Show u MINES AND AND MINING NEWS Ii GOLD GOLD AND AN SIt SILVER VER COINAGE LARGE I IL L DURING YEARS FROM 1885 TILL NOW elow Is given pi en a n table lable of the coinage of silver sl c and g gold lc In the United States since the year 1885 and the tho totals Gold b by years cars h ounces s Silver Siver and values alues Fine Fino Coining J I. I ounces 1915 Year ounces 3 I 1914 1202 8 1 L y iti 1913 3 HH 1911 1 I lO 1910 45 I I I It 1909 13 1 jo 1908 i O 1907 L 1 10 06 8 6 S 1 i. i Y O 1406 73 On iG OGHi I L t. t 1903 11 47 l. l 11 9 I 1902 O 1 2 l 36 I 37 1 00 J 97 3 1 8 G I 1897 2117 85 0 3 7 99 2 1 9 7 S 2 1 Gi 7 00 0 6 ln 1896 39 7 r 1894 1893 1 33 23 19 7 91 4 H 1891 7 8 t 1889 1 1888 1887 1 50 1886 b 1885 n. n 7 1 1 Totals H b NATION NEEDS NEES NEW NEIVA MINES NOW i if f S Under Uder the tho caption capton The Nation Needs ff New Nc c Mines the Denver er Mining Record sa says Is an old saying that we nc cl i L miss the thc water waler until the wen well runs dry p r r And nd we might inight add athi l that the nation naton will m not miss its 16 Is IsE E very vry necessary output of oC J metals just so O long as the mining man can continue to produce these metals at nt a profit History teaches that the miner has been a n powerful factor in the exploration and development de of oC unknown un un- lr known own regions Ho also has greatly Influenced in influenced In- In the course of or our civilization The hardy hard sold gold old seekers of 49 blazed the trail tri for Cor the ers of or the Pacific coast The he prairie schooners of or I excitement excite excite- the Pikes Peak or Bust gold sold excle- excle mont ment days das also marked an epoch in the onward march of or civilization and opened an nn empire of ot wealth Rich pockets pockets pock pock- ets of or placer gold sold and bonanza outcrops outcrops out out- crops of or pr precious clous metals were the re reward reward ro- ro ward of these pioneers Mining has undergone a big change since ince those early d days s All Al rich surface r deposits as yet et discovered ered have been mined and nd today the discovery and profitable treatment of now ore ore- bodies r is IS s accomplished only through tho the hardest hardest hardest hard hard- est of or work and the tho best of or manage- manage meat mente Lower grade grado ore bodies have I caled called for improvements in machinery t t and the brains of the west have solved d dr r 1 soine ire mighty problems Obstacles have havo inventions In been bren overcome with new In o and placer mining the pan long torn tom primitive sluice box have given way t. t to the giant hydraulic and the tho dredge boat Powerful machine drills drIs have taken the place of the tho single Jack of or orthe the early day lode lodo miner and the ad advancement advancement ad- ad made malo In milling and smeltIng smeltIng smelt smelt- Ing methods I 1 is one ono of ot the brightest spots pots In our industrial development de The result resul of this progress In mining and td treatment methods has been the building of or giant wealth producers producers like Utah Copper tho the Homestake th the Cresson Cres- Cres son Tonopah Placers and hundreds of other payers dividend all al of which arc are doing their share hare in providing pro the mon- mon ev cv and m metals necessary to lick lck the I Huns uns And we should not forget that I the mine which has been dividends for a lifetime from low Jow grade crade ore oreS and md the bonanza Cresson of ot Cripple Creek which is paying its Is luck lucky stockholders dividends at nt the rate of monthly and Utah Cop Cop- per er with will its is dividend record and hundreds of other bi big payers were all al pro prospects not so very ery long ago and ane were going through the same trials and tribulations that man many prospect companies com com- are fighting toda today Utah Copper would never ne cr have havo arrived ed had it not been een for Cor the tho brains and Imagination of ot P. P C. C Jackling and the hc money ho was as able ablo to raise from those who would listen to his story The Cresson was ws considered a I lank ank prospect when many of or tho the big mines of ot Colorado's Colorados gold goldcamp goldcamp camp were In their prime And now the thc big lg mines ol of of Colorados Colorado's gold camp were In their prime And now tao Cresson has outdistanced all aU of ot them and I is considered the greatest mine In the tho worlds world's greatest gold camp S The miner blazed the trail trai for tor tho the farmer tho the merchant and the professional ional man Tho The west est would no doubt still bo ba the tho Great American desert S if the tho miner mine In his quest for tor gold had hal h hL t opened It I to civilization When hen J. J hit hir search earch was wa wat rewarded the nation naton 4 took tonic on new life lre Railroad expansion followed with a a. a line lne from th the Atlantic Atlantico to o the Pacific The Tho United States de deS developed de- de S rapidly Into the tho greatest and t wealthiest country under the sun S n. And nd tS he hc miner Is la mainly responsible for 5 his prosperous condition And who k I 1 Is there who ivill 1 have haye hay the temerity to tony 1 ny ay that the west vest shall not continue to S develop elop the tho wealth In Its mines or Its is oil 01 fields The individual or the commission com com- mission who attempts attempt to put any ob obstacle ob- ob S stacle in the way of oC the developer of new mines or oil 01 fields I Is doing nJ Hie J entire nation naton an irreparable damn damage e. e The west wen is patriotic to tho the core The Tho Record b believes leves that the nation naton is willing will will- wl- wl r ing to allow alow tho the west to work out Its Is S own I destiny c without bein being ha hampered per d i nv IW v uie s irom Hom Washington The Tho west Is willing to S work or fight It I now flOW has Us Its is coat cont off of to ron roll up a a per ner cent record for Cor the fourth Liberty 10 loan r ANTI GER GERMAN fAN FEELING S. S SPREADS READS IN BULGARIA fly Dr al I London Sept 29 The The official character charlo char char- 5 acter of or the Bulgarian request for an angA ant lo- lo gA armistice and the spread of Ger antl-Ger- t S. S man inan feeling thru throughout hout the nation naton is shown by advices ad reaching here from the he Bulgar capital Tho The armistice seems to have hava its Is origin in a a c council of or minister r and eral e political leaders nearly a week ago Amon Among those at tho conference conferences was s M. M I. I tho the former premier pre pre- mier lulor whoso whose strong pro-German pro sentiments scull senti ments monts are well wel known serl- serl It hag hai also aleo alo become known that there n nere ere German anti and pacifist demonr demonstrations demon demon- r In Sofia last Sunday Sofa one of demonstrations taking laking S 1 place laco In front of ot U the e royal palace I IRE lE AT SEA IS IS I t CAUSE OF RETURN RETURNS I S 15 An An Atlantic Port Sept 29 Fire Fire discovered dis dis- covered In the cargo calgo of or tho the Now New York YorkI I and Cuba Cuba malt nal lines line's steamer Mexico r I while the tho ship was Vas at at sea pea tea ha had beenS been'S been beer S 'S S brought under control when the vessel usel J reached this port tonight Part of he the I yS f cargo Te 1 Is unloaded so 10 o that thata thata a fur fur- sur- sur bo be made mado or of the damage damage which I 1 1 not believed to bo creat great r MANHATTAN WEEKS WEEK'S PROGRESS AT MINES Manhattan chamber of commerce sends out the following letter on mine progress in camp during the past week week- At Al the White Caps there Is nothing noteworthy to report this week cek the tho operations being almost identical to those of or the week before Owing OwinG to the acute labor situation little develOpment development el de devel devel- work can be carried on except In sinking sinking but the reserves are arc ample to keep the mill mi running full cun capacity until such time hs s men can bo be obtained to carry carryon on the work of blocking out additional ore bodies Softening of or orthe the ore on the O level lc is taken laken as ns In Indisputable In- In disputable evidence that the sixth level lo el wilt will wil develop elop the largest large t bodies of ot ore oro yet found Cound in the mine The diminution diminution tion ton of or water flow fow In tho the mine has been counteracted b by the completion of or orthe the pumping plant at the Consolidated and the Caps mill mi is now amply ampt sup sup- plied pled The Tho ho mill 11 handled the usual tonnage tonnage ton ton- nage nago nage this week The shaft NhaC has been lowered an additional sixty feet from tho the fifth level le Tho The rock is hard but the three shifts employed are making a foot a da day each No work was done this week on the level level Work rork on the tho was confined to On the fourth level le el slope was waR found Cound to tobe tobo bo ho of good width and good values The f is the same in size and andal values al val val- ues On the fifth rh level tho the slope stopa has the same same width and values alue It I looks very favorable There is nothing new to report In any of or the other work work- ings At the Consolidated and Amalgamated Amalgamated Amalga Amalga- mated matel In both properties work Is progressing progressing progressing pro pro- gressing along exact exactly tho the same lines liness as s the week before The Consolidated ore oro ro bodies on the fourth level ol le are arc both roving proving up better than before beCore Tho Amalgamated has Its is mine oro ore bin full fulland fut and nd the Iho workings show improved width and nd values OlD COMSTOCK ORE COMING FROM DEPTH I I It Is reported from rom Virginia Ci City Ne Nev that hat the tho rich ore body opened in tho the from tho the foot 2500 level of or the Sierra ierra Nevada e mine continues to claim paramount interest on the Comstock i lode ode The main led lodge ledge go still shows a I width of or six feet of or excellent milling ore are re with wih the richer portion porton sampling better etter beler than 62 62 per pcr ton Ore of or this grade broken in development dO work worle Is going going- regularly to the Mexican mill and nd late work worl has been so encouraging that hat the Sierra Nevada cada is expected to shortly shorty take tahe its place among amonS tho the premier premier pre pre- mier gold gold producers of western X Nova Nevada c ada d a aThe The Consolidated Virginia has como come Into nto prominence e in UI the p past two weeks and Is pressing pressinG the Union mine closely tor or the position its s leading of ot the he district A splendid bod body of 20 20 oro ore has been opened In the raise above e the he foot 2000 level and preparations are re rapidly ly b taping completed for extensive exten- exten sive work on or the 1900 level cl and extraction extrac- extrac ion tion from this point Tho ho 2000 and 2200 level evel ton slopes are producing ore of good grado and ane to tons averaging around 15 5 per ton are aro going regularly to o tie lite Mexican mill ml The he winzo from the north drift on the he 2300 level lee of the Mexican continues to o advance ance the tho Mexican vein Shipments going to the mill ml are arc averaging averaging aver aver- ag aging about 36 per pe ton lon but hut attention attentions nJ Is s largely largel devoted c work preliminary to production on Vi i. greatly reaty enlar enlarged ed scale Hale Considerable work is isn in n progress at other points with en encouraging encouraging en- en results The bulk of or oro ore now yielded by br the Union Consolidated Is I drawn from tho the 2500 and 2600 levels le Tho mill mm shipments ship ship- shipments ments are kept to 15 per ton by hr mixing mix mix- In ing ng the lower grade 5 material with the richer ore ora facilitating use of ot large quantities of ore ort that lint would otherwise ho bo worthless Tho The vein is developing de I well velI on the 2600 level and drifting from rom the 1600 la Is rapidly nearing promising promising prom prom- ising territory Tho The high operating costs mining mininG everywhere and ane the decline in value of gold sold IK is felt keenly on op the Comstock but with return of normal times the th greatest prosperity In tho the history of or t the te e field since tho days das of or ortho tho the Bonanza Kings I in is confidently anticipated anticipated an an- by the leading leading operators S YON VON HINTZE ADMITS i SITA TIN Paris Sept Sept 23 Admiral 2 Admiral von yon Hintze German foreign foreen minister in a a speech before the main committee of the tho reichstag yesterday esterday said that as 38 soon loon as af the first firt alarming news came from 1 tho the Macedonian front the German high command sent to Bulgaria Bulgaria Important forces force taken from tho the available re re- re serves erVes In the opinion of military experts Admiral von lUnte said the Austro- Austro German units unis would be ample amplo to re reestablish 10 ro- ro establish the military situation but not lh notwithstanding there wore were several very factors actors In tho the situa tion ton Neither for tor Bulgaria nor siua- siua for tor forus us must tho the game gamo Jamo be bo considered as lost he declared A Sofia Sora dispatch by byway wa way ot of Zurich says the attitude of or the socialist party pary was a one of ot the decisive factors In the decision taken by King lUng Ferdinand and his ministers ANTELOPE GOlD O ORES ES Recently a number of Utah people were Interested t In properties In tho the Antelope Springs s district where it is claimed now that some rich gold old ore oro I ha has been struck ranging from 8 58 up UI to more than 1000 to the ton Relative to tile tho report tho the Star mak mal says that a property that Is fast lug Ing Into a. a a big mine is that owned owne h b by byA A A. A. A located In the Spring SpringHill Dutner Hill mining district and In the lie Antelope Hil Duffner range says the Star Mr 11 when in town a few da days s 's ago stated that ho had had two sets of or leasers at work on this estalo and that that a n large tonnage of or ore wa va wag being extracted A At t one of the principal openings on the estate estalo the I ledge led c is 11 li I feet fc t wide and averages n about 58 8 8 to 10 tho the ton A streak in iii tho the same baine oro oio bod body carries ore oro that runs as ns high as 2000 to the ton lon and nd go gold d can be seen saen in iii the rock without the aid aie of or a glass He lie says nays there are arc a number le of or openings on the estate estalo and alt all of them where tho the ledge is exposed cd show ore that will wl pan pap free gold sold The leasers he lie said have have- about forty forty forty for for- ty tons of or ore on their respective respect e dumps and in sixty days the they expect to have enough out to warrant the installation of a n small reduction plant Mr has a largo large group roup of oC claims there and has lias been doll doing development el de devel devel- on them for Cor a number of years When hen In town he exhibited a number of or beautiful samples of or free gold goM ore On some somo of or them the gold stood out on tho quartz quart as ns big bis as peas while the balance of the rock was bespangled with the precious yellow elow metal The property properly is situated about Corl forty forty- four miles mies west wesl from and andis is only onh ten miles mies from roni Antelope station slaton on the Western Pacific Mr Mi Ir Dunner Duffner said that the camp is located In a section see sec lion tion lon that is well wel supplied with wood and water and can bo be easily reach reached cd with wih an any conveyance t MINERS WILL DISCUSS WAR I Institute of Engineers Will ViI Seek to o Increase Ores Production New York Sept 29 With 9 With an aim toward stimulating the war time war production pro pro- ducton of or iron and steel and coal and coke eola a |