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Show 't;.:r j.i ,!,!.;, :r:r Hjvr it t j it jaggy--' HltlESHOffllt .. :: ai?: .i.scv " The mines of the Tonopah district, which produced gold valued at $1;287, 745. In 1918, were producing consider-ably less in 1919 and In the early part at 1920. The production of metals In the Black Hills district of South Dakota In 1920 has been confined almost ex-clusively to two mines, the Homestake and Trojan. A deposit of radium, the most prec-ious mineral in existence, has beeu discovered In the mountains near Java, along the Great Northern railway east of Kalispell,' Mont. . Nevada produced 116,316,441 pounds Df copper in 1918, but only about pounds In 1919. The shipment? of copper ore and bullion in the early part of 1920 have shown no increase. What Is believed to be the most Im-portant strike made, in mouths in the Bimon silver-lea- d mine, located in the Simon district of Mineral county, Nev was; announced last week by the man agement. ,;; ' ." In 1913 the silver produced In Ne-vada amounted to 16,090,083 ounces, but in 1918 it decreased to 10.0O0.S99 ounces, and in 1919 to about 7,000,000 ounces, of which the Tonopah district produced about 3,585,000 ounces. ; Shipments of ore from the mines of the Tintic district for the week ending August 13 totalled. 122 carloads, as compared with 150 carloads for ' the previous week. One carload of bullion was shipped from the Tintic mill. The well of the Illipah Petroleum company, located in the northern, sec-tion of Illipah basin, in Nevada, has struck a heavy gas flow, with the well down 300 feet. The gas was first en-countered at 245 feet and has steadily Increased In volume. , High-grad- e ore has been struck in the Comstock mine, situated In Amerl-- , can Fork canyon. The property of the Comstock Mining & Milling company, consisting of eighteen claims, is situat-ed about fourteen miles from the town of American Fork, Utah. ; There was much active development of mines in Nevada in the first part of 1920, but no general increase in the shipments of ore, concentrates or bul-lion, according to V. C. Heikes of the United States geological survey, de-partment Of the interior. .., Motive power to operate the mill and mining machinery of the Leadville Mines company, thirty-elgh- ..miles north of Gerlach, Nev., will hereaftel be supplied by . two semi-Dies- en-gines, burning low gravity oil, replac-ing the old distillate engine. ;,. gratifying results from the drilling operations of the West Pearl Oil & Gas company near Goose creek, : to-gether with remarkable geological for-mations, have caused the southern portion of Cassia county, Ida., to be-come the Mecca for oil men,, geologists and investors within the past two weeks. 5 , i . :: The output' of lead in Nevada de-creased from 23,716,534 pounds in 1918 to about 12,558,000 pounds in .1919. During the first five months of 1920 the Nevada United, at East Ely; the Consolidated Nevada Utah, Black Met-als and Virginia Louise at Pioche, and the Spruce Monarch at Tobar, were making larger shipments. ' , That the Cripple Creek gold camp will come out of its doldrums this fall, when the labor situation, is expected to ease up consideraDiy, is me opmiu of George M. Taylor, manager of the Portland Gold Mining company, ac-cording to the Rocky Mountain News. The present low condition of the gold mining camps is entirely a product of the labor situation, according to ex-perts. ' ' Articles of incorporation have beeq filed in the county clerk's office of Idaho county, Ida., by the Neal ,.Coal Mining, conipany, for the sum:of $500,-00- . Some time ago a deposit was found which the mienrs thought would lead to an extensive coal vein, so sev-eral geologists were brought up from the University of, Idaho and stated that indications were the best they had ever seen. .. .... Development of the oil fields of some of the northern California coun-ties is assuming importance and inter-est, according to the American Mining Reporter. About eleven miles west of Williams, in Colusa county, the Moun-tain House Standard Oil company Is drilling a well on its leased holdings of 0000 acres .in.that., region, while drilling is to begin .near Marysvale, Sutter county. ... - .. ( , Figures '.compiled, by the 'United States geological survey, department of the, interior,, from reports submit ted by all zinc smelters which opep ated during the first six months ot 1920, show that the production of zinc from domestic ore in, that period was 251,005 short tons, and from foreign ore 7043 toift, a total production of 258,108 tons, as compared with 210,241 In the last half of 1919 and 255,502 tons In the first half. ,,,;,- - The gold mined in Nevada decreased from $6,019,93? in 1918 to about $4,718,-00- In 19194 and. a further decrease Is Indicated for 1920.. - ; i A few men are now employed by the Deep Mines, and within week it Is expected to have nine or ten men 'employed in building a road to the shaft site on ' the .southern end of the Combination, claim, east of the Atlanta," and in excavating for the founch'ion for the hoist, buildmg tne hoist bouse, blacksmith shop and get-ting ready a complete plant, says the Goldfield Tribune. School superintendents of the state held i their annual convention in Salt Lake last- week, ....,..,., ....j,.. , Taxpayers of Uintah county passed the school tax levy of three mills for a $25,000 indebtedness by a vote of 446 to 125 at a special election, ' The Uintah ', canning factory ' has opened for the summer - run. String beans are now being canned and corn and tomatoes will be next In line. A large plaster paris cast of the cliff dwelling .region at Mesa Verde, Colo., was received at the University of Utah last week. The cast is reproduced in color. ..'. There are two kinds of mosquitoes in Utah, say experts, the aedes and the anapheles, the latter the breed that carries malaria and spreads it. They are in the minority. Colonel Thomas G. Webber, 84 years of age, merchant and former newspa-per man, who for, years has been gen-eral manager of the Z. C. M. L at Salt Lake, died August 15. ; The American Jersey Cattle club 1ms written the Utah State Fair associa-tion a letter In which it offers $200 to be distributed to exhibitors of Jersey cattle at the annual falri y Melon-grower- s of Provo bench, Sa-lem and Santaquln report that the melon crop Is just coming on and local melons will now take the place of the imported crop on all local markets. ' In Provo there are sixty-fiv- e fewer children of school age this year than last, according to the school census, the number aggregating 3101, which is practically the same as ten years ago. vThe 1920 winter wheat acreage in Weber county is considerably . below ' that of 1919, and the spring ., wheat acreage is greatly in excess, according to figures submitted to the bureau of crop estimates. , Vernal will have a University club if plans of some of the leading business men of the city, mature. About sixty-fiv- e college men and women have been listed and many more are being added to the roster. .. .. , ..,,. Cedar. City is erecting one of th6 most auto camp parks in the state. Tents and cook ovens will &e provided, . while . shower baths are being installed and the grounds seeded to lawn, and trees planted. T, " Bryce's canyon has been the Mecca for the auto tourist this season, thou-sands visiting the wonderland. All visitors are enthusiastic in their praise of Bryce's and many additional thou-sands will make the trip next season, it Is predicted. v. Work on the new Millard county courthouse at Fillmore is progressing rapidly and it will be ready for occu-pancy by the latter part of October. It; Is located on the park of the old capltol grounds, a short distance from the old capltol. Farmer? of the Callao section take exception to recently circulated state-ments to the effect that the people of Callao wre maintaining a mudhole for personal' gain, ' that they might extri-cate autoists from, the mudhole at an outrageous rate.. , , , Harold It. Hagan, state inspector of crops and pests, will serve part of the time as an instructor in zoology at the University of Utah beginning with the fall terni, September 27. His work at the state Institution will in no way In-terfere, with his present duties.' The formal dedication of ZIon pnrk on September 15 has been suggested to the Salt Lake Commercial club, which is to have charge of ar-rangements, by Stephen H. Mather, di-rector, olj national, parks, who 1ms agreed to attend the ceremony at that time. ,.:,.,,). u .r- . . The secretary of the state board of health Is in receipt of a letter from the United States public health .bureau !nr formlng'hlm that it will be impossible for the tiureau to comply with his re-- j quest to send an agent to conduct a l campaign against mosquitoes in the Bear River valley of Box Elder county. Mrs. Gurtha Wheeler, 17 years of age, was arrested at Ogden and bound over to the district court on the charge of bigamy. The, complaining witness Is Elmer Wheeler, the woman's hus- - band, who claims ,that he has Just learned that the young woman was al-- i ready married when she married him. i! An audit of the books of the Utah i Agricultural college, which has Just I been completed by Joseph Rirle, state ;i auditor, shows an overdraft of almost $150,000. The deficit is due to expense I incurred by the erection .of buildings for the accommodation of soldiers while the war was in progress, It is said. The Southern Utah Federated Com-mercial clubs became an actuality on August 13 at Cedar City. The com-mercial organizations of --Washington, Iron, Beaver, Millard, Garfield and Kane counties are present members of the federation, but commercial organi-zations of other counties are eligible to' membership. :., The' state mental hospital at Provo has the largest population now the Institution has ever had. There are 001 inmates,, nine more than on July 1. During July five were discharged and three died. , , . The Farmer-Labo- r party officially tossed its hat into the state political ring at its, convention In Salt Lake, August 'IS,' with the selection of a .iartiy. cotnplete state ticket and the ijamlrig ofja committee, to act. In con-- S 'Smction with" the executive committee I f the state In choosing candidates for I ;tnm!nlng offices. . -. t: j I SfU is the Strength ofEACHj E!IGHT-THOUSAN- D seven-hundr- ed banks and trust companies are mem - bers of the Federal Reserve System. 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