Show I MINES J AND J MINING ExSenator W A Clark of Mont Is examining some coal properties In Colorado with n view to purchase Seven big producing mines of tho Cocur dAlenes since January 1 1007 have paid in dividends n total of 1 697600 Tho Tucker Mining and Mlllluc company of Wallace Idaho huts been incorporated the capital stock being 1000000 Tho mill at tho Dowoy mine In Thunder mountain Idaho is to ho started at onco and kept In operation all summer It will furnish employment em-ployment to fortylive men Tho National Copper bank of Now York expects to open business May 1 with deposits of about 20000000 Elaborate ulllces arc now being titled up 4n the Trinity building 11 Broadway Broad-way wayA A few years ago you could not pull money Into Nevada with a sixteen horse team hilt today you can not keep capital out with a galling gun Is tho way u prominent mining man expresses It A spoonful of ore taken from thc recent strike in tho Hnnisoy Comstock molted over n forgo yields buttons of gold and copper that can bo hammered out on an anvil bored and worn ns a watch charm Dividends of copper companies for tho II rat quarter this year aro record breaking tho total for twentyfive concerns have sluice their Incorporation Incorpora-tion paid In dividends tho vast total of 319719183 Tho town of Rosebud Is enjoying one of those characteristic Nevada townslto booms An Inside lot that sold tho first of the year for 60 now has passed hands at 1500 and soon so-on down the line During tho month of March between 23000 and 21000 tons of oro were treated at the milling plant of tho Nowhouso Mines Smelters company while G50 tons of first class ore was sent direct to tho smelters All men have been withdrawn from tho underground workings In tho Homestalco mine at Lead S D Inconsequence In-consequence of tho presence of carbon dioxide gas caused by tho fire which has been burning In tho mine for the past two weeks While It is not known just how extensively ex-tensively the Standard Oil company has invested Its millions In the goldfields gold-fields of Nevada that this great corporation cor-poration has made several purchases and that considerable money 4s now being spent In exploration work Is an open secret all through Nevada and Utah After weeks of propartlon tho Ely mining and stock exchange opened Its doors on April 1 rue pit was fairly well crowded with members of the exchange ex-change and considerable business was transacted Only local stocks were traded In but negotiations are on foot to post Qoldllqld stock ou this exchange ex-change Rosebud will not havo trouble over tho wage scale for miners Notwithstanding Notwith-standing a few unreliable reports which havo been sent out to tho effect that the miners of this camp had it made demands which the operators would not agree to there Is entire harmony between tho operators and the miners Tho annual report of tho Utah Consolidated Con-solidated Mining company for tho year ended December 31 1900 shows net profits for the year of 2835009 against 1887386 In the previous year This Is equivalent to 915 per share against 029 a share In 1905 A total to-tal In dividends of 1050000 or 550 a share was declared Tho American Smelting and Kenning Kenn-ing company will close Its fiscal year April 30 and It Is stated hero that net earnings will run close to 15000 000 Including the equity in Iho earnings earn-ings of subsidiary or controlled companies com-panies The statement may this year show tho profits derived from tho sale of United Lead company stock At tho mooting of tho stockholders of tho Sullivan Trust company in Goldflold there was submitted and ratified tho agreement of settlement with San Kranclsco brokers Tho agreement provides that out of tho receipts of tho company 10 per cent shall bo paid to brokers creditors 40 per cent to tho State Bank and Trust company and 20 per cent to ho retained re-tained by the Sullivan Trust company com-pany Tho Yerington Nipper company has purchased a flftyhorso power gasoline gaso-line engine and it will bo sent to tho property at Yerln ton at once I Tho company Is planning to begin a deep shaft In addition to tho tunnel work now under way A rich strike of ore has been made In tho Bur mine at Lowlston Wyo a sample lot weighing 150 pounds and valued at 600 being sent to tho owner of tho mine C A Kilzmlllor at Denver The oro now In sight will run from 3000 to 5000 a ton In the Hound Mountain Combination companys property at Hound Mountain Moun-tain Nevada a fiveInch streak of oro Is reported cast at a depth of for ty feet hint assays 511 In gold tho streak making in a great mass Ire I-re containing fine milling values |