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Show AROUND THE MINES Kach loot of progress made in driving driv-ing the Little May south drift on the .'00-foot level results in the opening of more extensive mineralization, according ac-cording ro reports from that Tinlic property. The llomeslako-s No. '1 well, which was completed last week with a production pro-duction now estimated at around 400 barrels, make- the I'iM. commercial producer to the credit of the Cat Creek field in Montana. Excitement prevails at Fallon. Nov., ver a new gold strike about sixty miles from the town, says the Freo l'ress. For some time there have been rumors of such but nothing was definitely def-initely made known until a few days ago. Wage reductions affecting approximately approxi-mately li(H) employees of mines and .-inciters in the Coeur d'Alene mining district nl' northern Idaho hits been announced. They amounted to " cents a day for mine employees and To cents lor smelternien. A local company with a complete, modern drilling rig has started to drill for oil near Albion. Idaho. The six-teeu-incli hole, which lias passed through the loose overburden, is now being drilled in a solid formation ..-it a good rate of progress. A shipment of 10,0(10 ounces of bullion bul-lion was made from the Tintic Standard Stand-ard mill last week. This production came from the first or limbering mi run of the refining department of the plant. Operations at the mill so far have been very satisfactory. American Smelting directors meet for action on the common dividend on May 3. Willi the attitude of the new members of the board to be determined, de-termined, considerable uncertainty surrounds the outlook for the continuance con-tinuance of the present i?4 rate. The C. O. D. mine is shipping concentrates con-centrates to a Stilt Lake valley smelter, smel-ter, according to information from Kingman, Ariz., in which district this property is situated. During a period pe-riod of a little more than two weeks, this property has shipped two carloads car-loads of concentrates. Springville Oil and Gas 'company is making preparations to resume drilling drill-ing on their property near liasin, Wyo., where a well has already been sunk to a depth of 1400 feet. An additional ad-ditional depth of 300 feet is lo be added, when it is expected that oil sands will be encountered. Output of copper mines selling on the American market is expected to be between 35,000,000 and 40,000,000 pounds a month as soon as the effect of present actual and contemplated shutdowns has had time to be felt. It is probable that it will be nearer the former than the latter figure. A second oil tiling has been .secured by the Beaver Copper Mining company, com-pany, according to A. J. McMullen, manager. This application for 2500 acres situated on the Ferron dome south of Castle Dale, has already been approved by local land officials and forwarded to Washington for final approval. Tonopah and Divide, New, mine operators' op-erators' action in reducing the wage scale 75 cents per shift resulted in a walkout which at last reports had closed down all of the leading Divide and Tonopah properties' with the exception ex-ception of the West End, the Halifax, the North Star, the Rescue Ettla and a few others. Contract for the construction of the steel mill building of the Silver King Coalition Mines company at Park City was awarded last week. Erection of the steel building, costing between $45,000 and $50,000, is to begin, according ac-cording to the agreement, as soon as the material arrives from the east, probably within forty days. In a decision rendered at Salt Lake, the court denied minority stockholders stockhold-ers an injunction to prevent the Rico Wellington Mining company from selling sell-ing the plaintiff's slock to collect an assessment of 10 cents per share. A temporary restraining order was granted by the court several weeks ago. when the complaint was filed. With the payment on May 2 of the second quarterly dividend of the Chief Consolidated Mining company for 1921, the disbursements of the Tintic bonanza will nearly reach the 000,000 mark. Payment of the o-cent Iter share dividend declared for the second quarter, a total disbursement of $44,201.00, brings the grand total of dividends paid by the company to $1,959,920.87. Reports from Tonopah state that water Is gradually filling the shafts of several of the large mining companies com-panies where the miners are on strike, and that pumps may be removed. Indications In-dications are that the deadlock will he of long duration. It is said that hardly hard-ly a. man of the regular crews is at work in (he mines or mills. No effort has been made to setlle the strike by conferences. Development work will be continued contin-ued at the Glenallen property at Park City. Utah, according to James H. Allen, president and general manager, mana-ger, both in anticipation of improved metal demand and for the purpose of keeping the property in good phvslcnt condition. Within the next Tew days another consignment of silver bullion will' leave the plant of the Tintic Milling ' company at Silver City, I'tah "oin" 1 I direct to the mint, this 'being the : I third lot of bullion to leave the mill I I within the past few weeks |