Show in nearby states ARIZONA the united eastern at oatman is cutting a station on the 1000 foot level from which its deep diamond drilling will commence it is the intention to tap the united eastern vein at a depth of about 2500 feet the copper queen extension mining company recently incorporated has baken taken over and is operating the old bisbee west mine in the warren district cochise county affairs of the company are being directed by billy graham heard building phoenix R L Dimm cik general manager of the frisco mine has returned to kingman from the east and has resumed operations at the property with a force of ten men the mine which is opened to the level has been equipped for sinking and the shaft will be continued to the as fast as possible the ray consolidated copper company of ray is producing at the rate of about tons of ore a day about men are being employed by the company in all departments horizontal drilling w with th diamond drill is being continued on the 1950 level the drill hole being cased because of caving ground the drill is now in feet and in ore A A baker aaron edwards and W P taylor of globe report the discovery of some excellent silver lead ore on their claims in the richmond district gila county considerable development work has been done and the owners are now engaged in taking out the ore preparatory to shipment to the el paso smelter new directors of the oatman combination gold mining company elected at a recent meeting in kingman include william H heim and william G fletcher both of blairville airville Bl pa and james A hill of new york mr fletcher was elected vice president of the company of which R L johns is president the company is continuing development of its property at oatman under the direction of superintendent W J dower telluride is reported to have milled a total of more than tons of ore at the tom reed up tip to november 1 this ore has averaged about 34 a ton A ingersoll 6 rand air compressor was recently installed at the T telluride el luride and it is reported that a large share of the purchase price of the tom reed also was borne by the telluride management work on the telluride crosscut at a depth of feet is being pushed forward rapidly BRITISH COLUMBIA I 1 four new properties ies joined the list of shippers to the trail smelter recently three of them are in the slocan district which is steadily returning to its former position as a heavy producer the three are are the gern gem noonday and the ore bin all near sandon tile the fourth new shipper is the silver dollar near mear salmo the mollie hu huhes hughes 6 hes syndicate 1 which recently took over the mollie hughes mine mine near new denver has purchased a two ton compressor which is be ng shipped to the property and will be in operation within 30 days the syndicate will sink a foot and then drift on the ledge mollie hushes ore runs higher in gold than most of the properties in that vicinity some shipments having given 20 to the ton in that metal as well as silver of considerable value bunches of ore have been encountered in the bottom of a sunk 80 feet from the no 3 level of the cork province mine mine says sidney norman of spokane wash after an in spec tion of the property at kalso recently the penetration of an ore body is expected when the attains its goal which is the foot depth the is following the han 6 in ing wall of an ore body 30 feet wide the new ore body opened has not been prospected fully but it is five feet wide and contains 18 inches of clean ore on the side high 1 grade rade ore in a shoot three to five feet wide assaying 84 in gold and ounces in silver has been struck in the jack jink mine over the mountain on the north f ork fork of lemon creek miles above slocan city according to reports at hand the company has installed a 10 ton mill which it dragged with go devils over the foot mountain divide this new ore was struck in a foot extension of an old foot drift the mill installed includes two stamps crusher three cell mineral separation flotation machine in circuit and two wilfley tables COLORADO the silver plume consolidated mining company contemplates I 1 starting work on tile the buster property soon wes kennedy is the charter oak shaft and ot otherwise repairing the property and getting it in shape for operation idaho springs gazette the El elmwood mining and exploration company has taken hold of the silver plume tunnel property and is having b the workings 6 put in shape preparatory to driving 6 the tunnel ahead A car of ore from the little fannie and philadelphia group shipped from howardsville Howards ville recently returned values in m excess of per ton says the silverton standard the largest values were in silver the shipment assaying t around ounces gold values to exceed one half ounce an and a lead values around 30 per cent combined to give the shipment a gross value of nearly a ton bostain and kralich are well pleased with the returns from the first shipment harry catlin of montrose who spent his vacation this summer in prospecting in cow creek has information that geo wood and others have struck the real vein in cow creek nine miles straight east of ridgway for 30 years boulders in bearing high silver values and some gold have been found m that section and every effort has been made to locate the vein vea george b wood has worked out a theory as to the location of the ane vein vein and drove a foot tunnel reports indicate th that at he has been successful IDAHO f lead ore is reported to have been found in the lead lea blos 0 som mine mine near War wardner diler where operations are pro proceeding ceedie at a a depth of feet the richmond mining milling and reduction cori company t of it has installed pumps and begun the anwa unwavering un watering terin 1 0 shaft near adair according to late reports rebuild cebu the ithe federal mining and smelting smelling Sm elting company om pally is k re in ing its mill on the morning mine according to reports lepor coeur ceicel at spokane recently the properties are in ill tile the calenes dA lenes the western union mining company ill i tile le coetia 4 calenes dA lenes opened two feet of solid steel galena on the the e to level recently the ore contains 46 ounces of silver ton and 57 per cent lead wanace wallace the western union mining company near of the coeur calenes dA lenes has recently shipped its sec second and car c taking high grade galena ore to the bunker hill smelter since over the property from the leasers leaders lea sers A strike by A M mundell of a large bod body I 1 of rich silver coeur lead ore on slate creek in the southern part 0 of f the tn calenes dA lenes promises to materially extend the profitable mining zone of the famous north idaho mining region samples assayed oz silver development has proceeded steadily and shown a great improvement in the property of the valentine mining company twenty six miles northeast of wallace in the east coeur calenes dA lenes region supplies are being taken to the mine in order that operations may be continued throughout the winter the shortage t of miners in the coeur dalene region of idaho has been reduced greatly in recent weeks according to different sources of information the reduction is due in part to the increased rate of wages and to the return from outdoor vocations usual at this period in addition many men have comp come to the region who were residents several years ago the independence lead mine one mile from mull an in the hunter district has drifted on ore of a milling grade t for 75 feet near the western extremity of its no 3 tunnel according to reports at hand crosscutting for this and other ore bodies bodes will be started on the no 4 level feet lower buildings for the compressor and other purposes have been built at the portal of the no 4 F J gearon and herman Mar quartz of wallace were recently elected directors of the tarbox mining company at a meeting held in that town they will take the place of richard dixon manager 6 and director of the company who recently resigned on account of poor health and of frank dazey another director who has resigned george A mortimer was elected vice president dr H C mowrey i is president C E and A B terrill both of spokane and directors of the idaho montana amalgamated mining company recently visited the companas comp anys property in the katka district east of bonners ferry work will be res resumed unfed on the lower tunnel started several months ag ago 0 o 1400 feet below the main tunnel most of the stock is owned by spokane people the mine is located close to the great northern railway and the ore can be handled by gravity tram the ajax tunnel is 2500 feet into moonlight ground according to reports received at spokane wash and is expected to cut the first moonlight vein within the next or feet there is remaining 2500 feet of tunneling to be completed before reaching the ajax property during which the tunnel should cut three of the moonlight veins to reach ore at the 1500 foot level in the ajax the foot tunnel through moonlight property was undertaken the property is in the coeur calenes dA lenes the federal mining and smelting smelling Sm elting company has closed a contract for its zinc output with the united states smelter company and already has commenced shipping 2500 tons which it has on hand at the morning mine at mu Mt llan illan the freight rate from mullan to the smelter at henrietta okla is 12 a ton and the fact that zinc is now high enough to enable coeur dalene producers to market their zinc is important to the district for several companies which have large zinc productions some of them having considerable of the ore on hand the success mining company in the coeur calenes dA lenes has received net for thirteen carloads of ore mined in the new shoot on the 1700 foot level said C T underwood of spokane recently on his return from the property of this sum is on hand the remainder having been expended for labor and betterments these betterments include expenditures on the mill the company has three carloads of high grade lead silver ore in the bins which will be ship shipped on the receipt of cars water raised from the shaft by the compressor is being used in concentration the shaft has been to a point feet below the foot level the financing of the galena mining company will be considered by the board of the callahan zinc lead company at a session to be held at the mine near wallace on november 21 development of the galena has reached a stage at which arrangements must be made for milling facilities and the installation of other expensive equipment and as these are matters that concern the minority stockholders as well as the majority the directors of the callahan have decided to meet at wallace so that there may be full discussion of the subject says the report A meeting of the galena stockholders will be held on the day after the callahan meeting C 0 norcross secretary trea treasurer surer of the henrietta silver mines company owning dwning and operating properties near delamar owyhee owahee county who recently returned to boston from a visit to that district is authority for the statement that rich silver ore worth a dollar a pound is exposed in a now being sunk from the foot level of the henrietta shaft the is now down 70 feet and according to the mine official miners are breaking down chunks of quartz as large as a mans hat that are silver nuggets the henrietta silver mines company owns about 67 acres in this rich silver district and the property is under active development by both tunnel and shaft after being idle for 27 years the argentine mine near osborne is being prepared to yield ore according to milton W emmett an attorney of kellogg while a spokane visitor recently an expenditure of is being made in equipment and installation and more will be expended under direction of harold M childs chief engineer for the bunker hill sullivan mining concentrating company it is proposed to have the mine on a pro ducting basis within a short t ame me says mr emmett the equipment being installed includes a hoist capable of operating to a depth of feet and a five foot compressor and motor a power line a tramway connecting the mine with the 0 W R N which are 2200 feet apart a 40 ton ore bin at the upper terminal a ton bin at the power terminal and other equipment all of which we hope to have in operation by november 30 As soon as possible thereafter we will begin shipping ore to the bunker hill st smelter nelter MONTANA the brooklyn mine credited with a yield of 25 to 30 carloads of lead silver and zinc ores to former operators has been acquired by the brook lead mines company a spokane wash corporation it was announced recently by J C H ess mining engineer of spokane the property contains eight claims and four mill sites near princeton eight miles from philipsburg the property is crossed by b y several veins of which the brooklyn is the only one developed said mr hess recently this vein has been opened by three tunnels each of them several hundred feet in length and all of them on ore shipments have been made from all tunnels NEVADA I 1 larry hogue who ten years ago refused for one of his groups of claims near tonopah To who lived in a cave near his claims dropped dead recently in tonopah while walking towards the county hospital hogue was 68 years old sinking of the hudson shaft from the to the level i is in progress 6 and when the objective has been reached it is proposed to crosscut and drift both north and south with a view of thoroughly exploring the ground and proving 6 the persistency sis tency of the ore shoots at greater depth W P hammon san francisco dredge operator has contracted to purchase a 51 per cent interest in the drew cinnabar mine in the pilot ran range rane b e fifteen miles east of mina from al W drew owner of the property for the new ore strike at candelaria mines has assumed 1 greater reater im importance p ortance and officials now expect the find to develop into a second jarmuth from which heavy production was realized several years ago over a width of twelve feet the latest ore find assays essays 20 to 70 ounces silver to the ton with neither foot nor hanging wall as yet in sight the comstock leasing 6 company of which H B bulmer is superintendent is engaged 6 at the present time in sinking dinzes at the north and south end lines of the chollar mine below the foot level the objective of which is reopening the old levels of the chollar potosi and hale norcross mines mines at virginia city this development work to date has disclosed ore in the dinzes of fair milling b grade the tonopah extension mining company has declared an extra dividend of five cents per share together with the regular quarterly dividend of like amount making a total disbursement bur of this is the first extra dividend paid this year and the action of the directors is attributed to increased barnin earnings b s of the company resulting b from greatly improved mine conditions incorporation papers of the mineral mountain mines corporation have been filed with the secretary of state the corporation is organized under the laws of nevada capital stock represented by shares of I 1 stock the incorporators are E N breitung charles F breitung of new york and E C klinker of nevada the company will operate the rockland mine in the pinegrove Pine grove district northwest mineral county twenty five miles south of yerington A comprehensive campaign of development has been in inaugurated augu b rated on the famous old maho property in mineral county which is situated eleven miles southwest of sodaville So daville capitalists from glendale calif have taken over the holdings and a force of ten men is at present employed in the development says the tonopah bonanza the maho mine has been in idleness for almost 20 years but previous to that time a production of resulted the values being principally in gold W H green has returned to |