Show MINES the government allt assay in salt lako lake city wilf bo be thrown open lor for business lining diering tho wook week the bile city district lit in idaho county cotin idaho idabo lias has enjoyed a prosperous year of mining development and has given employment to 10 a good ciany men that the alta alia copper company op oil crating lit in the lost river 11 idaho dalio district will soon continence commence shipping the high grade ore front from the tunnel being driven on Us ito american vein la Is the word that conics comes from that camp considerable daniago damage was caused lato saturday night january dani tary 9 at the south columbus mine min at alta hy by a 3 which damaged the compressor house broke in the kitchen of tile the hoarding house and killed the chinese cool cook vilio was sloe sleeping 1 ing there theio tho tha total pai rd rea fined filled lead and soft froni from domestic and foreign hresan was a approximately short tons worth nt at the average price as compared comp tired to a production of 4 14 tons lit in 1907 and tons in 1906 with tho rich chuto chute now opened U up ll 11 for a distance of about seventy feet lit in length the north drift on oil the foot level in the famous harris alining and leasing company on the property of tile the seven troughs mining company compan y Is still advancing on a ull till face of ore the output of the mines of idaho for 1908 1008 was as follows gold oas IG 1 silver gozs lead lbs ibs copper lbs ibs zinc lbs ibs 31 total value the hecla mine at burke idaho produced ounces of silver and 1 1 pounds of oc lead in tho production in 1907 was ounces of silver and pounds of lead ad failing oft off Is duo due to clos closing 19 the property from january I 1 to io june julie 1 owing to lo tile the depression of tile tho market mines in the coeur daleno dalene district in northern idaho called the millionaire lio lion alre factory factors bave produced colip of lead during 1908 or 37 per cent of the total o lit in tho the united states in addition the district produced ounces of silver and several million dollars in copper gold and zinc work has been begun on oa the cop mine in tho lookout district in northern idaho and in a short time it Is expected to ship a sample car of ore to the smelter nelter st the old tunnel which Is in feet has been completed and a new trinnel started the new work will connect with the main lead important deals involving the control of the colorado fuel and iron colip company tiny are being negotiated in noni nert york city large interests during the last tow fow weeks havo have purchased a sufficient amount 0 ot the common stock of the lie t t company compa nV to give the interests control and announcement pf af the deal Is expected soon A now york dispatch says that from indications there will ile be few outsiders in n tho the board of the american smelting smelling Sm elting ind and refining company by the close ot the he current year the board Is noa now made up of five of the Gugg guggenheim enholm brothers and many other directors aro are either officers or employed emp loyes of tho the smelling smelting sm elting company reports from oroville vash are that the keller group has been so sold d to lo the dividend company the group grou p ia hs south of the dividend with ledges of high grade copper ore ekpo expo exposed 1 s pd at several places tile the ore Is of of t th li 0 same frame charac character to as in ill all odthe of the n 93 in the kruger mountain and carries ugh values in gold and co copper extensive development work Is plan bed tor for the coming year by lefferty brothers who own a largo large group groupe qt t valuable mining claims on the clearwater river near tr tramway alway says the lewiston I idaho dallo tribune the properties were located several years ago and development work woric to tile the amount of about 2600 feet has hap b been ean performed the annual report of bf the barnes king development company was Is saied last week by Y president resident 11 john gicie tho company lin has in the treasury and hag has cleared a slight profit during 1908 the barnes kang kin F Is As a corporation of butte butt N hose failure under former management was one of bf the sensations of the mining world last year tho the stock declined front from 5 to 85 cents at which it Is still ousted 1 in the county idaho epal coal fields the bran bear mine min 0 has been successfully developed to a depth of feet during the year where the coal Is found to be of eyon better ity than in the shallow levels ab above ov this district Is producing now a good tonnage of coal thirty five hundred miners are employed in the coeur dalene mines and the payroll amounts to 40 a year there are also between and 1000 miners working on pro pred lecta on properties ln in which they hold interest sonic some of the these se will bacomo shippers in |