El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-01-19

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There are sixty shipping mines in
the SLOGAN district, British Colum b ia.
There was distributed one day last
week in Salt Lake $50, 800 in dividends
from four mines.
The Tucson Star claims that the
gold output of Arizona for 1896 will
| prove to be not less than $4,000, 900.
The output of the De Lamer mines.
Lincoln Co, Nevada. for 1896 is estim-
ated at between So, 1000, 900 and SO, OOO,-
600.
Benz. Fitzpatrick. of Kingman, Ari-
! IONA, has just opened up rich silver
mine, which he calls the w. j. Bry-
an.
In the neighborhood of $500. 600 will
be expend led in placer development here
next spring and summer.-La Belle
Cresset.
The gold product of the Rand district
South Africa, for November, '96, was
POI 900 ounces; November, 30, I95, 0G0
ounces.
a discovery of telluride ore has been
IN ade in the Jumbo mine at Rosslaud,
British Columbia. This is the first
found in the district.
The La Campana Mining company,
whose headquarters are at Tucson.
Arizona, are contemplating the cree
| ton of a 90 stamp mill on their mine
| in Sonora, Mexico.
The wages of workmen in the Santa
Rosa mine and mill, close TO Perris,
| Cal, have been reduced from s. 80 %
50 - A day-an exceedingly low scale
| for this class of work.
| The manager of the Niagara Mining
| company at Bingham, Utah, has added
| $50, 900 to its profits during the past
year from milling of lower grade ores
than was possible before.
G. c. Angel the dfscoverer of the
first mine IN Angels Camp, Calaveras
| county, where the famous Utica mine
| is located, died pauper in San Fran
| cisco recently, and was buried at public
expense.
| The De Lamar company in Phoebe,
Nevada, is considering the feasibility
of purchasing the Ash Springs water
at Pahranagat valley and erecting an
electric plant for running it's hoists and
mills at the mines.
| Several of the men charged with
kidnapping superintendent Meikle of
|
county for hiring Chinese, have been
arrested and held for trial before the
Superior court. Cal.
From Pittsburg, Pa, an exporter of
| New York city sent by rail to Mexico
week ago % tank cars and 20 plat
form cars for mining purposes They
also sent 20 pairs of wheels with axles,
! together with a ton of other castings
and forgings.
An option on $4,000 shares of stock
in the Elkton, Cripple Creek prop,
erty, for $50, 900 has been taken up by
| French capitalists. They had already
| taken up 90, 600 and have an option on
| 80, 900 further, making half the stock
| in the company.
Montana mined and sold last year
| S22, coo. GOO worth of copper, and never
uttered word Of abuse against the
republican party for not agreeing in
| its platform to stamp it S44 000 900,
without waiting for the aid or consent
| of any other nation.
The ten stamp mill at the Richenbar
camp, 90 miles north of Phoenix, on the
Black canyon road, is the only stamp
mill in Arizona that is run by electrici-
ty. The dynamo is short distance
from the mine in canyon aud is run
by water power Of Pelton Wheel
Phoenix Gazette.
The Vulture mine, near Phoenix,
property that has produced a greater
amount of gold than any other in the
southwest, was sold recently for 3d.
600, under operation of a trust deed
given by ex-senator Tabor, of Colora-
do, to secure a loan of S24 900. The
purchaser for creditors was B. r.
HierOnymus. cashier of the First Ma
tional bank, of Madison, Wis
The Yuma Sun says: Superintendent
TregO, of the Castle Dome mines, was
in town Monday on business connected
with the mines. He reports rything
working smoothly. Nearly 200 tons of
lead ore is now stacked on the dump,
which will be shipped when, in the
opinion of the manager, a favorable
time arrives. Lead has risen in price
very materially lately, and it is expect
ed to go much higher yet.
So rapidly has the European demand
for Alabama pig iron increased that
the furnace owners are unable to find
enough vessels to accom- modate the
shipments. The development of this
foreign trade is amazing in its
raptdity and volume, and the only
unsatisfactory feature of it is the fact
that these vast exports are being
carried almost entirely in foreign ships. |
1t will be dOubly fortunate if this
splendid growth of the iron industry at
the south adds new impetus to the |
needed revival of American ship build |
ing.
The discovery of very rich gold placer
ground on the San Juan river by w. A |
Townsend recently has stirred up no
little excitement throughout San Juan
county during the past ten days, says
the San Juan Times. The location of |
the find is in bar on the Pat Nc
Laughlin place, about four miles from |
Fruitland. The indications are that |
this bar has been formed within the |
past few years. and it is rich in coarse |
gold from the surface down to a depth |
of four feet-which is as deep as it has |
yet been pros pected. Most of the gold |
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