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Show AROUND THE MINES The mine production of gold In Idaho increased from $804,908 iu 1917 to about $807,O in 191S. It is understood that the leaching plant at Magna will be entirely closed by January 10, action that will result in the release of nrore than 100 men. Business on the Salt Lake mining exchange the past year totaled 11,059,-337 11,059,-337 shares sold, valued at $2,174,449.04. The total for December was 1,431,145 shares valued at $319,090.40. The mine output of silver in Idaho decreased from 12,029,338 ounces in 1917 to about 9,595,000 ounces in 1918, an unusual decline of nearly 20 per cent, and the value decreased from $9,912,175 to about $9,280,000. The value of the gold, silver, copper and lead mined in Washington in 1918, was about $1,054,000, a decrease of $035,000. There were slight increases iu both silver aud copper, hut decided decrease in gold, lead and zinc. Directors of the Iowa Copper Mining Min-ing company of Park City sent a report re-port to tlie stockholders covering the period from October 21, 1917, to October Octo-ber 21, 1918. It showed 720,428 pounds of ore extracted valued at $5740.25. Tonopah's total production now figures fig-ures $119,072,594, as near as can be figured, and at the same time these figures are conservative and not farfetched far-fetched in the least. The amount paid in dividends is close to $32,000,000. wnile only eighteen Utah mines are to be found in the dividend paying column col-umn for the year 1918, they distributed to their stockholders the sum of $19,-221,530. $19,-221,530. This is a decrease of about $10,000,000 when compared with the 1917 record. No little surprise was expressed over action of the Inspiration Consolidated Copper company directors in continuing continu-ing the usual quarterly dividend of $2 per share, starting the new year at the same rate as 1917 and 1910, namely: $S per annum. The mine output of recoverable zinc in Idaho decreased from 79,854,130 pounds in 1917 to approximately 47,- 000,000 pounds in 1918. This decrease of over 32,000,000 pounds was due largely to increased expenses and the lower, price of spelter. Return of normal conditions and falling of prices are expected to stimulate stimu-late gold production in the United States this year, according to views of . members of the treasury's committee, appointed to suggest a remedy for the falling production of the last year. Value of the gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc mined in Idaho in 1918, according to the estimate of C. N. Gerry of the United States geological survey, department of the interior, was about $38,140,000, a decided decrease of $16,700,000 from the value in 1917. Advices from Boston says that copper cop-per mining companies . are receiving notice from selling agents' that they can draw against copper only ou the basis of 15 cents per pound. This means that only about 12 cents will be advanced against copper shipments. The mine output of lead, which is the most abundant metal in Idaho, decreased de-creased .from 393,559,521 pounds in 1917 to about 300,274,000 pounds in 1918. Tlie average price was. -some what lower, and the value of the output out-put decreased from $34,84.6,119 to $22,: 760,000. From Valdez, Alaska, comes word that among the seventeen or eighteen persons who went outside this year from the Iditarod and Flat districts few are better known than Cecil Bar-row. Bar-row. He carries a big $750 gold nugget nug-get with him as a reminder of his experiences. ex-periences. The Naildriver aj Tark City is not getting much publicity these days, but it is raising ore every day and, according accord-ing to Manager Fisher, the physical condition of the property was never better and the indications are that a mine, in the real sense of the- word, has been made in the Naildriver. The Tonopah district need not be ashamed of tbe production made during dur-ing the year 191S. With a gross output exceeding $10,500,000, the banner silver sil-ver camp of Tonopah goes marching steadily forward and continues to set a pace that causes those interested in mining to sit up and take notice. According to information received from both Garfield and Bingham, the announced and expected reduction of about 40 per cent in the output of the Utah Copper company, has already taken effect iu a small way by the laying lay-ing off of a part of the construction crews and some of the "strippers" at the mine. It is now estimated that the Ontario-Silver Ontario-Silver company lost about $300 worth of tools in the fire at Park City last week independent of buildings. However, How-ever, everything was fully covered by insurance. Platinum Is one of the precious metals met-als that demonstrated its great utility and usefulness during the war, and ft is bound to play nn important part iu the industrial development of the world now to follow. Statistics compiled by the Uuite3 States geological survey, show the total value of lead shipments of domestic do-mestic manufacture sold in the United States in 1017 amounted to $30,003,92, as compared with $31,001,589 in 1916 and $24,014,OOG in 1915. Tlie ' Tintic district during 1018 shipped 10,044 cars of ore, as compared com-pared with 9,290 carloads In 1917. Each year since 1S69. the year the district dis-trict was first settled, has found the resources of the community increasing in value and the producers multiplying in numbers. |