Show the pacific mining news a monthly publication that was designed to cover the field formerly occupied by the mining scientific press when the latter was absorbed by the engineering gi mining journal announced its suspension with the october issue george J young and artnur arthur W allen alien its editors will remain on the staff staf f of the mining engineering journal press which established the news as western correspondents the collapse of one of the big in the utah apex mine at bingham about the middle of the month and which cost the lives of three men and the close call to death of two others emphasizes the necessity of vigilance unremitting vigilance on the part of deep metal mine managements in keeping the workings safe evidently in this case it was realized that the big was not safe because it was being re timbered when the accident occurred the work of repair had been delayed too long that was all and that was eno enough ugh there was nothing about the accident to indicate that criminal j negligence had been practiced it was seemingly only a question of judgment in how long the workings would stand up human calculation proved defective it should prove a timely warning to all deep mine managements to exercise the utmost c care are at all times the silver manipulating shylocks shy locks of london called brokers are evidently becoming it much disturbed over their waning ability to fix and maintain the world price of silver they are finding out that their strangle hold on the markets of china and india indi a are slipping they are also shivering atthe thought of what the recently formed silver association in this country may do to them and if the latter accomplishes nothing else it will be worth while if it serves notice on oil these price fixers that their juggling methods must cease the silver producers of this country and the world for that matter are about to have something to say about the marketing of their product themselves |