Show MINES AND MINING during july the net earnings of tho the yampa at bingham amounted to close to from a fraction over thirtyfour thirty tour four tons of ore the cedar mining compan jr oft milford utah last weel pulled down a check for 2 49 or about 61 50 a ton ore that iq 1 halt copper the larger portion of which is the native metal Is the grade of rock being taken from the weimer copper properties in idaho these days the initial carload of ore from the mazuma hills comp company anys s property at seven troughs nev reached salt lake last week the settlements show ing that the gold contents of the ship ment was 23 ounces or a ton men who are yell ell posted on oil in dictations pronounce the oil indica eions in the escalante valley of utan as second only to those about virgin and predict that the escalante valley will soon be covered with oil olf rigs since the discovery of oil at the base of peavine leavine mountain about three miles north of reno nevada there hag been a great rush to that vicinity to locate claims in fn the adjoining acreage valere the same good formation exists the most menacing outlook for the mining industry of the state and in irk tact fact to every other industry is the prospect of a coal famine this fall and winter that will make the famine of last winter winter seem like a feast by comparison the oil excitement in southern utah ca continues unabated the whole of the country to the south west and north of st george Is being located many regions to the west and north are found where the oil is seeping to the surface what Is expected to be a rich strike in copper gold ore has been found at theMen dha mine at ely nevada the mine Is a silver lead proposition but the recent strike which Is expect ed to develop into great importance Is of copper gold occur at a number of 0 places in idaho but only within the last two or three ears have any 0 of these beds been extensively mined mine d the total production foi fog the state in 1906 amounted to 5 short tons havinga spot value of 16 it Is 1 announced that the erection of a 2 ton concentrating plant by the federal mining smelting corn com pany at a cost of has been decided on the plant to be located at the junction of the north and south forks of the coeur d alene river the force of miners at the grass creek mines near Co alville Is to br be doubled nineteen miners are now at work and the pur purpose lose is to make the force forty in number so that the pro of the mine will be in the neighborhood of tons a day the mines of the coeur d abenes have paid out in dividends since the beginning begir inIng of this year the sum of 3 BOO making a grand total of 30 the buni er hill and sulli van has paid more in dividends than any other mine in the district considerable excitement prevails at american fork utah over the report that the operators of the silver kin king mine are now taking out ore which will net in the neighborhood of 2000 2 a ton in molybdenum the copper king Is located near the head of deer creek and is owned by a local corn com pany pane the birch creek district was on one 0 of idaho s important lead producer producers be fore the coeur d alene alerie lead mines were discovered it lies iles 40 to 85 miles from railroad transportation the most convenient shipping point being dubois a station on lie mon tana daymon of the short line rail way the edamont milling company Is de ve loping a group of claims near bon ners ferry idaho they are expend ing considerable money and are get ting good returns the management recently had several smelter tests made at sandpoint standpoint Sand point and the values were shown to range from 26 to aa 6 per ton in gold niver liver and lead the sale of the big four to denver capitalists for has caused a i ripple of excitement to flow across the camp of aura aum nevada coupled with i the reported bonding of the tic dic C bland tor for 60 the columbia for 40 the california for 75 the I 1 big luck for 20 the mining sit nation in this district Is indeed aiom r ising f the washington county pioneer oil company of salt lake city was organ j iced last week with a capital ot of its object is to develop blaer bater mining claims in the virgin city oil region this is the first utah corn com i pany to enter the virgin river fields rigs have been ordered and the work of drilling a well will begin in a few days the directors of the midnight bell recently visited ther property cocat 1 ed above alpine and after a most 0 t li decad thorough investigation they decided ed to continue work on the which they are sinking slaking from the north end of the main tunnel this tunnel Is about feet in the hill and the wine which they propose to continue work on is now down a depth of twenty five feet according to received from landore another copper strike has been made in the seven devils dis brict of idaho at last accounts about five live feet of ore was exposed some of which runs better than 10 per cent in copper and more than 15 in gold tu the ton work upon the deep diala ami and working tunnel of the success min ing company of D ick ik creek has been stalled within fithia feet from the mouth of the tunnel it ib is expected to be in lead silver ores as the surface indication are an index to such de velon ment A u u |