Show RC R C paw t t t t MINES AND MINING the little beaver company started ts mill to grinding out gold b illion at its mine in beaver county on monday morning the amount ot business done on the salt lake mining block exchange during the month ot april was a lit lie over one million dollars 2 shares of stock changing hands the long task ot draining the on tarlo mine at park ty is the end and it Is expected that it will be only a short time now until the aen aie exploring the 1 level at the annual meeting held last week at butte ot the boston mon tana consolidated copper S iver mining company stockholders the old board ot directors was again chosen during the month ot april the ore and bullion settlements in the salt lake market as reported by nick co amounted to 1284 which Is about 17 more than the record for march A 10 token issued by the cinca nati mining company in 1849 was sold at auction in london last week and purchased for an american at 2175 there Is only one other lar token extant wagons are now being taken through the snow right into the town of alta according to the latest re ports from that camp ahe snow la disappearing more rapidly this spring than for many seasons past after more than a year ol 01 difficult ties at the mine and mill of the con soli dated mere ir company at mer cur utah the company la now pound ing away to splendid purpose dur ing march the output of gold bullion was valued at 77 leading authorities assert that the consumption of copper in this country has increased from 15 pounds per month last october or november to 30 00 pounds A normal month ly consumption in prosperous times Is from to the senate committee on mines and mining has reported favorably the bill to endow schools of mines on departments of mining in sute edu cat lonal institutions the bill is similar to the one reported favorably arora the house mining committee orders were placed last week tor a car of lumber and mining timber in the northwest by the seven troughs eclipse mining company this Is the second step taken by this seven troughs company beginning the plan of driving a new shaft to depths A series of big discoveries on the snow squall claims belonging to 1 H williams and frank crumpacker has suddenly turned the attention of the seven troughs district to victor canyon between burnt canyon and farrell at the north end of the dis brict two feet of 50 ore has been encountered S S Rosen stamm who Is associate ed in business with adolph leals sohn says that in his opinion the time for low priced copper has gone by the improvements that are un der contemplation by the pennsylva nia and other railway systems can not but help improve the copper situ atlon he says A boston dispatch says the reasons for the recent break in montgomery shoshone stock Is the tact that devel of the last six months have been disappointing and the reports show that much of the ore is below commercial value that the mine s future will depend largely upon tu ture development the production of copper for april in the butte district Is estimated in icess of 25 pounds north s share was 3 pounds dutte coalition produced from the mine alone 2 ana conda s production is in excess of 7 pounds and boston montana nearly 8 pounds the news comes from butte that order have been issued to nearly all shift bosses of amalgamated and pre to north butte and butte coalition to mine less first class ore in some mines the miners have been taken off first class entirely the presumption is that the companie and they can make money under pres ent economies on lower grade ore A well known utah mining opera tor speaking of the confidence he has in the future of rawhide nevada says he haa recently expended 30 in cash in the camp both in the ac and development of proper brict t es within the boundaries of the dis the new m ning camp ot bull val ley in southern utah is thirty five miles from acoma on the salt lake route and about the same distance from st george the ore bodies are from three to four feet in thickness and assays of gold to the ton are not uncommon results the arst cleanup at the celtic mill at boise are highly satisfactory to the management chis cleanup was made on monday ot last week after 75 tons of ore were put through A total of in gold was secured an average of a little more than U a ton the latest discovery of importance in the gold circle district is the and in lease no 20 on the gold crown group of fourteen inches of ore which will average 1 to the ton in gold and silver this lease prom aises to become one of the big show places of the gold circle district another spectacular leasing apropo bitica at goldfield the little florence jas reached the end of its active life the company was in operation less than days yet it has paid out the aum of in the shape of divi bends and is now tied up in the treasury on account of litigation manager heintz of the united states smelting company reports that rapid headway is being made in the changes that are planned before the lead smelting plant of the company goes into commission again but that it will be close to the first of july be tore tiey are ready to begin the treat ment of ore the park virg n mine ot park city commenced work on the of may with a force of twenty five men ahls property was lately incorporated and has the best of bac ting which insured the pushing of the work as fast as possible |