The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-08
this state. Both quartz and placer mines aro


State last week. with q view TO building n rail-
road 100 mites long. from Helena to the Castle
mining district In hcnagher county. where y
velopment. Tho money for the road has been
subscribed, and it will be pushed far toward
new gold district. which is attracting a
good deal OF attention Just now. is on sand
Greek. about ten miles from Pony. In Madison
county. The nearest station is Sappngton.
ON die Northern l'aciilc. which is three miles
AWAY. The gold is very coarse. and exists in u
Gneiss formation. Tho veins are narrow ON
the surface. running from three to six inches
but show considerable width ut depth of
forty; three feet, which is tic deep.st. yet So
cured on ihr. Amethyst. OWED by Mr.. Duncan
OF Pony. This rock runs from $40 TO 500 in
free gold, and costs about ), a ton for milling
which he has sunk pr spcct shaft Of ten ic &C..
and hn,ls the vein twenty inches wide. Some
OF tho float in this claim assays as high as
tho rock runs $50 to 500.
Confederate Gnlsh, with its magnificent
soon come to tho front ay large producer Of
gold. Like every rich placer camp in Mon
lana. Confederate yielded It's, millions from u
with profit iut tho gold reefs and ledgcs
have already lccn touched 1t is said TO o
tS 2ny rs" in M"n,GrGH n y yhTn, s2h ,ess re-
haustiUiC, and some 81 shows FREQ gold from
the surface. An effort is now being made to
i' Tic M" Nor tan" Mining and Investment Com
pary has rurch 'scd inc Bye Dick and Azonite
gold aud copper mines IN ! ogO. The IricU is
stated 10 have been eoooOO
NEW MEXIco.
SILVER CITY. Aug. Tho new ameltcr Mt
HiIlsborough 10 treating about thirty tons OF
matte, which will DO shipped to the Argo
works at Denver TO hc refined. This IL the
Lrst attempt which has 3.Sn made Mt Hills
venture has lees proved beyond u DOUBT. Tho
company which erected the smelter has vulu-
ore for tho smcitrr. The company will refine
the matte produced by the smelter as soon IS
the necessary nrrang,ements can 90 made. :,
Gypsy mine last week. aud there now remains
only 1000 of the purchase price to be paid.
is very rich, and it Is elievch that the pur-
chasers will have no difficulty in taking out
orc enough to pay FOR the line betore tho
time comes for tho last payment TO be made.
tho lcmp,nr mine on the North Pcrchn Is
to uc started W again this summer. his
mins hai neSn one o. thT laTGGft proanSers IN
worked in n small way W miners who held
leases on PORTIONS q! the mine. The mine was
OF the Temuiar Mining Company. who decided
10 resume operations.
The hosting mnchircrY at the frrsh Heap
mine il in position AMI the main shalt Is be-
ing put down as rapidly rs pmssible. The
m,nc has been producing steadily Tor about
mincd 70 develop ii on ~ more extensive scale
than had hitherto been attempted and COM
mcncod II new shaft. which is now in tho shnle
everything the mineral body.
j. {. burke, who is working Head 4 Hcarst's
Chance mine near Gage. Is taxing out two car
loads of shipping ore n day. No other work Of
mills at Gold Hell arc in operation. The Gold
Hill mill is running on ore from the Dolan 4
sullivan mine. and the Standard mill is treat
ing ore from the Standard mine. The capacity
Of both mills is small. but the ore treated is
The situation Mt Hanover remains I'M
changed. Not pound of ore is being shipped
on account Of the trouble between the rail
prospect of a settlement Of the rate question
Nearly all tho mines there nre closed down.
and viii probably rem mi idle for weeks
OF tho mines in tho Hanover district. Up to
the time the Atchison. Iopska and santi. FG
70 20 the Cy na
stricted only by tho ability of the railroad to
handle tho ore and the demand for it at tho
Within tho past ten days, some Of the heny-
lest rains laye fall which have been seen In
this "t 9 Ne MsHf9 tTr ysaTs Tners VII
enough to keep tho mills running. and It's OK
rrctcd that several mills which have been idle
There is water enough in the mountains for
the use OF placer mi ners and u number have
already commenced work.
IDAHO.
IDAHO CITY. Aug. THE contract for sink
ing u, shaft at this place, to, prospect for pay
s sd 'S0T E 's Is 1s d SSt sss bee" In
constructing his mill on Boulder Greek. Owy-
hce county. to crush iron sulphurct orc to be
ed d., y y the cyanide process Henry Whit
tnues to run day and night on ore from his
free gold mine. The nny vein runs from three
ore is struck twenty-five feet in width. When
work was started on this mine few years aso
there wero grave doubts rs to whether it
would develop into paying mne but now
all doubts arc dispelled. A fine twenty stamp
mill was constructed there nearly two years
lnent Tho completion Of this mill caused tic
i ty, AIMING th$m TIC Muddy 6! our ''i t s%"'t
Milling tests proved tho orc to be good. and
the company, concluded to prosecute the work
Of deep DEVELOPMENT: SO a TUNE! was startod
means OF .5OO-fo"t tunnel. This tunnel is
now in about 800 iret. An air compressor was
recently, PIT UP to furnish power 20 run an In
I Go Id Hill Compary's 25-stamp mill
1t QuarZourE. which has run incessantlv
out its regular amount o! ,go!.l bullion. This
;ompany,,s mines. thu Gold HiII and Iloncor.
was started The rioneor IS II monster mine.
running from 80 TO 20 feet in width vi orc
.yer"gi"e 81 ton; It is porphyry ledge.
cunning through itthat are as thin as II knife
blade. II is these StrinstrS that carry the
:o!d Ths b"n!hsr mIne; tna Somparatiyeiy
Utmost rs large, but carries h CHER grade Of
jrc which is all quart. \ J-stamp mill WAS
tut UP asst fall and is turning out gold IN
Icry paving quantities. Ihs mill will soon he
enlarged. This mine IL located on tho side q.
very steep mountain. and can be worked fOS
many years without tn. necessity Of sinking.
Another rich vein OF silver ore waS struck
he other day IN tho Washington mine. eight
nile from this place AM, two or three nilos
,nst OF tho Boulder. The Black Jack mill. In
)wyhee county. has Just made q cleanup on
. .'u-tun run OF orc from the Phillips and Sui
ivan mine. and viii soon start again on Black
Iack ore. \ continuous body OF rich ore has
zen opened i! tho suGth drift OF this mine
md it Is thought the iu.!i can ne ke;t steadily
4 work. The Golden star i.au Golden lrcco
mines. near tcntrcv!l!,. were bonded some
imc ago TO he Milwaukee, and Idaho Mining
company The company purchased tho mines
few days ago. and will soon begin the CON
'tructlon OLA large mill and hosting works
"A Denver company has begun tho construc-
ion Of II mill III l'lacervile. TO crush iron sui
,hurct ores to BIO treated BY the McArthur-
'orrcst cyanide process. Tho sulphuret
'clt nNtenls u distance OF twenty 1--WE miles.
md i Is tor the working Of these ores that tho
liant Is being constructed. The capacity Is to
10 ilfty tons u day.
MICHIGAN.
lsHPENING. Aug Tho Champion iron
nlnc Mt Champion. fourteen miles from here.
lo.od down On Monday for an indefinite
NJ r.l nrn nut at .l.,p-