Show AROUND THE MINES the chino copper prod production action la juno wits pounds thompson towle company esti mate that the 1913 dopper copper production will not norba be 6 6 per er cent in fr cocosa of tha 1912 output engineer atwater for formerly mOTY of the dutto butte superior Is maldrie an examination ot of tho tha ohio copper properties I 1 at at bingham and lark for new york interests steady shipments of ore from the florence mine at goldfield are being nial maintained stained at the rate of forty five tons per day for treatment it at tho the mill at bonnie clare the tha palmy center ot of llie kie coeur calenes dA lenes was injected with the serum of new life last week when tho the work of ing the mine now a federal possession was completed it begins to look aa it mining mert men of capital havo have at last awakened to the importance of Jar harbidge jarbidge bidge and anal tho the opportunities for profitable merits ments which are offered in this camp zinc ore carrying values valued as high as go 60 per cent has been on encountered counte red in the no 3 raise in the black bear property near gem idaho tho the face of the ralso raise is IB nil all mineralized and there la Is two and a 0 halt feet of high grado grade lead zinc ore nhoung in thee the no 2 raise there Is also a creditable showing shelving robert N bell state mine inspector for fop idaho in a recent communication addressed to the mining companies of the tha state condemns blue sw sky law passed at the last session or of the legislature and ana dwells on its features and of fie need edof of cooperative work phosphate rock which Is the principal source of one of the he three fertilizing elements necessary for plants plant growth was marketed in the united states last year to the extent of long tons ton valued edat at this was a slight decrease in both quantity and value vallo com compared with the fig figures for the preceding year what Is believed to be the most IM mining deal ever transacted in this county was consummated when the winters mine passed to the control of aj A J burke and associates says saya the Card nerville tey nev record tho the price stipulated in the papers of transfer la is 90 all of which Is to be pal plia within tw twenty enty four months unless one has recently visited tho the nutte butte camp it Is difficult to appreciate the tremendous improvement in condition today especially in view of the hard bard times timea that existed thero there only a few years ago this improvement Is ia du due e t to many things one item especially contributing to prosperity being tho the 9 great reat influx of independent talent and a nd capital Acco according iding to the latest reports from butte the second section oi of the butto butte superior mill mil which Is constructed and arranged identically along tho the lines of the first is giving practically the same results as could be antipa anticipated t and the plant as now constituted will handle easily 1000 tons of ore a day with an extraction ol of 90 per cent or better at charleston nov nev the marlon marion mining com company pally has operated its mill alth good success for about sixty days the first thirty days were mos mostly devoted to lo testing out and adjust ing ng the machinery in the mill but for foi the last thirty days the company realized 1150 and in a short time the company believes the operations will make it self supporting Ac according accordia cordin g to word from Tp tho the buckeye pro property perty is tb the edeene acene 0 the latest disco discovery the man management encountering bering the halifax ledge on the 1200 0 foot level there Is eve every ry findt cation present to con convince vance tile the management that this his Is the same vein the has now no W on its ita 1000 foot level jevel and fro from m which regular ship ments are coming at iho he national property ne near ar muli mul i lan ian idaho which was the scene of a sensational popper copper strike several months ago davel development work nud work on surface equipment including a mill is ia being rushed preparations are being made to produce ore are from froin the big ledge opened last spring on a basis of spending 3 in equla equipment and opening ore bodies shareholders of the mason valley company believe that among the many favorable features which are ranking making for success and which will have bave one ot the tha most favorable bearings upon future operations Is tho the fact ahat the ore receipts from tho producers are increasing steadily and in this lies especial significance from ariola standpoints stockholders in the aurora and united copper mining alining companies operating adjoining properties in the Chewel ah nh al district brict I 1 of washington Wad hington are authority for the information that both corporations are considering plans for the r tension of 0 the long ion nian man junuel 0 of f the ibe united copper linto into the aurora ground to tap tho the latter lat a ore b 6 adles at between 1000 and 1500 feet vertical depth at a meeting held last week in wal lace idaho ot of the directors ot of the hy r alining company plans were adopted to purchase acres of land on lach sli ich the coto pany holds bolds an op alo alon abc atc mere c machinery wll wit be ordred ordered to electrify the hot bolsta to and complete tho the equipment ot of tho the property operations at the dutte butte london i property will ft bo be resumed ned the tha next two mouths months and the electrical equipment ordered la Is to beof bo of great benefit to the tha management in seeking i ua w resources tho the mine has bee been I 1 chobod far ii a number of years |