| Show MINES HINES AND MINING the production of copper in the united states in 1900 was pounds another strike has been made in the city rod a company a property at alta the new camp of regent 35 miles southeast of fairview nevada Is booming and the mines showing up well wonder and fairview nevada are both on the grow fairview especially being unaffected by the present stock 81 sump imp thomas weir and N J catrow of salt lake have purchased the win amuck mining property at bingha bingham tor for 50 the demand for good minari at sil sli ver ter city baho exceeds the supply 13 t a con I 1 lerable number at least men being needed the nevada works at reno nevada has been burned to the ground defective wiring Is supposed to be the cause loss 0 6 insured operations at the western nevada copper company s dyer mines at yer ington are now being vigorously pushed and with insults bordering on the sensational I 1 cleaver the present superintend ent of the Mc mcfinley hinley group on the upper salmon river idaho has struck a five foot vein of the richest ere cre et seen in the mab inley 1 mine work on the ten stamp mill of the silver peak Val calda gold mining corn com pany Is progressing rapidly and it la Is calculated that it will be in operation by the first of june says the tonopah miner john hays rays hammond the mining engineer of new lork receives a salary aggregating a year which is more money than any other man ever received tor for bis his personal services the selling price of uncle sam consolidated on the salt lake mining exchange was BAN advanced alced 55 on the in other words the stock open ed at 57 cents and sold up to 68 cents during the afternoon the bullock mine at silver utah Is reported to be showing up some very fine ore lore A car Is being loaded for immediate shipment and the int anten en tion of the company Is to make regular shipments from now on good progress Is being m de do in the construction of the copper smelter at san bruno just south of san fran c cisco isco these works will be an import ant factor in mal ing san francisco a metallurgical center the shaft on the White nob copper mine on lost river in idaho Is now down feet and large bodies of ore have been opened A few years ago this mine was worked by john W mackey and others at a loss and work was suspended leasers got hold of the mine and are making it pay transportation conditions are im proving and the mines of the district are now getting ready for the long summer a cam campaign laign of 1 eavy production of which they are capable D iring the pat weel wee 3 carloads of ore were sent out to the vano vario it th smelting works with which the ship pers have contracts ohp cliff mining company which now owns and operates the tamo famo is old B eckhorn and a large number of ad act jo 0 o ning p bertles in the camp of ophir south of stockton is now down to real bu bubness bul iness ness underground Under gro md condl eions are splendid it Is estimated that there Is now blochl ed 0 it not lebs less than four years reserves ot of oie ole fig aring the output at tons a day A new coal pro which I 1 ron ro n aises to develop into another good pro ducer la Is being developed in coal creek canyon washington co anty utah A well mell brhen tunnel has beai sunk into nto the side of the mountain a d stance of feet and a fine vein of coal has been encountered it is reported that a railroad exten sion alon is to be made from moaga moapa ise ne ida to the intersection of the grand gulch wagon road from the grand gulch mine in arizona which will piove giove a great boon to this mine As a result of the settlement ef fectea between the mine owners and the miners the mines of goldfield were thrown open at 3 0 clock on the afternoon of the and the lockout of the past seven weeks came to an end state auditor bragaw of idaho has incorporated a group of claims in the coeur dalene district which it is ex pecked will become copper producers all the stock has been subscribed and work will be pushed as rapidly as pos sibly the big baldy baidy mining milling property on crooked creek about 10 miles southeast of buffalo hump 1 I to be thoroughly exploited during the coming season ahe I 1 he proposition con fists of 22 claims and feet of tun nel work has been done the production of refined lead in 1906 was short tons this re port Is based upon returns received from all of the refiners with the ex caption of one small concern whose production Is estimated on the basis of its known receipts of ore |
