Selected Articles from "The Mining Journal" 1944 ... - Vredenburgh

BETHLEHEM
Pl'oducts fol'
MINES
Purple Strand
Form-Set (pre-formed)
Wire Rope
Bolts, Nuts,
Spikes
Galvanized
Rooflng and Siding
Steel Pipe
Superior
Hollow Drill Steel
Mine Track
Equipment
Mine Cars
Wheels and Axles
Structural Shapes
BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY
Pacific Coast Offices:
30n Francisco • los Angeles . Seattle • Portland
Salt lake City • Honolulu
DIAMOND CORE DRILLING
CONTRACTORS
and
MANUFACTURERS
Boyles Bros.
Drilling Company
1321 South Main St. Dial 6.8555
SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH
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and it is understood that approximately
3,000 tons of ore have been shipped under
the new management. Main workings consist
of two shafts, 150 and 430 feet deep,
the second being developed by four levels,
drifts, winzes, and stopes. Wayne Loel,
Subway Terminal Building, Los Angeles,
California, is president of the Winston Copper
Company. William O. Maxwell of Los
Angeles is vice-president, and Hal M.
Lewers, Box 196, Plymouth, California, is
mine superintendent.
The Tungstar Corporation has reported
for the year ended December 31, 1943, an
earned surplus of $3,555 or 36 cents per
share on 175,000 shares outstanding. This
compares with a net loss of $78,470 suffered
by the company the previous year.
The 1943 sales or gross revenues totaled
$531,557. The company operates tungsten
property near Bishop, Inyo County, California,
and has as its general manager
P. N. Stevens, 6233 Hollywood Boulevard,
Hollywood, California.
The Belmont Osborn Gold Mining Company
is reported to have changed its name
to the Transierra Gold Mining Company
at the annual stockholders' meeting. W. A.
Hayes, 1900 Leimert Boulevard, Oakland,
California, is president. The company recently
purchased the North Star and Laura
gold mines in Tuolumne County, California,
and has applied to the WPB for
permission to operate the properties. Other
officials of the concern are Dean Steele,
vice-president; C. J. Raab, secretarytreasurer;
and Paul Schwarz and Henry
J. Bartlett, directors.
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Development of the seventh level is
planned by the Midnight Mining Company,
which operates the Midnight and adjoining
Highland mines on Richmond Hill six miles
from Aspen, Colorado. The company,
which is headed by L. E. Russell, 942 San
Diego Trust and Savings Building, San
Diego 11, California, employs about 45
men and produces between 40 and 50 tons
of silver-lead-zinc ore daily. The property
has been opened to a depth of 1,300 feet
and most of the production has been from
the upper levels. There are about 22,000
feet of workings in all. Fred T. Willoughby
of Aspen is vice-president and general
manager and Primosh Popish, Aspen, is
mine superintendent.
P. C. Schreiner, owner and president
of the Mile High Mining Company, and
Jack Nelson, who is in charge of operations,
are planning to increase production
from the Smuggler lead and zinc mine and
mill at Silver Plume, Colorado. About 20
miners are employed at present.
After about one year of development
and rehabilitation work and the expenditure
of $10,000 for equipment and labor,
the Keystone mine in the Silver Cliff district
of Custer County, Colorado, is being
brought into production. Dick Colgate of
Silver Cliff is general manager, assisted
by Victor J. Riggs of Westcliffe. Robert
T. Wolff of Silver Cliff is mine superintendent.
Nine men are employed and about
60 tons of ore are being taken out weekly
during development work. An RFC loan
of $5,000 was expended during the last
three months of 1943 and the mine is
now self-sustaining. Pumps are operated
18 hours a day to keep the water level
down. Ore from the sulphide zone is
shipped to the Golden Cycle plant, values
being in zinc, lead, copper, and silver. As
soon as the present development program
is completed, plans call for crosscutting to
two other veins. A. B. Colgate of Westcliffe
and Robert LeRoy Ohmert of Silver
Cliff are mine foremen.
A new concern, Clark Minerals, Inc., a
Nevada corporation, has been organized
with J. G. Clark of 940 Tenth Street,
Boulder, Colorado, as president and A. W.
Fitzgerald, First National Bank Building,
Boulder, secretary. The Gold. Silver and
Tungsten, Inc., has deeded its Colorado
and Arizona properties to the new concern.
The Arizona holdings are located in the
Huachuca and Little Dragoon mountains
in Cochise County and the Colorado properties,
covering both tungsten and goldsilver
claims, are located in Boulder
County.
A crew of 154 men is employed currently
by the Rico Argentine Mining Company
at its property at Rico, Colorado,
mining and milling 100 tons of lead-zincsilver
ore daily, which is the capacity of
the treatment plant. C. T. Van Winkle,
Rico, is president and general manager.
The operating staff at Rico includes James
Edmunds, mine superintendent; R. R.
Reynolds, mill superintendent j A. M.
Szynklewski, chief mine engineer j Lloyd
M. White, master mechanic; R. A. Baer,
chief electrician; R. H. Tuller, chief chemist;
and Frank Shadell, chief clerk. The
home office of the company is at 132
South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah,
where W. G. Seley is secretary.
Late in 1943, after nearly two years
of development work, the Rogers Mine,
Inc., Robert E. Rogers of Montezuma,
Colorado, president and general manager,
started regular production. From October
1, 1943, to March 1, 1944, the company
had produced over 250,000 pounds of zinc;
5,947 pounds of copper; and 29,536 pounds
of lead. Fifty tons of high-grade zinc-Ieadcopper
ore are being shipped weekly to the
Golden Cycle mill. Last year, with the aid
of an RFC loan, the property, known as
the Morgan mine, was equipped with modern
machinery and electric power. The
Forest Service constructed a road from
Montezuma to serve this and other mines
on Morgan Mountain. Development work
is being continued. J. E. Bennett, Montezuma,
is mine superintendent and other
company officers are L. A. Chase, secretary-treasurer,
and John J. Pels, vicepresident.
Fire which destroyed the combination
blacksmith and machine shop building at
the Leadville tunnel at Leadville, Colorado,
will not interfere with the driving of the
tunnel. The blaze was brought under control
by the crew before it spread to other
buildings and tunnel work is being con-
THE MINING JOURNAL tor MAY 15, 1944