Show MINES AND MINING grading on the extension of tho the new mason valley copper belt railroad south of mason city nevada la Is going on apace according to local ON of ficiala clala fici fl als and some ten niles miles of the iho pro preliminary work la Is already done the consumption of copper for february shows a decided increase over january and producers aro are hopeful that before the close of the year con will ho be close to the baxt mum production of the prod tabla mines the large copper producers and selling ngen agencies cies report an improvement in the copper situation with inquiries in the market for a fairly large tonnage buying has haq also been bettor better an and d prices show a shade advance in consequence I 1 tho the quarterly quart eily dividend of 60 centa aa a share hare just declared doclar edby by the goldfield consolidated mines company aagre gating Is to be paid april 30 the dividend represents an extra of 20 cents in addition to the regular dividend of 30 cents a share the management of the cliff property in the ophir ophar utah district la Is especially encouraged of late from tho tha fact act that the fine weather of we the past few days la Is drying the roads loads up so that thai it will be possible in the near future to increase the mines shipments recent developments in the utah mine at fish springs have been of a very encouraging aging nature the shaft at a depth of feet has entered a solid body of ore which shows values to the extent of from 55 56 to 60 per cent lead and about ounces silver to the ton operators throughout the fahoum goldfield camp are apparently taking 14 u a now lease on life as a result of the wonderful dividend showing being made by the consolidated mines corn com w pany and the now new record established in the profit distribution line by the tha florence company the knickerbocker lease on an tho the commonwealth at goldfield continues to attract interest to that section and several good offers are said to havo have been refused for all or part of the tha now new discovery the ore holds its own la in values ranging from 40 to 60 ton as it la Is broken down there ip some talk now ot of the abilities of the construction ot of ri a branch toad road from midas the uco fico P point of the gold circle district to the line of the southern pacino fla road the nearest railroad station now Is colconda golconda Col conda on the southern pa c eifle forty eight miles distant following the announcement of tho resignation of lafayette hanchett tor for a number of 0 yearn years general manager of 0 the boston consolidated interests domes cornea the de definite deslatte flatte information of tho the retiring ot of JA A J nettles bottles metallurgical engineer and TOM mill manager for the tha same company from its infancy in a drift which Is being run from the foot station of the now new tunnel at the orphan boy mine an exceptionally promising vein of 0 carbonate ore hips has been broken into according to the beaver county utah news the vein which to 18 two feet wide to is bearing toward the red wa warrior stockholders in the musgrove property located near salmon idaho are arc much encouraged with the deporis reports ot of developments now under way at tha mine A 11 1 1 brown manager of the company has received assay returns showing values to the extent Q of lt from a body ot of ore recently encountered I 1 All mining ning milling and transportation costs of 17 a ton are indicated by the report of the january production of the tonopah belmont mining company during that month the shipments averaged about tons dally of 35 ore and the net yield per ton was as 1206 00 not net returns for the month 1 were an expert who has been examining the inspiration copper property a at globe arizona says from my inspection spec tion of the mine balne I 1 am satisfied that the inspiration Is one of the largest low grade n mines I 1 ines in arizona I 1 do not hesitate to predict that within less than five years tons of ore from the mines of the miami district will be treated dally daily and wll will mako make globo globe one of the greatest copper camps in the world opposition by members of labor unions to tho the organization of company K X second regiment national guard of washington which was mus in at walla walla wash last geelt threatens to disrud disrupt pt the company members of the new cona company panY who are also members of labor organizations have in several instances been told either to resign from the company or the union A new gas combination which la Is said ta to produce seventy five times the heat of ordinary gas and which can be produced at one fourth the expense has just ben been discovered by lose joa iago a chihuahua millionaire mining man who his has asked the government for a patent oo on his process pro cosa his 1119 gas Is obtained from the tailings tailing or residue of ure ore after treatment |