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Show AROUND THE MINES j Development work will be started soon on the Kberbarilt and the Eureka-llaniiltoii Eureka-llaniiltoii properties at Hamilton, Nevada. At the close of the year I'.U'd the gross value of Utah's contribution to the world's metal supply 11 as placed at about ?1,UtHUNNI.Hio. A bill has been introduced by Senator Sen-ator Charles Henderson of Nevada providing for lite establishment of a division of mines and mining. Ore averaging in value from $So to SIX) per ton has been followed continuously con-tinuously fur a distance of iT feet on the .K level of the Woudlnivn. The I'nion Carbide company of New York has become the owner of the Ilaynes Slellite company and all iis interests both at. Kokonio. Ind., and at Cobalt in Lemhi county, Idaho. Coal production statistics compiled by the federal trade commission from reports submitted by 10S1 operators for the month of March indicate an increase in the profit per ton of 13 cents, or 47 per cent. Statistics showing that the Utah Copper company, from January 1. I'.ilf!, to January 1. had paid to the Utah Power & Light company a total of .$-I,t).'!4,-i2G.i;o huve been submitted to the state public utilities commission. The Triumph mine, situated near llailcy, Idaho, operated by the Silver Triumph .Mining company, according to the latest, reports, says the Wood River Times-News Miner, is showing up bigger and bigger its work proceeds. pro-ceeds. A legal controversy between three counties of Nevada is rapidly developing develop-ing ill connection with the location of Broken Illlls, Nevada's new silver mining district, sixty-three miles southeast south-east of Fallon and forty-eight miles north of Lulling. Steady development work carried on at a number of the prospects at the new camp of Silverton has been rewarded re-warded with results that encourage those interested in 1 lie camp to believe be-lieve that the district will, in time, be one of the leading silver producers in Nevada. French consumers have contracted to purchase 7.",(KK) Ions or 1IIS.IHK1,-tXI 1IIS.IHK1,-tXI pounds of copper, according to the Boston News Bureau. This is the biggest individual sale for export since I'.nS. and involves approximately .fiVJ,-000.000, .fiVJ,-000.000, based on present market price of the red metal. Purchase of 1.700,0(10 ounces of silver sil-ver at $1 an ounce, for delivery at Philadelphia and San Francisco, was announced June -2 by the director of the mint. This makes a total of M,-200,000 M,-200,000 ounces acquired by the government govern-ment under the authority of the Pitt- man act this mouth. W'hii 1 may develop into the second best coal deposit in Idaho has been located near ( irangcrville by L. Neil on his farm near that town. While there have been coal prospects for years oil the Salmon river, this is thought to be the only deposit in Idaho which Is worthy of development. Residents of Stillwater. Nevada, were astonished when the Wheeler oil Syndicate drill released a tremendous flow of boiling hot ialer which spurted to 11 height of more than thirty feet. The pressure behind the flow varies, the maximum being reached about every three inimilcs. Reports from Tbo are to the effect that it will not be many days now until actual ore reduction at the IL'o- ton sineiler will be made, according to the Tonopah Daily Times. There Is a hum of activity noticeable about the property and the log mill Is running steadily, turning out a good grade of concent rates. As generally expected, there are now two silver markets in Ne York, one for domestic product ion, the other for foreign offerings. This arises from tin fact that the v orhl market has been carried below the domestic marl. el. which Is arl.iiriirily fixed al aboul si per ounce under ihe I'iltiiuin purchase law. The American Phosphate corporation corpora-tion has installed dryers with a capacity capa-city of UoO tons daily for treating the crude phosphate mined in Mnutpelicr canyon, near Motn pel ier. Idaho. This company aNo ha.- iplotcd the Insinuation In-sinuation of la: ge eapaoiiy crushing plants al the mines and the addition of In!-., storage bins. liiieroM in oil drilling activities in the I Kage field, sit llalod near Nee'. ens' io. Win., i- running l.i-h. F"f ,.mo 1 imo puM 1 be p. .--i b i I b i e - t ' r finding "11 in this rcLon Imie l-oi attracting e. .11 -b ie ra ' i :.: i on: i. ,n. but it 1 . ..nly r e !y ll al a iarg. e;.oi.li w olK to 1 no o ;,;.. groat 'Ao'er -tn 1 . '..a. !'..'.. io . ! ..- .'o. . 1 . : . bo o r |