MINES AND the heaviest land blast ever set off in the united states recently released more than tons of cement rock and limestone at bath me ale A million cubic yards of excavation Is equivalent to a cube having sides bides yards long or to a ba bait ot of earth a yard square and 2 miles long shipments of ore from tile the peacock mine at idaho commenced last week and will vili continue now dur ing the season ala ia and court coun ell cil at a cost to mine onera of about 60 a school tor for the education ot of mine rescuers has been established at atherton in the lancashire dis erict three hundred men are working on the new mew smelter em olter seeking to place the smelter in shape for blow log ing in by the first of the coming month after an idle period stretching over sixty days or so the ingot gold mines company Is making preparations to re sumo operations on its property pio perty at during the week just closed a total of shares of stock with NN ith a sell ing value of changed hands on the salt lake mining alining exchange roi boggs of biker baker city of the old peacock mine near council connell idaho has recently employed an additional force of men and loads loada of ore ara being hauled to council twice a week the pittsburg silver company 9 big mill at blair nev Is grinding out gold bullion at the rate of a month and a clean profit of 75 per month from the operation of mine mille and mill is being made it his bis already been demonstrated that palette idaho Is in a gas belt arid and it seems more than probable pio bable that oil in abundance will be found in the well that is being dallied here when hen greater depth has been attained australia has a complete pet pel feet fled forest apparently in some i remote emote age while the trees were in full vegetation an ail upheaval of nature burled buried them in sand sa nd which turned them to stone in the years that followed there Is an inclination in western C circles to anticipate lower copper pi p ices before the end of the present bear ear some expecting th red metal to deop below 12 cents even to 11 cents per pound the statistical position ot of copper however appears to be strong the consoled Con consolidated solid cited gold mines company at mercur utah Is now producing from 70 to 75 in bullion per month but owing to the large expenditures each month and the narrow margin of profit in treating low grade gold ores profits do not pile up as quickly as one would think for the first ame this year the production of copper in arizona in june exceeded last years year a amounting to 24 pounds as compared with aith pounds pound last yeal utah also comes torwald with new high figures of 8 pounds as aa against about 6 pounds for juno june a year ago the montgomer mei y shoshone Sho company is making between 75 and 85 per month the mill being fed on ore coming from the foot level Is going forward towards the ore on the toot foyt level and the station la is already cut on oil the level dilot ing will be started at once on the for the ore had above the plant of the algoma steel company a subsidiary of the I 1 ake su perlor corporation was shut down last week without previous announcement the officials refuse to give any reason for closing ilard hard times in canadian steel circles caused the plant to close once nce before this year more afore than 1 1000 men are thrown out of work red dutte butte the new Hiim Ilum boldt county nevada camp which Is rich in gold silver liver and copper and has a future of bi brightest promise enjo enjoys a the distinction and advantage of two I 1 charming ladles ladies having entered the field of promotion in its behalf they are mrs kate bridewell anderson andersen and mrs christine ejelly of oakland ir II 11 II rogers at a meeting of the amalgamated copper company declared that people generally were taking a moru moro hopeful view of the situation the danger point has boen been bo en passed and people are more inclined toward optimism that there has been improvement in business is evl evi dent but the recovery to normal cot con editions will mill be slow blow information has reached Bols efrom a reliable source that the famous gold hill and iowa mines at quartz bung bug bu g are to be reopened and an extensive campaign of ne v development undertaken the output ot of the property Is authentically reported at aj in almost the geographical center of texas to s a remarkable mound known as baringer hill bill from which are obtained more than a dozen kinda in of f rare oarth earth metal minerals including some soma needed in electric lights tho tha aply of which is growing exceeding ly scarce the new ton alte te of 0 mason city nevada neada has all been surveyed platted and cleared but no effort la Is being made to sell lots in it recently ground was wall broken for a new hotel building and this will be completed and opened to the public just as soon 4 pos possible bible 1 silver la is today selling at 53 cents an ourice with the lecent low point of 52 cents thee la iff an allio all bound und improvement in both pike and demand and the tha futura seems bright says the bullion man ager or of one of the largest concerns in ill new boik yoa k AL v