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Show .MINES AND MINING A now ntrlko has been mado In the 'Lower drizzly mlno at Alta, Utah, tho oro encountered being worth $90 a ton. At the l'llot mlno, a quarter of a mile from Murray, Idaho, the men are 'engaged lu sacking oro worth moro than $5 a pound. The Coeur d'Aleno mines aro pros-poring pros-poring and paying big divldonds, while a number of new strikes are being be-ing mado In that district. A new strlko has been mado In tho New York Bonanza, a property at Park City. It la on tho 700-foot level, and Is said to bo a most Important discovery. dis-covery. iSomo vory rich oro has beon found r i f by Monroe persons working In tho &"' Horse Hoaven district .south of Marysvalo, nnd some sensational do, Tclopments aro promised. Dividends to tho amount of $461,250 wero declared last week by the Fed-oral Fed-oral Mining & SmoHIng company. Tho '.mines aro tho silver-lend properties In tho Coour d'Alcncs of Idaho. A rich strlko has been made In tho Ida May group, near Bristol, Novada, In ground that was supposed to bo bar-ron. bar-ron. It Is estimated that $C0 per day Its being taken out by each man. ) Tho management of tho Dollarhldo company wilt Immediately build a mill at Its Carrlo Leonard group of mines nenr Hallcy. It Intends to have It completed within sixty days, or before be-fore snow flics. Tho pumps ordered bo mo tlmo ago lor tho Great Dend mlno at Goldlleld havo arrived and aro installed, and, sinking on this valuable property has; been resumed, llccont nsiays from tho 70-foot lovel show $144 ore. . To operato a group of six claims adjoining tho Mnbcl company's possessions, posses-sions, in tho Dltick Horse district, Novada, tho White Jack Mining coin- ,f iiuiv hits been organized under tho ( laws of Nevada, by Salt Lake people. , . - 'As soon as the Las Vegas-Tonopah railroad reaches tho Ilullfrog district tho camps will begin shipping out high I srado ore, 10,000 or 12,000 tons of ivhlch Is sacked nnd wultlng railroad facilities. This oro will go to tho Salt Lako smelters. Fred H. Myton, of Salt Lake, who, after leaving college last year, wont I into tho Searchlight mines to gain I practical experience, has located a property In San Dornardlno county, l California, which has alroady proven a "winner, oro being sont to .the market that nets tho young prospector $50 . -a ton. " Governor Cutler of Utah has 1 ro- colved notification that the American Mining congress will meot In Denver, October 10, 17, 18 and 19. Tho governor gov-ernor Is authorized to nnmo ten dclo-Elites dclo-Elites to roprescnt Utah, and will appoint ap-point any reputable mining man who wishes to go and Is willing to boar his own expenses. Curtis L. Knight, superintendent of tho Silver Poak-Valcada, In his report to tbo To no pah ofllco of the company, states that tho conditions at tho mlno nro ot tho most satisfactory character. In tho first crosscut from tho main tunnel tho ralso has been run up six i . feet to the hanging wall, showing tho vein to bo twolvo foot wldo. Thoro la tho wildest excitement at Dyke, In Nevada, ovor a recont strlko, ono that it is claimed will oxeced in ' extent and richness tho dlscovorlos of tho great Montgomery-Shoshono nt Ilullfrog. or nnythlng ever found In tho etato. On tho Ilumlcll ground, over a width or GOO lout, frco gold shows wherever tho rock Is broken. I'locho, slnco tho positive announcement announce-ment has been mado that tho Salt Lake Route would bo connected up from Callcnte, has tnkon on such n show or llfo nnd activity that tho old timers cannot refrain from commenting com-menting upon tho chnngo. Kven tlin etngo drivers nro now satisfied that thulr calling will bo a dead Issuo bo-foro bo-foro long. Bo well along Is tho campaign ot construction nt tho Utnh Copper com- -pany's big milling plant at Garfield that tho Installation of machinery and equipment hns been tnkon up nnd from .now on will bo hurried along with tho snmo speed, system nnd attention to dotnll that has characterized construction con-struction nt tho works slnco the day .ground was broken. Dovolopmonts In tho Ohio Copper company's proporty during tho past six months havo resulted In tho opening open-ing up of oro bodlos to computo tho . k. tonnag of which, Mnnogor Weir j p states, would bo to Invito criticism as .to tho sanity of tho company's man- pgement, but tho Intimation that noth. lng loss than a 1.000 ton mill would bo of any ubo to tho company whon Us now shaft was opened and equlppod -can be taken as bolng Indlcatlvo that there Is somo oro In that mlno. A great strlko was mado In tho Port-land Port-land mlno at Goldflold, Nevada, last I ,weok, it being claimed that assays as high as $800 havo beon had from tho oro. Slnco tho strlko was mado claims In tho near vicinity havo advanced In prlco ono hundred por cent. At a recont meeting of tho dr. of tho Utnh-Apox company In noston Edgar O. Gubblns of Gubblns & Co., and Thomas J. Knight of Knight, Soarla & Co., London bankers, wero clocted directors of tho company to iroprcsent English stockholders. i |