The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-29
MADE HIS PILE IN A MINE.
slLToN CAMERON, ONCE WEALTHY,
DIES ~ A POORHOUSE.

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BUTTE, Nov. 23.-Salton Cameron. a Few years
AGO a millionaire miner OF this state Is nowlh
,he poorhous. at Deer Lodge, broken in health
and in fortune. Mr.. Cameron made a prineoiy
fortune out OF the Cable gold mine in Deer
InJ.o county in the curly seventies. He was
not the discovoror OF the property, but was the
1rst to discover its great richness. Inc
nina vns discovered by three sailors. Ihey had
been on tho steamship Great EASTERN anu "ero
among tho crew that landed tho Atlantic cable
They sailed around the Horn 10 san run
ciaco. and prospccted eastward oVerlahu' al
their travels they Campcd near a sprung oh
the present site OF tho Cable mine. IN inc
water they saw "colors," and found seVerai
pieces OF rich.looking float rock. They traced
this lin until they found the ledge, anu locateo
their claim, calling 1t the Atlantic Gable.
Coma time bfterwnrd Salton Cameron bought
tho mine for n triting sum from the sailors,
"a ,ont ont n million dollars. The mine Is
now owned by j. G.. Slavery, who bought 1t
from Cameron, and it Is still producing gold in
large quantities. Cameron spent most oil MS
wealth in drink. \ collection OF MUCOUS
which ho took from the pockets OF the Cable
received the award at tho Worlds Fair for being
the richest collection of gold specimens taken
out of one mine.
. reported to nave Dtcn slTuCh oh 'hSSP avn
near Cascade.
A large pocket of silver.gold ore has been
encountered in tho Britannia. in the western
part of this city. The ore runs SO in gold and
100 ounces in silver.
Several good.looking specimens of gold
quartz have been brought down from the Sum-
init at the head of Birch Creek. The first float
was found five miles from where the lead was
discovered.
The Copper Queen property at Mineral Hill
has been bonded to Eastern men for $loo,ooo.
and tho Ravalli, Limekiln Club, and Florence
End lodes have been bonded to the same men
for 5000
Near Elkhorn recently Mr.. James Rowe
found some s~tagnant water in which were inn
mersed several tin cans. 1t was found that the
cans were coated with precipitated copper
similar to the metal thrown into the cisterns OF
the Anaconda and st. Lawrence mines In
Butte. 1t is supposed that some undiscovered
copper mine in the vicinity is leaking.
Much has been done the past season In the
development of the Toston Coal mines on Six
Mile Greek, between Tcston and Townsend.
While the mines have been worked but q Few
months, a superior article Of coal is being taken
out. An incline shaft has been run n
distance Of 800 feet into the coal meas
ures 100 feet from the surface, and passing
tlrOuRn BITuIH IL COhlG II
is now being done across the coal measures.
which lie about six feet apart. Tho coal is camel
coal, like the camel coal of Pennsylvania and
Illinois. 1t burns readily. and throws out good
heat.
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES, Nov. Observation-Disclosures and
dealers in mining machinery all over California
report that their business is three times as great
as 1t was last year. Nearly all the orders are
for development machinery. The demand for
material FOR hydraulic plants shows a great
increase.
opment of the Rand mines, Randshurg, Kern
hIct, has finally been settled BY compromise.
Burcham, are again in uncontested possession.
They will change the name to the Yellow Aster
s M1Pans sn twenty Mi!l'n ela Gi1@pHoD yc has hao b DsSPeGdt e,
yeloped to a depth Of 700 feet. Much OF it is
high grade but there are IL immense bodies
rs soon as railroad facilities, reach the town.
Notwithslanding the legal fights it has paid for
Its own development from the grass roots and
The shafe brothers. near Coulterville, Mari.
$50 ore at a depth Of thirty feet. The. con:
struction of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad
has made possible the opening up Of a good
many low.grade mining properties In Mariposa
The Unity mine, Nevada county. reports q
cleanup of 81 LAO on ore that paid $3.50 per
ton, after d three weeks run, The Morning
Star mine. Placer county, has declared a diyi.
The mining districts of southern California
ARE ar being Developed with remarkably r%apidity.
This IaHio is e wPSs c Gynet Trqs OF the Mera R Nsy r . . county 5iraty
as they are at present. No less than 100 new
stamps will be put in operation during the next
Jesse r. Grant and ex-senator Stephen NJ.
Dorsey, with two English experts, have gone
make q thorough examination. II the report
OF the experts Is favorable plenty of .Englist
Of the mines. The property Consists sfts u I'm
mense bodies of.low-grade ore. Ex-Gov Mark
mann %iR.a has Sso eo Hssse th for A sSoaf sas GiF do and 0the'
orc in one heap were dred last Ssef: IN u
600 tons Of orc can be burned at one time,
A new continuance for river mining, called
R R1niss It rs L . se sgliRR ds i9 Of 0RI fon. tSre sy feet e. {
diameter at the top and Eve feet at the bottom
sSa Hlvd Il i0 Ge%pra esSa q si Soe clears to th sSs sG stilnas 9
Of water and Is also used to elevate the grave
Z tsrfG e sasp e Rlpa t. IN the siu tsSs S S1 the Ss e : wh RI
lowered, through. q hole in tho bottom, o., tn
men In shifts OF four hours each and that the n
turns arc entirely satisfactory. .
Rivsr. sisfiyou county gu the Wing t dsm mnHmA q
tho streams Is almost exclusively in possessio
Of the Chinese: Hardly more than s per cen
The Kanak0 mine, Tuolumne county, ha
made o very good strike in which the rock ave
ages S18 per ton In a two weeks mill run.
EEvADA.
VIRGINIA CITY, Nov. 2o.-Turquoise hi
been discovered in Lincoln county at the foot
Sugar Loaf Peak. The largest of the ston,
thus far found weighed 81 carats, others ran
ing from 10 to 20 cerats; The zone in whie
the turquoise Is found Is about half a mile Ion
In this there has been no assuring, with the o
cepion of ono large dixie, which Is about 2,
foot wide and shows clearly for 1900 feet. II
largest and purest specimens are found In tn
dixie. The country rock 10 mica schist.
Tho Gold Creek and Nevada Mining Cor
pany, In a placer working at Gold Creek, b
uncovered a vein which assays $933 In 10
and 1913 ounces of silver.
The McEllin mine, near Hamilton, Is shippil
orc that goes about rs per cent. lead and
ounces in silver.
At Bullionville the Pecks are preparing
work 100000 tons Of tho Godbe tailings.
MEXICO.
GUAyMAs, Nov. 20. Mexico IL bound TO I
come In time one Of the great gold producers
the world. In the north the sulphlde ores RI
about 20 per cent. in gold. In the southe
part of the republic the gold values are abo
rs per cent. and the ore is exceedingly refrt
tory.