Show MINES HINI pis AND MINING the worlds production of load in 1907 07 was tons an In increase creo or tons in ill live five years or less than an average of 2 per cent increase ft year the construction conati notion or of it a lead sni elting plant at spring amount mountain rill idaho li is being rapidly pushed to completion ruid and will be in commission by february 1 1909 australia in 1903 was vas tile tho fourth lead producing country or tile thu world in 1907 tier her output showed it 11 decrease le crease of tons placing lie her r fifth in rank of production product lod capitalists of dayton ohio havo pure purchased based a strong interest t in tho the gold king mine in granite district beaver county as tho the result of of an examination exi of the property mado made for I 1 them recently I 1 the north th cliff mining company operating four and one halt half miles boll south th of bf silver city is preparing fr for larger production and more extensive development by installing a hoist boiler and engine idaho leads heads tho the list of mineral bearing states in the production of lead with tons or per cent of the total lead output of tho the united states missouri is second on the list utah third and Colo colorado radu fourth the cherry creek nevada district is looking up A good wagon road Is being built across the alkali flat between the town and the railroad station and with this completed several of the mines will bo be in position to ship ore 4 tho the united states ranks first of all countries in tile the product pi production Jon of lead as aa well as its consumption producing 35 per lier cent of the total output of ti the Is world and consuming 17 per cent cec more than is produced in this country ot or tons the entrance of cole ryan and thorn thornton Tb ornton toa am amalgamated argania ted interests intel eats into the utah smelting smelling sm elting flold field Is an aa event of deep significance says tho the boston news bureau it means that the gauntlet has been thrown down dowa to the the initial capacity of the now new smelter to treat utah consolidated ores will bo be 2000 tons a day and tho number of furnaces turn acea necessary to treat this tonnage will depend entirely on the type of furnace finally decided upon says the boston news bureau word woid from yerington gives the information that tho the work on tho the foot level of the yerington ironsides property is meeting with gratifying returns A crosscut is being sent on that level to tap the vein and the tha face at present is working its way into rock that is said to run at least 3 per cent copper I 1 the meeting of the american mining congress to be held in pittsburg december 2 to 6 will be a busy one ona and many subjects of importance to the mining industry will be discussed with the prospect of representations being made to the united states congress which will result in great benefit to this industry the shot showing vIng of high grade copper ore in the mine and on the dump of the ninety nine copper company at good springs NOV nev is very encouraging to the owners in the last week in october the company shipped to tho the independent smelter at ogden a carload of oro ore which gave returns of 18 per cent copper what many mining men confidently believe will prove the making ot of gold springs and several neighboring camps has just been brought out by the short elliott company it is an electric power plant project the plant to be stationed at modena ten mile allea from gold springs as the transmits tran transmission line will be constructed A bellevue idaho dispatch announces that a ledge of ore that will probably rival that of the famous minnie minme 1 booro me 0 re mine has been discovered in the shaft of the bearly morning a prospect owned by at W williams and the bellevue state bank ala prospect was was located in 1892 and some work done but was later abandoned R R reed a fairbanks alaska miner has confessed to stealing gold from his employer saying 1 I gathered the gold and sand in handfuls hand fula out of the riffles fiffles rif fles hid it in my handkerchief or gloves or boots carried it home and washed it out my clean ings were from 50 cents to 4 00 a day reed stole 1800 of which was recovered A dispatch from rhyolite nevada announces that within tho the last tw weeks the pioneer bullfrog las has devel practically from a good prospect into a veritable bonanza the mill had been quietly running along on oa twelve tons of ore dally daily and the leafers leasers were fied with tile the re turns A few days da a ago sacking began and to 0 date over sacks have been filled with hilgh grade gradd shipping ore silver touched a now new toy iov mark in tho the present backward movement when the price of 48 cents an ounce was quoted in new york on an the this is the lowest figure that has ob bained since the greta slump of 1903 when cents wad the limit dimit reached |