Show II I MINEs MINES AND MINING STOCK QUOTATIONS H I 1912 COAL MINE FATALITIES FAT lES Total otal of 2360 Out of f Men Employed Deaths in 17 Years Washington April 23 Twenty S.-Twenty- Twentythree Twenty Twenty- I three hundred d and men were d In the thc coal mines or of the United States last year car out oC ot a total of oC i O 00 employed In Itz the Industry accordIng accord- accord Ing InS ner to A a statement issued toda today b by the United States bureau of oC The Tho death h rate Was in every 1000 men cm employed oyed Tho bureau bureau further makes maltes tho state Mate statement statement ment meat that that tho number o of ot men killed was vas 5 the least since 1906 that that tho the death rate rato lato wa was the smallest since lS and that tho number of or tons of or coal taken from tho the ground around In proportion to the thc number of oC men killed was tho the greatest on record T The Tho o statistics show ho that with wih more miners miners' employed in In 1912 than in 1307 1907 thero were wore 37 le less s deaths in Sn 12 1 With lh more men employed in 1912 than in 1911 there were wera 69 less deaths in 1912 Frederick W. W Horton Horlon mining engineer engineer en en- of ot tho the bureau who ho compiled the death statistics shows b by comparisons with other othor years that explosions o of coal dust and gasP Kas KaS the tho great montc menaces I of or tho the miner are gradually growing ro less in number and in their teh toll toU ot of life ute tile he C believes to the active ed educational ed- ed l campaign of or the bureau The percentage taco o of deaths from other cau causes that the bureau lies has not yet et In prated ted shows no such material del de- de 4 l' l creases it IB Is 11 claimed Tho rho facts disclosed offer blo evidence that conditions ten tending toward s safety telY in mining raining arc are actually improving jn and that that coal coat is now no bein being mined with less els dan danger danser cr to the miner than ever eyer before said Mr Ir Horton to today to- to dRY day in discussing the tho situation Al Although Al- Al It though the improvement Is greater In InI I than In any previous year for which accurate statistics are available JaU partly due perhaps to exceptionally mild mUd weather during the last Jast few tew months of ot the year cal the decreasing the likelihood o of disastrous con coal coa dust explosions there has been an annual Improvement I rot for a a num number ol of ot years ears This improvement improve improve- meat ment has bas b been en brought t about b by a combination of or causes the principal one of which has bas been tho the more efficient and ot effective mine inspection on the part of or the state mining mining departments and state mine inspectors throughout the nr country supplemented b by gr greater ater c care rc upon the part of or both the operator opera opera- tor toTs and the miners The educational work toT of oC the re b bureau lr of or mines has kept both hoth the op operator and th tho miner alive alivo alvo l 16 Ii the various dangers and has shown what precautions should be ho taken to to avoid them The he bureau is therefore gratified the Improvement ement shown particularly as 33 the greatest t Improve Improve- meet relates to dangers concerning which the Ule hur bureau au has been conducting i special l investigations and td giving giving- the results to the industry Although there has been an annual hn- hn Improvement In I mine mie safety i conditions since 1907 and a a particularly notable one in 1912 a 2 still greater decrease Inthe in inthe inthe the death rate can be effected ho decar de de- de- de dares clares Whether or not this will wit D ne be made car s in 1913 depends largely cly on the care care exercised by the operators super- super foremen and all nn others In authority and ana by the miners miner as well Horton Horton reviews re the last lat seventeen seventeen seven seven- teen 1 years earR of or coal mining and finds that 3 miners have lost their lives U 1 I n In th th economic c loss to the nation Daton through this sacrifice of ot life ho takes the basis basle 0 of th thC Insurance companies that a a human human human hu hu- hu- hu man life is Is' Is worth at least and ICe draWs Home some Interesting conclusions Ho lie 8 says US U'S If r it I b be bd assumed for statistical statis statis- tat heal purposes that each cach life is worth orth at least then the total loss occasioned occasioned occasioned occa occa- b by the fatal accidents to miners In the United States during during- the last seventeen years reaches the sum of ot je ear i Using this same method of or lion tion Mr Ir Horton fn finds s that the loss ton through h fatal atal and nonfatal accidents In III 1911 was as HU SOUTH UTAH HAS NEW ORE ON Word Yord comes coines from rom Newhouse that the South Utah company compan has sent word to Milford for tor more mora mimel At present the tho mill mm is running only three days day a a week It I Is reported from there that thata a large Jarge body of ot 3 per cent copper ore has been bees opened on the foot toot level le This is i In tho the west wet side feet teet from the main workings and entirely new nen from property an any other ore shoot shot opened in the I CONTACT ONCE HAD A I Ran a Few Hours but Died Down for Lack of Proper Flux I Most 1081 people either cither never were of ot tho fact or if thc they were have long since forgotten that the tho camp of ot Contact Contact Contact Con Con- tact Nov Nev OnCe had a in actual operation It I produced d just fourteen tons of or matte mate and quit That was sixteen sixteen six six- teen years car ago ao when tho the camp was was I young OUI 1 Relative to the tho undertaking a correspondent In the tho te Contact Miner says We Ye made mode A visit to the old smelter r ono day this w week cl and were agreeably to find that tat tho the machinery is in a good state of ot repair and nud while Itis it itis I is h of or an old pattern it could with wih some somo additions be put ut In an nn up date con con- dillon This Tide smelter which is IR of or tho the thoa a water tel jacket jackel type was installed through h th the efforts o of S. S S P. P Kemper er of or Butte Bute Mont and local aid some t ent twenty men mon putting In each Tho The smelter was blown in April Apri 1 1 1897 and produced produce fourteen tons of or 98 p per percent r cent copper but hut owing to a n proper flux abandoned not being beins available the enterprise was as It I Is 11 stated that soon after Mr r. r Kemper formed a company compan of oC tho the miners miners min mm- ers era and owners of or ground In Sn tho the district district district dis dis- with a a view to making an arran arrangement arrangement ar ar- ar- ar ran wl whereby reb tho the BrooKlyn and other properties could be sunk to the sulphide zones and thereby obtain tho necessary flux tux and the tho smelter run on these theo and other r ores The o effort tort did not succeed and ultimately the smelter and anda a number of ot claims reverted to Mr It Kemper who as S we un understand still stil owns the thc plant We havo have listened to man many tales fluent lent the palmy days when this district district dis dis- triet wa was at new when the tho stampede stampede stampede stam stam- pede was wa on men on-men men staked bonanza claims mining claims mining mining men came in and talk talked d of or spending tone money all al of which h came to tn naught nau Ore Oro up to this time Was as vas hauled b by by wagon to Wells els and the thc t was 51 slow slew mana money was hard to got ot and the camp became dormant With Wih the tho installation of ot the tho smelter mining matters maters took on new now life the life tho tho smelter was given gl en a tryout trout and failed Th The floaters soon left for Cor greener fields elds affairs settled Into a n state of ot coma to revive a again aln when the railroad railroad rail rail- rl- rl road built buil Into Hogerson Ida Ida and now that it I Is practically assured that the Short LIne Lino will build into Contact the district Is act active COPPER SHARES QUIET IN EASTERN RN EXCHANGES I IB B By Badger cr Bros Private ate Wire Boston April 23 Copper Copper shares were ero weak this morning morning a further depressing depress depress- ing and forlorn feeling feeling- being given to this market markel b by the severe se decline in New New Haven H cn Copper shares hares were exceedingly ox- ox cee quiet in the early afternoon fractional declines being made In several several sev soy eral of at the active issues issue Granby was started up UD and advanced easily to 65 The market continued dull dul throughout the afternoon closing ver very quiet e Kenny Kenn Co X New w York Tork April 23 Trading 2 Trading was ag I very Yen light at the tho opening this morning morning and nd with with the exception of or weakness in New Haven prices within were a fraction fraction frac frac- tion ton of or Tuesdays Tuesday's closing United States Stats St Steel el common opened on 1000 shares at G 62 a decline of ot 3 a. Tho The stock was heavy duo due to unfavorable unfavorable able reports rega regarding regarding- the pig pig- iron market After the second hour ot of trading trad trad- I ing the market har hardened encl on small smal volume volume 01 vol vol- ume of transactions which would In Indicate Indi l- l cate that the market was pretty well wellin wellIn el in a sold out out condition The Tho market hel held firm until the thc early earh afternoon when selling took place In Southern Pacific which reflected Inthe Inthe in inthe the general Hat The movement had hader every er appearance of or being beins purely professional professional pro pro- and little significance being attached to tho the trading Closing prices were a fraction tracton off ocr from tho the high but the general list lt showed gains over OYer TUe Tuesdays Tuesday's close Hutton close Hutton CoNc Co New Nc York April Apri 23 The The The majority of ot Issues of oC the fits curb ruled dull dul today loday and as a aN result changes were slight Braden Copper was fractionally lower at 5 52 and 5 ol 5 Giroux sold at 2 k and 2 3 3 16 Hutton TON 50 MILL FOR ROCHESTER CAMP The Rochester Mill Ul I Reduction compall company com corn pany pall is to erect a ton fifty ton mill mUl mil in Rochester canyon canol says sas the Humboldt Star Star The he plans call cl for the first unit uni a a. a ten stamp ten stamp Nissan Nissen to be he put In without delay Tim rite stamps will wil weigh welsh 1850 10 pounds and the dally daily daly capacity will wl be lift tit tons Also there will wil be a crusher concentrating concen concen- tables a tube mill mil and cyanide plant Grading of or the will wi bo be begun in a a fe few days das Tho The company planning planning- the mill mil is incorporated for or NOTES AND PERSONALS Geor George e 1 W. W traffic manager of the United States Smelting tug InS Mining company compan h has returned from a n bU business iness trip east Tony ron Jaco Jacobson general mana manager er of or tho Attn Alta Ala Consolidated company compan is i ex expect expected expected ex- ex d back from the coast cont Sunca Sunday Ho ITo Hohas has bos been down to Los Angeles and vi vicinity vicinity vi- vi thinking thinking- tho the outdoor exercise would Improve his health 11 lie le Is com com coming Sn ing back feeling much better Jv JJ Q O. Burton a well wel known Jeon Salt SaI Lake engineer has returned from Beaver Beavor cr count county whore where ho hn went ent to look over OYer a mining property A. A O. O Jacobson son assistant manager manager of ot the Alta Ala Consolidated will wi go to Nevada Novada No- No vada the last Jast of ot the week on pr professional rc slona 1 business MOSCOW MINE WilL HAVES HAVE 5 FACES ORE Extensive Development Should Bring Results Within Next 30 Days Within th the tho next thirty days das tho lar largo large o Corco of ot men no now nov employed at tho the Moscow Mining Mining- Milling company property in Beaver Beavor count county will wi be beI betaking betaking taking out an excellent grade of or oreIn ore oro I In Iii no less Jess than five thc places At present present pres pres- ent tho they are arc most mostly on developments yet the mine is I outputting about eight hun hundred red tons a month Yesterday General Manager JL JL Rawlins Raw Haw Rw- Rw lins and Secretary A. A i returned from an Inspection of or this little southern south south- em ern Utah bonanza tho only present dividend payer south of or tho the TUttle bor bor- derland Both officers of ot the tho company aro are exceedingly well wel pleased with wih the present physical con condition of the mine with the results rouls of of- the late lato extensive Q exploratory work and with wih tho the future futuro lol look js h H presages splendid re results 10 ro- ro sui suIts the fortnight When hen seen yesterday e Secretary Rawling Raw Raw- ling lins said fald that there is some important new work ork now no under wa way in th tho tho west ground which gives every promise of ot quickly responding e cl This is an absolute absolutely lute new territory yet yel the faces of ot the drifts on both tho 30 and lev J els would lend lead to tho assumption that thata a 0 f few fw w days on only should lead to pa pay oro ore Jut Just before wo we left it I looked as It If Itan an any shot should break Into a large largo new ore ere lO body in both faces said sall Mr Ir Rawlins Raw Raw- lins Ins The now new work now under wa way at th the Moscow will wi give us feet of ot hacks backs in two or three places s. s When It is recalled that that Just one of ot such backs recently kept the mines mine's production production pro pro- UD ito for fot five the or six months It Itcan Itcan itcan can be bo seen what two or three of such slopes topes mean for or the Moscow We are doln doing a largo large largo amount of at development work olk which should give results within I thin the n next thirty days or 01 so Tho The now work IB is west st of at the glory shoot of or or ore oro that has been furnishing most of or the ther r recent cent production The Tho April Apri production will wi amount to about sixteen carloads This ore orell will ll not be up to tho Moscow Iosco average It will O When I wI bring 7 a a car the now faces races begin to produce the av average IVera IV- IV as' as era c will wi be brought up to 1000 a acar car w v NEW BOSTON YORK i COPPER R 1 L.- L. Bros brokers 16 ll MaIn street fur over oyer nih the their following wire quota r ITer yesterday est BOSTON X CURB CUn I 1 ArIz Alz i I iI 41 4 41 Bohemia 1 I I 1 OI Vi 11 i 7 Bog ns Lly L' L r 7 jI N. N Douglas Dulu j 1 ru 66 1 C s CS CS Ohio 10 I 11 1 55 18 1 13 Chief Chef cUI Con 1 l i I 1 23 4 1 1 1 S. S Globe Globe 7 1 Chine e. e 4 40 So Lako Lato G Gl 6 DaTis Daly Z 2 Verde iO 70 J Ii I B. B U. U 1 1 06 Xu UtAh 3 l S G fly Witch 1 S r 10 New e Baltic 1 1 Utah BOSTON COPPER n. I L. L I CI 24 1 93 9 1 Ark 2 3 Arl Alaka S G I Butte Bute Superior l O i SO t 2 i 6 6 Chief Con 4 V 2 2 2 G 4 tJ Ji COl Copper R Range ne O H 44 H 41 14 DAly er West O 4 I 3 Dull Daia D Daly I I 2 i 1 3 O 01 Z 2 15 I Lagle Blue bell ll 1 3 C 6 Butte l FranklIn at S I rauly I. I 5 i Giroux iO 10 6 2 Greene Cananea f n. n 7 7 Indiana 1 Isle Ile G 25 6 6 Copper 3 13 Z 13 tc 13 alcy Valley 7 1 1 l' l 4 1 North Lake 40 1 11 North Butte Bute 40 1 On S 30 30 20 Ohio Cop Copper r. r i 6 97 Oli 4 i Old Colony 54 1 r 4 S. S Boston Hoston 3 L. L l. l S. S Smelting U 41 Preferred I 4 tS 5 Utah UtA Con Cn 01 s' s l. l i 73 2 S 5 Alez j 16 12 Iii 11 o. o 10 EW E YORK CURB CURn n. GE I L. L I Cl CI Giroux 4 40 7 i 1 I 1 AIk 13 l 11 i Ohl 4 ci 1 l' l 1 1 Ely C 10 10 10 Gr Greene no W 7 VS V'S i o t edA Hills g 0 l i H. H LA ROle G 2 2 1 10 2 T Dir 4 JIm Tini Butler uter l 1 i 1 Du Daly ito 10 a 2 1 British I 24 21 I 24 Brade ij S 81 o o c 6 7 7 Kerr Lake 1 isoo z 3 Z 3 i 31 sq NEW XE YORK Sales II I. |