Show INCREASED ACTIVITY IN MINING IS PREDICTED 1 Reports Show New Camps Camp's Springing g Up and Old 1 Ones Revived A news letter leter Just issued by R II n H. H Of Of- fleer Co C. C Salt Lake assayers and cheM chatS 1st IsU says Present indications all an point pint to an ex extremely er- er active year in mining ln Already our erm laboratory h Is is receiving samples for assay from parts of the mining n country which hf have been Inactive for r years ouN New camps are springing up and the old epa f are than reviving has been to n a a expected much Je e greater Wo We d degree hav checked our own ow experience by Inquiry of the smelters In this region and xi We 1 find that all aU of them are ae ron anticipating a a. a very ver active year ye Already Arey some of th the smelters have blown in extra extra f e furnace and behind this early activity is the as- as a- a urance of large business in mining mInIn We Vo have been Interested to receive letters letter from prospectors prospector from points s so se far Car distant nt as al Oregon and anS Minnesota andall ad and all al speak of their intention to get into the field early this year ear Among AmonI r r Interesting samples tnt tent us for determination we received a a lot tot lot which showed ed total gold and silver values values vl- vl val val- ues ues based on smelter calculations tang rang ing jag from fro 85 to 52 These Thee come from froma a new property in Nevada and we mention menton men men- lion tion ton this fact indicative of the results which the high prices in clad aria and and silver are sure to bring forth fortIm forth The passage pase of the leasing bill bi ha hu hudone done much to stimulate interest in oil 01 and oil eli al sh shale lc Ev Even n though much of the shale shalo In Colorado Colordo and Utah Uth Is II stilt still tl covered with snow yet samples amples for test tet are already coming In in and enlarged activity activity ac- ac is I certain to o follow shortly horly R Recent Re- Re n cent oil oi shale samples sample from the Colorado Colordo field all al contained da a Jarne base bae of from 20 29 to 10 30 per cent The average average yield of from forty fory to fifty gallons gallon's gal gaJ- lon IOnS per ton ton Utah fields are still snow covered ov red and we have haye no recent compari 1 sons fr from m this tt tC t NEW EW YO YORK K AND LONDON LONbON SIL r NEW YORK YORK March Mardi 12 Bar l-Br l Bar silver Iver 17 Mexican dollars 8 c. c r p LONDON r. r March 12 Bar Br Bar II siler er 7 td I f l 4 i j |