Show MINES AND MINING the total output of precious m utah for the ear Is upward of 51 with dividends running abiva the detal production of the mines of rutih for 1907 exceed the record mide during 1906 by 10 the effion this year reaching a total of the ret earnings of the mining company of philadelphia whose property Is located at nevada for the quarter ending no vember 30 are stated to have been the old tuscarora district with its record output of 40 is now in line tor active development abe coming season according to those who are familiar with that section of nevada three of the largest mines in park city are to close down temporarily at least until metal conditions get better over 1 men will be thrown out of employment as a result of the shut down ih copper smelters in the world bable of handling the pro dun 01 what is now believed to be the most extensive copper deposit in the world are now in course of arec alon in white pine county nevada considerable surprise is occasioned in utah mining circles by the fact that the uintah treasure hill minin company owning the old uintah treasure hill and the creole proper ties in park city has been closed down temporarily at least the entire output of borax in the united states Is derived from san bernardino inyo and venture coun ties california and up to and include ing 1906 the greater part of it has come from san bernardino county the present depression in mining will have the direct effect of introducing many improvements and new economies in working more barly in the methods of ore treatment it is claimed by many of the wi anes the total output of crude borax for he year 1906 was short tons valued at 1182 as against 46 short tons valued at in 1905 an increase in 1906 of 11 short tons in quantity and of in value in cutting a ditch at the grimes creek placers in idaho last week the men in charge of the work dincov ered a ledge of high grade diee mill ing ore it assayed 36 in gold and may prove a bonanza five claims have been ideates on the ledge the annual report of the quartette mining company operating at search light nev is just issued gross receipts were operating costs net earnings 94 these compare with net earnings of for the surplus of is a decrease of 24 from the preceding year it is reported that two experts in the employ of the guggenheims re bently visited the old camp of hunter nev and looked over the vulcan property with a view to buying it ine vulcan property adjoins that of the old hunter and is accredited wita having several million dollars worth of ore blocked out the production of copper in the united states in 1906 was pounds this represents the year s smelter production that Is the quan city of fine copper in the blister copper produced during the year and the production of lake copper the production of 1905 was exceeded by 15 pounds the grimes creek placer mining company which owns 1100 acres of valuable placer ground on grimes and muddy creeks in the boise basin ha expended nearly 50 on ditches and other work preparatory to taking out gold during the next year it is estimated that 25 cents per cubic yard will be taken from the ground after having been silent twelve years the ten stamps in the mill at the old dobinson Ho binson mine at mt pisgah bingham county idaho are again dropping on the gold bearing ore the robinson mine together with several other groups of claims on mt pisgah was included in a giant merger re bently consummated by boston and salt lake people ten of the thirty hot mills of the tin mills at newcastle pa will resume operations january 6 next ten additional mills w re shortly after and it Is expected that the entire plant will be running full forab before the end of the mill said to be the largest tin plant in the world has been idle since july 31 fully a thousand men are affected two thousand one hundred tons ot high fiade ore was sent from the g aund of the famous little florence lease at tr oldfield last week to the globe smelter at denver the entire lot Is worth up ard of and has been under the full glare of elec trie lights and under the ees of halt a dozen guards ever since the man of the lease refused to ship n account of the smelter charges it will be necessary for idaho pros rectors and mining men to comply with the old law regarding assess ment work for 1807 as the bill pro viding tor suspension 0 assessment work for 1907 passed the senate but did not the house and Is not et law fhe directors of the united baates smelting refining mining company declared a quarterly quart eily dividend on de cember 28 on the common stock ot 1 per cent and per cent on the preferred dividend on the coni mon stock three months ago was 1 d 4 per cent the of park city utah shipped 91 tons of ore d the year 1907 yet the new year opens with dreary prospects for the old re liable camp hundreds of men having been laid off at the different proper tits tit s it is believed the close down however Is only temporary rhe last year in goldfield starring strikes smelter holdups and othel causes of cut down in the out put of acid has been by far the most arc ai aroi u 11 the history of the camp the total of the district for 1907 is estimated at 10 with dividends of |