The sun., 1896-07-20
COLORADO MINING STRIKE.
THE MINERS BEEr ON UNIoNTgIHG.
THE ENTIRE STATE.


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nun In washinEton - Prospecting II
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DENVER, July 15.-The mining industry IN
this State 10 having q serious drawback, due
to the action of the Miners Union. The lead
ers OF the union have united In Colorado 70
unionize the entire State. Their best fight
ers from Montana and Idaho have come hero
for that purpose, and the Leadville strike was
but the beginning. A strike In Cripple Creek
maybe In full force before this ester In printed.
This effort OF the Miners Union will greatly
cripple mining in Colorado.
Mr.. w. y. Stratton of Cripple Creek ak
weeks ago secured control Of . majority Of
the stock of the Arcadia Gold Mining Com
pany. Subsequently the richest orc ever known
in the district was discovered in that property.
The rioh ore vas found at q depth OF 100 feet,
where . two-inch streak OF remarkably high
grade ore was opened. and beside It IL . vein of
twenty-aieht inches which runs ten ounces Of
gold to the ton.
The Pointer on Gold Hill has rade its ini-
tial shipment Of sixteen tons. which will run
about 500. The ore vein has been opened for
twenty-five feet. and IL thirty inches wtde.
The Union Company ts now employing 1oS
men. and Is producing tho usual amount of orc.
Considerable activity Is reported from the
-Four Mile section beyond Cripple Creek. where
distinct veins of shipping ore. The fresh
water district is attracting attention because
of q recent discovery OF sylvanite in tho Lib
erty Bell claim In Moonlight Gulch.
wagon load of ore from this claim was recently
brought into Cripple Greek and sold at a rate
Of 5000 por ton.
Tho prospectors IN the West Creek dis
trict arc still peEging away. Ono shaft has
reached depth OF l75 feet, and a four-foot
In haa hoa bo- I.ft
the district, but few properties are still being
explored.
In Boulder county number Of dumps Of
abandoned mines are being hauled away 10 tho
mills. and are sold at o fair profit These
dumps were formed when tho processes of
treating ores was moro expensive, and tho low
grade ores wero thrown over the dump. The
activity about Gold Hill district continues
unabated, and o number of properties are as
suminR position as shippers.
AT Central City the PhHnix-BurrouHhs mine
is now working flfty-eight men. and tho out
put IS seventy TO eighty tons of smelling ore
per month, and from thirty to thirty five tons
of mill dirt daily. The shaft Is now at 1900
feet depth, and Is still sinking. During tho
first ten days Of July the shipments Of retort
gold from Gilpin county amounted to S35, 900.
Tho Galena mine has been relieved OF water 70
the 50o-foot level, and miners are now break. |
ing down considerable ore.
number of recent strikes are reported from |
the Idaho Springs district, where great 40 |
tivity is noted. A number OF tunnels ,were |
started early TO explore at depth o number of |
undeveloped claims. and the result In some |
instances has been to reveal veins Of pay ore. |
Theodore Holland, son of the late J. G. Hol- |
land, Is interested In some old proper
ties near Idaho Springs. and ne has been there |
this summer making arrangements to resume
0nAraflOna Nayv oh fnar
Idaho Springs district
No good discoveries have yet been made In
the Hahn's Peak country. The wash proves
to be very deep, and the tunnels have as vet
failed to get below the wash.
Ouray shipments during July amounted to
Ice cars Of ore. A strike OF brittle and ruby
silver 10 reported from the Gertie lode In tho
Sneffies district.
Negotiations for tho purchase of the Tom
aAo}A55 syndicate of foreigners are reported.
The mine this month paid its regular monthly
dividend OF $4,000. and It 10 producing ct tho
rate or 800, 900 per month, with q great GUAM
tity Of ore awaiting shipment
The pocket strike made In the Mollie Gibson
ut Aspen haa already been worked out 1t was
o small bonanza. and benefited the general
fund OF the company, 60 that It can proceed to
lower the main shaft below the eleventh leyei.
The Winrow Gold Mining Company at Alma
automatically from chute to cars.
Illinois men :have secured $4,000 option
upon group of old mining claims nd joining
the old camp of Ohio City. in the Pitkin dis
tract. The group Is developed by tunnels.
shafts. and drifts. and carries large bodies
OF low'grade ore. running from s. to $50.
WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE, July 1o.-The Ocean Beach mines
on tho west coast Of Washington, at the mouth
OF Osett River. are yielding well in both gold
and platinum. the latter mineral being found
In sufficient quantities TO pay the on tire expense
or mining The platinum being Of about the
same specific gravity "a the gold. Is saved by
the same process. The Osett is tho third place
in Washington whers platinum has besn d,.-
covered, the other two being the Swaak in
kitttas county and in the pacers of Sultin
Basin.
In tho Black claim on Swauk Creek last
week nugget worth S303 was picked up in
tho sluice boxes after the days clean up being
the largest piece found In the State this year.
In Gold Hill district, neal Mount Tacoma.
tne placer and quartz mines are both attract
ing tho attention OF miners and capitalists
who are going In from tho west and east sides
OF tho Cascades. the district being about mid
way. In this district several women have
made locations OF mineral claims and ara an
gagged In the work OF development.
Tho Monte Crtsto Mining Company have re-
gently struck largo body of ore In tho lower
levels OF tho mine. giving depth from the
There having been doubts regarding the mines
On the western slope Of the Cascade Range 90
ter 60 far as Monte Cristo district is con-
Serned; and IN Silver Creek, adjoining it, the
tho works of tho YAndalia having exploited
the mine 10 depth of fully 1000 feet
In Cascade district, one OF the high grade
er.lead sections Of the State, Omaha capi.
talists are developing the RiRby group, and
are meeting with success. The state made an |
appropriation for q wagon road extending
from skagit River to OkanoRan, across the
mountAins. for tho purpose OF opening up the |
mines and anordlng an outlet for the ore. n ''''
. Tho opening Of the Colville Indian reserva-
sands If the thou
~ are , now surveying their finds. Tho whole
sso;n SoGn was located, almost regardless of tho
character of the lodes and
the result Is not as satisfactory as it would
ls lave peen had more care been taken. A hun ,