Show MINES MINING AND MINERS flotsam and jetsam fished out of the rich mineral sea helena montana has offered a prize of for the best rock drillers drillars next year the bradford quicksilver mine napa naps county cal has bedou sold to D 0 milla mille and others it Is eaid said that there are vast deposits of clay near jojn N M which carry 25 per cent of aluminum num A convention of mining men will ill be held in san francisco on the of january Ja noary all the counties in the state are requested to send delegates one hundred sacks of ore from the sevier mine were received in salt lake like last week which assayed 1417 ounces in silver and 1354 ounces la in gold alvinza hayward ayward II and others have purchased the nelson con mine and other properties at cherry creek nev this ought to make the people happy the Home homestake stake mine a low grade proposition at deadwood prod produced aced 0 in the first eight months month 0 of 01 this deac it has recently paid its ita th dividend gal new locations of mining claims continue co n to be made in the neighborhood of pocatello the tribune says that the mines will make a big boom lor for pocatello in the spring the tribune says that a thirty foot tunnel contract has been let on the scarecrow one of the pocatello townsite mines and it is expected that startling developments will follow there are at present mines in the state of colorado tb the a average daily wages of men employed in euch each mines Is from to 4 foremen average from 4 to ta 7 per day while top men earn from to ta 3 the mount baldy company owning property in marysvale Marys Mary vale evale utah is pleased with the improvement made on its raines mine since development was begun ore is being taken out now which rone runs over fifty ounces in silver and in gold the richfield rich field advocate says that the gold belt mining millin milling 9 company who own valuable mining properties adjoining 0 the dalton at marysvale Marys Mary vale evale have distance just at let a contract to drive the tunnel a distance of IW feet which will make its entire length feet when it is expected that a large ore body will be uncovered prospectors should bear in mind says the homer cal mining index the fact that there are always men with plenty of money on the lookout for prom promising sing mines A good prospect will eoon own find a purchaser but a mere hole in the ground that shows nothing will fetch nothing as an the time for catching suckers is past the anaconda mining company of montana has decided to increase the stock from to and increase the number of shares from 5 of a par value of fv ta a sha share t to share shares at similar value also to pay off and cancel the mortgage bonds outstanding oate or authorized aggregating par value two new veins of rich ore have been pierced in the mining operations of the Teme rm ecal oscal tin mines near south riverside cal the new contractors and ore breakers bre akere that have been brought from england atao at aa expense of are in loll 1011 working order and the force of minera miners and laborers baa has been inci increased essed by thirty men the Te mescal company c om pany ie Is now dow putting out from three bof to four our tons of block or pig tin per day the miner says that the tunnel in the is now in close to feet with the indications growing better all the time the block stock in this company has been belling selling at 10 cents and it has been repeatedly wondered at why such good property property erty stock should sell at that figure prof it it will not remain at 10 cents long as reliable experts in tintic gintic are offering odds that pay ore will be found before the tunnel is COO feet by a recent com compilation on says the reno nev it is 1 learned r ned that the comstock has produced cince its discovery op up to january 1 1890 in sold gold and in silver or a total of both metals of dividends have been paid amounting amount ioK to and assessments amounting to which I 1 shows hows that has been paid in dividends dividen doin in excess of assessments of this amount the consolidated virginia has produced prod aced and dei dared dividends to the amount of W this mine has been assessed only it has paid dividends in excess of all assessments of 77 which speaks well for the ma management ag of that property A notice of the location of placer ground in six mile canyon near virginia virginis city nov nev has been filed with the county recorder of storey county the reservoir contains tons of ore tailings were flamed there in bulk balk from the omega mill from 1874 to 1880 and were the residue of the working of the consolidated california and virginia ore after tailings had bad been run through the pans at the omega mill from which flood fair mackay and obrien are said to have realized the title to the tailings was heretofore vested in the bank of california an average assay value of the tailings tails i s ie Is eaid said to be 8 per too ton representing a total value of |