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Show Ground the mines J Action urging congress for a higher protective tariff on lead will be taken by Utah producers of the metal. i ""V-regular quarterly dividend of 50 cents, dates February 1 and January 1, has been declared on United Verde Ex- ' tension Copper. I From July 1 to September .".0. T. '20. ! inclusive. 2015 flasks of quicksilver, ' of seventy-live pounds net. was pro. duced in ihe United Siaics. according accord-ing lo tigures obtained re. -en:!;.-. Operations at I'ne new sulphur plain which is being constructed by : h- Ked Uiver Lumber company at Sulphur, New. on the Western Pacific rj ir.iad north of Winnennioca. will soon begin.. Drilling in the Bagged Po'nt dome by the Ohio oil company bus heeu suspended temporarily, owing to defects de-fects in the boiler lubes at the well, is the news that conies from Kouuncp. Mom. Several hundred tons i,f n'm-rals, an assay of which shows a value of 11,'iG ounces of silver and sis ja gold, have been blocked out in the Silver Bar wine situated thirty mile.- north of Minn. New The excellent news from the Winifred Wini-fred district in Montana, w here ihr-Kansas-Montana has at last reached what is supposed to lie the cap rock at a depth of 2-107 feel, has renewed "interest "in-terest in that oil section. Under an agreement with tic British Brit-ish government, the debt of $122.0 10. 000 due this country for silver pr r-chased r-chased during the war will be paid -- -by' 1024. according to details of the plan made public by Secretary Houston. Hous-ton. Values of ore shipped from tile Bullion Bul-lion mine, near Jean, Nev., hold up well. Keturns from the c;!r most recently re-cently settled for gave the company a net return of $083.57. after deducing smelter charges and freight, which, aii. minted to more than $600. Nipissing in October mined ore-valued ore-valued at $184,578 and shipped ore and residue worth about $310,745. Figuring Figur-ing silver at 82 cents an ounce. These operations are below normal, work being held up during the month because be-cause of lack of sufficient power. The recent hjjnvy snowfall in Little Cottonwood canyon has brought about excellent conditions for the hauling of ore from Alta mines to the railroad. Hauling of ore from the Columbus-Itexall Columbus-Itexall mine has been proceeding steadily during the three weeks past. During the first ten years of December De-cember gold imports totaled Sll.S4ti.- 352. compared with $19,873,20'.! for rhe ten days ended November SO. while exports for the first ten days of December De-cember amounted to' $11,508,442. against $2,253,711 for the period in November. No-vember. According to American Iron and Steel Institute steel ingot production during November was 2.038.G7O tons, decline of 377.312 from October, oi-about oi-about 12 per cent. This production represents output of thirty compares producing slightly more than 8'5 per cent of total output of the country. The Anaconda Copper Mining company com-pany is not contemplating reducing its metal output from Montana he'.ow currcnt production, which is approximately approxi-mately 11.0KI.0i0 pounds of copper and o.oOu.OOO pounds of zinc per month. This basis of operations is aii.v ;i- . economic predih iiwii can be made. More interest is being displayed in the shale industry in ihe U.iunh district dis-trict around Dragon and Watson. T,o plants are reudv for production on a commercial basis. One plar.t will us.s the Wallace process and the other the-Ginet. the-Ginet. it is said. Both plants tire designed de-signed to treat 150 tons of shale daily. Fatal accidents in Nevada mines' lumbered ten during the year ended November 30. 1020. according to the biennial report now being prepared by Andy Stinson. state inspector of mines. Two of ihese men io.st rindr lives while engaged in top work, leaving leav-ing a death toll of eighr for underground under-ground workers. The extreme depreciation in silver is. reflected in the quotation of li'H j cent- an ounce for "foreign." compared with high of -SLi'u1 "n November a year ago. The prcsciii price is the lowest since l'.'IG. and is attributed by s dver dealers to the general fall in pri--e which other commodities as w eM as-siiver as-siiver has suffered. Considerable interest is ntit'che,! t, the recent expression of President Harding concerning a tariff for the zinc industry. The fact that the fine properties in Utah. Montana and oiber western states have suspended operations oper-ations because of the low price for spelter indicates how serious foreign competition is becoming. Metal mine production in 'he Kocky Mountain states has declined move than 50 per cent In the past threrf years, in 1017 the gold, silver, copper, cop-per, lead and zinc mined in Utah, Montana, Idaho. Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona w:is value'! at $'i('5. 122.070. hi 1010 the toial value of these metals In the seven in-teri'io'T.'nhi in-teri'io'T.'nhi states hart fallen '.o $201.-403.150. $201.-403.150. Work has been suspended at ih Grand Central mine at Mammoth. Utah, about fifty men being laid off. Word given out by ihe officials of lh company Indicates that the shutdown will last until conditions are nmrt? favorable for mining operations. Directors of the Stockton Standard Mining company have recenlly made the purchase of a gas engine. Tliii engine will he hauled, after the first of the year, to Ihe property, concst-i concst-i Ing id' thirteen claims, situated shout ' one and eiielui'f miles from S:ock- ton. Utah. |