Show MINES AND MINING idaho u ore tonnage for the year will reach 1 gross tons and the val e of the product is esti mated at in the production of aus aralia gold represents 94 per cent ahe east Coo lardie field yields 66 per cent of the commonwealth s gold the thunder mountain district of idaho of which little has been heard tor some time appears to have come to life agian and is sending out re lorts of rich strikes being made nearly the entire gold output of south balota comes aiom lawrence county the homestake Home stake mine one of the ft orid s moat profitable low grade ore mines is situated driving five feet coir and one quarter inches of complete six foot tunnel in an hour and a half is the record made at boulder colo a few u ago by the karns there were 2 men employed in the coal mines of utah during 1908 a decrease of 98 over last year the average amo mt of coal produced to each man employed was tons A total of pounds of explosives was used this year some sensationally rich gold ire from the north mountain mining corn pany whose property pio perty Is located at cherry creek nevada was being ex in salt lake city last week the samples shows the presence of ore at the rate of 1000 a ton mileage amounting to 11 will be paid to three witnesses who came tc boston from valdez alaska and coma wash to testify in the tria of henry D re of the reynolds alasi a development company OB charges of fraud one of the greatest needs la con with our mining laws is the establishing at the different mining camps whether coal or metal of a class or school for the practice dem on of first aid to the injured says coal mine inspector petit in his annual report to governor cutler of utah the mines of nevada produced in 1907 gold silver copper lead and zinc to a total value of 17 according to a report by charles G yale lust issued by the united states geological survey as part of an ad vance chapter from mineral resource es of the united states calendar ear 1907 W L hobbs and J heenan of alverton Bl verton wyo have leased from the arapahoe indians living in the wind I 1 iver reservation 4 acres of land believed to be val able tor the man eral deposits it contains the lease provides that a royalty of 8 per cent ie paid the indians on all ore taken from the lands i the net profits of the homestake Home stake gold mine of south dakota for the fast twelve months are cording to reports given forth by the argest shareholder in that property for current ear this property has milled 1 tons of ore net profits are running at abo it 83 cents for each ton of ore treated there were 1844 tons of at mined in the state of utah th s year this Is a decrease of tons or 6 2 per cent over 1907 there were tons of coke produced a decrease ot over list year the adro carbons mined this year amo 0 o tons worth 32 rhe international consolidated oil company has drilled nine wells in the spring valley oil district in wyo ming and are to drill eleven more ae fast as the work can be done the company s pipe line 13 in operation and oil Is being delivered to the re finery at spring valley station at the rate of twenty five barrels a day when the new ore rates mines along the tonopah lide vater railroad to needles go into et feet on january they are expect ed to mal e valuable many tons A low grade ore which are now lying en the dumps and in addition they will make profitable the operation of many mines producing low grade ore the quantity of copper given as the output of the mines of the united states in 1907 based on reports col lecter by field agents of the geology cal survey from all mining companies in the country which prod iced copper during the was pounds a quantity 2 5 per cent less than the product of the smelters for the same period for the first time since its organ atlon the american smelting re fining company is confronted with ohp problem of competing with what will be a very formidable rival hayg I 1 the wall street journal speaking of the advent to the field of the cole ran combinations inter rational smelting refining corn I 1 any which is b gilld ng its first great 1 bant near salt lake city the total of gold and silver in the united states in 1907 according to figures p by the united states geological a the result of conference and adjust ment between that bureau and the burea i of the mint was valued at in copper mining onh a few aus gralian properties are making dial ends the high cost of fiel scare ty of water and high rates for mineral traffic m against a number ot copper mines that pa d fairly well dur ing the short stage of high i priced cop per in the new smelter which has been anticipated by the leahl smelting company is nov in tre process of construct on its property in the spring rno intrain mining d strict in idaho it is situated at the head of birch creek and the I 1 eahl river on the western side of the divide nat boas a well I 1 brol er of an francisco has received an abony letter threatening unless the price of rawhide coal tion mining stock which was smashed last week ly a ned coterie of new york shorts assisted by local men was re stored to its former level of 1 50 perhaps the largest producing prop erty in the stanley basin of idaho is the valley creel mine owned by people it has a 20 stamp aill on the property the ore Is gold and runs 12 on the average to the ton the mine has a very large ledge of ore and now employs twenty men |