Show Business Barometer Barometer A great eat revival In the silver mining In Industry industry industry in- in Is In progress In Bolivia accordIng accordIng according accord- accord Ing to Alberto Bolivian consul In San Francisco I During the tho war sliver silver mining was replaced by tin and tungsten thousands of ot tons of which were sold by Bolivians to the allies Esmeralda Oil and G Gas Cia s di directors dl- dl rectors have decided to exchange all outstandIng outstanding outstanding out out- I dl-I standing stock of ot the old Esmeralda Oil OH corporation p t C for stock of the h t's b o Oil and Gas s company m The Tha company o e e ports drilling operations progressing sat sat- I IVIce Vice President Mom of the Home Life LIoa Insurance company of ot New York estimates estimates estimates esti esti- mates over life Insurance will have been written In the United States during r the twelve t to o December De Dc- eb ot cember r 31 next or r 60 per nt more t than the 1918 total Sales of surplus army property In the United States and Europe reported to November 8 amounted to Sales In the United States alone amounted amount amount- ed to The Alaskan mining Industry in 1918 has just been set forth in detail In a re report report report re- re port by the United States geological survey sur sur- vey department of oC the Interior Regular Regu lar mining may be said to have begun In Alaska In 1880 when the Juneau gold placers were first exploited It Is estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated that since that time mineral wealth has been produced to the value of more than What appears to be a barrel 1000 oil well has bas been brought in near Roundup Mont In neighborhood of right of oC way ay of St. St l Paul aul railroad Oil stand stani Is 18 SOO feet In the well according to what are be believed believed believed be- be to be reliable advices Standard Oil Company Compan of or Indiana has purchased from independent refineries of Oklahoma gallons of gasoline at 15 4 i to 16 cents a gallon which It ItIs ItIs itis Is shipping to Its stations In varIous arlous parts of Its territory covering eleven states Such a large quantity Is being shipped to the refineries that an earl early advance anee In the price of gasoline is antici antici- Station cutting on the foot Coot level of the Colorado OI nIne mine nl e of the Da vis-Daly- vis a aI Copper p company n Is a about b completed m fe sd and crosscutting on this level shortly shortt will be begin begin LI be- I gin with the grade veins elms cut on the foot 2500 level le the objective The quantity of ot coffee brought to the tue United States In 1919 probably will be greater than ever eer notwithstanding the cost Is about three times as much per pound as formerly Imports for ten len months ended In October approximate pounds against I pounds during the corresponding period of 1918 and pounds pounds' In the same game period of or 1917 former high record Frank A. A says l that while I labor In the United States was never so at sowell sowell I well paid as all toda today It Is not more than that atI I 60 per cent efficient |