Show AROUND THE MINES spelter last averaged 1427 n eastern easter fi markets T tonopah on apa h i extension kite niton mining last wee week k declared a quarterly dividend of 1 16 15 per cent payable july 1 londona Lon dons visible supply of copper on hand shows a ded decrease rease of tons and amount in sight a a decrease of 2215 tons it Is unofficially reported from park city that the new quincy has haa five feet of first arst class cla pre in the hew now strike off the level r material tor for it small the combination orew ores in the upper workings of theAl the albeon blon Is now on its way from park city to alta J E lackey oil prospector of the big piney country struck oil in large quantities last latt week on his claim two twenty n miles allea from bli big piney wyoming conditions are improving at the ne new w quincy and a carload ore ably be bb shipped this week acco according iding to word received from the superia of the park city mine de development work is slag on the property of the pioneer eiten extension company at pioneer under the direction of R E S giles the companas comp anys superintendent and is reported to be making satisfactory progress official notice of now new export duty rates on metals shipped from Af mexico exico has hag been given out in mexico city the new rates are lead per ton zinc 1910 1916 per ton copper per ton silver tars bars per kilo following a three taree days session of the stockholders the alta tunnel transportation com company officially an bounces the election of a new director ate the purchase of adjoining ground and the tha adequate financing of the tun nel project the michigan utah of little cotton wood is settling for tow four cars care of ore five dry tons to the car carrying values from 25 to 30 per ton this Is the thirty sixth sh shipment ap the mine has made since july I 1 of last year it is reported by the manager of 0 the lynn big six in eureka county nevada in his last communication with the salt lake office that work Is progressing at four points on the property th atthur faces of ore aie are exposed averaging 27 a ton in gold beds are to be do during the coming summer by a number of salt lake men who pro pose to place the roads leading from the san rafael swell country to th we railroad in such condition that carno tite ores may be handled bandied in the as well as summer gummer E F mobley secretary of the OV of loinal bannack mining company th tb property of which Is located at ban nack mont has just returned from s trip to the mine after attending to the installation of a compressor hoist and other necessary equipment for the de of the property asphaltum has hali been discovered un on der the bed of great salt lake by a company which has been conducting experiments norta of the lucin cutoff tor for the past three months the discovery was made at a point about seventy miles west of ogden and seven miles south of corrine Corr lne in the lake butte superior Is today earning 1 5 a month or at the rate ol of per annum this Is 60 per share but it I 1 Is U unlikely that the next dividend will be more than the last 75 cents and 10 extra the company has in net quick assets of which is cash there is greater activity in a mining way in the coeur daleanes dAI dA lenes enes than ever before and 1916 will establish a new record of production and dividends among the operating companies while there will be much greater development also than in any previous period of the districts history it Is announced arrangements are being perfected for resumption of ore shipments from the old congor mining alining companas comp anys property at bingham the company has been carrying on some deep exploratory work for months from the montana bingham tunnel but the ore will be shipped from the old workings which have been inactive for the past fifteen years at the eureka lily property in east tintic gintic a double shift of men hasteen has been put on in order to expedite development work according to one of the company the management Is now pushing the development work on the tha property with vigor and have about 18 19 inches of 20 per cent lead le ad and 20 ounces silver ore in the fissure on the foot level capt boyd smith president of the boyd mining company of virginia and V F Q G taylor president of the taylor company of philadelphia have gone to marysvale Marys vale utah to inspect the potash properties which they control there preparatory they say to the tha building of the count rys largest potash factory mr air smith expects more than to be put into the factory and mines are to be opened this summer the coming season promises fo 0 o record unusual activity among the mines of the mullan idaho district many of which have been dormant for several years and there Is every reason so to believe that the next two months will witness greater d development than ever even before arthur witcher leaser on the upper workings of the five carloads of ore shipped carried 90 ounces silver 20 per cent lead wd 10 in gold to the ton another car gave returns ot of 3 to 4 in gold 20 per cent lead and SO ounces silver allier |