Show MINES AND MINING i nine sets of leasers are operating on the gold crown vein at gold circle nevada which crops for 2 feet through the company s possessions child cole co the salt lake brokers are getting out a new map ot the park city utah district which they declare will be up to date in every particular thirty thousand miners employed in the pittsburg pa district resumed work last week in accordance with the agreement reached at the toledo joint conference salt lake city has at last received a patent to its asphaltum mine at thistle utah the mine was pur chased by the last municipal adminis for the shenango She valley steel plant operated at newcastle pa by the carnegie steel company resumed operations last week with a full force about 1 men are affected the president of the university of idaho is looking for a graduate who is capable of holding the chair of as socrate professor of mining and met i allergy at a salary of 1 a year the virgin city oil district is sit bated in the southwestern comer ot utah near the eastern boundary of the basin ranges the region is drained by virgin river and its trib reports from silver city idaho concerning the potosi mine are very encouraging the statement being made that over 20 tons of ore are in sight and the ledge Is constantly improving development work is being vigor bously prosecuted in the common wealth mine in the mountains near milford the shaft Is now down feet and the indications are bright for the future of the mine the shipment of gold from the unit ed states to europe has begun much to the satisfaction of the mining men ot the west when uncle sam can spare gold for europe better times are in view tor the miners the mines company has issued its annual report covering the period from february 1 1907 to december 11 1907 which shows a total income for that period of 1 and net profits of among the improvements that are in contemplation for the ohio ken tucky mines in nevada Is a smelter plant which will be construct ed at the company hav ing plenty of ground and water tor an ideal site the recent big strike made by leas ers in the golden treasure property at seven troughs nevada has been hailed with joy by the owners mostly utah men who expect to begin devel on a large scale as soon as the leases expires the news comes from ely that at the recent trial run of the first sec tion of the big mcgill plant every thing worked much better than had been expected the plant Is to be placed in regular commission during the coming month A butte dispatch sas atte coalition has opened a large body ot copper glance in the mine on the 1 foot level it is from two to four feet wide and feet long and i estimated at 1 teet high engi estimate that this body of ore will have a gross value of nearly 30 fully two hundred people went from ely to witness the concentrating of the first copper ores at mcgill from the big mines many had never seen ore treated in this manner before while many more went for the pur pose of satisfying themselves as to the complete success of the latest ma chinery in handling robinson ores the news comes from newhouse utah that conditions are much am proved at the mines they are add ing to the ore reserves at the mine each month and are making headway in opening up new ground th it Is ex pecked to add to the wealth of the property A bar of gold bullion worth about 1 was shipped from the wheeler mine at yerington nevada last week the bar being the result of a two run at the company s little mill following a close down tor a month owing to the breaking of some of the machinery As a result of a combination of cum stances the lincoln mining corn pany operating at pearl idaho has gone into the hands ot receivers the property is evidently a good one but tor a year or so the management has had lots of trouble through lack ot electric power Y the estimated total world prodoc lion of quicksilver tor 1907 was ag flasks which was the smallest amount reported for a number of jears with the exception of 1905 of this amount the united states produced 20 flasks which was 5 flasks less than in 1906 at cuprite seventeen miles from goldfield native sulphur from 85 to 90 per cent pure has been discovered in an enormous deposit within a mile of the railroad the big goldfield chlorination ri mill will use the stuff in the future instead of importing refined sulphur from los angeles A mining boom such as character iced the thunder mountain and but talo hump districts is on in the four mile district in central idaho caused by the reported discovery of a solid ledge of ore fourteen feet wide full of gold prospectors are rushing into the district bv th hundreds development work Is being done in all quarters in the mines in the vicin ity of milford utah all signs pointing to a great awakening in the district while ery little shipping is in pro gress at present it is predicted that soon the ore will be flowing toward ane smelters at a lively rate the manager of the united states company says it will be the middle of june most likely before that corn lany enters the market again tor lead silver and gold ores in the mean time a large force of mechanics are employee in making the necessary changes and additions to the works the courts have ordered G W park eccher for the consolidated mining kompany to sell all the property ot hat concern in juab and sanpete providing he can secure a air ance the property consists of 00 acres of land a dozen paten claims and all facilities toi mining |