The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-01-07
MINING MATTERS.

The vacuum process for working au-
riterous beds is to be tried in Montana.
The bullion receipts of Salt Lake for
the two weeks ending December 10 ag-
gregated S12o97494.
On December 7th, at the Morning
Star mine (Colorado) a fine body of min
eral, six or eight feet in thickness, was
disclosed in The new lower shaft.
A returned miner says that Aspen will
be the best camp in the Gunnison coun-
try. Developments are being pushed in
fifteen mines. Fifty thousand dollars
have been refused for the Trainor
mine.
The Invincible mine. near RosIta Col,
in which Manager j. II. Haverly is in
terested, has begun to ship ore. II is
producing about five tons day, and is
likely do better. The Rosita smeiter,
also owned by Mr.. Haverly, has been re-
| fitted and viii do custom work.
Col. NJ C. Osborn, United States mar
| shall for Alabama, has been exhibiting
| in Washington specimens of gold mug
/ gets taken from his placer mines in the
north eastern portion of that state. He
| is developing gold bearing quartz lodes
in that district which promise 20 equal
the mines of California.
/ He 1FeSCOtL pI
Yuiture mill, Arizona, that about sixty
men are employed at the mine, and the
force will soon be increased. An i'm
mense quantity of ore is piled up await
/ ing reduction. 1t is calculated that the
! eighty stamp mill will be able 10 handle
200 tons of ore every twenty four hours.
Mr.. F. A. Blake, of White Oaks, New
| Mexico, was In st. Louis Wednesday, IN
| the interest of procuring machinery in
the Vera Cruz and adjoining mines in
the Tlcon mountains. He represents
the mining interests of New Mexico as
| f1attering in the exiren c, the weather
! permitting work all the year around
The mint bureau at Washington re-
ports that the mines of the United
States have produced, during the last
seven years, about $3.50 000000 of gold
and S271 ,500O00 of silver, an average
production during that time of sc, Geo.
900 of gold and $3S, 100 900 of silver per
annum- About 951S per cent. of the
gold and Vo% per cent. of the silver
found its way 10 the nints assay Offices
to be converted into coin or bars.
Gov Shepherd is said to be negoiiat-
ing $50, COG, 600 purchase of mines IN
Mexico Capitalists IN chihuahua.
Mexico, have agreed TO take - DOC, Oo0
of the amount. and New York; Boston
and Chicago are expected to absorb most
of the remainder. e is said that $145,-
coo 600 have been taken from the CHI
huahua district The production of the
Guanaxuato district is said 10 have been
500, 900 600 during the past 300 years
The Deadxood lDa) Times says d
: the Alta mine there: = 4 clean up from
TWENTY-FIVE days run recently malie
shows their Tni1e and works will yield
handsomely, and prove q good invest
ment for the heavy cHilay 81 capltai
.. | which amounts 10 over $3.50. eco, ogei
e50o00 81 which IS for water 70 run Il.
: Stamps and engine. be company IS /
: stroag one and every insiieatsen z.f1s-
that the Ala will BOON Be enc 0f ossE
best bullion prod us:ins mines
In lie EI1Teka district sxasIa. S
: bullion sllipneais fssssa DeeszaIieg & -
. inclusive ssgated $ ef9 BqtiA1
] the zreelg The 3 A hetlan nine nElt5 s..
{ reduced l31 tons az: e4 ss.sElss 81 4:
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