The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-15
- i. Al ~ .,, e. !. ssupis'sd y Abrn !. making

the greatest activity In the, State at preront h
Brothers Of Butte. Mon, have Invested a ereat
deal Of money and arc making extensive deveiop.
miners and '" camp pof Followers f IN The are S,s LOO
who have gathered within the past four months
on ne reports STH. Of :, rich strikes and numerous
a the owners aTS h %RS1'P PsasS SP {; 30 5 aSiitsssip sSsy THAT RiiI
dueers in the country. The orc Is high 9rhpde.
Is found In great abundance, and IL easily con.
vCrtible into matte and bullion.
~ the Black Boar claim, seven mile. from
Bossburg,, they are running n tunnel which
IN ,sS the l sSse. at ind T depth PIE q 200 3 feet below
being in gold. Bo.sbSrs is the nearest y point
facilities are offered for the handling OF ores
consigned to Eastern or Western reduction
works.
In the bonanza mine n splendid body OF
galcna has been struck, and an increased force
has been put on the property, opening up the
is an. old galcna district, but the orc bodies
have been 80 unreliable in regard to continuity
1eal OF suspicion by mining men.
The Wilbur claims at Index have contracted
copper.silver from the mine to the RAILROAD.
This is among the new producers OF Snohomish
county, which numbers more shipping proper
ties than any other in the state.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SEATTLE, Nov. 6.-0n the west coast, Of Van.
couver Island prospecting was at first CON
fined to the search for iron ores. During the
past season copper and gold ores have received
more attention than any others, and some yalu.
able discoveries. have been made, extending
for several miles. In AiSerni :" District rhs i a Iar9e
amount OF development has been done. and
enough free.milling ore uncovered, TO justify
solidated. upon which the greatest amount of
work has been done, has ore that assays from
S hat e ths s9o are sG over PSI sid sSH; Sn % i thi IS esaIi,y ID
ore blocked out IN the workings.
operating. the Sunset group OF mines, in Trail
district. has recently Installed a seven-com.
pressor drill with great success. and is pushing
Its work with unusual energy.
ARIZONA.
Tucson, Nov. 5.-The copper output Of Ari.
900, 600 pounds more than in 1895. Copper is
duct will exceed that OF last year.
ORE a9 ~ ,S q Clark n haze struck 3 "a good streak Of
will lead TO The main ledge.
that Mei the orr roR ports from gn,, the PeSrse mn mine say
the the' foot vail vail = rs sshcd.S ffSef ma the b @SSre OF
ore in this property has never been touched, yet
the monthly output is over $35O,OO0. The
richer being shipped to Pueblo, ana there is
not Il pound of waste matter.
The Lanahan Brothers are reported TO have
made a rich strike in the Silver Bell district,
near Tucson. They have a mountain Of ore,
AND ASSAYS lately made show gold to the
amount OF S294 per ton.
The Higgins group of copper mines. south
east OF the great copper camp Of Bisbee, has
large amount. The company has already the
machinery on the ground for boring and deter.
= ''' The k !as s@ia Go ID Nj m,ne companv,s mill in
Lost Guich is about completed. The stamps will
begin to drop on ore soon. and as the supply is
operation.
Twenty, four inches Of $40 ore in the Thorn
Aztec mine are the latest report from the sun
Dance group near Prescott. The last car OF
concentrates ran $13s per ton.
UTAH.
plant is to be erected on the Mammoth group
at Bingham.
The Buckeye. group at Diamond Tintic dis.
shaft will be put down to the 6OO-foot level.
Bingham's ore output for October was 4,72a
TONS. THIS was an increase of 1,o12 tons over
uo The Mersur Company on saturday shipped
mcnt from the Sacramento, valued at 50. OO1.
was also made. The DAILY Company shipped
rrs,2po nne ounces OF silver and the Ontario
~ At 1.-The, che Mereur mines a third parallel vein
below the old workinss. ' Ihis ADDS hdiset an i im:
amount to the already great ore re.
serves.
: DEADwooD. Nov. 12.-Estimates of the min.
eral OUTPUT of the Blacl, Hills for the present
year year arc nT.r being sa gd m1 nds: and the figure is put At a
from the mines near Deadwood and Lead, and
from the siliceous belts. Plans are under way
smelters, mills. and mine e~nlargements that
sra IN IN me ne coming year add 70 this total. There
1000 tons OF ore per day. LIE ABOUT
The hills about Two Bit are fairly covered
sst in p tSs aflls ore rb and 18th the i camp Is the liyel I:
crowded with teams. carrying out lumber and
supplies and taking back ore. -
In the Gilt Edge. at Union Hill, a n~ine-foot
onpOL OF ore mas been cut. thai rms ah0ut
800 to the ton, except for a width of a foot
where ! y the value is not less than twice that; 1t
u all soft ore and Is easily taken out. About
I'VE carloads of ore, running from 500 10
$3o0 per ton are the present daily shipments
ID constantly and steadily increasing. The
camp Is one Of the richest and busiest in the
district.
COLORADO.
DENVER. Nov. 10.-1hls week a meeting
OF smelter men is in session to which repre-.
OF all the smelters in the West have
been sent. The topics are charges, the fees Of
sampiers. and the lead quotations published in
Sew nork: The smelters are rinding the com
or chloIinatlon and cyanide works en-
tirely too active. The aim Is TO conine The
newer PROCESSES to ore running leas than SO
Ing Tees out OF proportion to the work involved,
ms the Smeltcrs are trying to correct.
Inc lead quotations in the New York eS.
prices. ~
During October the Cripple Greek district
30, o tons Of ore, divided into smeIt-
ing ore, milling ore, and ore to be treated by
the low priced processes. The mill ore aver
ages about $40 per ton; the smelter ore aver
ages $40. though the values OF different con.
have u wide range. The process
mills mill treated 2l,0o0 tons having a value from
~ 10 ~ per ton. This amount, going to the
10 curtail. 'N
The Victor mine at Cripple Creek is seized.
uled TO resume, dividends of $40, 600 Her
Dividends were stopped in March for
no very, clear reason. IL is likely that extra
year. '"'
The Cripple Creek district will ship out moro
ore IN NoVeHber than during any other month
OF the year. There is n considerable amount
pr prospecting work going on. while the regu.
lar shippers are doing fairly we'll.
IL IS announced that X. j. Bolles has COM
pleted the sale OF a tve-eighths interest in the
Farwell group of claims in Independence dis.
SIS. 1000. ~ D''''" 'nu'o"' LOT
The American Nettie at Ouray recently
made q shipment Of ore running $50, 900 to the
ION. Inc Wedge mine is continually improy-
ing and is now q bonanza.
me most notable low-grade process of the
year Is that OF the Plomo Mining Company.
which prohtably treats VI a ton. The company
operating In Costilla county. where it has an
immense quarry OF orc. The mill makes a net
PROM or S?,04 a ton. Near by a Wisconsin com
mas Just received ten carloads OF placer
machinery, including a plough capable OF han