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Show AROUND THE MINES Simon Guggenheim, chairman of the board of directors of the American Smelting & Refining company, has beeu elected to succeed his brother, Daniel Guggenheim, as president. Spelter quotations for the week ended end-ed January 29, as furnished by the Engineering En-gineering and Mining Journal, show settlements made on the average of $0,579, with a closing quotation of $0,575. From reports received from the Silver Sil-ver King Consolidated Mining company, com-pany, the new mill at Park City is working hi excellent manner and turning turn-ing out concentrates of satisfactory values. Shipment has just been made of the fifth car of concentrates, . the third from the newly completed plant. From Therniopolis, Wyo., comes a report that an increase in the development devel-opment of what is said to be the second sec-ond largest deposit of sulphur in the world has been started by the Sho-shoni Sho-shoni Sulphur company, with the installation in-stallation of a steam shovel with a capacity of a ton every forty seconds. Shipments of petroleum in December by companies operating in Mexico which have so far reported show a general falling off from November shipments. Mexican Petroleum company com-pany showed a falling off of 240,939 barrels ; Mexican Eagle, 270,413 ; Mexican Mex-ican Gulf company, 19,929 and East Const Oil, 98,472, After making personal examination of the latest developments in the main tunnel of the Woodlawn Mining company's com-pany's property, Little Cottonwood district, dis-trict, F. V. Bodfish, mining engineer and manager of the Alta Tunnel & Transportation 'company, pronounces the showing, taken in its entirety, as "exceptionally pleasing." England has been considering the matter of offering a bonus in order to encourage the mining of gold. But now word comes from London that the British gold commission has reported against paying a bonus to producers, and are of the opinion that sufficient gold will be produced for the currency requirements of the British empire. It is declared that the Catlin Oil Shale company at Elko, New, is today the only company west of Salt Lake which is actually building a plant for the treatment of oil shales on anything any-thing like a commercial basis. At present the Catlin company at Elko is employing a force of fifteen to twenty men in the construction of the retorting retort-ing plant. The lethargy that for the past six weeks has settled over the copper market mar-ket shows little signs of lifting, says the Boston News Bureau. Some casting cast-ing copper has changed hands at slightly under 20 cents per pound, and electrolytic has been sold at 21 cents, but the quantities have been infinitesimal, infini-tesimal, with not a pound of prime Lake sold in the first three weeks of the new year. When December's export of 11,000,-000 11,000,-000 pounds of copper is measured against the American refinery output of about 200,000,000 pounds a -month and it is considered that 50 per cent of our production in normal times went overseas, some conception may be had of the slack that American industry in-dustry must take up pending the entrance en-trance again of England, France and Italy as buyers. Activities at the Ranger mine, in the Eldorado district, a few miles east of Salmon, Idaho, are centered at present in driving a crosscut tunnel to tap the ore body at 300 feet, and draining the old workings. This is one of the oldest old-est gold ore mines in this district, having hav-ing been operated for many years in earlier days, but more recently closed on account of transportation difficulties. diffi-culties. The Y'ellow Jacket mine, situated in the hills southeast of Salmon, continues contin-ues to ship ore, although it is necessary neces-sary on account of deep snows in the hills to bring the shipments out on sleds. , It is learned that Colorado capitalists cap-italists have become interested in this property, and that the Y'ellow Jacket placers, which have been idle for several sev-eral years, will be operated the coming com-ing summer. Western men in touch with the lead market are looking for immediate Improvement Im-provement in the situation as soon as the country shakes off its war nerves and settles down to somewhere near normal. Ever since the war the citizens citi-zens have neglected their painting, for instance. This requires thousands of tons of lead every year. Hardly a house in the country but what is today crying for paint. Many Utah men who were somewhat enthused with the possibilities and coming importance of oil shale and oil sands are at a loss to know just why the whilom snap and dash which characterized char-acterized the movement last year has almost disappeared. Even in Colorado the movement lias died clown until today to-day the matter of incorporating largo companies, the building of cnnteinplat-'1 cnnteinplat-'1 plants and the general development -.f some of the undoubted immense de-I'nvis de-I'nvis f workable shale is seldom ''leanl outside of a very limited circle. |