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ore, which is piled upon the dump. 1t will be
portatiOn. 1t Is estimated that it will yield
The 'iSo De Lamar La mar MIL R sight miles below Silver
! City, is running along ~ usual, Rrinding out
! furnishes a constant supply, and could easily
| keep three or four more twenty stamp mills
! running without cessation. III the contem-
! plated railroad into that country is built In a
/ short time. South Mountain will again be as
Ysy @ va in a n9 Sa X9fk tbsRs Ssa
! large galcna minos In IL at camp.
| Pharrls& & Reagan are down over lfty feot with
tho shaft on the snow Bird. and tho orc body
| isargcr in the lotion than at anv point above.
The ore VIII yield at least $40 per ton in tree tree
! for reduction. Stopping will commence In n
fey days. ., J.. -, -, ,,,. ,-,,o,,
and other copper veins three miles south Of
| Idaho City. Most Of them carry both gold and
silver and some very high ASSAYS have been
| obtained from the lrouuois. Prospecting Will
bo carried on very enerGetically in two or three
Development work will soon be resumed on
the Chickamon, a silver producing vein five or
six miles east OF this place. The surface ore
ts, exceedingly rich, assayinR over 2OO ounces
Is "a a. that there Is en9uGh n9 9e al
mines. mines at at Banner. to m Keep the he" Emira Compa.
ny's mill running until neYt fHll. The mill + a
work on the llaboon ledge to work their placers
beneath It. Work Will be resumed on the Vein
however, in u few weeks.
place hosting works and pumps on their mine
as soon as machinery can be brought In, and
Witt Witt" "iSi Star re company. % on shske Creek viii
commence operations some time this month.
Capt. Baxter. the ,superintendent, Will com;
mence tho operations on tho Dividend and
Starter claims. The owners OF The Bonanarte
group OF mines have also decided to resume
operations soon. These mines have lain Idle
for several years.
WONDERFUL MINERAL DISCOVERIES IN TBXAs.
SAN ANTONIO Texas. May 4.-Tho vast iron
fields located in Llnno and Burnett counties
in this Stuto, about 200 miles mort Invest of this
city. are beginning to attract wido attention.
and several companies have already been
minerals. The iron district embraces thou
sands Of acres. and It's importance was first
eIualled by any in the world. unless it is the
Swedish Iron. 1t assays over 70 per cent. oi
pure iron. with minimum of sulphur hnd
Tho town OF Llauo is located in the centre of
the district. and it is predicted tina; within ten
equal in Importance as manufacturing and !
mining centre to birmingham. Ala
very Important discovers, about two months
ago which Is now Tor the first time made pub
down number Of drill holes on their claim,
and has opened up to sight fully 100000 tons
Of the finest manganese which mineral is Hse1 Sf
distinct mineral is becoming very scarce, and
the supply used in this country is largely. OF
market of this country $50 u ton. The foreign
supply is rapidly being exhausted, and this
new discovery Is certainly most Valuable ono.
The Llano Mining and Milling Company,
with capital OF $2.UOO.OOU, was organized sew
eral months ago and are actively engaged I'm
developing $4,000 acres Of land there. which Is
said to have located upon 1t several fine silver
mining properties. There are considerable
some of which contains n tracing Of gold, the
assay of several specimens showing Sb2O in
gold The lead mineral predominate+ i'll quan-
lity, while silver takes tho lead In richness.
THE STRIFE IN THE COLORADO CANON.
Tucson Ari, May 3.-The news from the new
iiggings in the Grand Colorado mines daily in
,reases in interest Since the first discovery by
Ashurst. Morris. and Marshall all those who
rave gone there in search OF gold have brought
pack specimens Of great richness. and all eX-
,ress the opinion that the canon contains tons |
lpon tons OF gold and silver. After tho first
discovery party comDosed OF five or slx old
,rospectorS crossed the river from the A Ashurst.
Iorris. and Marshall claims and found the
ame vein extending through the rock on the
pposite side. They located three mines two
n this side and one on the other side of the
lver. Vim. Hull came in from the district
ew days ago. lie Is confident that he has u ,
ich mine. He describes the ledge rs extend
lg up and down the cliff Of rocks for distance !
5000 feet and width from 175 to 800 feet !
he formal ion Is Of granite, syente. and slate. I
his party has sent samples to New York and
ent out supplies and will begin work at once :
see If there is anything in II. The excite
tent grows daily. and parties are starting out q
The general impression ts that {
lese mines will soon prove to be the very best
st found in Arizona