Show MINES AND MINING the churn drill to be used fo for prospecting purposes purposed ut at tho the black jack property in n the district haq arrived at eureka an and d Is now being taken to the mine harvey A shipman a iti mining laing engineer of international reputation la Is dead at denver of pneumonia mr i shipman operated mining properties in tho the united states australia ilia and south anth africa tho the production of soft lead from mississippi valloy valley ores during 1909 Is estla bated at tons as compared with tons in WS 1908 and tona in 1907 missouri apparently retained first place among tho lead producing states at tho the annual ortho of the seven troughs coalition mining milling company hold held in provo utah it was decided to take over the property ol of the kindergarten company and hereafter these two seven troughs groups will bo be operated by the samu same management the total production of refined lead and soft from dom domestic estla and foreign ores in 1909 was short tons worth at tile tho average new york price as compared to a production of tons in 1908 and tons in 1907 the price of lead started in january 1909 with an average of 42 cents per pound falling in march to the minimum for the year xa 85 cents per pound then rising slowly to the close of the year the average new york price for the year was vas 43 cents per pound awen twenty ty thousand miners are idle today in the northumberland coal districts in england as tho the result of a dispute over an eight hour act which became effective january 1 the tae men left at the few collieries colli eries erles which are still active have given notice that they will quit A lease on the old california workings in hhaynes canyon park city utah district covering a period ot of one year ha hag been taken by georgo george morse and ir H wynn two practical miners of park city and aad it Is understood that they will at once start I 1 work on the property A report from mercur utah district Is to the effect that in a fourteen foot winzer from the tunnel level of the ibex property a rich ore shoot has been encountered the entire bottom of the it la Is stated shows a conglomeration of manganese of iron impregnated with silver and lead values the pittsburg sliver peak company says the blair nevada iress atess Is arranging to erect a small building at mary mine to be used as a sort of temporary tempo jary yary hospital a first fir aid to the injured and a place where sic sick k employees can be given attention the building will be completed in a month I 1 or five weeks forty two million dollars Is the estl esti mated value of the minerals produced in the inland empire la in 1909 according to ti u IZ K armstrong a recognized expert of spokane and concurred in by owners and operators in other parts of the district which takes in eastern washington and nd oregon north and central idaho western montana and southeastern british columbia inc including luling the boundary country la in the province stockholders of the seven troughs kindergarten mining company are to meet in provo january 10 to vote upon the proposition to sell the cora com banys holdings to the seven troughs Coall coalition tion I 1 mines company taking either cash or coalition stock in payment as tho the stockholders may elect all records of production in this country tor for copper refined lead spelter and tungsten were bronen in tile the year according to a report of the geological survey the output of blister and lante copper was pounds an increase much greater than the total yearly increase since 1904 consolidation into one company kno known knoon on as the stuart gold nunes mines holding company of five ot of the important mining companies operating in gold canyon district has been accomplished complis hed according to papers which have been lied filed in the county recorders office at cherry creek nevada quite one naf of all tho the mines in idaho are in the coeur dalene district the rem remainder tinder being scattered over s uch such southern counties as washington dolse idaho owyhee owahee elmore blaine and custer the principal ores orea mined for the year have been gold lead silver copper coal zinc and cini bar f the now ore body encountered several months ago in the tiwa from the 1400 foot level of the daly judge nine mine atmark at park city utah Is now producing ore at the rate raie ol of 30 tons v day the greater portion of the ore ora Is shipped as it Is broken down and the shoot promises to be one of tho richest ever opened in the mine the now ore body recently encountered on the foot level of the columbus consolidated companas comp anys mine at alta utah la is proving up in a vatis factory manner the ore has been opened forty feet feat on its strike and it to la about twelve feet wide |