The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-04-21
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4 vein of platinum has recently bee
discovered near HALEY. Idaho.
The mineral product Of Alaska, las
wear, was between $40 900 aud $500 900
The product Of the Moulton mine, Mon
,ta, for the month of January, was $41,
oo5.
The Leadville smelters during Jannar,
shipped 2,906 tons of bullion to eastern It.
iaerles.
Tae receipt Of bullion in NV York cif,
rom the nlules, in 1882, is given ut s21,-
794, ,2s9 3s.
LII drilling for an artesian we'll at Ches
ertield, Iowa, a stream of milky sub
stance was struck, which is believed to b
nagnesia.
The Martin White Mining Company.
Ntvaaa, shipped for tile week endin.
Mqrrh 21st, fifteen bars Of bullion, values
Al $l4,7ll 30.
There is $40 600 pile of sulphur at tn
humboldt House, Nevada, awaiting ship
nent to 5 III Francisco. The heap con-
ttins 900 tons.
1t is predicted that the Quartz Creek dis
let, Gullnison country, will add over n
million to the Colorado output of gold and
silver bullion this year.
Basic slags, incidental products of th,
Ressemer process. are to be introduced Il.
sgents for purifying the sewage Of cities
by Mr.. Nenjeuin, of Liege.
The bnllion shipments of the Northern.
Belle mine, Nevada. amounted to $26,-
55S GA for the week ending February
22d, and aggregate $5S 974,7s on F, bruar,
account to the same date.
Colorado bids fair to make spendid ex-
hjbit OF her mineral wealth at the Amster-
lam Holland, exposition, and large
riantity of ore will be shipped shortly,
with more to follow.
The total exports of petroleum, in gal
Ions, from the different points In the
Tinted St4tes. since January |, to Feb
suarv II are a. follows: Crude, $3.50 :
94z, Refined, 40 ,4o5, ,1ss. Naptha, 2,lo7,
ia.
The worlds production Of precious me-
t:els FIR 1882 was $2l2 900 900. OF this
amonuf. the United states produced $S7.-
600 ooo; Europe. s21 900, coo: Asia, $l5,-
900 600; Australia and other countries,
$88 200 000
The Wyoming copper company has in
Cheyenne ready for shipment 102, 900
pounds Of copper bullion. Figures com
alied from authentic sources show that
North America has furnished nearly one
bird Of The gold and nine-tenths Of Il.
silver now on hand.
The Mayhower mine, of Bullion. Idaho,
last year eiel.le 800 tons Of first-class ore
an average OF ITO ounces silver
antl about 70 per cent lead, valued at about
$3.50 900. Owing to the lack Of ira anspor-
taion facilities. the Yell was not half so
large rs IL IN gilt have been.
The General Custer mine, at Custer
City Idaho in the Yankee Fork district,
has been running d 20-stamp mill since
JanuaFy /. 1881. and since that time has
produced an average of about so, 900 per
month in gold and silver bullion, and not
TO exceed thirty men are employed at the
mine and the mill.
1t has been proposed, says the Glass
aeare Reporter, to employ zine for abstract
ing gold from auriferOus rocks. The
pulveriz-d rock is gradually Introduced
iato a bath of molten zinc, which combines
with the precious metal so that the REFUSE
which rises to the top can be SKINNED off
The gold may be subsequently separated
Ivy listilling the alloy, the zinc passing
over and leaving the precious metal be-
hind. -S==