The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-26

UTAH.
SALT LAKE CrrY. July 19,-Tho management
panics. at Park City, have dcciaed that on Aug.
1 the employees will either accept = weeping
Since Feb. 70 the Dexter Mining COMPANY
Of this city has received from Its works In east
syapi sssa 81 Tie ES'a value SS,I ~ si istSSS and an T sslifns:
OF the value Of s3,o9S.
ALASKA.
SEATTLE July E.-while northeastern Alas
kon and klondike, 1t is not tagging behind In
the discovery Of other metala This week pros
poctors have returned bringing, samples Of cop.
on Prince William Sound, near GIndhough Bay,
A sample OF the ore Weighing 1So pounds and
assaying, 80 per, cent. copper and from $50 to
sIsS gold was brought down this week week, The
in sight is estimated at 10000 tons.
WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE, July IA few months ago the
Republic was a mere prospect in tho Eureka
group on the newly acquired Colvillo Indian
Reserve. 1t was prospected and on the surface
snds OF other prospects. The work OF develop
ment was pushed. Tho other day Patsy CLARK,
one e the owners, bought one partners Interest
There is . stampede to Foss River, which
u u VII Oh II VI LAX SdSNdlOo.
This tampede is occasioned by tho largest and
richest surface, showing Of copper and gold ever
found In Washington. There Is said to be $780,
600 In sight in this undeveloped ledge.
BRITISH coLuMBIA.
SEATTLE, July lz-Experts in tho interest
Of tho Hesrsts OF San Francisco arc in Ross
s ,snI 70 tS sssn ihiS nine sho L csn RS Ss m 1nneboi IL Is ann an o ken
the net price is Sc, o 900 cash. 1t is asserted
that the lie Roi can show more than that amount
On ore blocked out IN it's drifts and levels. The
output at present is very large, and tho ore Ia
high grade. The largest shipment for one day
was Is male on July 4, amounting to 40 tons:
slooum disiric, has been sold to Sir Charles
Upper for $4,000, He represents an Ottawa
Ono Of the largest discoveries in the prov
ince Is reported in Yale district, on the main
il Is Known as tic E,tSorh. The ledge l. 80
feet In width between weli.denned walls. In
one place this is well minerslizcd for 30 and
md copper. Tho Great Eastern, in The same
ItOighborhood. has an eight-toot ledge, assays
The .Lakevisw Mining Company, owning
have run 3 tunnel in 800 feet, and have 1000
pla ting the building Of . tenrstamp mill this
SOUTH DAKOTA.
DEADwoop, s. D., July oo.-The Union Hill
Conn ANY at Galena is sinking the Hoodoo shaft
to a ,lepth OF 1000 feet, and is making It q by
1Sst fe, sso IN size Of m; pes sh IA tb Is s %dsSts{p to tap
has Closed down and viii not reopen. Il has
but the, ore has become exhausted.
A lalge body of free milling ore has been
opened at Elk Creek running about $3.50 to
the ton.
.Penobseot mine at Garden City is proving
rich, ard three men are taking out about
a ton. A second ore body viii DO opened on tho
mine shortly.
IDAHO.
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pss-ed through during the week on their way
TO- sheep Mountain, where development work
win be resumed on several of tho mines, whicf
arc very rch In silver and lead. In a few DAYS
representatives OF a company holding options on
some of the claims will go out TO examine the
L no doubt thai the transfers will be made.
The district ts an extensive one and a State
wagon road passes within q few miles OF It.
quartz mines Of the district are most all de.
t HSss'p %ii;e. 'H have sP psssid R F%fG tSe hands ssv 81 conf of
ganiee that will sink to good depth on them.
or thrive more mills for the district.
be Fhs next wHrt Mo on dsink'F Tht th {. a ane OF ,s ssa Isrr will
Of the mines Of, Gambrinus district and much
The Cod Glory Coinpany viii begin work in
a few days on one Of It's best mines, the Alpine.
between Garden and Long Valleys, The mine
ID I'll eAo oaAiAni "a oiV vi thc 4ishtS DulLt5
Of the m,Suntain range. and the ore is good in
both gold and silver.
the Tiser.lsoorna ane at at'i Wsll %on'u viii ine be sh sow q,
1900 feet. .Eixhleen hundred tons OF concen-
tFa.es were ',hipP SsiG during June; nm-m-m
below silver ~ &c City, which is he greatest under:
viii cut Florida Mountain at a depth Of 1900
feet. The company own all OF the ground
thT9gs6, which hsnv The iSI,b tunnel Ioa will PA Pnsi !. and ga-
ARIZONA.
Tucson. July, 17;-Joseph Goldtree yesterda-
shipped a CARLOAD OF high.Grade silver orc
from the New Colorado mine in the ~sierritas.
property. The ore body is well defined and COP
tinuous.
gold as silver this year, The mines Of the Col
orado River will be worked extensively for golu
dust and nuggets.
Yavapai county is credited with 800 gol6
piration Of twelve months Pima county and the
as many or more stamps turning out gold hui.
lion, together with copper and lead furnaces
capable OF reducing not less than 500 tons
The Southern Pacific Company has been bor-
ing for coal nine miles above solomonville,
coal Is this: Tho Deer treef coal fle Ias' iie
Mexico coal Is found fourteen e1 miles n' Vest He ot
from the Rio Grando River are coal deposits
owned by Senator Stpve Elkins and 9th srs, and
which have. been prospected to a depth Of 900
feet. All of these occurrences of coal are on a
well defined belt, the geological formation be-
ing Identical and continuous, and the site Sc
lected by the Southern Pacific Company Is upon
this belt.
LAKE SUPERIOR
LAKE LINDEN, Mich, July 23.-The erecsaon
OF q third mill In this place by the Calumet q
Hecla Mining Company IL under consideration.
Tho company at present has two mills here, OK.
act duplicates, each having eleven steam sta,lps.
which are handling about $500 tons OF copper
rock every twenty four hours. The stamps are
kept working night and day at their utmost
capacity.
The twenty-five stamps of tho Calumet g.
Hecla may appear q small matter COMPARED
with the great mills Of the Home stake mine In
the Black Hills, or the T~readwell mine, near
Juneau. Alaska, the latter having $40 stamps,
but despite tho small number of stamps the "a,
pacity OF The mills here far exceeds that OF
either the Homestake or Tread well plants. The
gold mines all use the old style gravity stamp.
while the copper mines employ steam stamps.
one Of the latter being equal to fifty OF the form.
AZ, and striking blows which cause the earth to
vibrats for a quarter OF o milo from the mill.
although the foundations of tho stamps are OF
the most massive character.
To operate the mills OF the Calumet a Hecla.
which daily reduce $500 tons of conglomerst,
rock TO line sand, tho copper. which ia in Hna