Show SAMPLED AND SORTED read the advertisement top page 40 the per capita use of zinc in the united states is less than that of europe no sediment younger than the occur in the coeur dalene district idaho pennsylvania produced short tons of coal during the year 1904 of a value of it is better to increase the load than the speed in the operation of hoisting works as higher speed increases the wear of hoisting ropes the production of pig iron in the united states for the first half of 1905 was long tons as against for the last half of 1904 coal production for the year 1904 amounted to short tons of a cash valuation of men employed in the coal mines for that year numbered 1374 native silver in sandstone is characteristic of the ores from the mines of silver reef utah in certain localities in the west gold occurs in sandstone as well as in metamorphic and eruptive rocks if a mining company fails of the performance of annual assessment work on ground a shareholder in the same cannot relocate a mining claim so forfeited to the government although an outsider can the ore of the cactus mine in beaver vi county utah is mainly copper pyrite generally rather coarsely crystalline with a little and contains practically no lead or zinc it carries a little silver and a fraction of an ounce ingold in gold idaho is the heaviest lead producer in the united states its production of this metal in in 1903 being short tons utah is second in the list with tons to its credit for the same period following in the order named in the production of lead are colorado montana nevada and oregon quicksilver has been in use since years B C the oldest known quicksilver mine is the famous almaden of spain which has been worked since B C and is still the largest producer in the known world california U S A is the second largest producer of quicksilver in the world quicksilver was discovered in california in the year 1824 gold has been found in almost every is island land of importance in t the he philippine group its occurrence so far as worked from time immemorial by the natives has been placer although very rich stringers in quartz have hav attracted attention from time to tinie time for to many years deposits of low grade ore are ar known to exist but not much attention bas been paid to them in the past |