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Show r - AROUNDlTlEl,ins ! l'ny ore has bin elnn k at n depth! of Iblrty five f-ct In the Vbl.T lion. Mining conipanv property, n group of claims moth of llmchutn (ireitly Improved condltl iis In tl exK.ti trade of nil pMroh utu pro ducts eh ira. tirled the year lull. Ir. rvniutk.ih! nt rn-l to the depression depres-sion In lulu The little lamp of Stoikton. I'tnh, Is now b nking hc'ti r "tan for years Tin re are now m-veral active proper tlei. guiii'.: i niplo mettl lo between loo and :-"i null nnilergiound. There hi mote deep mining in progress pro-gress n the IVi-iir d'Alene illntrlct than at an 'hue in i s history nnd Indication In-dication are fi.it lew xhlppers sill be ad I. d to the It-t llie coming summer. sum-mer. I'i a'lnon iiiy nectlnn of the1 Coenr d Wnei. notably In the viiin- I I'.v of Molhiu. di" p development Is pro, ... dug en u number of propertba! the fu'mc of liloh Is et U'ldeti r-j mini d. TuKiatora Is e'I'.l fkhtlng to hold her plain on the map Tho annual a-M -mi nl work Is nearly complelid ml lie problem if unwnicrtiig the I'exler Is neatly snivel. sa)S I he Klko (N. v I Free Press. The Mainour h foal Mlnllie company com-pany has been orcanlred lo Ink- over llie ptoierty of the delnnet F.Ik O'lll .-oiup.my of Klko), C'litn county, I Win. AMI. lee nf Incori ,'riilliin were lied lth Hie m-iretaiy of slate nt Salt Ijlke last Seek Drilling v.ntk was recnmiucn I nt th.- WoodMilc wi II. near C.reen Itlver, I'tnh. n few days ago. but owing to In- pipes which furntn the water I supply lor the machinery being froreii 'up In Hie ground, wotk wn ib ferred until wanner weather. The price of silver on .January in "m1 cents p'T oiltue the highest point gained lor several years, li of css-clnl Flgii.flcunce tn th" I'toh silver sil-ver miller, for I'tuh In the first Mute n silver pr.'du-lnn of the union, ;:ilnlni: I li lit tl'et tin tlnn during It'll. Input's of quicksilver from I he I'lil'iit Stat.'i ,i IV 1 1 nr ululated. Iftmu the nc -rdi id th" luir-au nf Jitallh-lis of the department of c un-I un-I neree nnd labor, lit '."-'"ill! pounds, i mini d al fll.oeii. In liilii the c-r s sere HI.;::, pounds, valued ill t'.'l.- The high pi lee paid for nine sub plil.le me lu Ho- J -pi n. Mo. ump during Ihe past week was Ml. the j tiane per ton of sixty per cent nine ranging from 114 to 147. Zinc sill-;ut sill-;ut bad H i market during Ihe week. ; 1 small shipment being on account of X previous purchnso. Word comes from Vara CUy that rife. Thnmpon-f)n!nry management l now centrullIng lis efforts on the upraise up-raise from the 1.700-foot level, where Ihe expectation Is to find an ore body on the contact. This upraise Is over 1K0 teel, which la probably uhout half way lo the objective point. Having been so well pleased wllh his success Willi the Kucccss nnd llliuter, two of Ihe principal groups In the camp of Jarlildge. It Is now reported lhat (ieorge Wlnslleld. president pres-ident of the tloldfleld Cotisollduted, Is negotiating (nr the II nirne property, which la considered Hie best thing In cam p. On Ihe Oohlfleld Kclinent Ihe main wlnxe. from which ull ot the recent production has been made, has been sunk about thirty five feel below the station on the IIMI foot level, and another an-other station will be rut on Ihe 4oO level and drifts at this deplh will be extended on the oreshoot to prepare for sloping. Thero Is only one meerschaum mine In this country. There Is only one other mei-rschiiuin mine In Hie world. At least nobody knows of any others. Thai one Is In Aula Minor and supplied the material for a I Ihe meerschaum pipe made up to a year ago. The American mine Is about thirty lullis from Hllver City. N- M. The first lend slack nt the Interna tlonal Hmcltlng plant will be blown In February 1.1. Ily March 1 It Is planned lo have two furnaces of 't'S tons each treating lend ores. Ores are Dow being received from 1'aik City and Kurckn, flab; Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, nnd Ploche. Nov.. proiMirllea. Home lead oro comes from Montana. For Ita flscnl year ended December 31 last the 1'nlted States Kmelllng ft Helming company continued Ihe lib rral depreciation policy Initiated in 1910 wllh a charge to that Item of ill-most ill-most tl.OOO.OIio. The 11-IH depreciation deprecia-tion charge was 1.0i;7.oi;k, applied In part to writing down surface equipment equip-ment and In part to depreciation ot oro resorvea. There was no production nf quick diver In Arlionn, Oregon I uli or Washington In Itlll. In Nevada lit llio Ituby, Nevada Alinnden. and Kho-hone Kho-hone mines development wink only was douo, but Hie Meriiiry MlnliiK ninpany completed the erection of a .'.'.ton Hc-otl furnace nn its claluni near lone and prodm cil quit kiillver Inward tho rlono nf the year. It was reported III Salt Lake last seek that during thn ten months I ended October SI, 11H1. or before tho j advance In copper prices, the l lah Copper company had a total net In-! In-! i-'iinu of $4.tji).r,:;i). Dividends for j nine months were in .M'li.ol 0. I'mll-I I'mll-I vliled profits were $S!i4,.'J0. During Ihe mouth of I ceinber i.e Touopah Mining company regained the prestige recently taken from it by the Belmont for being tho largest net : I earner of the Ton o pah district, lis net earnings for Inst month being lino,-1 171, agulnst I1H.1J7 for the Ik-'mout. .pSO- . IS, |