The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-14
MINING NOTES.


Alta-Montana was quoted in New York
May 23d, at $2.O5.,
The yield of the Contention mine in Ari-
zona for the month of April was $144 700.
The Mining Record wages fierce war
There are 73 non-assessable mines whose
stock is on the New York mining board.
The Mayfower mine, Wood River, is pre-
pairing to make shipment Of 200 tons of rich
ore to Salt Lake.
Assays last week of ore sent from some of
the Wood River mines owned by Salt Lakers,
went oyer $1,000 in silver.
The last sales of seats at the New York
mining stock exchange were at S2,950 and
$4,000. Their value is rapidly rising.
The proposed mining exposition to be held
in Denver promises to be big affair. Gov.
Potts writes the association that he will en-
deavor to have Montana mines we'll repre-
sented.
Down in San Francisco the Sierra Nevada
mine is familiarly and lovlagly called ''Sa-
rah" when the stock is up and everything is
lovely with her, but when she goes down she
is damned as treacherous old s'Sal."
At the present time, Leadvllle's output of
smelling ores is a little over 500 tons. In ad-
dition to this, there are daily shipments of
about 100 tons of free-milling ores, and also
100 tons Of iron ore, which is shipped to the
smelters and used as fux.
As bullion producer the Alice has taken
one step forward in the list of mines in the
country. Its output for the five months end
ing May 31st was $429 AIT, and but seven
mines make better showing. Of these
Arizona has three, Nevada two, Colorado and
California one each.
The property of the Arizona Mining Co.,
at Unionville, Humbolt county, Nevada, is
advertised at sheriff7s sale. The mine pro-
duced during the first few years that it was
worked some $4,000, 900, and was ct one time
valued at 81, 100000. Practical miners who
are acquainted with the property still believe
it very valuable, and say there is good ore in
sight in the mine. The discount on silver is
the principal cause Of its late unprotitable-
ness.
During the past twenty years the Comstock
mines of Virginia, New, have shown sixteen
bonanzas, from which 5,500,000 tons of ore
have been extracted. The average assay val
ue of this large mass has been $56 per ton !;
it yielded in the mill Sal 80, and from the
treatment of slulces IS; total, Sc so per ton.
The total value Of The ore extracted was
3,671 1925, yielding net sum from the
mills and sluices of $323, 3,671, sos. The aver
age proportions of precious metals in value is
45 per cent. gold and 81 per cent. silver.
Work is pending in various parts of the
lode, which is likely to still further enchance
the value of the Comstocks, and should the
prospecting now or about to be iE progress,
result in an ore discovery, the materials are
at hand for a tremendous boom. There is
abundance of money and confidence in Pine
street. All that is wanted is showing of ore
and up will prices go as fast, if not faster
than ever. In the meantime outside stocks
do not receive much attention, and the trans
actions in most of them SAVIOR of manipula-
tion and mere assessment deals.--Daily Re
port.
The more the Charles Dickens mine is de.
veloped the more we can see that the great
bonanza of the future is here. As the shaft
on the summit progresses in depth the mine
yields richer ore, and the indications now
are, as the rich pay dips towards the east
that the great body of ore is not the one now
being developed. A cross-cut is being made
| in the lower tunnel, through the foot-wall
| and is now in very rich stringers, indicating
that there is another body of ore south of tht
| ledge, where pay had not been looked for
The ore in the face of the tunnel, which il
now in over 500 feet, continues as rich a
any heretofore discovered in the mine. Th'
future Comstock is on Norton Hill and th'
great bonanza the Charles Dickens Lode
Yankee Fork Herald.
The mineral bearing belt Of the Californi
mining district, Arizona, is situated on tht
eastern slope of the main range of what i
| ~, ll, 81 ;,,;,
an elevation Of 5000 to 5000 feet above Sc
level. The formation of the mineral belt i
generally syenite Of porphyry, which usuall
occupies one side of the leading veins, tn
other side being silica of lime, making a cor
tact-lime usually on top, mineral bearin
substance lying upon porphyritic. The chal
acter of the leading veins is generally argel
tiferOus galena and carbonates, perfectly fire
for smelling purposes and self fiuXing havin
an abundance of iron. To add to the valu
of these ores, there exists throughout th
southeast end of the district high grade chlc
ride ores which, by being thrown in with tn
lead ores, causes a higher grade Of base bu
lion.-JOurndl.
For some hundreds of years the place
mines of New Mexico have attracted attentio
from those who have known of their richnes
and to-day they are of more interest tina
ever before. lne great trouble IN WOfklr
them is the water supply. The fields are ric
: in flour gold-.so much so that in many place
the precions metals can be seen in small pa
ticles in the sand on the surface with the 1
, ked eye. 1t is found in such quantities tn
many leagues have been located near and ia
Many persons have been striving to discov'
some means by which the geld can be sep
, rated from the sand without the use of waite
l as in the old way, and thousands of dolla
/ have been expended to reach this end V
, rious processes have been tried, but, as we cs
t learn, satisfactory result has never yet bee
] obtained. The gold is there, for we ha
seen it, but were unable to make the desir
l.. separation without water. Here is va
: field for genius, and if an arrangement
made by which the gold can be separated
y any other than the old method, the discove
n er will be great public benefactor and b
4 come a WEALTHY maD-MininH World