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Show AROUftD THE H2HES Silver metal reached a new high point on the London market on November Novem-ber 4 of 07 pence, which is declared to be the Icghcst point in over a century. Plans for the consolidation of three iarge mining properties in the Last Tintic district, the South Lilly, the Moniana and the Bonanza, are being effected, according to late reports. According to the president of tha Eureka Standard Mining company, n campaign of development is to bo started shortly on-this property, which adjoins the Tintic Standard on the south. The Goshen Valley railroad, a spur line from the Denver & P.io Grande at Pearl, I'tan, to the Tintic Standard mine and the Iron King mine has been completed as far as Flora and will commence operating at once. A discovery of pitchblende lias been reported iu Butte township in the Nip-issing Nip-issing district. It was found by William Wil-liam Elliott, a prospector who had taken up a claim for mica, according to the Mining and Scientific Press. xwenty-eight gold dredges were operated op-erated in Alaska in 101S, producing ?l,42o.000 worth of gold, according to a report on the Alaska mining industry indus-try just issued by the United States geological survey, department of the interior. Application was filed last week with the public utilities commission by the South Hecla Mining company, asking that operation of the Little Cottonwood Transportation company's railroad be maintained as long as weather conditions condi-tions permit. The number of mines in which oner- ations are proceeding in British Columbia, Col-umbia, is the largest in two. years, says a Nelson, British Columbia, report. The volume of ore produced would be the largest in that period but for a labor strike at Kimberley. As depth is secured in the winze being sunk in a crosscut run from the Red Eagle or main tunnel level at the Boston Acme Mines corporation property, prop-erty, near Morgan, Utah, which is the old Morgan Crescent ground, the mineralization min-eralization is increasing. Davis-Daly finished the nine months of tin's year with about SSOO.OOO in cash, securities and Liberty bonds and owed no money. It should show final profits for the September HO quarter of at least $230,000, and this after all (barges and costs of new equipment. A London cable to the New York Sun tells of a giant mining combination in process of formation there. It is intended in-tended to have control of practically every basic metal mine of Russia and of producing mines in Mexico, India and Africa, according to its sponsors. Arrangements were made recently whereby the Tecoma Consolidated Mining Min-ing company can inaugurate a campaign cam-paign of development upon its property prop-erty situated in the Lucin mining district, dis-trict, 120 miles west of Ogden and about five miles from the main line railroads. j-ne vauie oi tne placer gold produced pro-duced in Alaska in 191S was about $5,900,000. The production in 1017 was $0.S10,000. The decrease in IMS was general throughout the territory, except ex-cept in the Copper River and Yenlna districts and some of the smaller Yukon Yu-kon districts. The prospects of finding oil in commercial com-mercial quantity in Washington county, coun-ty, Utah, are being investigated by geologists of the United States geological geologi-cal survey, department f (he interior. A study lias already been made of the small oil field at Virgin City, the only place in that part of Utah where producing pro-ducing wells have been drilled. Articles of incorporation of the Ophir Silver Mines company were filed at Salt Lake last week with the secretary sec-retary of state. This company was recently organized by Guy R. La Coste to develop a group of fifleen claims, adjoining the famous Ophir Hill mine, owned by Senator Clark of Montana, which has produced, it is estimated, more than $10,000,000. In addition to the imposing array of legal and technical experts gathered from all parts of the United stales and retained by the Utah Consolidated and the Utah Apex Mining companies, scores of local mine operators and mining min-ing lawyers are in. attendance in the United States district court at Salt Lake, where the hearing for apex rights between the two corporations is being heard. The Salt Lake Potash company, whose large plant is located at Kosmo on the northern edge of Great Salt lake, is building a track a mile In length to connect with the old line of the Southern Pacific, and will make first shipments of the crude product to the cast and south about November Novem-ber 10. In the Oquirrh range, fifty miles southwest of Salt Lake Clly, there is a deposit of phosphate rock that carries sixty-seven to seventy-live per cent of Iricalcium phospate. The quantity available In these districts lias not been determined. A new silver coinage for Mexico of a peso containing twelve grams of silver is provided for in a decree signed October 29 at Qucnt:iro by President Oarranza. The amount of j silver in the 50 and 2u centavo pieces is reduced in equal proportions. Increasing values are reported from all sections of the Divide. Nevada, '. district as mining operations progress, 1 and in several instances ore discover-s discover-s have been announced that will have an important bearing upon the future production possibilities of the proper-tics proper-tics .eoijeerned, |