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Show MINES AND MININu , :9 Work on tho Arizona copper propor- H tics nro now In full blast, after a shut- .H down of about two months. H In tho first ton months of 1UU7 tho nnthraclto coal shipments woro G5,- H 001,407 tons, 10,000,000 tons groater than for tho samo period of R00. H Tho Combination, at Uoldtlold, Is now working 450 men, nnd many leas- ' J era round tho district aro gradually adding to their forces so ni( to begin fl tho old-stylo form of activity again. fl It waB loarncd last week that tho Biscuit Mining company lms succeed-od succeed-od In ontorlng Into a vory favorablo J contrnct with tho American Smelting fl & Ilcllnlng company for shipments of All but ono of tho twenty-eight men J and boys who woro entombed in tho Mldvallcy colllory at Shamokln, Pa., . hnvo been rescued. Frank Orloskle, a miner, roll down n chute after tho ao- H cldcnt and was killed. Tho La Sal mountains prpmlso to nttract tho attention of tho mining world thu coming season. Theso mountains aro situated in eastern Utah, In Grand county. Gold, sit-vor sit-vor and coper aro tho precious mctala found In that district. Tho secretary of tho interior has approved Utah clear list No. 15 lor 440 acres of land for tho benefit of tho stnto reform school, and clear ,H list No. 13 fof- DOG acres for support of ,H tho school of mines, tho lands soloct-ed soloct-ed bolng in Salt Lako land district Sixteen minors woro put to work last week underground In tho Mo-hawk-Jumbo lcaso at Goldtlcld. Thoy are protecting tho workings from tho swolllng ground In tho gumbo forma- H tlon and cleaning out caved workings. fiH Tho men aro working at tho lately adopted scalo of wages at tho mlno l owners' terms. JH Tho stocit or tho Zonoll Mining company Is to bo listed on Uio San H Francisco and Salt Lnko exchange Tho Zonoll Is a property plckod up by Salt Lakers in Nuyada, about a year 'H ngo. Tho property produced somo-thing somo-thing llko 150,000 not tiro first season, and closed 1007 by posting a dividend of nbout $4,000. Prices of metals aro hlghor at the present tlmo than they woro in tho In-dustrial In-dustrial depression that followed tho panic of 1893. In February, 1894, tho nverago prlco of copper waa 9.0 cents; lead was 3.31; zinc, 3.85 per pound, nnd silver stood nt C5 conts por ounce Today thoy aro 13V4, 3.75, 4.80, and 57 Mi respectively. Tho Mnry Ellen Mining company 'H filed artlclos of Incorporation with "fl tho secretary of stato of Utah last week. Tho company, which la an American Fork concern, is capitalized for $100,000, In shares valued at 111 conts, and tho Incorporators nro 11. D. Boley, C. D. Hanks, T. M. Allman, W. S. Nccdmnn and W. C. Boley. During 1907 the Daly West Mining company, of Park City, treated or ' shlppod 24,850 dry tons or ore. Of crudo oro thero woro 8,521 tons, which produced 243,001 pounds or cop-por, cop-por, 2,289,598, pounds or lead, 3G0.5G ' ouncos gold, nnd 367,631 ounces silver, amounting to $242,959.57 not. Tho to-tnl to-tnl production amounted to $771,079. Salt Lakors nro opening up a prop-orty prop-orty two miles wcBt ot Pallsado, No-vada, No-vada, that Is showing up splendidly. From tho work In tho shaft, now down fifty feet, thoy extracted a tirty-ton tirty-ton lot of oro carrying silver and lead that will avorago anywhero from $18 to $1G0 por ton. Tho ontlro faco of tho tunnel Is In oro that will nverago in tho vicinity ot 40 por cent lead. After a rather prolonged,, yot' most Interesting nnd spirited session, tnq Montana Mining association perfected Its organization nnd adjourned to meet at Helena a year hence Tho chief business or the gathering waa tho adoption ot resolutions expressing fear that unless an independent smul-tcr smul-tcr waa built tho Industry would be throttled; tho appointment of a com-mlttco com-mlttco to visit with and lay beforo tho prcsldout tho situation rolatlvo to tho Northern Pacific lnnd grant clas-slllcatlon, clas-slllcatlon, and tho election of olllcoro. Ono of tho buBtcut organizations In tho Ely district nt present Is tho Cum-borlnnd-Ely company. Tho' company Is working every man that can bo ao commodatcd nt tho veteran property, and a hundred or moro men could bo taken on, and will bo taken on noxt weok. In n few days Itawhldo, Nevada, grow from a camp of 1,200 peoplo to 0,000, nnd thoro nro twenty or moro automobiles n day coming In, loaded jH down with people Town lota aro sell- jH Ing with all tho characteristic vim of tho early Goldtlcld and Bullfrog fSE days. Itapld progress Is being mado In tho Rpift Installation ot tho central compressor VW2 plant nnd tho big steam power norm y. fW of tho Mohawk mlno at Goldllold, No- ' M-Wf vada, ns woll as tho myriad of minor "!$E Innovations that havo been adopted M undor tho reglmo of tho. now general 'Et manngor. i&iiS Stnto Mlno Inspector Bell ot Idaho has Just roturned from a trip to tho Mtfi. southeastern part of tho stnto and to 'y'Y,i tho Birch Crook mlulng district, Lein- ' ly.d hi county. Ho reports mining rathei M( 1 dull In that soctlon, but many now - fl enterprises aro planned for the com- If, V: Ing 8cnBon. ""'4&f In tho Bonnoau & Johns well, Just north of Virgin City, In section 22, tho 1M? tools have been lost after driving 600 feet nnd striking n heavy flow ot gau. This gas burned steadily for ten days huforu bolng extinguished. Thu own- '2j&M era aro now preparing to put lu hotter &Wm machinery. 11 By n decision ot tho Supremo court a of Moxlco, thu ancient claim oC Jesus Agulrre Navnruz to tho famous Do- H lores mlno in Chihuahua, Is sustained, and tho claim of Escobar and Rosq JB declared void. Tho mlno had been "H sold sovornl times on tho Escobar and ' JH Nnso title. "v7 |
