Show 7 HE MINES put in february wan waa als s in january 15 ili i mining company of s forthe for the year ended VL de 5 1018 net ea earnings 0 of f I 1 apers ers output in february pounds in january production y the mines of tile the past week totaled ton s of ore ord naheed at the stockholders in the merrit oil corporation torpor atlon who iho met murch march 4 in portland me voted doted to approve tin an increase in tile capital stock of the ilie corporation from to now that practically nil all tiie the anticipated big slides haye have come down in alta lind and little cottonwood 1 I it I 1 la s expected that the so south 5 lutfi ile hecla i cid and other alta mines will be able to start a steady stream of ore to market marked over athelee alie ice trall trail according tw to recent reports from wyoming mule creek find and edgemont gement lod Rd vere the scenes oi of exciting clashes between owners of ou claims calalin and jumper ers it Is stata stated that claim jmj jumping lias has cropped out lit in several cases and the larger laier I 1 firms have started hiring men to look after their holdings bangham an mines company directors have declared beclar d d a dividend ot of 25 cents share tills this declaration will require a disbursement of about on the some sli shares ares issued it will baing the companas comp anys s total dividends up to last year tho t bengham I 1 mines ht be s paid out 2 a share or th the e second well being bored near tile llie lake west of by y ohp the union oil gas company liati has attained a depth of 2051 feet and some gas Is showing tile well aaa was start started 0 inch casing and this ihas bas been reduced deuced to four inches aches it Is expected soon to be sin sinking kingo two wells at the same sume time AIme the nevada gazette says sais beginning the first of the month tile alie yellow pine min mining ing company will atack the zinc concentrates for future shipment although lead concentrates will bjes be shipped hipped as formerly within we next two weeks it Is exported expected that will be begun on alterations in IB tile the dimill I 1 according to the goldfield news a maximum width of over 80 feet of oie bore Is terpos exposed ed on the foot foo I 1 level st Tono pali pith divide at a point iffet afeei southeast of the ibe shaft where the southwest sou thweat th west crosscut has been extended 40 feet and the northeast crosscut lias been extended 40 feet from the figures tor for the month shiow that darlng february the mines of tintie h shipped ears cars ot of ore valued at approximately the biliti in eluding twenty one shippers these figures compare with cars vai valued tied at il produced produce during J january the shipping list mouth including t twenty enty four producers directors 0 of the E eagle agle and BlueBell blue bell dhave declared a dividend of 5 cents it a share this payment will require tile the distribution of 1 it will make it total tor this mine of razi r year the eagle distribute 30 cenas a cliare share or a total 1 of in 1917 it paid out 40 cents or during tile past few months the elk basin united oil company com company pady has as been doing some drilling tor for oil on the southern shores of utah lake near the town of goshen now word ord comes from provo that agents of th the e company are in provo negotiating for a lease on tile the prop property e arty of the first ward pasture company bordering the utah lake under the caption the world cries for silver the nevada mining press says A worldwide demand for silver and the probability that necessity will bring about the e establishment of a double standard has awakened the interest of niep men of keen vision who are seeking suver mines for several deals of magnitude have haie been made in nevada min mines es and the alie coming ln 11 s fearing balig will be followed by operations on a large scale marked farle d improvement nt in thea conditions at the silver king coalition mine of park city is noted by lafayette hanchett Han cliett eminent mining engineer who was rece recently fitly engaged by theeb the executive committee ot of tile the silver king coal coalition mines minds coir pany to take direct and full operations I 1 peter blyan nn and john ernst who lio hold id a lease leas e on the old saturday property on squaw creek a tributary of the salmon river and about seven miles lilies out of Clait clayton custer county idaho report having struck from four to six feet of solid galena and ic a large body of carbonate ore after sinking eighty feet value 0 of the primary aluminum produced in the united states in 1918 as reported by tile the united states geology department of the interior w was as a decrease of 0 or 00 10 per ifer cent from tie value in 1917 1017 from boston come advises advices that the method of disposing of government owned copper estimated at about IGO pon pounds ads has pot not been finally determined although the metal will lie be marketed in such fashion that tile the general situation will not be disturbed georgo george W snyder P manager of the black metals mines company inea inc operating the day group of pro properties 1 in the llie jack habbit district out of Plo clie ec elved word last week afi ithna atthe alie new equip equipment mont had bad arrived and was belne being installed as rapidly as ar possible |