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Show AROUND THE r.UKES t Machinery and improvements of the Mineral Products corporation are val- ued at $131,377, according to a report j filed with the Utah board of equaliza- j tion. The Ophir Hill Consolidated Mining company has reported to the Utah , board of equalization that it made net j proceeds of Sa3:,C33.Jl in 101'J, from 33,8'J5 tons of ore. Concessions made upon the part of the Tonopah mine operators paved the way to a settlement of the walkout of j the miners and millmen, which resulted result-ed from the withdrawal of the 50-cent bonus on February 8. Interest and activity in the -Santa' quin district in Utah is increasing rapidly. During the coming summer exploration of extensive fissures and rich surface indications of mineralization mineraliza-tion should be well under way. Work on the reconstruction of the building housing the supplies and quarters for the employees of the Logger mine in Big Cottonwood canyon, can-yon, which was entirely destroyed by fire recently, has been commenced. Operations at the Sunset mine near Leadore, Idaho, are being prosecuted ! steadily. The mill during, the past week operated on the average twenty hours per day with tin average tonnage ton-nage of fifty-one tons per twenty-four hours. The Silver King Consolidated Mining Min-ing company of Park City reported to the state board of equalization that its expenses for the year 1910 had 'readied the total of $100,145.32, not including in the count the construction construc-tion cost of the Spiro tunnel. John Lingelbach, in charge of the Oasis Oil company property, consisting consist-ing of 1800 acres, seventy miles south of Twin Falls and' on the Raft river, says that operations will be resumed at the property early next month, aa the machinery will then be installed. The strike at the Elko Prince mine at Midas, Nevada, lias been settled. Under the terms of the settlement reached by the miners and the owners, a minimum scale of $5.50 for muckers muck-ers and $0 for miners will be paid. The men will be furnished board for $3S per month. ' With a view of making arrangements arrange-ments for the starting of work in the sinking of the new vertical shaft at the Arrowhead Mining company's estate, es-tate, according to advices from Tonopah, Tono-pah, Dr. A. II. Elftman, well-known consulting engineer ami geologist, will visit the new silver camp. The recent strike on the 1450-foot level of the Tintic Standard mine in the drift lrom INo. J. smut dummies to give indications of persistence with development. The ore, which is first -.lass in grade, has been developed for a distance of from thirty to forty feet with a full face all the way. The little miner in the hills who answered an-swered the government's appeal for production of minerals needed during the war without waiting for a guaranteed guar-anteed price is entitled to fair consideration consid-eration in adjustment of claims, Herbert Her-bert W. Smith of the American Mining Min-ing congress told the house mines committee. Copper imports into the United States In 1019 fell off by more than thirty million pounds compared with 1018, according to reports at the department de-partment of commerce. During the past year 12(1,455,063 pounds of cop-, per. valued at $23,541,020, were imported, im-ported, against 157 ,210,481 pounds, mltied at $34,650,864 in 11)18. That the present wage systems In mines are the most frequent cause of labor unrest and that more carefully worked out systems would do much to decrease inefficiency and migration was vigorously shown by A. K. Knickerbocker, Knick-erbocker, Cayuna, Minn., before the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, at its 121st annual '.meeting, at New York. The committee appointed at the joint meeting of the boards of Nye and Esmeralda counties in Tonopah, according .to the Coldfield Tribune, has formulated a l'hm under which it is hoped to secure the necessary support sup-port for the .continued operation of the Bullfrog & iGoldfield railroad. This plan looks to the taking over of the road through subscriptions to the stock necessary to control. The expectations of the management manage-ment of the Eureka Croesus company, when It formulated extensive development develop-ment plans inaugurated some time ago, are proving well founded. Every week's work Is improving the former showings of ore. Three feet of rich ore, with gray copper and ehaloopyrlte predominating. predominat-ing. Is showing In the face of the south drift of the Eureka Lilly mine on the 105;1 foot level. East Butte paid a dividend of 50 cents per share on December 31, V.'YA ami it is thought probable that 'i payment pay-ment of perhaps $1 per share will be declared for current quarter. Mexico's supply of petroleum, "it worked thoroughly." would be greater than the entire proiluctioi of the United Unit-ed States, according to the Mexican department of industry and commere?, as quoted by the Mexico City news, paper. Excelsior. As a consequence of withdrawing the bonus of 50 cents per day that has been paid to mine employees in j i'.M.opuh and Divide since settlement i ,.f ;l e tr:!;e was made, November 7, j ,.. y all the men employed in il.e f.,t:r 'bis mine of Ten, .pah quit j VVOVU l:! week. |