The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06

NAV anon turn out metal. In the upper sein,
,hes us@mond aud sawbiri have begun .produc
lion o. to1 6gIli ST t sns m me r TSlSo IN N the SSee MANI ma
Ton several mines have been tested satisfactor
i iSn By SSI Mill runs. IN tho o. w ,ss w6 poS5slo mo Of d thc
mmond drill has been used TO prove up much
ground and tho, old bearing iodcs have
D Desn More than 100000 has boon spent on
reduction works at this place and fnily as
m.ch on mills at mines over tho district.
IDAHO.
,n,uo Cry. Nov 90. Tho Surprise shaft Is
now ipA down over 40 feet. When II is ten feet
deeper u drift will start to cut tho vein, on
which drifts Is vii TdGse be thu FSn; rock Akit aSmfnr t oat S ot {
Contains y a little gold. Tho ledge is a monster
in sizo and the ore taken out thirty years ago
from near the surface was very rich. 1t was
nn nj worked TO n depth OF forty feet.
The machineEEy. for cro pEresgg SS drriI placer sT seqI.s
or pIts will be- sunk, and. should tho ground
prove satisfactory, large. dredgors will be
brronSht in as early as possible next spring. The
lpst work VIII be done on More Creek, a mile
and A half below this place. A prospecting
T T%iah Snd wv Vol St Creek ie'e on Ii tho west side Of Boise
During the past two weeks rain has fallen
almost constantly. insuring a good placer sea-
Eighteen or twenty men have been put to
ING mn at the mine will be completed during
the winter, so as to be ready to run whom spring
opens. -
GuAyMAs, Nov. 27.-American companies
are prospecting the Zacatecas gold belt with
groat success. This belt was discovered In
1895.
Tho San Cristobal mines, owned by q New
Jersey company, will put up another twenty
stamp mill on thoir property.
The Guggenholm smeltcr at Aguas Calientes
is receiving more gold than ever before.
Mexico's silver output is estimated to DO
duction has doubled.
Although Mexico has many tin deposits, there
Is no tin production, at the present time aside
Tin is found In Durango. There arc old mines,
now partially filed. in the Murphy grant In tho
Cerritos del Olote. 1t is mineu by tho natives in
ore is rich and easily smelted, and there are
strong veins of ferrnginous tin ore forty miles
southeast Of Cerro Bianco. Tin Is also found
In various places in Guanajuato and in q good
Chihuahua, Mexico, Nov. 30.-The machin-
cry for the new smelter at Boquillas, this State,
has arrived at that place. II is estimated that
there Is nearly 81 ,00 900 Of silver ore on tho
awaiting tho smelling process.
An effort is to DO made TO drain tho flooded
mines of the Pachuca district, state OF Hidalgo,
by means of q system of tunnels. The work of
The Mexican Government has established q
frontier Custom House at Los Algodones to aid
in the advancement Of the sulphur mining enter
prise Of the Mexican sulphur Company Of Lower
California. The mine OF this company is pro-
ducing large, quantities of sulphur, The COM.
pany will build q railroad twelve miles In length
from the mine to the Hardy River.
An eight-mile tunnel has Just boon completed
mines at Batopilas, this State. The output OF
tho mines has been greatly increased during the
twice each month with large quantities Of bull.
lion for shipment