Show AROUND THE MINES the copper i metal t market la S quiet 1 U 1 11 a reflection of 0 the general state t t of r business may exports hold held well gov gova ornament figures showing pounds good progress la is being made at the ohio copper mill at lark in making the changes that will increase its capacity from froin a little over 2000 tons tona a day to tons a day tho the american flag at park city will probably ship between and worth of ore tills this month about 50 tons of tile the 1000 ton lot to go to the daly baly judge mill lias has been mined within the next thirty days the gol den arrow development company will break ground for or the erection of a ten stamp mill and cyanide plant on oil its property in the golden arrow district northeast of tonopah To word from aurora auford nov states that george killoy I has made a rich strike about nine miles west of aurora ile he lias has located nine claims and has two partners with him samples of 0 tile tho ore run from SO 80 to in fit gold values 1 A seat on the now new york stock exchange has been disposed of for which is close to the lowest price it at which seats have been sold in years when seats were tile the lowest one was sold for after th that H t they went up to but ave since dropped down again tho the florence mine produced tons toils of ore during tile the month of april according to a statement just issued by president A U D parker from tile the denver office of the coni company says the goldfield tribune the gross value of the oro ore was or an average value of per ton although the production of pyrite in tho the united states in 1913 was long tons less than that of 1912 and less in value the industry c duj not be regarded as hay having ing declined for the average production for tho the last four years la Is greatly in it excess of what it was in 1910 and 1911 the raise which Is being driven from the 1700 lavoi of tile the silver king consolidated at park city is about to connect with the from the 1550 this will permit a more economical extraction of the ore as it can call bo be dropped from the level above tram med to the shaft and hoisted A special representative of the boston news bureau writes that paper from hutte that the preliminary estimate of butto butte superior company a may operations indicates one of tile the finest records in tho the companas comp anys history with a product of tons of 0 zinc concentrates and kilo sla tons of lead concentrates stockholders in the willow creek gold mining company are again in fit receipt of good news from the property in fit nye county where work has been going on for some months to develop the high grade gold deposit first discovered by Dl ackwell and pappas ays tile the ely expositor free gold has baa been encountered probably the most important deal in mining circles in the american pork fork mining district to be made for years was consummated last week when peter 31 miller iller representing a 13 ingham mining syndicate cate secured a five year lease on thee pacific mining milling lilling companas comp anys property in tile american fork district that the ge geologist logist cann cam save to the practical oil man large sums yearly in useless drilling is a tact fact which Is becoming more and more clearly recognized it is possible for him to determine front from rock exposures the location and extent of rock folds which seem to constitute the principal condition governing ti accumulation of oil and gas gjere aey are present in the region jumbo extension started last week sending its ore regularly to the goldfield consolidated companas comp anys mill for fo r treatment at the rate of at I 1 least c ast eighty tons dally daily by this arrangement it will secure the reduction of its product at a minimum cost coat of 3 per ton and will save the cost of transporting its ore over thirty eight miles of railroad to the leased be don n ale clare mill radium so BO much in the limelight at present on account of its fabulous fabulo ua price and its alleged efficiency in the treatment of certain dis disposes pases has been produced in the past almost exclusively clu from pitchblende hut but colorado ang and utah ores have recently attracted increased attention as a source ot of radium on account of the large deposits available their treatment however is difficult with the royalties eliminated from the oil flotation process through a decision of the circuit court of appeals for the ninth sir cult which includes the pacific coast states nevada ani ana montana the steptoe valley smelt ing company at mcgill has erected an experimental plant that will be capable ot of tr treating atlig tons ot 01 slimes a day through oil concentration says the white pine news the west drift ort oil the 1700 foot toot level of halifax tonopah mine la Is still being extended tended yx to the contact says the miner on the upper I 1 levels of the mine no change has hab occurred in the past week drifting east ease on the 1400 and an d 1200 foot levels Is also in progress the lower tunnel of the cardiff I 1 aln lug ag company at the property on an the south fork of big cottonwood made mad a in an advance of 90 feet in may it la Is now in 2138 feet and has baa at attained tallied an approximate vertical depth of OUO 50 set feet I 1 |