The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1896-12-04
MINES and MINING.
What Mining Men Are Doing
Throughout the World.
DISCOVERIES AND ENTERPRISES
Considerable Activity Displayed in
Gold, Silver and Other
Properties.

LYMAN u. Loomis, of the Gold Coin
Mining company, in the Red Lion dis
trict III Granite county, arrived in
| Butte last week from Cleveland, Ohio.
Quite number of locations have re-
Gently been made at USk, Wash whel e
IL new camp ha, been discovered. The
claims are only three miles from the
Pend d'Oreille river.
Rumor says that J. r. DeIIamar is
concluding a sale of his Nevada and
Utah mines in England for $1,000. O00
These properties are now producing
about 81, 900. 900 per year.
There is considerable activity in the
Okanogan country, Washington. at
present. The Palmer mountain tunnel
is expected to demonstrate whether or
not the lodges continue with depth.
The National Ore and Reduction
company of 415 Locust street, st.
Louis. Mo-. is the old Hartzfeld
furnace swindle, under new name.
1t sends out circulars which are pure
lies. Industry.
The deepest vertical shaft in Colorado
is on the Gyser, at Silver Cliff 1t is
a three compartment and is 1906 feet
deep. It is now going for 250O. The
largest hoisting plant III the state is
Oh this mine.-Industry.
The London Trade Journals Review
) remarks that the election of Mr.. Nc
Kinley was. for the British manu-
facturer, the lesser Of two evils. Free
} silver coinage by the United States
; would hurt English tradesmen more
than high tariff by that country"
A correspondent of the Wall Street
Reporter writes from Durhamville,
) New York, of the discovery of gold
quartz veins there, which show assays
running from $25 to 5000 per ton. He
) says that he has thirty-two claims in
st. Lawrence county and has discov-
cred mines enough in the state to food
} the gold market for ten years. He
admits that the statement may seem
incredible.
In a gravel mine at Cherokee, Butte
county, CAL, the owner claims that
owing to lightness and toughness of
the ground he washes it four times.
The first washing only brings from
~ to 50 to the man per day, but the
second about 81 to the man. and the
third from SO to 81 to the man per day.
The tailings are left to dry out well
and after wheeling 1000 yards fourth
washing yields SO to 81 to the man.
Great Salt Lake, Utah, has for sew.
eral years been furnishing good part
of the surrounding country with salt.
Lately the salt company, while driv-
ing some piles, discovered stratum OF
sulphate of soda, or glauber's salt.
with a slight mixture of silica, which
can be easily separated. 1t is claimed
that there is sufficient quantities tC
make the discovery of value. Most OF
our sulphate of soda comes from Eu.
rope.
D. A. Riley, who has been quietly
testing the ores of the Southern Gross
mine at Georgetown, is confident that
he has discovered method of treat
ment at cost not to exceed - so pei
4 ton. The principal part of the share.
of the company are held in Butte
There is abundance of ore in the prop
erty and if an economical method o.
working the ores can be found thu
:. Southern Cross would be big pro
ducer.
From February /, 1896, to Novembe
l, 1896, there were coined at th'
d United States mints 16, 1862, 922 stand
ard silver dollars from the silver bull
lion on and purchased under the &C
of July IA, 1890. The seigniorag
upon this amount was So, ,051, 43O. Sill
yer bullion purchased under the act o
= 1890 on hand November ], 1896, wa
1875, O6l 1868 fine ounces, which cost tn
| government $112, S65, ,625. The coinag
value of this amount is $161, ,693, 900.
| The last three payments on tn
Prize mine, Deer Lodge county, whicl
was sold some time ago by the Murra
brothers to Irwin @. Stump and others
was made recently, and the propert
is in the hands of the new owners
The purchase price was $4,000. This
a mine that was offered in London
few months since for G150, 900. or
rather, shares were offered at that rat
| in company formed to purchase an
| operate it. OF this sum, e12O, 900 wa
to go to the vendors and ego, 600 70
| working capital.
The Miners Protective association
of Tuolumne county. Cal, offers
standing reward of $3.50 for evidenc
that shall lead to the conviction of an
person for stealing gold dust. amalgal
or quicksilver from any mining claim
tunnel, sluice, under-current, rifle bo
or sulphuret machine, the propert
of any member of said association, an
reward of $50 for evidence that shal
lead to the conviction of any person fo
stealing from any mining claim be
longing to any member Of the associa
tion tools of value under $50.
Under the laws of Russia all gol
and silver mined must be registere
and taken to the imperial mint, whic
has agencies established for conven
ience in collecting. The mines ar
| the property of the crown, and Ger
tain percentage goes to the imperia
treasury. The result of this is tina
more or less is concealed; yet the Pre-
duction last year was placed at $34,
O0O,0 900. In most of the rich district
Il the methods employed are very crude
To remedy this IA number of expert
have been called upon from Californi
and other places to go there of late.
II Under the laws of the United State
| (Sec. 1924, which provides that tn
location OF a mining claim "must /
distinctly marked on the ground, S
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