| Show I AROUND THE nIE MINES MINESA I I A crosscut from the lie famous Ontario Io drain n tunnel at Park City recently encountered encountered encountered en en- countered ti n body hody of low grade ate On at lit considerable depth It is reported from flom New Neu York that the Pierce Oil company has brought In Ina Ina ina a new well in the Mexico field fled with an estimated capacity of barrels a ada day da Announcement is made that the tho directors directors directors di di- rectors of or the Utah Consolidated Min Mm Mining ing company have declared a dividend of 25 cents per share on the shares of th tins the outstanding stock to l. l American Agricultural Chemical has haa declared a n quarterly q dividend dl of ol 2 per percent percent I cent on the l stock placing this issue on an nn 8 S per cent per annum basis The previous rate annually was G per cent Utah Copper company made a remarkable remarkable re re- rOo Increase In production comparIng comparing comparing com com- paring the August output with that of July an increase of ot almost pounds This increase is worth orth today tOllay I a little more than gross I I There here are arc three places in the Alta AHa I Consolidated where there are ure excellent chances of making commercial ore bodies with no inconsiderable amount of high lg grade Is the epitome of a are are- report re re- report port which comes from that property Directors of the Tonopah Mining I company at nt Philadelphia declared a I quarterly dividend of 1 15 cents a share Tills This requires the time payment on October 21 of the sum of It will bring the tile total up to approximately Butte Anaconda with their 1 O Oto to 1 men employed directly In mine and smelter today is producing more copper than any other one district dI In Inthe Inthe inthe the world and Montana comes next In production to the great premier red metal state of Arizona Grand Gulch Mining company Is at present centering its efforts on the time matter of Installing a new compressor plant that deeper work may be started started started start start- ed in the near future with a view to increasing the light tonnage which has bas lately been moving to market Potash valued at from to per ton will be one of the products manufactured by the Ogden Portland Cement company within a few days s The addition to the cement plant of the company at Baker in Box Elder count county Utah has been completed The West End Consolidated Mining company of Tonopah has declared a n dividend of 10 cents a share This hi calls for the distribution of oil October 15 to stock of record September Septem ber bel 30 It will bring the time total dividends dividends divi divi- dividends up to more than O. O Word Vord received from the time superintendent dent ent of the Eureka Emeka Mines lutes company compan is is that the new lessees who have taken over the time Tintie property from flom the root foot level up have work well under underway underway way war and In fact are in some ore Ole but It is not yet of commercial grade Conditions in Mt Mexico xico have huye been showing a slow but steady teady improvement improvement improve improve- ment luent with the result that the Guggenheim Guggenheim Gug Gug- genheim plants there have been ll placed acell in varying stages of operation with the exception of the tho smelter which has not resumed on account of lack lacle of sufficient ores Graphite has lately late been selling from rom 8 S to 25 cents a pound for certain grades and 10 to 15 cents for fOl others The Time best must carry about 90 per ce t carb carbon n content The production in the i first half of this year ear from United Unite States mines amounted to 1681 short tons says sa s 's the time United States survey According to eastern advices h heavy avy Inroads into earnings of the American Smelting Refining company will be made this year ear by labor both through record wages paid vald and shortage In iii taco men employed Inefficiency will also figure figure fig fig- ure as an important factor as the company has hus been forced to take on onman man many unskilled men maen Good miners are ure almost impossible to get and with th the last draft matters will be much worse Unless the time government gov gOY comes to the aid of the minIng mining min mm- ing lag companies It will be difficult to I keep many big producers in iii operation Mining Jining is one of the time very essential industries at this time and the meat must assist In Its continuance Prior to the war var the chief chlof source of supply for the mol molybdenum alloys s was either Sweden or Norway but now un under der del war conditions condition the die government Is naturally seeking to secure Ms Us rare metals at home One difficulty has been that the he average prospector knows mows much about gold silver kid hid and amI copper and md but little about th timi rare and arid equally needed metals Gold God mining operations ns In Cnn Canada d dhave have been heen co conducted ducted under most tr tryIng trying try try- Ing conditions with yield of this n metal greatly restricted says says the Boston News Bureau reau D JUc Mines company has Idle been be been n. n idle Ide since last lust December when hen the property was co closed ed down Labor shortage was a u primary factor at lt that property Today the company compan ed in development de de- has about fifty men employed nt work work against against a payroll loll of about k men n a year eur ago Hollinger gold ocl mines has not not ceased c operations but has been seriously affet affected Due to the the- big Improvement In operations operations op op- op- op at atthe the thc prop property rt Miami Copper Copper Copper Cop Cop- per compan company's production company's production made a new high record moat luat month registering an in increase reuse of 2 pounds over oer time the pounds turned out in in June 1917 the previous high record month DJ Directors rectors of the Daly Mining company company company com com- pany have d declared t the e regular quarterly quarterly qun terly tery dividend of 10 io cents a n share This I calls criBs for tor the distribution on October 1 Of the sm suin sum n of This new quarterly dividend will vill bring the t to total to I tal ml distribution of the the old Park Immik City mine Un tin p to 3 53 0 W roo |
