Show MINES AND ANTI III the copper apex is the latest of ta t e city par parl properties to bk be added to the list of shippers the geological survey reports tl e copper output ot of idaho tor for 1906 at 8 pounds about equal to the output of alasi a the independence mines near ketchum et churn idaho have been gathered in by eastern capitalists who promise to put it on a paying basis A seat on the salt lake mining stock exchange sold last week for 2 two years ears ago seats could be bought for from 60 to 75 secretary james wilson of the de apartment part ment of agriculture and a party of federal officials saw the smelters of the washoe company in anaconda last week they will visit forest re serves and irrigation projects in mon alon tana worl on the low a copper company s property at park city la Is again agal A in full swing and good progress is being made shipping ore Is being taken aut right along and stored tor for a ship ment merit which will be made in the near fluture john W smith who brought the first load of freight ever hauled from kelton to hailey halley idaho has returned to hailey halley after ane an absence of 25 years bears during which time he lie has been in many different mining camps and aa a far north as alasi a the zinc industry of utah Is on the increase the new finds of the metal in beaver deaver county long one of the principal sources of this metal in the state ha hase e ad led greatly to the avail able tonnage the only drawback being lad lael of proper smelting facilities the united selling company Is reported to have sold several million pounds of electrolytic copper at 22 cents part of which Is for export it iq 1 claimed that there vill a be no change from a 22 cent a pound rate for elec tro within the next three months the goodenough mine in beal bear creek in idaho since the 1st of june has had a five stamp mill running steadily on a very high grade of ore the mill is located about a quarter of if a mile from the mine and at present has to be handled with pack ani mals requiring 28 horses to do the work at present the ramsey Com comstock tock m mine I 1 ne at ramey nevada is more la in the limelight than any other property because of the nery rich strike on the third level where an ore shoot on the hanging wall side is uncovered that la Is producing specimen ore containing rich sulphides sulp hides together with noth tree free gold and tell urides fire which has been shouldering ing in the depths of the minnie healy mine at butte filled the workings of the test nest colusa calusa mine one of the big copper properties of the amalgamated copper company ath th gas to the ex tent that it became dangerous to per mit miners to orl operations were s is temporarily the tile firm of J P morgan co ie Is now heavily interested in american smelting A close affiliation between the morgans and the G has existed for borne some time in the alaska milling and railroad de dei elopement elop ment corn com pany but this is the first time the morgan firm has become interested iu in the american america smelters there Is a rush on tor for the reveille district in nevada automobiles and rigs were on the go all the day long and the rush has hardly started the location of the strike is given as fit teen miles to the east of the old re mill and the highest assays ob bained from the rock recently dincov ered goes from 1400 1 to 2 some important developments have been made in the carrie leonard mine in the ketchum district of idaho A vein 34 feet thick has been eu countered there is a streak all the way along this new strike from 14 inches to two feet thick that runa runs from to ounces to the ton in silver and from 6 to 21 per cent lead A dispatch from Sand standpoint point idaho says george heaton has filed an at tach ment against the panhandle smelt ing company of ponderay Pon deray for 51 he says this amount is d die ie him tor for money advanced under agreement while he was president of the corn com pany the property involved is corn com posed of acres of land with five mining claims the boston consolidated has issued a complete report to stockholders div ing details as to property ore reserves and values and prospective profits president newhouse gives the actual tonnage of sulphide ore blocked out ont as tons with an average assay value of 2 S 8 per cent copper while m bile es timateo tonnage not developed gates tons additional in the preliminary statement just received from the united states geo logical survey giving the prodie production tion of spelter speller for the past year utah stands well up in the list missouri Is first with a production of loo tons colorado is second with a an n out put of 32 tons new jersey Is third with 11 tons to its credit wiscon biscon sin comes fourth with tons kansas is fifth IN with ith 3 tons and utah is sixth with 2 ton A deal Is pending for tho th sale of the croesus mine at halley idaho for about half a dollars it is be ing negotiated by john condon who holds a bond on tho the property the deal has been delayed by accidents but it ie is likely to ti be closed in a tew lew days leading copper producers sa say that large consumers cannot continue to do business without coming into fie tle metal market they say that 22 cen copper is safe until september and they tear fear a buyers stamped as b i consumers ar an booked with orders tor for six months ahead g L |