Show AROUND THE MINES shipments from tile the mines of to tono no pah thrust the week totaled 1070 tons valued nt lit fl A A report bno character of ore now being it by the lie prince carries 5 0 a 15 ii per r cent iranga manganese nese some ore cain diug iiii up to ounces silver to the on is now low coining in tilo tho now new wiled M as the word that comes comerf from the 14 lehl lit tie ohio company has declared t alm tin quarterly dividend and nn anif extra d dividend ofa 0 75 a share both bobil payable MarcI 20 according to word from RICO color colo tl the 16 ore shipments adl i alco durIng the month ai of lanu tiry 1918 totaled aed sixty alx ty nine cars I 1 although hampered samue somewhat what by road conditions 11 lid ilin tied tion lon facilities fitel litle s t alie I 1 je standard Is sending to 0 taic excess 0 tons tolli af pf of ore bre a day av t Gold strike i cu camp calill lill located in the ex arii corner 0 the state of utah arnd not fur far from st fl deorge anath 0 old clivel sliver callip of silver beef beginning is illing molook to look more 6 A str stride lice grado grade copper oro ore thae that wit with I 1 come sorting avern averages j 20 pei percent sacked nabeho made inalle dritha arf the dand y gr graup baided bailed lj fenniena sar elds estate h at t L I 1 lining nevada por for tit q birst st time in in the of th alie e industry more than tv ft billion pounds ot of copper iare ex orica bibin th the e ln les 1 chanka year the total for eleven beeve n months hiis up to tho the first of last december poun pound df it la Is stated that tile 1 B eagle agle blue cell bell c earned arned in december against in november for the year 1917 net earnings before taxes totaled as compared with in lit in 1915 1015 and in 1914 1014 senator of missouri jias hns introduced an all amendment to the war revenue 1 bill in the senate providing for the taxa taxation flon of mines find and oil ive wells flis having no net income prior to the ivar war that they shall pay a tax upon their let income sor cor year 1917 1014 the chances of making it a stef steady tily producing mine at the state line property in tile C op nev kev district where a strong vein carrying eight inches of ore was opened up tip several weeks ago grow righter brighter with every toot foot of development more alore sulp sulphuric hurle acid was produced in ill the united states in 1917 than in any previous year A moderate estimate shows that the increase in the production of neld add of till all strengths in 1017 over that lit in 1910 stated in terms of 0 GO 60 degrees B acid amounted to at least tons modern machinery and modern ore treatment methods are resulting lit in in mining which shortens tho the lives of the mines As a consequence farsighted far sighted men are pointing to the urgent need for n greater amount of prospecting and the opening of new producing properties 1 at a depth of 1900 1000 feet in the atlanta property a station Js Is now being cut i in the whize sunk to to this depth from the 06 1750 foot level in preparation ration for a thorough system of exploration atthe at the deepest point attained in mining operations in southern nevada says the goldfield tribune li mining lining companies have been granted it a concession by the treasury department to the extent that thai returns of war ivar profits be made nt at the earliest dat date they can be prepa prepared reif instead of march arell 3 1 according to a letter received at tile the head of the ilia utah chapter of the american mining rig coher congress ss according to word from nor northern nevada the holdings ot of the copper canyon lilt ing ng company bo both th at cop per cpr canyon it and nd in the basin bashi continue td 0 look good from the canyon shipments nm nis of froni from for forty ay iy to alft fafty bolits tons are jeang 9 made dally daily which keeps t lie hie crit cat ef pIllar and four teams team ailsy hauling to io dillon that the recent increase lit in the capacity of tiia thompson sni smelter elter ling has been ean responsible tor for a material increase in the pro production actton of the nevada douglas consolidated copper comp company any Is reflect reflected tea in tile the auditor report covering the last just two weeks in ti auary during that period the nevada vada a douglas sent to the smelter it a to till tal of tons of ore western exploration company is less thann year old Is in h a position to put its stock on a 0 O C pe per cent dividend basis as a result of its operations durIng the last three quarters of 1917 if the board of directors consider such steps advisable it is understood however says the ilie cheyenne leader that in n view of the large acreage in prospective and proven fields and the desirability sir of pushing fact active ivi development work as rapidly as possible th that a t no dividend action Is contemplated at this tive devand tor for silver la Is abnormally heavy throughout the world world this has been true since the outbreak of tho the r chiefly because of the practical disappearance from circulation of gold ur Pency lit in the belligerent countries during the 1917 year chile copper probably produced pretty close to pounds of copper and earned slightly more than 2 per share forthe fortha shares outstanding after allowing for interest on the bonds of which there are now issued during the month of 0 december the tha dragon consolidated mine shipped ft a total of about tons of 0 ore duplicating the record in january and from sit all reports about tle the same tonnage will I 1 leave e a the property during the present 1 month anth according to word that cornea from eureka utah |