Show MINES AND MINING sinking has been resumed lesu rued on the alexander bli bhatt aft at acarl idaho the lucky ridge leasers leaders at pearl idaho have struck some good look ing ore in their crosscut tunnel the dewoy dewey leasers leaders expect to strike their ledge soon boon the nellie mining company at horseshoe bend has a foice 0 of men at work ork cleaning out tho the long tunnel lor for it a vigorous prosecution of development the plant of the warren refining kenning company compan at warren ra pa owned by C IV and af W was waa do de by fire during a fiorin last weila elk loss LOBS judging by tin rp turris from the more important raining mining the production of coal in ili the united states during the current vear ear will not equal that for 1907 at the present time florence novada has no custom mill the best beat in the line of a gold extractor ct Is an old arrastre arra atre thus far during tho the present month this produced 2000 preparations are under tinder way to begin binl ing the faster shaft at pearl idaho about july I 1 it la Is tile the intention of the management to sink to the foot level and then crosscut for the ledge ledga the salaries and incidental ex honses ponsee of officials als of tile the american Sm smelling elting refining company have been reduced according to daniel guggenheim chairman and president of the company the old red cloud mine at halley ll ally idaho with a record of having produced over mer a alillion dollars la Is now in the hands of a strong salt lake and will be opened in july when ben a large force of men will be put to work milford la Is all agog with excitement over some wonderfully rich strikes that have been simultaneous made in a number of mines in the star dis erict A strike has been made of ore ora that shows 70 per cent leid lead and 30 ounces silver liver just at present the question of wages ages Is causing some trouble at some borne of the mines at halley hallcy idaho and some of the are closed on this account but it Is expected that this matter will soon boon lit 1 adjusted satisfactorily to all parties concerned since the first of june the develop merits in refined copper front from the standpoint of production and tion have been tr ithell in favor of lower prices but the specula speculative the mail eu vering has been strong enough to actually advance the domestic market within thirty days shipments of oia will mill begin from the hercules mine near burley idaho A force of fifteen men has been put to work on the property and the force will be increased to devent five as soon as practical ihla promises promis cs to become one of the richest in the tha state A booton concentrating mill Is just being completed on the muldoon plop pi op erty at halley alley II idaho the machina machinery ry for v which Is now in the depot at bellevue from which bich point it will be freighted as aa soon as aa the roads will permit there will also be installed IL a modern electrical plant of horse power the tamarack mine holds the dis lon of being the deepest mine in the world and andis Is the deep level ot f the michigan copper country I 1 here are live five bhatti on the tama rack property two tao of which filch are practically idle no 3 shaft Is about feet deep intercepting the lode at a vertical depth of feet william 13 galligher the big mining operator opera tor who recently purchased con arol of the reliance Rell anLe company at tena bo and feorg ionized the proposition as the gem consolidated was in salt lake last week buying machinery and equipment for the mines it Is under stood that mr callagher Calli gher proposes to operate the property properly on an extensive scale cale it la Is said that upon the ranch where the new oli oil rig of the juab oil corn com pany Is being erected a farm farmr farmer r once drilled for water when he be hd had gained a depth of about feet black alck abick material oozed out of the hole each ach time the drill was mas removed rhe farmer armer gave up drilling tor for water and had the hole plugged up some peo pla are of the opinion that the ma terdal aich oozed out of the hole was oil general manager gillie of the amil amii copper company properties I 1 has issued an official at statement con I 1 berning the fires in the anaconda and st lawrence mines misleading statements conc concerning eining which serit sent from butte nir mr mille says that the mays which has haa been raging con coll tenuously since 1889 Is no vorse morse thur it has been several times before and that theia la Is nothing alarming in tho situation it loks now as though 1108 would be tho the banner year for the old min eral era ifill hill mining district of which halle idaho to la the commercial cen tr old properties that have been idle for years are bing v orbed corked and new development la Is apparent on all sides aides about 8 act es of coal land in n monterey county california about miles from san ban francisco are about to be in an extensive man ncr er most ol of the of this section aeflen la Is 11 agn itic in character but this tract iq sold said to contain a vein of semi bitu fuel to the statI qUes collected from the producers in ili the united states canada anti and mexico and the ot henry it 11 blocton fr co for the remainder or 0 the orld the total pro dulon of copper ili u 1907 mas ma medic tons against 52 dotric tons in 1005 1904 |