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Show AROUND THE MINES The production of gold in California for 101 S probably will be 20 per cent under that of 1917, said Fletcher Hamilton, Ham-ilton, state mineralogist. The two large ore slopes opened in the Main Range mine of the Tuolumne Copper company, of Butte, one on che 700 and the other on the S00 level and continuing in the ore and width, is unchanged. un-changed. Coal production in Utah during the week ended August 17 aggregated 112.-(019 112.-(019 tons, an increase over the week previous of 3I13K tons. In southern Wyoming the product during the same week was 121,323 tons, a decrease of 8594 Ions from I lie week preceding. From Tonopuh word to the J. A. Hogle & Co. that the Reseue-Kula bus struck seven feet of ore. It is not Stated on what level, but that the ore is of if.'IO grade. The Rescue is one Of the great silver camp's small shippers, ship-pers, hut this may signal its entrance liniong the list of heavier producers. Discovery of ore carrying niolybenite and scheelite was made in the shaft of the Yellow Hammer mine of the Western Utah Copper company when sinking was resumed after a suspension suspen-sion of work to install hoisting equip-pient. equip-pient. The discovery was made at the depth of about 05 feet down the shaft, which is an incline nipping about 00 degrees a trifle south of west. Manager L. L. Smith of the American Ameri-can Consolidated Copper of Big Cottonwood Cot-tonwood reports the new work in the Garfield fissure making decidedly satisfactory sat-isfactory headway. When asked relative rela-tive to the newest development he said : "The raise on the ore on the Garfield fissure is tip 15 feet. The ore in the top of the vein has widened to two feet. It has every indication of opening to a large ore body. July production of the four porphyries, porphy-ries, Utah, Ray, Chino and Nevada, totaled to-taled 30,032,162 pounds, compared with 40,193,028 pounds in June and 40,122,-848 40,122,-848 in July. 1917. The decrease last month of over 4,000,000 pounds was due in important measure to the fact that Utah Copper utilized ore of lower grade than was milled in recent months, which resulted in a decrease of over 2,000,000 pounds in metal recovered. re-covered. The Tonopah Belmont sent to the mill 2042 tons, the . Tonopah Mining 3S50 tons, the Tonopah Extension 2054 tons, the Jim Butler 475 tons, the West End 930 tons, the MacNamara 315 tons, the North Star 54 tons, and miscellaneous miscella-neous 26 tons, making the total production pro-duction for the week 9510 tons, the estimated value being $161,670. This valuation is calculated on the gross milling value of the ore. Tonopah Miner. Production of Portland cement in Utah in 1917 amounted to 929,730 barrels, bar-rels, say the statisticians of the United State's geological survey. The shipments ship-ments amounted to S99.599 barrels, leaving a stock on hand of 106,590 barrels. bar-rels. These figures compare with 893,-533 893,-533 barrels produced in 1916, of which S92.590 were shipped, leaving a stock on hand of 88,105 barrels. The 1917 price was $1025 a barrel. The stock increase is 21 per cent; the production 4.1 per cent. It is the expectation that the month of August will wind up with a total of about 24 carloads of ore shipped from the Rico-Argentine, is a statement made by Fred W. Price, managing director. di-rector. He said the mine at Rico is in splendid physical condition; that men are scarce and that this is the chief trouble nowadays. Men are working overtime and blacksmith and other lines of employment are unfulfilled. The August .production is running along about the same as in July. Supt. Tom Walden is down from South Fork in Big Cottonwood canyon, where work is now under way at the Howell Mining company property. The main lower tunnel is being pushed ahead to the south with the object of getting under the old Baby Mackee workings. The tunnel is in approximately approxi-mately 900 feet. A new contract of 150 feet has been let to four strapping Swedes from Ogden, all splendid workmen, work-men, it is said. This will bring the tunnel up to 1050 feet. Its objective will Ihen be several hundred feet ahead. The work is all in the quartz-ite. quartz-ite. According to the Manufacturer, to encourage the development of new mining properties during the war period instead of maintaining a heavy handicap on such work, is the object of suggestions which have been made to the American Mining congress by T. O. McGratii. He proposes that in promised revision of federal tax provisions it be provided that new mini's shall not be burdened with the taxes imposed upon producers until the new properties shall have readied permanent ore development de-velopment and on:piiL established tiieir conn.iercial value. Shipments of ore frn; i ilie n:':ios of T':,:ic '.a; v.e.;; taaicd ;,; aa'cacs. a; p.- i ' . v :.":7." n ". ' ' - |