MINES NES AND MINING the recently announced discovery of large gold deposits in the east humboldt range in nevada and of 0 which tiptop Is the center is attract ing a big crowd ol 01 prospectors and in vectors leasers on the diamond queen corn COM pany s property at geatty beatty in the eull bull frog district are market marketing irig ore in salt lake city that Is running high A carload sold a few days ago carried in gold per ton in 1907 alone the production of iron ore in the united states was 63 53 tons or more than 1200 1 pounds tor for each man woman and child of our ea population and the prodoc tion Is steadily increasing the initial discovery in the lip iop lop district of nevada was mas made last an au gust by mrs donald A mccarthy tor for merly a dancing teacher ot of colorado who a year ago turned to prospecting she however kept her find a close secret until about two months ago dr L A crandall the noted oil expert declares that around juab oil will be encountered at the shallow depth ot of feet in to barrel quantities while working to a depth of 2 fe feet et no less than six oil bear ing strata will be enco encountered entered word from pioche brings tidings of afine a fine strike of lead and silver ore on the property of the nevada mines company at a depth of feet the management has encountered seventeen feet of the ore and it Is one of the real excitement breeders ol 01 the season there pleading guilty to the charge of promoting fraudulent mining scheme schemes by the use of the m malls ails john was sentenced in the united states district court at denver to serve one day in the county jail and to pay a ine ot of the prosecuting actor ney recommended a light sentence another splendid mining property in beaver deaver county that has been en a rap pp van winkle sleep tor for sev ral years will be in active operation again before the end of the present month ac according cordin g to the salt lake herald it Is th the e old Washing washington tori in loeber gulch company s prope property arty not before tre tte tr e first of july will lie united states smelting T refining mining ci company resume 0 operations pe rations at its lead s smelter in utah in the mean time the company is expending in the neighborhood of in in stalling apparatus which will permit operations under the decree of the utah courts A most important bit of news to silver miners Is the decision of tiie german government to resume the coinage of silver on a scale that will call tor for 40 ounces of silver an dually tor for the next five years this will absorb 10 per cent of the total amount of silver that comes upon the open market tip top in the east humboldt range in nevada Is said to be an ideal poor man mans s camp just waat baat the well informed prospectors ot of the west ha have ve been looking for during the last ten years prospects show at twenty to thirty feet depth paying quantities of ore worta to per ton in gold probably the most important strike of the winter in the deep creek coun try has been made in the clifton cop per belt company a ground A five toot ledge has been opened up the mass averaging 15 in gold 5 69 per cent copper 12 23 per cent bismuth 3 1 59 per cent tin and 62 per cent nickel per ton