The sun., 1897-09-27

discovered near Castelln, Shn In county. Tho
prospectcd very little. bonanza ledge Is be-
Ing opened on tho divide above Hospital Guch,
The Altoona quicksilver mine at Cinnnbar.
Trinity county, Is still Hooded and II Is csti.
the mine. 4 single blow Of n nick let ioae a
flood Of water In this property six or seven
months, ago. and the pumps have been work
George and scott Barton have discovered
mica ming r on the the Alamo Mountain II Ventura Ven ,
mica splits 5000 to the inch.
NEVADA.
VIRGINIA. Cry. sept, ls.--,A rich strike is
reported by the Walker brothers at Mountain
duccd ore worth ~ per pound, but at a depth
Of forty feet the vein was lost and the mine
OF it and found that tho mountain had faultod
zoo feet. They found the ledge. eight feet
en- From to @ er eSn s
values OF the mine are in gold.
At the: Buckeye placer claims, near Carson
tho Raycraft brothers have washed out 1000
mine for $3.50, 600, and after cxpsndins S2o,.
water would cost ST, 900 900 more. and gave up
the bond. Herman Yadiz and other San Fran
S ciseans have since bonded the same property for
1t is reported that the orc vein in Gould &
Curry, Brunswick lode, on the 65oioot level.
has been Cross-cut and found to be over thirty
feet wide. with an average assay value OF S2o
a ton in gold.
GUAyMAs, Sept. ls.-Tho Mexican Government
has granted the Piramde Mining Company OF
Low. Lover California patent @ TO- thirty acres n, Of
are rich placer gold mines.
=, Pennsylvania men have bought the San
Vicente mine State Of Jalisco and will erect.a
stamp mill and smelter.
Gold in paying quantities is said to have been
Se Me mining
properties in the States Of Michoacan and Gucr-
zero; and are preparing to build railroad into
'H' ''''''0F'' COLORADO.
DENVER, Sept. 22.-1The Hin Top mine, twelve
which Denver men bought last ySar ear and dd'las pro-
ceeded to improve. 1t is a silver.lcad property,
aS d ys's Ths ssa G sF sdo fee, pig sP eC d % s %
feet wide; 200 feet long, and 70 feet high The
track by wire tran. working automatically.
ABOUT eighty men are employed. ,,,
property is owned in Now York city. and the
line machinery oSt TRe Efforts e fi Of the man. ma
agement will be directed to exploring at depth
for I chute similar liar to that found in the Little
=, The May Queen strike on Womack Hill,
Cripple Creek, still interests the, camp. The
where the discovery was made. and have vein
four feet wide which is estimated to run $40 to
vein on one of the Isabella claims Tho vein
was found In a new shaft at a depth OF twenty
feet and Is clearly free gold. One shipment
vein of high-grade ore is reported from the An
choria-Leland property,
from the new discoveries made during the
summer along Soda Creek. in the Idaho Springs
from s to Us tom on % m dpt 9tf from oEsh the sods
Creek way, and the smelling ore runs to $50 and
Srsng2 S ton gh are busy and
Miners familiar with the Cripple Creek dis
triGt say that the formation is Identical. 49,,
arc twenty-one shipping mines, four Of these
being new properties which have within the
These are the American, owned by Grcig and
jarrett; Last Chance, owned by John SIM Sim,
theps ssa Re mDas in in tbe
district, five of which are not being worked
this year on aeoount OF tho product being too
eight months OF this year have nearly equalied
the output OF the twenty-five mines last year.
IDAHO.
% IRAHo CRY. Sept. !s.nThe product of Boise
s!Ssso;ooSoo IS 30 o. Al q .Sis seId came from
ing tho veins to depth. and It viii not be many
at depth can be determined. so far every
thing thin, Is favorable. as the mines arc improving
A Spokane company has purchased the Huju
gold quartz mine at Florence and erected a Ave
stamp miil on It. The rock is Yielding $40 per
The Twin Springs Placer Mining Company
has Ave miles Of The :fume to furnish water
Everything will be ready for the washing Of
gravel at several points by the time such work
can commence in the spring.
WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE. Sept is.-The largest copper dis
covery made In the State this season is re-
discovery embraces three ledges on which four
teen claims have been located, together with
mnde on the Diamond Crystal ledge R Which Iois is
traccable through all the claims and carries a
width % Of hity feet heavily mineralizod clear
per cent: copper, 90 gold and So silver.
The Mountain Beaver group, owned and dis
on a ledge 300 feet wide, the ore assayng on tho
surface ss2l gold and 81 cents in silver
been the scene OF considerable excitement
n buse Of nsT :" Gd
fourteen locations on a weli.defncd ledge Of
several thousand feet. Samples or the orc
were brought to Seattle and tested by an as.
$1,000 gold to the ton. Quite stampede has
resulted from sumas, the nearest railroad
station on the International Railroad.
The steady output OF gold from the placer
mines OF the Swank Is making them attractive.
hord large M pHm6Gr OF proPe[,ies "ro now under
u
recently taken place at from So 900 to $50 900.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
SEATTLE, Sept. lS.Tho CRriboo Hydraulic
Company has made its second cleanup for tho
year, amounting to $G2. 900 and making n
tot al OF Sl3l.O0O. or an excess over last year OF
100000.
Near tho old camp OF Barkcrvillo mining
operations have benn quito lively all season and
good results arc being obtained In Stout's
Gulch the Butte claims have made u cleanup
OF about $4,000. The Winthr0p hydraulic
claim. IN the same camp. has also made "A sue.
cossful run.
Tho quartz leads throughout Carboo are at.
tracing more attention aud number OF prop.
critics arc under bond.
One OF the most prosperous Of tho new dis
riots in the prov incc Is Albert where the Grant.
Govern syndicate purchased The Wavcrly.rnn.
gier group for $4,000 The new owners have
placed Efy mon at work ON tho wagon road
and are preparing to make large shipments
On the Tungier they have driven through NJ
teen fcet OF gray copper and gnlena that essays
as high as VI 300 per ton and as low as $500
In the Wnvcrly tho orc runs ], 800 ounces sill.
yer and $40 gold Tcr ton. Work is down lfty
feet on the ledge.
Orc shipped from the Gainor Crcsk mines
gives returns Of l.lOo per ton In gold.
UTAH.
SALT LAKE CITY. Sept. 2O.-The recent md