Show AROUND THE MINES copper exports for the week ending september 18 totaled tons since september 1 2 ono one year ago the rho threatened strike at tho the rio tinto properties lias hab been settled amicably according to reports nom from tho the east cast front from ull over nevada during recent weeks have come reports telling ot of record cloudburst an and a rain rainfalls falls and tho the mining camps havo have been vory very heavy suf sufferers ferera dign figures res obtained from authoritative sources grecs on tho the august of 0 tho the largest operating ing mines in tho the coeur daconos dAI onos show that the total tonnage shipped by nineteen properties was tons too tho stewart dividend of 12 cents a abaro Is payable on october 3 to stockholders of record on her ber 22 A dividend of ZO CO cents a abaro has haa boon been declared by the north butte buffo company for the iho current quarter tho the nay aug mine elivea miles northwest of halley II alley idalio idaho lias has just been sold to salt calt lako capitalists tho the mine Is foot feet d deep p and has haa pro produced deuced in excess of thorn thera Is some good ore in sight and tho the prospects of this mine turning out well are bright the bullion shipments from the co balt bait district are now being directed to now york as moro favorable rates and terms aro are secured tho the production of tho the district week before last consisted of tons of ore and ounces of bullion the bullion being valued at I 1 one of tho the largest mining deals closed in tho the coeur calenes dA lenes lones this BUM sunia mer iner was made at tho the meeting of ortho tha directors of tho the nabob mining company last week when a bond and lease leao on the V group and idaho group adjoining the nabob holdings in tho ther wardner kellogg section was taken president wilson by executive order lias has restored to tho the public domain for entry under tinder townsite to laws acres in the rio grange grande national forest colorado to provid a a elto alto for the new town of platoro Pla toro in a section where recent discoveries of new and and kalua valuable 1 I ae mineral veins sto aro reported in 1912 short tons of pigments made from ores valued at were sold an increase im In arease of short tons in quantity and of in value those these pigments aro are zino oxide leaded zinc oxide zinc lead sublimed sublime white dwhite lead or basic lead Bul sulphate phate and sublimed blue lead lead or blue furne the august report of the hollinger company indicates indle atea that this porcupine proposition is being rounded out ta in a very satisfactory manner the august earnings were as compared with in july while the august mill recoveries averaged 97 per par cent as aa compared with per cent in july the complaint of the federal mm min ing smelting smelling Sm elting company against the new schedule of the washington owr power company increasing the rates for electricity furnished for power an and d lighting purposes to the mines la Is said to bo be the most important caso case to come before the public utilities commission of idaho according to eastern reports the management of the alaska gold cold akines company hns has driven into good grade gold ore on the sheep creek tunnel level which is the future main development and operating ayento of the property and which gets in adder tho the alexander tunnel level by an additional feet not discouraged by the attacks which have been made upon it the directors of the tuolumne copper company have decided to continue with development to get beneath the ore bodies which have been proved to bo be extensive though of low grade on the 1800 2000 and 2200 foot levels sayi boston francial news A statement published recently to the fact that the amy company would eruct erect a mill in the couer calenes dA lenes Is denied by th the management who said that while the prop erty erly is making a fine showing and that there i 9 more ore being blocked out each week no definite action re garding a mill was under consideration with the incentive ot of a steadily strengthening and broadening metat market the producing companies ot of butto butte are bending every energy toward an increased output and it is not unlikely that before the close ot of the year the butte district will bo be producing approximately pounds of copper a month rays bays a butte dispatch the total production of coalla indiana in 1912 according to B D IV parker of them the united states slates geological survey was waa short tons having a spot value of an increase from short tong valued at SOS in 1911 the increase was waa tons or 77 per pent cent in quantity and ly or 14 per cent in value in the mines of the anaconda copper mining company a great amount of development work la being done and new ore bodies boal 8 are being blocked out in anticipation of increased demand sinking in the high ore mine Is being accompanied with sp results bull alloy per gold camp in washington county 14 coming front in one of the tunnels jore ore carrying more or loss less colre values has bas been followed tor for feet or moffo af the sa samples rou th I 1 rn jig r tac yi n au VW b |