New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-27
THIRD CALF O'CLOCK VI.
FOURTH CALI o'cIock P. VI.


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ton who went 10 Alaska the first Of February have
Just returned. They confirm the recent reports of
the impractirahilty 81 working IA" mines AZ Ia"ou.
jackson Gays there Irr some good prospects but that
IL l. useless to venture M such miserable Cnai"
when there ar mines Is valuable much nearer
CIVILIZED life.
The Comstocks ar gathering strength again.
Caborca sonora. McGico. has been assessed 80
cent, per sharc, agSregating 100000
Bullion receipts for thc past week: standard,
$4,000; Contention, $1,000 Eureka Con.ol-
dated. S:I2 700; Northern Belle, S35.soO silver
King. $21OOO; Mondays Jointly, 500
Chrlsty. $500; BodIr, $500; Head Centre,
$1,000 Navajo $4,000 Syndicate, - 900 Belle
Isle $1,000; Indian Queen, $3.50 Dcrbec, $500.
Bullion valued at S2G Isl was received in thiscity
yesterday from tie mincs.
Reports from the Bradshaw NINE. Tombstone, All
coma state that from G 10 20 tons Of ore being
hoisted daily. 4 vertical shaft has been sunk To a
depth of $40 feet this mInc and levels have been
run at 100 and 200 feet. On the 200 level drift
has been run 400 feet, opening upa very rich ore
body, q feet wide, carrying chloride aud horn sill
yer. This body Of ore assays from 500 To ~ 600
per ton: $500 II II claimed, beng low estimate for
the average.
Superintendent Of Green Mountain reports that
he slopes IN The newly tmbcrcd upraIsr Ia the sur
face are yielding an abundance Of good milling orr.
No reserves between the nth and fourth tunnels
have been worked. The ore now being millcd J.
from the slopes above the Blake drift in No 4 tun-
mel Professor Blake has Just lclcgraphcd from the
mine that II Is IN splendid condition.
Old Dominion Copper superintendent reports :
Running Old Dominion tunnel No | with three
shifts am making feet per day In New-Ynrk
tunnel am making feet per day. and sinking shaft
at mouth Of cut No. at the rate of feet per day
The work on west end Of Chicago i also opening up
finely, with exactly the same quality of ore a. We
arr getting IN the Newly ork. Am anxious to get the
smelters running and commence shipping copper
Columbia and Btavcr mines, >awtOOth District
Idaho are reported 10y the superintendent IA open
ing up in manner that will give them proniur nee
among the mines Of that rich district. The shafts
which have been sunk on both mines show ore
bodies remarkable for richness and strength Of vein
milling from 400 to 600 ounces silver per ton. The
new mill and anna gamating machinery ordered by
the companies viii he erected ~ early the season
permits. large quantity of ore is on the dumps
ready to work.
superintendent of Copper Queen Company re-
ports. May II: The new wafer jacket castings
and machinery for the second furnace have arrived
AT Benson, Arizona, and will be sent to the mine
immediately. We have nearly finished grading for
furnace No. .. and BY the time the machinery ar
nycs here We vii be prepared 10 erect ii at once
The average production of copper is now 10000
pounds per day and will he increased To double that
amount rs soon as furnace No. il running Every
thing is working well. The crosscut is in a. feet
ably average 30 per cent copper"
Glass Pendery superintendent telegraphs that he
expects TO begin hosing ore from the Pcndery shaft
in a few days
Gold Stripe superintendent reports that the shaft
in tunnel No. is under good Roadway and that in
dicatiOns are improving. The ore in the uprasr 10
worked The mine at all points shows we'll
The ST. Joseph Lead Company has declared
dividend of per cent the capital Of 81 600 900
The property of this company IL situated at Bonnie
Terre, No. about thirteen miles from the Iron Noun
tain Railroad with which 1t Is connected by mar
row-gauge railroad, owned by the company The
company owns. besides nearly 1000 acres of land
and a town containing some 5000 inhabitants, and
employs about 300 men. The mlne has been worked
for some fifteen years, and has made during the past
ten years nearly 100000 profit. The company has
expended for improvements, including railroad
about 10000, has paid dividends of $3.50, 600
has reduced Its bonded Indebtedness from 300 900
TO 1913 900, and has paid 1853 900 interest on bonds
The profits for the past year. as shown by the
annual report, which will soon DO Issued, were
$3.50 900.