Show I MINES AND MINING During tho months at January and February time production of copper has boon low owing to time severe weathor nnd shortage of coal Everything now points In tho direction direc-tion of ono of tho greatest copper mining booms tho country over saw In tho Ycrlngton Nevada district Tho Michigan crowd that now controls con-trols tho Shoba property at Mill City Nov Is rapidly rounding that propo sltlon Into shape for heavy production produc-tion and earnings Moan than 2000000 has been spent by tho big mining companies of tho Robinson mining district of Novado during tho last twelve months for extension purposes A number of Important mining deals are pending nt Hallcy Idaho which when consummated will put a number num-ber of tho older mines of this district again on tho active list Onefifth of tho worlds production of copper or 300000000 pounds annually an-nually Is tho estimated capacity ol Oalumet Hccla within tho next few years under Its present policy ol progress and expansion Tho most important asset of one Calumet Hccla is tho old Calumet conglomerate so called which bas returned In tho thirtysix years of Its successful mineral activity J110 000000 In profits to tho company limo prediction Is mado by an enthusiast en-thusiast from Wonder Novada that within tho next sixty days ono of tho biggest booms In tho history of No vada will take place hi Mils camp and run the population well beyond the 2000 marlIn marl-In what Is known as tho G01 north crosscut on tho 000foot level of the Cactus bonanza of tho Nowhouse Mines company machine drills are ploughing their way through or which tho dully samplQ assays show to bo averaging 21G per cent copper Prominent stockholders of tho Dig cult Mining company of Cherry Creek Nevada confirm tho reported strike of splendid proportions upon tho 850 foot level of this mine and that each foot that is gained by tho management upon this deep level is sending the workings Into liner quality of resources re-sources Tho DalyWest mine nt Park City Utah at tho present time lifts Its milling mill-ing ores all tho way from 1000 to 1 CDO feet through a perpendicular shaft puts It through tho mill and then drops tho product down tho mlno again nnd send It out through the Ontario COOfoot tunnel to the loading station at tho old Ontario mill Thomas 1V Lawson has started out on an advertising campaign to boom NevadaUtah stock Ho Is publishing a four columnn ad to announce that ho has his engineers Investigating tho property but In the meantime will uuuui uio iti uiij 111 iiiu market on tho supposition that engineers reports will bear out his expectations At a meeting of tho Nevada Consolidated Con-solidated held in Portland Maine tho shareholders voted to ratify tho salo of a one hnlf interest in tho Nevada Northern railroad to tho Cumberland Ely Copper company This action was merely formal nnd followed tho issuance issu-ance of now stock by tho Cumber landEly some tlmo since D W Ellis has sold tho Donanza group of nine claims south of tlit Gerean property and adjoining tho Velvet group near Ely to Francis Sherrard find Christian Hermenson Ely Investors for 20000 cash Tho Velvet group adjoining tho Donanza group was recently sold by tho Pho by brothers for 30000 Out of tho numerous meetings hold at Colorado Springs to consider ways and means for beginning tho work on die deep drainage tunnel at Crlpplo Creek has como at last a definite decision de-cision to proceed with tho money now available and trust to tho liberality of I benellclarlcs who havo not yet entered tho list to plank down tho remainder at tho proper time The Idaho Consolidated Mining company has reached a depth of ICO feet in tho shaft being driven in tho Relief claim near Bellevue and expect ex-pect to go 15 feet further A largo shipment of tho latest model machinery machin-ery Is now en route and a largo forco gf men will probably bo put to work In the near future A well known mining engineer says Tho only limit to mining activity ac-tivity In tho west is tho inability to get materials for construction coal for power nnd labor for tho mines and mills There Is no other cloud on tho horizon that anybody actually at work can see Wo dig tho money out of tho ground there so that wo dont have to ask for now money except ex-cept for promotion Two loads of Wonder district ore consigned to tho Selby smelting works at Vnllojo Cal were sent out on theIst the-Ist of this month by tho Vulture Mining Min-ing company Fully 200 people cheered cheer-ed as tlio shipment started on its way Time ore will run from 100 to 600 a ton Tho Red Elephant at Halley Idaho Is producing steadily At Bullion the Ophlr Jay Gould and Bullion mines which have been Idle for years will ie again opened In the spring and it Is confidently predicted that that I amp will soon equal her oldtime pro notion 1 |