The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-13

y nnder!gke tho developments Of mines AZ
Unjillo, HOndnraA
senator Bowen, Of Colorado, stilI ssys
tnat MS gold Jntne, tho U0lcondn, ut DGi
N0fte, ~ the richest In tho state.
The .Bnckhorn mine, Of Ophjr, Utah,
owned w N~oidringhnuy, Of ~. Louis, has
n w soid 70 ~ English syndicate Tor $780,
Thirteen hundred men iars saiA TO b. en-
ployed in tho mines and mills. OF FAfk City,
dry, ~ ~
One hundred Chinamen aro working
mines In Josephine county, Oregon. They
WIZ probably clear upwards Of $4,000 this
winter.
4 company has been formed nj Denver.
VII SigoUO capital. II works mica beds
nino miles from Morrison, Col. J. @. BrGen
Is secretary.
Valuable properties in nickel arc known
70 exist near Georgian bay, Lake superior,
wnich are likely 8OIn TO DO developed by
interested parties.
The Paradise Valley M. d. M. company's
property in Humboldt county, Nevada. has
been sold ut s%herin's sale Tor $780, 40.44 TO
We. Bell, who bid II In.
me pewabic copper mine was sold at
chase ~ probably In Tic interest," OF The
Vnincy Copper company.
The Old Dominion Copper company, OF
Arizona, exceeded the output of any pre-
yIOis year In 1880. the production reaching
I1AO,015 pounds Of copper.
Three million, seven hundred and seven
fy-scyen thousand, ono hundred and cigh-
teen dollars in gold and silver was shipped
from Chihuahua. Mexico, for the year end
ing. Dec. 81, 1880.
Tho Knnsas mines tnrned ont 43, SD0. 1888
pounds of zinc ore and 8.847,9N pounds OF
lead orc ut a value Of $lSS,5lO and $20O. 352
respectively, Masking q total Of 1881, 1863 in
the district Of GaIena and Empire City.
d.. John G. Branncr, the state ~geoloQist
81 hrkaDsag, announces the discovery in
saline and Pulaski counties Of large guam
titles OF bauxite, a mineral used in the
manufacture of aluminium and quite rare Ia
this country.
The option given by tho Granite Noun
tain mine TO the American Investment CO.,
OF London, Mt &30.OO0,00O has expired. The
ngure named would have netted the stock
holders S71 a share. Nine millions in diyi.
bends has been paid by this mine.
On account Of general financial debility
Of q. -. Holmes, Of Chicago, 1t is said that
can Investment Co. of 1000 square miles in
GnanaRuatc, Iacatacas, San Luis Potosi,
San Felipe and Victoria will be revoked.
One million two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars was to be spent on the above terri
tory in five Yeas.
The mines Of Lower California are not
apparently diminishing in Importance,
although the wild rush CT a few years since
has ceased. Some very extensive machin.
cry is being placed there to work the inn
Incnse quartz lodges, but tho DAYS whom
nuggets as "big az hens eQgs'' were picked
mp have passed way.
A rich gold strike has Just been made in
the Black Bart mine, situated nine miles
east OF Coulterville, Mariposa county, Cal,
The vein. n true %fissure, has thus far pro-
dnced about $4,000 to the ton. Indica-
tions are favorable for q very large yield.
Mcssrs. Hobart, Jones, Hayward and Flood
are now the owners Of the grant.
The dividends paid by Colorado minirn
companies during 1880, and which wers
Smelling Co., $20O.0O0; Calliope, 10000;
Little Chief, $4,000; Little Rule, $4,000;
Matchless, 500 600: May-Mazeppa, 10000;
New Custom, 1851, 800; Orc. S95. 1000: Small
Hopes, $4,000; Yankee Girl, S245,O60.
An immense deposit Of onyx q few miles
southeast Of Signal, Arizona, has been To-
Gated by Charles Wilson, .'Pard,' Pierce.
John Reese and Charley Price. II ia of yery
fine grain and takes a beautiful polish. and
in appearance somewhat resembles the ONYX
found near Prescott. Tho ledge is from
forty to 100 feet in width and is considered
a very valuable property by rien who have
examined il,