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Show MINES AKJPlmjlMG Th world's production Of lead in 1907 was 1,013,280 tons, an Increase of 79,020 tons In five years, or less than an average of 2 par cent Increase a year. Thu construction of n lul smelting plant at Spring Mountain. Idaho, Is being rapidly pushed to completion, and will be In commission by February Febru-ary 1, 1909. Australia in 1008 was tho fourth Icrgest load-producing country of tho world. In 1907 her output sho-s-ed a liecrVaso ot 26,000 tons, plaolng her fifth lu rank ot production. Capitalists ot Dnytoit, Ohio, have purchased a strong Interost In tho flold King mine. In (Irnulto district, Uoavor county, as tho result of an examination ex-amination of tho property made for them recently. Tho North Cliff Mining company, opetntlng four nnd ouo-hnlf miles south of Silver City, Is preparing for larger production and more cxtcnslvo development by Installing n hoist, boiler and engine Idaho heads the list ot mineral-bearing mineral-bearing states lu the production ot load, with ISX.OOI 'tons, or 38.7 per tent of the total load outpr. ot lira United States. Missouri Is second on the list, Utah third, and Colorado fourth. The Cherry Creek, Nevada, district Is looking up. A good wagon road Is bolng built ncross tho alkali flat between be-tween tho town nnd the railroad stn-tlon stn-tlon nnd with this completed several of the mines will be In position to ship ore. Tho United States rnnks first of all countries In the production uf load, as well ah Its consumption, producing 35 per cent of tho total output of tho world, and consuming 1.7 per cent more than Is produced in this country, ot 0,107 tons. Tho ontrnnco of Cole, Itynn nnd Thornton Amalgamated Interests Into the Utal smelting Held Is an event ot deep significance, says tlio Hoston Nown lluronit. It menus that the gauntlet has been thrown down to the Guggenheltns. Tho Initial capacity of tho now Btnelter to treat Utah Consolidated ores, will be 2,000 tons it day. and tho number of furnaces necessary to treat this tonungo will depend ontlroly on tho typo of furnace Ilnally decided upon, says thu Doston News Ilureau. Word from Yerlngton gives tho Information In-formation that tho work on 'tho 200-foot 200-foot level ot tho Yorington Ironsides property Is mooting with very gratifying gratify-ing returns. A crosscut Is being sent ou that level to tap tho vein, and tho faco at present Is working Its wuy Into rock that Is Bald to run at leant' 3 per cent copper. Tho mooting ot tho American Mining Min-ing congress to bo held In Pittsburg December '2 to C will bo n busy ono and many subjects ot lmiiortnuco to tho mining Industry will bo discussed, with the prospect ot representations solng mndu to the United States congress con-gress which will result In great bono-lit bono-lit to this industry. Tho showing of high-grade copper oro tn tho mine and on tho dump of tho Nlnoty-Nlne Copper cojnpany, nt Good Springs, Nov., Is very encouraging encourag-ing to the owners. In the lust week In October tho company shipped to tho Independent smelter at Ogden a oarload ot ore which gave returns ot 18 iter cent copper. What many mining men confidently bellovo will provo tho making ot Cold Springs and several neighboring camps has Just beon brought out by the Short & Elliott company, It Is an olcctrlo powor plant project, tho plant to bo stationed at Modoua, ton inllos from Gold Springs, ns the transmission transmis-sion lino will bo constructed. A Hellenic, Idaho, dispatch announces an-nounces that a ledgo of ore that will probably rival that of the famous Mln-nlo Mln-nlo Mooro mine, has been discovered in tho Bhaft of the "Eearly Morning," a prospect owned by M. W. Williams and tlio Uellovuo Stntu bank. This prospect was located In 1892 and somu work done, but was lator abandoned. II. It. Heed, a Fairbanks, Alaska, miner, has confessed to stealing gold from his employer, saying: "I gathered gath-ered tho gold and sand In handtuls out ot the riffles, hid It In my handkerchief, hand-kerchief, or gloves, or boots, carried It homo and washed It out. My clonn-:ngs clonn-:ngs wero from CO cents to $400 a day." Iloed stolo $1,600, of which . $800 whb recovered. A dlBpatch from Ithyollto, Nevada, announces Uiat within tho laBt two weeks tho I'loneor Ilullfrog has devol-opcud devol-opcud practically from a gooA prospect pros-pect Into a veritable bonanza. Tho mill had beon quietly running along on twelve tons ot oro dally, and tho leasers wero stalslied with the returns. re-turns. A tow days ago sacking began nnd to date over 500 sacks have boen flllod with high grade shipping ore. Silver touched a new low mark In tho present backward movement when the price of 486 cents nu ounce was quoted In New York on the 7th. This Is the lowest figure that has ob-talhetl ob-talhetl since the grata slump of 1903, when 41 centa was the limit reaehed. . A Nevada company, baahad by Malt Lake Interests, whioti is doing a good deal or eeffetlve work In r qtjlei way. Is the Cherry Creek Mines oampaju-, operating at Cherry Creek, NtV. The eompaiur owns tlio old Mary Attn mint, which, In the '70s. protlnoed not a little lit-tle hlghrude silver-lead ore. Tho North Horn 8Hvr Jo' Cupper , company, which owns a exc-l!eq't prospect adjoining tha Frisco contact I and a short distance west of ibo Reaver Carbonate mine lu Hi kv r county, Is planning to resume work : next month In the drift in which rich I 4vt W ,HaHoarl luat anrtwaT. i Tha North Horn Silver and Copper I company, which owns an excellent pToepeot adjoining the Krisoo contact and r short distance wact of the Heaver Carbonate mine In Ileovsr j county, Is planning tn resume work next montli In the drift in which rich ore wns disclosed Inst spring. A great gold dredging company which will have a capital of $25,000,-000 $25,000,-000 was Incorporated In San Francisco last week, under the title ofthc Na-toma Na-toma Consolidated companies ot California. Cal-ifornia. The purpose of the company ' Is to work tho gravel beds on the i Feather anil American rivers. |