The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-21

uoNh NUC lhkC III NnDhV way ~ m IukOn
mines. The. ice is disappearing and navigation
10 neasurably safe. Over 100 boats have been
soids.s SnS G al. all are Tsp saSsf f fo sacsii.ns bien Ths
The Comet mill at Bernor's Bay is dropping
thirty stamps on high grade ore, and will soon
Alaska Company, in tic, same district, viii have
- AZ tp Seal 'T Bay q quart" an s0it ledge 60 feet wide is
being opened up, assays from the ore showing
Zee SssnT saht a sS feet . per and se tbc orc SqpReT found a fe %eSni, ma.
GUS.
On Cat and Mary Islands. which have been
valuable discoveries are being made, giving gold
assays as high as $50 and as low ct SIS
discovered from which assays have been OBJ
TIMED going as high as $3.50 gold. But little
Ter. Of tho ore is stimulating work.
Near Sitka, hitherto neglected as n mining
section. q number Of promising discoveries have
s SSSN %sG ap 'n %Ss sBFbis better sra the OLD locations arc
At Bostwick Island fifty men are. prospecting
Yesterday ths. steamer Portland sailed from
Seattle for 81. Michaels with thirty.seven ship
Sor BY on IL, fns SSEon no H Ths boat q tO Is fPan esS"a and
put together and will be ready to launch in forty
Al, Karluk on April % nm earthquake lasting
later 4 new volcano made its appearance on tho
western coast and is engaged extensively in fish
canning.
BRITISH COLU MBlA.
SEATTLE, Juno Ion Texada Island,
Georgian Straits, there are now iiyc producing
mines and ffty that are under Development,
w yar,eu there sIeg are a. At d Least moo reeosd eeor rl saa sn IN
steamer made weekly calls Mt the island. Now
five steamers are crowded with business. The
rison Lake. which has come rapidly to tho front
this spring through numerous discoveries OF
cess BY sitSeerP the Canadian Paoids or 81 boats
on the Frazer River. The first shipment took
p shores .S Of tSo I lSHo. 'h Thi hfS soes diTee a'f from Dn the the
mine to tho Everett smelter In Washington.
Three hundred men are now employed In tho
district where there were not thirty at this time
At Ainsworth camp the Black Diamond group
sending out 8 cars and 100 sacks.
The mountains near Nelson are swarming
, Tlsa pSfS sERs Ssen and mas sin'' f Msy d ! SsSF aGS 'G srs
mostly silvor.lead, and the ore L. above the
average In the district,
on April is and anticipate a steady run mi No
vember, when the general cleanup will take
p'fffSs The 6 6nsy are f f,ydlnS iii%pclS Smpany 70 at TOO N %sR;
Bend, on Frazer River. have made their spring
oie an ;SDa a nS h, haze est, Started a%o In on ot their %sr ssGond run and
0mirpca country may be had from the fact Of
there being $50 horses and 100 men engaged In
frelghting on the Cariboo wagon road.
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES, June l2.-The new State min
ing law. which went into effect last month, is
arousing opposition among the miners. 1t makes
Of twelve months. az tho Federal law provides,
assessment work. 1t raises the question whether
the State can declare forfeit in contradiction of
d dss fed thsns %sssf Isw ans sma ihstS ase mans who
United States District Judge Ross has rem
dered 3 decision unfolding the constitutionality
| North Bloomfield Gravel Company from opera.
ting its mine on .numbug Greek until 1t shall
f TRis s sE@R Ras be wash rs sss RsdGESs BY %lni 91 1 msn lsw a
company .nsh had s., denied the hso1 5i,SRh &. e Congress nFis to
Ing industry as those imposed by this act;
southern California mining stocks.
The Ghost osn. Nine ne At At. AAnssls Camp, Galsyeras
scia fSr ' SsssssoSS nt.akte r. S@s an aaasSa; Hfs U sed
Leopold Leopold Meyer Me ~. q ah London n. Work M;n. viii III ~ soon b
seSN Fiat d III aas cn e. L. Meyer aey M az se IN Yaishi "nd
goo SoT nr.. nssr A ing g Es,c Which Llon they }, will thor nn
q a tunnel hai2F a mile long Which SStsio %iiI S Sc d driven
'F3 q st 2fsi has I Seen made No DEP IN me is se'' Ee seGu Sweat
mine, near Diamond Springs. FL Dorado county
a thousand car loads Of sra x,Iit on the h.n paw IVA" du Ens,
In the ,Randsburg district new strikes have
been made in the Wedge mine and In Val Verde
shaft No. 9. The latter has been yielding low
grade rock worth % Ger ton, but has struck ore
worth $500 per ton. The Wedge mine opened
part OF the rich strike made recently in the
Kenyon mine. It Is on the 315-foot level, and
mine is 81 down S $50 feet, and o shS ore i has Sr sHss
richer with depth. No stopping has been done
and drifts have been run at only two levels. but
paid for its own development, and for some time
has been paying regular dividends of 2 per cont
as soon as they reach a depth OF AIS feet, 10 es
tahlish levels at every 30 feet and block out the
Lucky baldwin recently visited Randsburr
the Va! Verde. A large number OF transfers q
the Rand district. The Rand Mountain Mining
Company has been organized to develop q RrouI
Of mines lying between the Rand group and thu
A good strike has been made in the old HIrsch
been closed down for some time on account O
the law against hydraulic mining. The ricl
E EticS WA was h found a. the St end d. q 4 long TUNE
Redwood City, San Matee county. The Pacid,
and will begin development work soon.
ledge showing rich ore has been found in I
as a picnic ground for twenty-five years. Thu
ore assays 1921 in gold. $50 in silver. and con
,Msssrs; KeShnyy. 'TiIllman & Holden have solo
from Reddins. shasta county, for $4,000. t
Iron Mountain property. The assays run from
z to 20 per cent. Three large smelters are IL
operation. and five more are in course OF con
struction. 1t Is considered that this mine dem
onstrates the permanency Of the copper deposits
in that section.
The Stowell group OF mines, on Flat Creek
has been sold for $17b, 600. A rich strike hal
been made In the Bully Hill tunnel at Copper
City. Tho tunnel has been all the time In Root
copper ore, but at the distance of / 400 feet
chimney of rich decomposed gold ore has beer
struck, running several hundred dollars per ton
A strike has been made In the Gladstone min,
q a four.foot ledge. from which q mill run Of
thirty tons producodt$86o In bullion.
A hve-foot ledge. carrying a thirty-inch paJ
streak, has been opened up on the American
mine. In Deadwood district, Siskiyou county.
EvADA
VIRGINIA CITY. June l2.-The Gold Park mine
near Austin, has an abundance OF orc In sight
That which Is now being extracted Is from
twenty.inch ledge. and mills high In gold.
A gold ledge has been discovered near Elko
and many claims have been located.
Knight Brothers have bought for @24. 900
two-thirds interest in the Creole mines. In tn,
new state Line district, on the border between
Utah and Nevada.
Olinghouse canon. near Wadsworth, IL at
tracing attention on account OF u rich gold find
IDAHO.
IDAHO CITY. June 13.-K. p. .Plowman hai
contracted to cut 800, 600 feet OF lumber for th,
| Illinois and GRmbrinus mines. SituAtad a,