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Show MINES AND MINING Considerable Improvement has bcont noted In physical conditions In tho face of tho Tar Baby tunnel, according t word received Inst week. According to reports from Altn, tho cnve-ln of a stopo In tho property of the South Hecln property was not as serious ns at first expected and tho miners nro catching up with the work. lleport of liny Consolidated for quarter ended June 30, 11)10, shows net profit before dividends of $310,-805. $310,-805. Production amounted to 11,300,-11S 11,300,-11S pounds of copper, compared with 12,201,381 In previous quarter. The land leasing hill, designed to promote the production of con I. oil, gas und phosphnlcs on government-owned government-owned Innds, tins been reported fo tho sennto by the public lands committee, and It was sent to the culendar. With a dividend record of $4,777,250 since 1014, n surplus in Its treasury of better than $000,000, nnd a maximum payroll for u force thut has never exceeded ex-ceeded 35 men, Caledonia lu thu Coeur d'Atcncs, Is making n remarkable record. The smelter nnd flotation mill of tho Calaveras Copper company have been placed In operation after an Idleness of several months, nnd mine production produc-tion Is being gradually worked up to normal, says the San Francisco Chronicle. On thp fifteenth of tho month the Nnlldrlvcr mine In tho Park City district, dis-trict, which for somo time lias been worked by lessees, wns taken over by tho company. From now on the com-pnny com-pnny wilt work the mine und develop the property. The foundations are In nnd the machinery ma-chinery Is on the ground at tho Jib mining property In Montana ready for Installation. Thu pumping operations havo been quite successful and It Is declared de-clared that all tho rich oro bodies nro now accessible; A western mining man who hns Just returned from British Columbia declares de-clares that considerable prosperity prevails In the mining districts of the province, espcclully In the silver camps. United States capital Is fast becoming heavily Interested In mining properties lu that region, Production of crude oil lu tho United States In Juno amounted to 31,230,000 barrels of forty-two gallons each, compared com-pared with 20,330,000 barrels In May, according to tho Boston News Bureau. This Is tho largest amount ever reported re-ported In a month. Dally avernge mounted to 1,011,300 barrels. Tho report of Itay Consolidated for tho tlireo months ended June 30 shows not profit before dividends of $310,305. I Allowing tho dividend Of $788,580, I thcro Is n deficit of $472,224. Production Produc-tion for tho quarter amounted to 11,-300,118 11,-300,118 pounds of copper, compared with 12,201,381 thrco months before: An official estimate by the management manage-ment of tho Ooldflelu Development company places the vlslblo ore reserve ut 2,200,000 tons, Including blocked-out deposits In tho Combination, Bed Top, Mohawk and north half of tho Florence Flor-ence mines. The wholo tonnago Is estimated to havo a minimum worth of $11,000,000 to $15,000,000. According to word given out during tho past week, It Is barely posslblo that tho officers of tho Lchl Tlntlc Mining company may postpone tho sinking of tho new proposed shaft until un-til a futuro date, tho reason being that the oro showings nro developing so splendidly that tho initio might bo worked profitably under tho present system. Tho Increasing production costs docs not seem to uct ns a deterrent In the prospecting for gold, ns Is evidenced by ho advent of another largo mining :ompany Into this district, according :o the Nevudn Stuto Journal. Tho lnt-i3 lnt-i3 1 development Is tho announcement thnt the old Bullion property Is to ho feopencd by Nevudn men" who nro well iii'le to flnanco tho property. With the tdgnaturo of tho president on August 10, tho Hawley bill, which provides for exemption of assessment work on mlplng claims,. became n law. By the pnssago of tho Hawley bill, the annual expedlturo of $100 on mining claims by claimants will bo unnecessary unneces-sary during the jcar 1010. Exemption us provided In the law, however, Is limited to flvo claims for any single claimant. Partly becnuso of tho small supply In London, ns well as the Incrcuslng continental demand, tho price of silver sil-ver has been advancing fast, writes Srlnlvns n. Wngcl of tho Bullion and Foreign Exchnnge of New York City. Tlio labor troubles In Cobalt hnv ma-lorlaliy ma-lorlaliy contributed to tho rise, 'it Is stated that it will takts at least n month before the mmes there can ro turn to lionnnl production. Three lghtorse teams nro employed em-ployed hauling concentrates from tho Sunset vnlno -and mill at Unlonvllle. Besides high silver and gold contents the Wo lias heen formd to contain sixty por cent ttmgstlc sulnliiae. Itepdrt 'of Nevada 'Consolidated Tor quarter 'ended Juno 30, shows production produc-tion of 11,140,302 pounds -of copper, eompnrcd with 12,201,444 pounds In previous quarter. Net profit wus $18!,-778, $18!,-778, compared with loss of $111,150 In tho March 3t quarter. In tho Loring district In Nevada, which wus until recently known as tho "NVtrhmr-trhttrktr HHeh-a4tU-Uy- Icnk.-Ing Icnk.-Ing place. Wlngfleld engineers, who havo taken options on tho'She'cilherder mine stock nnd leases, uro uow nnnip-llng nnnip-llng tho property preliminary to executing exe-cuting tho options. |