New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-30
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CIV FRANCISCO. Aug. 29-Ihe volume Of husl-
ne>s m the COmStOcks IS Wen ultlFtdluo,, . az ~
values are apparent " hardeLln9. WIN I CoIor
tnat-oue The middle mines take the ltau Cno.la
he,ro he favorlfe Mackey's presence mere IoI 1ue
mas ro DAYS and favorable reports from Tue iuIles
have infused confidence. , IL, D-;o ,,;,o
FxDerts who recently visited the Navajo HInc
ror,1rt the developments in II much more important
+ban generally conceded. The value OF me ore III
siCbt - e.luated at II 800 600. The bullion pro-
duct of the NINE Is increasing and III consequence
Tnscarora stocks are growing IN laNOi I'll
AIthou III Bodle Consolidated declares dividend
Of % cents per share the stock remains qtIeI'
Belmont mas been assessed - cents per SHARE
DrADwooD. d. T.. Aug. 29.-An extensive cave
occurred on sunday nigh, IN the thTd slope 81 me
HOmestake mine. Ihl> cave was eNpecVeu loI aoH-
erai DAYS. hence no loss OF ne or INJURY 70 poA'oH9
resulted Work VIII not be lnterfered WIN.
The construction OF railroad nye miles ionS mas
been begun to connect the Minnesota mine ana tne
S.Jt17 MN the latter having been leased by BOs-
ton parties Milling will begin Octobe, l.
A promising vein Of tree-goid ore ildS poen uisc0'
a A., am IRON mine heretofore worked Tor nu&eS 1OI
10 sitting Bull smelter. The ledge Is eight IeeJ
wide and assays - per ton. .,.,.... e. ,,..,o
All the mills on the Homestako belt are III opera
The Caledonia managers are very Teucent.
Tie sitting Bull mine Is shipping $1,000 rehned
silver a week. The smeiter is not IL operation
1,~-, the office of the company in this city II Il
sto+,d that the suit brought III the NeNaha courts
against Centennlal-SapphIre Mining COMPANY LOT
po.Se~lon OF its mines, Oh the ground ol an dleeeu
relocation, has Deeu uloU anu VI O- 40 40 -
the company
II company with Eastern capitalists John R
Po-i,vyeU late OF StaTr-6rOve. SatemO ana other
properties Is now en- route LOT tAe est on pros
tour tine results OF which Will doubtless be
made public later on.
Father de Snet superintendent reports. Tor week
ending August D. that 1000 tons OF ore were ex-
frocted from hTst level. LOCO tons from second
level and l75 tons from tAiTd level. Ore mled.
2l7j tons The north end tunnel is IN II feet and
third level header Is III II feet Inc cleanup
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welded ~ GO2. This Is. however only for eleven
DAYS run. the mill being smut down part Of the
time TO an accident TO the stean-chest OF the
mil engine.
Standard Consolidated official report, August p,
shows: Total length of east crosscut, 200 level,
Is -3j feet south drift from east crOsscut, loo
level is III 40 feet the vein holding us usual width
OF aOout feet OF broken matter showing some
oualrZ: south drift No. ! from east crOsscut, 700
level in 96 feet the vein at TINS point Is ~ ieet
wide aud OOks well the total length OF west cross
cut No. l. 500 level, Is 40- leet sOuth uIlIt from
west CrOssCut No. - III rs feet, showing VEN ID
face feet wide; upraise from south amt NO. Is
M l26 feet showing the vein feet wide; the
t6ta length of south drift No. /, $50 evel Is los
feet uDraise on Cook ven has reached the helght
OF 2OJ ieet showing the VEN feet vide.
According TO The Weekly Enterprise, of Globe,
Ar Professor BarnhaIt ". f., of Philadelphia,
has lett there for Tucson, with 20 pounds OF ore
from the Ray and other mines formerly the prop
ertv OF the old Plnal copper Company. tie was sent
Olt by Mr. ZeckendOrt 10 report on these mines ana
ascertain whether not their value would warrant
tie labor aud expense necessary 10 place them on
I'm lion-produci footing. lie will report III the
affirmative and IN the most tiatterng terms. The
ore ne saws IL abundant aud the poorest quality OF
il will average 10 per cent while tine better grades
Will average az nlgn as 80 per cent. lie ore, he
SAYS can be very probably concentrated at the
present furnace with slight addition TO the ma
chlnery and would also smelt IN an ordinary blast
furnace lie IS undecided yet as 10 which method
he Will recommend. In speaking of the general for
nation and mineral Indications OF the dlstrc, he be-
came enthusiastic and declared that II not only sur
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best copper field he had encountered the Terri
tory. Besides the Ray. he examined the EspeTanZa
Scorpion Mineral Creek, Blk and Pennsylvania,
and pronounces them magnificent properties. lie
had some line samples of native copper from them