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Show ' -' ( '.... HINES AND MINING 11 -A samplo of -OK) taken from'the Cactus Cac-tus mlno ot Newhauso, Utah, shows 41 'per cent coppor nail ,350 ounces ot silver to tho ton. ,t Tho Gold .Mountain -section of Utah la Just now receiving .tho nttetitlon of many mining iinvestors, bolngcg-ard-ed ns ono of alio future rich (producing districts of tho stato. Two carloadsof machlnory for .Hie 100-ton concentrating mill to bo erected erect-ed nt onco at tho Muldoon Mining Mining company's property, havo been recolved at tho llellovuo, Idaho, depot. Tho directors of tho Tonopah Mining Min-ing company hnvo declared tho regular dividend of 55 cents a share. Tho extra ex-tra dividend of 10 cents, which has beon declared for tho last low pop lods, was not ordered. In Heaver and Deer crcelc canyons, , in tho Mt. Unldy mining section of Utah, n number of prospects and somo prepositions of a more serious character charac-ter are being given attention, and somo of them are coming out with good showings. Tho Ohio-Kentucky at Plocho, of which Samuel Ncwhouso nnd tho God-bes- of Salt Lako City arc tho chief owners, is preparing to ship their oro to Salt Lako from Ilulllonvlllo until tho reduction orks nro erected at the latter place. Unless present Indications provo deceitful, de-ceitful, Cedar City, Utah, Is likely to experience quite n mining boom in tho near future, as a result of a discovery dis-covery recently inndo by J. H. Arthur, a local land attorney nnd surveyor. Tho returns show $C0 to tho ton iu gold. Tho Hlreh Creek Mining company, mado up chlclly of Idaho Falls men, has a promising mlno, considerably developed de-veloped by tunnels and shafts, from which 10 carloads of oro hnvo been shipped from Dubois station that ran 72 per cent lead and 18 ounces silver. Tho mlno Is Iu tho' western part of Fremont county, Idaho. On Juno 29 tho Goldflcld olllccrs seized a ton of stolen ore which is worth $50,000. some of, it nssaylng as high as $40 per pound. Most of tho oro was taken from tho Smith Assay and Iteduction works. Somo was found In tho house ot n deputy sheriff nnd Jailer. Several other suspects are also tinder arrest. A Halley minor, W. S. Pierce, who has Jiiet sold tho famous old Ontario mlno near Kctchum to Hoston parties, says that the "wildcat" corporation bill passed by tho last Idaho legislature legisla-ture has dono wonders Hi' restoring the credit of -Idaho as a milling st'uto. Ho says thaflnvcstors look on this as nn honest law. W. J. McCoiinoll, tho first governor gover-nor of Idaho under'-sfatchood, manager and a largo owner In tho IdaHo Lead, Silver nnd 'Atc company, In tho load mining district1, eighteen miles from Argo, Is In correspondence now with parties In Europe, with a viow of shipping his zinc oro elthor to Wnles or Hclglum. It may surprise tho old prospectors to learn that an entirely npw mineral belt has been discovered on tho borders bor-ders of Custer and Lemhi counties, and "almost In sight ot town,"- as somo ono expressed It, Buys tho Chains Chai-ns Messenger. Nevertheless, Jsuch Is the fact, as can bo verified by actual observation If any person doubts It. David Keith, president of tho Silver King Coalition Mines campunyv which recently absorbed tho 'Silver' King and other Park City mines, announces that quuiterly dividends will bo; inaugurated in-augurated on the 10th of July. Tho company will start oft on a 12 per cent busls which, on Its capital of $0,350,-000, $0,350,-000, will call for tho disbursement or $187,000 por quarter or $750,000 . per year. President Joseph S. Glroux. of tho Glroux Consolidated, who is now, In tho east, says that tho Glroux will-begin production nt Ely within n month.' Tho 500-ton concentrator will be rapidly rap-idly increased when tho' shafts nro enlarged. With this equipment, J together to-gether with shipments ot . tho two other smelters, ho Buys tho Glroux cnii cam $2,000,000 net tor tho conilug year on 15-cont '.copper. Much excitement hns been occasioned occasion-ed In the mining, circles ot Hutto by tho discovery' of .a, (ijh-inoh streak of very rich'1 pencoek, copper ore in' tho Gree'ulear , mlno j.ot tho-Amalgamated I'oplier conMiuny., two. .ntllPa east of. Ilutto, demonstrating,.' iu tho oplulon of in 1 til i.t ,e ryji li 09 r W;'' thnt tho coppor volns of'thpv fcyWjus ..Ilutto Hill extend cast, of Initio to the main dlvldo of' thu Hock 'mountains, 'several 'sever-al mllos beyond Hutto. Sonntor W.'A. Clarit,.w0io eomo tjmo ago took a bond. 011 tho May Day mlno nt Hrlstol, Nevada, for $250,000, has mado tl.10 first payment,, of $25,ioo. Tho, May Day Is a great eopper proposition. propo-sition. . Senator Clark has u laue force of men nt work prosecuting development de-velopment work. ' , Tho Hrlstol Consolidated people at Hrlstol, Noviida; who havo been blocking block-ing out oro whlch 1 they propose to haul ' to Hnlllonylllo' in wngous, have let a !oiitrnetIor''h'nnilllng 2,000 tons to tho smoIt6v-rvf for shipment ovor tho now read,'., hs as tho steel la InldilA thtiVlyfr-t', " .TnV opGrntorsi .Vtf,i.,iJ!l!lu Wyoming mlno ieasd, l'mjiiijrca) Fork,, U tali, during''tlfo,'Slnt'or.-pastwtviuineil nnd sacked 'ore. -which will. bring returns In excess of $250,00,0. This ore In now commencing to bo- shipped, and will bo continually added to durliu tho summer meatus. Mllford, Utah, Is tho scono of great activity In oro shipment. Not a day passes but that from 0110 to two ear-loadB ear-loadB of oro leaves for tho valloy smelters, and Uiobo shipments would bo greatly Increased if there was team transportation for oro from tho mines to tho railroad iVpot. |