Show DURING the year 1900 the metal producing ng mines of the united states disbursed in dividends in the production of the precious metals utah ranks as fifth among the mining states and is evidently destined to climb higher in the very near future other states nevada idaho oregon and arizona have made wonderful strides to the front during the past few years THAT there is money and big money too in copper mining is proven by the handsome earnings of the copper mines of michigan during the past fifty one years the mines of this state have paid out over in dividends copper mining in this western country is still in its infancy and yet within the next fifty one ears there is reason to believe that western wester copper mines will equal al this splendid amo amoun i fin copper in dividend payments THE MAJORITY of ml 11 i ng 1 investors besl whether it be in mining shares res olsin 0 0 i n mining in property should behr bear in mind i nd that tha t st s stock ck speculation and manipulation is not mining home dealers have had an eye opener in this respect of late stocks have declined wonderfully in selling value due largely to dealings in margins and yet the properties in question some of them are paying regular dividends and others have greatly improved in their physical conditions A MINING company in arizona has sold a portion of its ats holdings to another corporation and to avoid any chance of future litigation a compact has been entered into between the interested parties to the effect that tha teach each company compan is entitled to all ore below its surface holdings which are to be bounded by vertical lines regardless of apex dip of vein fault or any other feature calculated to lead to litigation these people are all ri right and their example might be followed by others to the benfit and advancement of the mining industry THE deep creek section of utah embracing an immense area of richly mineralized country has had more paper railroads during the last ten or twelve years than can be counted on the fingers ol of both hands it is a region that in the extent a and nd variety of ita ore deposits the value and quantity of bf its ita precious metals will compare compard most favorably with any other in mining ining section of this intermountain country and yet it has been almost criminally I 1 neglected by men who are thoroughly familiar with the vastness of its mineral wealth its distance from railroad and transportation facilities has been the only thing that has retarded its growth and progress and a railroad would have been built into this region years ago had it not been for conflicting interests on the part of rival railroads and the influence that politics have had in holding back the material interests of the various camps of this locality no now w however the situation is improved and the outlook looks bri brighter 9 ahter the dark clark road may build into the deep creel creek country so may the R G W and the D B R G the latest news on this subject being to the effect that the southern pacific will enter this rich territory by themay the way of its proposed cutoff cut off around the south end of the great salt lake As it is the indications are that deep creek and tributary districts will be blessed with rail road facilities within the next two years when the output of mineral wealth from there will rival that of any portion of utah or of the west the review is in receipt of advance sheets of the western mining directory for 1901 2 soon to be issued by the western mining directory company of denver and san francisco this will be an invaluable work for those interested in the mining and milling industry it gives the names of mining companies operating in twelve of the western mining states andallo and also their equipment men employed etc it is a fine publication and should receive the patronage it deserves the royal copper mining alining company owning the old cactus copper mines mills and smelters shelters sm elters in copper gulch beaver county has made payment to the french company originally owning this valuable property checks to the amount of being given by y the royal people a fe few IV days ago samuel newhouse the successful mining operator is behind this important enterprise which virtually insures its success |