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Show MlxNES AND MINING j On tho Salt Lake mining utock ex- change Inst week, a total of 331.G21 Bhnrcs of stock, with n Boiling vnluo of $:!47,317.48, changod hands. A strlko of ore at tho Sovon Troughs Wonder of unusual magnitude magni-tude has every appearnnco nf having placed that property on n productive basis. Shipments from tho mines of Park City during the past weeks wore nwny below tho average In tannage, ow lng to the miserable condition of tho roads. Tho i:iy. Nevada, stock oxchnngo will be open April 1 nnd will furnish quotations on Fly slocks to tho mar kets In New York, lloslon nnd Snn Francisco, after Hint date. The report that the Annie Latirlo mine had veen worked out Is itfnled by the management, tho declaration being made that the prospects for tho future aro exceedingly bright. Thero Is n genuine boom on In tho camp of Wonder, Nevada. Wonder Won-der was discovered shortly nftor tho camp of Falrvlow began to draw Urn crowd, nnd Is but twenty miles from Fnlrvlew. Word comes from Coldflold that the directors of tho Nevndn Hills company had held a meeting In that camp lust week nud posted a dividend of 10 cents a Bhare, or n total amount or $75,000. Tho 13ly Arch Copper company wns urgniilzcil nt Fly, Nevada, last week, with n capitalization of $5,000,000, for tho purpose of developing tho Arch copper group locnted nenr tho Ely Coluinct company's properties. Utah Consolidated Copper has declared de-clared n dividend or $1.25 per shnro nnd nn oxtrn dividend or 25 cents per share, payablo April 15. IlookB closo March 15 and open Mnrch 23. Hereafter dividends will paid January 15,. April 15, July 15 nnd October 15. Snlt Lake nnd Mlchlgnn talent has Just purchased four full cdnlmB In tho Yerlngton copper belt and organized tho Yerlngton Nipper Copper company to operate tho property which is located lo-cated In tho Mason pass, midway be- i tween the Ludwlg nnd tho Ironsides. At tho meeting or the Nevada Hills company In (Joldtleld Inst week, other things of Importance than tho declnr- ntlon of a $100,000 dividend woro do-elded do-elded upon. It was decided that tho development of tho property hnd reached n stngo whero tho Installation f " '"" of nn ndult compressor plant Iwd bo- g I como Justified. 1 Manngcr Kadlsh of tho now Utah J smelter, nt Ogden, nnnounccs that m tho furiincoB will bo blown In Friday. lj Ho now hns 10,000 tons of oro on lj hnnd, valued at over $100,000 and with K contracts which ho hnB entered Into ho can run continuously on oven lar- I, ger quantities. Tho smelter will employ em-ploy fifty men nt the start. Legislation nffoctlng the reported effort of tho Cnlyiimet &. Hccla Mining Min-ing company to get control of tho Central, Allouez nnd Osceola copper mining properties hns been Innnched , In tho Mlchlgnn legislature. A bill to prevent the BtockholderH In ono . company from voting the majority of stock In nnother was passed. . Kecently n strlko wns mndo In thu main working tunnel of tho Whlto Pine, nenr Cherry Creek, Nevada, which returned values of $20.20 to j $182 In gold per ton, tho former bo- lug grab siimplo of the wholo brenst. Although thu tunnel is now about 30 feet further In than when tho oro wns exposed It still holds Its own. J Anothor new Novnda strlko Is re- ' ported, tho llnd being mndo ut 'n " T blind station on tho railroad between I. Lulling and Thorne, called Acme. l Copper ledges from ten to ninety fool ' In width, that can lio traced for flvo miles, havo been found. Assays that i havo been mndo show tho oro to bo from 05 to 70 per cent copper. Of late years the leading copper Interests hnvo been pnytng consider- nlilo attention to huge concentrating i copper propositions, and It Is very evident evi-dent that by 1008 these companies I will cut considerable figure In copper I production; In fnct. It Is estimated that they will bo oblo to add 200,000, 000 pounds to tho world's output within with-in three years, and ovlduntly greatly Increase this output, says tho News llureau. Tho Calumet and Hccla Mining company has sold 11,000,000 pounds of copper for July delivery nt 2G cents per pound In several dlflorent lots. Somo of "this copper linn gope fl to tho regular customurs of this country nnd abroad. Tho must of It I has been plnced In this country. Tho I company hns been enabled Io soil j somo of this copper In tho open mnr- ' ket to others besides Its rogulnr lino :. of trade. This milo should make tho A lako motnl situation very firm to tho end of July. Thero has been n now contributor of hlghgrndo copper oro from the great county of Denver nddod to tho j list, and ono that promises to ocllpso all Its predecossors, In tho Nowhouso i 1 Cactus property, nnd stonily ship ' ( monts nro now being sent from tho mlno. General Manager Watts of tho Bov- H .a Troughs Kcllpso Cold Mining jj rompnny of Seven TrougliB has sont , ord Hint ho has Just mndo n big strike of freo gold ore In tho shaft. ' Tho vein, ho states, Is an well do- fined nnd ns strong as any In thi , , |