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Show MINES MM MINING It is estimated that the mineral production of Uah in 1916 will be greater than $65,000,000. It Is reported from Tlntic that the Iron Blossom has run into the copper cop-per ore shoot in the winze from the 300 or 700 lbvel down to the 1,100. June earnings of United States Smelting were not far from $700,000, bringing total net for the second quar-.0- ter of the year to about $3,100,000. What may develop into a very important im-portant strike has been made in the bottom of the main shaft being sunk on the Eagle & Blue Bell property in the Tintic mining district. The United States during the first six months of the year produced 3,290 tons of concentrated tungsten ore, valued val-ued at $9,000,000, more than ever be fore mined in twelve months. Advices from Boston are that it is understood one of the large copper selling agencies in the country has dropped its electrolytic price to 25 sents a pound on late year deliveries. From Billings, Mont., a wire has been received telling of oil in paying quantities struck in the well being drilled by the Great Western Oil company near Basin, Wyo., on the Corfleld track. Shipments of ore from the mines of Tintic last week totaled 182 carloads. This is estimated at 9,150 tons, and valued at $250,000. This production Is compared with 184 carloads the previous week. The United States, during the "first six months of the year, produced 3,-290 3,-290 tons of concentrated tungsten ore, valued at $9,000,000, more than ever before mined in twelve months, the geological survey has reported. With a view to locating the intersection inter-section of the Cardiff fissure with the Howell fissure on the South Cardiff property, located in the Big Cottonwood Cotton-wood district, miners are now engaged engag-ed in trenching along the surface of that property. During the year 1915 secondary metals met-als were recovered from scrap, sweepings, sweep-ings, etc., in the United States to the value of $114,304,930, according to the annual . statement on secondary metals issued by the United States geological survey. In the mining districts of the state of Utah the heavy increase in the production of copper, lead and "zinc due to the European demands, together to-gether with th increase in the price of silver, will cause the mineral production pro-duction to break all records. From the Pacific of American Fork another carload of the rich ore has just been settled for, the lot carrying fifty-one tons. The controls show 124 ounces silver, 3.91 per cent copper, cop-per, 24.6 per cent iron, .035 ounces sold and 27.4 per cent sulphur. Final figures of the June production of the Utah Copper were released from the main New York offices last week. They show 17,87,432 pounds. This compares with 15,904,000 pounds in May, 14557,282 in April, 12,714,651 in March, 11,849,972 in February and 11,-899,910 11,-899,910 in January. With the water flowing out of the crosscut being driven toward the porphyry por-phyry dike on the Bingham Tooele property carrying copper in solution, and with the mineralization increas-' increas-' lng as the crosscut is driven aheda, the local officials are watching the development work closely. Shipments of ore from Park City last week were the heaviest of first-class first-class crude and concentrates from the mills for two months. The output "totaled 2,326 tons, estimated at $100,-000. $100,-000. This is compared with 7,857 tons the previous week. There are at least Bix regular shippers now in the list. Reports just received by officials of the Midwest Sulphur company, which is rapidly developing a big deposit de-posit of high grade sulphur ore near Cody, Wyo., is that both pits are showing show-ing extensive faces and that the -mill is turning out 20,000 pounds daily or ten tons of an article that samples 9975 per cent pure. From Greybull, Wyo., comes word that by the bringing in of a splendid' splen-did' well on the south side of the Grey-bull Grey-bull river about a mile and a half from Greybull, another large section has been added to the Greybull field. The fact that oil has been discovered there disproves the theories of many oil men of this section who have declared de-clared that no oil existed there. Stc "(holders of the Vindicator Consolidated Con-solidated Gold Mining company, operating oper-ating in the Cripple Creek district, have received checks for the quarterly and extra dividends of 3 cents a share each. The net earnings for the quarter, it was announced, were $185,000, making a total for the half year of $410,000. The hoist ordered for the Creole Mining company's property, located in the Lincoln mining district and adjoining ad-joining qn the south the Croft Mining Min-ing company's property, has arrived at the property and will be installed in the near future. . From the Walker property in California Cali-fornia comes the news that a higher grade of ore has been struck in the tunnel. This is at a point just beyond be-yond the shaft. The tunnel is said ( to have penetrated ore for seventy . f feet, which will average close to 6 per cent, or $30 grades. The new camp at Janet, Wyo., is established, the force organized and Uie work is beginning to make a show. There is a good wagon road rfcnnecting with the railroad. The auto makes the trip from Rock Springs'jn tess than five hours. |