Show MINES AND MINING the dewey mine and mill has been closed down for the season only a watchman being left at the noted thunder mountain property the oil excitement at pay palette ette idaho is unabated and the pro u expect confidently to find not only oil but gas in paying quantities th ehg tre treasury department on october 28 purchased ounces ot of silver at 60 cents per fine ounce to be delivered at new orleans and ounces in san 11 14 fancisco ran cisco edwin P ryan who has achieved remarkable results at Guanaj auto mexico was graduated from the mex lean ican college of mines only seven years ago he has introduced the cyanide process in silver reduction the opinion is growing among the people and mining men particularly who hav hae e stud ed the ground that the country surrounding weiser idaho on ort the north is a vast mineral belt recent discoveries strengthening that belief notices posted about the calumet and beela copper mine works an bounce a reduction of wages on de do cember 1 ot of 12 per cent equal to the increase granted early in the year the reduction at af facts 2 men regardless b of the tact fact that the bl big copper companies of ely naiada have put into effect their policy of discharging foreign laborers and mak ing this strictly aa an american camp there is a general shortage of first class labor in ely J robinson the indiana and ohio oil field man urges all utah and other operators in the virgin field to whoop things up as he Is certain that the awill have a strong and ready market for every drop of oil they can produce without a wait the production of gold in the united states during 1906 was 4 fine ounces of a value of 94 the silver production amounted to 56 fine ounces of a comi commercial percial value of 38 28 the production ot these metals for the preceding pie ceding eding year was 88 gold and 34 silver that the usual dividends of the may day and uncle sam consolidated companies will be posted this month was the poli positive tive assertion of the man argement of both corporations last week both properties are shipping snipping regularly and both have treasuries that can meet the payments without feeling it at all the mines and leases of goldfield have added 10 in gold to the wealth of the world during the year ear andin ending october I 1 and have paid in profits profit and dividend divi denda 1 the production includes the richest single carload of ore ever shipped from a mine shipment brought on the market 11 the smelters of the salt lake val ley hereafter will will be forced to do all their own swit elfing if it the order pro mul gated last week by the railroad companies should stand I 1 the he corn com banies are of the opinion that when they have delivered the cars into the smelter yards they have done all that could be demanded from them secretary taft rode to the ameri amerl can mine east cast of bagnio baguio P I 1 one day last week over a precipitous mountain trail which drops 2 feet within a distance of tour four miles he inspected the clarke mine and mill and the laffan mill addressing the american miners he said he hoped to secure needful reforms in the mining laws the directors of the united states steel corporation lat week declared the regular quarterly dividends of 1 per cent on the preferred stock and one half of 1 per cent on the corn com mon nion the earnings for the three months ended september 30 were 43 an increase of 5 as compared with the same ame quarter last year the news comes from cananea cananda mexico that the greene cananea cananda copper company has determined upon a complete shutdown of its mines concentrator and smelter at cananea cananda this action will mean the closing down of all but one or two others ot the fourteen operating properties in that district ON er 3 men will be thrown out of employment it is considered likely that in view of the present adverse money market conditions that a reduction may be made in the next quarterly dividend of butte coalition although the corn com pany parly has enough money in its treas ury to make the payment recent buying of the stock has been tor for strong account and the books snow the shares more widely scattered than ever before the report that the nevada consoli dated copper mine has closed down is officially denied it is still in full op bation the development work how ever has been u bo far advanced it 19 stated officially that there is now 25 tons of ore in sight ready to be mined the shaft is comp completed letea and the mine is ready to ship ore to its concentrating plant as soon as its the plants are ready fifty men are employed at the lin coin coln mine at pearl idaho and ship ments of concentrates to salt lake smelters are constantly being made none of the ore is treated at the mine other than to crush and pan it over the wilfley tables the shaft is down 40 44 feet and the principal workings are on that level nevada Is making an effort to se cure the next sess on of the amert amerl can mining congress and at joplin in the coming annual meeting of the congress he the sagebrush bage brush state will fare rave plenty ot of depre es on hand to urge I 1 dorward orwal d I 1 ei aiala a la claim to the hono |