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Show AROUND THE MINES Development of it body of high-grade carbonate silver-lead ore in the Uieo Wellington mine near Ilicu, Colo., is reported. Development work at the Big Cottonwood Cot-tonwood Coalition Mines company lias been going on nil winter and is being steadily prosecuted by contract. United Stales Fuel company has reported to the Utah board of equalization equaliza-tion a total valuation for taxation purposes pur-poses of $2,100,S12, of which $1,23!),3U0 is located iu Carbon county and $841,-422 $841,-422 in Emery county. Information received from the Monitor Moni-tor mines1 near Milford.' in Beaver county, Utah, indicates that even bet-tec bet-tec values and more extensive mineralization miner-alization are to be encountered at depth than were developed in the upper workings. Chino, liny Consolidated and Nevada Ne-vada Consolidated cut their dividends at the regular meeting of the directors direc-tors last week, while the Utah Copper Cop-per was the only one of the porphyry group to maintain its usual rote of dividend. Ira MacFai'Iand, deputy state engineer, engi-neer, has taken charge of the drilling operations' of the Illipah Basin Oil & Gas company, near Ely, Nev., which now has the new well down a distance dis-tance of 275 feet, according to the White Pine News. Data obtained recently concerning the geology of the formation in the Ontario mine indicates that this old mine, the oldest producer of the Park City district, has large enough deposits de-posits at depth and in virgin territory to produce for a period of many years. Diamond drilling from the 700-foot level of the Western Utah Copper mine in the Deep Creek district, near Gold Hill, Utah, has already been begun. On this level a mineral zone, persistent persist-ent from grassroots, has been opened up for a length of 200 feet and sixty-five sixty-five feet in width. In the Argentine mine at Rico, Colo., more than 50,000 tons of combined lead zinc ore which carries good silver values val-ues has been blocked out. Two years ago a large tonnage of this class of ore was marketed by the company when the product was in demand for the manufacture of paint pigments. The signing of the mineral lands leasing bill, by President Wilson was said by Salt Lake experts to be the most constructive piece of legislation passed for the west in many years. The immediate result of the bill will probably be the filing of applications for prospectors' permits on many thousands thou-sands of acres of reserved lands in the state. The report comes from the Jib mine, at Basin, Mont., that a new and important im-portant strike, showing the richest ore deposit that has been uncovered since operations were begun under the new management, has been made. The ore body is described as being thirty feet in widtli and the ore runs 15 to IS per cent copper and $25" to 530 gold and silver to the ton. American and Mexican silver mines may look forward to an era of exceptional excep-tional prosperity for many years to come, says the American Chamber of Commerce in London. The silver standard in use in oriental countries, coupled with the enormous commercial commer-cial expansion now in progress between be-tween the west and the east, indicates that there is an enormous shortage of silver to meet the demands of trade. Copper Imports into the United Slates in 1910 fell off by more than thirty million pounds compared with 1018, according to reports at the department de-partment of commerce. During the oast year 120,455,003 pounds of copper, cop-per, valued at $23,511,020, were imported, im-ported, against 157,210,4S1 pounds, valued at $34,650,S64 in 1018. The committee appointed at the joint meeting of the boards of Nye j and Ksmeralda counties in Tonopah, ' according to the Goldfield Tribune, j has formulated a plan under which it j Is hoped to secure the necessary support sup-port for the continued operation of the Bullfrog & Goldfield railroad. This plan looks to the taking over of the road through subscriptions to the stock necessary to control. The Piermont Mining company, which recently took over the old Pler-pont Pler-pont mines situated in the Shell creek range, about thirty-five miles' east of Ely, Nevada, has installed its compressor compres-sor plant and now lias three shifts of men employed in driving a 1200-foot tunnel to connect the lower with the upper workings of the property, which will give 500 feet of hacks for stuping. Officers of the Independence Mining company of East Tintie state that now that the power machinery lias been made and the new machinery placed In operation they will award a contract for sinking the main working shaft. Work on the reconstruction of the building housing the supplies and ( (inarters for the employees of the t Logger mine in Big Cottonwood can- yon, which was entirely destroyed by j j fire recently, lias been commenced. I The Montirollo Coal company, which 1 was organized some time ago and which for several weeks has had men at work sinking a shaft near the out- 1 skirts of Mnntieello, Utah, is fully confident con-fident of striking a large vein of coal within the next few days. Arrangements for the erection of a mill upon the .lib Mining company's property at Basin. Mont., have been complete. Machinery for the equip- j I mem of the plant, which will have a ! capacity of from 5i0 to t) tons, will j be ordered and shipped to Basin as |