| Show f MINES AND MINING NEWS I 74 ORE FOUND IN DIVIDE MINE 1 c OTHER Nub NOTES tj 1 r Cl Mining i Operations Active l This Winter inter in Goldfield Gold Gold- he field District I. I Mining operations In and around the famous old od Nevada camp of oC aro arc active this winter according to tho the News which says that the Che crosscut beIng driven southwest toward tho the wall foot of or tho Divided vein eln on the tho foot toot level hevel le OO feet teet southeast st of or tho main crosscut from the shaft haft hat has been extended 40 feet feet and id ha ba has not yet ct reach reached d tho wall ac according according ac- ac cording to Manager A. A I. I DArcy A crosscut into tho the hanging wall wal of ot tho the vein has been started to determine If It will wi l Jo 10 o found round to the east ast O or tho main drift Average assays of oC over ovel 39 have been obtained In the the value of or the theore southwest crosscut I Ioro oro ore rn ranging from tram 1 15 to tu 74 1 74 Drifting has been discontinued for forthe forthe the tho present In the Red fled Hill Florence Florenco I and is being sunk stink from the tho and a n In which level foot drift on tho le tho the dl discovery covery of or rich ore was made nade recently A A. raise extended a R short raie distance showed showe a. a i material decrease In th the value alue of or the oro ore and the find at atthe the develop elop I Is hI being sunk to tho the point where tho the best besl ore are was ns exposed ex Cx- in the bottom of or tho drift posed tho Tho The mining mining- work performed b by Lone Lono Star for rOl tho the month of ot January Lne ae as stated In a a report report b by Superintendent G. G B. B Hartley consisted of completing the tho and cleaning of the foot foot 0 level of or the No 1 or elgan root 20 thI gallons oC of shaft In doing this this hat water and 12 12 tons of or muck were hoisted io o tho the surface Part of oC tho the and east enet crosscut was cast est feet of or new track was laid Tho The feet to a advanced 18 cro crosscut cut was as point HI feet reet from tho the shaft shat The west crosscut was advanced 15 1 fuet front the tho the breast now being beinG 10 feet shaft haft i distance of or over oer 00 feet from At a 00 tho the main shaft tho the cast east drift in the tho Jumbo Copper mountain mine has en ent entered en- en t red one of or the cross fissures In which the tho ore are is found and assays assays as high cent have been obtained ob ob- ob as as- 30 per copper with Indications that tamed recently tho the present recent work orl wih will lead to the tho when opening of or a large ore bod body development de at this depth feet teet has been continued further The Tho drift is 18 in territory under the old Fox leao from irom which a 3 big production was made and operations are again going de deh delays de- de rate following forward at a good of or equip breaking h lays Jays s 's caused b by the ment en t. t linn Un S Or Ore After ACter delays delag due to unforeseen e n circumstances cr- cr cir cir- including the replacing hoist holt a the power air-power for of oC parts part or Cracker station has b been en cut in tho the Jack and sinking of oC a from the foot oot O-oot level le to explore th the tho Junction veins of DC tho the cast east and ul Cracker Jack Jacic has been started A contract has been let Jet for tor the work and It Is expected le the objective will wili bo be reached within SO O feet teet At At a shallow depth the winzo has exposed quartz containing copper topper on thc the wall foot side Heretofore copper iia hn has been found in good quantity In this part of ot the mine but the ore always alwa's has been In seams The appearance of oC the tho metallic cont content nt of he the or ore oro In Jn the body of or the quartz is 15 regarded a as an unusually promising indication of ot conditions to be found round at atthe atthe atthe the Intersection of or tho the veins The 01 ore orelia lia has not been assayed for tor copper The Tue I gold and silver content Is valued at I sl el from 7 7 to 58 8 per ton Three feet teet of material of or excellent appearance 1 15 11 of or orthe side exposed on the wall hanging the The he vein at this point ls 12 feet wide and this ore channel has been shown to contain BUI all bodies of hl high grade h- h ra e ere ore re at a a. number of oC places in the mine CHINAS CHINA'S TUNGSTEN MINES QUIE DOWN DOVIN from Crom China China say e nt n n the rort e. trade tl In or tun tungsten ore are from rom the south China field feld ha rather extraordInary extraordinary ex ex- of C late but present gent Indications Indications indications Indica Indica- are arc that things In tho the course of ofa a short time will wil come hack back to normal normal The fall fal In price for the tue ore oro In the United and the absence of oC that strong demand for tor It which characterized character character- the trade at nt the thc beginning of ot the export of oC the oro from Ion kon has resulted In much more marc of oC a fall tal in local ocal prices t than tari an has been justified bl by b l extent of cr the fall fal i In price In lh the U United States Whereas the the- local price up to a short time ago was something like 6 63 local currency or about 1 5 gold per of 33 Z 1 Poun Pounds s at e then prevailing Itis it itis I is now from rom 38 to 40 0 local currency I or at pre present exchange from to I 32 gold Jold p per r The fhe fact Is that thata a as the Chinese middlemen who have I been heen the ore from the small smal miners In various districts In the In Interior In in- tenor were new to the business their trade trado went to pieces following tho the do- do o- o crease creaso crealo In price The situation became beeme BO so 10 upset Ulse and precarious that the middlemen mid mid- diemen emen who ho have been selling direct to foreign exporters held heM a meeting In Canton last w week ek for tor the tho purpose of forming forming some somo sort of oC an export association asso asso- the real purpose being simply to Improve the morale of or the smaller maler buyers and hold prices In this thiM field feld up UI to a level corresponding with those In Inthe the United States Stales This association Is likely Ikel to have ver very little effect upon Upun the situation although It may stiffen sUren tho O position of or tho the smaller buyers huers C CALL LL ISSUED ISSUED FOR FOR I V MARINE FIREMEN FIR IEN Washington Feb A A call for tor young raUIS men to take training courses courtes that will wi fit them to fire tre boilers 0 on oS government operated merchant ships was Issued toda today b by the tue shipping oar Tacy will 1 b given giren cn sio 30 per er month aD and aDd board while 1110 training and d 75 a month a after r the they join ship crews 5 GREAT GOLD COLD DISTRICT OUTPUT IN DECEMBER REPORTED SMALL due to tho the influenza epidemic labor Transvaal rans chamber dil According to tho the during December tho the number employed the tho Wit AVIt- the output from of at nines mines having been considerably lower than district luring during December Decombe having The that for tor tho the preceding month 1918 in fine gold amounted to therefore mado made to tho the Ounces as against for or No- No 0 chamber total return amounts to ounces a as aM for Cor the corresponding cor an and month of or ounces 1917 s From COI- COI tile tho te compared with wih 6 ounces for tr November No No- Ne responding ember vember a decrease of ot ounce ounces arc re reported re- re districts 1040 ounces outside for forthe Tile The total value Is giten as ported as against ounces Tho The for November of ot all against results month Tho rho al the tIle previous pre the properties havo havo been affected by bythe monthly returns since sinco January Januar 1915 the continued acute acuto shortage 6 of or native follow iDiS 1918 1917 1916 1915 3 8 3 January Januar Mardi March February 30 April 30 i 4 00 45 Apri May 32 2082 June Juno 37 Jul July Au August Augut Ut September October 3 November o hu H I Two NEW OIL fELDS FIELDS ARE DISCOVERED IN WYOMING From r Casp-r cornea comes word vord that Wyoming Wyo Wo- ming nung oil 01 m men n have d discovered two new o I of or orthe and ond nd certain oil l producing districts the northwest Southwest of ot Casper Inthe in inthe inthe the vicinity of or tho the old Bates Holo hole op operation op- op oration tho the Carter and md other companies companies com corn panics havo have located tW two structures and southwest t of oC and north u of Red fled Desert station staton on Oil the tho Union Pacific railroad in Sweetwater county a structure structure true ture adjacent to the tile Lost Creek dome has been located and already h has hs s a rig completed This last lat named district has lain for tor years cars without any action and th the oil scouts of ot nearly nearh all al tho tile larger firms 01 were unaware that work larCer was wan wal oven even contemplated in itt that part What hat company or firm is doing doinG the work Is not rIot known n. leno as It I has been dono very quiet quietly and no one appears to be Informed from which point the tho material material ma ma- tonal was shipped Tho The location is close nose to the Great Divide DI line lino and amI far out in tho the center of or tho the Red Desert so that it means a 1 long and ant wearisome trip to reach the tho spot spot In ln the new venture ventura on Bates Hole creek creel tho tilO Carter is now no putting up a rig and other othel firms are considering considering going in 3 as soon Boon as the weather settles setles in liz II tho spring sprinG The Tho Victor Wyoming Oil 01 company ha has secured u a 1 considerable considerable consider consider- able ble acreage in the tho territory This is the firm that has been operating in inthe inthe the Hidden dome ome out of or Worland In the ll Big Horn basin for tor some oro months past Tho The scouts visiting the Bates Hole Holo I region report that the new structures structure are BO so situated as to be invisible until untila a a. person I Is a on the structure and the topography in is 11 all in a portion porton of or the tile bad lan lands 1 that effectually hides tho the action of the ilic strata from distant view The structures lie llo e about fifteen fit fit- teen toen miles mies due east from Alcova X Ae Neinda Worth Prospecting Word Yord was as brou brought ht to Casper re recently recently re- re of a R structure located In Nevada Ne Xe- vada Tada that looks good as asa a possible oil 01 bearing dome according to the Oil 01 I e-I City Derrick This formation la is lo located lo- lo west of oC Shoshone mountain of oC CALIFORNIA Ol OlMEN OIL MEN ENERGETIC Energy of the tile California oil 01 men In InS 1918 brought brouCht rc results Js according accordinG to s eta sta a- a Tho The co operative co effort of ot the tho committee of oC oil 01 men on the Pacific coast acting under tinder authority of ot the United States Slates shipping board has met wih with according to an article artcle In the Standard Oil Oi Bulletin of oC January All Al tankers and barges were operated operate as one fleet Ceet and stocks of or fuel oil oU and refined products Pooled in Cal California Cornia and outside sales stations Under this arrangement 24 vessels with a capacity of oC barrels barrels bar bar- bat bat- 1015 were operated as a unit uni In common com coIn mon ownership Durn During the year yer of or tho the committees committee's operations barrels barrela of oC refined products were moved mO as against 2810 tho tIle previous year ear In tho tile meantime meantime mean mean- time fuel oil ul transportation was kept at the s same me le level 1 The rile committee also worked ou out t three forms torms of or exchanges which greatly reaty Increased he hp resources and power of ot tho the Industry on the west coast and eliminated the move cross ment of or ships California's direct contribution In winning winninG the the- the war by hy shipping its Is re refined re- re fined tined products during to tho the Atlantic At At- lantic coast cost a as expressed In gallons Is gallons of naptha products and gallons of ot lubricating oils shipped 01 to meet government re requirements requirements re- re on the eastern coast This work worle was WM accomplished by the II committee without government go control or Ole direction us the director of or tho the oil division Mark lark L. L L Re Roqua Requa u allowed the 01 operative co-operative e association to work out I Its Is own problems DURANGO SMELTER I JANUARY RESULTS Manager R. R P. P Reynolds of or the tho Durango Durano Du- Du rano plant of oC the American Smelting Refining company has given out the following statement of or the tho Jannar January op cp- cp 1 A A total of or dry tons were treated or shipped to other plants for tor treatment This his tonnage produced metal contents as follows ounces gold Kohl ounces of ot 1253 silver sU 86 pounds of lead lend and j pounds of oC copper or Of tIlls this total Colorado Colordo ores produced d 1 69 1 ounces of or gold ounces of or silver pounds of f lead head and pounds of copper This product was paid for Cor at th the following rate Gold 2067 per her ounce sliver silver sU er 5 per ounce lead per por hundred pounds pound and copper 5 2455 per pound giving worth of r f gold old worth of euver sil eu- eu Vel ver worth of ot lead and 51 1 51 worth of or copper or a grand to total total to- to tal or of y HUN H OF FINANCE ASKS LOAN Weimar Fob Iob 16 ln G. In an nn address b be before be- be fore foro the tho national national assembly Dr fer minister of or finance said ho his Haw v tho the nele necessity I for Cor credits credis of ot marks Of or this amount tho the minis minis- tor tr said sal marla maik would be bo used lor tor h building houses Ho lIe 10 added that tho the total credits and nd loans aggregate more than marks not including marks In jn treasury notes The Tha hank bank bills bis In circulation ho sa said amounted mounted 11 to marks I the reek Creole ral of or mountains mountain andIn and In Fish Fisl Spring valley rho Tho nearest valey railroad point Is Eureka about bout I miles across very cry cr wild territory I mies rOI l wid Generally It has been tho the hope of I oil 01 Generall men of ot the I west vest that fields felds of oC oil 01 would be found west east cast taRt of oC tho the Pacific coast backbone of ot mountains to correspond correspond cor cor- respond with the California deposits of oC the tile west side Nevada and Arizona are arc tho the two states touted as territory worth looking Into along Ion this line lne I IThe The recent strike of or Hoyt et el al intile In Inthe tile the Crazy Womans Woman's Pocket Mont country where tho the tools found Cound an oil 01 of or high content I Is attracting nomo somo attention from the refineries InV in rome V Wyoming tenton because of or tho the high class cass orthe of or the tile oil This Tills well however O ho on later reports does docs not appear appeal to have havo a production production pro pro- that would warrant arrant heavy hen in investment 1 ducton vestment until further drilling is done At present the tho work Is shut down un until un- un til tul ti spring as the district Is high in altitude an and tho the cold intense Hay Section The TIle Midwest Refining company compan has purchased outright a halt half hal interest intile in inthe the tile Leo Lee school sect section n on the Warm Hm I Springs oil field This Is 18 section 36 SprinGs 92 43 9 43 and 01 was as the first section In the Warm arm Springs oil on field that operations wore started upon rho Tho land was taken taleen over r from Crom the original owners b by Arthur K Leo and others of oC Tier her and a as It I Is a school section had and state property tho tIle government no ne claim on th the oil on when tho tile Warm arm I Springs withdrawal was authorized by bythe bythe I SprinGs the tho president Mr Ir Lee Is a banker |
