Show S A N 1 ff MINING f N I 1 N G at ayde yde i am 0 10 1 miles f ro kingstro i Is located the largest r I 1 in ne in ta tie e orm orld tae pied let Is mostly it aber mica with some silv amber ambor tl e I 1 q alita alit mined ahe annual report of the ua ed mercur gol goll 1 mines company does not make tle tl e showing blat tl at i t el arts havo done tho the ih it holds 0 it a good deal of pion ae tor ter ti tip P e i to come it is rei rel oi cited ted tl ti at some u of the I 1 loci ocl noa being encountered in the catlin mines at siber bow nevada is liter illy plastered with ith leaf fiher and the rod Is all being abiol en and sad ed to shipment just as it comes the sudden drop in the price of cop cor pei per and the present uncertain level lei el of the leu metal have undoubtedly had a depressing effect upon many pro duars of the metal whose are eire still in the development stage J 11 bar dart e of bancroft banci oft idaho has closed a deal by watch hia his asplend d lead silver gold property the lead cen ter located in the caribou forest re serve six miles south of soda springs will pass into the hands of a close con corl oration the most sensational il strike of cop per ore 01 e e ever eer er made in the camp of nevada has mst just been re corded in the property pio perty of the mason valley company A is now bo be ing s ink on a body of blace oxide ore that averages 55 per cent copper another oil strike has been made in the utah fields this time at fillmore in the I 1 billmore field the oil is largely mixed with rith gas at cedar cit wells are being bored but gas has been obtained although altho agh there aie ate large quantities of it and strong press ire while prospecting in the wilds of the panamint near gap neva da scotty s country ralph beame a half brothel brother of tae poet prospector eddy recently found a blowout wl ich lioves to be probably one of the rich est strikes made this past mummer summer during the recent strike of machin ests in butte every man amplo employed by the butte new york remained at his post this was due to the tact fact that all the men emp employed loed are stockholders in the company having made ther their purchases with parts of their wages nages an amalgamated it d rector says practically no copper is being sold and if the first reduction to about half our nor normal mal capacity is not enough ne e will order a further reduction we are hopeful of a change in the tion the case of utah colorado mines curtailment has been forced for iaci of fuel the fundicion Fun Furi dicion smelter in sonora mexico N will III be ready tor for b iciness by october 1 with the first unit of thi this S smelter in operation the company will thoat tons of ore a day at the maximum cost of 12 a ton or for 75 tons a year the ore Is van valt ed at 3 40 per ton in copper gold and silver work was started recently on the new building of the hanson ranson consola dated sliver silver mines at port arthur canada which Is to contain 30 addi lional stamps bringing the to tal of the mill up to 50 stamps it Is the announced purpose of the manage meat ment to keep adding stamps until are in operation in the property of the utah yering ton company which Is located east of the mason valle mines the workmen are now opening up a five foot ledge that Is different from those being de eloped by most of the yerington corn com parties in ili the character of its ore as t carries well in lead and silver in addition to copper and gold |