Show n MINES AND MINING From present Indications there Is soon to bo considerable Increased no tlvlty In tho Duck Crock district In tho vicinity of the Stcptno smelter Tho total stock sales of tho Salt Lake mining exchange fur thu past week amounted to 611701 shares the market value of which was JM7 71C54 For tho first half of the year too total production of Iron In Germany was G049700 Ions against 3355900 tons last year Tho reduction WaRless WaR-less than 5 per cent During tho year 1907 thero were received re-ceived Into the Yerington district a total of 69137140 pounds of freight while 0381230 pounds were dripped from tho district to outside points Eighteen Inches of shipping oro has been encountered In tho taco of tho tunnel nt a depth of 80 feet In tho Martin and Gourdlor leaso on the Ma znnia Hills estate says tho Seven Troughs Miner A strike that Is as rich as any of tho fabulous ones In tho early days lit Uoldflold and with rock so rich It would bo superfluous to assay It has been mado at Gold Hoof nine tulles fault tit of Tonopah It Is announced that eastern capital Is becoming Interested In tho Seven Devils district In northern Idaho and as a result a season of develop ucnt and production Is expected that will ultimately mean a boom for that district Last week a narrow vein of gaioua was encountered In tho Mountain Doll nine In American fork canyon Utah tho owners feeling highly elated bo llovlng the vein will widen and bo come richer as development work progresses The situation In tho Gorman Iron rndo continues most unsatisfactory and tho controversy over the abolition of tho duties on crude Iron and steel and scraps has tended to Increase tho discontent and uncertainty In all sections sec-tions of tho trade As the result or Ole explosion or a bllllor at the Hallo gold mines near Charlotte Tenn Superintendent Thlco was Instantly killed and three other men seriously Injured Tho cause of the explosion which demolished demol-ished tho stamping mill IB not known Tito original lease on tho Diamond Queen Is to the front with tho biggest big-gest strike yet says tho Bullfrog miner Samples from tile shell that seemed to Ho between tho spar and the oro ran 8080 and ono from tho are as It was taken out and dumped Into the ore bin ran 34040 to tho ton In gold Tho Cactus In Beaver county Utah Is now putting out about 400000 pounds of copper per month but tho management says It will not be long before tho company will bo treating 1000 tons of oro per day at Its concentrator con-centrator and putting out tho largest production of copper In tho history of tho mine A meeting of the stockholders of tho King David Mining company was held In Provo last week at which Jesse Knight and David Evans tho principal stockholders sold themselves them-selves 100000 shares of tho companys treasury stock at par CO cents a share thus placing In tho treasury a working fund of 50000 Some Idea of tho development work being done in Just one mine In tho Yorlngton district can bo had when hIs h-Is known that tho NevadaDouglas mine Is doing nothing but development develop-ment work Is doing no sloping and yet they are shipping GO tons of high grade copper ore to the smelter at Salt Lake City every week Tho Stoptoo Smelting company I which Is owned by and treats tho oro of the Nevada Consolidated and Cum berlandEly Is already putting out at tho rate of 10000000 pounds of copper cop-per annually Operations to date I I have demonstrated that Nevada Consolidated Con-solidated will secure a recovery of 70 per cent of all tho copper In Its 2 to 24e per cent ore i 1 Tho company which owns the Mint and Lucky Boy mining claims near Horseshoe Bend has secured a lease of the Osborno ore crushing mill and will operate It for several months In order to test tho ore In tho Lucky Boy mine says tho Emmett Idaho Index Salt Lakers are planning to secure tho headquarters of tho American mining congress now located In Denver Den-ver This would mean If tho plans prove successful the erection of a mining templo In Salt Lake City and the centering In Zion of a great Industry In-dustry From Lodi camp north of Tonopah Nevada comes word that preparations for tho building of a smelter by tho Lodi Mines Company Is already causing caus-ing considerable now mining activity In that and neighboring districts The plant is to bo of 100 tons dally capacity Tho Utah Apex mlno at Bingham has resumed production From 30 to 40 tons a day are being shipped to tho smelter the product coming from the bodies of hlghgrado lead ore opened during tho last few months of non production Tho ore carries about 45 per cent lead Tho news comes from Goldfield that A C Hutchinson tho metallurgist who found a process for the successful success-ful treatment of concentrates without roasting has received notification from the patent ofllco at Washington that a caveat has been granted him on the process Dividends disbursed by the mines and leases of Goldfield during seven months since January 1 total closo o one million dollars this during dull Imes In the camp and covering a period of fortythree days when the lg producers were Idle because oft of-t labor troubles |