| Show AROUND TH MINES work has started on the sinking ol of I 1 the hoosier doy boy shaft of the majestic allne alnea company in beaver county utah the midwest sulphur company which owns property at cody wyo announced its initial dividend of 1 cent a share the new mill of the dig big four exploration company at atkinson seven miles from park city is now handling ling to tons ot of tailings a day the copper corporation has declared a quarterly dividend ol of a share pity payable able september 30 to stockholders of record september 18 A bedding plane piano in which there Is considerable galena ore has been opened up fay by the raise from tho tunnel at the Beler ophan ground in american fork canyon in utah recent reports from the gold hill 1111 I mines blines development company in american fork canyon say that in the no 2 tunnel the lime limb strata has been bee a cut showing high grade copper or ore e power drills are soon to be placed in operation at the tar baby property in dig big cottonwood canyon the starting of the machines has been delayed in the shipment of parts the shannon copper company has reported its output tor for august as pounds of copper as compared with pounds in july and pounds for august a year ago the copper market report Is that leading producers and sellers are asking 28 cents for november and igind december deliveries and 27 to 27 cents a pound for deliveries for the first quarter of 1917 prices of joplin 10 mo lo zinc ores have been reduced 5 a ton to 45 to 65 a ton production is reported to be running about 60 per cent 0 of normal and heavier buying is gradually reducing the surplus on hand an extension of the lease on the ohio copper copier mining company property for three months has been given the general exploration company by the receivers of the company sanctioned by judge ritchie of the third district court after being absent from the dividend column since 1913 1911 the pitts burgh idaho property at gilmore idaho has gone on a quarterly dividend basis it Is also declared that the physical condition of the mine is better than it ever was before according to officials of the cottonwood king mining company assays essays have recently been made from ore in the face of the tunnel which is now in over 1100 feet that show 3 per cent copper six ounces in silver and in gold for the entire face ace As near as can be estimated with the work that is now being carried on by the garfield chemical manufacturing company the new sulphuric sulphur fe acid plant will be finished up between october 1 and november 1 work has been somewhat delayed on account of material not arriving on time according to reports received from american fork utah the south fork company compa has opened up some surface ore that runs exceptionally high in a north and south fissure running through the ground in the upper end of the property ore has been found just below the surface that carries as high as 50 a ton in values on account of not ha having vill I 1 sufficient mill ore with which to collue continue regular operations the wilbert mill forty miles from arco idaho on the oregon short line has been practically closed down for several weeks wee ks only running intermittently to relieve the bins of such ore as is taken out in development work the shipments out of the pitts burgh idaho were the greatest in august angust that they have been for years during durine that period forty seven cars were marketed containing approximately 2500 tons shipments in april were about tons during I 1 may tons during june 1200 tons and during july 1500 tons telegrams have been received in reno from president nenzel of the nenzel crown point which state that ounce s silver liver ore has been struck in the w west e st cross crosscut cut on the foot level and that the vein encountered is believed to be the contact vein from which a great deal is expected says the goldfield tribune the official report issued by the united states geological survey on nevada for or the year 1915 shows a large increase over 1914 it shows that over more than the previous year yeal was secured by the mine operators that the tonnage was greater and that the production in copper lead and tine was much greater stockholders of the uvada copper company at bristol nev are receiving their initial dividend 0 of a cent a share which is the first time the property has been made to pay in years the property is a reorganization of the old day bristol consolidated ground it is understood that the property is now earning in the neighborhood of a year work at the consolidated nevada utah properties has gone on successfully during the past week T installation of additional capacity in the notation flotation department of the mill has proved to bo be very beneficial higher extra extraction cdon being obtained at the present time than at tiny any other time since the mill began to operate fire which broke out in the plant of the deer creek I mining company 1 lor abed on deer creek twelve miles south of forest idaho resulted in the partial destruction of the plant and a financial I 1 loss of about |
