The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-01
FINE MONTANA NUGGETS.
SAFE OF COLLECTIONS THAT WE'RE
SEEN ar TIE WORLDS FAIR.
cole Discoveries IN Southeast A~insha-N1fninG
in California ut n Depth or $500 Feet
hrsny new Discoveries OF Geld in Nevada
Shipments from the Mountain Iron Mine.

o,,s n,,.ov.r,., a, Southeast A~Inska-naiuinr
in California Mt n Depth OF $500 Feot-
Many new Discoveries OF Geld In Nevada
Shipments from the Mountain Iron SIino.
MONTANA.
BUTTE, Oct. '28.-Two collections ofsgold mug.
gets were sold last week by order Of court. One
was that OF the late First National Bank Of
Helena, which was sold to A. ]. Davis Of this
city. The other was the collection of the late
Merchants National Bank OF Helena, which was
sold to 7. Curtis of Great Falls. The LARGEST
nugget in the First National Bank collection
was worth S947. A very curious nugget in the
second collection was of the pumpkin seed or
der. but larger than a mans hand, hin and fiat.
It was taken in 1874 from Greenhorn Gulch.
The s9i7 nugget was bought from a miner
named Price and came out OF the Snowshoe
diRgings near the Blackfoot. All OF these mug
gets were purchased by the banks at their gold
value except one, worth about 5000, on which
O premium of $25 was paid. That nugget was
found in tho tailings Of q Confederate Gulch
placer. having been thrown out with the fork
ings from tho boxes. One nugget worth 81, 900
was sent to Tiffany Of New York years ago, and
after being exhibited awhile was melted.
The largest nugget ever found in Montana camo
out Of Nelson Gulch, between Helcia and
Rimini. 1t was valued at So, 800 and was made
into u gold brick. Tho collections sold last
week were exhibited at the Worlds Fair.
Tho Gold Hill mine, a few miles from Rad
ersburg, is causing some excitement owing to
the free gold which is daily taken from it.
The Gold Hill is not a new discovery, having
been worked ten years ago by the Omaha Com
pany, but 1t was allowed to 90 by default. The
present owners found at tho bottom Of tho old
shaft q well-defned lead of dolomite of pyrites
assaying $50 to the ton in gold. The main lead
Is three feet wide. On the hanging wall is
about two and a half inches OF silicious quartz,
| which is full of free gold.
The old MacQueen coal mine, which has not
been operated in six years, is being opened
again. The vein In this mine is about five feet
thick and the coal is of the peacock variety.
The mine caved in six years ago and was aban-
doned, but it has now been decided to develop
1t.
A strike of high-grade galena ore has been
made on the main range of the Bitter Root
Mountains, ten miles east Of the Idaho and
Montana boundary line. The ledge has been
traced for two miles and carries high grade
galena ore and fair values in silver. This is
the first strike OF galenn ore made east of the
rich bodies to be found in the C9ur d'Alenes
and disproves the general belief that tho ga
lena belt did not extend to the Bitter Root.
One thousand pounds Of ore have been
brought into Butte from Bear Gulch by James
Dugan. At a depth of 100 feet the lead has
been found uniform in size and value and well
in place. Samples assay from 500 to $3.50. so
per ton in gold with from nine to twelve ounces
The Nettie mine, at Burlington, has been
closed on account Of the low price OF silver.
4. Mclaughlin of this city and T. China Of
Granite have bonded the Lead King and Cres.
cent properties in the Garnet district for
$4,000, and the Gold Bug and Tip Top for &c.,
900.
ALAsKA
SEATTLE. Wash, Oct. .26.-James L. Smith,
the discoverer of the famous Galena Farm,
SLOGAN district. British Columbia. returned
southeast Alaska, where he has been engaged
since June 4 exploring from Portland Canal to
the st lick and along G4s.t that It,, river to South
confirming his operations to Salmon Creek, from
twenty, to thirty miles northeast of Fort
cred some very rich free gold quartz, which he
followed for forty-five weeks. finally discover
! 1900 feet above sea level. Discovery Ledge
is five feet in. width. a contact between por-
phyry a od w sIate f be maSs , goo tnes a! %hs b the
streak is six inches wide, the other portion of
the ledge not showing any metal perceptible to
quartz. n fair sample of tho pay streak. that
win assay 100000 to the ton. and he says ho
located by. him. He advises miners TO keep
out till spring, as the snow will be too deep to
prospect this winter.
WASHlSGTOS.
SEATTLE, Oct. 23.-It having been demon
stratcd that conglonnerates carrying 81 and up
ward in free gold can be worked protitably, re-
posts found on the northwestern coast Of
Washington. where there is estimated to be mil
lions OF tons, OF it cropping out along tide
water, and along the numerous streams. In
California a forty-stamp mill is running on this
class of. material at "a cost Of 60 cents per ton
posits being along navigable waters. where
water, power can be made available, it is
t%eriaIly lessencd. There is enough of this gold
bearing material in sight in two Of the western
counties Of this State to keep scores OF mills
and there is every facility for handling 1t at a
cost not exceeding 40 cents per ton.
Last spring an experimental plant was erected
in Seattle to reduce refractory ores by electrical
process. 1t is said the plant can reduce rebel.
At Northport the Le Roi Company is pushing
the construction of its smelter, over q hundred
The Golden Tunnel mine. in Miller River
district, King county, Is opening up in good
shape, This is one Of the curiosities Of the dis
twenty feet wide, and twenty feet high from
bottom TO top, with ~stringers OF rich copper and
gold ore from three to five feet In width in the
face, carrying values of from S25 to 500 pol
ton.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
charge Of the 0mineca Hydraulic Company
property in the Onincca country, has returned
a ground n LINZ il man, places yielded as high al
The Rio Tinto Company, owners of one of tho
largest copper properties in the world, located
In Spain, have invested in East Kootenai, OF
Pyramid Creek. not far from Fort Steel. They
have purchased. a group Of fourteen claims and
are employing forty men in development, hav
ing a large quantity OF copper.gold ore on the
dumps and in sight. 1t is the purpose of the
company to put IN air compressors in the spring
and to Increase the present force very material
ly. This II among tho first properties purchased
on the American continent by this well.knowI
company, and they are manifesting their faitl
in it by liberal expenditures in development.
In SLOGAN district fourteen men are working
on the Fidelity group. and two tunnels art
being. driven, one Of which is in steel galenG
showing n width of eighteen inches that viii
average $50 per ton over and above shipping
and mining expenses.
On the Silver Bell, in SLOGAN, three men are
taking out ore that ASSAYS 900 ounces silver q
ton, and shipments of nearly ninety tons were
made that gave smelter returns of 239 ounces.
The Silver King mine, near Nelson, Is IL
very fourishing condition, and dividends are 70
ported In sight. The ore has been improving
in quantity and quality.
At Christina Lake there Is something of {
stampede over the report OF gold strikes in thu
Lalla Rookh group on Castle Mountain. 1t IL
free gold.