The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-01

Company,,s property at Hedges. San Disgo
sf Ss y ot tSsr Sd hS SSi been SI four S SIson RSlcS f e sSRen
from tho Cross and Crown mine, runs ebou1 ~
per ION ana 40 tons are crushed per day, h ame
$So'Goc Several large bodies of free-sold ore
a. A ,b big M quart srs strike has recently been m %iS
site was being excavated when a ledge was IN
COVERED oX better than the one In the tunnel: me
ing the new excavation another ledge was
ioHha potter than either Of the others. -
has in sipbt y lama IAN mine, I aS o u that Sssayys,
f I'M per ton. Twelve tons Of rock from n tne
s $i ! IN ROa soiS. T migG h,a near SUM eh %SicS has besa
sightecn.ineh, vein has been opened at the Mont.
low Jacket is taking 800 rock from a two.foot
Ian me Sr1sus is being pumped out ana
S.earea, " has n nine.inch vein that In early
ueJs mlied 500 to the ton.
NEVADA.
NlRolN1A Cry, Oct. 23.-The many new dis
coycries or gold constantly being made In No
s snaa snon " put 1t in the list OF goid,produo, ing
ing gold producers Of the Pacific coast. Dur
vested in ths gold properties Of White Pine and
have re SSSniI,eS bec lm pnds It Eg qlS dis tSs srri.
cultural county. Douglas has rich placer
mines, and SO also has Lyon county, with prom.
, NeIonm copper wO veins besides, upon which Slu dc.
aida county is rapidly. becoming again a
SNicchn producer, while gold is being taken from
John W. MacRSy has returned from his in.
vestigation of the Blair mines at Silver Peak.
@fa rs seems n9s en ta US Iot. 81 over 9%0r tho tb S%sl9G sc
SAID, but it Is, low grade and will require a
large amount of money before anything can be
Tor cheap, mining and milling; 1 cannot say
whether the sale will be made"
NEW MEXICO.
SILVER CITY, N. NJ. Oct. 25.-The Helen
mine and mill, near Teosoiion. is shipping about
200 pounds Of gold bullion a week from Ora.
on q pipe line which will be between 1000 and
1900 feet in length when completed. Water
VII he furnished at the mill through this pipe
purpose, of driving the machinery, which Is
now driven by, steam. It is estimated that
,ne company VII save $loo a day by the use of
Since the resumption of work by the Helen
ton for Starting work on other properties at
and near .Mogollon. a good body OF ore has
beer, been struck i c in the ie Maud s., and a number Of
starting the Last Chance mine and mill, but no
work qh. is s being done on the property now:
works. p"' 'No
The, new smelter of the Mary Mining and
smelling Company at Cerrillos Is nearly com
picted and Will be blown in next month.
LAKE SUPERIOR
DULUTH, Oct. 27.-The great Carnegie minc.
the, Mountain Iron, has closed for the season
with total shipments of 7G5, 900 tons, placing 1t
the year. All tho Mountain Iron ore this year
has been handled by one steam shovel from
the bed of the mine and without any previous
loosening of the ore. This shovel IL the most
powerful machine ever set at work in n mine,
weighing ninety-two tons, and its dipper having
q capacity for scooping up sixty.two cubic
feet, or fNe tons, ut a single bite in the bank of
ore. This shovel in one day of ten hours loaded
6,524 tons and in June loaded 1874, 600 tons.
Inc minc was open for mining only five and a
half months. At tho Mountain Iron there is
exposed at this time an area of twenty six acres,
all rich iron ore, varying from $50 to 800 feet
in depth.
The Biwabik mine closed last week with
shipments for the year of 475,0OO tons. There
Is only one mine working in the Virginia dis
trict, two ut Eyelcth, two at Sparta, and two
at Hibbing. The Mahoning, tine third steam
shovel mine of the Mesaba, has also closed with
shipments of 425, 900 tons.
MEXICO.
GUAYMAs, Oct. 23.-Cedros Island, about
nifty miles Off the coast of Lower California,
has some enoi bodies Of quartz. There are
two outcrops, the northern one having an area
or 10000 square metres, with an average
the ton, there are in sight here 1850, 900 tons
OF ore bearing copper, iron, and gold. The other
outcrop Is 100 by 500 metres, giving $50. DOC
tons of ore in sight. The value of this vast
body of ore Is estimated at from IS to $l2 per
ton.
The Sulphur Mining Company of Lower Cali.
fornia has begun shipments of sample lots OF
It's sulphur to consumers and refiners all over
the United States. The ore is almost pure sui
phur, although alum occurs in places in veins
in the shape Of occasional nuggets of great
purity.