Show AR AROUND ou ND THE MINES the worlds consumption of spelter in 1913 was short was unis quicksilver has veen reduced 5 a flask or to for seventy five pounds ray hay consolidated in its 1915 report aport shows net profits of or a share production of mines of tonopah the past week amounted to tons valued at 0 1 the number of 0 retorts tor for the pro d ducolon duct lon of spelter atthe at the close ot bf 1915 was and the retorts retort sto to be added in 1916 amount to at the alaska gold mines in 1915 I 1 tons of ore were milled having an average value ot of 1589 the average tails were 2191 cents showing an extraction ot of per cent the largest producer of coal in Wy wyoming Is the union pacific coal company which produced tons ions which Is approximately one third of the wyoming output tor for the year late news from the walker mining proper property tk tn in plumas county tal cal Is that the copper impregnations ara are being found atmore at more extended distances irm from tile the proven heart berkof 0 the z tion it t I 1 Is reliably reported from thorn thomp p sons bons nov nev that every indication points to the early baily blowing in ot of the mason alason valley although nothing definite can toe be learned it is expected in a few days that tho the concentrates will be r bunning oft off the tables at the new con nevada utah mill and that the entire plant will be in operation says the record ore shipments from the prince consolidated the past week amounted to eighty six carloads this i Is estimated m abed at fifty lifty tons to the ca car r or tons it amounts to tons dally daily for the week work has been resu resumed medin in the big cotto cottonwood awood property ot of the days fork mining g company which adjoins the wasatch C mines on the north the kennebec on the east and the alta tunnel on the west spelter last week averaged cents a 0 pound april buyers were reported in london on ap april ril 20 offering 22 cents east st louis spot were quoted at 19 cents may 18 cents june 17 cents and july 17 cents there was produced in the united states during 1915 tons ol of spelter an increase of tons over the production in 1914 according to the tae report just issued by C E elie benthal of the united states geological survey carloads of ore from the nevada zinc are now bringing the company 1600 to 1800 1900 net each the last on one settled for carried only thirty five tons ton sand and brought 1644 net am oter to the company bom pany in march a total of eight cars was forwarded to the utah M markets county record sam kelson of mineral cou county nty nevada states that locations were recorded by his office during the month of march ile he took in in fees this Is the greatest number of locations recorded ed in one month since the foundation of mineral county excellent progress Is being made by the contractors who are driving the big bore for the alta tunnel trans por tation company on its ite property located cat edat at the head of silver fork in the big cottonwood district according to reports reaching the local officials the tunnel Is now in a distance oi of 1950 feet mining activity in the american pork flork district Is increasing the warmer weather Is causing the snow to recede rapidly and as a consequence the various teaming outfits that heretofore have been engaged in hauling ore from the various properties in the canyon are making arrangements to begin work along that line though little has been said in regard to the mining of zinc ores in the Grants grantsville ville utah district a zinc mine has been discovered and contracts have been signed with the smelting smelling sm elting company at murray Nl urray to take the ore the property Is located ate a at the head of tintic gintic canyon at the north end of the tha stansbury range of mountains director J R walker and charles A walker of salt lake have returned from an inspection of the walker mining companas comp anys property in plumas plumah county cal they say that the face of the tunnel is beginning to show copper this is at a point about feet from the shaft where the diamond drillings proved the depth of the ore for about feet the american institute of bf mining engineers has haa named five of the coun arys foremost mining engineers to serve as an advisory tom commission mission to the united states bureau of mines they are ad L D Rick etis of new york ff hennen jennings of washington and arthur F L bell of san sail francisco metallurgical metallurgic al E W parker of wilke harre pa coal and A R ledoux of new york ou th largest producer of oil in wyoming is the wyoming oil fields company which produce a ct bar barrels reli orl or more than one quarter of the entire output for the year the Alid midwest west oil company with a production of was the second largest producer Prod icer ocer of oll ill returns made to the state board ot of equalization by the coal mining con coll ceras bemb operating in wyoming show that tw tuff pta baates tes coal production auran the past year waz was tons the assessable ses sep sable pable valuation of this output to la |