Show 7 A l' l i 1 i f MINES AND MINING The heaviest land blast ever set oft od Jn In n the United d States recently released more re than tons 9 of cf cement rock and nd d limestone at Bath Dath Me re A million cubic yards of ot excavation Ia Is equivalent to a cube having sides aides yards long or to a b bauk bau of ot earth eartha a yard square and miles long Shipments of ot ore from the Peacock mine at Ogemaw Id Idaho ho commenced last Jut week and will continue now DOW during dur duro lug ing tho the season via and CounciL CounciL Coun- Coun ciL At a cost to mine owners of ot about a school for tor the education of mine rescuers has been established at Atherton in the Lancashire district dEs dis Three hundred men arc are working on the new smelter seeking to place the smelter in fn shape for tor blowing blow blow- lag ing In by tho the first of the coming month After an Idle period stretching over ove sixty days or so the Ingot Gold Mines company is making preparations to re- re re- re sumo operations on its property a at Mercur During the week Just closed a total tola of ot shares of ot stock with a selling sell seU- ing lug value of ot changed on the Salt Lake Mining exchange ex ex- ex ch change ng V VRoy Roy Boggs Bogga of Baker Daker City superintendent of ot the old Peacock mine near Council Idaho has recently employed employee an additional force torce of men and loads of ore are being hauled to Council Counci twice a week The Silver company's s big mill at Blair Nev is grinding ou out gold bullion at the rate of ot a month and a clean profit of per month from the operation of ot mine and mill is being made It has already been demonstrated demonstrate that Payette Idaho Is in a gas beland belt bel and it seems more than probable that tha oil in abundance will be found in the well that Is being drilled here when greater d depth has been attained Australia has a complete perfect petrified forest Apparently in some remote age while the trees were in In- full tull vegetation an upheaval of nature burled buried them In sand which turned them to stone in the years that fol tol- lowed There is an inclination In western circles circles- to anticipate lower coppe prices before the end of ot the present presen year some expecting the red metal to drop below 12 cents even to 11 cents per pound The statistical position o ot of copper however appears to be strong The Consolidated Mercur Gola Gold Mines company at Mercur Utah Isnow is isnow now producing from to in bullion per month but owing to the large expenditures each month and the narrow margin of ot profit In treating low grade gold ores profits do not pile up as quickly as one would think For the first time this year the production production production pro pro- of copper In Arizona In June exceeded last years year's figures amountIng amountIng amount amount- Ing to pounds as compared with pounds last year Utah also comes forward with new high figures of pounds pounds' as against about pounds for tor June a year ago The Shoshone Montgomery company is making between and per month the mill being fed on ore coming from the foot level Work Is going forward towards the ore on the foot level and the station is already cut on the level DriftIng Drift Drift- Ing lug will be started at once on the I for or the ore had above The plant of qt the Algoma Steel company com corn pany pan a a. subsidiary of the Lake SuperIor Superior Su Su- Su- Su perlor corporation was shut down last week without previous announcement The officials refuse to give any reason for tor closing Hard times In Canadian steel circles circles caused the plant to close closet t once nce before this year More than 1000 men are thrown out of work Red Butte Dutte the new Humboldt county county county coun coun- ty Nevada camp which is rich In Ingold Ingold Ingold gold silver and copper and has a future of ot brightest promise enjoys enjo's the tho distinction and advantage of two charming ladles having entered the field of tf promotion In Ia In its behalf They are Mrs Kate Anderson Bridewell-Anderson and Mrs Christine EJelly of Oakland H. 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H Rogers at a meeting of ot tho Amalgamated Copper company declared declared de do elated that people generally were tak tak- tak ng a more hopeful view of at the situa- situa lon Uon Tho danger point has been passed and people are more Inclined toward oward optimism That there has been Improvement In business Is evl dent lent but the recovery to normal conditions con con- will be slow Information has reached Boise Dolse from froma troma a reliable source that the famous Gold Hill and Iowa mines at Quartz Quartz- I I burg are to bo be reopened and an extensive ex ex- I campaign of ot new development undertaken The output of ot the property property prop prop- property erty Is authentically reported at 3 3 In almost the geographical center of Texas Is s a a n. remarkable mound known as us Baringer hill from which are obtained more moro than a dozen kinds of rare earth metal minerals IncludIng lag Ing ng some needed In electric lights the supply of or which is growing exceedingly exceeding exceeding- ly y scarce The new townsite of ot Mason City Nevada has all nil been surveyed plat pint ted cd and cleared but no effort is being made to sell lots In it ft Recently ground was vas broken for tor a new hotel building and this will be completed and nd opened to tho the public Just as ns soon as possible Silver is today selling Belling at 53 53 cents an ounce comparing with tho the recent low point of ot 62 sa cents There Isan Isan is isan an round all improvement in both price and demand and the future seems Beems bright says the bullion man manager manager ager er of one of the largest concerns In Is New I ew York T i o L f |