Show MINES AND the copper apex is the latest of tl e city park properties to be added to the list of shippers the geological survey reports the copper output of idaho tor at I 1 S pounds about equal to the output 0 alasi a the independence mines pear ketchum idaho have been gathered in by eastern capitalists who to put it on a paying basis A seat on the salt lake mining stock exchange sold last week for 2 two years ago seats could be bought tor from 60 to 75 secretary james wilson of the department part ment of agriculture and a party bojt officials saw the smelters 0 the washoe company in anaconda last week they will visit forest reserves and irrigation projects in montana work on the iowa copper company s property at park city is again in full swing and good progress is being made shipping ore Is being taken out right along and stored for a ship ment which will be made in the near future john W smith who brought the first load of freight ever hauled from kelton to hailey idaho has returned to halley after an absence of 2 years during which time he has been in many different mining camps and as far north as alasi a the zinc industry of utah is on the increase the new finds of the metal in beaver county long one of the principal sources of this metal in the state have added greatly to the avail able tonnage the only drawback be ing lack of proper smelting facilities the united metals selling company is reported to have sold several million pounds of electrolytic copper at 22 cents part of which as for export it Is claimed that there will be no change from a 22 cent a pound rate tor elec tro within the next three months the goodenough mine in bear creek in idaho since the 1st of june has had a five stamp mill running steadily on a very high grade of ore the mill is located about a quarter of a mile from the mine and at pres ent has to be handled with pack ani mals requiring 28 horses to do the work at present the ramsey comstock mine at ramsey nevada is more in the limelight than any other property because of the very rich strike on the third level where an ore shoot on the hanging wall side ta uncovered that is producing specimen ore containing rich sulphides sulp hides together with free gold and tell urides fire which has been shouldering ing in the depths of the minnie healy mine at butte filled the workings of tho west calusa colusa mine one of the big copper properties of the copper company with gas to the ex tent that it became dangerous to per mit miners to work operations were suspended temporarily the firm of J P morgan co is now heavily interested in american smelting A close affiliation between the morgans and the has existed tor some time in the alaska milling and railroad development corn pany but this is the first time the morgan firm has become interested in the american smelters there is a rush on for the reveille Revel lle district in nevada automobiles and rigs were on the go all the day long and the rush has hardly started the location of the strike Is given as fit teen miles to the east of the old re mill and the highest assays ob tamed from the rock recently dincov ered goes from 1 to 2300 some important developments have been made in the carrie leonard mine in the ketchum distinct ot idaho A feln 34 feet thice has been o 0 countered there is a streak all the way along this new strike from 14 inches to two feet thick that runs from to ounces to the ton in hiuer and from 6 to 21 per cent lead A dispatch from idaho says george heaton has filed an at tach ment against the panhandle smelt ing company of ponderay Pon deray tor 51 he says this amount is due efm for money advanced under agreement while he was president of the corn pany the property involved is corn posed of acres of land with five mining claims the boston consolidated has issued a complete report to stockholders div ing details as to property ore reserves and values and prospective profits president newhouse gives the actual tonnage of sulphide ore blocked t as tons with an average assay value of 2 8 per cent copper while es timatea tonnage not developed aagre gates tons additional in the preliminary statement just received from the united states geo logical survey giving the production of spelter for the past ear utah stands well up in the list missouri is first a production of ton colorado is second with an out put of 32 tons new tersey is third with 11 tons to its credit biscon wiscon ein comes fourth with tons kansas is fifth with 3 tons and utah is sixth with 2 tons A deal is pending for the sale of the croesus mine at hailey idaho for about half a million dollars it is be ing negotiated by john condon who holds a bond on the property the deal has been delayed by accidents but it is likely to be closed in a few days leading copper producers say that large consumers cannot continue to do business without coming into t e metal market they say that 22 it copper is safe until september and they ear a buyers stampede as b g consumers are booked with ord is for six months ahead assets of the ohio copper company will shortly be taken over by the ohio copper company of maine now bei i organized there is said to be 24 QUO tons of porphyry oie now be ng blocked out in a body one thousand feet long four hundred feet wide and six hundred feet deep about tons of coal will be mind daily at the wasatch mine at coal ville in the near future nearly efty new men hae commenced work at tie mine during the past week and more will be put on soon A night chilt is being worked and things look quite lively around the town |