The sun., 1897-10-04
COLORADO SILVER CAMPS.
THE OUTPUT MAY BE SMALL UN-
LESS FREIGHTS dRE REDUCED.

VIKINGS Are booming In Madison County, Mont.
-DiEEing FOR Gold Dust In the Heart OF Zoe
AnEeiea-SIK womon ProspcctInE for Gold
Vine Copper Prospects Along Copper River.
DENVER Sept. 20.-The output OF tho great
silver camps OF the State, Lcadville Crccic.
and Aspen, for the coming year depends very
largely upon tho action OF the railroad com
panies, tho smcltcrs. and Tho workmen. Own.
ers Of properties leasing to operating COM
panies also will hnvc TO make concessions in
the matter of royalties. 1t Is not expected that
much of reduction in charges will be made by
.he smeltcrs, as they are already treating ores AZ
low they do pro1tably. Former rates
were from $40 to Si3. and rates now from
$3.50 TO $40 per ton.
Tho Leadville situation Is the most impor-
tant. The present output of the camp Is from
1900 TO 1000 tons daily, and with the open
ir9 of the downtown mines this might be in
creased to very nearly 2,500 tons. But tho un-
watering problem is still most uncertain. When
st tho close of the great miners strike the man.
ayers OF tho downtown properties united upon
O plan for n combination to beat back the
great underfow Of water, and pumps were or
dered for the purpose, one then anticipated
that silver would continue to fall in price. But
before tho pumps were set up silver dropped
below so cents. and some Of the operators de-
cided not to proceed, Mr.. Eben Smith, mana.
ger of the Motfat interests, went to Europe,
and he has just returned. He does not want to
do any more silver mining, and without him
tho pumping plan in Leadville cannot be con-
pidcred.
Meanwhile efforts are making TO obtain from
the railroads concessions in freight rates pend
ing tho present low. market quotations for sill.
yer. AS to the miners wage question: that
has been practically settled, and they accept
the situation.
With the Creede miners the situation is some
what different. A considerable amount of the
ore there is high grade, but the camp con.
tains also q considerable amount of ore running
under 80 ounces Of silver to the ton, which nets
the miner, after all expenses are paid, not more
than 81 a ton. The present output Of the camp
Is about 100 tons daily. but 1t is asserted that
with a reduction in freight charges the output
can be increased to 400 tons. The railroads
fear to make the reductions, as they argue that
It will be practically impossible to restore the
rates 'afterward to remunerative figures.
In the Red Mountain district the Enterprise
has recently developed three solid feet Of cop
per ore carrying gold and silver. This mine
Is bonded with Denver:men. The output of tho
Ouray district will show a handsome gain for
September over the August shipments. Somo
very high grade ore has been shipped from the
Camp Bird mine The Wedge mine has en-
tered its great vein, which seems to be the ex-
tension of the Bachelor vein. There seven
ty-hve men at work upon the property, and
the net profits are about $4,000 monthly.
This is one Of the new mines Of the district
Nearly a year ago 7. B. Miller Of this city Sc
cured control of l AGO acres of ground along the
valley of the Blue River below Dillon. Mr..
Miller is an experienced California placer miner
and he has made a most careful survey of his
tract, which carries handsome gold values.
Recently he formed a company to operate the
placers, and work will begin next week on the
construction or flume and ditch five miles long
which will give fall of 4S0 feet.
The Hot Pot mine which has been under bond
for some months, has been sold to J. II. lie Moyne
OF this city. He has associate A. A. Pope,
the Hartford bicycle manufacturer. The mine
is in Russell Gulch, Central City district, near
the Crown Point and Virginia property.
=, Tess have been made upon the tailings OF the
bed Of the creek between Pandora and Telluride.
The results have been 30 encouraging that a
local company, having secured lease OF the
cost $4,000 to make concentrates Of these old
failing beds that quite I'LL the bed OF the stream
to q depth of from six to twenty feet. The
lessees say that they can save from 81 to 30 a
ton, and they have an estimate of 100000 tons
The United States branch mint in this city
reports gold receipts for the nine months Of the
$3.12s.436 received during the same months
last year.
MONTANA
BUTTE, Sept. 2s.-Madison county has be-
come famous as gold producer, and il it keeps
up its mineral production 1t will be second only
being done in the mines than ever before Mills
and smeters are going up all over the county
ing over the country than ever before in that
section; Besides the important works at Gay
d astvs mining anu IN the Tobaseo Root range Gss
This range is ribbed with gold lodges, and
h5e To ch on bs
county will produce fully $1,000,0oo in gold
An important strike has been made on Fourth
of July Creek, two miles from Sylvanite A
ledge was, uncovered in several places show
The quartz is highly mineralzed diagonal
crosscut will be run and other work done to
determine the extent and value OF the find.
Eastern men have secured the interests of
ex.Gov. Hauser and A. NJ. Hotter in the Seven
Silver, Bow COUNTY, has a little gold excite.
ment Of ITS own. In American Gulch some
cents to he % Of
tions have been made but the locality is evi.
IDENTIFY rich only in spots and the yield referred
to cannot be expected rs IA general proposition.
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES. Sept. 25-The bed of the Los
Angeles River in Inc heart q the city. is the
ern California Two miles OF the river bed. be-.
tween the Buena Vista street bridge and Sew.
been staked off in placer claims. Some of the
surface gravel wh ch has been worked In the
last lew weeks has Welded W TO the cubic yard,
and IL il thought the bedrock stuff, down 100
to 80 feet will pay muuh better. The COM
pany will sink caissons, and II the work inside
1t is believed that porl ion OF the river bed
will yield also rich deposits of oil.
local company has been organized at Eu-
reka, Humboldt county, to mine the black sand
on the beach n the mouth of Little River. The
company has leased eghly-ught acres and Is
installing a plant that will work 500 tons Of
sand a day, which, 1t is estimated will average
80 cents per ton
The Meteor mine, at Randsburg Kern coun-
ty. has been bonded to san Francisco men for
100000. Some very rich ore was recently
struck in this mine. and the new owners are to
put in a force Of men large enough to fully de-
yelop the property. The ore of the Wedge mine
10 now running in 'sulphurets. indicating per
manency Of the ore bodies. In the Zelda 49,
foot ledge has been uncovered. free milling and
averaging $40 on the top. The Tip. Top has a
four and one.half foot ledge averaging S25 and
carrying vein from eight to sixteen inches
wide that yields 800 rock. The Alameda ia
under contra, It to furnish the new concentrator
thirty tons day, which. 1t Is thought will