Show MINES AND MINING the sublease sub leasers rs on the dewey property at pearl idaho have begun hauling a hundred tons of mill run to the easter company a mill the iron dollar leasers at pearl idaho have struck a body of high grade shipping ore in their drifts and have started an upraise to begin eastern advices state that the directors of the utah copper corn com pany are expected to meet soon and post the initial dividend and it Is sald the first installment of profits will amount to 50 cents per share that there is a gradual increase in the opinions expressed by the dents of the various subsidiary corn com progress pi ogress in all lines of business was I 1 canles antes of the united states steel cor po horation por atlon ration at a meeting held in new york on july 23 N T berkley who has recently leased the old gold hill mine in the granite district of oregon has a force at work putting the property in shape tor for operations this mine was one of the leading producers of tor for mer years having made an excellent showing tor for the crude manner in which it was worked at a depth of feet in the north drift from the lower and approximately under the crest of the big hill bill that comprises the estate of the mazuma hills mining company at seven troughs the greatest ore dis covery in the history of the mine according to the management was made a few days ago one of the most promising gold properties in the vicinity of battle mountain is the nevada hill top group of claims located in the pitts burg mining district about seven teen miles southeast of battle mabun tain the hill top Is said to have 0 one ne of the best surface showings of any property in the al district strict in 1907 the united states produced 23 tons of asphalt valued at 2 against imports at orf tons valued at four years ago the total production and imbor nations of the united states amount ed to but tons in 1907 the total of production and imports amounted to tons the tonnage tor for the week shows an increase as well as the gross value over last week and it looks as though it would remain above the nark n ark for a long time to come at least until the mills of the consol and florence are in operation when the present weekly production will be doubled says the goldfield tribune the management of the utah mine at fish springs has just shipped to the mine a sixty horsepower gasoline engine added to the power already employed at the property this engine will more than double the available horsepower and permit of the use of more machine drills la in the mine and the better handling of the ore and waste aste through the operating shaft the first shipment of blister cop per from the plant of the steptoe valley smelting mining company has been delivered to the railroad and will go out on the next freight train rain L says the ely expositor the three converters are all ready for service and have been tried with success in making a product that carries less than I 1 per cent of im purifies puri ties I 1 E W dark clark the prominent mining engineer who has been making an ex amin atlon of the pioche mining dis brict of nevada tor for several weeks has finished his work it Is rumored that mr air dark clark was at pioche in the mr air dark clark was at pioche in the in interests of senator W A dark clark of montana for the purpose of canvass ing the situation regarding the ad vis visibility ability ot of smelter installation there the lost packer mine in idaho Is so situated that the smelter can be operated only a portion of the year and distance from the railroad makes imperative that each lick shall count the smelter has been in operation now for several weeks and engaged in haul ng up coke and general sup plies and bringing down copper matte are horses and a small army of men the rain bow mine near hunting ton ore is turning out more gold than ever before averaging from to 1000 per day on connor creek and down snake river quite a number of placer mines are being worked and are averaging up pretty well in the western part of mesa and grand counties colorado and uintah county utah are located enormous deposits of gilsonite which has en abbed the general asphalt company of 0 philadelphia to do a business ot 15 during the past fisca year the nevada hills mining company I 1 1 as received the settlements tor for two ane carloads of ore one car aver aged 2 57 ounces gold and ounce ounces silver to the ton the company Is not trying to do very much in the wa of shipments owing to the low price of silver the june production of the utah copper company as reported on the boston end of the line was 4 pounds breaking all previous high records the output in may was mas 4 3 1 0 39 pounds that of april was wa 3 2 pounds and that of march 3 pounds the consolidated and jumbo ex tension have agreed on terms of set between the two companies c concerning 0 the gold wedge claim at gold goldfield it eld this releases 60 in dividend money of the mohawk jumbo leasing company which Is held in salt lake take city |