The sun., 1897-12-20
GOOD FOR A POOR NINE.
FHE RUBY, ONCE CONDEMNED, rs
IIELDING $4,000 DAT.


fotnin to Ne Probably worL-d-Rydrnuiis
puininG on . Large scale st Cock 1niet
BUTTE, Dec. lathe latest reports from the
Ruby mine in the Lowland district indicate that
n IL likely TO provo one Of the biggest gold.
silver mines in the West. For years It has boon
IDLE. and It was condemned by some Of the best
mining experts OF the country. A now company
Was organized, and last summer purchased the
property for 100000 Operations were begun
On Aug. 10 last, and since then the Ruby has
produced $3.50 in gold and silver ore and
ct present reproducing at the rate Of $4,000 per
day. The property Is developed by q tunnel,
and thoro 10 also q shaft go feet In depth.
Another expedition has been formed to dis
cover 'lost mine" The story of this latest
&c Vt mine" 10 that q prospector discovered some
gooN placer ground in the Clearwater wilder
ness! de made the discovery lats In the sea-
pon, and after taking out 800 In q few days
he camo out for supplies and returned a. speedily
es possible. That was the last heard Of him un-
tt some Indiana, who had been hunting In
remote part Of the Clearwater, reported thst,ho
had died. Guided by tho Indians, white man
went to whore the dead mans body lay. With
the body was map mnutely describing the vi
cinity Of tho lost mine. Tho map had become
wet, which partially destroyed its usefulness.
Since then diligent efforts to find tho mine have
proven unsuccessful, but another expedition 10
aboutCto start out, full Of confidence.
A strike OF gold ore is reported In the Inter-
national mine of the Garnet district.
The coal output Of the Anaconda company at
Belt is $500 tons daily.
Tho hrst gold in Montana is said to have been
discovered by tho Mullan surveying party at
Gold Crock about 1860. In 1862 James and
Granville Stuart came from Wslla Walla and
were the drst to put in fumes and sluice boxes
in the Gold Creek district. A town Of 1000
people called Pioneer sprang up there. and the
town still has small population. About $l2,-
100000 in gold was'taken out thero before 1880.
The Sunrise property, twelve miles west Of
Phillipsburg, has been sold to Frank A. Smith.
The biggest hoisting engine in the West Is
now being manufactured at San Francisco for
the Diamond mine Of the Anaconda Company,
ono OF the richest of that companys properties.
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANoELEs. Dec. 1.-THE Argonaut mine,
on the mother lode near Jackson, An,ador county,
after having been under development nearly
ave years, has started milling rock with re.
suits which Indicate that not moro than two
other mines in California can excel It as q bull
lion producer. The first days run Of tho stamp
mill yielded amalgam worth $1,000, and as
only about one-half the value il given out until
the inside batteries well amalgamated,
the manager counts on o twenty -four hours
been sinking a shaft since 1898, which is now
down ZOO feet in rock that yields from S25 to
richness with depth. For thirty Years previous % US
to 1888 the mine had been virtually abandoned.
hS Sssn
end day for over three years on a tunnel which
has been driven l 900 feet through solid quartz.
An upraise OF 100 feet and a cross-cut of 300
feet have just been finished.
CalayeFas county has many promising loca-
tions which need capital for development I'm
developed river channels cross the county. in
many places. Where opened they have paid to
traced for over fftsen miles. but no % work H has as
t. Ths kS
dys When sor ssns was sns
%pknown. and sulphurets were not treated.
lion in former days, has been reopened. and is
pr1yine@ @ as ri rich as formerly;
Enreha. Humboldt county. has leased 125
acres for black sand mining, They have begun
work, and say that the results thus far are en-
Ths sosss sssd Is the n, Ssss l.
fore this month is ended. The road adj is primari-
y an ore road. and in giving cheap transporta-
district 1t is expected to open q new era in the
development oi that camp. More ore Is now
The wedge is working the upper levels. from
bsl aR Of @ at 1ho
i,, IiayiIsh, whore rich nino-foot ledge is being g
Placer ground that win yield o. per cubic
bn Wth Pay gravel from four to
eed Company has struck a rich chamber in the
The, St, Gothard Mining Company has pur.
chased the Delhi quartz mine. Nevada City.
aSs e
Delhi, through which both that and the st.
Gothard can be operated. The Benton and
tween Big and Little Deer creeks. expecting to
strike the, channel at, l.40O feet. The last
mine amounted to over 800, 900. ' ''-'
milan GnFSh syndicate has bought
Flat Placer County. a which % cover t the river river
bed From from eighteen to twenty -four feet TN In depth;
Reduction works. including a bf.y-stamp
mill, concentrating and cyanide works. are to be
contracts calling for their compilation not later
than the first Of next March. This will make
southern California and Arizona now lying
idle to be worked at a profit while thousands OF
sss sas
Mountain the Colossus Is yielding $50 ore
The gold At Hedges is SO nne that much of IT
now 500 IN hn9 the sinea HiS''o 'n'' 'nef'
furnishing constant mark ct for fuxing ores,
has brought about a big mineral development
IN that county. Last week 3.OUOOO0 pounds
OF copper ore. which will require nearly three
months for roasting. were fired. The smoke
from the smelter has killed all the orchards
vineyards, forest trees and all other veReta-
ton with several miles of Keswick.
In Tuolumne county the mining business 10
booming aS II has not done for many a year.
Ten years ago everybody thought Tuolumne
county mines were merely pocket mines and
capitalists would not buy them. To-day they
are offering for single properties, which even
than they cannot buy, what formerly would
have purchased dozen Of these mines. Old
before. tho granite belt proves richer with
depth. and along tie mother lode there is an
one another In the size and value OF their orc
bodies. Both developed and undeveoped
mines have advanced very rapidly In value.
Several companies, one Of them from Circle
City, Alaska, have recently taken hold Of the
old gravel mipes in and near Columbia Good
strikes have recently been made in tho old
mines near Cherokee. which had been idle for
many years.
NEVADA.
VIRGINIA City, Dec. 1l.-,Gold placers havo