Show MINES AND the total output of precious metals in n utah for the 1 3 ear is upward of 51 with dividends running above the production of the mines 0 of butth for 1907 exceed the record mide inide durni dunns 1906 by 10 the fiodi uon this year reaching a total of the ret pet earnings of the tonopah mining company of philadelphia whose proper property tv Is located at tonopah nevada tor for the quarter ending no vember 30 are stated to have been the old tuscarora district with its record output of Is now in line for active development the coming season according to those who are familiar with that section of nevada three of the largest mines in part parl city are to close down temporarily at least until metal conditions get better over 1 1000 men will be thrown out of employment as a result of the shut down I 1 hit fit copper smelters in the world c able of handling the pro duri durt ol 01 what is now believed to be the most etten exten she copper deposit in the world are now in course of aree tion in white pine county nevada considerable surprise Is occasioned in utah mining circles by the tact fact that the uintah treasure hill mining company owning the old uintah treasure hill and the creole proper ties in park city has been clodee down temporarily at least the entire output of borax in the united states is derived from san bernardino inyo and ventura coun ties california and up to and include ing 1806 1906 the greater part of it has come from san bernardino county the present depression in mining will have the direct effect of introducing many improvements and new economies in working more laria larl in the methods of ore treatment it is claimed by many of the wl u ones the total output of crude borax for the year 1906 w m as 58 short tons valued at 1182 as against 46 short tons valued at 1019 in 1905 an increase in 1906 of short tons in quantity and of in value in cutting a ditch at the grimes creek placers in idaho last week the men in charge of the work dincov ered a ledge of high grade free mill ing ore it assayed 36 in gold and may prove a bonanza five claims have been located on oil the ledge the annual report of the quartette mining company operating at search light nev is just issued gross receipts were operating costs net earnings these compare with net earnings of for 1905 6 the surplus of is a decrease of 24 from the preceding year it is reported that two experts in the employ of the guggenheims recently visited the old camp of hunter nev and looked over the vulcan property with a view to buying it the vulcan property adjoins that of the old hunter and is accredited with having several million dollars worth of ore blocked out the production of copper in the united states in 1906 was 68 pounds this represents the years year s smelter production that is the quan city of fine copper in the blister cop per produced during the year and the production of refined lake copper the production of 1905 was exceeded by 15 pounds the grimes creek placer mining company which owns 1100 acres of valuable placer ground on grimes and muddy creeks in the boise basin has expended nearly 50 on ditches and other work preparatory to taking out gold during the next year it is estimated that 25 cents per cubic yard will be tal en from the ground after having been silent twelve years the ten stamps in the mill at the old rob mine at mt pisgah bingham county idaho are again dropping on the gold bearing ore the robinson n mine together with several other groups of claims on mt pisgah was included in a giant merger recently consummated by boston and salt lake people ten of the thirty hot mills of the tin mills at newcastle pa will resume operations january 6 next ten additional mills will re sume shortly after and it Is expected that the entire plant will be running full force before the end of january the mill said to be the largest tin plant in the world has been idle since july 31 fully a thousand men are affected two thousand one hundred tons of high grade ore was sent from the g aund of the famous little florence lease at goldfield last week to the globe smelter at denver the entire lot is worth upward of I 1 and has been under the full glare of elec trie lights and under the eyes of halt a dozen guards ever since the man of the lease refused to ship n account of the smelter charges it will be necessary tor for idaho prospectors and mining men to comply with the old law regarding assess ment work for 1907 a a the bill providing for suspend on of assessment work for 1907 passed the senate but did not pass the house and is not yet law the directors of the united estates states smelting refining mining company declared axed a quarterly erly dividend on de cember 28 on tl tie e common stock of I 1 per cent and 1 3 4 per cent on the preferred the dividend on the corn com mon men stock three months ago was 13 4 per cent u J |