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Show MINES AND MINING The petroleum of tho Appalachian oil field la transported almost entirely by pipe-lino companies. Within half a mllo of tho old town of Leesburg, Idaho, tho Gold Rldgo mine has developed an enormous deposit de-posit of gold bearing quartz. Tho production of gold and silver In the United States from domestic ores In 1906, according to tho latest figures, fig-ures, was: Gold, $94,373,800; silver, $38,256,400. Tho Virgin River Oil company Is now selling oil from its well in southern south-ern Utah. Between October 28 and November No-vember 11 last, this company sold a total of 272 barrels of oil for $663. Tho most important factor that has caused depression In tho sliver market mar-ket Is tho heavy falling oft In tho demand de-mand from India, a country which ordinarily buys tho lager part of tho world's supply. Tho Croesus mlno and mill at Halloy has closed down on account of hot being able to securo sufficient coal. The closing Is to bo only temporary, and thoy expect to bo running again In about a month. One of tho greatest of tho undeveloped undevel-oped resources In tho Salubrla valley In Idaho Is mountains of hlgh-grado Iron ore. All that Is neoded Is capital and the rightly directed efforts of men fmalliar with this class of oro. Tho Rabbit's Foot mine, In tho Gravel Range district on Silver crook, fifty miles southwest of Salmon City, Is' equipped with a first-class ton-stamp mil, run by stoam power, which Is now practically being used to sample tho deposits with. Assuming that tho demand for Iron oro during tho present century may rango from 60,000,000 to 100,000,000 tons per year, the Lako Superior district dis-trict would last for from twenty-five to fifty years more, If it supplied the entire United States. Tho Yellow Jacket district of Idaho 1b qulot, and there are hardly any mining min-ing operations in progress there worth mentioning at this time, although tho 'district contains BomS very flno prospects pros-pects that warrant further development develop-ment and operation, Tho Tlntlc Mine Operators' association, associa-tion, which was formed about a year ago for tho purpose of taking care of tho producers' sldo of questions as far aa tho district of Tlntlc was con-corned, con-corned, bids fair to grow and expand Into a national affair. Tho National Bank mine at Bullfrog, Nevada, Is taking out oro which will averago better than $100 to tho ton practically at the grass roots. This material is being uncovered 225 feet north of tho shaft on a vein which dips about 20 degrees south and west nnd out of tho main working of the property. In tho old Leesburg basin placer district, dis-trict, fifteen miles west of Salmon City, somo promlsng gold ore developments devel-opments havo been mado In tho past year. At the old Garretson'mlno, test mill runs recently mado on a zono of mineralized granite that Is sixty feot wido shows averago values of $4 to $0 per ton, nnd Is Bald to yield $3 per ton In free gold.. An omlnont Swedish geologist has prepared a report on tho iron reserves re-serves of tho world, In which ho declares de-clares that "It will surprise a great many to lenrn that wo aro likely to ruu Bhort of Iron lnstdo of a slnglo century If wo keep up tho present rato of consumption. As n matter of. fact, wo aro moro likely to Increase tho consumption than wo nro to rcduco It." In ordor to constltuto n mining partnership part-nership under tho provisions of sections sec-tions 3300 to '3309, Inclusive, of tho revised stntutcs, It Is essential that tho co-ownors actually engaged In working tho mlno or In tho business of oporatlng tho mlno. Tho co-tenancy 'of two or moro persons In n mining min-ing claim Is not of Itself sufficient to constitute such tenants mining partners. part-ners. It Is over two years slnco tho prlco of silver' was as low as It Is at present. pres-ent. A moro remarknblo fact is that during tho past cleVcn months tho prlco has been cut nearly 12 cents, or from 70 cents per flno ounce, on Jnn-uary Jnn-uary 7, to 581-8 cents on November 0. Tho probability is that for tho remainder re-mainder of tho year quotations will continue around CO conts, for various reasons. In a speech beforo tho Tenth Mining Min-ing congress, held at Joplln, Mo., November No-vember 11 to 10, tho director of tho United States geological survoy re forrcd to tho onormotiB growth of the mining Industry in tho. United States within tho last twonty-olght years, which covers tho Ufa of tho bureau. When tho survoy wns organized the valuo of tho mtnoral output of tho country amounted to nbout $200,000,-000; $200,000,-000; In 1907 It promises to exceed $2,-000,000,000. $2,-000,000,000. Two of tho largest reduction plants In southorn Idaho will bo fully Installed In-stalled at Atlanta ready for buslnoss by the first of tho year. Tho crushors and rolls at Uio Monarch will have a' capacity of 500 tons a day. and tho Bngdnd-Chaso Is Installing n 100-ton mill. Work has been suspended on tho In-dopondonco In-dopondonco mines, near Kotchum. Tho management In Chicago concluded It was better to suspend operations until un-til their drafts nro again paid in currency cur-rency by tho local bank, ns thoy woro forced to pay a premium of $0 per $100 to get currency. At the foot of the Leesburg rango, within two miles of Salmon City, Idaho, tho old Pollard coal mlno has recontly been purchased by Mr. H. U. King, who has put It In tho hands of a capublo oporator and If having it do-velop-.d In a flrsFclass, practical manner, |