Show MINES AND MINING sinking lias has been resumed on UK the alexander shaft nt at pearl idaho the lucky ridge leasers leaders at pearl idaho have struck boino good looking oro ore in their ci crosscut tunnel file L dewoy leasers leaders expect to strike 0 their ledge soon tho the net nellie it e mining company at horseshoe bend has haa a force ot 0 men a at t work cleaning out the long tunnel preparing for a vigorous prosecution of development the plant of the warren refining company at warren pa owned by C IV and at W jamieson Jam leson was destroyed by fire during a storm last week loss judging by tho the th o returns from the more important mining centers the production of coal in III the united states during the current year will not equal that for 1907 at the present time florence nevada has no custom mill the best in the line of a gold extractor la Is an old arrastre thus th us far during the present month this produced preparations are under way to be gin sinking the easter shaft at pearl idaho about july 1 it Is the intention of the management to sink to tho the foot level and then crosscut for tho the ledge the salaries and incidental expenses of A officials of tho the american smelting smelling Sm elting refining company have been reduced according to daniel guggenheim Gugg chairman and president of the company the old red cloud mine at halley idaho with a record of having produced over a million dollars la Is now in the hands of a strong salt lake syndicate and will be opened in july when a large force of men will be put to work gillford Ail lford is all agog with excitement over some wonderfully rich strikes that have been simultaneously made in a number of mines in the star district A strike has haa been mado made of ore that shows 70 per cent lead and 30 ounces silver just at present the question of wages Is causing some trouble at some of the mines at halley idaho randsome and some of the properties are closed on this account but it Is expected that this matter will soon be adjusted satisfactorily to all parties conce concerned rne d since the first of june the developments in refined copper from the standpoint of production and consumption have been entirely in favor of lower prices but the speculative maneuvering eu has been strong enough to actually advance the domestic market within thirty days shipments of ore will begin from the hercules mine near burley idaho A force of fifteen men has been put to work on tho the property and the force will be increased to seventy five as soon as practical this promises to become one of the richest properties in the state A ton concentrating mill Is just being completed on the muldoon property at halley idaho the machinery for which Is now in the depot at belle vue from which point it will be freighted as soon as the roads will permit there will also be installed a modern electrical plant of horse power the tamarack mine holds tha di distinction of being the deepest mine in the world and Is the deep level of tire the michigan copper country there are five shafts on the tamarack property two of which are practically idle no 3 shaft is about feet deep intercepting the lode at a vertical depth of feet william E galllgher galligher the big mining operator who recently purchased control contral of the reliance company at tena bo and reorganized the proposition as the gem consolidated was in salt lake last week buying machinery and equipment for the mines it is understood that mr air galllgher galligher proposes to operate the property on an exten extensive siva scale it Is said that upon the ranch where the now new oil rig of the juab oil company is being erected a farmer once drilled tor for water when lie he had gained a depth of about feet black thick material oozed out of the hole each time we the drill was removed the farmer gave u up p drilling for water and had the hole plugged up some people are of the opinion that the material which oozed out of the hole was oil general manager gillie of the amalgamated garna ted copper company properties has issued an ail official statement concerning the fires in the anaconda and st lawrence mines misleading statements concerning which were sent from butte mr air gillie says that thai the blaze which has been raging continuously since 1889 is no worse than it has been several times before and that there Is nothing alarming in the situation it looks now as though 1908 would be the banner year for the old mineral hill mining district of which halley idaho Is the commercial center old properties that have been idle for years ire are being worked and now new development Is apparent on oa all ides aides |