Show MINES AND MINING copper exports during tho the month of august as shown by tho the copper arc producers duce irs association statistics were slightly less than tons during ono one day last week the ohio coppo copper companas comp anys mill treated a total of 2096 tons of copper ore the beat tonnage ever handled by the plant it Is reported in fix the spring valley wyo oil fields on good authority that the german syndicate la is avig finiff to start operations ut tit bonev on a largo laga scale I 1 on wednesday tho the officials als ot of the iho united states smelting smelling Sm elting refining ana mining company declared the regular quarterly dividend GO 50 cents per sharo share on tho io common a and nd 87 ila cents a share on the preferred stock rapid progress has been m made nde during the last five months in the now new of the seven troughs monarch mine allne company at af seyen seven troughs nev the tunnel has now passed the toot foot point and is getting close to tho the big vein the management of the union t chief company of the San taquia district of utah has about one mile botlo ot of the now new wagon road load completed from the mine down the mountains leaving about a quarter of a mile yet to bo be completed an english syndicate of unlimited capital la Is negotiating for leases in too the spring valley wyo oil melds with the intention of starting immediate work their managing director la fit now en nute from london to close clos up pending deals directors of the emerald mining company have authorized tho the paying oft of the remaining payments on tho the dia diamond mond ruby and emerald claims in the gintic tintic district this closes up a payment of three eighths of the interest in the claims named F augustus heinze owns the stewart mine in idaho which Is earning gross about and not net per month on tons of afore lore per day the stewart la Is a silvor allver lead property the bre oie yielding about 11 per cent and seven to eight ounces of silver the decision of 0 the iron blossom management to cease shipments of 0 tons of sili siliceous clous gold ores dally daily rather than meet ineat the treatment charges of the smelting smelling sm elting companies will cause a considerable reduction in the tonnage provided by the tinola camp A consolidation deal involving several properties la in the ahir ophar district in tooele county utah la Is pending and activity in the district has received a decided impetus it is expected that within two months at least thero there will ft be considerable shipping from that locality the mason mining district Is picking up in good style and it Is destined to be one of the great copper camps of the country the greatest merit of the camp lies in the number of pounds of copper contat contained ned in the average ton of ore says a salt lake mining expert A regular quarterly dividend of not less than 4 cents a share will be posted october 1 on the stock of tho the sioux consolidated when this pay payment mentis 1 i made the company will have cash in its treasury sufficient for three such declarations aggregating approximately each the tramway between the international smelter at tooele thoele utah and tho the consolidated mining companas comp anys highland boy mine at bingham Is now operating satisfactorily it Is on an air line from the mine to the smelter four miles in length with a net difre renco in elevation of 1300 feet for increased developments at tho the utah copper three mor booro 0 steam shovels will shortly be added in developing ore in the boston consolidated property with the acquiring of copper center gulch the company can more conveniently handle its overburden and for that reason operations can be increased reports report a received in salt lake from tucson ariz to the effect that the lang king of Arl arizona zona near inear the silent silede king which Is owned by salt lake bake interests and claimed to have been one of oe the tha heaviest gold producers in n arizona has been closed down and would never be operated again are emphatically cally denied by officials of the company the impression Is well cemented that from now on there Is going to be unusual opportunity afforded by willing capital for the development of gold mining enterprises says the salt lake tribune and those who are in touch with the situation claim it Is far easier castor to secure financial backing for a gold proposition than it has been the palm pal lest hour of the recent nevada excitement A gold strike was recently made in the Coco mongo district near cherry creek nevada which had it occurred several years ago would have caused a siam stampede pede equal to that of 0 goldfield but owing to the present stagnation in mining the now new discovery occasioned but little comment from all appearances the rock which contains cont alna free gold should run into the thou sands of dollars |