The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1896-12-04

monument is placed aV cACIl COTuci anu
at the center Of each end, with one
or more notices of location. 1t is I'M
material that the lines and monuments
of an official survey of mining claim
are not identical with those OF the
original location, the location being
void only so far as it exceed the statu-
tory requirements .-Howety VS.. Sui
Ienger (45 Pacific Reporter, S4O). Su-
preme Court of California. -Enigneer-
ing and Mining Journal.
The Canadian government is doing
good, timely work in the way of max
ing examinations of the mining dis
tricts of British Columbia. w. A.
Carlyle, the government mineralogist.
published a short time ago report
upon the mines of the Trail Greek dis
trict, and has lately been on the SLOGAN
and about Toad mountain and other
localities R. G. Mcconnell, of the
dominion geological survey depart
ment, has been examining the ge-
ology Of certain parts Of the Kootenay
country. While Mr. Mcconnell is ex-
amining the geology Mr.. Carlyle has
been examining more particularly the
mines themselves. One of the main
duties Of Mr.. Carlyle's Office is to col
lect and publish reliable statistics OF
the products of the mines.
Coal mining is promising to become
an important industry in Arizona. IL
the northeastern part Of the territory
| extensive bodies of bituminous coal are
encountered north and east of the
Painted desert REGION. This coal crops
out in many places, and at one point
has thickness of 23 feet The Sar
Carlos coal lands lie east of the
Painted desert tract. and extend north
east into Colorado and New Mexico.
It comes to the surface in many places
and as far as now known consists OF
| three stratas, the first two having {
thickness of four feet while the last
and lower one is often found 10 feet il
thickness. One thing which has pre-
vented the development of the Sar
Carlos coal measures is the fact that i
is covered by the Indian reservation
and unless some steps are taken by
congress no work can be done.
/ According to late estimate in thu
! Alaska Mining Record, the output o
! gold in Alaska this year will be owe,
80 per cent. larger than last year, whel
it was about SO, 600, 900. The total fo
this year is placed at 81, G70,0 o
which 50. 355. 900 comes from quart
mines and So, 450, 900 from placers
While these estimates are probabl.
rather high, there can be no doubt tina
!; there has been large increase owe
; last years output and that q furthe
increase will be noted next year. No
only are number Of large, new quart
mines being made productive, but th
placers will no doubt be worked NOR
Systematically and intelligently. O
the large number Of people who wen
to Alaska last spring many will not g
again. Their absence will not be
drawback OF those who will go n
in the spring, there is every indication
that a larger proportion will be intelli
gent miners, prepared by experien
, and equipment for good work.
The Page Gold Mining company is
sues prospectus bearing in gilt tn
letters "Gold.'' In it we find that
is corporation organized under tn
{ laws of Maine, and that "the compan
owns three gold mines of ten acre
each, and each mine has we'll define
, vein of ore running the entire lengt
, of the property" 1t is hard to te
! whether or not this statement is pre-
duction Of ignorance. At any rate
nothing could be more foolish than t
call ten acres of ground. wholly unde
veloped. mine, or thirty acres thre
gold mines. Nor are there any thre
3 we'll defined veins of ore known to /
> running the entire length of the proI
erty. 1t is a property located o
Rhyolite mountain, Cripple Creek, an
at best the claims are prospects of yer
uncertain value. The prospectus has
. lot of other information, all abo1
: Cripple Greek, but having no bearin
. Oh this property. A remarkable STATE
Z ment in it is to the effect that tt
worlds supply Of silver exceeds the ii
= mand, shows the author to be as is
l norant of this question as he is
> what constitutes mine Denver Nil
9 ing Industry and Review.