The sun., 1893-08-14

yjeids oniy from IA to Sb per ton. vet he is
making good dividends for his company COM
Gsfa sixty se9o s per day Including the min
Ing. only requires twelve men, rhere are
large large and % as h1 rich as the Mountain Queen. but
are now lying idle because there is not suf-
| cbinery and open them up as they should be.
THE BLACK HrL1a
DEADwoop. Aug 4.-There is no mining
district, In the, country that can compare
companies and sseqtsd tSS rynss with BS@s P5Dt
Il miiled during the, year 321. Abs tons OF ore
M Mhch s lao ssa%e ps 10 HGa 9as sesa NssS
amount was gold old and ID s. e
dn1hns hnsd eS o fhs
Ss no snms dd s Ws the
suJss the resplts mp a. of 2a9 ttSmPs
present the company has four years OF ore in
sight. Next in order as n producer some eomes the
ores in blanket or flat veins. running from 1--WE
sna Value sca son HsoS
100 tons is treated daily Ct !, the sS, company's
is due the, credit Of solving the problem Of
county: Of which there is an almost unlimited
DEVELOPMENT work on the Dead Dog Hill is
RGES TO Veins bs Fod
assnyinc @ from 10 to $1,000 per ton; The ore
hshv sTyStazea and carries s. hsd large oond per-
claim assay returns show from S28 to $500
gold per ton. Tho ground has been staked.
erodnd. So far ali discoveries have been made
| near the surface.
NEAR THE LAKES
| DULUTH, Aug. 5.-Instead OF Frightening as
| Hu1a nj G tho 5itnAtiOn the iron
grows steadily worse Mining operations or Ms are are
now now out ut Of work is not lar from 1000. This
an apPpalnr state Of tn1GS all over
gan. few mines have shut down since July /.
properties ] OF the sehiessins g or syndicate which
are all IN turmoil This syndicate mined. how.
year: The Marquette range also in. Michigan.
has seen little change in The W9nh On The
month has mark ed a fearful shrinkage. At
this time year ago twenty-one mines were
to hb. @ @ss
only seven mines are at work, and their out.
p4f fSr last Week o was only no9 IT tons a aGalnse s
million tons. has sent out only i34doJ tons in
were to this date In 1892 i.i33o00 tons. but
On the Nermilion range. where the, biggest
| OF all the American iron corporation. has
.tions have been gradually cut down till they
are now entirely sMpspended: M Shirments @ from
900 tons to date. but are expected to iall of
rapidly soon. and it is not likely that the en-
G ia sns @ orSna M e
The new Mesaba is faring better than any OF
its competitors. but ls in hard straits. with
"1U a. result Of all this the railways carrying
on on very psctsSle part Of i their income come
which has been shipping as high as 4,0oO.O00
% tons year to Escanaba R has reduced Its ore
trainmen. The Duluth. South Shore and At
!antic which has oil the ore hauling to the
and ee Re Lahs
have aye . cut vt their business in bali ,o..
dends and fat profits. Ore rates are only As
of Lake Superior to Cleveland Is mi made for f 30
ehe bS
| make any oney at these figures If there was
plenty OF ore to carry.
CALIFORNIA.
at Plymouth. Amador county. is yielding first
class rock. and the com p4ny will erect a mill
been ;TEpn cunning for two months on high-Grade
veras county. has reen in operation Monty only about
seven months. but has already attained very
s. per ton. while the sulphurets 70 as hieh as
] for S1.5O. per ton. the mine is paying propo-
sition whether or not the percentage Of sui
II The Daisy Hill Mine of Grass Valley. Nevada
county, which several s. years 20 r ago paid well and
l.ah n n n Nayyfn
s ysn Wha
has Been bonded By W. m eaas and ecivs
P 9PPerasoR1,s ions, have been % begun upon the mine
made % Very $ good strse ledge S has been ,ass
struck 100 ieet from the mouth Of the tunnel
which q painful of the ore yielded $40. The
| superintendent is very hopeful that he can
soon announce dividends instead OF assess
Messrs Roberts d sem!n have bonIed for
SlO0,00O the Holdeworth Mine. near Bowman's
Min Minns camps IN Placer county are lively.
Nssy M the and ere 5e So M
cient to make every one well pleased with the
Lewis I,eli has mine at Emigrant HILL
Plumas county. in which he recently struck
bed OF rich gravel The gravel is .etween two
fu 1usses that Weigh from to each
which supplied the gold found In Newtown
Work in the Pilot Hill mine. near Onion VAL
ey plumHs niss Godnty is PpebnnG b up an e1cen
going on indicates that an extensive body OF
ore will be deyeloped. Samples Of ore taken
$3.50 In free gold and $500 IN sulphurets. An
other assay Of samples sent to Denver yielded
81, 500 per ton By means OF small shafts the
ledge has been traced on the surface for $50
feet and all parts OF 1t give equally good pros
the Plumas. near this. from which the ore as
says S57 per ton. Those properties are stu
ated In the county that fed Poormans Creek. |
one OF the celebrated placer mining camps Of
early days.
NEVADA.
VIRGINIA CRY. Aug Sit is not likely that |
the miners' union will accept the proposed 25 /,
per cent. cut In their wages. They have |
$4,000 In their treasury with $40, 900 more |
promised from San Francisco. and still more |
from Montana And they do not have much |
fear that the directors of the companies will |
close the mines because that would throw |
many superintendents and secretaries out of |
Jobs. They know several companies In which |
there are dozen oliicers to one miner and |