Show MOUND AROUND THE MINES the production of coal in west vir I 1 j finla lnla irs in 1912 reached the great total of short tons valued at tho the I 1 mines at the coals ot of west are nil all bituminous or semi bituminous and are mostly of high graft grado some connel cannel co coal at and a peculiar type known as splint are irined in the southern part of tho the state word from butte 9 la to the effect that unless the Ana anaconda colida company should decide to curtail its output this month on account ol of the lo 10 low w price of red metal the production for july aou would id run rua very close to 2600 pounds 1 at the mcdonald ely cly but hai ha 9 heen done to explore the high grade ore deposit recently found ott off from the level though the face of the ore is now being squared up so that future work can be d done bno to lo tho best advantage f 4 final revised estimates of the V tout put of precious metals fro from inthe the mines it if washington during tho the last year give the figure at this a good tho the 1 reco recorded rAed the previous y year car and a big ga g 1 a over 1910 which recorded an output of an interesting comparison has been made by hayden stone company between the dividend paying copper issues showing that the porphyries ries are now checking out more dividends dividend s annually than all the michigan mines while they are less than i an dually behind the butte dividend paye payers rs one of the most encouraging items that western stockholders of tho the stewart mining company havo have received for many aminy months Is ila that in regard to the net earnings tor for the month of june 1613 which are aati estimated by interests close to the in side to havo have been approximately the utah metal mining company operating in bingham has issued it a statement to the shareholders setting forth the fact that the toot foot tun iun net nel from the bingham to the tofele tooele side of the oquirrh range of mountains has been completed the tunnel being electrically lighted and elec electrically trl equipped throughout through the bunker hill sullivan company declared its regular monthly div idena of last week while tho the Snows snowstorm company operating at mullen mullan idaho declared a dividend of payable july 10 this brings bunker hill dividends tor for the current year up to with a grand total to date since organization of 1430 within two months from date the united states phosphate company I 1 a salt lake organization have ari n operation its fine grinding plant ai border wyo which will constitute this c company the first to install equipment within the enormous pho phosphate sp liate deposits of wyoming utah and idaho tor for the purpose of utilizing these do posits by a single round of shots gl gi roux recently blasted down a huge pillar of ore in the morris mine at ely nov nev estimated to con contain tain approximately tons the blast was ft as the outcome of months of preparation and Is the first really tangible evi evidence deAce to be given in this district of the cheapness ot of the much lauded caving system during the labor troubles in northern mexico when sweating smelting sm sw elting operations at the plant where the miami copper companas comp anys concentrates were being handled this product was forwarded to the inta national smelt ing refining companas comp anys plant la in tooele thoele county utah and four revere ber atory furnace 3 were kept going full blast at the smelter word Is expected at any time that the second mill unit of lie die butto butte superior company has been placed in commission from which time on the capacity should be close to io 1200 tons dal dally IY the first fir section has been handling tons dally daily m making aking 1 an extraction of 90 per cent and better according to butte advices advises ad vices and the ore handled fiand led has averaged about 16 5 per cent zinc the first mill in the tintic dist district brict was erected at in may 1871 in 1873 four concentrating plants planta were put up by the various companies these were the wyoming miller and there was a lull in mill building until 1879 when the mammoth and rosebud mills were built smelters shelters Sm elters and tilt fili naces were put up in 1871 1872 1874 anu 1884 over in the Ite reveille nevada min ing section some tonopah people have been mining for some time under dlf dif the trouble being the lack of 0 water tor for the use of the men employed and tor for operating the property it it is reported that a generous flow of water has been developed by at a tunnel chich is aimed for the ores at depth and an aa eleven mile haul across thy derest tor for water la Is now ellar eliminated the draden braden copper mines company produced pounds of copper in june a record making rounds tor for the half year ear smelter operations were tho best beat thus far attained the tha smelter has a dally daily ca capacity of 50 tons against a 2600 ton mill capacity according to the humboldt star the resorted sale of the uly ely princa property at gold cold circle has been co confirmed 11 from a source that leaves no doubt of its correctness the pur chasers lire new york capitalists who vala saia down i |