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Show MINES AND MINING Tb" Nevada Keyatone mine, 8 tldf, Nevada, will be reopened and equipped equip-ped for extensive operation. An abandoned mine cast of Delano, California, sill l. ieoi.ed by the llllie .iuuntilin Milling r.iucpinv. Approximately 6.7'".u(.n pound of cop r w as Hie November out put of the Nevada l iiiisollibiied conuauv. Ore, wnb h runs as blub as I'i'K) Ion. Is being 'aVon from ibe Knobe mine In 'I rlnliy coiintv. California. It la staled A lota! of :.'..::'.' C Is aald to ba been the imtpul of 11.1 American Amer-ican mine In the first eleven month of this year. Theie la greai ocllvliy In the mines) around Liming, according to Nevada advices, and Ihoae who are onganed In sternly development have fotces at work on annual aaaosament sink, p.o-tecilng p.o-tecilng their huldliig. Headquarter of the American Mining Min-ing cntiKiesa have been 0Hhed In WuahlhKtun to promote the establishment establish-ment of a national bureau of mine. President Tail and Secretary llallln-ger llallln-ger of the Interior department are) said to favor such a bureau. Some trouble has lieen experienced during the past few days In the opersr lions nf the Consolidated Men ur and Ibiaion Sunshine properties at Mr rear, I'tah. the exceai-Jve cold weather having hav-ing caused the freeilng up of the water wa-ter In tha pipes sod tanks al tbess) plants. Bxlenslve Improvements hav been mad at the Minnie Moore mln and mill at Hellcvus. Idaho. In Ih last few moniha a large fore of men baa been employed In th various departments. depart-ments. Mil now It looks a If operation opera-tion on a large scale would begin In a short tlm. Tbul Ibe country In th vicinity of the Atlanta. and Black Warrior districts. dis-tricts. In Idaho, will ventuslly be-oom be-oom known aa on of th rlcht In th alate la tb firm opinion nf Oeergw K. Push, of Trre Ham. Ind.. who la outfitting a number of miner to go Into that country. The fight to secure the creation of a bureau of mines baa been renewed with unusual vigor, and on of tha first bill reported at tb present session ses-sion of eon area waa that providing for such a bureau In the Interior department. de-partment. Th bill la practically tha ame as th one killed at last session. It I rejiorted In Provo, th bom ol the office of th Knight Mining com-pan", com-pan", that hereafter thn dividend disbursements from Colorado. Iron Illnasom. sad auch othois of ihe cor-poratlone cor-poratlone aa may be In a position at auy lime to declare them, will be made quarterly Instead of monthly, aa heretofore. Tentative plans for tb erection ot a twenty almnp mill by th Amalgamated Amalga-mated Nevada Mln company, .In -wblcb a number of Halt Ijtker are Interested, at the company's proper- "l" " -l' Ilea at lllarkhorae. Ner., have been -im. drawn tip. It being th Intention to start work on tb new plant early In the aprlng. The world' Production of gold and allver for tho calendar year ll08 la slltnnted by the bureau of th mint, based upon official and unofficial Information, In-formation, to have bcn aa lollowa: (lold. 2l.3TN.4ftO fine ounces, of th value of H41.M2.2UO; silver, S0:I.1M,H7 line ounces of Ihe commercial value of IlllS.tiSt.tOO. Ill order to facilitate work at th coal mining camps In Carbon oounty, I'tah. a novel method of dlsimslng ol snow Is used, sccol ding to J. H. Pet-tit, Pet-tit, stale coal mine Inspector. Th snow Is cleared away from Ihe working work-ing and plied at convenient place, after which steam pipes are run Into It, melting Ihe snow. This ha been a good year throughout through-out tha Hellevue, Idaho, suction I more work baa been done on mining propertlea than for several year paat wllb better results. The early winter win-ter comiielled sum to ceas operations opera-tions earlier than they anticipated, but work will siart again In th spring witn renewed rigor. A new to-horspower gasoline motor mo-tor engine has been recently Installed by th International peopl for ua in carrying passengers from Tooel , to the new smelter. The new engine and car combined has a seating capacity ca-pacity for thiity five people and will be used for passenger tranaportatlun In place of the freight engine. The principal excitement In Dan-nock Dan-nock thla week haa been Ihe discovery dis-covery of very Promising placer ground about a mile south of town, says Ihe Humboldt Biar. Kay Oman, a young prosiicctor who has been In camp severil months, brought In sonv nuggets last Saturday and also a sample of the dirt which produced there. The advancing prices of meiuls I) a source of much gruiillcalion In the mine operators, both large and small, who seo In Ihe Improved coudlilnna brle.ht prospects for Ihe coining "r. Within a week Ihe American Smelling Smell-ing and Keflnlng company has ad vanced the price of lend 20 cents, th second rise of 10 cents, from 14.60 to 14.70 per 100 pounds having re- cvntly been announced. In only one place In the United . State bus ozokerite, or mineral wax, ' been found In appreciable quantities, and that pluc la In IHuh. Oc.koille Is found in tb vicinity of Soldier Summit and t'olton. Utah, on th Denver Den-ver & Itlo Grande railroad. 120 miles soulh of Salt lik. Construction I well undur way on th new copper matt smelter that i I being built In Urunswlck canyon, I near Carson City, by Montreal and British Columbia capitalist, undet I the projection or Sam Yerlngton, soys . tb Kly (Nevada) Whit Pin New. ! ' ; -.f |