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Show mTnksTand imTning- ' i H Work In tho various oil fields of the H country by members of tho United , H Stntes (Icologlf.-nl Survey wns carried ' M forwaid much more actively during H 1007 than In any previous year. M State Mine Inspector Hell, who ro- H ceutly paid n visit to the Deadwood- . M Illuo Point legion, pays they havo tho ' M ore there and with railroad facilities j H that will becumo tho greatest gold H camp In Idnlm. ' M A number of Instances hare been ' M cited or Into where old and abnnd- H oned mines, locnted In dlffcront sec- M tlons of tho v c;, havo been re- M clnlmed nnd nro now on the producing I U and pnlng list. ' H "I look lor a rovivnl In mining de- ' M vclnpment on a far moro conservative i M basis than obtained In tho time nt ' M the boom," snld John Hnys Ham ' t mond during nn Interview In Now H York tho other dny. H The Perry Ilryson copper mine, t H southwest of Post Falls, Idaho, has tl been sold to Illncl; llro.s. of Cooiir H d'Alnnn for 17,000. Tire nro Is paid to . H assay IU' a ton. The tunnel Is In H about thlrly-llvo feet. , H The special meeting of shareholders M of tho Itnlny Mining company called j H I lor tho purpose of considering tho ! H matter of borrowing money Biiniclciit t, H to erect a new mill, Is schediilod to u H take plnce on the 2GUi. Instant. ,' H The Mendhn mlno of Plochn linn L within the Inst few days irarketod H two moro cars of Kb lino product. The H latest shipment gavo returns of 33.2 ' ! H I per cent lend, 1 ounces In silver nnd H (0 In gold to tho ton, making values ' H i of about 155 a ton. H A big eastern symllcalo has nr- H ranged to erect a power plant at Dal- H las. Wyn., nnd supply tho mines In J H Hit) Atlantic, South PnBS nnd othor H H I dhdrlcts with power, Tho machinery 4 H has been ordered and the plant wilt I H I be established nt once. -j H ' Tho famous Tlgcr-Poonhan mine In V iH I Ilurke, Idnho, tho deepest sllver-lna4 '1 mine In tho world, will bo closed . H ' down, according to rumor, la about H i two months, nnd will no longer bo H oticrntcd, thu equipment to bo re- H ! moved to tho Standard. H A bond mid Iensn on tho Desert H Wonder property nnnr Modona has H been taken by Salt I-nko men, who H hnvo started a forco or men at work H in tho shart which tho company Bunk , H to the depth or sixty feet. Splendid M (ie Indications were found In thn H shaft mid In various hiirfaco work- M lugs bb well r'iH (leorge A Kugllsh, lessees on tho 1 B well known block or ground on thn I M Fine Cold estnto, Imvo secured an H agreement with tho management of jj H thn Ma7Uinn Hills to treat 150 tons 3 1 of ore rtom tho Inane, and stoplng 1 operations woro begun Tuesdny on M ono or the nro shoots In tho lovvor S M tunnel, says tho Soven Troughs 11 Minor. '11 In tho proporty or tho Kinsley Do- jS j velopment comunny at KlnBloy, Nov., -i-liB tho Blwot or hlgh-grndn ore has been "fM rollovred 1 1 1 foot since It was picked U j up on tho opposite Bldo of tho dlko, V , making tho total length or (ho shoot ffiH I opened from H00 to .150 feet. This rM shoot carries three and ono-half feet AkM i or oro that runs bettor than 170 n ?H The stockholders of tho Pacific IfmH company, witoBe property Is In Amor- iH lean Fork canyon. Utah, nro rejoicing H over nn ImportanL Klrlko that was ,B mado there n fnvv days ngo. Tho $ miners opened up n live-Inch vein of 11 1 cubo galena, vvhldi curries (10 per cent lend. Tho extent of (ho Blrlko has l 1 not been ascertained an yet, but It J M ' promises to bo something extra good. I M I Tho Mining nnd Metallurgical So- J H dety of America nnnounces Hint tho I M subject for dlBcusslon at tho Septem- her meotlng will ho tho protection of H initio Investors. This Is plnclng tho H (imphnsls whero it will lend to a H clearer conception or tho reaponsl- H blllty or tho engineer. It tends lo a distinction between englneor nnd H client, between technologist and lay- H Tho old Oroflno creek placer In central Idnho continues to yield well H alter having been worked for mimy H yenrs. Oiiernims who have been In M tho Oroflno district this summer estl- mute that the sensou'H elenti-ui will H amount to fully $100,000 In tho yellow , H A stock exchange Is being formed 'H In Seattlo umler (he name of tho Seattlo Alaska Block excbanno Tho H object Ih to hnndlo local securities mid Alaska mining stocks. Member- -hlps are to bo 100. Tho oxchnngo H will ho headed with good reliable fieople. M Unquestlnnahlv the greatest depth H of nro ever got In n Keystone drill H hole In tho district 1ms been secured Q In tho No 3 hole of Nevada Con- Wt solldnted at Lly TIiIh hole Is ut pres- 1 ent bottomed nt a depth or 400 foot, H 1 where It was stopped because It wont crooked. gj flood reports nro coming In from M thn Mnrshal Lnko and Soven DovIIh 9 countries. In fnct, reports from all over tho stato Indlcnto that another 1 year or two will put Idaho In tho ' front rank ns a mining stato. to say 1 iiothlng of Irer wonderful agricultural -H 1 resources. M I Trom Now York comoB the wont H I that tho Utah Consolidated has posted tho regular quarterly dlvidond of 50 -B , cents a share. Thla dividend aggro- 1 gntes 1150,000 nnd makes tho total distributions to dnto by this Ulnghnm H copper mlno In tho neighborhood of H js.ooo.ono. A collar nnd powder linuse s being milt nnd full preparations aro being mado for continuous wort: during tlw fnll and winter by Wenneraten Mln- Ing company In Owyheo cotmt luho. H Tho work nn tho tunnol Ib rcIiis steadily ahead mid good progress U H viol dc mado. H 1 km |