Show 31 MINES INIS ANI AND MINING ING pennsylvania ohio wisconsin maine and ami missouri in the order na named tiled are the greatest producers of lime ilme the worlds coal production both anthracite and ami bituminous lit la 1907 was wag but bill little short of half it a billiou billion short tons tona it la Is estimated that thai fully pounds of copper have been purchased from the leading copper a agencies 9 en during the past week or ten days the mining outlook in tile the little north fork country Is improving very materially as development work progresses gr esses says the dalene journal the united states including alaska produced but sixty two tons of tin in 1907 about one twentieth of I 1 per cent of the total output of tile tho world the prospects are arc encouraging for a lively season next year in the duffalo hump country according to made by A F shultz principal owner of the del rio mine alillie the granite copper company operating in the All mineral range in ili beaven county Is getting out a shipment of 0 ore which Is expected to run about 15 per cent copper with some lead silver and gold aluminum may be soldered with a solder made from tin till and zinc or tin till bla bismuth uluth and aluminum the latter Is the more malleable if pieces are to be further worked after joining grindstones and pulp stones produced in ili the united states in ili 1907 were worth tho the best record in ill the history of the industry ohio produced Irod nearly 85 per beut of the total pennsylvania mined net tons of anthracite coal in 1907 exceeding the best previous years production by more than tons it Is estimated that tons remain A good of eight inches of copper ore has been made on tho the liberty gi group cup of claims six in number located near borax and adjoining the amazon dixie on the north says the wallace times the tanana district of alaska this year will send out only about although the actual output of the district has been the other remains in ill the dumps as aa water has not been available for sluicing up the Pon derey smelter has secured freight rates that make it possible to get ore from all points in montana idaho Wash washington inkton and oregon at reasonable rates thus opening the whole smelting smelling sm elting field of the northwest to the new bew concern the north butte company has finished tile the station on the 2200 foot level and commenced crosscutting cross cutting to the vein which should be reached very shortly crosscutting cross cutting has been commenced qu the 2000 foot level and Is fr progressing giessing pro well Swift swiftwater water dill bill gates miner and explorer of the northland who amassed a half dozen fortunes in alaska only to lose them in various exploits including ills his matrimonial en tangle ments has landed in spokane from one of the boom mining camps of nevada where lie he cleaned up tip a tidy fortune indications are that the crosscut from the bottom of the foot shaft of the seven troughs mining company Is approaching the vein opened to some extent down to tile the level according to advices advises from the camp after cutting that vein something like 60 feet remains to be driven to reach the larger fissure steps have been taken toward tho the organization of a mining company to develop mining claims in the vicinity of spirit lake idaho A party of prospectors have been working on a claim a few miles from the lake and they assert that they have found ore rich enough and in large enough quantities to make mining pay the Marfi mammoth moth smelter of tile the united states smelting smelling Sm elting refining and mining company will have a copper production this lea calendar lendar year of pounds a larger output than has yet been recorded for all the smelt ers in ili california combi combined in any one year the famous cracker jack mine near calendar idaho is to be reopened within a month with a force of 0 twenty five men the property was sold last summer under foreclosure proceedings and was bid in by mike alike sweeny a well known mining man mail of spokane Sp A strike has been made in the lion hill consolidated companas comp anys property at ophir that borders on the sensa r dional officials of the company dc declare that two men have taken out mu mue more e than 1000 worth of the oro ore during the past week in doing development work it Is learned from a very reliable source that the famous peacock mine in the S een devils country has been thoroughly examiner by a number of eastern capitalists during the past week with the result that they have up the proposition of financing Us s development |