Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-13
GENERAL MINING NOTES.

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ter at Cerrillos, New Mexico, for Cap
tain Balue has been let.
pocket discovered in tine Tanzy
nine, near Sonora, California, a few
DAYS ago. is reported to have yielded
$4,000.
From the Juneau mine, in Silver Bow
basin. Alaska. $4,000 in gold was TAX
on out in the first twenty days of the
season.
Exports Of copper in June amounted
to IL 129 tons and from January LIST.
So 223 tons. against $500 tons of the
same time last year.
At the Golden Gate mill at Mercur,
Utah. which is to have capacity of
800 tons daily. the Kendall dioXide cy-
anide process will be used.
Thomas Kearns, representing the Sill
yer King. has secured an option on the
Union mine at Park City, Utah, for
eighteen months at $4,000.
The Novel; c. NJ. Co. writes that
good rock miners can find employment
in and around Juneau, Alaska. The
Klondyke excitement is making min
ors scarce there.
Phil. Armour and other capitalists
of Chicago have purchased a large
tract of placer land on the Snake river,
Idaho and it is said will operate it by
means of a dry process.
The silver yield in Mexico last year
was estimated at $54, 100000, and it is
claimed that there is a larger output
being made this year, which prom
ises to increase the total to S6O,000,000.
A company has taken up, under the
placer law. the islands in Great Salt
Lake, for their guano deposits. The
first shipment will be made to Califor-
mia for sugar beet fields.
There has been an unavoidable delay
in getting the pumps started at Lead
vile, since necessary castings had to be
secured in Denver 1t is now expected
that all the pumps will be working bv
the 18th.
Recent discoveries of gold-bearing
quartz at Hall City in Trinity county,
California, near the Harrison gulch
mines, have caused considerable ex-
element and many people have gone
10 to prospect and locate
A copper ledge is reported to have
been discovered on the shore 400 miles
west of Sitka, which is said to be
eighty feet wide and 500 feet in
length. 1t has been located for L. G..
Dillman of Spokane and associates.
Up to July 10th for 1897. the value
of ore and matte exported from the
KOOtenay mines in British Columbia,
was $3,916. 2S6S0. Of this 27.37S tons
was in ore valued at $1,933, 245.7O and
81, 9S3, O4O.10 in produce of shelters.
Some of the best gold properties of
Cripple Creek are said to be in French
hands. Foreign stockholders are even
to have displaced recent
president of the Victor mine of that
camp.
The number of silver dollars coined
ut the United States minis during the
last fiscal year was u .203. 701, on
which the seigniOrage or profits to the
government amounted to $6,336, 1O4
A cut in wages at Park City, Utah,
the Ontario and Daily mines. has
)een announced to 90 into effect Aug
list LIST, which is under discussion by
he men as to whether they will submit
IT not.
Nevada and Colorado are no longer
silver states" the gold yield in 1890
exceeding that of silver in each COM
nonwealth. Montana is now the ''sil-
'er state" though either Nevada or
colorado stands ready to dispute the
tile should conditions warrant the ex-
ractlon of the white metal.
The value of the pearls found durine
$40 on the coast of the Gulf of Low.
+ California amounted to S35O.OOO.
al.
900 tons of musSel shells, the value of
Which was estimated at S1.25O.0OC
he pearl fishing, with appurtenances,
orms the entire occupation of the ma
ives, and La Paz. the capital for this
rade in the peninsula, exists exclusive.
upon this industry. Until few
ears ago only native divers had been
nployed. and the greatest depth tc
7hich they could dive was thfrty-five
eet. Upon the Introduction of the
lodern diving apparatus a depth of
50 teet was accomplished. while for
lerly the best divers could not remain
niger than two minutes under water.
modern diver thinks nothing of STAY.
lg for two hours at a depth of 100
aet although at still greater depth
lie stay is necessarily shortened on
count of the volume of water above.
he divers do not limit themselves tc
le pearl oysters. but whenever they
'me across rare piece of coral or a
wv KIND OF mussel, they pocket these
Sewise.
!, L ne Drum Lummon mine at Marys.
ne Niantana, was year ago report.
worked out. To-day the force EN-.
Dyed by the Montana Mining Com.
my the owners. is as large as it ever
as, and in few days when the six.
stamp mill will be crushing ore
'aln. the number of men in the com.
my employ will be larger than ever
fore in its history There are now