The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-23
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I1bWk bllDDfu I'd Tic Denver NlltlNtlp ~ Nal
leads. ngLtegating 4,Tds tons, TINS snow
the condition OF Gilpin county eolu mines. I'm
h bTHse in nG ~ ware nre Of no tSsm G%psinI new machinery
new shaft houses. additional stamps At tn,
mills, new contracts for deepening shafts an'
a strike ~ reported in tho American At Sun
shine, which was at one time the best Tellur.
new. company bought the property, purchased
machinery, and began ,searchlng by cross.cut'
for the lost vein. A body twelve feet In thick
ness has been opened up which assays from
81. to S25 across the entire mass, while coca
S S%n rom s1roH & q to ' sro : psT I peu a'ioiO TSo T slIde
mine Is working q large force of men day and
night.
down for the winter, after .. successtul run on
200 tons. OF ore from the Mollie aud Tressa.
The Gold aud Silver Extraction Company will
set up q, cyanide process 70 treat thS tailinRs
from the ,Pnwnee and Murray mills. This
Murphy mine Is turning out large quantities
OF concentrates and appears TO have an Inn
menso reserve body OF ore.
An the mines OF Telluride are operating.
The mill ut the TombOy treats ! 40 tons daily.
which runs froom $50 to $40 in gold, Tho
Japan mine is to he opened up again. electric
power being substituted for steam. The CHM
9rron, working 100 men, s paying a %regulard d. +
dend OF $4,000 per month. The Telluride dis
cess Of several OF the big mines. The Aiie-
Rhany mine has been reopened, and the new
management has met with gratifying success;
gives concentrates worth S26 a ton.
AT Ophir the Suffolk forty.stamp mill is
in Red GkscEet. Five sets Of iessces Spon SUI
folk properties have been making good money
all season. IL is estimated TINT the gross out
out Of the Suffolk group will be $4,000 in
gold this year.
In the say Pit camp the Commercial is ire re,
Belle Champion is still peREing away AZ its
deep cross,cut tunnel. and no shipments are
made pending this work.
In the Hahn's Peak country lessees upon tho
Tom Thumb are preparing to work all winter
developing what seems 10 he n promising prop
erty. Another shipment Is now on the road
to Denver for another test: This mine Is a
f6sIiUSN Watched with keen interest by The smell.
All tho big mines OF the Red Mountain dis:
trict are closed down. and the entire camp will
be dead until next year. The Yankee Boy
group. with fifteen men at the s~ixty.ton MILL
aad will operate ali winter. The mine has
90. 1000 tons OF ore In sight, hut its successful
operation depends upon the arket value OF sill
yer.
TUCSON. Aria, Nov. 3.-Thcrc are several
thousand square miles of bituminous coal in
and east OF the Painted Desert region. This
Goa! crops out in many places. and ut one point
has II thickness OF twenty-three feet. The San
Carlos coal fields lie east OF the Painted Des-
ert tract, and extend northeast into Colorado
In many places, and as Ear as IS known consists
OF three strata. the first two having a thick
lower stratum is often fifteen feet thick. The
development OF the san Carlos coal deposits has
been retarded by the fact that they are covered
by tho Indian reservation. but surveys are now
being made looking to the segregation Of these
fields from the Goyernment reserve;
The Gladiator mill In the Bradshaw Noun
"a 4 was started up Il few days ago.
ill., crowned King mill is again dropping
us " s!ai r. i d K! f. Eng ae HaSeti who have been
r'Lgec mining about ten miles up tho river
from the Cameron copper niue in the Grand
Canon district, report that there is sufficient
auid deposits TO enable one to make fair wages,
bat that the clay nature of the ground makes IL
difficult to extract the metal.
Hvdraulic mining will soon begin on the
Pumpkin Pie placer claim on the Hassaye mpa.
bug district gives promise OF being one of the
best producers IN the Territory. There are
twelve claims in the group, but development
work TO any extent has been done only on tho
1ampicO and Yankee Blade. From assays the
1ump.co ore averages from 500 TO sl49 per
tun. ihe ore from the Yankee Blade ruas
=. {. Hughes has located sixteen mining
Mcunialns. Which give great promise. About
$1,000 worth Of deTelonInent work has seen
d sSIpssd and sroS Sa0; ihe E SS5,h Of G MS. has Io sfss
makes a good living while doing his assess
men: work .,i He ship SHIPPED S,n si so TT tons TO
are All large. the groupings showing n width
north Of Tucson, viii soon be- opened up with
a large working capital.
WARRINGTON.
SEATTLE. Nov. l4.-In Meadow Creek. Lake
SDtItu NlStClCI. IL W from luo Duo Jay Is
assaylng rs per cent. copper. So gold. and 10
ounces silver. A tunnel has been driven stxty
In Cont Lake district. in the Cascade range.
the Penn Mining Company are driving a tun-
mel l.600 feet TO cross:out several hedges.
Elliott River Company. on parallel lodges. are
being developed by I 40 tunnels which are be-
200 feet. These VEINS are twenty feet wide on
the surface. and carry steel galena with a high
percentage of silver.
Tine ROpanYa Oman prnun- near Silyertop
which has been under bond 10 Dennis Ryan,
the hotel man OF st. Paul. has changed hands,
the consideration being $3.50. O0O.
The wagon road having been completed TO
the Deer Creek group of mines. in Silverton
milling, So per. ton in copper. gold, and silver.
The ledge is thirty, feet vide.
The Ocean Beach placer mines at Lnpush,
along the mouth OF Quill4ute River, which sus-
pended operations through scarcity OF water
during September and October. have again ro-
surned. and four Banta gold washing machines
are producing At the rate of SIG to $50 per
day TO the machine, or SIS to $40 per day 10 the
man.
There is a steady flow OF concentrates from
the Monte SGtsto conGentrator, the output be-
The Apex mine in Trout Creek is now giving
net returns Of 800 per ton:
The Alice mine has a ledge ton feet wide
which has been traced for 1, 200 feet. The ore
goes from So To Sl2 gold and from ) to 10 per
cent. copper.
british COLUMBIA.
SEATTLE. Nov. 1.-THE party of explorers
HHH%H ON f~fS ~ AAA ~ "a hA'Ao
he omineca country north OF Cassiar has re.
turned. The first pay ground struck WAS on
Mansen Greek. ono OF the main tributaries of
Omineca River, where they located 800 acres
for tho Olninecn Hydraulic Company. and dug
II ditch toiIr miles III length, with power sufi-
cient to run several mills. Men were left on
the ground To erect cabins and prepare tho
sluices this winter. Capt. Black reports IL to
DO "a rich gold. country, suitable for the opera.
tons OF large hydraulic companies rather than
FOR individual enterprise backed by small cap
ital.
On tho Quesrelle the Golden River Com
rhny Will build a dam tn divert the waters OF
the South Fork. and this winter Will give en-
ploymenJ to 100 mon, expecting 10 complete
the work before tho spring ~freshets; This en-
Ierpriso Will lay bare miles OF rich river bed.
The Caribou Hydraulic Company has closed
down. and will not resume Till April or May.
Its total cleanup of gold dust amounted to
SIZE. 900. tho washings beginning In July.
In the Horsedy Basin and Upper Beaver Lake,
Caribou district. X. II. Campbsll, - mining on
glneer. has Just located l.OOO acres OF placer
ground for Canadian people.
In Slocum distric; the Stars dividends 10
date are nearly $500. 900, and the mine IL in
first-class condition. The ledge Ia thirty-fve
feet wide, with tunnels, drifts, and crOss-cuts
aggregating ., 5C0 feet.
The ledge of the Silver King mine, nine
miles from Nelson. Is from forty 10 nifty feet
wide, and the mine is opened by Workings az
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