Show AROUND THE MINES A huge motor has been ordered by express tor for the tie pumps of t the he ward in mine ine on the comstock at virginia city nevada water recently got be yond control in the mine and threat ens damage in the hundreds of thou sands indications at this time are that the leading candidates for president of the mining congress to be elect ed at the meeting this week in gold t f eld will be john bern dern of salt lake a practical mining man and prof J W B ickley of missouri a noted geol ogist tl TI e annual report of the utah apex mirin company shows that there were vere mined 9 53 tons of flroa class ore and 23 tons of second class ore a total of 33 tons there were la lo 29 tons shipped to the smelt r for wh ch ell the company received the phenomenally rich gold strike made in philadelphia canyon 14 miles southwest of this place is developing new and more ell t ional lodal features each day says tl e battle mountain herald erald the leins icing have widened and a EL number of new ledges have been un coterel bovere 1 john dem dern the well known utah mining ninin g man second vl vi e pres identa tard r d director of the american mining con gress was nas prevented by ir business matteis from attending the annual session of the congress to be held in goldfield but was represented bv by his son pitchblende is in steady demand as t material for the preparation of ra daum chloride and bromide sas min ing and scientific press it is a black mineral sometimes dal and resembling pitch though sometimes blotched with brownish or yellowish spots gold ore which assays from to 1000 1 a ton has been opened in the bald mo britain d strict white pine count counts nevada threatening a rush of prospectors tors to that section the find was made when jacob mahir was doing assessment work on a claim that ho had owned for several years the tact fact that george wingfield has haa ordered the haft on the fairview eigle sunk an additional feet in d cates that this big operator has the utmost faith in that part of the and will continue developing the estate named says a goldfield dispatch the bore Is h now down feet the fhe johnnie mining and milling company has purchased from S ammond white for 6 the battery group of file claims adjoining the johnnie les on the north sais the goldfield aws news this group was op t onca last 3 ear car to a los krig angeles eles syn acate a cate for 1000 3 and turned down united states smelting holdings of robert D avans at the time of his death amounted to only from 15 to 17 shares instead of the 40 to 60 shai es which he was wag said at the time to have owned according to the boston news bureau his holdings have since been gradually sold in the open market engineer promoters are sadly need pd n the mining field according to a an n b by mr john hals hammond at the colorado school of mines a few days ago says engineering record he attributes the failure of many min ing enterprises to the mine promoter who intervenes between the mining engineer and the investor another other week of active heavy and feverish buying of pig iron has car r ed prices atward 50 centi a ton in the R 13 tiffalo district an I 1 in virginia f accor accordia dit g to a new york dispatch nn tracts for about tons have been placa in the eastern district ilone in the central west interest has been malel in steel making iron controlling interest in tha the south cubeam mining company operating in idaho has been sold by state sena tor ravenal mcbeth to a pittsburg syndicate headed by william flynn and the olner brothers diamond dr ils have been placed in commission to act the ground for large bodies of gold and silver ores believed to exist there the pioche metals company has lev ley led fed an assessment ab of I 1 cent a hare delinquent october 30 with the sale day set for november 30 0 the corn com any has nearly shares of took tock in its treasury and despite fa arable develop bents in its property it has been unable to dispose of treas ur stock to ra se money to continue aei development elO Dment john hays hai ha i mond mend who was in salt lake with president taft and arty qa d last wee that the min ng n binesa sines which called him to mexico a few wee s ago had been practically closed and it investigations of titles 0 certain properties proved tl e pi of the santa gertrudis piepert es in mexico bald wo ild be closed foi fol V f immediately A new mining center Is to be creat ed at calzona near the california art ari zoia zona border carl k b a mm min ing engineer engl engi reer of log los angeles is lading olt it a townsley towns town let siet that will be connected with needles and parker by an auto mobile road the lucky strike mining company with held headquarters quarters at morgan city has hied filed articles ot of incorporation with the secretary of state capital is 90 in share of the par value of 10 cents each of which shares are subscribed and the ba bal ance is treasury stock the new camp at the t angsten mines twelve miles south of osce ola nevada has been hub the name is particularly ap prop being contraction of huber nite the prevailing form ot of tungsten la in the district |