Show MINES AND MINING the present rate of output ot of gold field mines Is very close closet to 1000 1 per month and each week is showing 4 gratifying increase from the present outlook pearl idaho will have a prop prosperous erous year in the mining industry with companies preparing to start operations and the leases that are working prospectors on the easter mining company s claim at pearl idaho a few days ago discovered ore that as sayed per ton and will concen colleen to an 84 product A wage scale operative until march 31 1909 affecting about 40 oper atiles in the pittsburg district was signed last week the agreement is the same one in force two years ago A map of the mining district of park city utah Is being prepared by child cole co salt lake brokers which will be eagerly sought tor for by mining men owing to its accuracy and corn com eness the news comes from seven troughs nevada that with every round of shots the conditions on the tho harris lease of the seven troughs florence mining company are im proving our revised statistics show that he fhe production of copper in the unit ed state states in 1907 was pounds against pounds in 1906 says the engineering and min ing journal shipments from the bull valley dis brict in utah are to begin at once up to to the present time the locators have hav simply sacked their ore and left it on the ground but now they are going to throw it on the market at the bear top mine in the coeur c d aiknes at a depth of 1000 1 feet in a 1600 1 tunnel four feet of solid galena has been followed for thirty five feet and every toots foots advance shows that the shoot is growing larger and richel A syndicate composed of jesse knight and associates has bought a controlling block of stock in the old emma mine at alta associated with them will be the stock stockholders holden who have been developing the mine since last august the goldfield news shows that dur ing the week ending may 15 the camp produced 2072 2 tons of ore valued at 43 for the week ending may 22 the mines of the district produced 2 tons of ore the value of which was as the cumberland ely property in the ely nevada camp has been under de elopement elop ment a little over a year and a naif and in that time its veteran ore body has been opened and 3 tons ot of ore placed in sight that will average 3 per cent the discovery of an old mexican mine near florence nevada recently Is another evidence of the richness of that district there are forty two inches of ore in place at the end of a foot tunnel estimated from pan aings to be worth at least 60 per ton immense bodies of fluxing ores just the kind to mix with the silica rock from the goldfield district are lying almost dormant in the districts of palmetto and sylvania awaiting only cheap transportation to give the section a first position by leaps and bounds says the goldfield tribune at wardner idaho the recent open ing trig of the last chance mine has put new life into the camp and the fa wardner lode has been doing som remarkably interesting stunts in the way of new ore development dur ing the past few months that puts the stamp of permanency on the coeur d abenes the officials of the united states smelting refining ning and mining corn com pany were made glad last week by the receipt of the first carload of structural steel for the new roasters the company has ordered about pounds of this steel and the first re calved Is that which goes into the foundation for the past quarter of a century butte has supplied 25 per cent of the v orld s copper and whether or not its values are inexhaustible it is demon right now that the old relia ble camp is just as rich is as ever and Is prod icing ore in a way that must be gratifying to those who have banked their all on that camp several hundred Pitts burgers are stockholders of the amador consoli dated mining and development corn com pany whose property in montana has proven worthless the stock was widely boomed and two experts were sent to montana to make a thorough examination of the property a favor able report being received the first stamps were dropped in the seven troughs district on may 27 when hen the kindergarten mill at seven troughs and the mazuma hills mil at mazuma started a battery of five stamps each running the trial in each case was highly satisfactory and as a result both mills will be running aa as soon as a few alterations can be made new machinery has recently been installed at the indian queen mine in beaver county and from now on splendid progress can be expected in driving the tunnel to the logical point to find the real resources of the mine the tunnel is now in a distance ol 01 over feet the mining camp of round moun tain nev has a dividend payer the 1 aund mountain mining company last week having posted its first quarterly dividend the company will pay 4 rents a share or 40 the earn ings for the month of may are said to be 50 A leasing company Is making good progress on a toot foot tunnel on the lucky ridge ground at pearl idaho to strike the lone star ledge which averages six feet in width with an average of 22 a ton the iron dol lar leasers are in feet with their cross cut tunnel |