Show in nearby states ARIZONA it is estimated that the september production of the tom reed gold mines company operated by jack shank as lessee oatman iian will amount to approximately the morenci branch phelps dodge corporation joseph P hod hodson hodgson b son general manager b morenci is pro producing ducin 9 pounds of copper per month and has on its payroll including lessees lessels les sees approximately 1700 employed emp loyes the AN wishon rishon exploration company W W wishon kingman is making splendid headway in the main shaft on the golden bullet claims having started two shifts recently this property is located in the mineral park district A bullion cone wei weighing b hin 6 1633 ounces is on oil display in in kingman coming 6 from the last cleanup clean up at the mill of th the katherine gold mines company this is the first to be melted at the mill the precipitates having been shipped to san francisco heretofore BRITISH COLUMBIA drifts are proceeding on oil the ore body cut recently at the 1000 foot depth in the ruth hope mine according to a report from sandon the body is twelve feet wide and is reported to contain ilian many y stringers of clean galena carrying silver as well as lead no 1 copper furnace of the consolidated mining smelling smelting Sm Sni elting company was blown in september 23 at trail with a large accumulated stock of copper ore and shipments from the granby at allenby resu resumed nied a steady run around 40 tons daily is expected porcupine goldfields Gold fields development finance company ltd E english concern operating in northern ontario and kimberley plans to open an office in vancouver and acquire properties in the portland canal region it is understood too cl I 1 that prospects close to the premier have been optioned option ed duncan mcintosh has sold a quarter interest in the bell mine mille at beaverdell B C to henry lee according to the greenwood ledge mr lee has been in charge of the federals operations at beaverdell and put over the deal for the sally he has resigned from the federal the ledge states the standard silver lead mining company has completed a tramway on the mcallister mine three miles north of three forks and is building ore bins at the railroad when the bins are completed shipments will be started de development of the property has been proceeding by the standard through a long tunnel the ore ora contains lead and silver the disclosure of rich ore by diamond drilling is reported by the lessees lessels of the I 1 X L and the 0 K mines of rossland according to reports received at spokane both properties are famous for the quality of the rock they have yielded some of it containing thousands of dollars in gold to the ton toll so rich has some of it been that shipments were ar accompanied by guards both the lessees lessels and the owners of lie he properties profited from the operations COLORADO jack carney and herman Offer offerman illan came down from the e beaver and belfast mine in the red Mount mountain din district thursday says the ouray herald they report that they have a of good high grade ore and that they are filling the bins in a very satisfactory way the mine is likely to make one of the biggest in the red mountain section A recent dispatch from new york says the international smelting smelling Sm elting company subsidiary of the anaconda copper company has acquired all properties of the falcon lead company all holdings b of the syndicate mining and milling company and the R L pette property at rico the bellevue property at empire clear creek county is 11 being put in shape for a big campaign of work during the winter months the mill is being overhauled and development work is in progress and large bodies of milling ore are in evidence it is expected that the mill will be in operation in a very short time thomas cunningham who has been for some time in the shoe basin over argentine pass states that on a trip to montezuma a short time ago he met six old time prospector friends that lie he had known for the past forty years when the old prospectors get on the job results are sure to happen so be on the watch for new discoveries in the shoe basin and neighboring districts georgetown courier the body of ore opened by the east butte copper company in the pelican dives property at silver plume about two months ago continues to improve in both size and value an average of ten inches of high grade smelt ing ore is being 6 mined and in addition several feet of high grade smelting smelling sm elting ore is being mined and in addition several feet of high mill ore is being treated in the mill which is handling tons per day turning out approximately 75 tons of concentrates per week which runs over ounces of silver per ton with a fair lead value and some gold prof mcconnel back from the east says they dont have any silver dollars out there but everybody packs around a roll of dirty greasy germ laden dollar bills he tells of throwing down a silver dollar on oil the counter of a lau the cashier looked at it swallowed hard said huh and finally dared dare d to pick it up she acted as if it was vas the first one she had ever se seen en cant see why they prefer dirty germ soaked paper money to silver but they seem to looks as if there is a chance for colorados silver mines to be worked more and the country to be supplied with real money montrose press IDAHO A lease and option to buy the property of the alice twining mining company in ruddy gulch between wallace and mullen idaho has been taken by the hercules mining company A showing t made by george maurier lessee will be prospected by the hercules is disclosed at the face of a A foot of high grade ore drift in the intermediate level of the silver cliff mine near the snow storm mine at larson according to reports the last 60 feet of drifting has been in ore continuously where the body is a foot wide the content is silver and more than 5 in in 45 of 30 per cent copper ounces gold to the ton at the annual meeting of the giant ledge syndicate board the retiring held at the mines near murray recently elected those and directors were added elected reelected two re was L woody were L 0 spokane p president resident john H M saad troy idaho vice presidents P J and george claus E eichner ole lein felton troy secretary and G F walker all of kendrick idaho C W sanderson B ovill bovill idaho and D S prescott spokane the new members are erik troy and A A may leland idaho the report of the independence lead mines for the nine months ended october 5 shows in the bank on january 1 there was no cash on hand band the bills payable were assessment no 3 brought I 1 and other items increased the receipts to I 1 professor L 0 howard head of the department of mining at washington state college at pullman attended the meeting of mining and metallurgical engineers at burke last friday evening and spent saturday with other engineers at kellogg inspecting bunker hill operations wallace miner 1st ast A carload of ore left the western union mine for the bunker hill smelter october 3 and others will leave at intervals of two weeks according to reports received at spokane from wallace this shipment was the first made since the mine came under the new management A large part of the ore was drawn from the main tunnel level and was dressed in three jigs installed in recent months defendants demurrer to the complaint of the idaho copper company to enjoin the idaho copper corporation from using the trade name idaho copper was sustained in a memorandum decision handed down by judge frank S dietrich of the united states district court at boise friday morning plaintiff is given thirty days to amend the plaintiff company has charged that the corporation took a similar name to deceive the public attracted by the claims of wood river as a mining country the jubilee mining company a nevada corporation has filed articles of incorporation in the county recorders office it at hailey A G fraser of hailey is appointed agent for idaho mr fraser has recently taken over the war dance property the directors of the jubilee company P any are arc G cuneo william ghiglieri and D B robn robnett ett of san francisco and N J barry and F M conlan of reno nevada the new ball mill unit at the plant of the idaho metals company in this city says the mackay miner is being installed this week weck and will soon be in operation according to john L bills in charge of milling operations at largest copper producing mining property the new mill unit will add tons to the daily capacity of the plant which has been an average of tons each day of crude ore treated the past capacity has produced ten cars each month and the new unit is expected to increase the concentrates production to around fifteen cars each month j the federal mining and smelting smelling Sm elting company of wallace and mullan has issued a report showing it earned in the 12 months to J june une 30 this is the heaviest earnings the company has made in a year the federal not only is is making a profit from the morning mine at mullan but it has extensive and highly productive zinc lead mines in oklahoma the morning mine produced about 40 per cent of the comp companas anys an y s earnings during the year the mornings record included 55 per tent cent of the lead ore 15 per cent of the zinc and all the silver which the federal company produced the companas comp anys mill is treating its ores 0 res almost excle si sivel V cly yby b flo flotation titi an MONTANA mill construction is now under tinder way at the cleveland mine white sulphur springs the richmond consolidated at adair has attained 1900 feet depth in its extension of the montana idaho tunnel the judge m mine ine at castle a silver producer closed by the panic of 1893 is being preparatory to reopening the new milling plant of the iron mountain mining company is scheduled to go into regular commission this month the companas comp anys mines have not been operated since 1916 following a suspension of operations for several years the tramway mine of the anaconda copper mining ani company at butte has been reopened the operating force it is said will be gradually increased to normal about men A strike of 20 per cent copper ore is reported on the 1000 foot level of the boston montana property and the mill now is said to be handling tons of ore daily and the management is strenuously endeavoring to stage a real cc comeback at the property A NEVADA development work at the old star mine in the cherry creek district which will include the continuation of the star tunnel feet to intersect the exchequer and imperial vein system will begin soon goon according to J W walker president of the cherry creek silver star mining company which now controls the property the humboldt sulphur company whose mine is located a few miles north of sulphur on the western pacific and which has been a producer for a great many years has been for the past several months at work put putting tino in in a new style retort and filter the inventions of the manager A J crowley which are designed to save the fines son something the old mill would not dp it is reported the new plant is now complete and is being tuned up the buckingham mina mines company has started sinking the buckingham shaft from the foot level the hardy shaft and workings have been and re timbered and the reported existence of silver lead ore in ln this ams shaft has been confirmed says general manager E A S 0 in a recent report to stockholders manager states that the mine workings contain tons of ore averaging 15 per ton in in gold silver and lead plans flans are being considered for a 50 ton concentrating plant sale of the original bullfrog mine in the bullfrog dis brict a fe few v miles west of the old camp of Rhy fsr is re the l ported although the consideration has been withheld 1 of property has been under the control for the last year john shirley pioneer resident of southern nevada and john jon that J carr well known prospector of tonopah To and during high time they have made three shipments that returned nig values in gold W long a resident of ely was the pair pu substantial chaser and he has already taken possession a rep cash payment having been made tonopah mining porter orter three and a half tons of high grade drill steel rolled to one and a quarter inches diameter has arrived in in torio x ollied bonsib pah for th the buckeye belmont beamont mines company ter VY by the midvale steel works says the tonopah To lepor this steel was made on analytical specification rolled from center ingot steel and came through electric furnaces the advantage in in steel as made from the center of the ingot arises from the fact that the dirt and slag in the steel may be carried to the top or bottom leaving the center of the ingot 6 as the best and freest from dirt and oxidization remarked letson balliet in discussing the shipment the southern pacific railroad has filed a new schedule on ore shipments from western nevada points to utah smelters shelters sm elters with the interstate commerce commission at washington affecting 6 carload rates on a minimum of lbs ibs which it desires to put in effect october 16 the new schedule which was received yesterday by E H walker president of the reno chamber of commerce and traffic expert for that association shows an increase of 30 and 32 per cent on 20 ore from reno mina luning b and schurz the percentage of increase decreases with the value of the ore president walker has taken the matter up with J F chairman of the public service commission of nevada with the view of filing a protest with the interstate commerce commission existing rates went into effect about three years ago after a hard fight on the part of nevada and have done much to foster mine development and the movement of low grade ore nevada mining press |