Show dips spurs and angles the strike at leadville has been settled and a wage scale of 4 a day has been accepted by the miners being a reduction of fifty cents a share on the former wage scale according to advices advises from reno nevada george wingfield has decided to discontinue mining operations at goldfield until such time as an improvement in the metal market justifies the shipment of ore the silver bell extension mining company has been organized for the purpose of working a group of claims located on the hackberry lode at hackberry arizona the company was incorporated with a capitalization of W W lewis is manager it is reported that the general mines company of rochester nevada has taken over the buck charley mine and also the property of the octopus mining company in the same locality myron warner is superintendent in for the general mines company an important discovery of high grade gold silver ore is reported in the property of the nevada hills mining company at fairview nevada the find was made by leasers leaders headed by C B burr and associates the big milling plant of the nevada hills has been dismantled and will be moved to the new camp of divide near tonopah To roy cook of salt lake for the past three years with the united states fuel company has succeeded william gorton as general sales manager for the independent coal coke company guy holmes for several years with the united states company has been appointed to the position with the company made vacant by the resignation of mr cook the grand central mining company of provo utah operating in tintic gintic district near mammoth same state paid a dividend of 4 cents a share on the amounting to making a grand total to date of last year the company paid 72 in velvet money to fortunate stockholders hon C E loose is general manager for the company the black metal mines company of salt lake operating in jackrabbit Jack rabbit district out of pioche nevada expects to have tons on the market or in transit by the first of may the new hoisting plant has been placed in successful commission and mine conditions are reported as being most satisfactory is fritz erickson mine superintendent was in salt lake recently the utah chapter of the american mining congress has issued a pamphlet containing all the laws passed at the recent session ot of the legislature affecting the mining industry these include the so called blue sky law the law fixing the assessed valuation of mines at three times the net proceeds the law pertaining ining to mineral leases on state lands the measure providing for a semimonthly semi monthly pay day in mining camps the work mens compensation law as amended and the peonage law the pamphlet contains fifty pages and was compiled by A G mckenzie secretary of the chapter it is being mailed to all members to whom it will be of considerable value it is reported that walter B farmer of boston is now the sole owner of the property of the lion hill consolidated mining company at ophir utah having acquired this interest through the foreclosure of the trust deed of the company given in 1917 since gaining control mr farmer has formed the ophir metals company and will probably begin active work in the near future the independence mining company of eureka utah owning a group of claims near the copper leaf has begun development work with enoc newman in charge the company has arranged for the purchase of the old milling plant of the bullion beck champion mining company tramway and other equipment which will be used in making improvements at the shaft of the independence pen dence company the annual meeting of the eureka king mining company was held in salt lake a few days ago and a new board of directors elected as follows ray van cott geo M Ch chiulos lulos arthur E moreton george G bywater and F J sylvester A deal is pending involving the consolidation of the eureka king with the paymaster mining company the merger will give the company a large acreage of valuable ground the dickerson engine company of salt lake city has filed its articles of incorporation the company is capitalized at 1000 shares of a par value of 1 each the officers and directors are solon spiro president joseph lippman vice president harry lee treasurer arthur dickerson and nicholas M ambrose the company will place on the market a gasoline automobile engine the invention of mr dickinson the silver king consolidated of park city has purchased the haueter ranch near the portal of the spiro tunnel the consummation of the deal gives the company a tract of acres between the mouth of the tunnel and the D R G railroad and will afford ample dump room and yardage the tunnel has now attained a length of nearly feet and the face is within several hundred feet of the known fissures of the silver king system the may day mining milling company of salt lake held its annual meeting on the ath dinst and reelected elected re its old board of directors as follows john dern president M P braffet vice president W S me cornick treasurer A reeves secretary and J C dick general manager mi nager it is stated that before adjournment the diorec tors decided upon the resumption of a campaign of deep development the recent discovery of ore in the a near neighbor leading to the belief that the same or a similar would be uncovered by sinking to lower levels to date the may day was paid 37 cents a share in dividends and imposed assessments amounting to 51 cents a share england has been considering the matter of offering a bonus in order to encourage the mining of gold but now word comes from london that the british gold commission has reported against paying a bonus to producers and is of the opinion that sufficient gold will be produced for the currency requirements of the british empire A specially appointed committee in the united states to investigate the increasing cost of gold mining recently advised likewise against a bonus the united states committee however advocated the elimination of the excess profits tax on gold mining as a means of stimulating production extension of the period during which the base prices for pig tin are to be maintained has been decided upon by the war industries dus tries board according to an announcement by john hughes chairman of the pig tin committee of the american iron and steel institute the prices which were announced december 3rd ard to extend through january will continue beyond that month it is said or until such time as the tons allocated by the british authorities to american consumers dealers and jobbers have been distributed needs of american can consumers mr hughes said were being carefully considered with respect to further importation of pig tin from singapore and sydney australia |