Show AROUND AROUN D ve THE m MINES four rigs are ae now either working ar or being set ut up for immediate operations in the san isan juan and wayne county utah oil yields nelds in 1912 there were eleven boal roa mines in now new mexico that produced each over over tons nearly tow tona i of coal was waa made into coke I 1 oro shipments from the camp ol 01 for the past week amounted to a total of carloads this Is tons of an approximate valuation ol of ohio continues to load lead in the percentage of coal mined by the uso use of machines in 1911 out of a total ol 01 short tons tons or per cent were machine mine alnea according to the united states bureau of mines the fatalities in the tha coal mines or oc ohio in 1912 numbered of which were underground four in shaft and four on the bur aur face the parrot company operating in the has closed its property until sher after the fourth of july on account of the heavy snow on the road to the mine which prevents the hauling of supplies importation of potash salts for consumption in the united states during 1912 amounted to pounds valued at according to W C phalen of the united states geological survey the iron mountain tunnel company operating the old iron mountain mine near superior Alon montana tana expects to start operations in both mine and mill about july 1 every improvement has been made lit at Is reported from nevada that work has actually been resumed on the old Nevada Utah now the amalgamated pioche mines property it Is said that sinking wlllie will be resumed from the 1280 level of no I 1 shaft fewer men were employed in the coal mines of ohio in 1912 than in 1911 but there was a marked increase in the number of days worked the number otmen of men employed in 1912 was waa who worked an average of clays exports of silver from london to india are running well ahead of last year shipments to june 12 were compared with for or corresponding period last year monsoon rains hitherto favorable will Ile determine termine to what extent these demands for gold and silver may continue new mexico Nf exico Is now accounted one of the important coal producing states of the west much of her output being alir distinctly tirl etly of high grade in the raton field beld which furnished about 75 per pei sent ent of the production in 1912 the coal Is a true coking coal and most of tho the operations tons are conducted on art an extensive scale the rex mining company has started suit against the coeur d dalene alene iron works to recover alleged to bo be the value of ten ore cars and damages due it Is alleged to the iron works having taken possession of the ars during the financial difficulties ties of 0 the idaho lead silver company when they were operating the mine since wingfield got hold ot of the montana yerington at yerington on nev it haas has been producing fifteen ars of ore a month almost from me grass roots at present there Is less than feet of work the he ore runs runa about 7 per cent and la Is two fe feet et wide with eighteen luches of the foot wall that will assay 30 to 40 per cent shipments af pf ore from cobalt ont last week amounted to 6 pounds as follows cobalt townsite Town alte pounds crown reserve pounds mckenley baah pounds pounds la ia rose pounds cobalt lake pounds hudson bay pounds pounds dollar rock has long been the am botlon of lake superior mining operators but the advance in wag wages es granted in this district last summer operated to delay the realization of 0 this ambition by dollar rock is meant the ability to lo mine hoist transport and stamp a ton of old rock reducing the contents to a mineral equivalent for 1 at the cuba mine near the campbell ranch jigs have been set up tip and work of concentrating the values contained in the dumps Is now under way says sas the ely expositor it required four men to operate the jigs but on the first day they are reported to have bave saved ten tons of concentrates that Is expected to average better than 70 per cent lead in 1912 the total production of coke according to edward W parker of the united states geological survey was 14 short tons valued at an In cerase of tons in quantity and of in balu yalu over oer 1911 in 1912 the production of beehive coke increased tons tolls or 18 per cent while that of the retort coke increased tons or 49 19 per cent the production of coal in ohio in 1912 reached the record breaking figure of short tons rained at the mines at increases of tons and over the figures for 1911 according to edward W parker of the united states geological survey extensive operations will ft soon bo be undertaken by the new golden crown mining company as a of the directors meeting held last we week k at reno nevada the complete indebtedness has been paid and the company today Is free from encumbrances |