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Show MIN.ES and mtkito A smelter 1b to bo Installed tbU fall at tho Hercules mine, south ol i Eurlcy, Idaho. The smelter will bo of 50-ton capacity, ami will cost 25.-, 25.-, 000. Tho Oold Point Mining company, on Hod river, In Idaho, haB ordered j n 40-ton capacity Chilian mill, assays ; ot ore taken from this property havo run as high as $800. j A big Pennsylvania coal mining 1 company will erect an extensive plant to treat railroad ties and otlror tlm-j tlm-j hers with creosoto and zinc chlorldo to extend tholr life. A Las Angeles, California, bunker has within the week nnnounced that his bank will consider Btandard, first-class first-class mining stocks an good collnt-oral collnt-oral security for loans. Tho total valuo of the exports of Iron nnd stool (not Including or-0 for tho past flscnl i'.nr. Is $18::,9S2,182, which contrasts interestingly vltb $181,530,871 In 1907 nnd $108,984,985 In 190G. Mason valley stockholders took all 1 t.ut 500 shares of tho 70,000 shares of treasury stok recent'- ottered "by the company at $1. and underwriters will receive only tho small amount mentioned. The payrolls of tho camp of Ely, Nevada, 'now aggregate $175,000 per month. This, of course, covers tho country from tho Veteran mlno of tho Cumberland-Ely company to tho mills nnd smelters at McGlll. A power plant for Alta district, Idnho, is nbolit to bo built by a syndicate syn-dicate of Alta operators. It Is to bo built on Uttlo Cottonwood creek, about two miles below Alta and will develop from. 300 to 400 horsepower. From tho Seven Troughs district comes word that tho Seven Troughs Ecllpso company's now shaft has cut an ore body which leaves no room to doubt that tho property Is to becomo ono of the loading producers of tho district. Tho estimated production of tho Ilutto initios for August was 25,317,-700 25,317,-700 pounds of coppor, n decrease of 917.C00 pounds from tho July output, but with tho exception of July nnd May tho largest yield of any month of tho past eight. Mining nctlvlty In tho vicinity of Ecath valley, which In tho heydcy of tho Oreenwntor and Skldoo excitements excite-ments was booming, has sunk back to the dead-level of tho loncsomo days following tho fnrowoll of tho 20-mulo 20-mulo borax teams; Michael Sweeney of Spokane, who recently acquired control of tho Crnckerjnck mlno In Iluffalo Hump, hns a force of 32 men at work on a vagon road between Buffalo Hump nnd Orogranda, as ho Is preparing to open tho mlno this fall. Whllo removing a huge rock which was In his way, C. P. Johnson uncov-- uncov-- :red a lodge which promises to bo ono of the richest discoveries In tho ltlncktnll district of Idaho. Specimens showed It to bo extremely rich In gold, silver nnd copper. Cold Valley Is the name of a new mining camp In tho Gold Holt Mining district, about 28 miles southwest of Hnrt and M miles southeast or Clma, on tho east slope of tho Providence n.ngo. In Novada. Quito a rush Is now on for tho new camp. A big English syndicate has taken over tho Column bornx mines In tho Tlcllovllle, Cnl., mining district. A working capital In tho sum of $00,000 Is to bo nrovldod, of which sum $30.-000 $30.-000 will bo forthcoming nt -moo, w'th which to start development work. Word from Cluifey. tho new Ne-ada Ne-ada enmp. shows how quickly money tnn bo undo thcro. On ono property Mr. Chntey nnd his associates drove fi slxtv-fnnt shaft from which thov o-ich cleared $1,400. aflor paying nil tho expenses Incident to tho work. Tho Stoptoo smelter Is now making from llftoon to twenty tons of blister copper n day, and has made as much as thirty-two tons In ono day. WIMi Mj; " unit nnd n half In operation, tlm amount of oro that Is going through tlw concentrator Is 2,000 tons a day. Tho Sunbeam, at Custer, Idaho, shows a lodge 175 feet wide, carrying an average value clear across of close to $8 per ton. StroakB occur which yield as high ns $5,000 tier ton. Tho oro Is absolutely froo milling and the propotry Is a marvel of richness. Tho Stownrt mlno, near Wnrdnor hns been financed, nccordlng to nows from New York, whoro tlio stock of the United Copper company hns taken a storng rise, based on tho ho- llof that F. Augustus Tlolnzo hns been J able to (In ii i cc tho Stownrt, tho Ohio r.tid the Davls-Oaly properties without with-out losing his grip on them. Coal exports hnvo greatly Increased Ir tho lupt fiscal year, tho total valuo being $39,355,759 ns compared with W4. 727.702 In 1907 and $2S,21G,370 In lOOfi. Of tho 1908 oxnorts Canada received coal to tho valuo of $30,342.-T.47. $30,342.-T.47. as neatest $27 022.470 In 1907; Mexico. $2,713,474. against $3,208,585; nnd Cuba, $2,153 130 In 1908. agaliiHt $2,111,721 In 1907. Tho work of reconstruction nnd enlarging en-larging at the nine plant Is going on In good shape, and tho work will bo pushed to completion with nil pos sible snood, says tho Park City Record. Rec-ord. With Its Increased rapacity tho output will be more than double what It hns been. In regnrd to a reported deal for Ely Witch In which tho Guggenhelms flguro. tho Ely Nows says thnt It Is noil known there that within tho Inst few months i couplo of examinations hnvo boon made of Ely Witch proper- tv bv oxnorts representing largo eastern east-ern Intercuts |