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Show MINES AND MINING Over tho hTll from Pearl, Idaho, the Osborno Ib turning nut a lot of free milling oro. Most of the nuggotB aro as largo as pin heads. Mining operations In thu Marshall Lako district, of Idaho nro very active, a large number of men being employed on various properties In that section. BaBtcrn publications nro giving promlncnco to tho fact that during the past month or August tho mines ot Utah paid out In tho form or dividends Uio splendid sum or $530,350. Tho Wyoming mine, near American Fork, Utah, which has been successrully operated ror several years past by tho Tyng brothers, continues to make reg-ular reg-ular shipments ot about one car per day. C. II. Doollttle, manage! of tho Utah & Kastorn company's Dlxlo copper mines, nenr Shem, In Washington county, coun-ty, nnd his associates, claim tho distinction dis-tinction or sinking tho first well in th southern Utah oil fields. Thoso who nro In a position to know declare that thu old Silver King ralno at Park Clt Is a bigger and bettor mlno today than ovor In its history, owing to recent sensational developments develop-ments on tho 1,100-foot level. Tho now Iialaklala smelter is now making remarkable headway and it should blow In next month somotlmo, although somo englnceru Bay that by tho tlmo tho two tramways get running run-ning nnd tho smeltor "tuned" It will bo 1908 before tho smelter is going. Phosphato rock, tho upo or which is limited to tho manufacture of mineral fertilizers and chemicals containing phosphoric acid, is found In many parts of tho United States, but tho deposits that furnish tho principal commercial com-mercial output of tho material aro those of Florida, Tennessee, and South Carolina. Tho now compressor and power drill plant of tho Cedar Mining company went Into rogular commission Inst week. With its flno steam hoisting works nnd now compressor plant tho mlno Ib now splendidly equipped for development at additional depth and tho bettor opening up of tho levels already al-ready reached. Tho grado of tho Nevadn Northern tracks in back of Ely will soon bo ready for ono lino of rails. Tho lower portion Is completed and only two or three small fills aro to bo madu back of town. A viaduct Is being put In nt tho west end or Ely bo as to make It Barer ror travel by teams that aro hauling supplies to tho minus. In a few days the first tunnel machine ma-chine over constructed by tho Utah Karns Tunneling Machlno company for tho mining districts of Utah will bo on Hb way rrora tho hands of tho manufacturer. manu-facturer. This machlno is destined to test the theory of tho inventor up Big Cottonwood, and ou tho possessions of tho Mountain Lako mining company. It was announced that some time ago that thu Guggcnhelma had abandoned aban-doned their San Bruno smeltor In California, Cali-fornia, nfter having expended $l,G0O,-000 $l,G0O,-000 upon Its construction. A portion or this plant has been diverted to Ely, Nov., whero It will bo used In tho construction or tho smelling plant of tho Nuvnda Consolidated and the Cumberland Cum-berland Ely companies. Tho mining Interests nround Roosevelt, Roose-velt, Idaho, aro looking moro promising prom-ising than ever beforo tlnco tho boom collapsed and a number or exports sent In by various parties have expressed ex-pressed great faith in tho future of tho camp when it shnll have recovered recov-ered from tho injury done by oxtrnva-glint oxtrnva-glint statements and dwindling stock games. A copper mining district closely akin to that of Ely, Nevada, from the standpoint stand-point of physical characteristics, and within whoso precincts sufficient development de-velopment work has boon done to demonstrate dem-onstrate tho continuity and generous distribution of ores, is iho Soven Devils Dev-ils section of Idaho, properties In that district showing copper oro that assays from 3.C to 28 per cent. According to Webster nnd other authorities, au-thorities, a mine Is "a pit whore minerals miner-als aro dug," sayB tho Denver Mining Itoporter. There aro many othor definitions, defin-itions, somo now obsolete and others extant, but all ot which aro, In instances, instan-ces, qulto lnudequato nnd even non-comprehensive. non-comprehensive. An exact nll-lncluslve definition of tho term sooms almost Impossible, Im-possible, as so much depends upon tho point of vlaw taken. The coal production of Utah, which nad shown a decreasing tendency In 1904 nnd 1905, felt as did tho other Rocky mountain states, tho stimulating Influenco of tho shortage created by tho suspension ot work during tho spring of 190G In the states ot the Mississippi Mis-sissippi valley. Utah'-; output increased in-creased from 1,322,732 short tons, valued at $1,793,510 In 1905, to 1,772,-551 1,772,-551 short tons, valued ac $.,408,381 in 190G, a gain of 440,179 thort tons, or 33 per cent In quantity, and of $014,-871 $014,-871 or 34.3 per cent in value. A Coeur d'Alenu dispatch to tho Spokano Rovlew says u discovery of gold has beon rondo nt Tyson by Fred W. Hnverland of tho TyBon Consolidated Consoli-dated Mining & Milling company. Nuggets worth $35 aro being picked up, as thu result of the placer' mining of that company. Loon creek, the old-time and once famous placer camp of Idaho, has awakened from Its 30-ynr sleep and times nro getting lively again. A now strike, and n rich one, wns mado last 3prlng opposlto Ferguson's ranch on Cabin creek, and it continues to give greuter promlso daily. Tho O. K. group on Wiif Kaglo mountain, moun-tain, In Ida'ao, belonging to Chudc Walno nnd WUIIum Alien, his been bonded to a Mr. ThomiH, who Is repiu senting n syndicate of Kansas capitalists. capit-alists. Tho prlco Is $30,000. Ten po cent cash was paid down and thu bond uua for 90 days, |