Show in nearby states ARIZONA shipments to the kingman sampler of the western ore purchasing company kingman are averaging tons per month with the value of the ore running at about 50 the business is constantly increasing and many new properties are being developed as a result of the samplers operation i the magma copper company wm E koerner manager superior reports the opening up of a new and valuable body of zinc just about 1500 feet from the main shaft on the 1500 level the ore contains 15 per cent zinc as well as good values in copp copper erand and lead with some silver the exact extent of the deposit has not been determined another large copper ore showing on the 2250 foot level is also reported this ore is expected to run about 9 per cent the wishon ex exploration p horation ration lo company kingman is proceeding rapidly with the development of the white horse mine at mineral park day and night shifts are being worked two ore bodies have bave been encountered in the south drift and satisfactory progress is being made on the north drift the ray consolidated copper company chino branch john M sully sull y general manager santa rita new mexico is is supplementing its water supply with water pumped fro from m the workings of the black hawk mining company a distance of four amiles the black hawk recently encountered a flow of water which the company was unable to control flooding the lower levels an airlift air lift pump line was ex ended to the foot level from which location the water is lifted to the foot level and pumped into the santa rita line the four inch line carries approximately gallons a minute BRITISH COLUMBIA the consolidated mining and smelting smelling Sm elting company received tons of ore in the first seven days of april ac cording to reports received from trail ore containing silver lead and gold has been disclosed in the elkhorn fraction adjoining the providence according to reports received from greenwood the operations are proceeding westward from the he bottom of the shaft the property is held beld under a bond and lease by G S walters daniel mcgillis and george hambly ore of a milling grade in a body four feet wide wid e has been opened by drift for 65 feet on the 1200 foot level of the slocan star mine owned by the silversmith mines accord ing m V to reports received at spokane its size size Is is com comparable comparan e with a wid width of four i to six inches and a length of 12 feet on the 1000 foot level the increase in size as depth is is attained is encouraging says the report it is proposed to open the body at greater depth as rapidly 0 as the proceeds the property is at sandon COLORADO the hamill mine at silver plume plum e is making steady shipments the mineral ru running nning from of two cars a week now t fa 0 ounces silver harry S thayer of colorado sa s1 springs brings representing a syndicate of mining men mely 0 of f Denver and colorado aprin sprin springs gs has c closed I 1 ased a deal for the lead silv silver property located about twenty seven miles west of hillside arizona work is planned to start shortly under the personal direction of mr thayer hayer Ti since the last shipments of ore from the 35 foot level in in the hetherly raise of the hope mine at aspen work has been concentrated on the 90 foot level in the turley raise in extending b this drift twelve feet to the north ore was vas encountered the ore streak shows from six inches to two feet assays essays from which run as high as ounces silver the lombard mine up fall river which has been shut down for several weeks has started up again in a small way some half dozen men being employed running the mill and testing out two streaks says the idaho spring gazette it is hoped it turns out well and results in the property being worked again N C clark is again in charge of operations harry kelly sold his cortez coal mine to alexander dyet and frank conway both denver men and experienced coal mining men they will at an early date install new equipment and machinery and go into the coal mining game right these men have faith in the future of this section of the state mr kelly made a good sale and will probably stay here and go into some other business as ashe he believes in the future of cortez cortez journal herald there is a big chunk of pink lead ore on exhibition in the window of the westcliffe westcliff West cliffe cliff trading company store says a recent dispatch to the denver mining record out at al 1 the property where that came from there is a lot more of it some twenty tons in a bin all of which had been extracted while sinking a 20 foot shaft on the lode which is on the black friday group under development by preston and ray ra y and the whole lot of it is good b for thirty per cent and upwards in lead and carries about eighteen ounces silver per ton IDAHO it is reported at wallace that the day interests have purchased the pan handle mine on 9 mile and will consolidate it with the stratton property placer operations at the property of the leonia gold mining company at leonia were recently started the water in boulder creek having raised sufficiently to warrant day and night washing of the gravel beds on the lower part of the property with one hydraulic giant A deed recently recorded at wallace wallac e transfers twenty one mining claims from the wallace mining milling and realty company to the callahan zinc lead company the property comprises approximately acres adjoining the Cal callahan galena property on the east and extends thebold the holdings of that company to the city limits of wallace the independence copper coppe r mining and milling company in the coeur calenes dA lenes has let a contract to ex extend tend the drift for feet the work is being done from the national tunnel good goo d ore already has been opened op enedin iii this property and it is hoped that this his t additional work will develop the vein and show a material increase in value of the ore the dividend rate paid by the bunker hill and sullivan mining and concentrating comp company any thas ihas been increased 50 per cent since the beginning of the y year ear the current rate being 75 cents a share as compared with 50 cents a share for 1924 on the issue of shares according to an all official report the new rate makes the monthly mon tIlly disbursement as compared with the terly as compared with and the annual if continued as compared with paid in 1924 the first three dividends of the year at 75 cents increased the grand total of disbursements to fifty six carloads of ore had been shipped by the nabob silver lead company up to and including april 20 according to the spokane office of this number 12 were shipped in january and february 24 in march and 20 in the first 15 days of april of the total 4 44 4 were shipped since march 1 the improving b road conditions are permitting a gradual increase of shipments A dividend of was declared by the directors of the hecla mining company at its office in spokane recently this is at the rate of 50 cents a share on the issue oi of shares and is the second declaration of its size made this year payment will be made on june 14 to stockholders of record on may 15 the forthcoming disbursement will increase the total of payments to for the year and since the beginning one of the most important mining transfers in north central idaho was consummated recently in idaho county when J L mcknight and A C carpenter of the dixie mining district transferred to the mammoth mine corporation six quartz claims of free milling gold ore known as mammoth nos 1 2 3 4 and 5 and copper king the mammoth company is capitalized at and the directors are arc robert S erb of lewiston president N B pettibone e grangeville Grange ville vice president R G bailey lewiston secre tary treasurer and J L mcknight and A C carpenter of dixie A mining engineer has made an excellent report on the property and assay samples have run high in gold with good silver and copper values additional the gre grey y eagle mining company an idaho corporation has taken a bond and lease on the utah bellevue group of claims one and a half miles west of the minnie moore mine and is now assembling equipment for sinking a vertical shaft through the ore body developed by A NV kelly during his 18 years of prospecting there this deal was ne negotiated b by irvin E rockwell who with capt R C dugdale ale of salt lake city and charles moore a park city utah mining operator are the principals involved the option price is reported to be and an agreement to expend a minimum of on equipment and development work captain dugdale will have active supervision of the operations which are expected to be in full swing by june 1 next hailey news miner MONTANA P L DeNN dewitt of denver is making an examination of gold placer deposits in the blackfoot district leasers leaders recently have shipped a car of ore from the old mina mine assaying 7 per cent copper and 15 oz of silver the property is located at wickes and is controlled by J A walsh and mrs airs J 0 briscoe of helena the red mountain hydraulic mining company operating near rimini reports that the pipe crew is now at work and that the reservoir lake is filling rapidly it is expected that placer operations will be started in a few days the jardine mining company in march recovered from its amalgamation bullion this being the record month in addition to this the residue from the arsenic furnaces assayed 5 oz of gold per ton of calcium this material is b going to east helena and will be shipped there until the cyanide plant is completed arsenic shipments are are going forward regularly and the company is not ac cumulating any affy great amount of refined arsenior arsenic cr 1 the th e butte western mining company has shipped another car of lead concentrates from its property near jens to the american smelter at east helena the car contained approximately 28 tons assaying oz of silver per cent lead 1 per cent copper and 84 per cent zinc the net proceeds from the car amounted to NEVADA construction work has been resumed on the plant started last year to treat sulphur from the great deposits near sulphur station on the western pacific west of winnemucca A J crawley general manager has returned from new york where equipment for the plant was purchased stall brothers have received feet of lumber for their operations on auto hill national which is being hauled to the camp the vertical shaft on the workman property feet deep will be timbered and exploratory work done through this shaft which is reported to be in the vein M M greene of tonopah has secured a lease on the clifford mine forty two miles east of tonopah with option to purchase the property for according to a statement made by him and has been paid on the contract greene has interested chicago and wisconsin men in the deal and his associates will have an examination made by their engineer at an early date H AV gibson and G N damon of salt lake arrived in battle mountain recently to make examination of the mining property known agthe as the frank oneal claims near the betty oneal property which is owned by brooks gardiner and mendive and on which D M mcelroy holds an option the two visitors represent eastern interests whose purpose is to open up a shaft and operate the property on a large scale following a hearing in the federal court at carson city J I 1 wilson of yerington was appointed receiver of the nevada copper belt railroad company succeeding james berryhill of san francisco and L R eccles of ogden utah who were appointed temporary receivers on march 20 following the first application for a receivership for the road the bond of the new receiver who is secretary and treasurer of the corporation and cashier of the lyon county bank was fixed at william kearney of reno was named attorney for the receiver certified articles of incorporation of the reno stock t mining exchange were filed with the county clerk of washoe county a few days ago J M fuetsch A J nan and clarence P gray all of tonopah To were named ass as directors for the first year the exchange proposes doing a general stock exchange business and bylaws by laws filed with the articles provide for the listing and sale of shares of both mining t and other industrial corporations and trading it in them on the board the life of the company is to be for 50 years and no capital stock is provided for |