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Show MINES AND MINING The town of Valdet, Alaakn, Is gold mini. The rltlreua, young and old, have turned proBpucior, Initvlng tha town for daya al a lime In a partially b-anrted condition, all searching fof gold. Wnrd hna reached Halt laikn of ri'iKirlnl rli h strike of gold ore on . what Is known as Dry muunlnlii, situated situ-ated about Iwemy miles west of Sulphur, Sul-phur, on the Western 1'aeinc railway. The ore Is said to bo fabulously rlcb Hold. Tho I.lttlo Hell Consolidated Mining Min-ing company, whoae property Is sllunb ed a short distance south from the Daly Weal mine, ut Turk City, la shipping ship-ping l.'.n tona . r mnmh of first grails ?ro to Iho smelters, and Is paying dlvl deiiila. All thn mines now being npenited I In the Muson valley are looking line, and an nlr of activity la iiotli"ubli among claim owners who have not I n Inclined lo develop their territory terri-tory until tho railroad und smeller arrived. At n meeilng of the botird of dl r'Miors, held recently In Cli'yniino, Wyo. the inline of llm Nallnnal Mining Min-ing company of Nevniln was changed lu Ihe Nat Inn Minis company. The ottiinrs are murh elated ov.-r the showing nf the grent boiianzn. Thn oil Industry of mint hern ('alt forulii la n glgitutlc affair. In the guah er flelda of Midway, Hunaet, Maricopa and MiKlllrlrk them nre about 40 lowing wells, and perhaps too pumping. pump-ing. The gusher run from 4.nou lo is high na tin. lino barrels a day. Ktntlatlcs show that while the production pro-duction of lend In lll"!l enceeded Hull of I'.iint by SH.7IH) tons, the cnnauiiip. tlon enceeded that of Hum by Sfi.lInO tons. The consumption by the world during 1!U9 exceeded the world's production pro-duction by H.:nO tons of the metal. Plrturn rock worth nearly Sir.o to Ihe Inn from Ihn rihimirm k Cold Mining Min-ing A Milling company's pruperty at Miiryavule, I'tnh, and sin'cluiens of Jln.OuO ro. k plaatered w ith native gold, nnd born silver prolruillng from he side, nre being exhibited In Kail Lake. Austin, Nevada, wttn prndurt'on record of IC.tion.OOO lo Ita credit, I today tho scene of conalderahtu actlv Ity, with upward nf laii men employed employ-ed In tho Iteeaa Itlver dlairict, and new mill about lo bo oprned to hmidla thousands of tuns of oro on Iho various vari-ous dumps In close proximity to the town. The oil fields of I'tnh differ materially mater-ially from those of Coalings and Mid-wuy Mid-wuy of California In the fact that the drilling I comparatively shallow, many of the producing well only being be-ing drtren to a depth of from sue M f r,()0 foot. Thl shallow drilling haa al- ' lowed portablo rig to enter the field and rapid progress la Ihe result. What I believed to bo the oldest mine In the world I the Hlo Tlnlo of Spain. It la known that the Phoenicians Phoeni-cians secured their red metul from Iho proierty during tho eleventh century cen-tury 11. C. The annuul production o! Ihe mine during tho past few year haa ranged from 7;.min,iMio lo mora than kn.iNin.ODO pniinda of copper. With HT.r.im In Ita treasury, th lloaion Kly Copper company hus a m pis funds to man inn sinking of the main shaft, which has been abandoned sine laat July. II Is estimated that th mat uf driving that working tu Ih wilier level will coal about t.'U a foot, sml Hint the total expense In marlilng the desired point will not exceed lit),-nun. lit),-nun. The Montana Ornway company ol Chicago, on the Munliina side uf th innlli range, Just north of the Hark llorae mlno, In Idaho, ore boring , large working tunnel through th ' Itucky mountains. The tunnel Is now I In l.iiuO feet, nnd will have to go about I, half a mile further before reaching j the Idaho Sunshine un Wlmpey creek, J Ity wny of Illustrating that It la th I little things I hill count, tho advance of copper In price H of a cent a pound ! mt'iina n great deal to thu producers of the metul. With the I'tuli Cnppel company, for liiHtunce, on a prtiduo Hon of h.iiuii. duo pounds per month, It UU'iina 1 1 il. iiiiii iiiuro net protita pel mt in l h . or flL'ii.uuO unite profits pet milium. A sirlkn that tins cauaed consider-able consider-able ext'ltemi'iii nt Kiillon. Nevada, no-curred no-curred In the Alpine district lu enat, ern Churchill county lint week, when, Chnrles Alford, a prospector, dhrov-ei dhrov-ei nl it bilge carry Ing fme mlllliig t gold lo n faliiilous extent at n pnlnl I lime lllllea Wesl of Alpine iuali,ff!rn Somn of the aumplra allow v.ilura ol ll'i. in $".,111.11 to llu.i'.M). Clmfe), Ihe .'cnsalloual Nevada iiiiii whlrti put gold Intra worth Hum-.lnla Hum-.lnla In men's porkrla nnd cniulm) ' i inin. Sail I. like liny l urn. nl ntln i I men'a eyes green Willi envy, , ln,!.ij j aa Miili-l and ileepy lis a Huaknr ill-.age, ill-.age, aata the Salt Lake llerahl 'I'll tthir ol the mill wheel la no l"iig"i liiaril, and even tlm anuml nl ihi f liaiumer and drill liu lui.t-e rtart mi r l.riall'.ua ilottii the ug dark 1 1 ill n. -1 s) ll has lately l.rt ll alllliiunri d thai the Aiiaciiiila i'i.iu.iin w I 1 r. p'.rl III. .nil. ly Hie iilllonlil of I ' ; -mo duciii'ii, thus iiilni.'' .. i inililli iiy ii i it tti ..il c- f, . Inipnrinn' - ' i.u,.;,,, .up.-.itei li". ,' ' .: ' i t. !-.-. ; ,ur or "" I .. 'in l.iirii.ran via .,iv per of l.Mi.i !"im ro- , ... nu llctnhi'r -.1 In eiiuitaleut to t ulL'tmu pruinds and brings ihe total vl .lhle mi..1v In Kngland and Francs down in 2utl,IUii,S00 pounds, on thai date. |