Show AROUND THE MINES TUie new strike made h. h by lessees inthe In Inthe Inthe the Eureka Hill Bill mine district appears to be coming along satisfactorily satisfactorily torn and aud the first shipment of ore should hould be made within whim a few days Work that according lo to all Indica Indications Lions will lead to ule the Silver iI Pick becoming be be- becoming coming a heavy producer of high grade mill ore Ole In the next month is now under under un un- der del wa way reports the Tribune The rhe Federal Mines Klines und and Smelting company at Mullan Idaho has declared declared de de- Its regular quarterly dividend of 1 las la's per cent on the preferred stock The Tune disbursement Is equivalent to According to the Nevada evalla Mining Press scarcity of miners milICi'S and antI the excessive ex ex- excessive cost of mine urine supplies will at atthe atthe atthe cause a cessation of or operations the the Como Consolidated mine in L Lyon on county count until spring Handling about 1000 yards ards of or earth dally daily the big lg dredge of the Gold Canon Canyon Canyon Can Can- yon on Dred Dredging ln company at Dayton Daton Neada Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada ada Is fulfilling all expectations and the returns flom from the gravel are satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- factory to the company The report comes from flom the West est Divide at Tonopah that there Is now exposed eXl In the die new raise high grade in ha the ore of the same character as drift on Ill the shaft level I Everything ver thing Is 1001 looking lovely lovel at the property Operations in the Con Cou Virginia mine continue to feature work worl at the north end nd of the Comstock where according according ac nc- ac- ac cording to the official reports for the past week an excellent grade rade of ore is being extracted and blocked out Rather nather than have the three big hi mines of shut down the Salt Lake railway has decided to fore forego o the advance ad ad- advance vance of CO GO cents a ton allowed on ore under tinder In value and will continue continue con con- the old rate of or 2 5 a ton to Salt Lake With the present scarcity of gold the pro prospects for developing In the Bell district several large and profitable profitable profit profit- able producers of yellow ellow metal are me excellent excellent excellent ex ex- it is believed The Bell district district dis dis- Is situated about 30 miles from om Mina Minn Nev and but hut a u few miles from the Simon district Diamonds washed up from the sea seaon seaon seaon on the coast of ot southwest Africa during dur dur- dUIn during In ing 1918 totaled 1 carats and valued at ot 50 This is accord accord- accordIng according Ing to government go scientists who investigated in- in Investigated In estl the coastal diamond field which Is miles long and und was discovered dis US- discovered covered In n 1905 The greatest copper belt In the country countr is Js getting to be the favorite fa expression of mining men when referring refer refer- ring ing to the vast mineralized area In Plumas count county Calif on which the two big mines mites a at present are the Engles I on the north and the Walker Copper to U the e southeast Iol Is a much sought much sought ought metal At present the price Is p per r ton which with the pound sterling sterling at t normal nor nor- normal mal would be l slightly under 1500 per ton For a u carload of this metal the price would be approximately These prices are based up upon lJ pure moly molybdenum denum sulphide Reports coming from the East Enst Tintic Tin- Tin TIntic Tintic tic section indicate that the South Standard company Is Is fast getting ever everything In readiness for the winters winter's winters winter's winters winter's win win- ter's campaign of work worl The power line will be be completed within n a short I time when the needed machinery will be Installed and work ork speeded up Mills at the Packard and Rochester Roches ter tel mines which which have been been closed down since the first of be because be- be cause of lack of power will be In III operation operation oper opere atlon In a few du days s 's It Is declared During the time th the mills mills' have been closed down the mines have been repaired re re- repaired paired and their theil capacities s Increased The American Amerl an consul at Guatemala City CIt reports that the Guatemala Marble Marble Mar Mar- ble hie Mining company is preparing to operate a marble quarry about thirteen thir thirteen teen miles from the railroad station of ot Zacapa which station Is a 11 little over oer miles from Puerto Barrios the nearest port from which the product ma may be shipped One dollar a 0 a. a pound was the earliest price ever quoted for platinum now worth 16 an ounce sa says s 's the American Amen Ameri can Mine Reporter This This This' original price of a metal with which Russia is now planning to finance Its International international Inter inter- national trade and form a reserve for tor its its' money system was esta established In Inthe Inthe inthe the middle of the eighteenth century after the discovery el of platinum In Co Co- lombia j While the silver sliver producers of this country are doing loin little worrying regarding re re- regarding garding the Immediate future due lue tithe tc tt the length of oC time tine that it will take toke tc te produce enough h of ot the metal to meet the governments government's requirements under the PIt man act at ot the same time ilex Mex Mexican scan lean a and ld Canadian producers are optimistic op about the future course of or the metal quotations and are are ar withholding such metal from the markets because of the present prices which in their theli opinion cor conditions in the trade ado do not warrant ty ga J. J j J Henry n of or Ely EI Is I workIng work work- orl ok Ing In on a proposition for consolidating several se inside properties at Arrowhead with the Idea of ot operating them on n a lar large e scale The financial arran arrangement arrangement arrange arrange- ement e- e ment leas has been completed with Ely and find Salt Lake men In the lead lend I Rapid progress Is being made In the construction of or the flotation notation mill mm at the I Lcarl mines 38 33 miles from Gel Car I lack Nev Ne The TI notation flotation mill takes I the place of ot the wet vet concentrator forIn forI formerly for for- merly In use Ule and will Increase the I I tonnage tr treated ted as well as the extrac e trat tion |