The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-13


veiop electricity for use In the mine.
Tho w. Y. Q. ID. mine et Grass Valley, Ne.
tho 300 level. The mine has just put put in 1r eio q
trio power. Tho Providence has a sevon.foot
vein or rich orc IN the J, 800 level; A good body
The Morrow mine in Santiago Canon, Orange
county. Is to be recpened and a ten; stamp mil
county, earned for October over $1,000 EroSs
and over $500 net: Scarcity, OF water pre-.
The experiment Of sinking wells for water
on the Mohave desert In San Bernardino county
s Sc ,Es,s to l hSys so %s; s, w1th success y, 6 G ssn,b A 4 Food flow
feet sufficient water will be developed 10 sup:
this discovery proves all that lie expected, 81
will bo moro significant and more valuable than
An exceedingly rich ledge has been struck in
tho Rising, Sun mine, near Downieville, Sierra
county The rock Is ribbon quartz and The gold
One piece of rock was taken out which con.
tanned forty nine ounces, of gold. The tunnel 10
rich.
A rich pocket is reported on Digger Creek,
were at, work on an old property that had been
lying idle for several. years. They. sluiced Off
slate shS s %ssG .S Siy' found snG aug 4 rich iaSsG sssm ' f4SS t %sIs e
they took 2o3 ounces Of gold in two days. At
the, end Of that time a large amount of gold was
still in sight.
VIRGINIA CITY. Doc. At 10 reported that q
| sale OF the famous PIN Nut mining property for
Tho Salmon Mining and Smelling Company
At Contact .,n ! is w g3TT1ePSs pa TsSn to yssS% aDS operations ss.sa rs.
business by the first of the ycnr.
The Berlin mine, at lone, has sunk o shaft
IL dsS Sr fsst, r nna I SSil rect Ct 81 fes srSss,Sat m Hnd ,E SeS feet Get
AXil At The Harris. BLOOD q Co, plant a lump of
weighing about 100 pounds and worth sew.
eral thousand dollars.
IDAHO.
IDAHO CITY, Dec. A. J. Malloy, repre-.
bonds on all the placer mines owned by j.
Branstetter, Mann a Hanson, and X. p. Plow.
o%ned wi by e each .ne The Gt.'d disis ana OF Tat Water riss be-.
detriment to the working of all the hydraulic
bitches would be enlarged, so as to take up a
larger volume of water during the raise and also
to enable all to be conveyed to one claim later
ur Ths f e RRaTis!. h hol,SIsng sn options @R,r on an.l place,
this place. are sinking for the purpose Of pros
pccting tho ground. Both have steam plants at
The ore body recently. discovered in the
Mountain Iah RAN Nj in Ga% q district, by the
SS@nna' s0' t I Is from tw vs. URINE to three 0 feet % th Ge a
The, spokane company, that recently pur.
@ n%nssS at i Grim esq rass from from a the nWSFefkl S'6 6ro5t ahsass
has ten men ut work opening up, the prop
Charles Small is developing a very promis-
ing free gold quartz ledge on Willow Creek.
four miles west of this place.
Harry Gliddon arrived at Spokane a few
days ago with nineteen pounds Of gold, the re.
suit Of the first sixteen days run OF his mill
on orc from the Banner mine. The gold is
worth $l4.5o per ounce. The ore was taken
without asserting from a ledge ten feet thick.
f TSsra are win now DC o, a bhySs dyysti camp po this o winter e;
is worked in a two:stamp mill. and the average
ton: A mill has arrived at the Blossom, which
will soon be ready for running. and a mill will BIO
Ozark is wonderfully rich. showing free gold half
produced 100 ounces Of gold a short time ago.
Elk City, north OF Florence. now has a ten.
falo Hill. and a recent cleanup amounted to
sixty pounds Of gold.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
,DEADwooD, s. D., Dec. determinations
show good results. The width of the vein in
the camp Is from 40 to 100 feet, and 1t has
S Ssfa 'f IS s]nk nor 4;oq Suf fef from IN i al inaie %aiis the Is
OF the usual deep character common to copper
formations. Ore in g %ten.foot cross;cut, taken
,Biaettsif and Garden City typS are produoine
about $iS.5oo.' All the ore : to 10th tie T b. q
d., smclter for treatment, but the cyanide plant
will resume work next week, when the output
will be increased twenty-five tons a day.
At the Reddy mine, adjoining tho city Of
Lead, a largo strike was made a few days ago.
has been entered, averaging $3.50 to tho ton.
The new mining camp of Hnrnblende, in tho
Castle Creek district, Is attracting attention
Its average values are about $3.50 to the ton,
with about q third Of the value free milling.
but 1t is tho opinion Of experts that with
depth to tho water line the ores will become
richer and the FREQ milling rock will DO re-
placed by refractory.
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. Corporations at the
properties Of the Bullion Beck Company at
Eureka, which had been suspended for Some
additional miners having been put at work.
The company is expected to resume dividend
payments not later than Jan. 10. One hun.
dred tons OF shipping orc are daily sent from
the mines.
Shipments OF silver bullion are still being
made weekly from tho Ontario. as Ave Of the
stamps In the mill arc dropping in making the
cleanup. One consignment of "a, 600 ounces
went out this week.
Orc shipments from the various mining
movements OF copper and gold ores are on the
increase. Silver shows a tendency to advance,
md although lead continues low there 10 much
in the situation to encourage mine owners.
p, a stFi Geo Wss made ~ 4,S during the week in the
shipping grade is now being hoisted at the
properties.
The Daisy group in Mercur has been bonded
by Eastern men for the sum of $4,000.
SHOT HER HUSBAND.