Show AROUND THE MINES 1 Four hundred hundl and h oil uil shale loca locations Huns have been hen filed for tor record at Duchesne since November u r 27 7 i. i Wolverine Copper company has lias sic dp- dared a annual semi dividend ell of j r a share Six months ago agu it paid lintel SO G i a fL ashare share mines the past Imst cl week k J is- is cred bullion shipments of from the he I Extension lon and 1450 11 from flom the tho Bl lmont The weekly ore output of the camp was fiS torts tons valued at fit Chi Chinos Chino's no's nos final fourth foUth quarter l 1917 1017 17 report Is out showing production of pounds S. S compared with 21 pounds the third thirll quarter The Tho mills treated 1015 OU tons a da day The rhe Theore Theore ore averaged per pel cent copper From New Kew York comes cOllies the report of or orthe the Alaska Gold Mines company compan for forthe forthe forthe the quarter ended December 3 31 1917 showing gross revenue of comparing comparing comparing com com- paring with 4 the September quarter and in the lie June ter Directors of or the newly organized Black Warrior Mining company met in I Ogden last week an and laid out plans for an un active campaign at nt the old mine mino located just across ucross the state line in la laBox Box Elder Bider count county and a f few w miles from Tecoma Nev Reports sent out ont b by tel telephone phone from the old Prince of Wales mine in Bone Bon Bon- Honeycomb e comb gulch of the Big Cottonwoods is that the rich streak of ore continues to hold out and that considerable is being broken and saved for shipment in earl early spring as us soon as the roads are mo open Prominent men of the state stute are arc Identified identified identified iden Iden- with the new Utah Oil company which has lias been organized in Salt Lake The company compan owns something like liko acres of likely oil and oil shale lands lunds located mainly in various parts part of the Ule Ui 11 tali basin section of the state Ore shipments from the 1 ellow Pine Nevada Ne district for January amounted to cars curs The Yellow Pine property was the heaviest shipper with 51 01 cars while the Goodsprings sampler av m Jean contributed six cars and 20 different mines in various parts of the district one cue car each Official reports on the Nevada las tas are that 1930 tons of ore were shipped to the Ule Mason Iason Valley smelter at r Thompson o son in the tho week ending February February ary alY 7 The Tile ore ranged from 25 up to 75 per cent copper For the week endIng ending ending end end- ing February 15 the same amount of ore was shipped 1930 1950 1 0 tons Beaver Benver County Count Utah mining has displayed considerable activity time the p past st whiter winter and is coming into the spring with possible increased operations operations operations opera opera- in many of the districts of or the state and particularly In the Beaver Lake e district about a dozen miles to the northwest of Milford Utah Copper has issued its complete report leport for the last quarter of 1 1917 17 It states that the gross production for l 1917 17 was pounds of copper compared with 1 in 1 1910 1916 The cost in the fourth quarter of makIng making making mak mak- ing copper was 27 2790 2796 G cents a pound compared with i AG to time the other quarters W. W II IL Child chairman of the committee committee committee com com- appointed to look after the time publicity publicity publicity pub pub- interests of the oil shale people of the state of Utah announces that itIs it itIs itis Is the purpose of the men Interested inthis Inthis in inthis this branch brunch of the oil business to form forma a n local of the American Mining congress congress con con- gress gless made up of men largely Interested Interested Interested Inter Inter- ested In this work Stockholders Stock of the Utah Michigan Consolidated Mine Minel company were were in receipt last week of the report from President Norman W. W Haire covering the years ears l 1915 1916 and 1917 The 1 1915 15 production was tons with 2 Ol net receipts In 1 1916 Gm tons and receipts while in 1 1917 the time ore mined totaled tons with receipts Items of or vital Interest to the intermountain intermountain inter- inter mountain states in iii in the Ule oil oll leasing bills now pending in congress were subjected subject subJect- ed to spirited discussion at a meeting of representative oil and oil oll shale men luen menat menat at Salt SnIt Lake Lal last week Protection of the oil shale Interests of the state from front certain inroads and interferences which the time bills appear to Imply is sought in a resolution adopted at the UIO meeting The Time United States circuit court of appeals has affirmed the decision of the district court of Montana and ordered ordered ordered or or- dered a decree entered In favor of or the Clark Clark- Montana Clark Realty company and und the Elm Orlu Mining company against the Butte Superior Copper company The rhe rights to two of the largest minIng mining min min- ing lug claims in Montana v were ere involved Another new blower having a n capacity ca en- of or cubic feet of air per minute is being Installed on the 1300 level of or the tile Tintic Standard mine and Superintendent esterdahl expects to have It in operation within another muther week or two This will Improve the ventilation considerably especially In some of the drifts where the temperature temper is rather high It Is reported from the mine that the Ontario at Park City is looking especially good these da days on the 1000 level levet The large tonnage last week week week- more than OO tons tons shows shows that the theold theold theold old mine I is coming back buck In line fine style Recently the Eureka Lily company received ed returns on a carload of or ore shipped a short time ago ugo this being the first shipment since the mine was reorganized and und deep prospecting taken ell up The Tho amount which the car brought was 1042 1642 lG-l lG or 01 about per ton the values mines being in copper and silver |