The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-07
MINING NOTES.

The 1906 gold output Of New South Wales
v was s s, ,s ounce the largest annual
that country was ISL, 5S4 ounces.
The Shellberger placer mine at osceoia.
New. recently cleaned up $1,000 from
twenty-four days work. There Is rich
gravel In that vicinity. but very little
The Providence Mining Company has
decided not to rebuild It's recently destroy
ed chlortnation works. Satisfactory ar
r r,, en- s,s have been made by which 1t
The Trail Mining Company. in the Koo-
tenay district, British Columbia. Is run
ming lower tunnel eight feet wide. hav-
,nS Two power drills. side by side, in the
Is making eight feet per day.
The Consolidated Asphalt Company has
sub-lessed the right 10 mine for asphalt
upon the Guadalupe rancho. In Santa Bar
bara county. for a term OF years, from
William Horswick. the original lessee
from Rene do Tocqueviile. the owner. for
Dr. Y. T. McGiIlleuddy. dean Of the
G., Smith; professor of geology and met
allurgy. have gone to Portland. in that
stat: state. to begin a geological and ,opograph,.
Ruby basin district.
Il Is reported that in the Diamond Hill
mines In Montana, which were lately pur-
chased By a Scotch syndicate. u new vein
cred. The machinery FOR. the new 100
stamp min 20 be- erected Mt this property
has been ordered In San Francisco.
Some people at Needles are looking into
on the Colorado river. near old liverpool
landing. TO pump water across the range
In work the big placer grounds on the
S Sas,srn s,epe. There are said 20 be rich
deposits IN the Chimehuevas mountains.
At the Broken Rlii Proprietary. Aus
tral!a. for the four weeks ending Angus.
-. the amount OF ore treated was 3s.tG
tons. Refinery products: Gold. 40 ounces.
me; silver. aSi .2ti ounces fine: soft lead.
l-u1a tons antimoniai lead. ~ tons: copper
matte. containing 2i9 tons, 81 tons cop
per- JisS ounces fine silver.
Heinrich. Hedges and Brown have
bought the property OF the San Jose Min
Ing Company. Eagle canyon. Cherry creek.
fer sse,eeo. and viii put In n cyanide plant
The property vas formerly superintendent
worked by the ponohoc Kelly bank OF San
Francisco
The season Of forest fires has opened
and there Is reported considerable destrnc-
ton in the Sierras about Tahoe and
throughout idaho. Washington and Brit
ish Columbia In the SLOGAN country the
miners are HAVING some difficulty from
this source. and. In cases. pros pecto are
driven out OF the mountains
The Consolidated Albcrni Company's
stamp mill Is now almost ready and
stamping Will he commenced this week
ne CATARACT NtIrauffc C1affn being
taken up by a Californian. and it fs an
ucipsted that the two miles or 80 Of nufne
burnt out during the recent bush fires
VIII NJ once be replaced and work be
pushed forward again.
u is announced that the silver King. az
Park City, Utah which has paid s7S7 600 IN
dividends Will while lead Is 50 low keen
It's supply out OF the market and cease
paving dividends for ;suie The suspen-
sion OF dividends wilt reduce the Income
~ the stockholders by Siis5so for the re-
ms,nde- OF the present year unless there
should be a marked advance In ere price
% lead.
The RossiSnd Miner says DR.. 7 W. Pow
eH. vino IS a member Of one ~ the COM
ran'es VITA which Frederick " North Is
connected. viii probably remain there per-
rnaneas.y as Mr.. Sorth's represents tive
pr. Powell whose home IS 81 Victoria. H.
"A british Columbia pioneer. Ne travelled
ever the Dsaaney trasl long before IL was
suspected that there were any mines in
the Trait creek country
The prospects and mines siong :he North
Fork ~ the Salmon river arr row attrs Ct
2rg much attention from both capitalist
ard prasnsctor. The camp - situated on
tse Nelson & Fort sheppard railway.
horSler between the great sold belt OF
Trail creek district aud tire wonderful Hail
mines The eFps Of the camp rule
carry vaiae in both gold and silver, the
SitssY skus 'ag n greater quantities on
rN~ surface but fhe value IN geld sncr%ss-
ing ia depth. Th> formation Ia hue-
gra iaef dseri:e h~trg identical with the
formation - th- Resslari Red Mountain
Tae camp . bat seven miles frosn The