Show dips spurs anda and angles ng the hope mines development company operating in plumas cou county rity california and controlled by utah men has been carefully sampled and shows a considerable amount of 20 free milling gold ore the company has a crosscut tunnel in feet the free wire tire gold ml M company of salt lake is installing a gasoline hoist at its mine near carlin nevada J H marshall of logan who is heavily interested in the property has been at the mine of late work in shaft sinking is progressing satisfactorily net profits for the rico vV wellington ellington operating at rico colorado were for september according to john W burton a director in the company there were treated tons of ore at a cost of from which tons of lead and zinc concentrates cen were made at a net profit of 1560 per ton the following have been elected officers in the american mining congress president carl scholz of chicago first vice pres ident hennen jennings of washington D C second vice president al S kemmerer of new york third vice president harry L day of wallace idaho secretary james P calbreath of denver directors for three years hennen jennings of washington W J richards of pottsville spottsville Potts ville pennsylvania E A montgomery of los angeles and M S kemmerer of new york walter fitch of eureka utah manager of the chief consolidated mining company was a recent salt lake visitor mr fitch informs the mining review that the chief is in excellent physical condition and that is the aim of the company to pay regular dividends and at the same time keep development work well ahead of ore extraction the company is on a sound basis financially and physically and its policy is almost identical with that of large manufacturing fac turing concerns which expect to maintain a permanent and profit making basis for many years to come the gilmore mine in idaho has from to tons of good ore blocked out in its mine workings and has lately signed a three year contract with the united states smelting smelling Sm elting company shipments of fifty tons daily to begin november 1 when the new tramway is expected to go into commission the company shipped tons of ore in september receiving a check of for the lot deducting all mining and operating expenses the company realized on its september ore sales twenty men are on company payroll pay roll and the outlook for the future is most gratifying among other advantages claimed for the bedding system of handling ores at smelting smelling sm elting plants may be mentioned the fact that the superintendent of the plant will be greatly facilitated not only by the simplicity of the routine of bedding and feeding but also by the avoidance of frequent charge calculations necessitated by the running out of bins or irregularities at the furnaces the regularity of the charge being beyond question day and night shift foreman cannot blame charge rightfully or wrongfully for improper performance during any particular shift the bedding system eliminates a very large number of men and simplifies the labor question especially ally in time of strikes |