The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-18
NEWSOF THEMINI WORLD.
CHINA VIII PERMIT FOREIGNERS TO
NINE IN MiNCHURII.


,c..,.r the Monte Cri.,o District In wash.
ins,on-Ncw Finds nt Crcede-The New
strike Ia Mrjnve County, Arisoun, - At.
tracing Many People TO the District.
SAN Francisco. July 10-One Of the passen-
gers on tho steamship China few days ago
cas- ]. +. Jones. agent OF IN English syndicate,
who is on his way to London to report the sue
cossful conclusion Of negotiations with tho
Chinese Government for tho concession OF au.
r,ferous lands In Manchurin. 1t has long been
known that largo portion OF Manchuria and
Mongolia lying beyond the Great Wall are rich
IN gold. and specimens Of gold ore and mug
gets from that country have frequently been
brought to the senports in spite Of the
Governments rigorous restrictions. Hith-
crto tho Pokin Government has discour-
aged mining. and practically prohibited
the working OF tho gold fields by either ma :
tive or foreign capitalists. by placing oil such
operations under tho supervision OF man
dnrins md imposing conditions that preclude
ali possibility OF profit. Tho natives. disre-
gordlng the low at the risk Of thor lives. have
worked the deposits in crude and wasteful
vays and many OF them havc boon executed
for doing 70.
Ii Hung Chang. however. has adopted q
now policy. believing TINT the development OF
tho mineral resources OF the country will ndd
to the wealth OF the empire, and through his
tntercession several English merchants have
secured permission to work the mines OF
Afanchuria upon reasonable terms. The gym
dlcato will begin operations with capital OF
E25OC0O. and will work tho placers with
hydraulic machinery
The Nevada City Transcript asserts that
Chinese miners are carrying on illegal n.y.
draulic operations n c6r Quaker Hill. and that
20 pf thn Int ut, tail
have made no effort to stop them. The Chinese
cleaned up $4,000 about month ago. and
could afford to make 1t worth an ngent's while
to sec nothing. The Transcript more than
hints that the apathy OF the agents is due to
bribery But that IL nothing new in tho his
tory of the nnu-hydraulic association. II Is
notorious that some OF the Zig hydraulic
claims have been running for years in defiance
Of iniuncttons. md hnro paid Llackm mail to
spies as regularly as they havo paid wages to
miners. The smaller claims. that do not yield
enough to leave margin for blackmail. have
been vigorously watched and shut down.
company OF San Francisco capitalists is
examining some Of the mines Of Placer county
with the intention OF purchasing and devel-
oplng them. Pike Bells inine on Bald Hill.
only when Bell needed money. has been
pumped dry. and samples OF the ore have
boon sent to the San Francisco company for
New suInhuret. works are being put up at
works wore built by, contract and are made
h, 81 the W
The Plumas BuieEm reports that in the old
Gould aud Spencer mine near Gtbsonville
there has been found large boulder OF gold
With some quartz mixed In It: It is some.
Sl2OO and 81 800 in gold. This spot seems
psS s, sHeh nssss Aso ssn
TAcoMA., Wash. July 10..The latest advices
H.% ss sGa Ss es hs hSs
eIaminine the claims that arc access ible. and
tie rehest mDins dlstriess YET 70 cd
sEArrLE. July l0;-The most Important min
Is @s in this tbs
State. The Puget sound basin is covered with
dense forest Of Or, and for years the only set.
he sHore. 81 the Sound and the "G nsvissels
streams Moving into Il. Hunters and 2 few
.0
s s%a ALMOST BS: n nahns the vas last known
Tie mineral mineral deposits T in this range.
ss.ns au h S%sS G. sIassst 81 sG 5Se
difficulty Of building roads through, the forest
and Of prospecting where the growth Of .vsge;
these casual discoveries led to no systematic
exploratiop OF the Cascades. Mining men knew
n
roads before any development could be done.
Lake Shore and Enstcrn Railroad Into the
foothills of tho mountains. three years ago.
mRio = portion OF tho Cascades more accessi-
a. DrOSD9rtf0C
range. from the Canad an border to the Colum,
bia River. Ores Of value. most y silver leads,
there IL promise, that the mines Of western
WASHINGTON will become almost as important
. While Development work Is being done on
Of en- Sbas e ah hH Ss MONTE
In a direct line and about loo By road. Ths
mineral ledgCs there run in continuous and al
most parallel lines through tumble Of mighty
peaks carved out ny GLACIERS ages ago. Tho
Of Of h ee Of at the the sea ct
whils the mountains rise 1900 feet higher.
Tho mineral veins can be traced from five to
SriuS building. The several Veins appear on
: for they apS
continuous vein broken through by the
st4et q S9Ss by four nearly
700 locations hsye been made. and the ores
are mora valuable than In some OF the dis
trlcts. because Of the large amount OF gold.
The greater pnrt ofthe ores can be worked by
the concen ration processes. nut some. heavier
IN gold. win require roasting. and perhaps
$50 in gold. from $40 to SIS IN silver. and from
outcroppipg from rom the Emma Moeie mine.
vein twenty feet wide. gives $34. In silver.
Mystery SAMPLE taken from, across tho face
Of the DRIFT. at depth OF ten feet from a vein
three feet Wide. $500 in silver, SIP in gold.
and no lead: from Sevcnty-six. from a vein
twenty eight feet wide. $50 In silver. So Is In
gold. and rs 2 per cent lend.
Tho promise of this region has so impressed
th9 syndicate headed " Gardner Colny, and
Colgate HOyt. now. operating extensively on
Puget sound that these mon nave formed the
mild q line. from the Great Northcrn sixty
miles Into Monte Cristo. About 800 men are
now at work on the railroad, and the contract
calls for the ompletlon OF the line, by Nov. J:
The syndicate has secured control OF most OF
the claims in the district. and by next srring
since tho cost OF the railroad will be about
SlSo0,Wn. the value OF the mines to which it
The ore viii DO brought for smetinG either
and other mining operations T. furnished by