The sun., 1896-08-17

from stytonish. on the Great Northern Rail, All
miles. Il viii open the Becker Creek district
where copper. was discoyesed last fall snd loca. @
conda group were made on a ledge gSo feet nI IN
width lying between granite and ala s,ate ll. wslls.
suiSSS sRs trail al The dsysopsnt o the
rrines will begin about Aug. is. -,
the Miller River GISSnry on tss hst%tee aS5s
SR SeinS freely es used in the ming. and in mskins
ss. SsFGa season rSs@s Was RS GRsr I ss RON '0 ''
| In silver Greek district, forty-nye miles
from shs there erns %nSS s on
mines awaiting shipment, but the tardy con.
struction OF wagon roads prevents. The ls.est
miners had trsmped over It for nye years. and
eeos tG D9S nek St r Sss
| q mile. The ledge is six feet wide. between
granite and slate walls, and the ore ASSAYS $40
The Vandaiia has 400 sacks Of $50 ore on the
dump. awaiting shipment, and II Is estimated
In silverton district the Deer Greek Mining
Company have forty two mon employed In the
development OF twelve claims. They have a
pack train Of forty-hve horses, and are DacR-
es ss frG% nnG Rf a mass i2 the
to the smeltcrs on Saturday. The ore 10 cop
per and Iron ,pyritss, carryirE good per
In M"nte Cristo Goat Lake, and Slate dis.
tricts several hundred miners are employed
In the first. named the shipments of ore and
concentrates are about 200 tons q month.
The sMSn rSesr rsest mnss IN DaT Wsss wbs
the aarastrss and mills of Peshostin are doing
fully as well.
produced 1900 bars OF bullion, weighing 49,
3sl pounds, valued at s55,sl3; g6 ,o2e ounces
Of SiSea 8 or yaS. os
S86,O42.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Near seachart, on the west coast Of Van
which outcrops on tidewater and extends into
the mountains, is being opened up. On the
silver, and per cent. copper. At o depth of
eighteen feet the percentage CT gold and cop
On Pool Greek, flvo miles from the. CarIboo
wagon road, a ledge 100 feet wide has been dis
covered and is now being worked. 1t has been
solid mass of copper pyrites from wall to wall.
1t is estimated that the Cariboo and Ques.
nellie countries will yield nearly S1,ooo.ooo
All the placer mines along the Frazer River
are in successful operation, and great deal
In Kootenai. for the six months ending on
July !. 40. 900 tons Of ore were treated. produe-
the the same period Ie, 900 tons of ore were shipped
out Of the district to other smeltera, the value
of Ss Ssce Tss ofeF ss Yves. Of tn.
West Le Roi and Josie, on Trail Greek, has
been bought by Montreal capitalists for $So,.
900 cash.
The steamer Topeka, on her last trip down,
brought gold dust and bullion to the amount
the north brings more or less Treasure.
Prof. Kimbail. mining engineer. sailed on
the Queen ws fhs manning 10 aaaa
island. near the Treadwell, for New York
men. This is the property that is reputed 70
phuret ore similar in character to the Tread
well.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
DEApwooD, Aug. 15.-The Davey smelter
has been blown in for continuous run. It
will take the ores OF the Union Hill Company.
The plant will add much to the product OF the
market all silver-lead ores To be found in the
hills and will s'ake that class Of mining pro-
found that runs so per cent. lead. about nifty
ounces silver. and So golu. and this will be
as hsG as i iii @ ounces silver ha. been found
near by in the past week;
The Pluma mines will resume operations
count Of Disbursements. They are free milling
and can be pr"titably worked.
At the Dividend mine samples taken with
care show from S57 TO $50 in gold. The ore
shoot Is opened fifteen feet in width and is PA
feet hsk on tho The mine is pF0duo
At the Golden, Summit Foley brothers. les
Pees, have opened rich shoot Of siliceous ore.
ID,
three feet thick. and runs about Sa4. Shaft
work indicates that tho orc body is large and
permanent.
south of town, are now steadily feeding the D.
stamp mill on the property. and the clean-ups
made since work began show the rock to run
from 81 to SPAS q ton, besides . large per cent.
of concentrates. The ore IL taken from the sur
% he homestake. ONE The % mil viii bs enlarged and M
the concentrates treated elsewhere.
Returns from the Ophir, Yellow Greek.
VIII lD-tO q af
the rate of 5000 to the ton. Two more cars
are the way, from which they expect TO get
$40. 900.
At keystone the Holy Terror made o clean
up from q two weeks run aud saved eleven
pounds of gold. about $4,000. The mine is
and the shaft has reached a depth of 375 feet
drift will be run TO connect Il with the vein,
and great things are looked for on contact
The Golden Slipper is now down goo feet
with tho vein seven feet wide at that depth.
The ore Is running about $50.