Show MINES AND T MINING the town of valdez alaska Is gold mad the citizens and old have turned prospector leaving the town for days at a time in a partially deserted condition all searching for gold word has reached salt lake of ar a reported rich strike of gold ore on w what hat Is known as dry mountain situated about twenty miles west of sulphur on the western pacific railway the ore Is said to be fabulously rich sold gold the little bell consolidated kiln blin ing company whose property Is situated a short distance south from the daly west mine at park city la Is shipping tons per month of first grade ore to the smelters shelters sm elters and la Is paying dividends all the mines now being operated in the mason alason valley are looking fine and an air of activity la Is noticeable among claim owners who have not been inclined to develop their territory until the railroad and smelter arrived at a meeting of the board of directors held recently in cheyenne Chey enno wyo the name of the national mining alining company of nevada was changed to the nation mines company the owners are much elated over the showing of the great bonanza the oil industry of southern california Is a a gigantic affair in the gusher fields of midway Ali dway sunset Marl Alari copa and there are about 40 sowing owing wells and perhaps pumping the gushers bushers run from to as high as barrels a day statistics leg show that while the production of lead in 1909 exceeded that of 1908 by tons the consumption exceeded that of 1908 by tons the consumption by tile the world during 1909 exceeded the worlds production by tons of the metal picture rock worth nearly to the ton from the shamrock gold mining milling companas comp anys property at marysvale Marys vale utah and specimens of 0 rock plastered with native gold and horn silver protruding from the side are being exhibited in salt lake austin nevada witti a production record of at to its credit is today the scene of considerable activity with upwards of men employed in the reese river district and a new mill about to be opened to handle thousands of tons of ore on the various dumps in close proximity to the town the oil fields of utah differ materially from those of coatings Coa Coall lings and midway of california in the fact that the drilling Is comparatively shallow many of the producing wells only being ing driven to a depth of from to GOO feet this shallow drilling has allowed portable rigs alis to enter ent er the tha held field and rapid progress Is the result what Is believed to be the oldest mine in the world Is the rio tinto of spain it Is known that the phoeni clans secured their red metal from the property during the eleventh century D C the annual production of th the e mine during the past few years has ranged from to more than pounds of copper with in its treasury the boston ely copper company has ample funds to resume sinking of the main shaft which has been abandoned since last ast july it Is estimated that the cost of at driving that working to the water level will cost about 50 a foot and that the total expense in reaching the desired point will not exceed 10 the montana Alon tana grew greway ay company ol of chicago on the montana side of the main range just north of tile the dark darb horse mind in idaho are boring a large working tunnel through the rocky mountains the tunnel Is now in 1000 feet and will have to go about halt half a mile further before reaching the idaho sunshine on creek by way vay of illustrating that it is the tha little things that count the advance of copper in price of a cent a pound means a great deal to the producers of the met metal at W with I 1 ill the utah copper company for instance on a production of pounds per month it more net profits per month or more profits per annum A strike that has caused consider able excitement at fallon 1 adlon nevada vc pc burred in the alpine district in eastern aim chill county last week when charles alford alcord a prospector discovered a ledge carrying tree free milling gold to it i fabulous extent at a point three miles west vest of X allne pine post some of the samples show values ot of front from to chafey the sensational nevada lamp which put goli gold bars worth thousands in mens pockets and coming into salt lake they turned other mens eyes green with euvy envy Is today as quiet and sleepy as a quaker says the salt lake herald the whir of at tile tho mill wheel is no longer beard and even the sound of the hammer and drill no more start reverberations be down the lung irrig ir rig dark tunnels it has lately been announced that the anaconda company wi vill I 1 report monthly the amount of its copper pro duct lon thus adopting the policy ot of publicity upon abidi nearly all of the fie important copper producing comp companies antei have hav entered during the last year or two the decease in the european Euro peau vla via lalo supply of copper of 1800 tons reported on october 23 is equivalent to ta pounds and brings the total visible supply in england and france down to on 06 that aitse |