Show MINES AND MINING MININ the mining industry in the loc locality allty about pearl idaho which la Is situated about nine miles from rom emmett Is tak ing on new life and ht at the present time there Is considerable activity A great future la 19 J for the profile and big creek mining camps campa in idaho county idaho by LUI jud son spofford who has just returned from a months sojourn in that dis erict recent prospecting work performed upon the property of the tha peacock copper consolidated company in deaver county utah has added wonderfully der fully to the value of its unusual surface showing of lead silver ore A four foot streak of almost straight copper glance has haa been opened in the large ore body which Is being developed in the ka lease on the ely calumet property according to advices advises from ely nov nev greenwalt and stevens who were among the early operators in jar bidge district have made a rich strike in a new district forty miles southeast of hope B C according to private advices advises received in salt lake city the seven troughs monarch com banys tunnel was extended feet during august something more than feet has been ninde made every month since the work was begun the bore having been driven feet in five months the average price of silver for august was higher than for many months before excepting july in the new york market the high was and the file low was cac closing at the average for tue me month having been tho the new well of the london and san juan oil company la is dawn feet and work Is being continued steadily according to advices advises from bluff utah already considerable gas gaa comet from the well and there la Is a good showing of oil the democrat group of four claims four miles north of gilmore idaho Is being developed by bv a croscut cro to tap the vein feet below the collar of 3 the present shaft which la Is feet deep and in lead silver ore ot of excellent grado grade and shipping quantity the columbus extension mining alining company has commenced taking ore for shipment from the recent strike in its foot tunnel says tho the salt lake herald from present ances production of 0 23 25 and 30 tons a day should be maintained indell bitely F curtis a former crack ciack player on the university of utah football team Is one of the owners of a property near carson city nev i in which a rich gold strike his has been made the property pio perty Is being exploited by em aloyes of the mcgill concentrator where mr curtis has been employed for some time with tho the long tunnel of the utah 1 metal mining company driven about 4 feet from the tofele tooele side of the range and with perhaps less than 2000 feet further to go to tap at great depth important bodies boater ot of lead silver ore are which has been developed from the surface everything Is looking lovely for this toole county property out of 0 a total of shares sharer outstanding shares wore were depre s dented in the stockholders meeting of 0 the south columbus consolidated mining company held in salt lake city and of the shares shans bedre dented were voted in favor of the proposed consolidation ot of that company with the alta hecla mining corn piny parry the midway old fiew in southern california has not a well which Is producing less than 1000 barrels of oil daily and from that amount the production pi runs up to the phenomenal output of the Lake lakeview view gusner the oil occurs mainly in strata or fIs issues sues rither rather than in pools or 01 lakes so that there Is slight danger of two or more wells tapping the samo source of supply in a compilation of the dividends dald during the past eight months the lie mining alining world finds that amer kan can mines and metallurgical works distributed among shareholders 48 which added to the dividends previously paid by these companies brings their total disbursements up tu to a per cent return on their combined issued capitalization seven metallurgical companies ha hava ve demonstrated that profits on this department part ment of mining are seemingly not greatly influenced by low metal prices for they show a considerable increase in earnings over the same period in 1903 1909 dividends declared by these seven companies so fur this year ear total the nevada douglas company is constructing its road the N nevada evada copper dolt belt from one end to the other of the yerington I nevada district the road now having been graded to the mouth of ct the valley in which the tha N nevada 0 nada douglas dauglas mines lie pans are belne being made tor for a large extension exten blon of development and opera eions on the johnnie mine at john ale which la Is controlled by A al D myers and associates the shaft now n ow feet deep la Is to be sunk to 1200 feet without stepping slopping according to the goldfield tribune the leadville mine at gilmore ida li Is building a platform at the G p depot of tons capacity As soon as hi ahli 1 I Is completed meveral hundred tons of lead silver allier ore broken from tha ho in the upper workings wil alu b 6 bent to the salt lake smelter shelters sm elters |