Show MINES AND MINING A statement of 0 the copper production during the past two years by states shows utah to be fourth the cherry creek nevada district Is an active center just now and la 13 giving forth some fine results one hundred tons of copper per day is the present rate of 0 production ct rf the garfield smelter ot of the amerl can securities company the sale of a seat on the new york stock exchange for 79 a an in crease of 1000 1 over the last previous sale was announced on july 30 beaver deaver county mines seem to be passing through a period of renewed activity according to recent visitors from the southern copper camps the fourth blast furnace of the united states smelting refining and mining company s plant at bingham junction was blown in on saturday while nothing of an official nature has been given out there is a well defined rumor to the effect that F au an gustus heinze Is no longer interested in ohio copper another utah mine added its name to the list of utah dividend payers last week when the utah copper company posted its initial quarterly dividend of fifty cents per share A bump occurred in no 2 mine coal creek B C on july 31 and as a result re su twenty y three th r e e offa miners e r s were we r e led ento entombed m b all 1 m means e a n s of e escape s e ape a appeared p to be cut oft off but after hard work twenty of the men were rescued the home of george banks a ne gro miner in emsley ala was dyna cited last week governor comer 41 has announced that he intends re in la the district until all andl of trouble have been removed the smelter production of copper in the united states in 1907 as fig ared by the united states geological survey was pounds this la is a decrease of 48 pounds or 5 6 per cent from the record figures of 1906 the management of the Colum columbus bug consolidated company at alta has found out from what point the recent floods of water came as a great cave has been found in the southwest dritt drift about 1000 feet from the shaft on the toot foot level A goldfield mining man who kno knows 13 the mines well says the engineer engine r lease on the florence lease has the richest ore shoot ever struck in gold field the lease is producing more money than any mine in the camp at the present time the Kinder kindergarten garte n mill treating ores from the mine of the seven troughs kindergarten mining corn com pany will make the phenomenal cleanup working but one shift in twenty tour four hours of 18 during the month of july frederick dorr a broker with of flees in san francisco los angeles salt lake city butte montana anu spokane wash ash a member of tha the new york stock exchange and the chicago board of trade has telegraphed from chicago to his san francisco manager to suspend busl ness the first check for a mining deal in the fabulously rich camp of ibex west of old belleville was brought to tono pah last week by jim flynn who haa has just sold a one fourth interest in a lease there on some of the bass property while the amount of the check was not stated it was not less than advices received in butte from mexico state that john W gray a well known miner of butte was mut dered on a train out from mexico city his throat being cut by unknown mexicans gray was found dying in fix the toilet of the car gray went to mexico to help erect a smelter near increased business during tha the month of july Is reported by the united states steel corporation the directors on july 28 declared the reg ular dividend and gave out a state ment showing that the corporation corporations s net earnings for the second quarter of the year exceeded that of the first quarter by it Is announced that matthew cul len has purchased the complete inter est in the rebel group grou p of claims in the north star district of beaver county mr cullen long has held a part interest in this property and now Is in possession of the same the rebel group in the past was a faith ful producer of precious ores state bullion tax collector haley who has been in carson city nevada for the past week investigating the revenue resources of t the state and se be curing opinions from attorney general stoddard on the revenue laws of ne vada has created a sensation by dis dig covering that the adams gypsum company in reno and other gypsum plants have not been paying any taxes for the output of their working three shifts a day the con verter of the steptoe valley smelting company is giving as satisfactory results as could be expected from a new nei plant which from the day of start ing has operated steadily and without necessity for a single change of im atte a thorough gh study bill dy of bondt eions made nide in the field 11 II J doolit tie tle well known in oil and mining circle during a visit to salt lake made the statement that it is his opinion the virgin river oil fields have a future ahead of them second to none in the country the henoll mining company has received a 25 ton lot of ore from the mine near palisade nev the car now passing through the hands of the sam piers the mine assays show this con sign ment should run close to 2439 9 ounces silver 5 per cent lw lead and 2 per cent copper tu |