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Show MINES AND MININltT High ofllcIalB of tho United States Smelting, Roflning & Mining company nro on a tour of inspection of tho cotnpany'o various properties in Utah, California and Mexico. Tiho test run on oro from tho Spring Hill mlno at Cow oamp has not yet been made at tho Pittsburg-Silver Pittsburg-Silver Peak company's mill, but It will be made soon, according to tho Blair Press. One of the largo western holders of Boston Consolidated has been approached ap-proached within the last few days, according ac-cording to a Boston dispatch, with tho view of securing an option upon all of his holdings at $20 a share. A sampler Is soon to bo erected at Manhattan, Nevada, by Frank Petor-son, Petor-son, owner of the Peterson mill and holder of n five-year lease on tho Sullivan Sul-livan properties. An excavation for the plnnt has been started besldo tho mill on Mustang hill. A lease covering ono year ha3 been signed up by Henry Bogan and I-ouIs Colvln on tho old Joe Bowers property prop-erty near Silver City, and In view of the development work thoy havo already al-ready done, tlicy expect to havo n shipment on the market In tho near tuture. Up to Octobor 1 tho Ray Consolidated Consoli-dated Copper company had developed 38,3G1,919 tons of oro, averaging 2.2C por cent copper, on a total of ninety-six ninety-six ncrea. This statement will appear In the annual report for the year ended Juno 30, 1909, which will bo mailed to stockholders. Dovelopmonts In tho Prlnco Consolidated Con-solidated company's mlno tlie last wook have been as Interesting as usual, says tho Plocho Record. On tho 4G0 tho oro body varies In width from 10 to 14 feet, with values running run-ning about 8 per cent lead, 12 ounoca silver and $1.50 In gold. Tho entrance of the Oole-Ryan Interests In-terests into tho Ely, Nevada, district on a far-rcachlng scale, togothor with tho recent encouraging developments In tho Ely Consolidated and Ely Central Cen-tral properties, la given as tho reason rea-son Tor tho active trading and advanced ad-vanced prices of the Ely Btocks. The Provo Mining company, It la announced, Is Just breaking Into tho northern extension of what la known n.s tho East Tintic Development cast vein. It is on tYe 100-fcot level t'nt tho Prtfvo company has the ore. Tho snmo crosscut went through a small quantity of oro in the -west vein. A car and necessary track for tho lower tunnol of tho Silver Island property prop-erty In tho Silver Island district, was sent out to the mlno from Salt Lako Inst week. A shipment of ore will bo made from this property at once, and Dhould It provo as rich as it looks, tho mlno will become a steady producer. pro-ducer. There wns recently acquired by tho Ray company 4,000 acres of land for mill, smelter, power plant and tailings tail-ings site. Construction on tho mill has started, and when completed It will havo a dally capacity In eight furnaces of 5,000 tons of ore. Treatment Treat-ment of oro Is expected to commenco Jan. 1, 1911. Slnco the copper properties of the Yorington district have to a large extent ex-tent beon proven up boyond the uncertain un-certain stage of the prospoct, and tho erection of a Bmoltor has been promised prom-ised by tho Mason Valley people, mining min-ing men oro dovotlng their Interests to that part of the country, with renewed re-newed energy. There Is a genuine gold stampedo to Bruneau, Idaho, on account of some very rich oro that has been found on tho mountain. Tho rich float wan round first and later the ledgo was struck. Tho oro was assayed at tho assay olllco In Boise and roturns of $400 per ton were had. Many claims have been taken up. Hanco Johnson, ono of tno loasors of tho old Jones Bonanza property on Bonanza Flat and part of tho Daly-Judge holdings, says tho Park Itecord, was down town Tuesday Inst nnd reports conditions at the property prop-erty encouraging. Some thirty or forty tons of oro havo already boon taken out by tho leasers. News comes from tho Deep Crock mining country of tho salo to tho riuggenhelm people of the property ot tho Woodman Mining compnny, In that section, tho consideration, It la said, being $2801000, to bo mado In threo payments. Tho property transferred trans-ferred consists ot all of tho Woodman holdings In thp Clifton district. Silver King1 Consolidated has a now Btrlke, in entirely now ground, which appears to bo a big one. In a crosscut cross-cut driven In a southern direction from tho enst drift on the contact, oa tho 1,550-foot lovel, has been encountered encoun-tered a now vein carrying three feet of oro of tho charactor from which Park City has derived lta fame as a high-grado camp. Owing to tho impracticability of joporatlng tho mines of tho Nevada Unlto'd Mining company at Copporold, Nevada, during tho winter months, theso properties havo beon closed 'down nnd work will not again bo resumed re-sumed until next Bprlnsr. |