The sun., 1897-10-04

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NEVADA.
VIRGINIA CRY, Sept. 25.Tho Grandc oro
placer location of 1000 acres, at the mouth Of
over 100000 in the last two Years, and is sill
turning ont over u 600 per month. shaft
| showing gravel prospecting MS high as Si per
pan, but the inflow Of water prevented deeper
sinEEing sinh It Is thought a bedrock tail race
on the Carson River 10 drain the whole country.
| ON tho Comstock Consolidated Virginia re.
foot foot level, but none ne Is being extracted. The
central tunnel level Of ophir Is in, a quartz for.
| nation that assays 81 per ton. In Sierra Ne.
vada bunchcs Of hIgh.grade ore are found on
the Layton tunuel level.
UTAH.
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 27;-The Utah, and
| Galena mining companies of Fish Springs hive
| decided to put in joint power plants and hoists
| in order to cConOmize and enable them to Op.
crate their pro- critics ut profit, despite tho
A stamp r!il is erecting on the properties of
the Crystal Mining Company at Marysyac.
Thrty.four bars of fine silver bullion wero
! shipped from the Ontario at Park City during
| tllc week. The mines are now all but closed
down, but the mill Is still operating on re-
Capt. de Lamar of New York has recently
| had an examination made of the new state Limo
district in the southern part of the state and
sFG pgSng E T Es hrs He Y ppSs
mont that is much needed: Mr. Dc,Lamar has
also purchased a onethlrd interest in the April
his mines at Do Lamar, Nov. lie Is also ne
gotiating for the other two-thirds.
ALASKA.
SEATTLE, Sept 25.-Wiliam Boswell Of Ju-
neau, who has had charge of Copper River
prospecting expedition, has returned with his
party, He says the delta at the mouth Of the
ebbs and flows for twenty-five miles up the
river. Up to this point navigation is obstructed
about a mile, when the river is again naviga-
bic for small boats for distance Of seventy
countered: and navigation obstructed. but a
| portage of two miles and half ovcrcomes it.
AZ the upper end of this canon is the junction
and the other the South Fork of Copper River
| On tho divide or ridge separating the two
dians as Tarral. and this volcano is supposed
by them to DO the source of the copper. which is
found SO plentiful, The metal is here found as
sociated with the lava, and IS in its pure state
The bullets used by the Indians were made OF
by Kicking over ' the gray 81 and picking up the
pure, copper which was found with it. Further
%P ess t the Of the has
per, and it is, from this exposure of the pure
metal that the streams derive their names.
up and they produce pieces Of lava Showing The
metal adherins to the rock The explorers de-
but. rich in copper, the assays showing IS per
| cent. copper and some gold The question OF
somewhat troubIesome. e." h'S When the hees Boswell III
expedition came out they, met thirty men going
ground The Indians we're found nd t to be be- very Very
The Bald Eagle mine at Sum Dunn has just
| completed its 1.S0O.foot tunnel the face of
mill viii be built. The present -four. stamp mil,
which turned out $lsO,OOO in bullion and con-
centrates in two years. running five months in
the year. is found to be too small to handle tho
output OF the mine since 1t has been opened up
| on larger scale.
New York capitalists have recently purchased
| the Queen group of mines at Sum DUN, paying
SlD5 600 Dpnynr and Rutta m are n lSo in
yesting in properties In the same district.
The Anaconda Company has five of its lead
Alaska mines.
| WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE, Sept. 25.-The excitement over the
gold discoveries in the foothills of Mount
has turned out from farms, villages and cities.
feet as and M is ~ so to eet s Wde
! specimen assays going over $40 900 gold, but
bs msa so
on the International Railroad.
The coppeE Queen rsan Company whose pGt,r p1oGst,r,
developing them this season and have accumu-
mines Of he PRey S
a ten-mile trail to Index Station ON the Great
The Forty five Company who are interested
in fourteen claims In Silverton district, are now
opening 'pi up he e property pc in excellent shape
| There. are 1000 tons Of ore on the dumps and
| IN slRht, valued at Sl5O,UOO, ana wnen tne new
able to make daily shipments Of fifty tons.
| In Lake Chelan district; o'Kanogan county,
| the Irene group has been developed so far as to
| place 1t among tho most important mines in the
STATE Thers has been an ore body
which Is $25 In copper and gold.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SEATTLE. Sept. 25-The lie Roi shipments Of
ore for the past week exceeded lS6o tons and And
| The total shipments of ore from Trail Creek
district for the week, including the Le Roi,
SLOGAN district for the same period shipped $50
tons,:the product Of fifteen mines. The value
Of this ore is about $4,000,
slrsy through ths OUTPUT of as mine
amount of work IS being done on the 6Oo-toot
sda ana mhe Of ORE tie Se highest + e4ady dy S2Sn o nncfss s
A big strike has been made in the Silver Bell
the mine has been purchased By Spokane men.
The assays go as high as ~ ! 200 OUNCES silver
and in5 eS per ace cent IT, lead The-edRe has been
On o. Tezads. Island the Silver Tip has sunk a
9 dsph eet va feet Set%gPen SxP9'S Ss
the same nelghborhood, IS also sinking and IS
is shipping 200 tons OF ore that assays 800 per
ton IN copper and gold, and the owners say
lower workings.
| ARIZONA.
TUCSON, Sept. 24.-Joseph Carmichael has
| struck eighteen inches OF $50 per ton gold in
| one Of the Phoenix group of mines, Big Bug d %
trict: This ore is exposed IN the face OF the
| 25O.foot tunnel at depth of 1875 feet.
Tho Pearce mine IL the richest gold prop.
erty ever opened in Arizona. The price paid
| for tho mine was $275,000. and already over
S2,5O0,ooo has been paid in dividends. The
| owners have refused $S,00O,0O for the prop
erty, An the ore taken from the, property has
been hoisted hv a oncborse whim, and not u
| pf u n I'm IN ha
| The Golden ltule mine, ten miles from Co
| Chise station on the southern Pacific, has been
sold to j. w. Bibbins OF Philadelphia for $780,
900. 1t is a lowgrade proposition, with an
immense deposit Of free-milling, ore. =,
| The Blue Jay mine, twenty eight miles south
Of Tucson, is developing some rich bodies Of
| black sulphurets. tunnel has been run at
the end Of which an incline sixty feet deep has
| developed a rich body OF sulphurets, which
| will go 200.ounces. .silver.to-tho ton.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
| DEADwooD. S. d., Sept. 25.-Estimatos OF
the total value OF gold to be produced by Black
| Hills mines for the present year are now being
made. They vary..from $s.0OO,O0O TO $500