Show hinea AND MINING N 4 during 1908 thirteen utah mines paid dividends aggregating and this chiti viii be eclipsed by tile alio utah arc producers dubers in 1909 1009 purling ahrin 1907 ani atu 1908 the coal mines of utah produced a tons tona of coal the retail price of this product exceeding the international Si Sm elting refining ling company Is building in thoele tooele county utah thirty miles from salt laloo tty city a plant that wilt will cost james jaines earl superintendent of the golden old hunter mining company of holbo boise idaho died at ills his home lit in salt lake cuy city july 5 following a siege of brights disease iron county utah has the greatest iron deposits in the world A pennsylvania expert estimates the body of 0 iron ore in one section ot of this county at four hundred billion tons 14 martial artial law prevails in the southern cape breton coal fields troops aro are guarding the colli collieries eries ot of the dominion company and an attempt will bo be made to operate the mines under nill mil uary protection to pay dividends divi donds aggregating the largo aige total of in five months ot of 1909 despite continued low metal prices to la the record achievement of eighty american mines and metallurgical works near kanab in Sout southern fiern utah deposits of cannel chinnel coal have been traced for several miles one man has bared a deposit twelve feet in thickness on oil the surface sur faco e and local capital Is taking up this valuable land the have no hesitation in saying th that atthe the earnings of the yukon mines company the present year will reach iaac h a total of 1500 while awhile these will be undoubtedly increased to next year stockholders of the montana tono p pah ah mining alining company are much aged to learn leam an ana additional payment of df has been made iliade on the mill jebb leaving a balance of only impald says a philadelphia dispatch it la Is proposed by those in control I 1 of file he yukon gold mines company t to 0 increase the par value of up its shares share s from 5 to 25 holders of tho the present shares to receive one share of the new lor for each five shares of the present with its jumbo plaster works and keene cement plant the little town of sigurd in sevier county utah lina baa suddenly jumped into first importance Import anca as a shipping point and the richfield reaper says that its resources have hava not yet been half exploited A mining drig engineer ahw thohas has been investigating vesti gating the mineral resources of the region about ballente Cal lente nevada cays some of the largest bodies of low grade gold ore in the state are at the very door of ballente Cal lente awaiting development op ment cobalt carrying nickel is abundant nickel Is s foun founer in ganni erite and no emite charles of spokane and tits his associates have sec secured tired a lease on acres of state land near kamlah idaho containing valuable asle asbestos rock deposits from tests already made it is found that sawing machinery can be advantageously employed in cutting brick and other products from the large blocks the announcement made on reliable authority that the cole ryan interests aro are identified with the proposed ely goldfield road means that the ely 41 als 13 brict Is about to realize another of its hopes says the ely expositor T the he reputation for doing things which the cole ryan people so firmly established must he be taken into consider consideration afton with the announcement of this fact in spite of the tact fact that tho the election held in idaho for the issuance of bonds for the of a new road from the vicinity of the lost packer mining properties and smelter to Cli challas allis was unsuccessful the road will be built the lost packer company is behind the project and the road will be completed within ninety days it is fa announced that there Is to he be a new smelter in the salt lake valley the smelter to have a capacity of 1000 tons daily and to be confined exclusively to iron ore in addition to the smelter there will be a rolling mill the company which will erect the big plant Is the american steel fuel company and the ore Is to come fro from in properties in wasatch and utah counties in ill the property of the gold nugget mining company at white rock novada on ono one of the ledges a tunnel will attain the depth of 1500 feet by running in on an a body of ore which at the surface Is eight feet wide and averages 2060 a ton from several other ledges it a large tonnage of ore has been taken by surface work much of tho ore running from 52 to a ton A forecast of the report tor for june by the copper prod producers u cers association sets seta the surplus of c opper copper in this thia country at a figure showing a decrease of about pounds although various unofficial estimates have set tho the figures at to pounds nothing could clotild illustrate the future po possibilities of the western utah copper prope property arty in deep creek better than the fact that an entirely new body of copper ore has bemi bacill found on he be foot level and this copper proposition JS Is only in the development stage at present the owners of the rex ntine mine at gold circle nevada have purchased a mill for their property it is the intention to put in a plant capable of treating not less than fifty tons it day at tho the tart start and it Is believed thu it will te be the meane of bringing lu in a handsomely paying proposition |