| Show atolia the scene of Cali fornias sensational tungsten excitement again steps into the limelight john herkelrath reports the finding of a prehistoric pre historic horse in a tungsten property there at a depth of sixty four feet it was about twice the size of the modern modem beast of burden horses I in mines ies are entirely too common but this is a dif ferent kind for he is exhibiting the teeth of the animal to prove his story itis it is reported that tile the subcommittee which is considering protests against the has decided proposed tax on copper production upon a coin compromise promis e which will lower the rate aate on the red metal and add lead and zinc to the taxable list this seems to be another case of a distinction without a difference in any case it is a bauw the mining industry ana Is class legislation of the rawest kind charles huber deputy state inspector of mines of nevada has haa made a practical suggestion ifor improving working conditions in the deeper mines it has been tried in virginia virgin city with excellent re suits and is to he be introduced on the 1700 level of the halifax the deepest and one of the hottest of the workings of tonopah To briefly the plan is to carry a water line along with the air line and at the point of discharge near the breast to have the water vater flow across the end of the air pipe the water is transformed into spray thus cooling the he air and helping to settle the dust an eastern writer not long ago caused a stir in the mining world by making the statement in a popular weekly that there are no honest men in the mining business we wish to call his attention to J A van luven prospector residence chloride mohave county arizona who recently approached pro ached a representative of the press there and asked that the fact be published that he had in his possession a considerable sum of money which he had found in the road leading from cerbat carbat to chloride he was anxious to turn the money over to the person who could prove ownership furthermore we can tell the easterner from actual experience that this is not an exceptional case and that if he had lived among miners and prospectors as we have done he would know that their standard of honesty is f far ar above that of the man who circulates the cowardly slander which i he did without so much as ever being nearer to one of them than the make believe kind in a new york picture show |
