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Show MINES AND MINING H Tho govornment assay ortlco in BBB Salt Lnko City will ho thrown open BBB for business during tho week. BBB Tho Elk City district, In Idaho cdun- H ty, Idaho, has enjoyed a prosperous BBB year of mining development nnd has i BBB given employment to a good many BBB BBB Thnt tho Attn Copper .company, onJ BBB erntlng In tho Lost River, Idaho, dls-' H trict, will soon commence shipping the H high-grade oro from tho tunnel being H driven on its American vein is the H word thnt comes from that?camp. H Considerable damago was caused H Into Saturday night, January 9", at the H South Columbus mlno at Altn by u H snowslldc, which damaged tho com- H pressor house, broko In tho kitchen H ot tho boarding house and killed tho H Chinese cook, who was stooping H Tito totnt production of primary re- H fined lead, dcBltvcrlzcd and soft, from domestic and foreign ores In 1908 was approximately 391,000 short tons, J worth nt tho averago prlco $32,841,000, ta compared to n production of 414,- H 189 tons In 1907 nnd 404,099 tons In With tho rlctt chute now opbncd up for n distnnco ot nbout seventy feet J In length, tho north drift on tho 200- foot lovel in tho famous Harris Mln- J ing and Leasing company, on tho prop-erty prop-erty of tho Seven Troughs Mining company, Is stilt advancing on a full Tho output of tho mines of Idaho for 1908 was as follows: Gold (ozs., G8il45.1C), $1,409,992.97; silver (ozs., 7,000,507.38), $4,047,S1LG3; lead (lbs., 207.998,149), $8,7G4,4S5.35; copper (lbs., 10,110,500), $1,33C,G08.89; zinc. (lbs., 04,000), $3,020,80. Totnt value, $15,5G1,131.CI. Tho Hccla mlno nt Burko, Idaho, produced 282,000 ounces of silver and ,928,180 pounds oil lead in 1908. Tho production In 1907 was. 550,312 ounces .of silver nnd 19.024,893 pounds of lend. Tho falling off Is duo to closing the property from January 1 to Juno 1, owing to tho depression! of tho Mines In tho Cocur d'Alone district in northern Idaho, called tho "mil-llonnlro "mil-llonnlro factory," hnvo produced 150,-000 150,-000 tons of lend during 1908, or 37 per cent of tho totnl output In tho United Stntcs. In ndditlon, tho district pro-duccd pro-duccd 7,000,000 ounces of sllvor nnd several million dollars fn coppor, gold Work has been begun on the Cop-perhend Cop-perhend mlno In thd Lookout district BVJ In northern Idaho, and in a short BKV tlmo it is expected to ship a satnplo BKV car of oro to tho smoltcr. Tho old HBb tunnel, which Is In 300 foot, has bocn competed, and a new tunnel stnrted. Tho new work will connect with the main lend. Important deals Involving tho con trol or tho Colorado Fuel and Iron company nro being negotiated In Now, York City. Largo interests during tho Inst fow weeks hnvo purchased a suf-llclent suf-llclent nmount of tho common stock '1 or tho company to give the Interests control, nnd announcement or tho dcnl Is expected soon. A Now York dispatch says that from Indications thoro will bo fow outsldora In tho board or tho American Smelting and Refining company by the closo ot tho current year. Tho board Is now made up or five of tho Guggenheim brothers, nnd many other directors aro cither officers or employes or tho smelting company. 'H Roports from Orovlllc. Wnsh., aro that the Keller group has been sold B to tho Dividend company. Tho group HBj Is south ot the Dividend, with ledges BVJ of hlgh-grndo copper oro oxposod at BKa sovcral placos. Tho ore Is or tho HBa tamo character as In all or tho mlnoa In tho Kruger mountain, nnd carries high values in gold nnd coppor. BB Extonslvo development work is plan-ncd plan-ncd ror tho coming year by Lofferty HBi brothers who own a largo group ot valuablo mining claims on tho Clear-water Clear-water river near Tramway, says Uio Lewlston (Idaho) Tribune Tho prop-ortles prop-ortles wero located Bovernl yenrs ago nnd development work to tho amount n BAa of aljoiit 2,500 feet has boon performed. Tho annual report, or the Barnes-King Barnes-King Development company was Is- Bp sued last woek by ProBldont John jBJ GIUlo. Tho company hns $2G5,000 In Bfl tho treasury, and has clenred a slight B proDt during 1908. Tho Barncs-KIng Bfl Is a $2,000,000 corporation or Butte, BH whoso falluro 'under former manage- 9B ment was ono ot tho sensations ot jjjBJ tho mining world last year. Tho stock, taBJ docliued from $5 to 85 cents, at which HO It Is still quoted. In tho Fremont county (Idaho) coal flolds tho Brown Bear mlno has beon m wa successfully dovolopcd to a depth ot jf" 200 (cot during tho yenr, whoro tho igjr coal Is round to be or oven hotter qualt fg. Ity than In tho shallow levels nbovo. it.' This district la producing now a good T 'ij tonnago or coal. Wj Thlrty-flvo hundred minors are om kV'.i ployed In tho Coour d'Aleno mlnea, ,iwV and the payroll amounta to $4,500,000 ij"f n year. Thoro aro also botwoon SOU SSt-,', ; and 1,000 miners working on proa- 1"1, pects on uroportlos In which they hold ( lntorcBt. Some ot these will becomo - '.X !. shippers In 1909. Unless present calculations tall, tho j( ' now Huntington mill on the, Georgo TjfeJ nnd English leaso on tho Badgor Hill Q." claims or tho Ftno Gold Soven ef . Troughs Mining company will bo re- 1 jiw duclng oro from tho leaso workings r "ijjt within tho 'noxt fow days, says thb Soven Troughs Minor. Jn lf Prominent geologists cstlmalo that) lb the oro in tho Cocur d'Aleno district BJI extends to n depth ot n milo, which BJ means that tho doposlta cannot bo oA B3 haustod In 100 yoors. Tho dooposIT BB workings in tho district which Is 35 by BB 20 miles and oxtonds into wostorn BB Montana, aro at 2,000 feet. BB I 'BBjI j-Bj1 |