, 1889-01-24


The steep angle OF the hill necessit ,ted
some x,ensiye excavations for yard room
any also for the erection of a building
around tue working shaft wherein heavy
machinery for pumping and hosting pur-
poses will soon be placed with a capacity
sufficient to develop the property to a
depth Of 1900 feet. A large sized
Cameron pump is now on the
ground and before another week passes
will be In place In the shaft which was
some months ago sunk to a depth OF 90
feet, when further progress was retarded
by water. Pipes are now being laid from
the boiler In the Sierra Nevada mill to
convey steam power for pumping pur.
poses. which will be used until the arrival
and erection OF the heavier machinery.
This will facilitate the continuous sinking
OF the shaft up to that time. From the
| favorable ore showinRs already encoun-
tered in the work done while sinking, 1t Ia
safe to say that early in the coming sea
son another producing mine in close prox.
unity to Wardner will be added to the
list now so well known.
WORK REsUMED.
The Silver King and Silver Queen lodes
on Government gulch, on which work was
suspended last fall have again become
the scene Of active operations. The own
ers, H. A. Jones, George Gardiner, George
Cox, William Merry and o. l.. Shankland,
nave put force of men to work on the
property and making satisfactory devel.
opmepts. The tunnel on the silver king
is in so feet with Il shaft sunk at its face
to depth of 40 feet all the way on ore.
At the bottom of this shaft drifts have
been run east and west to an aggregate
dista nee of 80 feet. both being in mineral.
The main tunnel on the Silver Queen,
started on q level with the gulch, is in
$50 10 t and we'll timbered; at distance
of 2lO feet from the opening the ledge was
struck. At the face another tunnel had
been run in southeasterly direction to a
distance OF 20 feet where the fOotwalt was
encountered and work has been continued
following the wall 100 feet. At the face a
crosscut has been run in a southwesterly
tain, 300 feet above the main workings,
another tunnel has been started and is
now in 40 feet; here o good body of chlo-
ride mineral was discovered last week.
At a further elevation of 60 feet from the
last named tunnel an incline has been
sunk so feet all the way in chloride ores.
of which a carload was shipped east last
summer. The owners feel encouraged in
their resumption of work and look for
good returns as the season progresses.
ANOTHER SHUT DOWN.
The Granite Mining company has
closed down its mill on Canyon creek,
near Wallace, for the same reason as the
other contractors-lack of transportation,
but work will be continued on the mine on
Nine Mile, on which the principal opera
items will be confined to the lower tunnel.
This will be made the main working tun-
mel and will be driven to cut the ledge
The mine is looking splendidly, and by
the course now adopted work will progress
to better advantage.
The Fay Tempeton Company. ut Delta,
suspended work temporarily in th5ir mill
last Saturday, and will not resume until
after the arrival OF some new ooncentrat,,.
ing machinery, A small force Of men will
be kept employed developing the mine.
MINE TRANSPORTS.
TIE following transfers of mining prop
erty have been recorded at Wardner:
Joseph A. Drennier to Julius Tholcke,
the Doodle placer claim, and all his inter-
gulch, C1ur 'Aleue district, Sl00.
d. l.. Harley to Peter Devine, one-half
OF Shoshone Belle claim, Yreka district,
$3.50.
n D'Acheul and wife to Charles p.
Houvh, l.100 OF Sunset lode claim, Beaver
district, $500.
o. s. Roof to X. H. Mills, l-6 of Jersey
lode, Hunter district, x4OO.
Louis Block to J. p. Gill. his interest in
Mountain Goat and North Star claims,
Bald mountain, Eagle district, $500.
George w. Tucker to Edward Kelly, an
undivided l-6 OF Hardy Boy claim. Yreka
district, 800.
William Gaughn to George Miner. an
undivided Ia Of Northern Belle, Beaver
district, 81.
Carey %. Porter and Lizzie Gilbert Por-
ter to Tom f. Jefferson and Wm. H. Tay-
lor, an undivided ia OF Custer lode. also
an uudived IA of Comstock lode. also an
undivided 1.5 of Fairview Fraction, also
an undivided lilo OF Carbon lode, Placer
Center district, u.
In their circular OF last week James +.
Matthews Il Go. Of Denver, say of the cop.
per market:
Copper has been HAT to the last degree,
with the sales ut New York OF about 3O0,-
600 pounds lake at Oh so. which is the
nominal price, with SIG for casting brands.
At London Chilli bars and &. M. BE- spots
ran up to R7s los, with futures steady at
ELS, which looks triae like another lit
tie corner. but rather significant
feature is the report that the re-
ceivers OF Chilli burs are avoid.
ing the orders Of the syndicate's
brokers for futures as far ~ possible. and
are seeking direct market at even lower
prices. The Engineering and Mining
Journal has published u very exhausti ~
statement of the production during 1888,
making that of the United States $4,000
tons, or some 25 per pent more than that
of 1887, and they place the stock on hand
at January |, 1889, close to 10000 tons.
The total quantity of copper exported in
pigs ia set down ut Is, 500 tons, and count.
ing in ore 80. 900 tons, while the domestic
consumption is placed at 10000 tons. and
the estimate of consumption during the
current year as $4,000 toes. The value of
the electrolytic process for actual work is