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Show AROUND THE MINES i Three carloads of rich ore, averaging $S0 to the ton, were shipped recently by tlie Jib mine at Basin, Mont. Claim jumping has been revived in the mineral districts contiguous to Helena with the increased mining activities. ac-tivities. It is estimated that the copper sales in November and December amounted to 025,000,000 pounds, w hich is the big- gest record made since 101S. Steady improvement in ore reser os and mine conditions throughout the Black Metals property In the Jack Rabbit district, in Nevada, is reported. Production of petroleum in the United Unit-ed States In 1919 was approximately 370.000,000 barrels, an increase of 20.-000.000 20.-000.000 barrels over the production in 19 IS. Production of carnotite ores in continuing con-tinuing steadily in the Moab district, iu Utah. Carnotite ore, with a 5 or 6 per cent vanadium oxide, Is worth from 50 to 00 cents per pound. All of the mines In the Comet district, dis-trict, fifteen miles west of Pioche, New, are now being developed in spile of cold weather and some interesting disclosures of ore have been made lately. Conditions at the Price Mining company's com-pany's property in Big Cottonwood are improving and in the face of the tunnel tun-nel is appearing blotches of sulphide carrying high values in lead, silver and zinc. The United States geological survey gives the total production of bituminous bitumin-ous coal in the United States in 1910 as 458,000,000 tons. This is the smallest bituminous output, the survey notes, in any year since 1915. Andrew P. Mayberry, formerly superintendent su-perintendent of the Centennial Eureka mine in the Tintic district, will act in an advisory capacity to the North Standard Mining company, according to an announcement made last week. As work progresses at the Cardiff mine in Big Cottonwood the ore deposit de-posit already developed there Is growing grow-ing much larger and it is declared that at present there is more ore in sight than at any time in the history of the mine. The platinum market during the first quarter of 1919 was easier than in 1918, owing to the facts that the governmental gov-ernmental restriction on the use of nlntinnm had been removed and that the government was disposing of its surplus stocks. A rich vein, specimen assays from which give a valuation of $820 to the ton, was struck recently by Walter V. Martin and E. P. Adams on their property, prop-erty, two miles from Warren, Idaho, on Washington creek, a tributary to Warren creek. According to well authenticated reports' re-ports' from the Willow creek district, In Nevada, there seems no reason to doubt that silver discoveries of unusual un-usual importance have been made between be-tween the gold camps of Willow creek and Irwin canycu. Eight commercial coal mines in Sheridan county, Wyoming, owned by six different companies, have been sold to the Peabody syndicate of Chicago capitalists for $7,000,000. This is believed be-lieved to be the largest single transaction transac-tion ever recorded in any bituminous coal field in the United States. During the past week the telephone company completed the construction of a new line into the North Tintic district, dis-trict, installing a phone at the property of the Tintic Paymaster company. This is a central point for most of the work now in progress in that section and ts a great convenience for the miners. Domestic copper consumers are actively ac-tively and urgently in the market. In the past few days, according to the Bos'.on News. Bureau, they have purchased pur-chased copper as far ahead as next June, and would make commitments even for July and August if producers were willing to accept such contracts. The output of soft lead by mines of the Mississippi valley and eastern states in 1919 was about 217,000 short tons, and that of argentiferous lead by mines of the western states was about 20S.00O tons, a total of 425,000 tons, compared to 2G7.1S4 tons and 314,470 tons, respectively, a total of 5SL654 tons in 191 S. The average price of lead at New York in 191S was 5.S cents a pound, as compared with an average value of 7.1 cents in 191S. At the beginning of 1919 lead was quoted at 5.75 cents, but it went slightly below 5 cents in April and May, after which it steadily climbed until the close of the year, when it was quoted at about 7.5 cents. From central Idaho comes "another report of the recent finding of more "lost mines." They are declared to be In the same locality where the Jensen brothers are said to have relocated a mine that was worked years ago. and which had been lost to the world for over twenty-five years. The recent find was made by a prospector and trapper by the name of Carpenter on the divide between Five Miles and Lemhi creel s, tributaries to the Salmon river. A total of forty-three mines a I leases participated in the ore '.)-inents '.)-inents made from the Tintic d rYl during the year 1919. By iho-e pn ;-erties ;-erties was produced a total of a; prcs:-mately prcs:-mately 0921 carloads of ore, according to weekly reports from the iliMii. i. The mine output of lead, w'n'ch is the most abundant metal "n Idah '. ! '-creased '-creased from 294.005.993 pounds in BUS t.v about 1X4.lioo.i!:M p.. ho. Is in i'.'-I'.'. The average pn v.-;:s wtiiif.rh.it lower, and lie' va': ! the ou';.':f decreased from $20 rjil.-ilO to is!...-!: $10.529.01 10. |