New-York tribune., 1880-04-09


Tccrraphc advices from the Little pittsburg
state that body Of high grade galrna ore has been
struck in shaft No. g. Whether the discovery was
made ~ the shaft was beng sunk, or III drifting
IRON II, Is NOT eiat'u NO . AHtlt ~ toWIIu the
nurth or un'cyclopcd end of the property The orc
strike in the "Day" shaft o the Little Chief on
the 9TH instant. J. arycty live icct from the DIVES
clam. brlOuging to the Little PttSburg, on which
"a shalt j. being sunk and diamond drill il being
run 10 penetrate the same ore body found II the
For March. the OUTPUT of the Lcadvlle Mining
COMPANY WAS 80 tons of ore. valued at about
$2l 375. for winch %1G.512 had been settled for at
-sucd circular to the Stockholders notifying them
of u prop",cd consolidation with the Shamrock
Company under thc name nt the " L'advlilo Con.
snid4trd Mining Company" he capital stock lS
to he = 900 600, DIVIDED into 100, 900 shares of
$40 each. Iloldcrs III the LcadyIllc Company are
u receive one aud 0nr-'uartcr shaIcS oi ncw stock
for each share Of old stock snfrrnucrcd. ana holders
III thr Shamrock thle'-guartcrs Of share ot ihe
new for one of the old. a meeting of the Leadylle
shareholders will he held a the Office ot that conf
panV MAY 10 TO vote upon the question:.
The Ba~sck Mining Company has appointed
new superintendent in place of Mr.. NJ. J.. Cody.
signed. aud a. 10 new foreman. Both are cXperl-
cnccd men from th" ComstOck mines contract
has been let for ity-tOn COnccntratOr To be III pO-
sition and running by July l. Ihereare now about
q, 600 tons Of ore on the dump.
General Manager Palmer, of the Annie, tolegraphs
from LealVllc. April Z: second contact Is
not break from original ore body. We are sure II
is a distinct pay streak; now two feet thick, OF
The Standards shipments of bullion for the last
fiscal month aggregated $142.523 which was
larger by about $4,000 than in any previous
month. 1t is anticipated TINT the product for the
next month will reach %l50O0O. Tho Buwer
shipments last month were $500
Mr.. Clarence Cary, the attorney OF the Pelican
and Dives Mining Company, who has Just returned
from GEORGETOWN. Col, reports fayorably. ihe
property, winch is situated in the Griffith District,
Cepr Creek County. originally consisted 81 TWO
distinct claims located in 1871. Th" pee p
of the Pelican and Dives lOdes caused :" ~
suicd in u conflict of title. About six months ago,
both claims were purchased 10y the present OwncIs,
and are now operated under one management he
property into the legal possession of the l'eli-
can aud Dives Mining Company. March 2S. Since
the constellation, valn OF lich orc IN
the West DIVES between two and three
irst-cIaos ore. milling from 5000 t, 300 per ton.
Professor Stevens's report OF January l estimates
the value of III sight at about 200, 600. Con-
ccntrating works will bc erected rhOrlly. which, it
Is thought, will double the revenue of the mlnes
Thcsc mincs since their discovery have produced
over S3,OOO.0OO. III addition to working expenses;
Nearly all the ore faces in the ChrysOltc on April
- rrQlIlrcd blasting, that The mine showed u
diminished output. The indications then were
thar thc COMPANIES bonanzr was on the new level.
On April ore faces still required blaStng. The
bottom Of Curry ysOltc Shalt No. wns III soft pOr-
phyry. Shipments for two days, 2l2 tons.
The Big llttsburg has lO-mch perpendicular
ven Of red hcniutitt, wIfh ron.staiued p1rphyry
both sides, III the Mccormick drift and II inches of
carbonate III lie North Lent drift. During the past
tons ore and the office. blacksmlh-ouOp and 5iatt
house have bern completed.
Owing to Il scarcity of teams and to bad roads,
sirncnts from thc Robinson minc ~ tho Sncltcr
have been temporarily reduced. On March 81 there
wcr. l25 tons of rst-clAss ore on thc dump aud 80
tn ~ m the roasters The slopes were looking we'll.
The Frccland Mining Company will declare
dividend Aay l.
The superintendent OF the Silver Cliff telcgaphed
April = " Shipped three bars. :23 pounds bullion;
ain running at tull capacity"
The point in the wiuze on the north drift from
Ihtils Chief Shaft No. where struck
Apri ., WRs the deepest in the mine at That date.
o. April the bottom Of the Daly shaft was in
non. The drift 10 connect two drifts north from
Shaft No 7. showed three feet Of solid eaIena, The
saud carbonate in the bottom: shipments. seventy
four tons, with ore bins full.
The new fourth level drift in the Iron Silver was
all III mineral on April z. In the west drift of the
nulls-cye" there were five fec OF ore, and in the
south drit Of the Stone four feet of ore. Hhe
shipments were sixty seven tons, but it was found
extremely difficult 10 haul.