Show AROUND THE MINES the may day dividend of 0 2 cents will be paid may 25 regular dividends of 0 1 I 1 on cerro de pasco copper of 1 per cent Is announced noun ced it la is reported that thai a large deposit of potash has been discovered d in iron county utah ore coming from the new strike in the stiver silver shield continues to maan maintain gro gross 8 s values of about 40 a ton on may ay 1 the utah copper handled and treated tons of ore in one day r the previous record was tons in july the old murray Nf urray hill company of will finally go out of business bubines 8 according to action taken at a r recent meeting of tho the former stockholders bradeu copper produced pounds copper in april compared A with pounds in march ft in february and pounds in january the bonneville oil gas company will b be orga organized at salt lake with a capital of to drill and explore lor for oil and gas in davis dails and salt lake counties chile copper operations show ore now going to the treatment plant of about per cent grade production Is running at the rate of little over pounds a month considerable stir has been caused in the pioche district lately owing to the new discoveries in the comet section located about six elx miles southwesterly from the prince consolidated arrangements have been completed for an early completion of the ton mill tor for the walker mining company according to general manager cowan who has returned from california directors of the cardiff mining company met last week and declared axed a dividend of 25 cents a share this makes paid to date october 1 1915 the sum of was distributed tri buted the mines development reports that on april 1 the company had on hand cash ore sales gross payments on stock disbursements bur 1 1 cash balance may 1 10 it is reported that the gold chain lk mining lining companas comp anys treasury contains cont alna upwards upward s of in cash and that when this has been increased to or that regular quarterly dividends will be forthcoming with the ending of the first four months of 1916 it is apparent according to figures available to mining and engineering world that the year 1916 is to be a memorable one in point of dividend payments to stockholders of companies operating american mines and works since the new leasing system was waa inaugurated by the scranton in north tintic gintic the mine has once more b been een placed on the active list of shippers at present a force of fifty one men la is employed the total production since this work started up about two months ago I 1 Is approximately owners of farm lands in the so south uth era em part of salt lake county affected by smoke from the arthe plants of the united states smelting smelling Sm elting company and the tha american smelting smelling Sm elting refining company met at murray last lasi week and arranged for financing the smelter suits la in the united states court for the four months of 1916 just ended american mining companies have declared dividends totaling this Is in axce excess qa of the dividends paid during the same period in the banner year 1913 and Is greater them than was waa paid in he same period in 1915 recent heavy sales of copper over the last three months of the year and the fact that there Is only a small smal I 1 quantity of the metal available toi for the remain remainder der of 1916 has caused a further hur hardening dening in prices for late deliveries and the final quarter of this year Is now firmly established at 23 29 cents it is declared that the ontario sli sil ver L company ot park city now has on hand about ounces of silver an addition of about ounces ounces since the first of tile the year some higher grade silver ore Is now coming from the 0 level while a fall fair conage is coming from the 1500 level mc according cording to a company official better roads will be opened into the camp of Jar harbidge jarbidge bidge in northern nevada according to the twin falls times which says that the progress of jar jan bidge as reported from day to day in dicatos a steady and rapid development it Is announced that the knight peo pie have finally concluded to take over the controlling interest in the I 1 gold pen consolidated of western nevada A force of twenty men la Is wor working kingon on the gold ore the price js Is with an annual yield approximating biting ounces of silver which at 73 cents per ounce has been carried 27 cents above the low level of last iasi year there will accrue to butte superior a material increase in earnings from this source shipments of ore from gintic tintic last week totaled carloads this is estimated at tons valued edat at compare compared 4 with carloads the previous week this Is the heaviest monthly production so far this year in tact fact no single month in 1916 equaled chis output in order to C expedite the movement of lis its ores to market the tha south hecla mining company to Is s said aid to io have twenty te teams ams plowing scraping and otherwise clearing tho the pack ot of snow which partially blocks blodie the little cottonwood highway just west ot 0 camp |