Show the board of directors diorec of the new yerington copper company operating in the yerington erington Y section of nevada has sent notices to the stockholders explaining the recent assessment as due to the necessity of proper equipment and deep development which proceeds faster than ore production and that thai an assessment is preferable to continued borrowing they enclose the report of superintendent gilles giving in detail the recent work the standard chemical company of 0 pittsburg pennsylvania is mining about 10 tons of ore a month from its colorado properties from which it extracts about one half a gram of radium it has already supplied some scientific men and physicians with radium from its own ores this rate of production if maintained will put pui the ae united states in the lead not only as a producer of radium bearing ores but as a producer of radium itself 0 at the special meeting of stockholders stockholder of the yankee consolidated mining company coni paDy operating in the tintic gintic district of utah B N lehman was superseded as general manager by secretary A I 1 E canfield GG LL bemis took lehmans place on the board of directors and was made vice president A W vosburg of dubois pennsylvania was elected to the other vacancy on the board these changes were made through the efforts of mrs Wil willie williea lieG G dubois of dubois pennsylvania 0 an improved service and a better outlet for the mines of the slocan region of british columbia owned to a large extent by residents of spokane washington is being provided in the standardizing of the old narrow gage kaslo slocan railway by canadian pacific according to reports froll is be kaslo british columbia construction ing engaged in with energy at a point close j to kaslo and arrangements are being anad to establish camps farther up ahe to illie when the twenty miles of ra road ad betwee kaslo and dear bear lake is completed not one conj of the wooden trestles that proved so tro iro which for i become to the great northern merly owned the road will remain |