The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-23
M0NTANA'S GOLD FIELDS.
COMING TO the FROM norm Nv
QUARTE AND PLACER.
stephen w. Dorsey'- California Entsrprise.
Mining IL All Right at Cripple Creek.
hut General Business IL Overdonr-Aiau.
IA Produces 50 065, 900 for the Year

y AFVEANN y
-A1ininG Hs All Right at Cripple Greek
but General Business IL Overdoas-Ata
Ia Produces 81 s 900 for the Year
BUTTE, Nov. II. -Muntann's gold fields are
fast coming to tho front, both in quartz aud
placer. Montana's gold production the pres.
ent year will exceed that OF any focmcr year,
and will be second only to the output of Cali
fornia.
Work Is progressing on the properties Of tn,
Montana Consolidated Mining Company. near
Anaconda. the main working tunnel being now
IN $50 feet. Everything indicates q free milling
proposition.
A mine near Norris, in this State. is a for.
nation that is unusual in this section. The
pay streak Is two feet In width, and is n good
Rrade OF manganese, containing gold visible to
the naked eye.
In FlRthead county n new copper district
was discovered this year, which is called the
Talley's Lake district. Specimens give assays
as high as go per cent. copper and 81 in gold.
A number VI residents ut Quigley have re-
turned to Missoula. and bring dismal tales OF
hard times. The failure OF the Golden Scep.
ire Company left the community without re-
sources. Men who had money left tho town
at once. Others had to walk out. or are there
yet. II Is said that every cont Of ready cash
has boon taken out OF town. The others are
all closed and stock removed.
Jack Lyons. n prospoctor. made a discovery
in the Little Pipestone district n few days ago.
The orc so far taken from the vein Is very
rich. showing more then 81, 900 IN gold. 80 ItC
the ore is In a milky -colnred jasper quart.
Sinking Is now being prosecuted. and In II few
days more will be kno Tn as to the size OF the
ledEe, the probable average value OF the ore,
and Its permanence.
Reports have recently been received Of i'm.
portant discoveries Of copper In Deer Lodge
county. at the head waters Of the Big Black
foot River. A Helena company has SO .eral
men making locations there. Marcus DAILY
has n number of men developing prospects In
the same locality. The new district is re.
mote from the railroad.
Although some of the greatest copper mines
in the world are here. yet on the whole Mon
tana's mineral districts are comparatively I'M
touched, her mountains co comparatively unex-
plored. and the mines now in operation are
scarcely mora than surface workings. The
Lake Superior copper mines are worked to a
depth OF at least q mile. while Butte's most pro-
ductive mine s as yet reach only one-hfth that
depth. The mines that are developed are only
q fraction of tho number that can be protitably
opened up and developed. Montana Is not
20 much q silver as a copper and gold produc-
ing State.
l J- AlLAoE Has TGLuEHCu lTOm n InTt6
months prospecting trip in the.southwestern
part Of the State. He reports the discovery OF n
rich and extensive copper and gold belt, the
copper deposits being particularly good. He
Is making arrangements to open up the oIc
bodies.
The Keystone mine in the Georgetown dis
trict has been bonded to Eastern men. and n
sale is expected within the next few weeks.
Men who have Just returned from Cooke City
report that the operators of the Daisy mine
have cut through q thirty-foot body Of good
milling ore.
Messrs. Garner g. Bunrel Of Clancy have
sold tho G. & B. mine, on the middle fork OF
Warm Springs Creek to Thomas Cruise and
w. J. Sweeney of Helena for $50, 600. There is
a vein or the property twenty-five feet IN
width.
The Gold Dredging Company near Bannock
has closed down for the season. The ground
has proved to be more valuable than was origi-
nally believed, and " ork will be resumed early
In the spring.
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES. Cal. Nov. 14.-Ex-Seuator
Stephen ". Dorsey, who has returned recently
from England. passad through Los Angeles
on his way to San Diego. having sue
ceeded in securing the cooperation of English
capital in the development Of the Picacho mines
In San Diego county. About . year ago Mr..
Willard Teller, and Samuel Morgan
Of Denver secured control of practically all the
mining claims in PIcacho district, where for
more than forty years the Mexicans have been
dry-washing the placers and making good
The Dorsey claims cover the quartz
leads and veins around the rim OF An old crater
OIL Picacho Mountain, and contain unlimited
quantities of low-grads. free milling ore worth
about 50 q ton. 1t Is the purpose of the COM
to build a railroad about five miles long
from the mines &c the Colorado Rivor, and to
put up mill of 100 stamps aoout TWEEN ty-tve
miles from Yuma. The supply point for the
mines And mill will he Los Angeles.
Considerable prospecting has been done. on
the Molaye desert, near the line of the south
ern Pacific. and good ore has been found M The
surface. but il is the belief OF old miners that
the ore 10 better 1t the surface than ut great
the town of Moiave, are several quartz ledVes
sand on one side 10 the sand on the other. run
ming nearly north and south. The ore is de-
carged strongly with iron and black mangsnese
and amalgamatss between 80 and as per cent
Ihe ~aIis are bird s,eye n];orphyry in the hang
10 considerable free gold and native silver. A
car load OF sixteen tons. shipped to the Selby
treatment. netted the owner S991, but later
shipments OF eleven car loads of ore from lower
levels have not yielded so well.
NEW MEXICO.
SILyER CITY, Nov. l6.-Reports from
Mogollon. are that some OF the mines will
be started UP before tho end OF the year. Their. |
10 plenty of water for the mills, and the pros.
poets are excellent for tho next six months. mr. |
until tho water supply runs short.
A three-foot vein OF manganese ore has
been struck near Kingston, nifty miles from
this llace. Tue orc carries over a hundred
ounces In silver per ton.
Operations at MaRdalena continue on q large |
scale, aud the big smelter there Is proving a
success. John Creighton OF that place has
purchased the st. Candelario mine, and has a
force of miners in the mine. The ore carries
both gold and silver. and is WORTH about $40 N
ton. Shipments will be made TO Pueblo ut the |
rate OF about 100 tons n week.
The Manic Richmond mine. about three
miles from Hillshoro, is now producing ore In
larger quantities than for ak or seven years
pas,. II .sncw the largest producer in the
Hillsboro district.
The new smelter at Red River IL completed.
but IL will not be started up until after
the title TO the land upon which the COMPANY
10 operating IL settled.
COLORADO.
DESyER. Nov. 1S.-The SUCCESS of tho I'LL |
pois Steel Company In using the iron ores OF
Leaville has been excellent. and tho company
has increased its orders for this ore. I'm. ION
mage from Leadyille OF It's iron ores ID already |
considerable.
The mines Of Lsadville are doing fairly well.
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