The sun., 1896-02-10

Tho Blue He'll mine OF the South Kootenay
district shipped $4,000 tons OF gnlena ore In
Eastern capitalists. arc negotiating for the
Dolcoath mine, which Is an extension OF the
Mcssrs. Woods stark 4 Co., who are work
Ing the Company mine at Rochester. have un.
workings in tho mine. The. orc runs s15 per
ton and a car load has been shipped to Helena.
Tho Old Dexter. mine near AIgenta will soon
The shaft win Gc sunk to the 500. foo, level.
Henry Pankey has leased from tho Alder
known KNOW as BiaEc's % iolS 1t is what what is known as
dropping Of the bed rock, which is about fifty
worked by Lucius kellogg, who constructed an
expensive drain and sink on the property. In
cayed In, Mr., Kellogg and others were severe
ly injured, and the work was abandoned. Mr
Pankcy proposes TO drain the hole by steam
The, Anaconda Copper Company is sinking
two three, compartment shafts ut Camp Creek
$500 feet apart. Both shafts are now down
a5O feet The cross cut at the 200 foot level IN
copper % ore. The ' trend Of the the lead lea rs Is north.
west by southeast and 1t runs parallel with the
main range of the Rocky Mountains, only u mile
point. The. contract has been let for u new
smclter at Anaconda for the Anaconda Copper
and II the washoe sI and nd Pa Pauin mines il Butte
Will be treated at the new smeltcr. The com
pany Is understood to be well pleased with the
Developments at Camp Creek.
IDAHO.
IDAHO CITY. Feb. Binder ap act Of Con-
Eress passed when Idaho Territory was organ
lied in 1868 every sixteenth and thirty.sixth
section of land were given to the state for
school purposes. At that time no surveys had
been made. and no one had any idea where the
sections y would fal. Since surveys have e,sn zen
best mines of the state are on school sections
and many more may fall to the state. Over
NtS.It al IN.
quish such lands and take Others in lieu of
them.but now the state officials refuse to keep
the the saosS sth
sist in keeping the lands they must be appraised
and sold at public auction, and those owning
bidding against others for the mines they
have spent much money in developing. $500,
low Creek district. in the southwest portion OF
this county. Some of the shafts have reached
depths q 100 feet, where the ores, are much
country, ten or twelve miles in diameter, seems
to be a network Of lodges. Some telluride ores
At Rocky Bar the prospects for good min
ing year are very flattering. as much good ore
Is coming out. campbell 4 Irwin have twenty
Charles Hopkins has lease on another portion
Of the lode. MalmhurE \ swanhGm II are tax
and Adam Gottsch, at the Richmond, and
Joseph Pearson. at the Champion, have good
rs"a f% Jh nj E9ra is
although it is feared the wocd will give out
before the snow settles sufficiently to permit
of huuling. AS this is a very wet mine, II Is
necessary to keep the Pumps at work day and
night.
of HALEY, will attract unusual attention this
Mr. James II. IIawley has been elected Prcsi-
ThS eds M tS 70
become an important quartz camp. are from
few inches to forty feet in width, and will mill
t.lyp 1,...
The Crescent Cold Mining Company's pr property
is small vein of ore milling $40 per ton. 1t
Is 'ot anoer aop rch vein
opened, and made producer within the past
six months. Several other mines in the dis
developed and worked rs soon as the snow is
or. SO that supplies can be taken in. Like
is not. during the winter months. accessible by
wagons, and not much will be done until the
roads are again open.
NEW MEXICO.
SILVER CITY, n. NJ. Feb 3.-Thcre has been
n great deal of excitement ut Las Vegas on ac-
count of the reported discovery of large gold
field within six miles of that place. Quite
and the owners are confident that they have
valuable properties. The gold Is found in a
blanket vein the thickness Of which has not yet
becn determined. Tho ore Is very low grade,
but the holders of claims expect to make n
profit of 81 q ton on all ore shipped. Whether
mined at n profit in New Mexico. 1t is said,
however, that the expense, of taking out the
margin of profit.
The excitement in the Black Mountain dis;
considerable work is being done The camp
will soon have additional facilities for treat
ing ore, and u railroad Is already in prospect
to the camp.
NEGOTIATIONS nre still pending for the sale Of
number Of mines in the , Carlisle isle district to
las been little ns Sorh sSi in tHs
camp. A number of these mines have been
producing good ore. and they have reached such
development that ore can be produced in large
Very little work Is being done in Sierra
ssd tas ngn
OF the mines, at Hcrnosa and Chloride are
being, operated, under leases: and ore is being
was one OF the most fourishing camps in New
Mexico ten years ago. Very little work has been
done there since silver fell below ninety, cents
mines there are now idle. The same is true
OF the Lake Valley district.
One quartz mill Is in operation at Gold Hill
and operations will soon be resumed ON the
mine there.
:, Two copper mines, the Native COPPER and the
Rose mine. near Georgetown. were closed
down last week. but operations will be re-
sumed in the near. future, a few leascrs are
and some very high-grade ore is being taken
out. most of which is shipped to the Deming
sampler.
strike recently made in the Silver Chord
at Pinos Altos is turning out well. The
averages over 500 II ton. and carries both gold
and silver. Some or the ore runs high 81. 200
II ton. The vein is increasing in width. and
the mine promises to rival the Silver Cell, dis
covered some years ago near pln0s Altos. and
which is still producing very high grade silver
ore.
Most of the gold mines at Pinos Altos are in
operation. and more development work than
usual is going on. The $50 foot level has
been reached in the Golden Giant. and dcyc-
opment is being pushed as rapidly AS possible
IN connection with the operation of the mine
and mill. The production Of ore has been
commenced at the Mountain Key, although
the work Of retmbering the shaft is not yet
completed. The ore which is now being taken
out of this mine runs over $50 n ton in gold.
The vein is narrow. but ore of this grade pays n
good profit over the expense of mining and
milling.
ARIZONA.
TUCSoN, Arlz.. Jan. 3O.-The Copper Glance
mine has ordered II crilsher from Chicago. Tho
ore Is rich in silver and also carries copper and
gold. The mine was opened six years ago, hut
has been actively worked only three years. The
product last year was between 1000 and
$40, 900.
On Tuesday last the new mill at the Oro and
Julia commenced operations. They are
in the ORC Blanco inning district. The su-
pcrintendent of the mines came in yesterday
with gold bar valued at 5000 Us a result of the
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