Show in nearby states ARIZONA the silver reef mine mine owned by frank A leonard of casa grande is making shipments of silver lead ore to the el paso smelter the property was recently examined by frank royer th the e recent payroll at the new cornelia copper company ajo was the largest of the year due to the 15 per ce cent t bonus paid to all employed emp loyes on merchandise bought at the company store A B young assistant manager of the international smelting smelling Sm elting company salt lake city utah has been spend ing several days in ift the prescott district looking over the field as a possible site for the establishment of a custom mill according to the arizona mining journal tucson advices advises state that a nitrate le deposit discovered on the arivaipa river near the mining town of comprises an entire mountain and is the first deposit of its kind to be found in the united states william carter and hisson wilbur of glen bar who have staked out th the e claim believed at first that they had a deposit depositor of zinc ores the sto story ey said peruvian experts who investigated the find are quoted as saying the deposits are similar in content to those of peru and chile 1 1 the new unit of the katherine mill is now working along Iii nicely icely and tons of ore a day are passing through the mill says the kingman miner of the bul bullion ii on w will ill c continue to be shipped twice a month as before only now the shipments will naturally be materially increased this last week charles sutro president of the company frank short a stockholder from san francisco A L bloom bloomfield faid mill expert for the company and ira B jaroleman Jar olemon geologist for the company spent some time with superintendent R L dimmick at the mine mr bloomfield will remain remain at the property it is understood as assistant to mr dimmick i Ge gen njohn john C greenway for many years general manager of the calumet arizona copper company died in in the roosevelt hospital t new york city on the according to bisbee advices advises ad vices he hd was 53 years old he retired as general manager of the company last june after a ion 9 and successful record in both the mining and military world As an engi engineer neeri he won recognition by erecting the first leaching plant in north america and by the successful development of the greenway turbo washer As abol a soldier dier he won laurels as a captain with Roosevel ts rough riders in the spanish american war and as a major and lieutenant colonel with the american expeditionary forces during the world war he is survived by a widow and a son mrs Cre greenway enway was at his bedside the improvements at the copper queen smelting smelling sm elting works at douglas s which have been delayed on account of pi with bisp dispatch atch from now on changes in plans are to proceed the announcement comes from A G mcgregor consulting engineer in charge of the work originally it had been with the plan to equip the present furnaces new charging and slag disposal facilities and new boiler get settings also it was planned to install additional roaster capacity for the gases fr from om and to provide cottrell the the plan calls for two roaster old and new roaster new 19 ot of six six iv reve y smelting smelling units each unit consisting toot foot outside diameter 11 hearth roasters asters ro supe superimposed sed over furnace 22 feet wide by 93 feet long inside the ro asters are to closely follow a design worked out by stout and robinson BRITISH COLUMBIA the tunnel being driven at a lower horizon in the pra property of the Le Lead sinith mines near sandon has reached reach ed the foot point according to reports the objective is a vein feet ahead that contains ore on the next level above the black rock zinc mine four miles up deep creek from northport North port after a zone 50 feet high and feet long on the foot level and shipping several carloads of zinc concentrates concentrates from it in the last few months Is is now sinking again it is the intention to lower the shaft 50 or 75 feet before running another level COLORADO miners prospecting in the red sign mine seven miles west of boulder a few days ago struck a vein of gold which essayists declared was one of the richest strikes made near boulder in years it is reported that negotiations for the reopening of the griffith mine are rapidly coming to a head and that the mine will in all probability be opened within the next few weeks georgetown courier A recent report sa says y s that work has been resumed on dushing the bore of the georgetown tunnel into democrat mountain A new contract has been let for this work and the bore is advancing at the rate of about four feet per day several slips in the rocks have occurred and water is appearing in the breast and it is expected that another vein of ore will make its appearance at any time J C kirkpatrick who recently completed the remodel I 1 ing of the mill of the midwest mining company at black hawk into a selective flotation plant made such a success of that job that he has been employed by the ruby jo company at the same place for the remodeling of their big mill into a selective flotation plant this plant will have aad a capacity of tons per day and will be so constructed that it can handle both custom ore and ore from the companas comp anys property mr kirkpatrick expects to have the mill in operation in about two months according to a letter from colorado springs says the bonol tonopah pah mining reporter the tonopah mining company has fias disposed of its interest in what is known as the tonopah abax mine mine in cripple creek through sale to the granite go gold i ld mining company the purchase was for a large cash consideration in settlement of a lawsuit brought by the tonopah mining company last february by this purchase the granite company will acquire one of the best equipped properties in the cripple creek district as well as a shaft 2000 feet deep that will enable it to prospect the south slope of battle ni mountain buntain IDAHO the december shipments tg of concentrates were the largest ever recorded from mackanin Mac kayin one M month ath due to the i operations of the livingston mines corporation on ni mill ill there j forwarded twenty six cars of ore ten carloads of concentrates were of turkeys seventeen of cattle chmile and a nd two of cent cen rates one grain in the livingston mine the te big silver strike reported custer county is said to have more than ordinary in interest terest in ar arthur thur V corry of that city ha has be been e ap 7 in butte as I 1 pointed as general manager of the e company w while hil i e J john ohn maginnis former mayor of butte and thomas and wilson wiker walker sons of the late james walker well known own mini mining ng man man of montana are heavy stockholders shipments are being made with regularity from the constitution highland surprise and sidney mines mines and frequently from the nabob on pine creek according to reports rece received ived at spokane wash recently other mines mines are expected to become shippers in a short time the zinc bearing ore struck by the coeur dalene syndicate recently has increased in width from 12 inches to three feet in 80 feet in the west drift according to reports received from wallace the body is brightened by a sprinkling of galena operations are proceeding at a depth of 2000 feet tamarack and custer took a spurt on the spokane stock exchange recently jumping in five minutes from the opening price of 36 cents to a closing bid of 42 cents the corporation is understood to hold the controlling interest inhere st in the sherman lead company the property of which is said to be in excellent shape the contract for the sidney tramway was let a few day ago to the painter tramway company of san francisco according to reports received from kellogg near where the mine is located the tramway which calls for an expenditure pend iture of is feet long and reduces hauling expenses more than two thirds ore has been found at new places on the and the foot levels of the shaft workings in the property of the western union mining company near osborn according to reports received the quantity is not large but encouraging the company is reported to have shipped two or three carloads of ore having a value of to the carload in the last month indications favorable for a strike ot ol ore are reported to have been disclosed in the property of the option mining company in nine mile coeur dalene region this is among the several properties subjected to development by stratton stratton the first having been the stratton mining company control of which has passed to other hands the option and stratton adjoin i two carloads of high grade silver lead concen concentrates concentrate trat es have been shipped from the property of the sunshine mining company on big creek recently according to john managing direct director or of wallace some of the best concentrate conc was produced by the mill during december its average content was ounces silver to the ton and 35 per cent lead operated on a three shift basis the mill has been dressing tons a day manager E F nieman of the harmony mines that a big copper ore body has been opened up in the reports property being operated by chicago capital at a distance of eighteen miles from salmon the strike made on the level measures twenty two feet wide three and half a feet on the shows value of 10 per cent ten feet of milling ore averages from 5 to 6 per cent copper and abour four and ahall a half feet on the hanging wall 25 assays essays to 30 per cent copper according to manager nieman ore of a quality that would justify shipment to the smelter in its crude state has been struck in raising from worked by former farmei operators in the property of the leadore mines company in lemhi leahi county according report received by C M nicholson of moscow the to ar aj was in the leadville mine one of the two owned bythe strike frike company 1 the two properties adjoin and embrace the same s ore bodies and are entered by the same tunnel The width and extent of the high grade body remains to be determined ore ore opened by early operators contained from 40 to 45 per cent lead As a rule there are three quarters of an ounce of silver to each per cent of lead in the ore in the leadville according to mr nicho nicholson lson this latest discovery indicates that another valuable dis disclosure closure has been made A new n ew company the horn silver consolidated mines company incorporated for has taken over a number of mining properties in the lava creek district according to an arco dispatch of the the company has a long time bond and lease on the horn silver last chance and buck and pinto mines mrs james owner of the property with edward frank and M M dahle are among those interested in the new corporation the the claims are lead silver properties which in the e early arly i were heavy producers of wealth theford the ford motor company is reported on challis a authority u to have exercised its option on claims adjoining the red bird group on which the fords have option this it is believed means that them the Detroi will also exercise their option on the red bird group R N bell former state mi mine ne inspector who is now in challis originally owned the red bird option rumor has it that the diamond drill prospecting being carried on from to feet below the tunnel on the foot level has disclosed excellent values the ores still are oxidized it is claimed indicating that the primary or sulphide ores have not been reached as yet this it is asserted augurs well for the future of the property MONTANA another strike of high grade ore is reported to have been made in the property of the jib consolidated near basin this time near no abear ago pounds from this part of the mine netted them the faulted part of the hope katie vein is reported to have been found and to contain 12 to 20 in gold to the ton the ore is being milled the jib is owned by residents of montana kane california and new york I 1 C proctor of spokane is designing a and nd erecting erect mg a flotation plant for the maxville gold silver mining company at maxville accordi according ing to reports an electrically electrically driven drive n compressor an arid d other mining equipment is being i in stalled by G W quigley vice president an ore om body of 01 important size is reported to have been developed in recent recen years A will be sunk for its further development the other officers include henry phillips and J V quicy the latter being on the technical staff of the minerals sep a ration company v NEVADA i H E afi and d m v freudenthal I one of the best known highly i expected ci citizens tens az ol of P bioche di died d at t his h onieh on the with his brother ed who died s beveraly seve e era raly I 1 ye ao ago 1 I he was instrumentals instrumental in making pioche a great mi m ning district di deceased deceased was about 63 years year s of age general manager nob noble le H getchel of the betty aneal 0 d its silver ilver mine announces that the company has declare deat fifth dividend and december this I 1 as were the november ath dividends is for ac ber per sha share re and will be paid thiemo this n ale ma making 1 ing the total div dividend idena distribution to date per s I 1 I 1 1 az 1 1 fi jay J 6 A pah 1 as ap pp neda ashoot grade aae sill e lead the buds hudson dh 1145 1 f C 0 A t y t 1 28 chile korthof I 1 aa shipped a 40 Q dpn ilot aci ted tates 4 t jb pet per anu ardson have a lease on the east half of the homestake Home stake claim which is a mile south of the main workings of the hudson mine shipments from eureka to the midvale smelter in utah for the week ending on the included twelve narrow gauge cars of bulk ore from the richmond eureka properties four cars of flotation concentrates and two cars of high grade ore from the eureka holly and a carload of sacked ore from the johns johnson on sa property at phillips burg D D muir majr jr general manager and E A hamilton nia manager nager of mines of the united states smelting smelling Sm elting refining and mining company were arrivals from salt lake monday says the eureka sentinel of the mr muir reports a general increased activity in mining in the west and remarked that with Eu steadily increasing ore shipments and the number of properties working the old camp was now showing marked signs of a revival he left by wednesdays nes days train ed berryman berry man sr george P hyde and L A harris have taken over a lease of the eureka croesus mining property on prospect mountain they commenced work this week are now sacking ore and expect to shortly make a fifty ton shipment of ore to the smelters shelters sm elters there are several fine bodies of ore exposed and ready to be taken out and with th present high lead prices they will probably continue working and shipping through most of the winter months eureka sentinel george A kervin until recently in charge of the mammoth smelter of the united states smelting smelling Sm elting refining mining company at kennett calif has been appointed general manager of the properties and smelter of the mason valley mines company to succeed succeed d the late emmet D boyle mr kervin spent a week or more at the plant about almonth ago in company with manager boyle when it was announced that he was to have charge of the smelter when operations were resumed settlement has been received by the nevada rand mines company operating in the rand district in mineral county east of walker lake for a test shipment of 2971 tons of ore shipped to the thompson smelter of the mason valley mines company the shipping point for the mine is nolan station on the mina branch of the S P railroad the smelter sampling gave oz gold and 2935 oz silver per ton a total value of 2781 per ton charges were 6 per ton for treatment and per ton for freight smelter returns of approximately 2100 |