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Show M INKS AND MINING; Plnklr.e: has been resumed on the Aleinmler shaft at l' arl. I. lahn. The t.iiiky lll.lee leasers at I'earl. Idaho, have struck niuie rikii! loo Ine ore In their t r 'it tunnel. The llewey leasers expect to strike their l. dirc siM.n The Nellie Minim: (oinpany at Horseshoe ll.-nd has a force of men nt work eleanltiK nut 'he lona tunnel. pieparliiK for a vlnor'.u prosecuilon of development The plant nf the Wnrren lleflnlna cninpany, at Warn n, I'a . owm d hy C. W, and M. W Jninleson. was destroyed de-stroyed by fire durlnit a storm last week. Uis. IliHi.nnn. Juditlna hy the returns from the more ltnHiriani nilnliiK renters, the production nf eial lu the Culled Hlntea durlna the current year will lint equal that for 1!n7 At the present time Florence. Nevada, Ne-vada, haa no riiatnm 11. III. The best In the line nf a gold 1 xtractur la an nld arrastre. Thua far durlna the present munih thla produced IJ.nnn. ('reparations are under way lo be-ln be-ln sinking the Kasier shaft at I'earl, Idaho, about July I. It la the Intention Inten-tion of the management to sink to the .1o0-fnot level and then crosscut fnr the ledge. The salaries and Incidental ex-liennea ex-liennea of ufnrtala of the American Smelting; A Itetlnlna company havo been reduced 1760.000, according to Ilanlel (liiggenhelm. chairman and president of the company. The old Red Cloud mine at llalley, Idaho, with a record of having produced pro-duced oyer a million dollars, la now In the banda nf a strong Salt lake ayndlrate and will be opened In July, when a large force of men will be put to work. ; Mllford la all agog with excitement j nvfr anme wonderfully rich strikes that have been simultaneously made In a number of mlnea In the star ill-1 trlct. A atrlke hna been made nf ore j Hint shnws TO per rent lead nnd 30 runro silver. .lout nt present the question of wnKca.l canning some trouble nt some of the mlnea lit llalley. Idaho. J nnd oine uf the prniertle are clnsed nn till account, but It I expected Hint thi mailer will soon he ndjusted satisfactorily to till partlce concerned. Since the first of June the dcvclnp-inenta dcvclnp-inenta In rellned copper, from the standpoint of production nnd consumption, consump-tion, have been entirely In favor nf lower price, hut the speculative man euverlng tin been at rung enough to actually advance the domestic market Within thirty daye ehlpmrnta of ore will begin from the llereulea mine. Dear Hurley, Idaho. A force of fifteen men baa been put to work nn the property, and the force will lie In-creased In-creased to seventy five aa soon aa practical. Thla promisee to become ona of the rlrheat uropcrtlca In the atate. A 100-ton concentrating mill la Juat being completed on the Muldoon property prop-erty at llalley, Idaho, the machinery for which la now In the depot at Hello. Yue, from which point It will be freighted as anon aa the roada will permit. There will alo be Inatatlrd a modern electrical plant ot 100 horae power. The Tamarack mine holda the die-ttnrtlon die-ttnrtlon of being the deepeat mine In the world, and la the "deep level" of tho Michigan copper country. There are five shaft on the Tamarack Tama-rack proierly, two nf which are practically prac-tically Idle. Nn. 3 ahnft la alwiut MHO feet deep. Intercepting the lode at a vertical depth of 4IKfi feel. William K. Calllgher, the big mining operator who recently purchaaed control con-trol of the llnllanre compnny at Tena-bo, Tena-bo, and reorganised the prnpnatllun aa the (lem Conanlldnted. wa In Salt lake last week, buying machinery and equipment for the mlnea. It la under-Blood under-Blood that Mr. Oalllgher proKiea to operate the property on an extenalvo scale. It la aald that upon the ranch where the new all rlT of tho Juab Oil company com-pany la being erected, a farmer once drilled for water. When ho bad gullied a deplh of about 3n0 feet, black, thick material ooxed out of tho hole, each time the drill waa removed. Ths farmer gave up drilling for water and hnd the hole plugged up. Some poo. 1 pie are nf the opinion that the ma I terlal which onted out of tho hole win I nil. ! General Manager Olllle of the Amal- j gammed Copper company properties , hu Issued an official tatement con-eernlng con-eernlng the fin e In the Anaconda and j 81. lawrence mines, misleading ' tntementn concerning which were sent from Untie. Mr. tilllle save that 1 the blaie which ha lieen raging enn I tlniiously since UNO. I no worsn than It ha been several time before nnd that there Is nothing manning In tin. ktiuntlou. It look now aa though J9H would bo the bunner year for the old Mln- era! Hill mining district nf which llalley. Idaho, l the commercial cen- j ter. Old prnpertlea Uint have been . Idle fnr yeura are being worked and j new development la apparent on nil sides. I About a.ono acre nf coal Innd In I Monterey county, California, about 200 mllea from Son Francisco, are about to be developed In an extensive man- . ner Most nf the conl of this section I lignlilc In charae'er. but thl tract I said to contain a vein nf aeml bllu-mlnoiiH bllu-mlnoiiH fuel. I According to the statistics collected ' directly from the producer In the , I nlted Slntes. ('ann. In and Mexico. ) and the statistic nf Henry It Merlon . Co. fnr the remainder of the world, ' the total production of copper In 1!"7 . a 7LM.S07 metric tons, against 71&. D2ii qieirlc tons In r.tn6. I |