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Show MINES AND MINING fllll It Is expected thnt tho ninoltor at I Ogdon will bo in operation in tho soar jf l "llur0, ili I Two now veins havo Just been yt 4gjf-l opened ln tho Tnllsmnn company's Sm4rol Bonvcr county mines. OvlPfl There Is a report li circulation to rfj H tho orfect that tho big f.ssuro for which Jfe- , j tho tunnel on tho McDonnld Ely prop- aP' 4 I brty, at Ely, Is hoaded, has beon SM renched. ti r i'H During tho week n totnl of 3CG.05L J H sbnrcs of stock, with n selling vnluo y H 01 1272,471.75, changed hnnds on tho y H floor ot tho Snlt Lnke Mining Stock j !H Exchange. P " jM Thrco now striken of Importance V' " H woro mado nt Vernon, Nevada, Inst ; H week. In ono mlno ussuyB show vnl- ) Vfl ucs of from $745 to 177C In gold por M Tho Bleak Pearl mill In BoIbo coun- H ty, Idaho, has arranged for tho Instai- , m latlon of electric power from tho j -, .B Bolso-Pnyolto powor plant, nnd is ex- !' HI pectcd to bo ngnln in oporatlon any B day. 1 The Tunuol Oil company, of Vernal, -, . which owns oil placer clnlms In Gar- $K VBJ Bold county, Colo., nnd proposes to de- I'" ',H volop them, filed nrtlcles of lucorpora- ' "J'H tlon with tho sccrctnry of state ot tr ' - HJ Utah lust week. Hs At a meeting of thu directors ot tho W "B United States Siui'ltliig, Kellnlng & t 'vJ Mining company, Jicld In Boston ro- wK'WH contly, it wns decided to placo tho com- f 'B mon stock of thu company on a 7 por j a4'B cont dividend-earning basis. r &l 1 "For 1900 tho United States produo- frHAsB tton ot copper will aggregate 976,000,- & mftV 000 pounds, nn Increnso ot only about PillB 4 por cent over 1905, which compares 1 uVfl with an Increnso ot 10 per cont ln 1905 VVVaVsssI ovor 1904," Bays Daniel Guggenheim. pfttwYJ Senator Clark, ot Montana, makes tfVI tho prediction that tho llgures for 1900 yll will show an Increase ln copper pro- VAl ductlon of probably less than 4 por BVH cent. Tho nverago prlco will probably SVsVswJ bo ln tho neighborhood ot 19 Vi cents. nVAVJ Thoro Is a disposition on tho part ot 'aVfl tho Savon Devils miners, who havo cflYflYJ heretofore dono all their railroad busl- InVsVssi ncss at Council to wait for tho com- SVswaVi Ing of tho Huntington road down tho Snako river, and cut Cuncll cold, as flVAVJ this road will bo much nearer to them. flftVH Lomhl county, Idaho, hns suffered BV much through mining inexperience. SBVH Thoro aro todny about 000 stamps in irVsaVsVJ tho county, ot which only aoout 100 uflYflYJ aro in oporatlon. Tho othors have BsWsVsVJ boon put up on mines whore the ore ssssssssswJ proved to bo too base for stamp mill HsaaaVJ treatment. mVAVJ Lomhl county is ono of tho most nHBVJ favored counties in Idaho, or In the ihvAvA wholo west, In Its coal deposits, tfjsVsaaaaaaaaaaVsVJ claimed. Tho deposits aro known to tvVflVflVfll bo very oxponslvo; probably thoy T' flBVBVJ will provo oven far largor than now BVBVJ anticipated, whon tho country is prop- BHftV erly dovelopod. VBVJ By vlrtuo ot a compromlso effected aBV last week In Salt Iiko City, between James McGregor and tho directors of VftV tho Sllvur King Mining company, all 1 V former differences uxlBtlng botwoon tbeso Interests nro burled, und n now BVJ era dawns for nil Purl; City within tho BVJ very ilrst week ot the nowly born year. 1 HH Blaut fnrnnce slag Is piling up In H vast quantities at all or thu smolt- IftV Ing worns In tho western mining 0 slates. It cannot bo said to havo be- I BVI como a nuisance as yet, for tho dumps cover only a very small area, nnd thoy HBV nro not tho monnco to agriculture BVI and other Industries thnt tailings piles -( are. Tholr worst feature Is that thoy vBV represent a by-product for whlcu as HBj yet no uso has beon found, says thu . Mining Ituporter. HBb Thlrtcou cars loaded with Goldtluld ' H ore, valued at 7,000,000, nrrlvod In vnllojo Junction, Cnl., on thu ilth, HH whero it will bo trentod ln thu rcduc- VH tion works nnd turned Into shining bars of gold nud ollvor. Each enr con- talnod 100,000 pounds of nro, carefully HH A mlno opened- ln nn nbsoluto wild- BVI crncBS that In about two years pro- 1 BBJ duces approxlmntoly 2,500,000 worth ot ore from less than 10 por cent or Its wholo urea nt nn expenditure ot HH only $225,000, must merit tho rontl- donco oi luvostors. Such a mlno is BVJ tho NlplsBlng, g HH Tho mining district flurroundlng tho H llttlo old town ot Lldn, Nov., ln com- t Hh Ing to tho front, with rapid strldos. and in splto ot tho formor dnys or greatness at Lldn, whon tbo camp was MVB ono ot tho most actlvo In tiio west, tho futuro bids fair to hold still greater HH Quartz shot full of frco gold, rock plckod samples of which would tin- jflVJ doubtcdly nBsny up into tho thousands j WJI of dollars por ton, hns beon oncoun- sVJml tored In an entirely now vein on tho KM 225-foot level or tho Cedar company's mlno In tho North Stur district, t beaver county, Utah. A great amount ot underground H work Is going on nt tbo Fnlrvlow pHJ 1'iglo, says tho Minor. Throe shifts nro woraing lovols. A timbering crow BVHJ hna recently completed tho 75-toot stn- tion, nnd uro well ulong tho tho soe- ' ond. In tho meantime tho sinking has y, reached a depth of 190 foot. fHJ Will J. Dooloy, a Salt Lnke man IfaHI who Is developing n group or clnlms at lifl Itovelllo, Nov., bus Just received word IH that tho men employed In sinking H new shaft havo eucounterod lino ore H at a depth of slxty-llvo feot. Tho H first samples went 08 ounces silver H and ,12.50 por ton In gold. jH 'JaBBBBBsi |