Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-01-29
WESTERN MINING NOTES.

A fine ledge of anthony ore has
been struck in a mine in Bloody canyon,
between Unionville and Star, New, and
q short time since shipped carload OF
ore to New York city.
The Gait Mining company in Mon
tana sent each of it's stockholders a
neat card wishing them the compliments
of the season and inclosing at the same
time a check for a dividend at the rate
of 10 cents 4 share.
The interest in the Salida gold field
in Colorado still continues and new
claims are being regularly developed.
New finds of fne-looking ore are com
mon and local surveyors make most
encouraging reports as to the prospects.
The Durango (Col) Democrat says:
ga La Plata miner assayed his door mat
and returns indicate twelve ounces gold
and no silver The gang will sluice
their carpets and run blankets through
the rooster next week. Gold. How
much do you want?'
-Arizonas mineral output for 1895,
roughly estimated, is as follows: Gold,
Sc, 2O0,OO0; silver, 375 900 ounces; copper,
6O,OOOOOO pounds; lead 100000 pounds:
The gold output for the year was marked
by a steady rise of production, and
1896 is expected to double the above fig
ures.
One of the greatest gold strikes ever
made in Arizona since the famous Old
Vulture find by Henry Wickenburg in
1864 was made at Castle Greek, a new
camp about sixty miles east of Phoenix.
William g. Gray of Denver, Col,
Cripple Creek operator, discovered q
three-foot ledge of free-milling ore which
assays $125 a ton.
-leasers of the Quito mine report a
rich strike according to a correspondent
writing from Idaho Spring. Col The
mineral has been running about $40 a
ton for two months past, but as a clos
ing climax to the successes of 1885 the
mineral suddenly began indicating high
er values. 1t was closely saved for
few days and when shipped to the ore
buyers it ran $500 to the ton, thirty
nine ounces of it being in gold.
An estimate gathered from the
Wells, Fargo & Co. agencies and the
mint receipts show that Nevada's output
of precious metals for the year Will ag-
gregate about $4000,00O in value, which
is 100000 larger than the output of
1894. Much of the output of Nevada's
gold mines is not recorded in this state,
but goes to the Selby Smelling works
and some is taken over the mountains
by wagon transportation and does not
go through the express office.
An interesting discovery has been
made in the HOmestake mine in the
Neal district, near Boise, Ida. In all
three levels of the mine the ore-chute
has been cut off by porphyry dixie. Re-
Gently the management determined to
run through the porphyry and see what
was on the other side. The result is the
opening of an ore body six feet thick
that is of high grade. The only assay
so far made returned $3.50 per ton in
gold.
The recent gold discoveries in Buck
eye, Pine Nut and Dayton, New, prom
Use to add many millions to the future
gold output. The value of the Buckeye
placers is estimated at nearly 100000,
600 The Pine Nut lodges and placers
in the vicinity of the Zirn find are es-
timated at $75,0O0,0O0 and the lie
Grande Orc placers, between Silver City
and Dayton, are fixed by practical placer
miners as worth $200.000,000.
Judge Beatty of the United States
circuit court at Boise, Ida, has handed
down decision which forever settles the
litigation that has been pending for years
between the Tyler and Last Chance min
ing companies. The decision awards the
Republican fraction to the Tyler COM
pany. This is small triangular piece
of ground lying between the Last Chance
and the Tyler. This contains no ore
bodies so far as known. All the known
ore bodies are within the lines of the
Last Chance. This leaves the Tyler
property practically valueless.
Manager w. J. Cox of the Mollie
Gibson mine at Aspen has been invest
ing in Cripple Greek gold properties. In
speaking OF the present excitement at
the gold camp, Mr.. Cox said: "There
is nothing | can compare with 1t, unless
it be the oil excitement in Pennsylvania
in 1862. Then people went wild and
they are now doing the same thing i'll
Cripple Greek. One thing that struck
me forcibly in the new camp is the large
number of prosperous business men
from all over the country who are look
ing over the ground. They embrace
people from every section of the United
States, from the Pacific to the Atlantic
ocean. Idle curiosity is not their mis-
sion. They are there looking for invest
mentS'