The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-14

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from this lind. Tho strike in the Mollio was not
Cripple Creek is in very good condition, the
leasing system keeping many properties alive.
The big mines are getting as rich orc as at any
now mills to meet the demands Of the low grade
ShIiIPgss Pc ST. and md d IN AL RsSS Pro Tnsr yyntn tive 9, BIZ Fgor %lils
OF a real. mine ON Mineral Hill. just north OF
town. Five shafts h@ve been sunk TO bedrock
placers and a drift connects them. An orc body
seventy feet In length and two to three feet
extracted Of an estimated value Of $50.
Srcede camp has been shipping heavily Tor
f Sas Sd @Sn a dis fTG% i Sst tSs nif tb Rsod &metsys th "nS
ritory, known as tho sunnysldc. Deep workings
est mineral lies within the lines OF the Sunny
side. and to which Of the two companies the rich
agreement has been signed this week whereby
a new company has been organized 10 operate
ho,,s sun N nd,S VI, in which eompsny o the pn stack
cured lease OF valuable coal lands from the State
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these lands during tho next ten years.
WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE. June 6.-The mines OF Gold Hill, In
Monte Cristo district, up TO June 1, have sent
$500 carloads Of silver-lead ore to the concen'
n Corona Company, in n T ,So hAssor,s , dis;
week and has purchased q pack train TO trans
port the ore from the mine TO the Great Northern
Railway at Index, fourteen miles, As the ore
runs from 300 to 81. 900 In silver and from So
to $50 in gold, 1t win bear this expensive method
of transportation. ~
has been bought by Seattle men, This IS one of
tho largest Lodges discovered in Washington.
being sixty feet wide from wall to wall, the sur
face nrQ HgSnyinu IN npr cent. conner. DRRldpa
showing gold and silver values. There. are three
claims on, this lcdge-the Contention, sure
Thing. and Challenge-all Of which are under
development.
In O'Kanogan county a large amount of de-
tunnel is now in 325 feet, and has encountered
two or three important blind leads. 1t is be-
liovcd the main ledge will be cut within the next
The fvanhoe, on Palmer, is drifting on the 800
level, and is taking out high grade-shipping orc
in considerable quantities.
ALASKA.
SEATTLE, June 5.-The last steamer in from
Cooks Inlet reports unusual activity. There
are now 800 people in the mining camps, in
Guiding mea. women. and children, 200 of whom
wintered there and were thus enabled to begin
mining operations very early, this spring. On
ready in operation. At Anchor Point, San
and viii put in five months on the auriferous
Or April Is the season on Lynx Creek was SO
well advanced that sluicing was in operation.
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taking out considerable gold. All the Claims on
prospecting is also being done in the interior,
and prospectors have become SO familiar with
tnn sSp but nsa .nTE go soe out v With Provisions Tt,nDu enough neshi,
to last from six months to a year.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SEATTLE, June 5.-On Marble Bay, Texada
very rich gold ledge. samples showing 5arnaeles
on the surface and free gold in the fractures.
T ahS is Ledge Ssry s sessssibl to to s boat beneath salt water
On June 2 an important strike was made in
the lower drifts OF the Van Anda mine, where
the ore BODY ,widened from one to three and a
half feet. The ore Is bornite and carries a great
deal Of free gold. Shipments are being made by
the first mines on the island. A town is spring.
ing up on Stewart Bay. near these mines. and it
has become the call port Of all the steamers ply
ers and prospectors TO the island, and a largo
trade is opening up with tho mainland.
Trail Creek. still continues developing its won
derful bodies OF ore. A cross cut has been. run
main tunnel. opposing a Width e s feet Of
solid, clean, ore. with the walls still to. be found.
tass Is and ndf Il ls ssssy, q frG% 80 S't TO- si4o in in ' eop atsr
and gold. The low grade orc assays $50 in the
same metals.
coveries now centres at Fort steele, where some
100 or 1000 miners; prospectors. and advon-
months. This section Is better known Us East
Kootenai, and, while II is possessed OF all the
its inacce 81 hhe wos up TO po the pr @. int has nss'T pfe.
vented more thorough exploration. A new
line OF steamers on the kootenai River is help
ing in the development OF the country.
IDAHO.
IDAHO CRY, June e.-Dayid Coughanour is
making some big clean-ups from his Iowa mine
at QuartzburF. He has had a mill running on
George w. Grayson OF San Francisco, one Of
the owners of the Gold Hill mine and mill at
n,,aR h..r .frAl 49, N fnrpA agn m -N 80 .xatr-
arrangements for pumping the water out OF the
mine and resuming work.
mine msi at the S head Of q Roc Rock oP creeE, me- near ' sum SGha
Flat. He is getting some splendid ore.
The new shaft at the Gambrinus Is down about
fifteen feet. and the hosting works will arrive
Several mines at Neal. thirty miles southwest
very favorable thai many more will soon DO
opened up and begin to be producers.
LAKE SUPERIOR.
NEoAUNEE, Mich. June 11.-An expert dia-
Mitchell. has been asked to take charge OF an
important piece Of work At silver ,lslet. just
TO begin the job in a short time. In the early
sixties the most profitable silver mine in the
OF %oF he c %iah ,as l sddsep MSs OF of 81 slive big Is %in0 a
tent. lying not far north of Isle ,Royaie. in
miners was employed. and EFFORTS We're made to
keep the richness OF the mine secret; but such
news .couIu NOT De supprosseui anu ~ Soon no.
cam = known that the owners Of the Silver Islet
were operating the richest silver mine ever
opened. The precious metal was not in the form
OF an ore. but was found IN virgin state. Tho
white metal was abundantly bestowed through
the narrow vein which carried II.
Tho mine was operated only a few years. and
In a primitive manner, but millions OF dollars
were secured in that time. and the actual ex-
penBes of the mine rs compared with the reve-
nues were trivial. Tho owners were all made
wealthy, but In an, unlucky moment the mine
was swallowed by the waters. The amygdaloyd
vein carrying the silver in such profusion un.
derlaid the bed of the lake, ana IA careless bias
by the miners broke the thin wall separating the
workings from the waters, and the openings
were so speedily flooded that the miners barely
escaped with their lives. The island was 80
small that all attempts 10 reopen the mine were
f%ruitless, and II was abandoned. II the expedi-
ton under Mr.. MITCHELL proves successful. the
Silver Islet mino will again yield largely.
UTAH.
SALT LAX CITY, June ION Wednesday last
James w. Linnell, President OF the Dexter Com
pany OF this city, with several employees OF the
company, was arrested on the charge of steal
Ing about 2 $1,000 In gold bars and cyanides
from the company's plant at Tuscarora, New.
The thefts have been systematic and very clev.
Arly manRUai The 1iatnnra NJ tho mines mud