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Show MINES AND MINING ; Shipim-tits of ore from the mines of T'ark .City, Utah, the past, week amounted to a total of 1,780 tontf, estimated es-timated at $721,200. This is compared with 1,218 tons the previous" week. V. F. Bell, superintendent of the liuckskln National Gold Mining com-"Pany's com-"Pany's property near National, arrived ar-rived from camp. He brought in 165 .pounds of high grade ore. worth about JlO.per pound, says the Humboldt Star. Dividends paid out in 1914 hy the mines of the famous Cripple Creek of Colorado amounted to $2,943,685.11. The December prodtictlou totaled $1,-2."0 $1,-2."0 tons with a grs bullion value of $1,165, 804. 50, or an average of $14.34 a ton. The following is an estimate of the total values of the metal production of the' state of Idaho "lor the year 1914: Lead, pounds, 340.461,000; zinc, pounds. 49,207.000; silver, ounces, 13,-256,000; 13,-256,000; copper, pounds, 4,375,000; Bold, ounces, 62,685. It Is esfcnated that the consumption of Califo:iia oil for fuel on the Pacific cotE is Equivalent to about 20,000,000 tons of coal,, or about six times the output of coal in Washington, or, for that Matter, in all the Pacific coast tate3 combined, in 1914. Production of coal in Washington, which 'is the only coal producer of any importance on Che Pacific coaM, lias been considerably reduced during recent years .by the great output of petroleum in California and its use as a manufacturings railroad and steamer fuel. A carload of concentrates, the byproduct by-product of a two weks' run, has been shipped 'by the Tonopah Extension company. It weighed in the neighborhood neighbor-hood of fifteen and one-half tons. The estimated value was $400 a jton or ' $6,200, says the Tonopah .Daily Bonanza. Bo-nanza. There were thirty-three mines producing pro-ducing quicksilver in the United States in 1914 of which twenty-three were in California. The output of quicksilver quicksil-ver in California in 191411,469 flasks was the smallest since 1860. The 1913 production of that state was 15,-591 15,-591 flasks. The foreman of the Paloma Gold & Silver Mining cqmpany writes from Milford that the shaft has reached the B25-foot level and the entire bottom of it is. now in ore. He is taking out and saving ore every day now. The expectation is to make an initial shipment ship-ment of high-grade early next spring. Regardless of the depression in the metal market due to the European war, there was an increase in the quantity of lead produced in Utah during dur-ing 1914, according to estimates by Victor C. H ltes of the United States geological survey. Mr. Heikes gives to the total metal production for 1914 a value of $38,000,000. Domestic production of quicksilver during 1914 showed a decline as compared com-pared with the production of 1913, ac- cording to figures by the geological eurvey. The production last year was 16,568 flasks of 75 pounds each, with . an approximate value of $811,832. During Dur-ing 1913 the production was 20,213 flasks valued at $813,171: With the mill running at capacity and the development work bringing more ore in sight daily, the Nau Aug Mines company, the property of which is located in the Wood River mining district, twelve miles from Hailey, Idaho, will continue regular shipments of high-grade lead concentrates and lead ore from now on, according to the management. American Metal Market says: The production of spelter during the first half of 1914 was 175,000 tons and many believe production during the second half was just as large, but for argument's sake say it decreased to 160,000 tons; domestic deliveries in the first half were 149,363 tons and in -that caBe there was certainly a 1 decrease de-crease in the last six months, our estimate es-timate being 135,000 tons, or just about the same as in last half of 1913. In his annual report submitted to the secretary of the interior, Dr. Joseph A. Holmes reviews the Investigations made by the bureau of mines to safeguard safe-guard the miners from electrical accidents. acci-dents. Director Holmes makes the declaration that not only have many "men been killed or Injured from what are believed to lie unnecessary electrical elec-trical accidents, but Indirectly electrical electri-cal aparatus has been responsible for mine explosions and mine fires that fhave extensively destroyed 'both life end property. Notwithstanding the slough of despond de-spond through which the coal mining industry of the United States was compelled to work its way during the last nine months of 1914. a decidedly hopeful tone prevailed at the end of ,the year, and the opinion generally expressed ex-pressed to ICdward V. Parker, statistician statis-tician of the United States geological survey, was that the receding tide had reached its full ebh, and optimism was apparent regarding the coming year. From Gokllleld, Nev., ccmes a preliminary pre-liminary estimate of the December operations op-erations of the .(umbo Extension as follows: Gross value of production, $125,000; net realization $100,000; cash in bank and value of, ore iu transit on January 1, $220,000, Word comes from GoldlieUl. Nev., that the Jumbo Extension directors have declared the anticipated dividend. It is 5 cents a share, and will be paid March 1 to stock of record February 1. This calfe for $60,000 cash, and will give the company a total of $100,-000. $100,-000. The old Kscheiiuer mine at Cherry Creek, which threw its wealth so lavishly lav-ishly Into the laps of the trail blazers of the later seventies in that old-time silver-producing camp, is destined to witness a second period in its development, devel-opment, says the White Pine News. Nevada shows a decrease in metal output of 1914 of 22 per cent, compared com-pared wtih 1913, as shown in a statement state-ment just issued by the United States geological survey, and is credited to the influence of the European war in , lowering the price of the baser metals, especially copper. |
