Show MINES AND MINING the daly west mining company of park city has posted its second quarterly dividend for tho the year tho amount being 30 cents per share or 54 hill top nevada Is agog with ox ex cit ement over the arrival in camp of the first mill the alio huntington plant has arrived and Is being placed as aa rapidly as possible to pay dividends aggregating tho the largo large total of in five months of 1909 despite continued low metal prices Is the record achievement of 0 eighty american mines and metallurgical works tho the latest sensation at national nevada esthe Is the finding of rich ore two miles north of the stall brothers lease on charleston hill the find was made on eight mile creek nud the orela similar to tho the charleston hill ore in mr louis james jr of the ontario silver mining company of park city did the first experimental work which amounted to anything with a t view ty to solving the problem of treatment of silver ores by cyanide methods the united states produced tons of chrome ore in 1907 while tons were imported from other countries chiefly asiatic turkey and new caledonia to supply the demand for making alloys and hardening steel the goldfield florence mining company has as declared a dividend of to lo be paid june 15 this la Is the fifth dividend declared by the florence each for making a total of the last distribution of velvet was last winter the recent advances in the price of lead having increased the profits of the utah apex mining company of bingham by more than 2 a ton of ore handled that company la Is pushing further development of its mine with more vigor than ever the new set of rules and regulations t regarding the signals or sounding oi of belts bells for the raising and lowering of cages in the mines as required by the law passed by ahe the laa la legislature have been ordered posted at the tonopah mines edward fink the salt lake inventor in working out his bis new smelt ing process Is evidently reaching the point where it can be announced that complete success has been attained samuel newhouse it la Is under understood stoc wj wi already working upon plans for a smelter of the fink type for the cactus mine the montgomery shyshone consol company has mailed stockholders a statement of the company tor for the month of march last the receipts for the mouth month from shipments wore were 1 the expenses were leaving net bills pay payable able with interest amount to the recent strike on the seven troughs florence lease in the seven troughs district Is pronounced by every one coming from the camp as the greatest I 1 find ever registered in the camp samples of the silver ore being found on the foot level are simply astounding carrying gold and ruby silver A letter received at goldfield from the united states land office at catson carson Is of deep interest to mining men earl W tremont the receiver says that he finds nothing in toe tho statutes regarding patents that compels an applicant to trace the lode clear across the claim for which a patent application Is filed directors of the western nevada copper company met in IA salt lake city last week to arrange the finances of the company for continuing the development work in process work in tho the lower levels has been held up tor for several weeks on account of water but arrangements for handling it are now perfected there was a decrease in both quantity qua entity and value of the salt produced in utah in 1908 the output in 1907 was barrels or short tons valued at and in 1 1908 2678 barrels or tons valued at IG a decrease of barrels or tons in quantity and of in value according to an official of the ameri can smelting smelling Sm elting and refining ning company the concern Is now earning 8 per cent upon its issue of common stock and the improvement in its condition la is largely due to the increased demands for lead for electrical manufactures fac tures the biggest smokestack in antho the world at the boston and montana smelter at great palls falls mont was p put at to use june 12 for the first time the chimney Is feet high 78 feet in diameter at the base and 53 feet at the top it has been under constructions construct ios for two years that it may continue development of its property the ely consolidated copper company placed an assess ment of three three cents a share upon its shares of outstanding stock the assessment becoming delinquent july 16 10 this will bring in a revo nue of |