The sun., 1891-03-09
NEWSoF THE MINING WORLD.
.,IyY syoWFALLs HAILED WITH JOY
M MONTANA MINERS


M MONTANA MINERS
vrssveoss or the Ceuv AAiene Die.
.asa- n ythical Mines IN New MeSsco-A
~. neal n. Lake superior Iron Mines
~. ne.sasa Miaes stili Losing Money.
v-,v.. Mont. March The heavy snow.
~. n the mountains have Temporarily
.uss.s&sd mining operations. but they are
s.n.A vith 10y By the miners. who now are ns-
ss - a. abundant water for the coming sea-
~ opsrstions Everything points to the
~ eu.,.st development Montana's mines have
", ~. superntsndent OF the Elkhorn mine
-. "T Tho mill worked thirty days during
,..r.rv and crushed $50 tons Of ore. .produc.
-. hnlliop, amounting to 486,326; smelling
ns ~ ,,oduoed. 2sl tons. OF the value Of tl6sS0.
r.,.i nroducs. S5Sl55. Total expenses. S2l.sl0.
M. silent Treasure. . recently developed
IA nropsrty on Lost Creek. about ten
~. north Of Ansconda. promises to create
thing OF q stir In the mining world dur
-. ,hs rear. Its development consists OF an
~, m, isst on the vein and shaft about fifty
~, 4. asuth, from which an upraise has been
W, va. IA ths surface. All the workings are in
~. ~. ,hs e1,ent Of which. both No to the length
va ,Idth Of tho chute. are unknown. The
.ss,sstsr Of the ore Ia iron oxide. 1t carries
S.,r. Al about S25 per ton In gold. which is
rnu,uslly coarse and free.
. .trks IL reported in the Silver Weave
Ia. IndIsn Crock district. Jefferson county.
:, ~, sists Of four feet OF galena running very
h,sh ia silver. A shipment OF ore from the
INA vas made to Tacoma recently which
..,,sd n. 900 . car. Tho mine is owned by
W..sy. 0erhauser K Albrecht Of Helena. aud
!. a.ys,oped By Q shaft $50 feet deep. Tho
.t1te vss made on tho 10o.foot level.
Thsrs arc mnss enough within radius OF
.,.,t, miles o! White sulphur Springs. II de-
,sloped TO support . town OF 10000 inhabi-
,s.ts and once railroad penetrates the val
lsv these camps will soon bo placed on pro-
dneine basis Thsy are Copperopolis. Black
p,vk. Four Mile. Murray. Birch Greek. Sheep
ppttA Sheep Mountain. Newlan Greek. Lost
Fork. All these camps aro promising. and
vorx would bs commenced In every ono OF
th,m forthwith IL there Was railway trans.
portation. -
po,s. CrrY. Feb 27.-The Cpur d'Alsne
souptry, IN Shoshons county. north Idaho II
turnioe out . great deal Of bullion. and 10
destined to become one OF the greatest
Sisssa as..' TIC Sierra, Nevada ls working
Ss: o or ne. ner aas Sa
Glance are working eighty men and q prSSd9'e- SL's-
Ial thirty tons q ore per dsy he Tylsr irsr
Bsnl:4 En- sad R fH0sHapes sna So ns
erecting s.,
Ei essd tss 'iiS'ss!39 iS Ss1
; 81 sn s9d .nS fS '2s'
POI dsI Sitting Bull: IS men Father Lode. lS
men. and prod ducing tons per day; Union. IL
msn moi and producing 40 tons per day Black
Bar. IS men, and producing Is tons per day:
on: assIs psr asS dsy ds% Fra mem: Iwau
lee. 80 mon. and producing 20 tons per day;
Nornlns. IS men. and pr?ducing 70 tons .In per
p psi day The daily product Of tho mines y $40
TONS not counting the Bunker Hill and 6ulll-
van on which 5O0-ton daily capacity concen-
ploymsnt 70 I47s miners. and the force will be
SsSdd r. 81 as Ssr ns Owned
that srs 90 isr. from. railroad com mmunicstion
csntrssots cent @ N sIs erected and rsllroads are more
Dda assssls Sse To 'SssftS q that seoson but
ns q 9fs% Ss
ysnstns more rapidly than any other part OF
Thiss o. four mines near Pioneer. In Boise
William Sweet are tuEping out TO le tirst-cess
niles Hs is now in Boston negotiating sales
; hs % n A. i sHssssa aanH 4 ss sa
Would ssd Ssps sood sna
sssf sod Il ss noun %
Z developed to considerable extent - soon as
tho sroW disappearA
A1NERs' YARNS.
srLvEB ORR. N. NJ. March 8.-There ap-
q z Minor. II sRS are .asS. feonF
dIssines. These ylseaores now locate these
Navajo indian reservation. Gold is known to
~ mines wi(l eyer Se opened there An the
known thirty years ago. and many mines were
worked By the spanisrds more than q hun
dred years ago. 1t 10 quito unlikely that an
sod ore s 70 bs ioand that described By
Adsms has been over looked for 50 many years
" both Spanish and American prospectorr:
New Mexico and tho mines have been worked
ssl! a Dozen camps II the whole Tdssrt9ry
quantities at the present time.
The. Adams story has been regarded as .
myth BY well-iniormed miners for years. but
nearly every season one or more parties OF
fredulous miners have been 6tted out to search
Ior the lost diRgings," and on two occasions
tnese parties have been accompanied bv Adams
hmssl who. according TO his story. was the
eniy survivor OF the party which discovered
afsbulously rich gold region near the Arizona
une. Tho others were. murdered by Indians.
s1d sevsra! large sacks, OF gold wore lost.
aSs%s sS;In had : few rich pieces in his pockets
Hnleh no exhibited In support Of his story:
people Interested in their mythical bonapzns::
bo94t bo94t iour y9ars ago young man named
Eerklns. from Tennessee. who had been In the
aorr,t9ty only few days. exhibited . piece OF
ven rleh silver Q, n here. and told q pretty
ltofy Rbout how lie knocked II OF accidentally
Etn me butt end OF his gun while out hunting.
sExcitement ran high. and tho young man
iEund no dimculty In raising lunds end get
Nn9 partners In Ills bonanza Ono OF his part
tSn started ont with him to SEQ tho ledge.
nnhe tney were gone Prof. Huntington. who
Hoo poo. seen the specimen and noticed that i
gole marked esemblance to the rich
,Ireoseetown ore, had an interview wilt one OF
Ike owasrs orn m q the mine anS Sscsriaipsd that
hxn. .a After being out several days the young
eSn announced his inability to- lind tha place
mere ne Dr. ke the specimen OF, and returned
p town, There might have been another
,iL!oSt ,iLoSt region OF fabulous richness but for the
hsfposnrs OF the fact that the rich ore exhibited
Ssvss srbs'ns b.ns came from srch mine which has
~ Inc boundaries OF the mining regions OF
Eow W. M,exlco are pretty well dehn ed. anu there