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Show MINES AND MINING" Senator T. L. Oddlc. ono of tho prominent mining men ot Nevada, believes be-lieves that Humboldt county will soon ho tho center of mining activities activi-ties in his stato. In the lied Warrior mlno, in lleav-cr lleav-cr county, Utah-, tho body of rich carbonate oro has been opened for 118 reot on the 100 level, -lth stop-lng stop-lng ground virtually to tho surface. From tho oast comes tho significant Intelligence that tho ofuclals of tho Ely Consolidated company havo per-lected per-lected arrangements for resuming development de-velopment effort on the Ely territory. Twelve men aro being employed In tho Lulu mlno in Denver county, pushing tho drift on tho C50 lovel Houthward toward tho oro body which was opened last fall on tho 450 lovel. Tho Utah Fuel company Is reopening reopen-ing the Utah mlno, formerly known t "Mud Creek," located somo threo tulles south of Scofleld. This will In-creaso In-creaso their dally output about 800 tons. A strlko was recently mado in tho ltcd Elephant mine, soven miles west of Hnlley, Idaho. Threo feet of high grado galena oro was cut Into In tho lower workings and regular ship-tnontA ship-tnontA aro being mado from tho mlno. A big gold discovery was made a fow wceVs ago at Blue Point, Idaho, between tho head of Deadwood Fork of Payctto river and the South Fork of Salmon, nnd ten or twelvo miles trom Knox. Tho oro assays $420 per ton. An agreement has been reached for nn nmicnblo settlement of all pending litigation between Florenco Goldflcld nnd Llttlo Florence, Involving nearly $:i,0"00,000. Orders dismissing all pending pend-ing suits have been prepared and signed. Another $75,000 is to bo distributed among tho stockholders In tho Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining nnd concentrating concen-trating company. Tho total amount of dividends to dato Is $10,515,000, whllo the total for tho present year Is $705,000. Tho United Metals company has been awarded tho contract for furnishing fur-nishing tho navy with 1.500,000 pounds of copper, whllo tho American Metnl company obtained tho contract for supplying tho Brooklyn navy yard with 600,000 pounds. To Salt Lako'a Industries Is to bo added nt onco a plant for cutting and finishing a seml-preclous stone, tho nraatrlec, of which Utah Is tho only important producer in tho world. Machinery Ma-chinery for tho plant Is now on tho way from tho factory. Tho Soven Troughs Coalition Mining Min-ing company, cnplfallzed for 1,500,000 shares of tho par valuo of $1 a share, has been Incorporated undor tho laws of Nevada to take ovor two and possibly pos-sibly threo ot the loading properties of tho Seven Troughs district Prospectors working ou tho Llttlo Salmon river, threo miles from Pollock, Pol-lock, Idaho, have discovered a rich surfaco showing of asbestos and n company will be formed to continue Investigations, as It Is believed tho prospect "will develop Into a mlno. Tho BUver Queen group of qunrtz claims on Pratt creek In Idaho havo been bonded to Larry Duggan of Butto for $35,000. There aro threo distinct veins of mineral on tho ground, each averaging threo to four feet in width. Two of them aro parallel, par-allel, nbout 100 feet apart. Some phenomenally phe-nomenally rich assays havo been made. In the lower tunnel of tho Hecln mlno, In Beaver county, somo rich oro has recently been encountered. Tho tunnel taps tho oro body about 500 foot below tho upper workings, from which twelve carloads of $40 rock havo been shipped. Tho oro from tho lower workings Is said to average about $70 a ton, it uelng a silver-lead carbonate In a bedded vein. An entire shnft of $40 gold oro Is tho word rccolved in Salt Lako by tho stockholders of tho Washaklo Nevada Ne-vada Mining company. Tills Is n Nevada Ne-vada proposition put forth early in tho year by well known Salt Lnko mining pen, and good reports havo been frequent. fre-quent. Tho Independence mine, nenr Ketch-um, Ketch-um, Idaho, has been worked slnco 1883 by tho owners, taking out only first class or shipping oro, leaving tho second sec-ond class, or milling oro, In tho mlno ond dumps. Its record for shipping ere sold up to June, 1907, was ovor $100,000. Ed Hunter, mnnngcr of tho 8outh-eastern 8outh-eastern Hercules mlno Is Cassia county, Idaho, where It has twelvo claims acquired last April by tho payment pay-ment of $40,000, announced In Spo-knne Spo-knne that a fifty-ton smelter will bo Installed to bo ready to receive oro early next May. Two bodies of freo milling gold oro havo been struck on tho Hopo property prop-erty in tho Elk City district in central Idaho. Ono measures Hvo feet and assays $41; tho othor Is two feet, assaying as-saying moro than $50, The property Is undor bond to Philadelphia and At-lantlo At-lantlo City capitalists. Tho Hutchinson patented process for the oxtractlon of gold values from high grado slimes and sulphide, concentrates con-centrates is a success nnd a hugo one, according to tho Nevada Press, No roasting is required, and a saving is bcltrg mado as high as any cyanldo jlant In the world. Splendid assay returns havo been lecolved from tho oro taken from the Black Horse property at Wallace, Idaho. Tho mine, which Is located on tho North Side, is being developed ot present through a crosscut tunnel vhlch as attained nearly 1,000 feet depth on the main lead. After lying quiet for soveraV years, forced to that condition by litigation, p, resumption of development at the Bobby Anderson property, near Wallace; Wal-lace; Idaho, will bo had at onco. Sinking will bo started and tho shaft, already down 200 foot or moro, will bo continued for another 200 feet. A nlco strlko of Boveral feet of lead-ullvor lead-ullvor oro has been mado nt tho property prop-erty of tho LIston Mining company near1 Wardner, Idaho. A crosscut tunnel tun-nel run in encountered tho vein and opened up somo fine looking ore. Tho Listen ledgo has ono of tho finest out-croppings out-croppings in tho Wardner district |