The sun., 1896-07-20

| While doing assessment work on the Min
s 4Gs and 6smp SSdy o
large sales of stock IN % the SIs Ie Rci have been
ip this mine, were sold for an old horse. and
the pSSy or on me TO ssae
the stock for three barrels Of whiskey. He
GSsfa from to thc s SSSs SSses sns BSC
Soofoot shaft % the 700. foot level land and viii iii
Col Charles Fishbeck has been East and
has has orEstiHed company for .dcyelopng the
on the Quesnelle River, tributary OF the
Frazer. The; original company has 400 acres
Maud. and has acquired from mt the government t
twenty miles OF the Quosnelle River
:, Among nom the foreigners who are investIEst.
Charles Ross and eight others. They have
Ss,a,. secured bonds on the Apache group, on the
Columbia River, and several others.
ALASKA.
Another strike is recorded on Sheep Greek, in
properties owned by the Novel; Company, tho
ore! ore assaying ZOO gold Heretofore this dis
duoinE camp, but the change is quite accepta-
The new sixty stamp mill Of the Alaskan Mex
ican is RAPIDLY nearing completion and will add
materially TO the bullion output OF Douglas
mill will be built on the Ready bullion.
The TreRdmill for June reduced 22, 900 tons
OF ore, the average assay OF which was 81 per
ton.
In order 10 insure safe delivery of bullion and
dust from the gold mines Of Alaska, a new ex-
messengers from seattle 70 Juneau, and every
steamer Is now carrying moro o: less treasure.
ARIZONA.
TUcsoS, July 11.-Apout fouI months ago
Herman Boehm and his partner went TO the
were lucky. In finding two veins Upon ono
vein they loo tied two adjoining claims; the
the vein, which Is blanket" they located the
Buckskin. This claim shows four feet of free
milling ore. On the Southern Belle the vein
is thirty feet between walls and the orc
crops. the full length of the claim and for
s sbout 3oo feet on the he extension extension; 4 four.
TO tho foot wall, exposes ore throughout its en-
tire width and to tho bottom, twenty-three feet.
rood free milling ore. yielding from $40 to 500
per ton in gold. These properties have been
bonded TO men who propose to erect mill to
or the surprise. east Of the Aqua Frta.. the
shaft has reached q depth Of sixty nve feet.
out that will run $500 to the ton. while on the
dump there are about seventy tons moro of
s 9SG ss w .as g ssG hs to ss sG9
the shaft has been sunk eighty feet with a
orosseut at the bottom Of twelve feet. all In
free. Other holes on this property show up
we'll also, A peculiar feature of these two
or, in other words. tho two claims are v,rtuaiiy
on. the Same lead and carry the same charac-
The Little Jessie mine and mill are giving
eatisfactory results. The Commercial Min
Ing cSmp,nys 'mete5 a, RE Bug is In opera
grade matter ready for shipment.
sines & smith are doubling the capacity OF
ore cor tracted for now to keep even double
the capacity of their mill in operation for sew
eral months.
A. b. Boyle and Thomas Mcdonald are still
at work. on their Bald Butte mine. in Mint
Valley district. The ore body is six feet wide.
II Is thought that It will average over $50 pei
Men who are rosted say that the twenty
stamp mill at La Fortuna has cleaned up $l40,- |
boo in the four weeks 1t has been running
The mill at the, Mammoth is running again,
velopment shows that this property IL looking |
better than ever. and more than holding It's |
Carter & Miller's mine, above blackberry. is |
showing up in good shape. and is opened well |
about two weeks. when It Is xpected to be |
kept In continuous operation.
CALIFORNIA.
SAN FRANc1sco., July 1l...In Fl Dorado |
being done this spring Tbs % results hane SO
far been satisfactory enough TO enlist consid-
sse Asaa adS new capital IN work
ly in the county, and $50 moro are to bu |
erected this season on new properties. The |
twenty years ago is said to have produced half |
= million dollars. is being reopened.
ss1 ss1 ds o min r.. asen
mine. which was closed on account OF fire, IS
again open aud furnishing ore; The Golden
2 New Jersey company, which viii cross-out
The two veins In two places IN each, sink a
veins at the bottom, in oder to fully test tho
'res ,ss,tl in S each vein. In the Aleyon vein pay
feet free
The vein 1000 feet further south is not 80
vide, but is richer In free gold. while 1000
Nearly 400 tests OF the ore averaged 81 to SIS
per per ton in gold; On the Gro Blnnco mine,
9re. 167 feet wide, is being opened by Messrs.
Iulch, four miles from OF the t5i Coiorado ado river.
In. In Amador comfy the Aamd9r Queen No.
;welye miles of the bea OF the R Feather River. iS
y the Mountain Mines Ntd.). Company in
shasta county. The workings show 1900. 900
ohs in. OF copper ore @ 69c6ed e ont and ready to
aiEh in gold and silver.
The Mazeppa mine; Tuolumne county. has
INK q vertical shaft.
handsbury. In Kern county, is said 10 have
lold out in depth 1t is certain to become an
important PORT mining district. It Is free gold OF
uiBn RrRue, running from $40 to $3.50 per |
on. About twenty promising locations are being
developed; The camp has neither wood nor
'ater. Tho latter is hauled twelve miles.
nd sells at 81 per barrel, Another strike is
eported TO lave been made in this camp in
he Yucca mine. The ore runs S4O0 per ton.
NEW MEXICO.
ALBpouERouE, July 13.-Ap important
ttke has been made in the Little Pittsburgh,
n North Cahon. twenty miles from Albu-
uerque. An assay made from rock taken
cross the vein YIELDS 1852 in gold per ton
he whole vein appears to be mineralized, and
he rich streak grows wider with depth. The
hatt is now down about eighty feet, and it
! the Intention TO cross.cut at 100 feet to find
be other wall. after which ore will DO taken
ut for market.
SILVER CITY, y. NJ, July 13.-The Graphic
meter at Magdalena, the largest smelling
liant in operation Ia New Mexico has been
unnipR for teveral weeks, and the results
ave been very satisfactory to tho owners OF
he mine aud smelter. There is an Immense
psD,ity of low-grade nre in the mine and on
no dump, which can be treated at q profit. |
nd there tS now no reason to doubt that tho |
nelter will be kept in continuous operation.
Is capacity ts 100 tons Il day.
Mithln the past week heavy rains have ,
allen in nearly every portion OF the Terri ,
Try, and there will soon he an abundance OF