Great Riches Taken From Colorado Mines
Aspen Colorado May 6 This famous silver mining district was discovered in 1879 and became the world’s greatest silver camp. The Smuggler mine yielded the largest chunk ever mined weighing 1840 pounds shown at the 1893 Chicago World Fair. Mollie Gibson mine nuggets near the Smuggler weighed near 1000 pounds. J D Hooper struck pay at Aspen mine and took out 750000 dollars in ore within 90 days of leasing. The Mollie Gibson, Durant and Aspen mines produced millions, with the Durant mine alone at 16000000. Cowenhoven built a vast store and tunnel system aiding prospectors. Brown became a millionaire through mining success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aspen
Colo
Mollie Gibson
Leadville
Colorado
Ouray
Bonanza
J. D. Hooper
Hooper
Altho
James Harrington
H. A. W. Tabor
Cowenhoven
David R. C. Brown
Cowenhover
Kate
Brown
Lew Stone
Dave Brown
Stone
Durant
Miners Worry Over Ickes Plan Says Murray
Senator Murray chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee reports western mining interests fear Interior Department moves on locators and unpatented claims. He cites letters opposing any change that could curb prospecting and pledges continued opposition to changes. Secretary Ickes’ statement is quoted to reassure miners that locations will be contested only when land use conflicts arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
James E. Murray
Montana
Senate
Small Business Committee
Interior Department
U. S. Land Office
Department of Interior
Murray
United States
America
Congress
Promptu
Sena
Tor Murray
Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Sunshine Mining Pays Dividend
Sunshine Mining, the largest U S silver producer, paid a dividend of 148 882 on March 31, bringing total dividends to 23 343 812. Earnings fell to 968 344 in 1943 from 1 022 273 due to manpower shortages curtailment, but new orebodies boosted capacity. Other mines Polaris Silver Syndicate Silver Dollar and Sunshine Consolidated benefited, their stocks doubling recently. Noranda Mines Ltd 1943 net profit 11 607 749, 5.18 per share, up from 4.77 in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Mining Company
U. S
Sunshine
Polaris
Silver Syndicate
Silver Dollar
Sunshine Consolidated
Noranda Mines Ltd
War era metals squeeze sparks Nevada mine closures
Nevada mines report vital metals closing as US enters war. Major magnesium plants near Las Vegas shut four units, Silver Cloud in Elko county closes furnaces, and numerous properties offer equipment for sale including a Gould rotary furnace and a Sirocco furnace with 130 tons daily capacity. Gold and silver demand grows in India and Turkey, with private buyers and banks selling large gold and silver quantities amid fear and war strains. China receives $200 million in lend-lease gold to combat inflation, expected to flood markets and influence prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
United States
Basic Magnesium Inc
Las Vegas
Elko County
Silver Cloud
Gould
Sirocco
Bank of Iran
India
London
China
Eureka Woman Near 100 Years Dies Not Yet
Eureka resident Mary E Wattles born April 21 1843 in England lived through Civil War Spanish American War World War I and World War II. She migrated from Illinois to Minnesota then Nevada before settling in Eureka where she later moved to California. Now living with her daughter she remains active and hopeful to reach a hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Mary E. Wattles
Nevada
Mary E. Iles
England
Illinois
Luther Wattles
Minnesota
Fish Spring Valley
Tonopah
Wattles
California
Edward Boston
Rochester
Majuba Mine Keeps Regular Copper Tin Shipments From Nevada
Copper ore shipments from the Greenan-Kerr mine at Majuba Hill Pershing County to Garfield smelter Utah surpassed 1 265 cars last week, averaging 70 to 75 tons. Diamond drilling progresses exploring hanging wall with wide mineralized rhyolite. prior US Bureau of Mines and Freeport tests indicated a broad copper-silver zone not ship-wide yet. Four trucks haul ore to Imlay rail point as crosscut 211 is driven. tin plans may follow with a pilot concentrator for cassiterite. Engineer Grennan returns from San Francisco after copper work, visiting son James Carroll Greenan, preparing for navy training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenan-Kerr Copper-Tin
Majuba Hill
Pershing
County
Garfield
Utah
Nevada
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Freeport |Sulphur Company
Nevada Mining Journal
Metals Reserve Company
Grennan
San Francisco
Bay City
James Carroll Greenan
Navy Flying Service
Austin Mine Dumps Could Be Reopened By County Lease
The Lander county board granted Fred A. Gowing of Twin Hart California six months to sample the Austin mining dumps now owned by the county. If sampling shows profitable use of the sink float process a lease may follow to establish a plant. Extension could boost local town prospects and county revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Lander County
Board of County Commissioners
Fred A. Gowing
Twin Hart
California
Austin Silver Mining Company
Reveille
Gowing
United States
Soldier Miners Are Called Back
Nearly all non ferrous metal miners aged 22 to 25 including those in the army reserve will be called to active service within a month, the ninth service command labor branch announced at Fort Douglas Utah. About 5 000 soldiers released last year to work in mines will be recalled. most are in the 22 25 age group. A few reserves in that group in mines will be deferred. Other miners slated for return won’t be allowed to transfer to copper and molybdenum mines. The order aligns with a national selective service directive for pre induction exams for men under 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Reserve
Ninth Service Command
Fort Douglas
Utah
Army
Service Command
National Selective Service
Mohave County Ships 250000 Pounds Scrap Overseas
E. M. Leonard and Roy Dunton led Mohave county scrap efforts when Kingman shipped 250000 pounds of scrap to defense industries. Through local dealers the county has exceeded WPB quotas with multiple shipments, aiding the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingman
Mohave County
E. M. Leonard
Roy Dunton
Defense Industries
WPB
Illinois oil production drops in 1943 totals
Springfield Illinois the state geological survey division estimates Illinois oil wells produced 82 104 000 barrels in 1943 down from 106 590 000 barrels in 1942 a decline of about 23 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Oil
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Bytate Geological Survey Division
Luck of Wingfield Still Continuing in Nevada Mines
Jay Carpenter of the MacKay School of Mines told the Mining Association of the Southwest that despite government orders to close gold mines the Greenan Kerr mine kept running to supply silica for fluxing copper ore. He noted arsenic production, used for gas warfare, is another reason. principal stockholder George Wingfield remains a leading Nevada mine operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingield Luck
Jay Carpenter
Mackay School of Mines
Reno
Assa‘ion
Southwest
Nevada
Carpenter
Greenan- Kerr
Greenan-Kerr
George Wingfield
Plans To Dispose Of Ore In Goodsprings District
Plans from the New Jersey Zinc Institute discuss disposing of oxidized zinc ore stockpiled at Jean station Clark County. The pamphlet outlines zinc oxide uses in war and peacetime and describes zinc chloride vapor fog methods for smoke screens.
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Clark County
Jean Station
New Jersey Zinc Institute
New Jersey Zinc Company
Chemical Warfare Service
Findlio
Mountain City Copper Faces 1943 Losses Amid Taxes and Debts
Mountain City Copper at Rio Tinto Elko county posts a 1943 net loss of 143 613 before depreciation after 48 938 in depreciation, 125 814 in back federal taxes, and 122 970 from surrender of an option on Black Rock claims. Surplus after loss stands at 1 583 040 as of December 31 1943. United States government securities amount to 604 000 in 1943. The firm is a controlled Anaconda subsidiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain City Copper Company
Rio Tinto
Elko County
Black Rock Group of Claims
United States
Anaconda
Bidwell Bar dam proposed to aid gold mining in Oroville
The proposed Bidwell Bar dam on the Middle Fork of the Feather River eight miles above Oroville would store 1.2 million acre feet, be 696 feet high, and flood 1338 square miles. Col. Robert C. Hunter estimated a total cost of 43.9 million dollars and noted necessary relocations of mills rail line and highway. Warren T. Hannum urged mining growth postwar, predicting better opportunities as gold value shifts to free markets. Ohio Oil Co reports a 1943 net profit of 14.15 million dollars and Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd. posts a 1943 net profit of 7.52 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oroville
Calif
Bidwell Bar
Robert C. Hunter
U. S. Engineers
Sacramento
California Hydraulic Mining Association
Oroville Chamber of Commerce
Hunter
Feather River
Enterprise
Butte County
Feather River Pine' Mills
Warren T. Hannum
Natural Resources
California
Egypt
India
Hudson Bay Company
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd
New Tax Rates On Mining Are Expected to Benefit Industry
Congress passed a revenue act extending percentage depletion to more minerals in western mining. Johnson of Colorado clarified gross income for depletion, aiding western producers. The change shifts basis from mine run ore to finished product value, stabilizing deductions for minerals like graphite vermiculite beryl feldspar mica talc and potash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington Dispatch
West
Johnson
Colorado
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Calumet and Hecla Reinstates Profit Sharing Plan
Detroit May 6 The profit sharing plan for Calumet and Hecla Copper Co employees, previously discontinued, is reinstated and extended to cover Wolverine Tube Division workers in Detroit. Each employee receives a dividend share equal to 50 shares when a Calumet stock dividend is declared, with last year’s total profit sharing at 42.50 dollars per worker. The plan's revival was a term of the recent union contract, and Wolverine Tube Division staff not previously covered now get 20 dollars from quarterly 20 cent dividends since September 1, 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet and Helca
Detroit
Mich
Calumet & Hecla Cons
Opper Co
Wolverine
Calumet & Hecla
Wolverine Tube
Fluorescence Tests Aid Prospectors And Oil Testing
The Mining Journal of London reports ultra violet fluorescence helps prospectors identify minerals like scheelite by its blue glow even in tiny amounts. Mercury in ore is detectable up to 1000 percent. In the petroleum industry fluorescence gauges crude and refined products to assess grade and origin of wells. Short wave UV is useful for testing gemstones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mining Journal of London
Amerada Profit Higher
Amerada Petroleum Corp reports 1943 net profit of 4.78 million dollars or 6.06 a share, up from 1942 profit of 3.27 million dollars or 4.15 a share. Notice: Nevada water appropriation permit sought by Lloyd H. Rae Trible of Las Vegas for irrigation from an underground source in section 30, T.28N, R.61E, with diversions to begin January 1 and end December 1 each year. state engineer Merritt Smith announces publication dates April 16 May 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amerada
Amerada Petroleum Corp
State OF Nevada
Lloyd HH
Rae Trible
Las Vegas
Clark
Nevada
United States Department OF the Interior
Marion B. Karl
Joe Hannig
Frank Allen
Vernon Bunker
Merle Frehner
Rose L. Day
Regis
Thomas M
Anne M. Metcalf
M.D
Alfred Merritt Smith
Notice of Application for Water Diversion Permit 11043
R A Clark of Las Vegas applies to the Nevada Engineer for permission to divert 0.5 second foot of groundwater from an underground source in section 17, township 1S range 61E M D EM. Water to be used for milling and domestic purposes annually from January 1 to December 31. Public note dated 1943 with multiple signature dates.
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R. A. Clark
Las Vegas
County of
Clark
Engineer of
Nevada
Wid
Dees
Alfred Merrit
Eng
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Sunshine Mining
Maddeford-Smith
Newmont Mining Corporation
New Verde Mining Company
Newmont
R. O. Camozzi
Orient
Turkey
Bombay
Reserve Bank of India
A. Reuter
Teheran
Majuba
Imlay
Old Austin
Mountain City Co
Bidwell
Ohio Oil Company
Ohio Oil Co
Amit
Grayline Cab CO
McCoy, Station
South Pithan
Philadelphia
Ogden
Addessi Nurseries
Eastland Heights Nursery
Professional Directory
Wiley Gralli Attorneys-At-Law
Western Union Building
Atfrep Merritt Smith
E. H. Hawkins
M. D
Cason Corner Ltd
Bridger
Nev
McNamee
el Portal
J. S. Thompson
Fremont St
Res
Overland Hotel
Charles Lee Horsey
Clark Building
First
Fremonthone
Beckley Bldg
E. Winter
Herbert N. Gambill
Williams
2Nd St
Nevadi
Fremont
Delkin
State
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