The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-29
NEWS OF THE MINING WORLD.
COLD DIGGING LOOKING VI ALONG TIE
fUkON n IT'S .AFFLUENTs.

GOLD DIGGING LOOKING UP ALONG TIE
fCkON AND IT'S AFEEUkNTs.
A Remarkable Find Nenr Yale, In Br,ush
Coiumbin-Goia Quarts Mining In Idaho
Districts that Once Were Rich Placer
DISSATISFACTION Finds IN New M-xicr.
SEATTLE. Wash. Aug. 20.-The last Few weeks
have witnessed n number OF interesting de.
velopments in the mining fields. OF which
Seattle is the news centre. The product OF tho
gold piacers In the basin OF the Yukon River.
in Alaska, Is much larger than during any
previous season. Tho steamer st. Paul re-
Gently brought down in payment for miners
supplies gold dust to tho amount OF $50. 900,
which had been collected at st. Michael's. near
the mouth OF the Yukon. Two years ago the
number OF miners in the Yukon was not over
100. but to-day over 500 arc busy there. Next
season n limo OF steamers will run direct from
Seattle to 81. Michael's. and thence 1000 miles
up the Yukon. With this improved trans
portation there will he a large influx to the
Yukon. During this summer rich liars have
been struck in Fish River and Forty-mile
Creek. and in the tributaries OF the latter
stream some OF tho miners have made much
| money.
Tho construction OF the Everett and Monte
| Cristo Railroad into the Monte Cristo mining
district on this side Of the Cascade Mountains
Is going steadily forward. Trims will DO run
| ming early this winter. and everything will be
in readiness to begin bringing out the silver
lead ores enrly next spring. Workmen nre
| also busy getting the mines ready for opera
ton. To get at several Of tho principal leads
it will be necessary to go n thousand feet up
the sides OF tho mountains: and. accordingly.
much VI the ore will he carried to tho railway
by a wire rope. Joseph l.. Colby OF Cleveland.
90. 4. - Al. .--.- u..t- $500.
panies operating in the district. and head Of
the Colby and Hoyt syndicate. which is build
| ing the railroad. recently said OF the Monte
| Cristo mines:
1.-THE body and position OF tho ores remind
mo OF the iron deposits we have been working
| along Lake Superior. About half Of the pre-
| cious metal in this ore is gold. Sixty per cent.
Of the ore must be concentrated" For this
| lattor purpose . conccntrator will bc erected
Mt Monte Cristo. Mr.. Colby has selected Ever
| cit, the Sound terminus Of his railroad. as Il
site for his smeltcr. company has been in-
corrorated with $500. 900 capital.
In tho Ruby Creek district, which lies in the
Cascade Mountains north OF Monte Cristo.
there is also much activity. The trail into the
district is now completed. with three wire
bridges. ono 254 feet long. tho second 1850 feet.
and the third 1c0 feet. across the ltapid Liver.
The wire had to be cut into pieces, Of 100
! mounds eutl HUI tdITlel up ny I'llhIS.
Nearly ali tho land along Ruby ireek is STAGED
out in mining claims. most of them gold pIa-
s f;an e Heys Snl r rich I.ase s', Of free re- " mili in Gp gid
quartz have also been found around tho head
IN the Cascade district Donald Ferguson has
bought tho Blue Devil claim for Si6.OoO.
Millit 4 Mckay have struck the lead in the
cross cut. The pay streak is twenty-five
inches. and n streak of eleven INCHES is very
T # ysr T raiJ ore sn rp Iss1 from $50 to ss4 ton in
GOLD has also been found in the foothills of
the Cascades. more than 100 miles further
south. in Thurston. county. On Porter Crock
rrospectors have discovered, gold ore assay
ing so to the ton. Free milling gold has ALSO
ago at the north emf OF Puget sound. On the
Pacific Ocean beach. a little south OF Cape
p pIater Wh isSe1 With M the most "ae p MIahi"s means ans
OF operation. pays. them 81 a day, each. The
gold is found in black sand .b as NM as gun.
thought that land slides from the hills brought
the sand there. ,
In Ukanogan county. north OF the centre oil the
state. The Canadian Pacific Railway has now
open a line into the region, and is doing IA large
The main line oithe Canadian Pacific liity,ons
Lake. eighty miles by steamer, to the loot OF
the lake; and d th snSsd 5orty miles oil skis 6y stan" mii Ito the te
from the Sloan mining district. in British
hasu Ueen sh 'Is, a0'i it came from j; F. Ward:
ner's Freddie Lee mine. and was brought, in
faess on NJ the S, bt' Ks Of mq q;tils to r th les, II, I'M iTis
State: by the spokane and. Northern Railroad
to Spokane: and by the Northern Pacific to
East Helena. The trans portation and treat
mept OF this ore costs mt present SO Il ton. but
since the average assay Is ~ a ton; tnrrs Is
the SLOGAN mines vii! 90 over the Canadian
Pacific to Puget Sound. The Government has
reserved a tY " site at MY pSnyGr. sl n ' 115
Vi" /. Harvey Of Victoria. the British Column
bia provincial assRycr. recently received IRON
Yale. a station on the Canadian Pacific. a pack
age Of ore samples which contained a remark
combination Of native gold and a~malgamatel
mercury, and its assay value was S2S'.ouu to
the ton. Nothing is known as to the eN,.n, Of
and so far as can be learned this is the first
discovery Of such q nature ever made III Cana
du. The assay Is probably tho highest ever
II the vein is found capable Of DEVELOPMENT;
by the Gold Gravel Syndicate. This company.
composcd Il English eapitaiis's, acluI,ei q
extensive ,rlnnt for hydraulic mining. For
two yearsthcre Wasa constant outlay of money
sending funds. The Hudson Bay Company. to
which the syndicate owed $4,000 for suprlirs.
Machinery valued ut $4,000 went for sl.aoo.
Everybody is out OF pocket. and the syndicate
Is dead.
There is n report that rich gold quartz has
been found IN iexnda Island. in the Gun OF
Georgia.: and gold quartz and also quicksilver
gro along china Creek. on tho ives, coast Of
iron SnS coal iIi IN Texa i"sF and d IN i 1852 tie tie" dis.
covery OF gold there brought. a rush Of pros
pectors to tn" island. Most Of thom were dis
appointed. however; but this summer pros
@ IS niDc m aTs sT Wiloxa G and ih GycF tive. tive l ions. when
IDAHO.
IDAHO CITY. Aug. ln.-While making n tour
through the central portion OF the state to
locate wagon roads to connect north and
south Idaho and develop thousands of miles
OF comparatlvely unoXploreu country. your
correspondent visited Florence and ,Warrcns.
two old placer camps that. twcntv-ilv. years
ago. supported thousands OF people. but which
are now worked out. At WarrenS George
Kicbold Is running Il lve-stnmp mill OF. Little
Giant ore and getting, rich. Coy. n: Is. Wiley
Is also working a mine and tye-stanlp ilill
near the Little Giant with profit. prospectors
have lust commenced searching for luarlz 70
lately. and. although but little develonment
turning out TO be line mines, IN fact. the
people OF, that section are very confident that
nuCh will he done In the way of DEVELOPMENT