The Philipsburg mail., 1897-05-14

COuteuIS SOu6Wuat uUo'o th"e " ."S
previous year. The copper production
at the mine was "a, sol tons, and the
copper sales 80, $50 tons.
A vast deposit of bituminous coal
has recently been discovered on Shields
river, about 40 miles from Livingston.
Arrangements are being made to work
the new mine on an extensive scale.
The amendment to the mining laws
of British Columbia, providing that
aliens may not take up claims, has been
passed by the Legislature at Victoria
This does not apply to foreign COM
panies. however
The cynaide- -chlorination plants
treating Cripple Greek, Col, ores. are
| handling 800 to 600 tons daily and
when the new mills being built are
completed their capacity will be about
1000 tons to handle low grade ores.
The returns Of gold bars received at
the United States branch mint IN
| Denver for the first three months OF
this year show total valuation OF
81, $50 294. 81, the largest quarter bus
mess ~ r done there by some @oVo,oJo'
Morse P. Davis, I. M. Jacobs and
A. Bernard last week organized the
Montana Smelter company, FOR tne
purpose of costructing smelter at I"l!l
Bridges, for which % acres of land
have been given by citizens OF thal
place.
The Alaska -Treadwell reports for
March, 2S days run, : Bullion snip
!, ment, $40, O52 ore milled Is, 642; tons
sulphurets treated. 401 tons. OF bul-
lion there came from sulphuret'
$15, 715 gross expenses for PERIOD
, $24 054.
J In tie Down Town and Carbonate
, Hill basins at Leadville, Col, whlci
it is proposed to drain by tunnel, 1t Is
D estimated that from 1891 to the turn o
: the strike in 1895, no less than 5,O0
t gallons of water per minute wer'
pumped.
q The coal production in Hungary il
= 1895 amounted to 1870, coo tons, a
9, compared with a. G5l 400 tons i'll tn
= previous year The imports amounte
~ to 1,10l, 500 tons, so that the total con
sumption of the kingdom was abou
> 6, 500, 900 tons.
II Last week no less than 50 location
q of mining claims were recorded III Ca
Q avoras county, Cal, Cnt1l the no'
# mining law goes into etTect-May 2G-
y there will he an unusually large man
< ber of locations many TO avoid the ~
Is assessment work.
IL Alexander Burrell, the new manage
le of he Drum Lummon mine, announce
l. that the 5O-stamp mill will be starte
< up again i'll IA few days. The cyanlt
l. plant to work the tailings, with C;
s. pacity Of 400 tons daily, will be III
id ished in two months.
o. In the Bendigo district, Vlctori
IL Australia the gold output from .'anl1ai
d. to March 6 Of this year, is reported
p 81. 939 ounces as against 30, 423 olnc
o. for the same period of 1896. The dl
L idends paid from January to Marc
ia 6, 1897, amounted to Els. 5l9.
,e ho The Clipper mine near Pony is +
~. ~ ported to be ii bigger and better mil
= than ever. New ore has been encou
:, tered in the lower levels which Civ
80 ~ tho property new value. The mill
W ~, Pony is to be operated as soon as t.
~ road to the mine is in good shape.
or The British Columbia legislature h
an passed an act fobidding the emplo
cd ment OF Chinese Or Japanese und
ground under penalty. Many minil
all towns in the Kootenai have forbldd
,le Orientals from crossing their boundi
he les. and many have been sent ba
an with threats.
On The Alaska Mexican (Alaska) repol
th for March as follows: Period sin
Ids last return, 81 days. Bullion shi
m ment, $24, 4S5; ore milled, II, O3G toI
de sulphurets treated, 344 tons. Of b'
,re lion there came from sulpnurets s.;
SIT. Working expenses for peric
mt S2S, 803
his A second mining stock exchange
ale been formed at Spokane, Wash, unt
ion the name of Spokane Board of Ira
Ids anu Stock Exchange. 1t is propos
ase that mines enlisted shall be designat
the as "shipping mines," ''prospecti
md mines" or prospects, according
tn their condition.