Show demand for silver Is taxing the nations the engineering and mining jour nal says to show the extent tor for the demand for silver tor for coinage it la is stated that the french mint min t which in ordinary times coins 8 to 10 yearly in silver Is 18 preparing p re paring to coin 80 f brancs r a C this year its purr purchases bases of s alfer will probably reach 40 kilograms the issue of silver coin in great britain in 1915 was 26 6 tace face value and was more than six times the average of the past ten jears ears john davis has returned to tin tic after spending several months at a sa salt it lake lie ile Is again looking at af ter tle development of claims which Is 1 e owns in the eastern end of the district |