The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-29

WORK Is going on In the Norton SHAFT to ascer.
saa sRi I IN e SSI%% @na s sPt;s sSI y s! il r. f a iaass
'rRaSIn aondo M', eo SS sansh has lse bon nM,s st n" Pilgrim
group OF mines Mt Deadwood. thirty five miles
north Of Banner. Six men have been employed
the " "reto lie Hsv W@ptHh ire 'ronm sYioGis 70 500 aS1St"y ysr FI tom
in. gold and silver. a cross;cnt run fO6 feet
IS i Thought knit" 70 Sc iSU isst vide TI,', anu '"' loaS'
The machinery at the shaft q the Silver
str9yed by iire a iew days ago. As tho mine
had, to be worked from the shat nothing, can
T r aGne sI in b It rS,il nS 8 n1 nns az yyra r nb ;Es
dump. So, that the concentrator can keer Mt
work until tho mine commences producing
again.
SILVER Cry. Aug. 2S-Tho new electric ore
reduction plant at Alhnlucrlpe has been In
t twill fully, meet the expectations Of its pro-
%lectors. Tho work done so Jar has been salts
] sStf'.cs. p IT Is nssfy' al e., e.. ' install nIFG sss , 'hat L L
treatment by this method does not exceed tho
profit on ORC mined in hcw Mexico will be con.
numncr of these plants cnn be put in to handle
tho. ore mined. Less than 30 Ter cent. of tho
metal Tlni in "rns is noW s1 Hsru on a" r, nytrMge On ora
bullion will be turned out this week: The mill
u tI'ltIlH luDut I" NV tplS VI VI u 'uy
and there are several hundred tons Of ore in
the mill.
made at tt toSt's q Peak AK" a few y%iV @eels ago s"'i IS turns Ma.
ing out better than was expected when tho
strike was first made. Development has shown
s ssai ." ever ) made '@S IN the % d|Isfrist, il f n"t u tie
Territory. Tho ore body has been followed
orc has been found in tie M"nteauma. Which
II the, adjoining claim. The ore body is bo-
tl 10 ~ IL Will Ia. Nv fnf tho lurunat hNdv az
lead carbonate over found In New Mexico. The
orc runs over 20 L,,r cent. lead, and from eight
Regular, shipments of, co per matte are
being made from the Hillsboroush smelter to
sin.lter is producing about twenty tons OF
matte y week.
.Thn htockman mill at LONG Mountain was
started up last week on ore from the Lucky
mine. Only ten stamps are in operation. but
there IS rlcmty OF rom in the mill for ad.
needed, DeN"l"linent work has been going
on IN ihc Lucky mine for more than n year.
aud a large quantity of ore has been taken out
Both the stamp mills at Gold Hill are closed
down for repairs. hut the Custom mill will lo
tersoa's nine. and the standard mill will soon
commence a run or. ore from tho observation
ing. hnt the output OF tho mines is not sut-
ic;en' to keep the IN lis there ,unning.
m q ten m f1r'k Vest has Of G %Sriis shade rh liz n MINIS MeP has
boon worked in n desultory. way for several
years and has produced considerable nay ore.
The orc which has lust been struck runs over
$1,000 i:"r ton IN gold and silver.
=. oh rkin and 4; Baker. Irssees OF tho CECIL
mine at T"ic.ra, Blan"n. have taken, out two
ton, Of very high grad" silver ore and thore, is
more in sight IN, thu mine. The mines in the
much attention unit this year. but some rich
discoveries have Teen made there and the dis
tri:t promises to Gecomc a good producer,
not yet been able to make contracts enough
Tor ore ia. keep the, works running. and It's
soon. Silver miners who are Producing bay
ore are not willing to sell at current prices for
silver. and many of the low crado mines have
been shut down because they cannot be made
to pay. Some silver producers here are hold
ing their ore in til" hope 81 better prices in a
ship their ore as fast as it is produced in order
toIav current expenses.
More attention is being paid to gold mining.
but the production OF gold is not increasing so
rapidly as the production Of silver Is decreas.
ing. The production of the gold mines at
viii hardly reach as large a monthly output as
iii Hiils %"%'nIy "T and GOA iad' I miiI ha ne i G%apas
materially. while the gold production at Car
lisls and Silver Creek has been about the same
AS last year.
THE KooTESAY REGION.
KooTFSAY. b. C.. II 2O.-Two months in
yestigation has proved this section OF the
sh"Mins :, ffGbH innthr yt to na ss,s the richest dras' de s"sisss
in slate and hlack lime between porphyry
dykes. and mostly true flssure veins. carrying
from so to 300 ounces silver. The veins vary
from two to twenty feet in width.
lanes g. Wardner has secured the Fred
die Lee" and is putting out ten tons Of ore per
day. valued at 500 per ton. and having it
cries lately sold. :. H.. Wharton has purchased
the Rico and q. y. Garrison the blue
Bird" and active development Is going. on at
tho :. Slocap star bonanza Freddie
Lee and Payne"
The immediate building Of n wagon road
into the heart of this country by, the Govern;
pack trails exist. and 200 animals are now
packing ore and supplies on Nukusp trail.
All mining men who have visited this section
have pronounced it the richest mineral belt
yet discovered. nfIording alarg- field for the
rrospertor OF uncXplored territory and being
easily accessible.
Toad Mountain. the great copper camp Of
the kootrnay., is opening up with the sale Of
tn" silver King for S~o.0OO.OuO., This will
stimulate tho numerous good claims in the
camp. \ wcll-known expert says he looks for
rich veins to be .deyrlored on the parallel
leads. Nelson bids fair to he the Butte OF
Canada. with its large outcrops OF high-grade
copper ores. and n good belt Of gold-hearing
country undevelopcd. Such camps as Nelson
and SLOGAN are bound to make one OF the
greatest mineral centres Of the continent.
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