Show AROUND THE MINES jt t is reported from gintic tintic that this the el D dolmar m ar lias has manganese ore on the level vol the french government Is reported to have bought 1000 tons cop copper per at cents for may june and july delivery clarence Cj arence E eddy the poet pros pet tor is of the opinion that a railroad will be built into death valley this summer shipments of ore ore on a small scale have been resumed resumed ai at the old cave cava mine in the antelope range east of milford Ml lford utah A record price for ferro manganese is reported from pittsburgh it Is based on 1000 a ton while before the war it br brought 0 u g lit 39 a ton orders have been placed for the ina machinery chinery equipment for the new mill to io be erected at park city utah by the silver king consolidated mining company A washington special says carranza has given the mine owners li io territory under his control thirty days in which to dayback payback pay back taxes amounting to between and two more issues have been listed on the salt lake mining ex exchange chanie these are the paloma extension and the mammoth copper both beaver county prospects this makes iwen twenty ty two newly listed since january 1 the latest word from the michi gan utah consolidated mine at alta is that 6 a new body of ore recently opened from the cleeves cleaves tunnel of the old id city ricks property has widened out splendidly in thelast the past few days rumors are now very persistent th thata atthe the thompson smelter in nevada may resume operations within the near future as several men have been put to work cleaning the furnaces also the cottages for the employees employee contracts tor for the delivery of 30 tons of copper ore from its mine near luning nevada hayseen hay been made by the N nevada evada champion company the ore will be sampled at hazen and shipped to a salt lake lahe city smelter considerable 32 percent per cent zinc ore la is now being shipped by the shenew new leasing company which is 0 operating the old scranton ranion Sc mine in north with about thirty men A new discovery la reported which promises wellbor well for the tha future the management of the eagle blue bell announces th that atthe the new ele electric ciric hoist which has just been installed over the main triple compartment ment working sl shaft ft at the mine just east of eureka town enow is now working satisfactorily and Is doing the regulation lifting of ore and other material cinnabar discoveries in the vicinity of wellington in lyon county chumy no nevada have started a stampede of prospectors into the hills lillIs along the walker lk river and smith valley the first specimens brought in by a prospector are said to have been so rich with quicksilver that it could be melted from the ore chile copper started operations last laef june IP h as s made up to the present time something over pounds of copper there has been some trouble with the power plant which is now being baling remodeled production of copper copper la Is running at the rate of pounds monthly and a gradual increase is now no expected 1 one of ahe the directors of the alta tiger mining company said last week that the contract work which has h a S been going on for some time has finally struck the contact this is between the blue and white lime stones now the work has turned and the drift is following the contact on its strike in sea search ach of shoots of 0 ore the drift la Is making makin k northwesterly 0 during 1915 united slates smelting smelling Sm elting handled ban died la agea tonnage of lead ore in its history producing between 4 and pounds as aa compared with in 1914 it Is estinia estimated ted that this bear year by reason of improvements at the midvale plant approximately pounds will be handled in explanation of where some of the enormous volume of copper goes in domestic consumption a boston expert is quoted as estimating est anier amer loan lean telephone telegraph company now has miles of wire 93 perk per cent copper in use the cost ot of which at current levels is halt a hil bil lion dollars that idaho conta contains inn a greater greaber quan a iff of tungsten ores than any other state in the union and that with proper development it will be able to supply the steel stee emills mills of this country with all of the tungsten necessary tor for i the hardening har dailing of tool steel and uro noses of projectiles is the opinion of at frank johnesse mining engineer of boise with the unprecedented demand that has been created for metal of the tungsten class 1 since the beg beginning inning of the european Europe anwar war the tha production of that metal has become a great indus try in nevada especially in elko humboldt mineral Mi nye and dark clark counties and it la Is not without the range of possibilities that in ift value etho the present year it will exceed a million dollars dol lats showing cash on an hand amounting to yo and an indebtedness ot of 10 16 the stock ot of the big four exploration company which Is a mining and milling company operating in utah idaho and texas has been listed on oil the salt lake stock mining ex change cl iange it is reported from american fork that the leaders leasers lea sers on the mineral flat will resume work in the near future or as soon as the work can be done to advantage Ti esnow Is still pretty deep orithia ori on this slope off bald mountain which runs up feet high |