Show f MINES iiA AND MINING EDITED BY P. P W. W SPRAGUE IDAHO OPERATORS ASK ASI TARIFF BE RETAINED t State Mine Inspector Bell Tells of Condition of I Industry IS CLOSING LONG SERVICE Will Make Special Study of i Pioche and Utah Districts I i Boise oise Ida Dec 20 State O.-State State Mine In- In Robert Rob X N. Bell nell who returned iS official trip to toas I last lost night from his last north Idaho and the coeur dAleno ills ills- I when asked ed tho reli re- re discovery ery or of ore InI In li lorte had read I I county stated that he the tho reports In the while In as the north but a did not know 0 1 anything I Ii about t Its existence occasions small deposits de- de el On a number ol of posits or of tho mercury bearIng ore oro lie he lieI ah ha had lt beOn en located In southern I- I J aho from which Yer very fino specimens I hut It the were ero so limited It ell I V i ai n to to-be to be valueless noi c er u il the igneous formations of ot tho favorable for the tho e range are especially of mercury ore oro md Dd It Is M i. i entirely probable that a to t commercial deposIt denie de- de posIt ma may exist there The The nie big Vj mines In tho the Cour COUl dAlena tI 1 district h he lie says sas aro aro being operated jJ- jJ Jt at t their tuB full capacity with the usual number or of men employed There is s a reserve of or developed ore In mines that thai will HI warrant a continuance of or tho the present rato of or production for a n number num num- her ber of 01 years ears to come and several se now ore oro 10 bodies of ma magnitude I have bare been discovered during durins- tho the year ear i I Tho operators are arc of or courso course somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- what 1 worried d at the prospect of ot a ro- ro in the tho lead lend tariff and they ther aro are exerting exerting- eve over every effort to forestall such action b by congress They are ale represented l-epro- l before the tho committee on revision revis rena- ton ion o of the tariff b by Frederick and Charles Sweeny both of 01 whom have C been conspicuous in tho time 4 development of ot tho the district and the tho operation ope ope- l. Ir-l. c I. I ration ratton of oC tho the mines since their dIsco er Tables Tables haVe havo been compiled complied by tho the local operators giving hing detailed figures 0 or of Cost of production of ot lead and showing every feature of or the tho business of or making and a big biff lead c mine from the prospect stapo atago to the time I 7 period with proper regard reg-ard for tor necessary dead desil work and charges I of ot operation for tho tim use UBe of the commA com com- cornI I 4 A reduction In the tariff on lead will have a serious effect on the Coeur VAlene producers for while the silver values In their oros ores are oro an Important feature compared to the lead ores of Missouri tho the operating costs coats aro arc relatively relatively rela rela- tI eJ er very much higher as higher wages aro are paid In the Coeur d' d Alones than in any oth other r lead sliver district In the world and tho the silver values of or orthe the Coeur dAleno ores aro much lower on time the cra a average e than In the tho l silver lead ad ores from Utah and Colorado mines Hence flence the north Idaho producers would be vcr very serIous seriously affected by a aT T nf or th the rate CI Third Term I During the remainder of his hi term or until January 1 I Mr 11 Hell Ben expects to be bun en engaged a ed in office work getting things In shapo shape for his successor li F. F J. J Moore After that tIme ho will engage In a private practice of or examination and promotion of or mines Mr 11 Bell Boll closes his hit third term as ns state mine Inspector or ot a service covering coy cov ering ering- HI years ears during which ho he says sas ho lie had never tI been away from tho duties du du- du- du ties tics of his office or out 0 o of tho the t state late moro more than one ono week Weel at nt a time Ills His I step upon retirement will be to enjoy enJo an aim exten extended ed trip In Utah and southern Nevada mining districts making Pioche a point of ot special stud study where ho says Bays a big boom in rich all sil lead ver-lead ores Is Js now brewing I |