Show AND MINING the discovery of an all immen immenga body of coal has been made near salina utah and a company Is being formed to 10 t the dihe discovery overy fd years ay united state miners ot of copper produced aj 1 per cent of the worlds copper now they produce almost 71 74 per cent of the th worlds copper production of copper from mines controlled by domestic shareholders la is gong on oil at a rate equivalent to the worlds production six years ago pounds the task of installing tile the big hoisting plant the compressor and power powei drill equipment and all the accessories of f the works ot of the king company 0 ny hits has beep been practically finished news has been received oe at a new and very rich strike of gold at mud lake about miles northwest northie t of winnemucca nevada the ore oc airs in a decomposed granite and the samples are very rich A very ery fine looking prospect has recently been opened up in the mountains about seven miles west of 0 ephraem Ephr alm and the owners have incorporated the he utah central mining com pany with shares to operate it 1 the second vein in the main tunnel of 0 ihei tha utah gold cold copper company in washington district braver beaver county utah encountered about three weeks ago is by far the biggest thing yet opened in the property it is claimed speaking about mountains at 0 ore tho the clfton district in the deep creek region cornea comes as near having them as any country I 1 have been in said a mining roan man in salt lake city who had been malting making a survey of western utah ramps the statta statia board of railroad commissioners held a public hearing at helena last week on the question of 0 lime rock rates applicable between all montana points the smelter interests have made protest against the existing tales rates as too high the cleanup clean up of 0 tho the initial shipment of the harris lease at seven troughs nevada was made 1 last 1 at week the result being estimated at approximately for or between beava en and tuns auns the theore ore handled was of the lower grade of the harris and the run was wag in the nature of a test tile the conference of the western load lead ore producers association composed of owners of utah idaho nevada and colorado coa controlling trolling gl per cent of the lead production of the united states held in salt lale lahe city resulted in a memorial to congress protesting against the reduction of at the tariff on lead A movement Is on tobt to start a mining exchange in provo utah v A taking on an active interest in the mattor matter tho the exchange will bs be capitalized for or or shares of each it la is the purpose of the promoters to invest this money in ityl bend paying mines from white bird ida comes camps word of a very rich gold strike made on the east cast bank ot of the snake river by the rood reed brothers the ledge la Is said to pan gold for or a total distance of 0 9 00 debt beet ori on tho the surface sur faco the ledge was opened about feet above the curby and china bars large producers in the early days an extra dividend of 0 10 per cent in addition to the tha regular quarterly dividend ot at 25 per cent was declared oil march 25 by the directors of 0 the ton opah pan mining company this puts the stock on a dividend basis of per cent per annum and restores the rate late existing before the suspension of 0 dividends in the fall ot of 1901 the lake superior mines are pro dicing on the basis of p 2200 ON pounds of copper a year which Is I 1 only less than the coun arys total production twenty years ago measured by the development of mining in n north america the increase in the yield ol of copper within a generation Is TOUCH greater ihan the degree of growth incident to pig iron that the tunnel oil company which owns a producing well and a m fenery la in the uintah field la Is finding 9 a market for lt its product Is indicated by the report that seven carloads of at empty whiskey barrels were aero recent recen tl chipped to the plant the company attempted to 10 contract with cn one house in salt lake laka city for 10 barrels a week I 1 D Atac mackenzie kenzie and the francea mo hawk company filed a third sul suit t against the mohawk consolidated a at t goldfield Gold neld last week it 11 being for or up an accounting for or worth of nf ore alleged to toa have been stolen from botn the grances frances and clayes monnette leases basoa and recovered by the dated but returns for which hav bave never been made to the leasing company according to allegations it Is announced that a cave or me ore 01 e taa has been opened up tip in the booke canyon property a tow few mile bout charleston utah the dis discovery covetT was made mada by an n old ola miner who hail gone into nto an abandoned tunnel in search for some tools investigation tant tho the original owners hal bal stopped when hen within a foot 0 the cave to exploit a promising gold property arty ted miles west ot at valmy vainly allum boldt county nevada salt lake mining men bave formed the krawes combination mining milling coro com pany the holdings cover a phonolite quarta vein tr m ahr pe to six alx act wide tho the min mill at seven troughs Is malting making a new record for or itself every days day not content wt having paid lab cost from pur furj abase to installation and opera operation th I 1 un in twenty eggli days with let len over the mw mill hike haa pat luat radde another a ano rich dean clean up |