The sun., 1896-10-05
IN THE MINING WORLD.
TIE MISsHG EkDRRATIoN BADLY
BELTBN AT LEADTILLE

DENVER. Sepb dU.-Ihe LehdVlllo btrlko
has practically settled the fact that the dorni'
nation OF the Western Fedsrs tion OF Miners
will not be permitted IN this State As in Mon
tana and idaho. Troops have stopped law
lessness, and the long struggle OF fifteen weeks
hes about exhausted tho patience Of sensible
miners. Tho mine operators are now build.
Ing heavy stcckNdes about their properties, and
win reopen with n full eomplement of miners,
many of them desoTters from the union forces.
The minors union 10 not lisoly soon TO attempt
70 control Colorado mining camp again.
The present daily yield 10 about 400 tons
from twonty-hvs mines. Nine Of the larger
n,ihes now idle can produce about l,loo tons
daily.
The recent strike IN the May Belle at Cripple
Creek shows pay streak twelve feet wide,
with orc grading from 500 to S4oo per ton.
Tho Lucky Cuss prodhced this month 100
tons OF the usual high. grade ore. II will be
operated all winter. The mine has developed
two shipping veins. The Last Dollar mine
is shipping a carload daily OF hiRh-gride ore
and about twenty cars per month OF low grade
which goes to the cyanide works. High grade
ore has been opened up In the Republic on
6uyot Hin. Assays at fifty fest return from
$50 to 81 400. The Gold Coin Company has
taken mp the S5s. .o00 bond on the property,
and is nov in full possession. The produc-
ton for the month is about 100000. Tho In
dependence produced about 500 tons this
month, averaging about S7b.
Central City 10 prosperous. The Forfnr
mine has been leased The Gettysburg shaft
Is driving down to tho o0o-foot level. The
Galena Is shipping regularly % local mills.
The First Centennial mino has opened
rev body Of smelling ore, twelve tons net
ting 500 TO the ton. The Golden Treas
uro las bocn lcasoi, and tho wator Is
being removed from Tho 1000 foot shaft.
Last month the Ophir- Burroughs shipped
thirty tons Of smelling ore that averaged $3.50
per ION. and kept fifteen stamps busy on
milling orc. ONor thirty mines are doing de-
reloTmcnt work.
Tn. season at Georgetown Is about closed
During tho year O number OF promising lodes
were discovered, and some old properties were
developed. The Mascot group of mines on
Saxon Mountain has been sold to the Doric
Gold Mines, Limited, of London. Thu Die
tator. under lease, is being further explored
q recent test returning 4os ounces of silver to
the ton. Operations have heen resumed upon
the Murray mine. The Tenth Legion mine ut
Empire at Its lowest level returns .35 ounces
gold to the ton from twenty-inch vein.
Tho Gold Dirt. Gold Bug. Edinburgh, Noun
tain Ram, Little Hope, and West Extension
mines arc also active.
At the Big Chief mine on Alps Mountain a
shipr,ent last week showed ESQ ounces silver
and one of gold TO the ton.
In Hahn's Peak country the Tom Thumb
sent six more tons OF GOLD ore to Denver smelt-
ers. The shaft Ia forty-nve feet deep. The
Minnie D. at Columhine has shipped to Lead.
Vile four tons OF high grade gold ore.
Last week some Italian miners opened up a
rich vein Of gU'd- bearing quarts in Deer Park,
near silverton. The assays show over S5.-
600 to the ton. The Montana mine in Deer
Park is now forty-fre feet deep. and the gold
taken out has paid all expenses. The Ridge
way mine in Maggie Gulch ships a car load Of
high-Rrade ore each week.
The san Miguel county mining district 10
SksS. aost prosperous portion OF the State. Near
TelluT,.te the Smugsler. Columbia. Japan.
Tom Boy. X. C. Hhmboldt. Hector and Val
Icy View are stSeay shippers Tho Japan is
driving a cross-cut tuunel which is now 1000
feet desp. Ths Columbia 10 running g 80
stamp mill. an6 handles oyer 100 carloads OF
mineral daily. The smuRaler 70 concentrat-
ing about seventy-fvs tons daily. The Tom
boy ia treating about l75 tons daily. which
yields over a ca-lnad of concentrates worth So5
per ton.
Rico clippers are the Princeton. Iron Mine.
Enterprise. Black Hawk, Wellington, Logan.
&. II. :. Swansea. Grand Duke Pigeon. and
hico- t-pen Al ppAIr tnt silver beli, ler-
rible, Texas Caribou. suffolk. What Cheer.
and San Bernardo are steady shippers.
CAIIFoRNIA.
Los ANGELES. CAL. Sept. 26.-The Cedras
Island mines have leea bonded by English
operators. The last lot Of orc shipped from
the mines 10 Pueblo before they were closed
oil account CT the strike was 130 tons, and
yielded net returns of S1l 900.
Within the In pi yhfsen thS 0,.. olJ
mines with records As bullion producers have
teen reopened In the Grass Valley district. I
The Rocky Bar and Massachusetts Hill prop
erty produced over S5.o0o.O0o from early
workings. and tho Allison Ranch yielded over
- ,0o0, 900 before It was closed. The Gold I'LL,
which was worked to IA depth OF 500 feet only .
yielded over S3,oOo.000. The Bullion. now
down about 800 feet. produced $500. 900. and
the Crown Point About $4,000. Improved
machinery has been put into these mines. aud
modern pumps. !un by electric power. are
handling the water that compelled the owners !
10 close tho mines a few years ago.
Developments IN the Gwin mine. Anlador' !
show very large body OF low-grade ore At !
the l.300-foot level the ledge is twenty feet
wide. and .ho new workings open It UP for /
1900 feet The value is about SS ton.
Joe Antoine. Portuguese miner In SIskiyou,
found last week nugget OF forty-seyen |
ounces, value S765. and ex.libited 1t in Yreka.
Twelve tonsof quartz from the Sheffield .
mine, Cnlaveras. recently milled, yielded
SDlS. and 5000 pounds shipped to fan Fran
els ~ and smSlted gave Il net profit Of $500.
The latest pocket taken out of the Birney
d. Hndsnn claim al Brown. Flat, TuoumnG,
yielded $3.50.
The supply OF water in the klamath River
has given out, and nearly all the hydraulic
ntIes have been closed down.
Fourteen claims In FL Dorado. known rs the
Ia hAN laAtN L,.,.. Il.
TWO years 10 rhomas T. Lane who lie prersr.
Ing to sink two double shafts to develop tie
ground. The consideration named in tho bond
10 t275,00c.
NEW MEXICO.
SILVER City, Sep. ?s.-The Confidence
mine and mill Mt NOgJllou Will be closed
down this week 10 ma ke alterations In the
mill. The mill has been reducing ABOUT
fhe steeple Rock Development Company. In
tho western part OF this county. las $50 men
at Hork;. how shaft has been commenced
ON the Jim Grow, which will be sunk 200 feet,
on tho Imperial and Davenport