New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-19

The railroad south from Sat Lake City will prob
ably be opened TO Black Rock. twenty-five miles
from the Horn Silver this week Tie road - graded
70 within three or four miles of the mine and the
snow melts II will be extended, and the work
Of LAYING ties and rails tho intervening
distance will occupy only few weeks. The mime
il in a condition T. show an immediate and large
mttpnt of ORE but the conservatism of the Horn
silver management, which is also characteristic
of thc shareholders, will not waste for the sake of
nrcscnt gam when Il can save by waiting. When
the railroad ~ completed the mine can snip lts ore
at far less cost than now.
President Johnson. of the Julian, California
writes from san Flauclsco; Hope soon To report
the result of clean up at the Julian. and while
il viii not he moro than half an average monthly
productiOn IT viii serve as an indication Tor tine
future. Everything ~ looking WELL Mr. JohnsOns
| brother yesterday confirmed TINS news, and cX-
poets the mine 10 pay $4,000 ndiyidends
| nnally. The new mill was started February %.
| Work IN tine Ferguson Mine. Mariposa County
| CAL Is beng vigorously urged. In the bottom. or
200. level, the two principal ore bodies now
only separated by sixty feet Of barren ground, and
al The 300-loot level It * expected they will unite
| and form continuous chute of pay ore from 500
! To- 600 feet ~ length. Hosting works about
| to be erected overs the principal shaft. The COM
| pany declared It's first dividend last month.
| The new shaft IN the Central Arizona Nine (the
old Nuturc is II feet into the VEIN, which carries
the highest grade of ore yet discovered IN the mine
samples showing IN unusual quantity of free gold
The Mining Ia carry wafer has been contracted and
paid for and is now on the way to the mine. Haul
ing has to be done for sixty miles The new mill ls
The shaft of the American Consolidated Mine
Gold HI. Coll - doYn abon! 81 feet. with five
L.vcla Recent blasts in the Sf4<Nline claim have
detached some remarkable specimens OF tcllurIum
ore, in which are considerable quantities OF free
gold.
ibon shipped $9,577 aud expected To ship $4,000
more by the 10th. Owing to causes the mill
mas until Iaiely run only half time; IL Is now run
ning full on sixty eighty ounce ore. The nam
-h.ft ~ down. and every fOOl ~ reported 10
be in high grade silver ore, running from IOl 70
no ounces per ton. The road Is now OPEN ANA
shipments Of from 1000 TO- 5000 ounces OF Dulioh
per week promised. - 1900.
The Sir Rodcrio Dhu Mine BLACK Hills, is run
nirV eighty stamps and crushing 100 tons OF ore
per day. SiXty-One men are working IN the mine
and nineteen in the mill. The ore shows an I'M
II ate ,eports from Mr. Gilbert the new manager
of the Phmas Nine California; Snow mari led i'm
provelnent III the quantity and quality Of the ore.
large increase is anticipated as soon rs the heavy
snowy pass away. At the last meeting of 'he
trustees H. VI. Wilson. well known rs a mining eX
pert, was appointed supervising engineer.
Work on the Cashier Mine Giipin County Colo
rado) ~ being pushed, and the superintendent, now
IN This city, states that neither the bottom nor the
east and extension OF the assure veins o. Gll-
min County have ever yet been found, although
some of them have been constantly worked I'f
Reports from superintendent Briggs, of the Madre
Mining Company lNcvada state that the character
of the ore has improved, and the quantity Is stu
abundant lie expects soon 10 run lntoa body Of
rich ore which will assay 81 900 or over per ton lie
~ now working the formation Whlch usually sur
rnunds bod les of rch IN the district. No siOpng
is now done; the ore take from the tunnel being
simply put upon the dump , -, -
According 10 u dispatch yesterday. the Miner Boy
IN Brcecr IiIll, within 600 tcct OF the highland
Chief and Immediately adjoining the Colorado
Prince promises Ich developments. An assay of
tbe ore from the bottom Of shaft No. 3 showed $500
ooId and SOL copper. The NINE will probably soon
he incorporated under the laws OF New York and
the stock placed upon the market.
telegram from the superintendent of the Big
pttsburg says that large body OF rich has been
struck IN the lent shaft, the average assays of
which give 5000 ounces of silver with about 40 per
cent of lead To tue ton. Eleven shafts are now be-
ing driven. Three sets of men are constantly at
work. The stock will not be issued until after
The Chrysolte mine shipped 1873 tons to the
smelters on Friday, makinga total of ,G9l tons
from March / to March II. One hundred and
tbirty-six tons were shipped March II.
The San Antonio, OF Nye County, New, is being
ranidly developed. Sulphurcts have been found ut
n depth of $50 feet aud will probably bear out the
| statements made by Professor Raymond, that the
mine is permanent one.
Superintendent Brown, of the Robinson COnS0-
dated shipped the 18th inst. sixteen loads first
| class ore; on the 10Th, ten loads, and yesterday
eleven loads with nine loads of roasted ole. The
stope between crosscut Nos. aud carries full face
| of ore. The tunnel is BOw III 2G5 feet.
letter from The manager, March IL, says that
all the indications III the Little Chief point to dip
| or pitch of the ore shoot downward. The mime
shipped March IL, seyenty-eiglt tons TO smelers.
The Superintendent OF the Wlnnebago and y. X.
reports that he hopes to be able 10 hoist ore by
Aurll aud from that date ship continuously, with
material inc ease in the quantity of by May 1,
The vcin in the third level still continues large and
work n advancing in the drift the second level.