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Show MINES AND MINING The production of coal In Utah In 1907 was 1.750,000 tons, valued at $3,-000,000. $3,-000,000. Gold la mined in nineteen counties of Idaho, nnd silver la found In almost all tho counties that yield gold. Tho sales on the Snll lake stock exchniige for 1907 nro plnced at 17,-725,850 17,-725,850 shares, valued at $13,997,-1C5.C8. $13,997,-1C5.C8. Tho totnl dividends for 1907 nnd 1908 paid by the mines of Utnh thus fnr nro plnced nt tho enormous Bum of $100,000,000. (loldfleld Is mulling u strong bid for the next meeting of thn Amerlcnn Mining congress, and It Is believed that the enterprising camp will lnnd It. Gold production from the Snnko river deposits In Idaho Is gaining, lu thnt section u number of ambitious hydro-electric power nnd railroad building projects exert u powerful uplift up-lift on the mineral Industries. The new Goldfleld Consolidated mill Is prncllcnlly completed and has been running for soveral days trying out tho machinery. Parties who hnvo seen the mill pronounco It n model and dcclnro It to ho working perfectly. Despite the drop in prices of nearly nil mctalB, due in Inrgc measure to tho, financial unrest of Mio last three months of the year, 1907 wns tho best year In the history of mining lu the state of Utah, both as to production and prollt. The Hluff City. Utah, oil region Is reported to bo one of tho liveliest spots on tho petroleum map at present. pres-ent. Twelve drilling rigs are on the ground, pounding nwny dny mid night, and tlvo producing oil wells havo been struck. At tho depth of 300 feet In the Lucent Lu-cent bhaft of the Orizaba Mining company, com-pany, opcrnilng lu tho Indian Peak district, streaks or gray copper and cbnlcopyrlte are coming Into a massive mas-sive body of ore on which the shaft is being Bunk. Tho llrst shipment of ore from the row Btrlko lu the ground of the Lion Illll Consolidated company at Ophlr vas settled for nt tho smelter Inst week upon controls showing values of 255 ounces in silver, 7 per cent lend nnd $1.20 In gold. The principal copper producing nren of Idaho Is In Hie Coour d'Aleno country. coun-try. The copper production for this yenr will reach a value ot $1,500,000. Thin Industry Is now In n condition to bo considerably Increased, If the price of copper goes a little higher. In gold nnd Bllvor production in Idaho thero aro 207 producers, Including Includ-ing eighteen pincers. In ore vnluntlon tho yield for the current year will uvernge 12 cents lu gold nnd $3.3 1 for silver per ton. The ton value for gold, silver, copper, lend and zinc will aver-ago aver-ago $12.95. One of the busiest mining camps In Nevnda todny Is Lodl, where the l.odl Mines company Is not only developing develop-ing n mine which is proving n wonder, hut Is building a 100-ton smelter to treat its own ores. Tho conipuny has laid out a towuslle near the mine ami timelier. Tho bottom of the winze, fifteen foot below tho 150 lovel lu the Nevada Hills mine at Knlrvlew. Nevnda, shows n mngniflceut body of high- grado shipping ore, while- three to four inches of sensationally rich sulphides carry gold and sliver contents of $2,000 to the ton. - K. A. Mlllick, one of tho largest op-erntors op-erntors of the Osceola district In No' vndn, announces that ho Is about to launch the Kohtuoor Mining. Milling & Power company, backed by Port land, Ore., capitalists, to tako over tho Kohiiinor group of mining claims In Sluing valley. - The matter of petitioning the legislature legis-lature at its coming seslon to establish estab-lish n stnto mining or Industrlnl bureau, bu-reau, with nn appropriation largo enough 10 mnko Its work effective, will bo taken up at an early meeting of tho Utah branch of tho American Mining congress. The richest dlscovory on Goldfleld Florence ground bIiico thnt of tho famous fa-mous Engineers' leaso has been uncovered un-covered lu the adjoining block ot ground to the east, formerly known as the Daisy Florence, nnd now the property of the Mitchell-Fairfield Development De-velopment company. Tho Independent Salt company lint Just completed construction of n dlk on Its property about three mllei south ot Snltnlr, on tho lnko show and It Is announced that plans for rcllnory will be soon gotten out. II Is expected to build tho refinery dur Ing tho coming summer. Greater activity In copper mining 1 being manifested now than ever bo lore In ll history of Utah. A totnl of 141.2S9.fi40 pounds of lend wa produced In 1907, nnd It mny bo ex pected thnt tho lead mlncB of Utnh will show u larger production for tht current yenr thnn for 1907. Cuprite, Nov., where nro Inrgo buI phur deposits which hnvo been found to carry gold, nppnrentlxln pnylng qunntltles, now lays clnlm to tho fur-thor fur-thor distinction of having ores which enrry a high porccntngo of titanium, a volunblo motal which occurs In con-Junction con-Junction with oxide of ron. Directors of tho Utnh Consolidated Mining company, In Now York on December De-cember 15, posted tho company's regular regu-lar qunrterly dlvldenu of 50 cents n share, uggrogatlng $150,000. Thlf makes $000,000 paid by tho company this year and swells tho total of prof-Its prof-Its distributed to $8,050,000. With tho Invitation for bids for surveying sur-veying work In San Juan county by Thomas Hull. United Stntca surveyor gcuoral for Utnh, tho llrBt step toward tho survey of tho Utnh oil lands wns begun. The oil flelda to bo surveyed lie in Knno, Washington, Iron, San Juan nud Garfield counties. |