Show MINE AND MINING ShIp metiN of ore from the mines molues of last week totaled cui londs theme ethehe tire lire atef to aggregate tons and value 1 at shipments of first class drude crude ore anil and product from tile the mills of purle park alt city enst week totaled 1755 1765 tons tills this aggregate Is estimated a at in seishi Seil hi tho the allied juices ces have captured a copper mine which Is the third I 1 biggest in III tho the world says u dispatch from london 1 itis it la declared that thai tile the green sands of new jeisy contain sufficient tit potash to the of f the united states for 1000 years bears these bands lire very xich containing 7 to 8 per estimates of ofalie the october production tlora of utah copper company tire art now madd lit t about bOO pounds this Is compared with ft ath pounds in september in august and in july september output of refined copper including electrolytic lale and casting Is estimated at pounds this compares ith estimated for august Augusta and pounds in september 1017 utah last year produced 73 worth of pottery po this amounts to one hun dreith of tip tb e total production of the united states ln iii that air pear ohio led the list fist with wl th and new jersey sey came second wa alth ill incomplete figures figu reson lon the aggregate production of precious metals by byall all of utah mines in the month of october make hn estai estimate irate of it n reasonable one this indicates a total for the ille year of upwards of bf SO untested but promis promising iii territory la fhaid to be awaiting capital n I 1 in the eldorado eln oil district pt butler kan list scar yaa r it was aasc edited credited r with ith a larger production than any other field in ill the confluent district dI pd promises to be even more productive jn in 1918 1018 from washington comes information that chairman baruch of the war industries board a authorizes s the tit announcement no that the chro chrome ore supply in the united states Is sufficient nt the situation asin Is in hand and additional investments for production are lire not necessary for the present from boston comes the report that tile the stock of silver dollars on october 1 1918 was TG compared w with ith the year before the red reduction i of was due to met melting fiIg of silver dollars under the pittman act to provide silver bullion for tto india s scarcity of eipper ls Is acute E even ven the united states government Is not at presen present tp obtaining its full aull quota of aieta to interests conversant with the situation with government orders unfilled there Is of course no surplus available for the outside trade traci I 1 gays shenew york journal utah stood second in the production of silver in 1817 1917 although at on one time the word cord was put out that it led tile the united spates the figures just released credit utah with ounces while the preliminary estimates I 1 put it above its gold production was was ounces influenza among force at the copper leaf leaf in the northwest lias huls pretty w well ell suspended aper operations the past few days dabs but it Is lisped to get things going immediately at feet some lead silver value came iri in ard and continued for fifteen feet or to the present point having long since i come comb to the conclusion that the thi time and attention fention ai of the state chapter of the american mining ing congress was entirely entire occupied in general leial matters find and realizing that many local state stata issues demanded immediate personal handling the small mine operators of arizona ArIzon dhave have effected a powerful organization with mining compit companies nies in view american smelling smelting Sm elting and refining company has started extensive development dv elop work on four new silver ex and lead mining properties acquired in mexico in the last few years sears itis planned to spend approximately on ahls work in line with its ts policy of developing new mines lit in anticipation of depletion of bf orb ore reserves of older prope properties ries says the new york IC journal mining men operating in the extensive sulphide ore belt belf centering around leadville dolo colorado radd are in a pleasant plea sarit mood over the possibility that tha t the appropriation made by b cong congress Tess to stimulate the production of rare raie metals for war ar purposes will make possible the exploitation e of tho the immense bodies of iron sulphide ore in their mines these pyrites have been mined in the past for their gold content and also as ag a flux tor for smelt ing operations active development work ork has been in progress ss for foi some time past on a property situated in the 11 harmony armony range bange of mountains mounta lits about six miles east of winnemucca nev and reports from that town ton state that ore of di good grade grad has been exposed in const demable quantity in ane progress of tills work western oil bil fields have been liff hit hant 4 by y the pre ailing aning disease it ft Is 18 declared that the spread of the spanish influenza influent a among the workers caused many drilling operations to be suspended sit andallo and also handicapped the handling of the leases according to lo word from tampico eight of the oli oil companies operating lif in ilic hie mexican fields shipped a n total of IAre ls of oil through the i jort Pori y tampico corf lobos and add tux I 1 1 pam pain on during alg S september tipi fiber only ji i atwill part was vaa distilled distIll id and refined petro leux ie uni |