The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-26
IN Mines 8
1Xy3'NlA and Mining
|SNM1LfY LATEST INFORMATION
IE&SNM1NW CONCERNING THIS IMPORTANT INDUSTRY


A practical California miner is to be
placed in charge of drift mine near the
mouth of the Quesnelle River, British Co.
lumbia, where there is an extensive chan
mel. Work will be commenced next
month, and the owners expect to expend
$4,000 in opening the property.
new gold discovery has been made
near Stetekin, Wash, on the north fork
OF Company Greek. The ore is free milling
but low grade and the lodges large. The
new camp is seven miles from Lake Chelan,
and is known as McDonald's camp.
The mining recorders in the Kootenay
district are required by the Canadian
Minister of Mines to ell out blanks giving
elaborate details of all new claims recorded.
Mining development in the Kootenay
country, B. c., is being done on q large
scale. In the main districts, the SLOGAN,
that around Nelson near the Trail River
Rossland country, there are many we'll
developed promising mines that have
passed the prospect" stage. The, Nall
mine will soon have a smelter to work 100
tons day, and has 1000 tons OF ore ready
for it. With the smelter in operation,
other gold producing claims will be able to
get their ore treated at home.
The mines at Deep Creek, twenty-five
miles north of Colville, Wash, are showing
some very encouraging deposits OF copper
ore.
Capitalists are examining the group of
copper claims twelve miles north of Aztec,
Ariz., and if everything is satisfactory
they will take a 5000, 900 working bond upon
them. The mines are good, but are at
some distance from water.
The closing down of the Poorman mine
at Burke, Idaho, threw 125 men out of
work; but it is hoped there will be re-
sumption under the management of the
Consolidated Tiger and Poorman. Neces-
Sarv ,.to in machinery etc incident
to operating both mines under one man
agement may, however, keep both mines
closed until next spring.
The Frisco mine at Gem, Canyon Creek,
Idaho, is spending $250,000 in new ma
chinery and buildings, and will not be
ready to start new plant for two months.
The latest ''lost nine to be found again
is on the north fork of Company Creek.
seven miles from Lake Che1an, Wash.
There is the usual legend about the miners
being killed by Indians, etc., but now the
claim has been found and camp estab-
lished.
The Mineral Hill copper nine, Ariz..
is delivering fifty tons of ore week to its
smelter. There are forty five people in the
camp and the leads are being developed
into profitable properties.
The United Verde Copper Company,
AriZ., has $50 men on the payroll, and as the
works are being developed it is expected
that 700 men will be employed in short
time.
People with dry-washer machines are
trying the sands at Silver Creek, San Fran
cisco district, Arizona.
There are more chloriders at work in
Wallapai district, Ariz., than at any time
within the past three years, and most OF
them are said to be making money.
The Kingman Miner says that Rob-
ert Patterson is trying the experiment
of working a dry concentration in Gold
BASIN that if successful will be boon to
the whole region.
The Tacoma meter is receiving large
amounts of concentrates from the Alaska
quartz mines.
The Nevada Reduction Company has
been organized at Elko to buy and sell
mines, reduce ores, etc. The capital stock
Willis, John B. Fitzgerald, W. I. Smith,
T. A. Mcbride and NJ. II. Miller.
The mill at Silver Lake, New, has Just
been cleaned up for the first time, and
$13, 900 bar of bullion shipped as the result.
The payroll for the mines at Wardner,
Ceur d'Alene, Idaho, for October. is ex-
pected to reach $4,000.
Bonanza, Curtis County, Idaho, is not
now the dead camp it has been for some
years. The Custer Company has resumed
operations on its Lucky Boy with sixty
men, and a new ten-dump mill is to be
built by Myron Crafts.
Some good gold finds are reported in
the vicinity of 0sceola, New.
The American Mining Exchange of Bos-
ton. Mass, is advertising in the Colorado
papers that it wants mines for cash pur-
chasers, and agrees to furnish money to
develop prospects.
Some rich gold ore has been found on
CANYON Creek in Slate Creek district,
Wash. Canyon Greek is branch of Ruby
Creek, which empties into Skagit River.
The vein is thirty inches wide. The mines
are some ninety miles from railroad,
and there are as yet no facilities for work
ing the ore.
The Star group of claims near Silver
City, Idaho, is to be operated by Salt Lake
men under the management of o.. II.
Hardy, and shipments of ore will be made
to the Omaha and valley smelters.
At American Fork Canyon district, Utah,
only few of the mines are being operated,
and these will close when the heavy SHOWS
come. Those mines which are being
worked are dong we'll.
The mines at Deep Creek, Utah, are
under disadvantage from lack of water,
and a ten-mile pipe line with pumping
station is being considered.
The mines in the Blue Mountains, San
Juan and Grand counties, Utah, are doing
we'll. These mountains are noted for the
IlCnuSbS vi Tile uOdI pIChGQ w ny pIOSpcC-
tors. but the number of rich mines discov
cred is few.
At the Yosemite mine, Bingham, Utah,
the long tunnel is sending out plenty of
good ore.
The Moso mining district has been or
ganized in Little Salt Greek Canyon, eight
miles from Juab, Utah. Thirtyfve claims
have been located by the fifty-flve men in
the camp.
Colonel NJ. Shaughnessy has bonded the
Maytower and Laches Drum group, in
Woodside Canyon, near the Silver King,
Park City, Utah, and commences work on
October l.
A new leading plant is being put up in
Hardesville Canyon, Morgan County,
Utah, to work the ores of the Morgan
Company
The old Idaho camp at Gibbonsville,
first worked in 1867 for placers, is taking
on new life as quartz claim. A wagon
road has been built from Salmon City,
forty miles. A number of mines are now
being worked, ano there is a thirty-stamp
mill working ores from the mines of the
American Development Company. The
Cyanide Company" also has ten-stamp
mill. Some placers are being worked as
well as the quartz mines.
A correspondent writes that Austin
Burcham has struck a big thing in his
mines at Goler, Kern County. Several