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Show Ad V IV Ai Swttrfft i ( MINKSAXIKMINIXG The production of gold In Utah In I90G amounted to 6,JlS,3afi, an In- irenMt of 'J7,ti. over that of loS Despite the sirlngenc) in the money market the money required for the cianlde plant to he erected at Ihifse, Idaho, haa liit-u ralKtl There an- six set of leasers working work-ing on the llnnerlnn properties at Stockton, and ore Is being forwarded to the valley smelters each week In the Virgin river oil section there are sixteen rigs now set up ready for iiitlou, man) of which are haul ut work drilling Such as are Idle are awaiting the arrival of broken parts A suit Is to ho brought to lei the valldlt) of the 'corporation llcem-e' tax law iaaod by the last session ol the Utah legislature 0er loo cor porarloni have Joined In the ipma of conducting the fight. The production of slue oxide ot line whlto. In this country In 19u( was lnl,ti;5,18H pounds, or Tt.CS.i abort tuna, an Increase of ! 9"? tons or 8 7 per mil over tho pmluctlon In 10S. Haker CI I) and 1 'a) otto lime organ lied an (ill company. They h;no st curetl land near the well of tho Ore gun annually at l'H)etto. Idaho, and propose to begin drilling with us little delay ns sslble Not ember's copper exirls were 3.1,787 tuna, establishing a new record, and bringing Lie tot.il of 1M7 to ilalu buck tu a tlgiiiu only 1.1 IS tons below last year's exports The Increase oyer October waa 6,001 tons, oyer .Not ember em-ber last )ear 16..IJC The olean up of tho Sunuysldu mill for the month of Nowmlwr was nearly near-ly $10,000, says the Hound Mountain, Nevada. Nugget This was guthered In three retorts which Imd a (empo-rury (empo-rury resting place In tho company ante until Its removal last week. The old Ketrhum smelter, between Kilchum and the (luyer hot springs, Is being demolished Most of tho Umbers Um-bers and otlu r wood work has been shipped, much of II to Nampa, where It will he list il to build sheds and u warehouse for tho augur factor). Ono of the largeut Independent smelters In tho west will prubabl) ha built nt Leadvllle. Colorado, within tree next year by the owners of tho famous (Ireenback mlnu at Illngham, Utah, This syndicate owns tho amelur at Illngham, which has been closed down by Injunction proceed Ings, Iloforo action was taken to close down tho Wnshoo smelter nnd Huttu mines, tho situation was carefully canvassed by tho officials of tho various vari-ous Amalgamated subsidiary companies. com-panies. There were present nt t.io conference, whlih huted three days, II II lingers, James Stlllmnn und William Rockefeller F. C Cooley, representing tho Mlno i. Smelter Supply company In Salt Uike, has been making an Investigation Investiga-tion uf the southern Utah oil Ileitis, and has returned bo Impressed with their future and present needs that no has recommended to his house that a full tine of oil drilling rigs, tools, machinery, ma-chinery, casing und supplies, he put In nt once. A Utter from tie superintendent of tho orliiKtim Copptr Mountain com-pan) com-pan) 'a properties to a prominent Salt Ijihcr advises that tho shaft on tho company's l.ydla claim has attained a depth ot llfly-one feet, nnd that there has been eighteen Inches nt lino copper ore In evidence fur ovcry foot trout tho surface down, with the heat showing In tho bottom Tho mlno owners of l'alrvlow. Won iter, Yerlngton and considerable other mineral producing territory In that re glou have got to get relief from some sources one ot theme days, and tho Impression Is that some of tho big companies will get together during the winter nnd decide to put In mills nnd smelters nnd Invade tho metal mar kets on their own accounts during tho coming )car A Mineral Improvement In sontl ment Is notlceablo In tho Iron world Kvery ono seems to ho awaiting tho time when Increased activity will bo Justlflivl II seems to bo the general Impression ot the funiucu taauagers from all tho different districts that long depression need not be looked for, und that In tho early part of next year considerable Inquiry for pig Iron may be expected One mining section of Idaho that Is not feeling the present stumpy tun denry throughout tne country Is tho Spring Mountain district uf U-mtil count) There aro eight producing mines la tho district, tho ores carry lag lead and copper Ono mlno alone lias ctintracteti to uellvot Dfty tons of ore u day to tho smelter, thorn being 20.000 tuns uf oro 111 sight nt the prose-tit time Recently two men offered eighteen sacks ot gold uro lo tho Tacoma smelter Anays shotted Its value to bo (26,000 The smelters refused to buy because the men could not dell nllely account for thomsclves Later a boy appeared at tho smelter with a sack containing similar oro This also was refused When questioned the boy hastily departed The smelter officials are Inclined to believe the oro Is a portion of largo amounts recently stolen at Goldtlold, Nevada Mining men In tho Ilolse batln aru making loud complaints about people taking timber claims upon mineral land and tho statu tiling on tho samo clasa la order to take such land an affidavit must bo made showing that tho land does not contain valuable minerals The past week marked iho starting of ore shipments from the big por phyry deposit of the Huston t omtoh dated for the treatment or whuh ihtr has been exptndcj no Irs) tlun J too 000 Hui a liraip-u tonnage ia ol Ing forwarded lo the ua llti.i oucim Iralor however |