The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-17
WESTERN MINING NOTES.


mine. opposite Bear Greek falls showed
800 ounces sjl:c: and onc-half ounce in
gold.
-Coal i'll large quantities has been
found on the edge of the Bad Lands,
south of the Pine Ridge agency In
dams have gone to developing the finds.
In Strawberry gulch, three miles
from DeadwoOd, ore carrying from $40
to- $500 has been struck in the Bristol
mine: AS so far uncovered it is four
feet thick.
near Deadwood have been assaycd and
found to run 30 per cent. copper. The
exact location of the discovery is known
only to those Interested.
-SOme Of the ore i'll the Reddy mine
ut Deadwood assays $4,000 to the ton
i'll gold. The ore looks like mud. That
which is being taken out of the mine
right along runs several hundred dol
lars.
An important find is reported on the
ModOc on Bull hill, Cripple Greek. At
depth Of 80 feet level was run and
twelve inches Of ore was entered that
shows free gold and assays into the
thousands.
Pueblo parties have taken fifteen
day option on the Mammoth Chimney
mine at Vulcan. Col, for $4,000. This
is one of the best properties in the Goose
Greek belt as the ore runs about $1,000
to the carload.
In Strawberry gulch. three miles
from Deadwood, ore carrying from S1U,-
600 to $4,000 ton in gold has been
struck i'll the Bristol mine. The ore is
carbonate of iron, showing free gold in
large quantities. The ledge uncovcre,
is II feet wide and about feet thick.
The Juniper lode, half mile from
the Holy Terror, has sold for $50, 600,
the highest price ever paid for pros
pect i'll the Black hills. The shaft has
been sunk only twelve feet. and ore
two feet thick. carrying gold to the
value of $4,000 to the ton, has been
struck.
told has been found in paying guam
titles in the streets of fancy, Idaho.
The gold was found by prospectors, who
were preparing to 60 to the mountains
While testing their pans with dirt from
the road, they discovered colors. and I'M
mediately set to work. They are averag
! ing $3.50 per day.
In Garrison county, COL, the Moose
mine shows seven feet of ore which will
run. from $3.50 to $500 per ton in silver.
and about an ounce of gold In the
Nelson lease there is also rich streak.
| 1.-The Louisa tonic, near Jamest own.
Boulder county, Col, recently sold six
tolls VI ore at TlUU ton.
A Cedar City (Utah) correspondent,
strike in the State Line district. The
| find is BLUSH gray quartz heavily i'm
| prcgnated with mineral in brownsh
veins carrying free gold in great quanti-
ties apparently associated with iron.
| Some of the samples produced free gold
| of enormous richness.
There have been rich strikes Of pea
cock copper in the past few days ut
Meadcyille. near Butte, Mont, in the
Minnie Healey mine, located near the
Hcinze smeltcr. The find was made un-
der bond for purchase at 100000, and
the lead is 8 feet wide. feet being pea
cock copper. The strike probably means
| IL fortune.
Some very rich float ore was found
short time ago at the head of Polo
| creek, North Dakota. 1t was fairly COW
cred with free gold. Since then there
has been a stampede to the locations
made by the discoverer and his friends,
and the entire country has been stakcd
| The ore is siliciOus, and the float assays
in the hundreds to the ton.
| According to the Carson Appeal Peck
| Bros, who have been running tailings
| from the Morgan and Mexican mills for
some time past, have been making mon
cy. The amount of bullion produced has
always Deen matter or sueSSWOrk, but
these are the figures: Out of II 500 tons
| worked in three months from January /.
1896, $42,23S13 was netted
| The excitement at Squaw creek.
South Dakota. continues. All the ground
in the vicinity is staked and a large
amount of property is changing hands.
The ore, which is iron and lead car
Donate, assays between $3.50 and 5000
to the ton. Some of the ground has
| been held since 1879. and This is the
| first high-gradc ore that has been found,
Strict Etiquette.
In Baron Rothschild's recent book of
| anecdotes he tells some curious tales of
| the extremely stringent rules of etiquette
! which prevailed at the French court in
| the reign of Louis the Sixteenth. Marie