The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-13

IOTLN-UNmmn MIL II lhUtkE DNIltEn.
Tho Ottawa Milling and Mining Company il
erecting a customs mill at Keewatin. In six
s Me ,wen ~ nsIbsnmrP sm III he ,ncpcasnS t nn siyiy
The machinery has teen especially designed
and manufactured for this plant. and 1t will be
and barges ore will be brought in from all parts
Of the lake at a cost from 30 cents to 81 a ton.
1elopment work pay Tor itself as it goes along
and will avoid the necessity Of eX pensive mill
ing machinery, which, ordinarily. tho prospGG9;
tor has not the capital TO secure. The ore will
be sampled mechanically and fort eight hours
after 1t Is delivered the owner will receive his
check.
1t is expected that the Scramble mine. owned
by Detroit capitalists, vii put in a forty.stamp
ment work is under way on a score OF FIRST class
properties, and sales arc recorded regularly.
nharlcs Il. Cheney OF Detroit has taken the
Black Sturgeon property for $4,000. and vii:
liam Mackenzie, the street railway magnate Of
Toronto. has offered $4,000 for the old Ophir,
one OF the richest propositions in the whole
All This is in the Lake of the Woods district.
The showing in tho Racing Lake. Seine River,
equally as good.
WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE, Sept. AT Marcus the Sunnyside
property Is under development, with two
shifts, and two tunnels are being driven, one of
which Is eighty feet, showing a good face of ore
copper. There is another ledge on the same
property. sixty feet in width that gives average
erty estimates are being made for the construc-
ton OF a stamp mill.
In Okanogan district the Palmer Mountain
tunnel is being pushed ahead encrgetically
with a force OF twenty five men, making fifty
feet IA week. This tunnel, Is being driven TO
distance of $3.50 feet. On Monday a large
tered. fully nine feet wide and ~assaying from
$l7 to $50. This discovery was made il5 feet
from the portal and ia tho, most important dis,
covcry made in this tunnel. 1t Is at q vertical
depth OF l75 feet.
ALASKA.
SEATTLE, Sept. A Camden, y. j., company
Is. operating "a quartz property. on Douglas
Island, under the management Of II. Nile, and
the developments have reached a point where
ousiy; The company purpose erecting a mil
81 this capacity, and Will give employment to
At sumdrum the Bald Eagle is shipping a
large amount Of concentrates, and is preparing
for an active winters work in mill and mine
Gent to. keep q large. stamp mill steadily EN-
ployed for an indefinite. period.
little befort the discoveries on tie Klondikc. is
again receiving attention. II was partly ahan-
doned. although pay dirt was found going as
ton of Bonanza and Eureka overshadowed it,
and there was a stampede. This creek is
tributaries that show gold. It empties into
Mission Creek about a mile FROM the Yukon
on the American side.
BRITISH
SEATTLE, Sept. 4.-Tho Cariboo Mining
Company, operating Mt Camp. Mckinney, has
made its annual statement, showing that In
t iaes last az oI r%e NSieb %q miI1sd It s,6 has ounces m,ned Of pi bai.
lion and 10 tons OF concentrates. The ore has
sTfEsfd $ II did I RsF i fe";; @ NJ dsTelS " 1@!aI and ID
put in a large amount Of new machinery,
SO that the mine is now splendidly, equipped.
The mine has paid Sl56,sSl in dividends since
1t began operations.
At the lie Roi mine there is non an accunula.
tion OF 30. 600 tons of low.grade ore on the
ri unn that la estimated IN have a TAIuN Of $40
a ton. 4 tramway Is to be constructed con
Meeting the dump with the Red Mountain Rail:
To the lie Roi smelter. now under construction
at Northport in Washington. The ore ship,
tons. The total from the district was $50
tons. The total for the entire district since
Jan. l ia 1000 tons. since the recent al
put of the mines of Sandon.. where there are for
iy-two shipping mines: Lead at S4.o5 per
ful impetus 10 mining in this district, and it
looks as though II would still further increase.
For a time there was a disposition manifested
caused mine owners TO increase their forces and
the output.
as n shipper. the last carload sent 10 the smelters
netting over 5000 and the ore now on the
silver 10 the ton. 1t has nm ore body two feet
wide and there is more in sight than at any
The 81. Elmo at Christina Lake, Trail dis
trict, ia now under bond for $50, 900 to Ross
land parties. and tho deal will go through.
ARIZONA.
Tucson, Sept. 3.-Doyle d Doughcrty have a
body of ore three feet wide in their mine on
Helmet Peak that samples S51 in gold and
900 ounces silver. They have a Shipment
On Wednesday the Colorado Mining Company
at Las Planchas started up after a complete
and thorough oyerhaulinG. Everything is in
tlrst-class condition and working finely. Dur
ing the suspension OF the mill developments
Of virgin ground is opened uD and ready for
stopping, and there is over n thousand tons Of
high.srade silver ore on the dump, with many
and none OF it less than SO ounces, supcrintend.
tcrly Indifferent to the price OF silver. At 20
cents per ounce 1t can make money.
r. II. Richardson has Just leased fifty acres
of patented placer ground in the Grcateryille
mining district TO a Chicago company. This
company vii put in j, large new dry Pr9:ess
district is in extent and richness one OF tho best
placer fields in the Western country. but could
never be worked 10 any extent. owing to the
almost entire absence OF water. II the com
pany mas n machine watch will do the work,
there is no need TO look TO Alaska for n Klon.
dixie, as then Arizona would have one OF her
Joseph Engcl & Sons are developing a claim
near the -Four Mile House, which promises 10
become a great bullion producer. They have
striking tho walls. They arc engaged now in
taking out a carload Of ore for shipment, and il
satisfactory returns are received, CHpltaI To
develop the property may be obtained. Tho
orc carries gold, silver, and copper, and Mr..
Engel thinks that he has another United Verde
mine.
In the Union mine, Union Basin, a cross-cut
nj the ~ffty-foot level revealed II body OF ore
thirteen feet in width. The ore carries gold.
with a small amount OF silver. The whole vein
will pay 10 mill. 1t is the intention Of the
company to prospect for water In the edge Of
the valley, and IL q sufficient supply is OBJ
tanned, d forty-stamp mill will soon be erected.
MONTANA.
BUTTE, Sept. There il again n report that
the.L.ost Cabin mine, Of which SO much has
been heard and SO little can be learned, has
been found. The late report is that there is
no doubt that tho mine mas been found, but
that tho richness OF the ground has been
greatly exaggerated. Tho location Of the mine
is AT the heads OF Lost and Deep creeks, In the
mountains east OF Mahogany Butles, in Car.
bon county. A cabin was found containing
bones OF human beings and about 400 yards
distant was found a for.y'foot tunnel six feet
high by six In width. The lead is a blanket
formation in limestone and washes about 20
cents, TO the pan. A number OF claims have
now been taken up In that vicinity.
Butte parties are developing q mining camp
west OF Rock Greek Lake. In Deer Lodge coun.
ty. Native copper shows up in abundance