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Show '"H. II I nn nii.ai.iii.n.i i UK MINES AND MINING Thoro Is enough ore In sight In thd mlnea in tho Seven Devils to kcop a 1,000-ton smolter in constant opsra-tion. opsra-tion. The minors In tho Yerlngton, Nov., camp have notified tho operating com panles that they havo no Intention of asking for a raUe In tho wage schedule. sched-ule. They claim to bo happy and contented con-tented as they are. It may be noted that moro than 96 per cent of the world's production of coal Is mined In countries lying north of the equator, the countries south of the line contributing less than 20,000,000 tons annually. Tho Rlckard Ely, of Ely, Novada, Is operating a churn drill at h depth ol 950 feet. Tbe slum from the drill hole Indicates a good showing of copper ore in the bottom. The hole will be driven to a depth of 1,000 feet Considerable development work Is being done at this time In the Cumora and Olympla mines, located southeast of Hurley, fourteen miles from Albion, Idaho. The company has several carloads car-loads of ore on the dump that assays $160 to the ton in gold. Orders have been given for tho closing clos-ing down of the Honerlne mine at Stockton, Just as soon as tho present supply of coal'ls exhausted. A directors' direct-ors' meeting will bo held October '21st. at which a decision will be reached ro garding future -operations. On the Ely, "mining stock exchange on the26tb, during a call of exactly seventeen mfnutcs, 14,500 shares ol stock were soDd of the aggregate value of $3,uo:i.SS. Tho soiling was brisk and snappy from tho stait, continuing so to tho end of tho call. Tho National Development company la fathering an oil company that will undertake tho development of about 1,500 acres of bind in tho Virgen City field. It is announced that n firm-clasp drilling rig will be landed In tho field at the earliest possible moment. Balakalala copper stock has been under selling pressure all tho wav down to $10 from $16, tho selling o: Is-Inatlng Is-Inatlng largely from New York. Some of the largest stockholders have lot go, thoush the Ouggcnhelms claim to have their 750,000 shares Intact. Moro salt was produced In tho United Unit-ed States in 190G than in any previous year, and tho value of tho product was greater than In any year since 1890. The quantity was 3,944,133 short tons, or 28,172,380 barrels, valued at $6,-058,350, $6,-058,350, a gain of 308,876 tons, or 2,-206,588 2,-206,588 barrels, over the production in 1906. Iud wu.ti. a itj.t4wi..wH .. . ..-.T ID 1902 was 542,293 long tons, of which 294,-123 tons, or 54-3 per cent, was contributed con-tributed by the United States. Compared Com-pared with the previous year tht world's output showed an increase notwithstanding lower prices for the motal, of 31,014 tons, or about 6 pei cent. Coat has been mined at moro than a dozen places along tho Yukon, and at some of these places the mlninc has been profitable; but no extensive development of the coal fields In the atorlor has been undertaken and no ork was blng done on the coal jlMlms of this region during the past summer. It is stated that on the 100-foot level at the Old Peacock mine In the SeveD Devils district in Idaho, the ore bodj has widened out until there is now moro than million dollars In sight The ore Is more than 150 feet widt ind will average eight per cent cop per, in addition to tbe gold and silvet values It carries. What is considered an Important phase In the copper situation In th fact that China Is again in tbe mar Ket for a large volume of copper, do liveries to extend over the next twelvt months. Already European agents foi tho MandarinB back of the currencj buying movement have secured some hundreds of tons for shipment to Shanghai. After a full investigation of mine "onditlons and after going over the ground at tho mine, and, finally, after having completed exhaustive tests on the ores, Engineer Ernest Oayford if the General Engineering company has given his stamp of approval to the motliods employed nt the Jennlo Gold Mining company's properties in the troatment of the mine's product A Gcnova nowspaper states that Professor Joly has completed a geological geo-logical examination ot the specimens of tho strata collected In tho borings tor tho Slmplon tunnel. Ho found rich tracos of radium, Indicating 'arger deposit than any hitherto discovered dis-covered in Europe. v He believes that I he presence of these deposits caused ''jo abnormal heat experienced In building the tunnel. Moro than 50 per cent of the total i "reduction of coil in the United I States from 1814 to the close ot 1906, I or 3,540.000.000 tons, was mined in I Pennsylvania. The anthracite produc-t produc-t tlon in that state amounted to 1.854,- 906.009 tons, and the bituminous output out-put was 1,695,920,082 tons. Illinois ranks second, with a total production of 694.551.163 tons, and Ohio third, I with 460.526.939 tons. ' A strike, which affects only the Daly West, Ontario and Daly Mlninc cam-' cam-' panies of Park City, was declared last week. 300 minors going out. The , cause of the strike, as stated by the I Miners' union officials, Is unjust discrimination dis-crimination against tho members of , the union The promise for a brilliant future 'or tho Nevada Wonder, of Wonder, Nevada, .8 Increased by the rccont showings on the adjoining Hidden Treasure, where, at a depth ot 135 :eet, a 45-foot ledge.,, carrying values ill the way across has recently boon uncovered |