Show MINES AND MINING the tonopah mining s an nua statement just issued chos net earnings of nearly or bear it is expected that within the next aft w beeks at least tv 0 of the virg a vaclev oil wells will demonstrate whether the irgin valley ts to he a large prod icer or i model ate one john D ryan president of the in smelting refining tom and garaging ma raging director ot ofle amalgamated copper company has le turned to butte and expects to re main in montana som time the marigold lease on the raw hide coalition estate at rawhide evada is now halbing ore from the new chute on the level the high g ade streak on the hanging wa 1 dainta ns an average width of ten inches copper production at the steptoe smelter for the month of march was somewhat in excess of 4 po ads the promise of a 50 per cent increase over february production was f with a handsome margin to spare the boston consol dated owns forty nine acres of impregnated mon carrying 15 per cent copper from which an estimated prod act on ot 56 tons of ore can de rived in addition to this there are acres of 1 per cent ore the hughes construction company of denver has been awarded the con tract for the carpenter work and the erection of the machinery in the fourth unit of the steptoe concen the time allowed for the corn 0 the work Is 90 days john gillie superintendent of the amalgamated copper mines is firm in his statement that north butte is in excellent condition and he its that the mine la on the wane he maintains that on the 1 toot level the value of the ore is growing bet ter an active season is pred acted for the m ning camps of the balse basil the miners 0 the district report un usual activity at the various camps due partially to a reported rich strike by the jupiter gold mining company develop ng the N chols claim sit bated about seven miles southwest of idaho city the jumbo plaster company of si gurd utah located near richfield has its new eighty ton mill ng plant in successful operation and is now confronted with the necessity of en barging this plant in the near future the company owns a good share of the great gypsum deposits in that re gion that copper has every project prope ct of opening a mine that will compare favorably with the big ones of the yerington district Is indicated bv the tact that the drift on the foot level has been extended abc t 70 feet westward with a full face of IS per cent copper ore the entire dis tance the rye atch consolidated M ning company recently organized to take over and operate the b ivec bell and the alpha mines at rye patch hum bolt county nevada has just received a deport from its expert which would indicate the possibility of the restora tion ot these old producers to their former fame colonel E A wall and reuben may are promoting the establishment of a plant for the production of steel castings in salt lake state that their aim will be to make the concern mod ern m every particular the ma chinery to be installed will be of the latest model and scrap and pig iron will be the material utilized work of removing ore from the fa new in the combination no 1 at goldfield was resumed last week only one shift being employed the stuff Is being taken only from the fifth level or feet the rock runs from 00 to 1000 a ton goll and within five or six hours values to the extent of 22 can be taken out both the nevada consolidated and cumberland ely have demonstrated that they can produce and lay copper down in new york including every possible charge at 8 cents per pound thereby placing these companies in the front rank of the low cost producers one who is in thorough touch with united states smelting affairs says the differences of opinion between R D evans and his directors have at last been adjusted but only through the purchase of mr evans stock and his elimination from the company equipped with plans for extensive development of the abbes tos depos ts on casper mountain wyoming beneral man ager of the north american asbestos company landed in casper last week the company will at once begin de starlight no 4 ground at pioneer a few miles south of goldfield nev has loomed up with a bis strike that Is making people s t up and take no tice bannings Pann ings on the ledge where the strike has been made for a dis tance of feet give values of from aa to 60 a ton with lead and silver bringing higher prices and the market foi all of the metals apparently in strong condition owners of a number of utah mines are preparing for more exten sive development and increased pro regardless ot the slump on the stock market encountering a seam of ore which gives assay returns of 93 per cent lead and ounces in silver has given added encouragement to the management of the decker canyon mining company operating in ameri can fork canyon the drift is head ed for the big vein the march official report of the consolidated mines the biggest in nevada shows that the total number of tons treated was 19 14 the net profits of the company for march were a total equaled by no other mm ng corporation of its kind in the entire world it Is estimated that the mines ol 01 goldfield during the first fifteen days of april produced ore at the rate ot 64 per day this Is at the rate of 2 a month or 24 a year the claim is made and ap parent ly well substantiated that this rats will be steadily increased |