The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-15

The Dipper group at the mouth OF Little Cot
tonwpod sanon: es,shsses ,s m doo s Tnn vs Q, ms
The silver King Company to-day paid It's Feb
5sS 500. and Siy On a The S % 10 tie fs1i Bullion Pis Becf viii pay pay
not less than $4,000 and the Msrcur Company
sss,oSS; The sssrs%sIpSES o, VIII g Pssy .S 5000 oS %, 3.
same date, and the Utah viii resume payments
some time during the month; South Swansea
will pay on its usual date.
NEW MEXICO.
SILVER CITY. n. NJ, Feb. s.-Work will begin
this month In several OF the mines belonging
owned by Iii" Company have been operated nm
have been satisfactory. The work of cleaning
9Ht several OF The mines has commence. and
nov H be resumed H' f Unsii lSs, YEAR essH these ssi mines
had been idle for more than twelve. years.
though prior to that time this company's prop
crty had been the largest producer OF copper In
this territory. The deepest workings are about
500 feet, and the mines have been developed to
oren.d to permit the employment OF. several
hundred miners. The principal stockholder 10
The new copper snclter at Copper Flat is
nearly completed aud will be blown In this
month: II will treat ores from tho company
A strike has been made at Apache camp. near
s : Of ore which runs nigh II silver and
ths mino VII be shipped to the Defining sam
III. gold mines at Pine. Altos are working
about 200 men and the prospects are that ths
output this year will exceed that of last year,
which was one Of the best years In the history
Tucson. Ariz.. Feb. i. that the price of
copper is up. and still advancing. i has given q
known that all the mountain ranges around
Tucson are rich In metals. copper predoininates.
Many prospects whiclI are rici in copper lave
not been operated owing to low Dri,es. III ia M
uncommon. occurrence now to see SAM pies OF
carrying from oO TO 90 yer cent. IN pure metal.
0ne lot wa. brought Into town last week by
Frank Meober. from the GaIiuru range. twelve
miles east or the Mammoth, " hich averaged 81
per cent. COPPER. There appears to he n whole
mountain OF this ore all IN ono large body.
as, the celebrated Clark aud seaman properties,
which are about to be bonded Tor $50. 900. A
they went down the eide OF The mountain 100 feet
below the bottom ofthe shait and put In u tunnel
which pa. struck the same rock. proving CON
c,opUer ore. Copper Creek furnishes an album
dance OF water the year round. while wood Is
plentiful and the location is quite, accessible.
In Coch'se county are some excellent copper
properties; In that county Is the Copper Queen.
in the Tniie Sd''sS," a,e t%e I HE WW' RS,.,d 9r"aI Brns
noons. aud Huachucas. abound IN copper lodges
them up and demonstrate their merits. There
has been more activity IN tie development Of
itAlists seeking Investments In mining ventures
ssah IN any Tsls o'h TS, class of Hropsr.ls', Except;
Tor copper Tor use In electrical appliances and
TRANSMIT plants gives promise that the
pric. OF copper VIII continue to advance for n
Nearly 200 tons OF lead ore IL now piled on the
dumps OF the Castle Dome mines. which will be
has risen Ia price lately. and il is expected To- 20
much higher. Reports from Goldfslf indicate
s ss0 isas Ave- sI ann. Is growing rap p Abop.
NJ The Maminoth mine. and the twenty.stamp
mill Keeps pounding away with ore In sight to
lease Sv Friday & Hsrsn. hiss a shaft iso feet
deep In four feet Of heavy lead ore, which
have Just shipped twenty tons OF orc to Pres
sott and have anOti er carload on the dump.
feet deeper, The Tourh Nut mine has just I'm.
ished u mill run of thirty tors of ore that plated
VA a ION; and they haze a me three.ieet Mide
ing n force OF mon on the Post Mortem mine,
ana Is covering the dump with high grade ore.
grade ore on tho north extension Of tho Tough
Nut mine. 1t shows free gold and plenty OF it.A
MONTANA.
BUTTE. Feb. a.-The principal event Of tho
week In Montana has been the sale of the prop.
critics OF the Butte and Rostou Company by the
assignee To the Reorganiyation which
came here from Boston TO attend the salo. The
largest producer Of copper in Montana r rSn tkn'ns
next 10 the Anaconda and the Boston and Mon
lana ompaniss. since It's failure u few months
That work viii be resumed on the properties of
th,s .1mpany 10 a yery rev weeks; Frank
and Boston.
are IN excellent condition, and that work can he
resumed without delay. several of the mines
the receivers hands. and some OF the eases have
mauo n handsome. i'roni. some OF the leases
have not ys, eS pired; The lease on the sno-
yer Bow Nine No. 1 aud silver Bow Nine No, =
Viii probably continue TO be the principal pro-
ducers OF the iiutte and Boston.
Paul A. fusy, manager OF the BimetRllio and
Granite Mountain Mines at Granite. was in
Butte the past week. and SAID that these great
silver mines will not resume work with silver at
It's present low figure. The Immense amount OF
,AilIngs accumulated at the mines during the
past nine wears will. however. DC worked over.
The mines are kept in good condition at a good
thought that enough can be taken from the tail.
lnR- TO pay the EXPENSE o; keening the mines In
S Se " On. I n.,s G.mpa umHy a" %p T., . The i.ii IN ~,
gross product IN gold and silver taken from these
mines in nine years IN to 1904 WAS S3l. 900. 900. |
vein OF coal found in the Whitehall district
near Mayttower No. 3. The unexpected lind
ho WAS looking Tor a lead Of gold ore. lie had
run IN a tunnel sixty feet from the surface. and |
Hoped would widen out below hs SUNK a WINS
fourteen ieet. and cut a two-foot vein of coal. |
He sunk SIX fee. In The coal. and found that II is
signs OF p%inching out Some Of the coal was
tested In = blacksmith shop and In q smolter, |
and was found to be n fair quality Of soft coal.
News has been received OF a strike In the
Drum Lennon mine At MArysville.. It was
made on an extension Of the mine. and IL II Is as
important Ms reported 1t promises n resumption
Of work In, the mine In tho spring. The main
leads of this great mine were reported exhausted
some month"; ago. and work was stopped. Some
time a~fterward exploration work was com
menced on n part OF the property which had
been kept In reserve, resultingin the recent dis
covery.
. IN. DIETRICH. u banker from Hastings. Neb.
has been on a visit of Inspection of the Clark's
Fork placer mines. Ho says that his company
Is building n boat to dredge the placer deposits.
+. l.. Bonner. the Missouia millionaire, has
taken u bond on 800 acres of land near the
Richli ranch. whore the drilling for coal is now
In progress. Nothing new II made public re-
parding the progress OF drilling, and 1t is
thought that the drll has not reached any coal
that In good, II In known that the irst samples
taken out were not good enough for marketable
coal. Drilling was stopped yesterday and the
drill taken away. Owners OF land in the vicinity, |
however. declare their belief that good coal has
been found and that the taking away OF the drill |
Is only part OF a scheme To lower the prices AT
which property has been held in that section |
since drilling began. |