The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-05

from iron ore taken from a deposit in Sewer
county, a carload Of the ore being shipped to
The annual report of the sawnsea Mining
Company shows receipts, SOL $50, OF when
s sss;; dlvi Men frG pai the SO ssi $685. g ORE fh s,P ne t Value SeS cf
the ore was Sl3.l5 per ton.
A corps OF experts for the United states Geo.
logical Survey is again at work in the llntlc
district. Prof. Emmons Is expected to reach
Utah within u few days to supervise the work.
IDAHO.
IDAHO CITY, Idaho, June 23.-New machin-
De Lamar district, owyhee county. and the
output win be increased. f s1a 400 oct. l to May
The indications are that the copper mines
Of this State will attract unusual attention
this year. Montana mining men are now pay,
a man who has visited the old placer camp
covered last year, says, 1.-THE crowds rushing
in there this year remind me Of the rush in the
and new locations are being made, over
1000 are now on record and there VII vii be many
i mSic ieaD'G arc favorable for a good camp: The
real value, Of the district cannot be deter
mined until more depth Is attained. ,.rc.
group of gold mines in the C9ur dAlene coun-
The old Poorman. on War Eagle Mountain,
In the lower works large bodies Of ore that will
NH LAST Ss3 fall pJ Jnm aSa q 3. { %nnd aeGG and 1sfq 5a aasssG HHrt:
well secured u lease OF tho Wide West. at
Week mined eight tons. yielding $ess per ton.
Nine tons of ore from the VishLu, near tho
Wide West, yielded 500 per ton.
WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE, June 20. -Expcrt examination is be-
ing made Of the Vandaiia group OF mines in Sill
yer Creek, which are under bond for 100000.
Ii is claimed that twice this amount OF ore Is In
sight in the several drifts and tunnels, while q
large quantity of the highest grade ID sacked
on the dumps ready FOR shipment.
On the Rather and Monarch claims In the
Edison group, Silver, Creek. q tunnel Is being
driven that will tap the main ledge at "A depth of
The Corona made its first shipment this week
to tho smeltcrs, the consignment being selected
ore which will go rs high AZ u 400 per ton in
silver, with gold enough to pay H.! The expense Of
taken from u pay shoot two feet wide in q
ledge twenty feet in width at q depth of sixty
In silverton district the Double Eagle mine,
which has IA free-milling gold ledge twenty feet
p w.Se st real T two Sf set VIDE S on Monday Rea iSg' thar SssI gives 3
assays Of $500 per ton. The new strike Is nino
On Teanaway River, Kittitas county, a large
week. The ledge Is seventy feet wide, and
Over forty locations have been made, and q new
camp Is opening NJ.
be SSm1 br a@S speiG in fsom q FS sopfRsiF v srip q distr act
discovered late last fall. The high character
p ped .h to ore a country ,S f@ST that fs% ALMOST as i1 1t ssfm,
as the Yukon by reason OF the altitude and
deep snow.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SEATTLE, June 26.-The ore in the eighty
foot level OF the Van Anda mine, on Texada, has
steadily increased in value, and still main
tains It's width Of three feet. 1t goes 30 per cent.
copper, and shows FREQ gold and sylvenite in
profusion. Ten tons u day are produced.
The first refined copper ever produced In tho
province has just been turned out at the re-
lining works of the Hall Mines Company at Nell
son; 1t carries 81, per cent, copper, besides
gold and silver, and Is valued at $3.50 per ton.
The works are turning out twelve tons per day.
The Silver King mine Is now shipping 100
tons OF ore daily.
A prospector named Mclaughlin has recently
discovered a ledge on Hamill Creek, which emp
ties into Kootenai Lake, that surpasses any
thing, yet found in that section of the province.
The ledge is 200 feet wide. carrying galena
principally, and assays show ll5 ounces silver
and 10 per cent. lead.
On, skeena River, seventy miles from its
mouth, the Emma group has been under devel-
opment since early spring, and there are 800 tons
OF high-grade copper ore on the dump; This
goes $50 gold, go ounces silver. and SO per cent
copper. 4 shaft has been sunk 90 feet and a
tunnel driven lao feet on the ledge.
Five tons OF ore from the Victoria-Texada
group, on TeXada Island, are being tested at the
Victoria Metallurgical Works. This ledge out
crops III lhe sea. and the ore now under treat
ment was taken out at low water from a shaft
! sunk TO a depth Of eight feet. 1t Is i've feet