Show MINES all NES IND AND MINING that F A helanzo Is not the directing power behind the ohio copper company to is tho the statement given by a director of that company to the boston news dureau the old geyser marion mill at mercur utah was destroyed by fire last week ane 1 l ho mill hud not been in operation for ton ten years but there was waa some material in it ol 01 value mining alining conditions in tho dolse boise basin in idaho are getting better rapidly and the various properties are er enjoying a now new era of prosperity which means much to that district recent shipments of first class lead ore from tile the utah apex mine in dingham hamment sent directly to the smelter havo have averaged in gross value botter better than 22 a ton with a tendency ol of tho iho latter lots to run higher allegheny dis district sierra county california Is attracting the attention of the mining world from tho the fact that a number of very important disclosures havo have been made in that 11 within the past five or six months it Is the intention of tho the company owning tho the edna mine 20 miles north of idaho city to install a plant for the treatment of their ore tho the plant will embrace stamps tube mill and filter press and a cyaniding cyan iding process after several years of experimenting with the ore of the montgomery shoshone Sho mine in bullfrog it is said that the management has haa finally hit upon a plan tor for treatment that will make a close saving of values at a low cost the gold hill people operating in III bolso boise basin in idaho havo have ordered a largo large pump and will commence work in a very short time pumping out tho the old shaft and the Colum columbia bli mining company intends installing a 50 60 ton capacity crilli mill it is reported at modena utah that the plans for the erection of the big power plant of the gold springe mining power power company have been approved the erection of the plant will begin as soon ns as the material can ho be put down at modena in the peacock copper companas comp anys property in beaver county utah development is now progressing in a full breast of ore on the foot level three to three and one halt half feet of which samples per cent lead ounces silver and gold the star mill at cherry creek novada nevada which has been under construction for some time is being hurried 1 l to completion and will probably bo be la commission within the next six weeks this milt mill will fi handle frandle it is said a large tonnage from other properties than those owned by tho the mill company at gold hill which Is situated in the central part of clifton mining district the western utan copper company Is opening up some immense bodies of lead silver ore on the foot level the ore body is being crosscut and is now over thirty feet wide with no indications of the hanging wall it is announced that a corporal cor corporation ton to be known as the utah metals mining company with a capital of represented by shares of a par value of 5 each is t to 0 bo be organized under the laws of maine to absorb the bingham metal company and the bingham central standard company the franklin mine at pine grove elmore county idaho is one of tha most profitable little gold mines in tile the state it has been operated with a light 10 stamp mill during the summer seasons of 1904 1905 1900 1906 and 1907 and in the spring of 1908 the mill was totally destroyed by fire during this period the production of the mine arno amounted to approximately in gold bullion in two of the wells which are being drilled in the virgin oil field those of the interstate Inter stata oil company aro are excellent indications it is said that oil Is about to be encountered in tho the second oil sand overlying that sand is a foot stratum of hard time stone the first shipment of high grade ore from the original strike at netted the owners a trifle more than a tonj ton according to the tono pah sun the consignment comprised five tons of rock the total sum received having been something over A report of the tha receiver 0 of the idaho smelting smelling Sm elting refining company owning the panhandle smelter at pon deray idaho shows that the concern has total liabilities exclusive of caal cap tal stock to the amount of 22 and that its total resources are the belmont mine near Marys marksville marysville ville mont which has produced upwards ot in gold has been purchased from the of heleve by colonel thomas cruse a helena banker the price was not rondo mado public but it is said eald to involve a large sum I 1 |