Show DIPS SPURS AND ANGLES J eliot johnson of salt lake now has a force of men at work in the development of the howell mine in the south fork ol of dig big cottonwood canyon adjoining the cardiff in which a big strike was recently made the howell is just over the divide from alta utah dividends paid by twenty two united states mining companies in september amounted to payments by metallurgical lurg ical and holding companies 3 utah copper companas Comp anys dividend payment amounted to and united states steel corporation it is proposed that the state of utah prepare a mining exhibit for the panama pacific exposition at san francisco to cost in the neighborhood of ernest damberger bamberger W H eardley and J M bidwell of salt lake have been appointed as a committee on finance the marketed production of pig iron in 1913 according to reports made to the united states geological survey was 30 long tons valued at the furnaces at compared with long tons valued at in 1912 an increase in quantity of tons and in value of the average price per ton in 1913 was 1508 and in 1912 it was 1393 the kennebec mine in the south fork of big cottonwood canyon about twenty miles southeast of salt lake city adjoins the cardiff mine in which a large body of shipping ore was encountered a few days ago the kennebec is an old producer of considerable reputation and undoubtedly covers the extension of the same vein showing in the cardiff work is being performed in its development recent experiments indicate that round timbers of all the pines of engelmann spruce douglas fir tamarack and western vestern larch can be readily treated with preservatives but that the firs hemlocks redwood and sitka spruce in the round do not take treatment easily this information should be of value to persons who contemplate preservative treatment of round posts poles or other props figures of united states geological survey show that colorado ranks first in production of precious metals in 1913 with total of total gold production and silver california ranks first in production of gold and nevada in production of silver production of gold in united states last year was 88 and silver in 1912 gold production was valued at and silver |