Show in nearby states ARIZONA A carload of machinery has been shipped from king man to patagonia for use at the idaho mine of the north star mining company george mcdevitt manager is is making arrangements for the construction of a flotation plant at the property kirby thomas mining engineer of new york city has been making his regular inspection of the work of the hassayampa Hassa yampa gold placer company heard building phoenix which has been drilling the placer ground on the hassayampa Hassa yampa river south of the results reported from the drilling operations have been very satisfactory exceeding in fact expectations and it is generally conceded that dredging operations on a large scale will be started soon the wishon exploration company is loading a car of high grade smelting smelling sm elting ore from the golden bullet mine at mineral park which will be sent out to the sampling works at once the mine is now in production with E W kay as superintendent the golden bullet is one of the most promising properties in the mineral park section the ore showing extreme oxidation and leaching A secondary enrichment zone should soon be encountered in this property kingman miner orders have been placed for four horsepower diesel engines from the union gas engine works oakland california for the central copper company john W prout jr DOS cabezas the site of the permanent power plant has been selected near the mascot railroad station and construction work is to start at once surveys have been made on the site selected for the milling plant and the maps submitted to mill designers for detailed drawings four additional wells have been started for water development COLORADO J C kirkpatrick who is installing a selective flotation plant at black hawk has been home this week waiting for the arrival of machinery mr kirkpatrick is right up to the minute on the selective flotation question and he says that there are numerous properties in this section which are adaptable to that process on a paying basis georgetown courier the colorado southern narrow gauge to central cit city y idaho springs and other mining camps monday saw the largest freight train in years on its way to the hills where operations are assuming large proportions the train comprised 35 cars mostly laden with mining machinery and required three engines to make the anhill trip arvada enterprise E D payne of idaho springs reports that he is closing in the buildings he is erecting at empire and getting things shaped around to start his mace furnace early next month he has all the machinery on the ground except the furnace which is scheduled to arrive soon he is very enthusiastic thusia over the prospects of the mace being able to solve the problems of that district the state metal mining fund announced on the that plans are arc now complete for a geological survey of the mining and oil regions of colorado to start the first of the year two of the governments best engineers from washington will be sent to this state for the survey work the survey will take three years to complete and will cost it will be done by the united states geological survey operating cooperating co with the metal mining fund with the federal government bearing four fifths of the expense A vein of cinnabar the sulphide of mercury about a foot wide has been bee n encountered in the dante claim at cripple creek at a depth of 1500 feet although cinnabar has been found in several places in colorado the find at cripple creek is the only one that promises to be of importance A strong financial pool from new york has taken over the old joe reynolds group at lawson and has placed major F S winser in charge some half dozen men are cleaning up the property and getting it in shape to start a development campaign it was one of the big producers of high grade at one time and has a production products i record of 1500 it has produced silver that ran 1000 ounces to the ton A recent rollinsville Rol linsville dispatch says since the recent strike b by y the travis gulch mining company of ore testing b 2240 ounces of gold nor nearly per ton which was made here recently in the free gold group of claims work has been prosecuted in driving the drift further on toward the west it is believed that the ore body extends westward as high assays essays were had on the surface from the big vein at this point IDAHO the number of mining claims in shoshone county which embraces the coeur dalene region is according to ravenel macbeth secretary of the idaho mining assoria association the figures were obtained from the records of the county treasurer auditor and recorder for the filing year ended on june 30 1925 this is the first time he says that the number has been ascertained colorado gulch mining claims the property of the late L A dithmer have been taken over by the primos primes company of philadelphia according to hailey advices advises ad vices the boericke brothers through their representative R C morrison it is understood will thoroughly sample the ores and if satisfactory results are obtained it i is s likely that the gulch will ill soon be a lively mining camp much activity characterizes the great lead silver camp of gilmore at the head of lemhi leahi valley and that camp is now sending out an average of seven cars of ore per week which originate at the pittsburg idaho latest out and allie properties much of the product is that of leasing on about certa certain iii of these properties the camp now employs it it miners with prospects favoring an increased payroll is said at some of the works nicholia has cc ceased ased shipping pa via gilmore but is trucking its ores to dubois on th the e short line a distance of about 66 miles salmon herald to the A strike of high grade lead ore assaying northeast north easi ton at the old mccarty mine located eight miles of of boise on shaw mountain is reported old time reiners has na which boise and vicinity are jubilant over the strike liine mi revealed a six foot vein of high grade ore mccarty an and d in the early days aap was as owned by mrs martha mccarty of southern idaho mining was one of the heaviest gold scot pro dubers of the state the property is now owned by feet of anderson of boise the strike was made within two abandoned the spot where gold mining operations had been abandon in and according to J T cook who is interested cent years ago leady lead 15 per ce 20 cent the the ore assays essays per the company ti id to in gold g of silver and zinc with ten ounces ris 9 5 ton the find is near the site of the old Pay paymaster mastery were we sun north star and many other claims whose names common talk in pioneer mining days in idaho MONTANA the eddy and lackawanna placers on deep creek near iron mountain have been taken over by H W hickey backed by minneapolis capital the true fissure at deborgia will work throughout the winter A drift is being run in a large iron vein cut about 1000 feet from the portal it contains lead silver ore and some assays essays show 4 gold lukens hazel mine at libby has been taken over by eastern capital according to information from that place but no definite announcement of the purchaser or the details can be expected before february 1 it is said Zon olite will be used in i nan inan manufacture of roofing at billings according to a libby report this is a queer material mined near libby which swells to eight times its size and turns golden color when subjected to great heat mining truth the AT A dark clark interests represented by the M oulton moulton mining company compa ny the dark clark montana realty company and the elm orlu mining company all incorporated in the state of washington and operating in montana and J ross clark of los angeles cal have filed complaint against the anaconda copper mining company in the federal court at butte alleging that the latter has extracted of ore from its badger state veins plaintiffs claiming that the apex of these veins lies in their poser and intermediate veins NEVADA A six foot width of 40 ore has been opened in the mur phy dellin dellinger er mcclain lease on the great bend mine in the Diamond fie field id section of the goldfield district the ore is in a raise from a drift west from the main crosscut to the vein on the foot level florence goldfield according to luperi superintendent li fletcher H wood who recently returned from phoenix arizona where lie he has been in consultation with president kirby thomas is to resume operations on january 1 mr thomas is stated to have interested eastern capital in financing the companas comp anys operations and an extensive development campaign is to be undertaken in virgin territory reports come from lovelock to the effect that a mutual survey is being made by joseph F nenzel of the nenzel crown point and W G emminger and ellsworth bennett leasers leaders lea sers representing the rochester silver corporation says the tonopah mining reporter the object of the survey is said to be to settle disputed points in the hope of litigation now pending between the two corporations may be amicably disposed of goldfield great bend according to J K turner the has the best showing in the companas comp anys consulting engineer history of the mine high grade ore has been opened on the foot level west of the shaft and has already been followed for a length of 40 feet with the same values continuing in the face the usual high grade ore is found but the average is is running around 60 to 70 a ton over a width of 3 to 4 feet A car shipped recently netted a ton ben D luce widely known in nevada mining and political circles died on the alth at his home in inglewood ginglewood Ing lewood calif to which town he moved from tonopah two years ago mr luce engaged for a number of years in leasing the tailing ponds of the principal mills at tonopah To recovering the metal contents by s sweeping weeping the surface a method betl lod first introduced at Cl oatman atman ariz luce served in in the nevada legislature and was a democratic candidate for gover nor in 1918 his health is said to have been failing for several years he is survived by his widow a son and two daughters A decided change is showing in the face of the north crosscut from the tunnel on the property of the goldfield development company at railroad springs this crosscut was turned off from the main tunnel and is approaching the big vein from the side seams of calcite have been encountered running parallel to the strike of the vein which indicates the close proximity of the ore body immediately overhead the vein is 60 to 70 feet wide and surface assays essays show 7 to 10 a ton mark bradshaw manager of the secretary lode mines company returned from new york recently and reported that he experienced no difficulty in securing funds for the further development of the property says the reno gazette some time ago there was opened in the mine on the or bottom level a shoot of ore feet ion long three feet in width and averaging from eighteen to twenty two ounces silver and gold a ton and ore was also developed in two other localities on that level J C brumblay formerly with the united states smelt ig refining company and now field man for the mason valley mines company announces that the companas comp anys smelter at thompson will soon blow in and that a very liberal policy will be pursued to aid prospectors and claim owners in developing their properties p where the showing justifies mr brumblay states advances of either money or machinery will be made this will no doubt result in a number of new producing mines tributary to the thompson smelter shand smith of reno former secretary of the silver king divide mining company reorganized b was elected president and general manager at a meeting of the directors and N E cobb was made secretary says the nevada mining press of the alth president smith takes the place vacated by gust hanson who recently resigned A small force of men is working at the companas comp anys property 28 miles northwest of reno cleaning out the lower tunnel and it is probable that a will be sunk on a favorable showing sh owin 6 the product of the mine is copper car carrying Lying small values in gold and silver W E pomeroy general manager northern belle extension mining company operating at candelaria reports that a big body of copper ore has been opened up on the companas comp anys property A sunk to a depth of 30 feet in the drift on the galveston vein had opened a solid body of copper ore nine feet in width and averaging per cent copper to the ton while rich streaks in the vein run 30 to 40 per cent copper besides carrying additional values in silver the ore is a sulphide and shows considerable he brought in several sacks of samples some of the slabs weighing from 25 to 50 pounds and would easily run from 30 to 40 per cent in copper record progress was made in the sinking of the goldfield deep mines shaft during the first fifteen days of december the shaft has now passed the 2160 foot point the formation being passed through is very showing considerable there has been a slight increase in the flow of water indicating a more open fornia formation tion corresponding to vein conditions every indication points to the fact that the shaft is pretty close to the mineralized zone and should soon vass pass into the mother vein of the district although the shaft is still feet above the point calculated by the management as the probable location of the goldfield D deep cep mines controls an area on the course of the vein iya 1 miles in length and one mile in width w edth 0 it is pointed out that there is every sound reason for be lieving that it will produce fully as much as the entire production in the past which has amounted to sampling of the old tybo silver lead zinc mine at tybo 60 miles east by north from tonopah and formerly operated by the louisiana consolidated mining company is in progress under the direction of AV H blackburn former manager at tonopah for the tonopah mining company acting tor for the treadwell yukon mining company which has an option for purchase on the property the treadwell yukon company is controlled jointly by the alaska treadwell gold mining I 1 company and the bunker hill sullivan mining S concentrating company and was organized for the purpose of operating properties held under the same joint control F AV bradely of san francisco is president and directing engineer of all three companies nevada mining press alth |