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Show MINES AND MINING Oro Is now being shipped nt a lively live-ly rate from the Gllmoro lead bonanza bonan-za on Birch crcok, In Fremont county, Idaho. Utah Consolidated stood tho pressure pres-sure of tho hcAvy liquidation and bear selling better than almost any other actlvo stock on tho list. Tho work ot retlmberlng tho burned burn-ed shaft of the Utah company's mlno at Fish Springs Is progressing steadily stead-ily and It will not be long till it is finished. fin-ished. Big things aro expected from tho Oxarna Gold Mining company's mine, near Custer, Idaho, as soon as tho snow disappears, and it is posslblo to start up tho 20-stamp mill, which was Installed last tall. After somo time lost In securing and Installing powerful equipment, tho McDonald Ely company has started start-ed three shifts at worktupon tho Golden Gold-en Gate shaft, and progress from now on should be redoubled. It has been demonstrated that tho waters flowing through and from beneath be-neath tho oro bodies ot tho Ely, Nevada Ne-vada district, aro so thoroughly itn prcgnatcd with copper, that they aro of high commercial value. Davenport Is located between tht now town of Farrcl and Mazuma on a beautiful plat, well watered, at the mouth of Burnt canyon. Many valuable valua-ble '-properties aro developing in this Bectlon of Seven Troughs aiitrlcL Somb strong investors froic Minnesota Min-nesota havo been going over the Iron deposits ot Iron county, Utah, pretty thoroughly ot late, gathering In all that remained unspoken for, and purchasing pur-chasing much thnt was owned by others. The latest acquisition to the district ot Soven Troughs in tho shape of a now camp is tho town .of Farrcll, situated sit-uated about soven miles northeast ot Vernon, and located at tho entrance to whnt has been known as Stone Houso canyon. ABtrong combination of well known Salt Lakers has been formed for tho purposo of taking over a gold and coppor proposition In tho noted old Bullion district of Nevada. Tho property prop-erty Is located' about one and half miles from Tcnabo. There Is plenty ot money In tht. East, more than ever before In tho history of tho country, and it is anxious anx-ious to bo placed right; but when It comes to being placed uport a mining stock Bcheme, it Is very timid. Tho easterners havo to bo shown. DeLamar, Idaho, is taking on now life. Slnco the new cynnldo mill has proved to bo such a success tho demand de-mand for men Is Increasing. Tho demand de-mand Is being met only In part. Each stago comes In loaded with men who aro to bo put to work Immediately. Flro has broken out In No. 4 stope of the Comox mines, In British Columbia. Colum-bia. No loss of llfo occurred, tho Inrgo staff ot miners making their escape. es-cape. Over 1000 miners aro employed em-ployed In tbo mlno nlono, whero R. Dunsmulrs Sons mlno tho bulk ot their conl product in tho Comox district. dis-trict. High grndo sulphldo copper oro Is now being encountered In tho tunnel on the property of tho Ogden Buck-horn Buck-horn Mining .company, which Is operating oper-ating mines In Cold Water canyon, Just east ot Ogden. Tho tunnel was run for 260 feet and, at a depth of 225 feet from tho surfaco, tho rich ore was struck. To secure tho repeal of tho troublesome trouble-some Apex law, the source of nearly all the litigation that has harassed ownors ot mines, will bo tho aim of a committee appointed by President J. H. Richards of tho American Mining Congress. This committee will draft a vertical sldo lino law which will do away altogether with extra lateral, rights. Shipments from .the mines and leases of Goldfleld district ure averaging averag-ing about 1,500 tons per week. Tho Combination, Jumbo and Mohawk mines aro regularly In tho markot, and somo leases which aro steady contributors are tho Frances Dump, Loftus-Dnvls, McNnughton, Mohawk Jumbo, Morton-Ueesloy, Oddlo, Truott and Quiirtzlte. After two weeks' trial ut Donvor, a decision was given In favor ot tho Stratum Independence Mining company, com-pany, limited, of London, Eng., and Its lessees In tho suit of tho Portland Gold Mining company to recover thu value ot about $500,000 for gold ores nllegcd to have been tnkon by tho do fondants from ground In tho Cripple Crcok district owned by tho plaintiff. The. second payment of $10,000 was mudo on the Daisy mine ut Neal, Idaho, Ida-ho, lust week. Tho property was purchased pur-chased some months ago by Gcurgo F. Roth of Rochester, N Y., and his associates. They mudo a payment of $10,00(1 ut tho time of tho transfer. 'J$b Falrvlow News stated In Its Inst Issue flint the past month had been tho banner one from an oro shipment standpoint. Up to tho 21si of thu month a total of fourteen cars of high grade rock had been tnkon from tho district to Fallon, tho ship-ulug ship-ulug point. |