Show THE HE MINES the midvale steel has bas declared befar i ea its initial dividend of 1 60 a share incomplete dividend figures of idaho mines for 1916 show a total of 10 conditions atthe at the now new quincy mine nt at park pity uth utah ar are e considered very encouraging jt it was announced as a rumor from new york that thai the Beth bethlehem lehern steel may pay 60 66 a share in dividends dividend this athis year recently a camo came down the north hills of alta and carried away the columbus rexall stables ailing a horse miami copper last week declared a 1 dividend regular and 50 cents ex tra tho Th same osame amount was paid three mouths ago the homestake Home stake has declared the regular monthly dividend of 65 05 cents a share A month ago it paid Q 65 cents jadd 41 1 extra f r J i following the laying out ot of a new townsite te at gold hill in the deep creek country the adjoining district ferber ten miles to the west announces that a town will be started there also what la Is declared to ie be one of the best showings of high grade copper ore ever uncovered in that part of the state was struck by R L winbourn of moab utah in lisbon valley last week the production of zinc in idaho it ali creased from 1 pounds in 1915 to approximately bounds 4 in 1916 Th evalue of the out input increased freih to about or 26 per deit cent the output of lead from idaho minea increased from pounds in 1915 to approximately pounds in 1916 the value of the leau lead increased from efrom to or about 61 per cent the mine production of silver during 1916 in nevada was about ounces which represents a de crease froni from ounces in 1915 the value of this output however on account of 0 the higher price ot of sit silver ver increased from to about or 23 per cent zinc mining and zinc smelting smelling sm elting industries dus tries experienced a year of arps in 1916 according to the best information at this time the recoverable zinc content of ore mined in the united states was about tons compared with tons in 1915 and tons in 1914 domes domestic tic output of quicksilver lu IIA 1916 according to preliminary figures collected from the individual era by the united states was 2890 flasks flacks of seventy five pounds each val nied med at the average domestic price for the year at sin san francisco aceti estimated at a flask at SOO the estimated december production of utah copper is leas than pounds the company la Is now handling about tons of ore daily compared with tons the normal the enow has las been cleared away from the railroad track and all the twenty steam shovels will soon be operating again samples of steel galena from the mines development companas comp anys leased arrowhead property in iron county have reached the salt lake lahe office where the ore oie was waa broken into it showed a width of four feet this is beyond the cave and is about feet westerly from the shaft it Is only a short distance from the surface the value of the gold silver copper lead and zinc from the mines of nevada in 1916 was approximately 52 according to the preliminary figures of the united states geological survey this total represents an increase of 0 nearly or about 62 per cent above the corresponding figure of 1915 which was the value of the mine output of 0 gold sliver silver copper lead and zinc in idaho in 1916 according to the preliminary estimate of the united states geological survey was over 47 an increase of 41 per cent from in 1915 there was a record output of silver lead and zinc and increased production of cop copper per but a slight decrease in gold the p production r of copper in idaho increased from pounds in 1915 to over pounds in 1916 this represents an increase from M to or 79 per cent in value due to the better price A large part of the copper output came from the empire copper and adjoining properties near mackay in custer county from which greater shipments were made incomplete records of dividends paid by nevada mining com companies ables dur ing the year 1916 amounted to 11 the greater part of this was waa paid by k the nevada consolidated other contributors were the tonopah belmont tono tonopah ah extension tonopah mining COM company PAnk e prince consolidated jumbo extension nevada wonder jim butler west end seven troughs coalition and good springs anchor the output of silver from idaho mines increased from ounces in J 1915 to approximately 12 ounces I 1 in n 1916 As the price of at silver was wag much above that of 1915 the v value of the output increased from Ns to or 38 per c eat cent OT trading rading on the salt lake exchange during the year that closed december 30 amounted to a total of shares valued at this i is compared with shares IH 1915 valued at this represents an increase in crease of more than per cent |