticut Maine Malno Maryland Maryland Mary Mary- land Minnesota New York North Carolina Pennsylvania and Virginia were worked Maine led lell all the other states In quantity produced with short tons New York was wn second with short tons Connecticut third with ith short tons Pennsylvania fourth with short tons tone and Maryland fifth th with short tons The Tho principal use uee of feldspar Is Inthe Inthe in inthe the manufacture of pottery enamelware enamelware enamelware enamel- enamel ware enamel brick and electrical ware Of Ot these the most Important Is Its usein uso use In the bod body and glaze of or pottery and vitrified sanitary ware In which it constitutes from 10 to 3 36 30 per cent cont Its value In pottery lies In the fact that It melts at a a. lower point than the other other oth oth- er or Ingredients and serves es as aa a n. flux binding the tile cla clay and quartz particles together In glazes the percentage of ot feldspar used Is higher than In the tho hod body and runs from 30 to 50 60 per cent Other uses of feldspar which do not require the high grade demanded by bythe bythe bytho the tho pottery potter trade aro are In the manu manufacture Cac- Cac turo ture o of emery and corundum wheels where it serves as a flux in th tho manufacture manufacture manufacture manu manu- facture of at opalescent glass glas ns as a poultry poultry poultry poul poul- try grit as a constituent of or roofing rooting material os ballast Small SmaIl quantities quantities quan quan- titles o of the tue purest grades of t potash feldspar are used In the tho manufacture o of artificial teeth For or this purpose It brings the highest prices from prices from 6 to toS tos S 8 a 1 barrel o of 3 O pounds It Is also used In the manufacture of scouring soaps and nd window ow wash Tho Thu use of ot feldspar of oC the tho lower grades es for or poultry poultry poultry poul poul- try grit rooting roofing etc seems to tu be bo on the tho Increase an and In 1 1911 11 a small quantity quan quart tit was used as railroad ballast Production In 1911 the production of or quartz was short tons tOIls valued at an Increase in quantity of ot tons and andIn andIn andIn In value of or over oyer 1910 The Tho In Increase Increase Increase In- In crease In quantity was entirely ly In the crude quartz the ground ma material de decreasing decreasing do- do creasing In both hoth quantity anti and value The production of oC quartz in 1 1911 was the lar largest est during the last rh five years that of oC 1909 when the tue output was 1214 9 short tons valued at t 34 Quartz occurs in man many different forms Corms such as sand tripoli sandstone and quartzite In some somo forms such as rose and smoky quartz and amethystine amethyst st I ine inc quartz it has a gem value The figures on quartz production issued by bythe bythe by the United d States geological survey surey deal with massive only cr crystalline quartz with flint and with quartzite that I is used for 01 other than building or paving pa purposes These TheBe grades of quartz are used usell in the manufacture of pottery paints and scouring scouring- soap and andas as wood filler Considerable Quantities quantities quantities ties ot of ground quartz quart are used in the manufacture of oC paint In some cases eases as much as third one-third of or the tho total pigment consisting of or this titis material Quartz crushed and graded to various sizes is used in tho the manufacture of ot sandpaper sand belts as n. n t. t scouring agent with sand blast apparatus etc Blocks of ot massive quartz and quartzite are aro used In the chemical Industry and as a a. flux in copper smelting Ground quartz is also alBa used in filters and In tooth powders powders pow pow- ders and by dentists as a detergent A CO copy of ot Mr MIddletons MIddleton's report ma may be obtained free Cree on application to the director of or tho the United States Geological Survey at Washington D D. C C. MINERAL RANGE PLANS BIGGER BeaV Beaver r County Company Fi Financed Financed Fl- Fl and Will Soon Push Developments f r Another Beaver count county property the Mineral lIneral Range Gold promises to 2 dIsplay m more P animation nation in In the immediate immedi immedi- ate future than in a long time Relative to that company compan the St. St Marys Mans and tho the Cortez ground tho the Beaver County News says Bas J. J L. L Craig local 0 ral agent of or the Oregon of or Short Salt S l Line Lake at Salt Salt assistant Lake attorney CIty J J. Jv v V. for tor LYle tho the Srn Oregon n Short Line road rod and C C. C cf IL Jenkinson Jen Jen- kinson of the same place local assistant it last treasurer ot of the tho Ore Oregon on Short Line Une spent Sunday in Milford These Theo gentle men are a nIl all Interested In tho the Mineral Range Gold Mining company compan and while here hero went out and looked over tho the Noonday Noon Noon- flay day property to Inspect the tile hoisting works out there The They intend to Install in Iii the vcr very near future a complete hoisting plant upon tho the Mineral Range Rans-e and to begin work not later than tho the first of or October They havo have interested some Chicago o and New lc parties In the tho financial end of or the Mineral Range proposition and will t soon have plenty plent of monc money to push the tho work worle vigorously Mr Craig Crali Is author author- It ity for tor the tile statement that this property is going to be bo worked more mora vigorously than ever cr before St. St Marys Mary's Mining A letter from Salt Snit Lake Lale Cit City dated August 21 states that Hansen was on that da day leaving lea for or Duluth Mr writes that he has made a com corn promise of at tho the suit brought by Patrick Ryan against the St. St Marys Mining company com corn pany party to enjoin th the collection of ot tho the as asSessments as- as recently levied first payment to bo be made September 1 1912 and tho balance at tho the rate of ot nO per month for four Cour months Mr Is called to Duluth on business and will be bo gone cone about one month 1 Ho is then thee coming back here to push work worle at the mine Dur Dur- DurIng Ing Ing- his absence George Kemple will keep things going at the property R. R II Burke Burka and Robert Finley who have a a. lease learo on Jhc the Cortez claim in Elephant canyon n. n belonging to Mrs So So phia of ot Beaver are aro continual al ally showing samples ot of rock with treo freo gold old visible to 48 the naked eye yc- yc running hundreds of ot dollars to the ton They went vent to Beaver and back on business last week Th returning to to- MIlford Thursday They have havo a prospective deal on hand for Mh tho the handling of ot this property on a larger scale Benle details ot of which will be announced hater goes through successfully MASON VALLEY PLANT HANDLING PLENTY ORE Below Bolow is the tho total ore receipts of ot Mason v Valley at Thompson for tor the seven days ending Thursday August 29 Inclusive says tho Mason Valley News Tons Nevada Nevada-D 2001 Mason rason Valley VaHey mines 2204 Miscellaneous mines Shipments of ot copper from Thomp Thomp- eon on for same period lQ 10 I IRON PRODUCTION SHOWS DECREASE Last Year a Total of Tons Was Marketed in inthe inthe inthe the United States Thero There was l 3 a 0 decrease of ot nearly twenty eight per cent in the production of ot Iron ore and a smaller but noteworthy noteworthy note note- worthy worth decrease In the production of ot pig iron and steel teel in the United States in 1911 compared with the production In Iii 1910 due to tho ho largo large overproduction o tion o of ore In 1910 and to a ri lessening In demand for tor Iron products in 1911 The prospects for Cor 1 1912 12 are encouraging according to Ernest F. F Burchard of ot the United States geological survey in a report Just issued on the Production of ot Iron Ore Ole Pig Iron and Steel In 1911 but at no time sinco 1907 1901 has tho the excessive capacity for tor manufacturing ing iron and aud steel teel been boen fully lully utilized and nothing short of abnormal activIty activity ity which Is 19 not likely to occur in 1912 will result in employing the full tull capacity capacity capacity ca ca- ca- ca of at tho the plants One Ono of at tho the Important features of ot tho the ore iron-ore industry in 1911 was tho the Increased Increased in increased In- In creased attention paid to the con conservation conservation conserva conserva- tion of or ore in the Lake L. Superior re region region re- re gion glon through beneficiation washing concentrating roasting and of ot |
