The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-11

tyeiye feet in width. and the work done tince
shows that IL is no smaller at any point The
have been taken out. The ten.stamp mill i
running day and night. and the prohts ars
Robert r. Grayson. the present owner Of
the Gold Hill TWENTY-FIVE stamp mill and
mines at ouartzburs. has made application
As soon as the patents are secured he will
pump out the mines and put a largo number
OF men at work. For over twenty years these
mines were worked and paid regular divi-
dends.
still and the gold industry has not had a boom.
the prospects for the present year are much
t isss State the gold Quartz mines have devoloped
we'll. and several mills have been erected and
In this Boisej county. while few mills have
run. the gold quartz mines have deyeloped
into properties OF value. and will soon be pro-
MES OF men OF large means have secured bonds
on many OF the mines and arc now At work on
them.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. Jan, a-According
TO the estimates. Of the bullion produced by the
was 7.iei. o2l nne ounces, as compared with
COOS. 70l 1ne ounces for 1905, the yield OF gold
AS nno ounces FOR Tho year previous. OF lead
there was produced q sots, or rS;sSo, w.
pounds, =, and nd Of ,o, sSpp Dsad g nssia 500 wn po ss' ~. s pnc
Included In the estimates. however. Ia the vaiue
Of gold. silver. Leaf. and copper contained In
res sent In from the adjoining states for treat
ment at the valley smelters south Of this city.
Mining and smelling men are Of. the opinion
actually peen n decrease IN the production II
silver in Utah, and not q very heavy increase
OF the biz properties that are not classed as gold
mines. su n as the Centennial: Eureka. Nam
moth, and Others: were aaite heavy Srodnesrs
1906. There were several new Rold producers
In the, field. however. and these made up for
that the increase in the total production OF
gold will not be AS heavy as the estimatesf fore
maintained there Is no doubt that 1897 will
be u record breaker both for silver and gold.
decrease for 1893 over their reo5rd Tor 1895.
The former is credited with l.OSl .ls5 fine
ounces OF silver ana e64 n5e ounces q To aSa
gold. The estimates give the Mercur district
credit for having produced ~. 1Ob nLe ounces
Of gold. tho Mcicur company's output being
placed at 20. 1888 fine ounces. This amount VIII
be very largely Increased during the coming
Operations have been resumed at tho Mono
ton 10 push Development work in the hope OF
encountering more of the ore bodies that. made
the propc rites the wonder Of their day. IL was
upon the Mono group that the Charter OAK In
surancc Company OF Hartford loaned $780,
900, only TO lose the entire amount. The mines
quantities. OF silver and lead ores Of high value.
The loan was considered we'll secured. but the
were sold at trustees sale in this c,iy Tor $3.50,
Which did not represent one.tcnth OF tue value
of THE sss Tspo4is ~ t On thu three s'2 loa%i ore samp,,ns
plants for 1890 show that the Conklih sam-
D ID 5o.yOS tons Of ore; the Taylor q Brunton
addition 10 the ore handled by these three
sampling plants. heavy shipments OF ore
were made to outside points without sam
pliug.
SILVER CITY. n. NJ, Jan. IA. rich gold
west of Lordsburg. The ore was discovered
accidentally while some blasting was being
p po%a er he house. Sc The claim was located some
years ago as a silver claim, and the assess
%%ent work had been ,S done rsgaiIris without
The ore which gas exposed by blasting is a
GOOD grade OF gold ore, and the Developments
Tho Standard mill at Gold Hill will be
started Ut. this month on ore from the stand
ard and other mines in the Gold Hill district.
The output of this camp has Increased con-
siderably.
levels of the Mountain Key mine at Pi.os
Altos. Last wear the mine wa, not worked
below the ,3oo.ioot level. but as soon as tho
work will be resumed 10 far down as the 700.
foot level.
There Is increased activity in the mines at
and near Hanover. Work las been resumed
in the Hanover mine and other copper prop
ger or. from Hanover and santa Rita is shipped
regularly to the silver City reduction WORKS.
metal output viii be very. much iarSer this
year than ever before. The new smelter At
Red River CITY Is s. now S,~w rsi ID ,h for oesrati0n'
A number OF additional miners have been
employed recently IN the cochitl district In
trict are more encouraging than they have
been for some months. Small shipments OF
many months past, but up to this time none
OF the mines has paid large profits. A gold
near Golden some weeks ago. and some very
rich ore has been taken out OF the milne within
the past month. ,,,vo.
: nc. ON, Ariz., Jan. 2.-since the segreGa-
tion limo has been surveyed considerable
prospecting has been done. and valuable
per carrying some gold; From Deer Greek TO
the line OF segregation there seems TO he u min
eral belt. and hye different camps are III opera
ton. The first camp is the Golden 9ulch.
whore s)me rne copper and gold properties are
openiag. The Copper Bell vein averages from
ten TO eighteen feet Ia width, Considerable
high-grade ore is unearthed, but the ledge
IsS% e. wn't eo TO sai and Si from nSS 81 : 20 s. sGU in r III to A. A.
Garden Gulch Foster j.. stephens and Fraser
are opening "a fine mine; which rune high in
the shoicest properties and is doing develop.
Guich. is the Bcardsley aud swartz camp.
where large bodies Of high.grade Ralena are
centnries ago. shafts have been sunk to the
dept. OF sixty to eighty feet. and open cuts run
200 years Old. Also on Moul At Turnbuil con
siderable copper ore has been discovered.
THIS Is destined TO be one OF tho best copper
camps in Arizona. as the belt Is wider. higher
grade, and more continuous than any ,ther in
tie Territory. with abundance OF water and
wood adjn cent to the contemplated line OF
rail- Dad, and a vast coal field 10 supply coke
ut a low figure.
Al Tombstone John Rainey made u strike
on Saturday which may develop into u snug
fortune for its owner. The mine ndjoins the
Southwest. and the find was made in lees than
i've fee from the surface.
The Sorrel Top mine OF Began and Prescott
Ia doyelopIng good ore at the l50-foot level.
They are now cross cutting. The Tres Ami.
COS mill. with Attention capacity, IL running
steadily on frec-gold ore with good results.
The mine looks we'll. and some good ore has
been struck In tie lo0-f0ot dritt In the eighty.
foot level.
The Orc mill and mine is proving n sue ess
AS gold producer. Ten stamps are crush
ing twenty IONS every day.
From Cong sess comes tho news that about 400
men are ON the Cumpnny's payroll; the cyanide
plsnt is approaching compile ion: the roasuer
has u capacity of 100, ton per day; the building