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Show MINES AND MINING- I 1 Tho big mill for tho Monarch mines nt Atlanta, Idaho, Is nearlng complo-Hon complo-Hon nnd will soon bo In opcrntfon. Good progress Is being mndo on tho plant of tho Holso (Idaho) Oro Tostlntf & Cyantdlng company. Oro enough for a continuous run of six months had ' nlrendy been secured. A number ot Ontario, Oregon, clt' Izcns have docldcd to form n company 'H for tho purposo ot exploring for 011 .H and ens. About $1,000 was subscribed IH at a recent mooting, and that much moro promised. ( Secretary Callbrcath ot tho Amorl- jH can Milling Congress says that during- jH tho confurenco ln Helena tho Montana mining mon subscribed $100,000 to-build to-build an Independent smcltor on tho cooperative plan. Mlno operators genornlly nro plan-nlng plan-nlng to establish smelters Independ-cut Independ-cut of tho trust. Tho movement hn been Indorsed by tho Amorlcan MIn- IH Ing Congress nB tho only solution of high rntcs exacted by Uio smelting-trust. smelting-trust. IJH Tho now modorn 20-stnmp mill of IH tho Ilngdad-Chaso Mining company, at Atlanta, Idaho, commenced crushing oro from tho Potlt mlno on January IH 2Gth. Tho big machinery started off iJH smoothly and everything is running satisfactorily. Ono. of tho largest Boston stockhold ors in Utah Consolidated says that J. .jH II. Illsquo now has tha property ln -H shape for economical handling, ol- ,flH though ho found tho mlno in n most doplorablo condition when ho took hold about n year ago. IH Plans nro undor way to assemblo IH tho principal mining IntorostB in Colo-rado Colo-rado in tho noxt few weokH, when tho first stops will bo taken toward tho lH accumulation of enough capital to bo gin tho smoking business, Independ-cnt Independ-cnt ot tho smcltor trust. A now 22-Inch holo has been driven from Shaft No. 3 to tho drain tunnol jH ot tho Ontario mine nt Parle City. This Js tho fourth holo that has been put in to drain tho 4,500 gallons of wator jH in tho shaft. Tho water is falling at tho rato of threo fcot a day. It is announced thnt ln tho battlo with tho smoltcr trust tho oporators of southorn California havo already gono so far as to purchaso an old smelting plant which will bo romod-eled romod-eled and cnlnrgcd sufficiently to hnn-dlo hnn-dlo nil tho smelting of thnt district. Amorlcan Smelting & Ilofintng com-pnny com-pnny of Salt Lnko has a reprcscnlu- 'laH tlvo in tho local field, inquiring into tho probablo futuro output of oros, and seeking to lino up tho producora . with that institution ns rogular pat-rons, pat-rons, Bays tho Falrvlow (Nov.) Nows. A prominont mining n.!N says tho -'ll Farrol end of tho Sovon Troughs dls-trict dls-trict Is moro llko Cripple Crook In its formation than anything ho has over seen in Novada nnd, whllo thorol has f ImmA not been enough work dono thoro 'ct iM to provo anything, ho is decidedly bj. V, JL tho opinion that it will surprlso tho nn- 3'f Tho production ot copper in tho Jl stato of Utah for tho month ot Jan-uary Jan-uary is estimated at 5,780,000 pounds. This compares with nn output of 8,- jH 500,000, ln round figures, for tho month WM of i:ceinber. Tho fnlllng oft Is duo 'JH to tho closing down of tho various smcltors by reason of tho fumes sit- A now Btrlko hns been mndo Iw Nc vada, in tho rango back of Sand Springs, Tho strlko wns mado on a jJ group of claims owned by Archio fl Graham, formorly of Falrvlow, and fiH tho samples taken glvo nssays from jfH $1,700 to $2,100, principally in gold. Tho ground on which tho djscovory wns mndo Is cntlroly now, JH Llttlo Is heard about tho Consolldnt- cd Morcur, nt Morcur, Utnh, although Jfl thoBo who aro familiar with tho prop- JM crty aro authority for Uio statement thnt tho company Is now sending gold jfl bullion to tho United States mint at tho rato of $70,000 per month, nnd with ovorythlng promising n steady In-crenso In-crenso In precious metal production. Flnttoring reports nro bolng received concerning various properties in tho Fay-Gold Springs region. Soma very M promising gold oro Is bolng disclosed ifl in tho Trcntim tunnol on tho Indiana claim, south of Deer I.odgo, and a flno tlH showing Is being mado on tho FuWh ,B claim. :H Hy tho last ot tho present month It Jmm is oxpected that tho Utnh Copper com- ilsH pnny will havo It's ninth section at fmmt tho now Garfield concentrating plant Jl ready for operation. Tho machinery ''mH for tho samo is now on tho ground nnd work Is being rushed forward as I'd'taS fast us possible. t'lfrW Tho third 250-ton section of tho Bos- if J$l! ton Consolidated company's big mill fl!tfr at Garfield went Into rogulnr commts- Ht? slon on February C, and JiJiglneor A. iKl'S J J. Bottles, who Is now spending ovory PfTjpW moment of his tlmo at tho plant, states thnt it would bo Imrosslblo for a now ui W i mill to behave bettor. Mviv Tho cross-cut tunnol that is being , t f Nj driven ln tho Mint mlno nt Pearl, if j- Idaho, to intersect tho ledgo is now in JtC." j a dlstanco of 1,243 foot. Tho forma- i iffVl tlon Is changing rapidly and Iho man- 5 IT- ngor Is convinced tho long lookod for J jf vein which mndo a good showing at v jfjjV tho surfaco is not far away. Word was recolvcd in Salt Lake JaBt 1 liYjre' wool: thnt tho Qunn-Quealy Coal com- fHf' pany, whoso properties nro operated , i?r by tho Kommoror Coal company, will on March 15 bonln shipping coal from ' tfjfenl Its two now mtucB nt Rock Springs, - KJfc? Wyo. TIiuhu two mines will havo a iHI capacity ot 2,000 tons por day. John McGco nt Montnnn, nnd assch B elates, havo purchased tho Golden Eaglo mlno at Neal, Idaho. Mr. Mc- jH Geo announces that it is their inton- fll tlon to lay out a broad plan ot devol- sill opmont for tho property, as thoy hayo lH full confldenco It will Justify tho work ueoded to open it up at depth, lyH |