Show MINES AND MINING Work on tho Arizona copper properties proper-ties are now In full blast after a shutdown shut-down of about two months In tho first ten months of 1U07 tho anthracite coal shipments were 55 001467 tons 10000000 tons greater than for tho same period of PJOO Tho Combination at Goldtleld Is now working 460 men and many leasers leas-ers round tho district are gradually adding to their forces so aa to begin the oldstyle form of activity again It was learned last week that tho Biscuit Mining company has succeed cd In entering Into a very favorable contract with the American Smelting Refining company for shipments of oresAll but one of the twentyeight men and boys who were entombed In tho Mldvalloy colliery at Shamokln Pa havo been rescued Frank Orlosklc a miner fell down a chuto after the accident ac-cident and was killed The La Sal mountains promise to attract tho attention of the mining world tho coming season These mountains are situated In eastern Utah In Grand county Gold silver sil-ver and caller are tho precious metals found in that district Tho secretary of tho Interior bas approved Utah clear list No 15 for 440 acres of land for the benefit ot tho state reform school and clear list No 13 for 300 acres for support of the school of mines the lands selected select-ed being in Salt Lake land district Sixteen miners were put to work last week underground In tho Mo hawkJumbo lease at Goldlleld They are protecting tho workings from tho swelling ground In tho gumbo formation forma-tion and cleaning out caved workings The men are working at the lately adopted scale of wagesat the mine owners terms Tho stocit of tho Zenoll Mining company Is to be listed on the San Francisco and Salt Lake exchange The Zcnoll Is a property picked up by Salt Lakers In Nevada about a year ago The property produced something some-thing like 50000 net the first season and closed 1907 by posting a dividend ot about 1000 Prices of metals arc higher at the present time than they were In the industrial In-dustrial depression that followed the panic of 1893 In February 1894 the average prico of copper was 90 cents lead was 331 zinc 385 per pound and sliver stood at 05 cents per ounce Today they arc 131A 375 480 and 571 respectively I The Mary Ellen Mining company filed articles of Incorporation wltt the secretary of state of Utah last week The company which Is an American Fork concern is capitalized for 100000 In shares valued at 1G cents and the Incorporators are H D Boley C D Hanks T M Allman W S Nocdmah and W C Boley I During 1907 the Daly West Mfnlng company of Park City treated or shipped 24850 dry tons of ore Ol crude ore there wore 8521 tons which produced 213001 pounds of copper cop-per 2289598 pounds of lead 3U05U ounces gold and 307531 ounces silver amounting to 24295957 net The total to-tal production amounted to 771079 Salt Lakers arc opening up a property prop-erty two miles west of Palisade Nevada vada that Is showing up splendidly From tho work In the shaft now down fifty feet they extracted a Hfty ton lot of oro carrying sliver and lead that will average anywhere from 18 to 100 per ton The entire face of tho tunnel Is in oro that will average In tho vicinity of 40 per cent lead After a rather prolonged yet most interesting and spirited session time Montana Mining association perfected its organization and adjourned to meet at Helena a year hence The chief business of the gathering was tho adoption of resolutions expressing fear that unless an Independent smelter smel-ter was built the Industry would be throttled the appointment of a committee com-mittee to visit with and lay before tho president the situation relative to tho Northern Pacific land grant classification clas-sification and the election of officers One of tho busiest organizations In the Ely district at present Is the Cum berlandEly company The company IP working every man that can bo accommodated ac-commodated at tho veteran property and a hundred or more men could be taken on and will be taken on next week Ina few days Rawhide Nevada grew from a camp of 1200 people to 6000 and there are twenty or more automobiles a day coming in loaded down with people Town lots are sell Ing with all tho characteristic vim of tho early Goldtleld and Bullfrog days Rapid progress is being made In the Installation of tho central compressor plant and the big steam power hoist of tho Mohawk mine at Goldfield Nevada Ne-vada as well as the myriad of minor Innovations that have been adopted under tho reglmo of tho new general manager State Mine Inspector Bell of Idaho has Just returned from a trip to the southeastern part of the state and to the Birch Creek mining district Lem hi county Ho reports mining rathei dull In that section but many new enterprises are planned for the com Ing season In the Bonneau Johns well Just north of Virgin City In section 22 the tools havo been lost after driving 500 feet and striking a heavy flow of gas This gas burned steadily for ten days before being extinguished The own ers lire now preparing to put In bettor machinery By a decision of the Supremo court of Mexico tho ancient claim of Jesus Agulrro Navarez to tho famous Do lores mine in Chihuahua Is sustained and tho claim of Escobar and Rosa declared void The mine had been sold several times on time Escobar I and HOBO title |