The sun., 1897-03-22
NEW MINERAL COUNTRY.
n PART OF THE BELKNAP REsERTl-
TION IN MONT1NA OPENED.

TI0N IN MONTINA OPENED.
Jsve Region-RubIcs In Arizona FisceTp-
5000 Men In tho Puget Sound Citie,
Arc Going TO Aiaskn-A woman's Ftnd
MONTANA
BUTTE, March 10.-on last Saturday Sur
veyor-G General Neil nled In the local Land ONO,
at Helena a plat OF the ceded portion OF tn,
BelknRp Indian reservation. recently pure hased
from the Indians on account OF tho rich min
eral deposits found therein. The act OF filinp
the plat opens the Leded portion to prospoctors
II being purchased under the act of June 10 OF
last year. which does not call.for'a Presidential
PROCLAMATION. The ceded part contains Ia.
75s acres OF land In Choteau county, compris-
Ing about half q township. II IA on the sum.
nit OF tho Little Rocky Mountain range. and ID
said to contain much high grade ore. Many
prospectors from oil the mining camps of Mon
tana are already on the ground.
One OF the biggest mining suits ever started
In this State was filed It Butte last week. It be-
ing tho suit.of the Boston and Montana Com
pany against tho Montana Ore Purchasing
Company for $500. 900. the value of ore which
Il Is. asserted the defendants have taken from
the Pennsylvania mine. owned by the plain
TIT. Tho complaint charges tho defendant
with entering the territory OF the former by
means Of underground workings from tho
Rarus claim. which aijoins the Pennsylvania.
and is owned by the defendant. 1t Is asserted
that 1907 600 tons OF orc have been extracted
In this way, valued at S50o,o00.
The report OF The coal discovery in the neigh
borhood OF tho Rees & Badger mine in tho
Upper Sixteen Mile region Is confirmed. Tho
vein Is represented as being five or six feet in
thickness. and pitches into the hill on an In
cline of about 40o.
It Ia reported ON GOOD authority that tho Sand
Conlee Coal Company has made an important
strike on their new coal lands which they have
been prospec Ting for some time mast. The vein
IL reported as varying from six to twelve feet
In thickness. and the quality to be first class.
Work is progressing on the gravel plant now
being put In at junction. Ave miles below vir-
ginia City. The plant will DO In operation by
the lst OF April. With this PLAN it is pro-
posed to work tho ground adjacent to the Ger
man bar. which embraces all the diggings
from Adobetown to the mouth of Alder Guch.
Placer miners generally are turning their at
tenton to the mining Of auriferous Gravels by
mechanical means. Ground that cannot be
worked by old methods 10 yielding handsome
profit whom handled by modern mechanical
methods.
The crest success Of tho dredging plant In
the old Bannock district will be continued this
year. The Gold Dredging Company is getting
into shape for an carly start. and there will be
q lot Of work during the coming season.
An old prospector ct Basin thinks he has at
last found the south extension Of the famous
Katie lead. A large amount Of money was
Aunk in prospecting the SpeculAtor. q claim just
east of the Katie. In Lope OF finding the extern
slon Of the lead. The present strike is on the
Earl. which adioins the Katie on the south.
The ore is very rich in silver.
I'm A A
containing Lucky Baldwin and other San Fran
cisco capitalists. James N, BRAZIL, the Denver
mer. has in ;orporated group OF fourteen
nlres seven miles northeast OF Randsburg.
RandsburR mines, but the Lodges are heavier
and all are ri>h enough to pay for milling:
xedcs 5S sS one Of the ssd
done with the mines, but the new n,pany
viii put u force OF men at DEVELOPMENT work
At once; 1t has also begun boring for water.
and Will put up ten-stamp mill and furnace
TO roast ores.
Lester, Town & Nicholson are down forty
feet IN the Shamrock, at RandsburE. and have
two-foot vein of GOOD ore at the bottom.
Patrick Ready Of San Francisco has obtained
ton, Desert View. and johannesburg mines at
angle. Wedge. Yellow. Aster. and Mariposa
mines at 1000 from f. L. Movers. and from
half interest in their mines at Si00,O
The owners OF the Bellwether mine; Amador
county. are having trouble with their em;
that at the end OF the month they would have
TO take 100 shares OF stock at % cents per
a few days later all the men except one shift
were laid of, and they soon found that Bell
10 cents per share. The employees are trying
TO compei the managers OF the mine to pay the
money and take back the stock. AT the Alma
mine the ledge has been prospected from the
!.oUC:ioot level and found % be about lUO
feet from the shaft. 1t yielded from SO to
ftN,nrh haah haA
AT the Gwin, Calaveras county, work is being
prosecuted on the 200. 1900, and 400 lev
Sinking ana cross-cutting are progressing
RAPIDLY on the Steub property, nsar Diamond
Springs. 81 Dorado o,st county; THIS was formerly
though IL was a good producer. was abandoned
wears ago at 100 feet depth. Tho Lookout
mine. near Placervile is working a large ore
body with good results. In the Poverty Point
section. Messrs. Benson. Burns, Carmichael.
and kell are running tunnel and taking out
The Penn Mining COMPANY. Graas Valley.
Nevada county. has declared dividend OF five
cents per share. MIR. Epstein. one of the origi-
nal owners OF the Pittsburg mine. has now. by
purchase of c. J. Bandman's stock. a control
on all claims against the company and resume
WORK OIL an extensive scale. The PittsburR In
district. Il now has good I mill and hosting ting
plant. and 100 tons OF ore on the dump.
est Hill Divide. Placer county. o well-dohned
chahnel has been developed which Yields an
average OF over So per car. The gravel is
toarse. The company owns $50 acres. covering
10000 feet OF .he channel. The Hidden Treas
ure Company, at Centreville, now has every
thing in shape for extensive operations. An
mouth Of the tunnel in the east branch OF Ell
Dorado Canon. The current will DO trans
mitted to the Dam claim. tnres miles. and will
bo used 10 illuminate the mine anu to furnish
oower for operating the blower. the forges. and
running the cars.
WinRate Il Alsbv have struck a good ledge
in the Slate Creek district. Plumas county.
Tho Taylor, DiVglngs hydrauli. mine will som
be operated again. Last year q deep bed OF
hydraulic auriierous gravel was developed, and
work will beRic this soon as the water
season opens. At Saw Pit preparations are being
made for good deal OF hydraulic mining this
spring. Work Is To begin on the Thistle shaft
mine. orovllle. on April /. The water Is TO be
pumped out, II possible at any ex pense. and II
ASt. mile tunnel will te run which Will cost
about $B0,0
A large depost OF good quality of marble
has been discovered on the desert about twelve
miles from Victor. San Bernardino codhty.
J: W. smart is working rich stringer In
Cooks Canon assaying $500 to the ton. o. q.
Leach OF the Black Hawk mning-dstr rict: has
sold the opera TO X. F. Harrison and the
lieweliyn Bros. of Los Angeles. Some Los
Angeles men have taken hold of the old Dris-