Show AROUND THE MINES rn in england nil all coal mines are under government control 1 the shattuck arizona copp copper er has declined declared a 25 cent dividend january copper exports were pounds the largest since january uary a year ago during the past week the mines of Tono tonopah pali shipped tons of ore valued at alta alfa american fork lind and the big cottons conwood district have been ing considerable of a protracted acted snow the past week the butte superior report leport for foi the quarter ending december 31 1017 shows profits equal to a share r awnings nar arn ings for the full year 1017 were wera equal to a share shaie again it report comes from new york fork that the utah copper arid anaconda stocks are being accumulated by certain interests and that next net dividend will not be exit cut an increase in production during january of compared with that of december Decem bei Is shown by the last monthly report of the barnes king development company at butte Calu ment hecla including all subsidiaries reports tin in output for january of pounds of copper against in december and in january 1017 alaska gold mines quarter ending december 31 shows operating profits of against the previous itter I tte tei the year sear 1917 oper operating nOng Iwo fits 1 2 against in 1010 1910 stockholders of the new quincy mining company are in receipt of 0 the annual report for 1017 1917 which shows total receipts expenditures the same less 36 and an indebtedness of 19 40 in its regular weekly report the rochester mines company says the average tonnage per day so bo far this week Is averaging tons the heads assaying 1243 per tn at the present price of silver reports from denver where the daly west annual meeting Is on and a lively fight Is being made for control are that no decision has yet been reached and the meeting Is being postponed from day to day the directors of tile the yellow pine mining company held a niec meeting ting in Good goodsprings springs last week at which it was decided to declare a dividend of 0 per cent on the capital stock this I 1 will be payable pa able on march 2 reports that the government will fix the price of silver at a dollar rill an ounce are declared authentic by A G mackenzie secretary of the utah chapter of the american mining congress who ho has returned from aiom a two months sojourn lit in the national capital officials of the union oil gas company report the arrival of a standard oil rig at the holdings near farmington utah it Is expected to have the derrick set up first tiling thing in the the company com piny has leasing privileges on about acres of land reports that the anaconda through the international smelting smelling Sm elting company a subsidiary has made a payment of and acquired shares of stock of the walker copper mining company with properties in plumas county cal are dented by officials of the anaconda authentic news lias has been received that one of the several deals recently mentioned involving the erection of a reduction plant at or near luning nov nev for handling both low and high grade ores is to be carried through to quick consummation and actual contraction truc tion commenced the recent strike in the mogul shaft of the western utah extension cop per company has been developed to a width of three feet of high grade copper running from 15 to 20 per cent according to information received at the offices of the company from the superintendent perin at gold rill hill assay returns from the recent strike reported at the rye patch were received last week at tile the offices of the company samples from the new vein eln which has been opened up intro in two places for a distance of approximately feet along its strike yielded assay values of from ounces silver to ounces silver and 12 ounce gold one of the large mining deals of recent years 5 curs was closed in reno last week when M A mcclain or of masonic sold to charles II 11 ernst of pacific grove cal and E chaplin gard of san francisco tile tho rich kanawah Tana wah property in the sweetwater range in mona alona county counts cal the holdings comprise 31 claims a 10 stamp mill and a cyanide plant besides mine machinery dil nery a saw mill bunk and boarding houses and water rights it Is reported that the iron county count coal company has let the contract for the construction of the proposed two bille tramway to connect its coal property near cedar city utah with chutes down near the main highway articles of incorporation of the par onan olivan oil company were filed at salt lake dike last week the intent of the organization Is to drill for oil near this southern utah town the geological conditions are said to indicate a flow of about 2000 feet within the next net few lays days the from the level of the zuma mine district will reach the level nt at which point di drifting efting will mill be taken up according to the officers of the company this has been in the ore are almost the entire distance from the 60 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