Show MINES aind AND MINING the production of fine silver in amounted to 08 08 ounces the coa commercial mercial value ot of the fine silver sliver in DOG JOG averaged about 68 cents per bunra and in 1907 about GG cents per ounce while the mill at the monarch mine at atlanta idaho has been complete 1 milling operations begin april I 1 Gold fiLid mines and leases paid out 6 40 in dividends in the year of 1907 of this sum 1359 4 40 0 must be credited to parent comp companies antes montana leads the states in the pro ct of silver during 1907 with 12 fine ounces with colorado and utah only a few thousand ounces behind ane a utah mines have paid over 8 in dividends during the past year or 2 more than during the year 1906 nevada mining men are again dis cussing the possibility of an extension of the nevada northern railroad from ely to goldfield with branches to ton opah silver peak and montezuma more than 96 per cent of the world Is production of coal Is mined in coun tries lying north of the equator the countries south of the line contri contribute but ing less than 20 tons annually attempt to develop a practical tun nel net boring machine are attracting wide attention companies have already been organized in den ver to exploit various ideas in this line colorado led all of the states in 1907 in the production of gold as it did in 19 the amount however be ing reduced from nearly twenty three millions in 1906 to nearly twenty one millions in 1907 the production of blister copper in wyoming in 1906 from materials in the state was pounds as against over 2 pounds in 1905 the mine production of the state tor for 1906 was but 24 pounds in 1901 the united states produced 43 7 per cent more coal than great britain and 85 per cent more th than an germany exclusive of great britain the united states in 1906 produced more coil than all the other countries in the world combined alaska produced 8 pounds of blister copper in 1906 an increase of more than 3 pounds over the output for 1905 the mine production during the year although well in ad vance of that in 1905 was much less than the smelter production the production of gold in the united states fell off 4 in 1097 as against 1906 whereas the amount of silver produced was in creased b over one million fine ounces alaska s gold production tell fell oft off a little more than three millions the silver sliver king daly west daly judge ontario daly and other mines of park city are now closed down over a thousand men are affected by this move of the mine operators made necessary by reason of the practically prohibitive level reached by all tho the principal metals contained in park city ore the pittsburg silver peak company operating at blair ne neada ada has tun meled more than a mile mil e on its vein in places feet wide aNe averaging raging 12 a ton and has 1200 feet of backs on ore of which 3 worth Is blocked out last year the company made a fruitless otter offer of spot cash for the silver peak Val calda utah stood fourth in rank among the coppel producing states in 1906 blister copper to the a amount m u n t of f 5 50 O 0 duc on pounds was pr produced 0 e d mainly ai n ly from three important districts bing ham tintic gintic and frisco this output was less by 3 pounds than that of 1405 which amounted to 54 pounds the american smelting and refill ing company it is authoritatively an bounced lu helena will shortly close down several of its smelting plants because of the depression in the lead market at the east helena plant the company reduced its force men and a 10 per cent reduction in wages was mas posted tor for the men who are retained the world worlds s production of coal in 1906 amounted to about 1106 short tona tons of which the united states produced tons since 1868 during a period of thirty nine years the percentage of the world Is total coal produced by the united states has increased from 14 32 to 37 and thia this country now stands far in the lead 0 the world worlds s coal producers figures compiled by the board of trade in phoenix ariz make it evi dent that the territory of arizona has easily led all other of the world in the he production of copper dur ing the year 1907 the total value ol 01 the years output is estimated at 61 the news comes from thunder mountain idaho that a rich strike has bei bei made in fhe the Pol claim of the H Y group A fifty foot ledge of ore that assays 8 50 per ton for the full width of the ledge has ben beon traced a distance of over two milos unofficial figures place the total output of the goldfield district tor for the year just closed at tons with a valuation of 11 this represents only about eight months actual work the balance of the time having been taken up with labor troubles that forced idleness As a result of seven years of opera eions the bingham consolidated corn com pany is in debt somewhere between 1200 1 and 1500 1 no divi bends have ever been distributed ana and the company has never ls isred aed an an nual report to stockholders says walkers copper utter letter |