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

than eight miles Of drifts and tunnels. The
IL now nskinGa handsome profit, The New
house tunnel. backed By English money. 10
:, SoI a..sS E g.: ss.- siln,R Ps sonh shTN S.id a sei sr %Sn d.sta.
course. NH There are half a dozen O:hsr tunnel
In Telluride The, smugsler.U Union. employ
| ing 900 men. and the Tom Boy. with goo men.
ssS sgSauS aiaid sssss S FL. T fcr%:r ana Ss, D sxsn:
ty-two miles Of workings. and enough ore
ground % keep 1000 men busy for fifteen
years. The Tom Boy 10 young yet, and has
only a half mile OF opened ground along a six:
foot vein. For eighteen months IL has paid
gper cent. q month upon a capital stock OF
fhe ophir district shipped during the year
lsS carloads 81 ore rnon tws nsy cs1n ml oaIisd
Puma City. thirteen miles from Lake George
station on tho Color. do Midland on Tsrryall
Creek, 1t basa regular stage route. business
assays Of gold values. Water is found early
aH Tb SoTRS Racine me nine hesei IN he Tcn.,rno district
was sold this week TO Rochester. N. ", men
for So. 900. The mine shows cohper ore car,
The last hope of H.. A.. W. Tabor, oncoa
In the great vulture property in Arizona. lilo
has until Jan. ~ TO preycnta foreclosure sale
600. He I, building a cyanide stamp mill g
handle a vast amount OF taiinPs from an OLD
SO..tamp mill.
still prevents much work being done. The
| company will not take hack the striking min
stbbss Mlarcball pI sas,n side. owned by the same
men. has been closed do wn.
The Cresco mine in Carson Camp, above
Lake City. has come upon the 1T. jacobs vein
at a depth OF 900 feet. The ore carries $3.50
gold and silver to the ton, n.y.
Tho Clear Creek Gold Mining and Water
Power Company secured twelve miles of
ground along the Clear Creek bed from Forks
Sreek down to Golden, and BY two large fumes
the bed for two CT more miles. leaving the
ground practically dry. During the past four
been made OF the ground at bed rock. and nov
the gravel gives returns OF $50 To 500 to the
, Sn,s, i ysrs In In &c, fSid rum sy m iSs.. d z. lss BEDS sr sas
10 be washed through great sluices. and the
company thinks II will yet. an average value
far been expended. SOC. 900 more will be neces-
sary TO complete the hydraulic plans.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
DgADwooD. 8. H., Jan. A strike was
spearfsh TO Carbonate on a limestone ledge.
Il is II assure vein. RAINING like the rocx A.
"a per TOP tpn. "G Every ss' foos Of fT Ground md has been
William Rysn ha. returned, from the hills
southwest Of Ragged Top and says that for
twenty miles square tho country. Is covered
with good float boulders and the like. II was
found. The country rock ali through the see
tIon runs. no says. from 81 TO $40 10 the ton in
gold and az Is /. SSsrtnTltss : Ti.h r Snis q s%s4 irpp per
Spearfsh canon To the Black Buttes in wyo-
ming, and already nearly all has been staked.
for there was an immediate rush as soon as his
Custer is nearly depopulated bya strike OF gol 4
In Iieli's canon. near there. In the lime rock.
some rich strikes nave again been made In Rag
grd Top. one being In the l50;foot Dncy shaft.
where ore a~s.aying from $3.50 to $500 TO the
ing a fractional claim, have founl rock as ricn
as any In tho camp. The starncr brothers have
iound rock running from ga TO $3.50 In a hole
group was offered fJr $3.50, but to-day a deal is
pending Tor It's sale at one hundred times that
sum. Tho claim has from three TO six feet OF
ore that will run an average OF sllO TO the ton.
a cleanup, b., the y. Elmo after q run OF
81. 600. The concentrates are worth an aver.
age OF $1,000 to the ton. The ore vein now
shows II width. Of from twelve to fourteen feet.
and u eros vein 10 coming In OF greater value.
The company will at once erect n mill.
The Amaqqeen mine has made a discovery
quartz. close 10 the surface, with free gold. Pan
and mortar tests show over 500 to the ton. all
TIE Gus or and Maud Mining Company's
property. has been bought by the Homestske
LAKE SUPERIOR.
DULUTH, Mimi. Jan. S.-Though the Rookie
Teller company has sold its biggest ore deposit.
the Mountain lion, TO the Carnegie company,
bel, that G" have NOT been Explored " az all. and
The probabilities are that IL may hnd as big a
mine as the Mountain Iron. Al any rate II
Will make the attempt. and has already SGT sew
erRl crews OF mon at work exploring.
The Cincinnati mine at Biwabik has re-
sumcd work on q large scale. and will employ
about 800 men all winter stock-pilinR ore.
shaft No. / OF the Adams mine burned out
. day or two ago. and Is u complete wreck.
ting up the largest shaft house in the world
has begun. at the new 6.00o-foot Rcd Jacket
shaft OF the Calumet and Helca. This house
Il WILL lA IN IA NJ N AnmA \ M Ian
are to be used i, is construction: 1t viii DO 100
feet square and 100 feet high. The house will
have tour large and eight small crushers.
The Centennial copper mine, that suspend.
cd work four years ago, will resume next
month month ThS mime has nn. 2 SonsinuT iUSs Of the
which other mines have paid sos. ooO. 900 IN
dividends. The Centennial has sunk 81 800,
600.
WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE, Jan. 2.-DurinE the past year
the Tacoma smelter produced 2,5s4 ounces
pounds of lead. and 22s, O26 pounds OF cop.
per. Of the total value OF 1921 ,9O4. During
the same period the Everett smelier PRODUCED
In tho Helena group. Silverton district. a
tunnel ia now being driven to :;ross-cut the
feet. This ledge has one, elRht-foot pay streak
that ASSAYS Sa2 in gold and copper, and a
Monte, Cristo district q suffered severely
from floods. but is rapidly recovering. Dur,
ing 1890 the Mystery turned out oyer 10000
Soio "hAo a. "" DioeoNSi ~ mlhSt
$500 tons.
In Cedar River district the Earbart mine
Is showing Q fine BODY of ore fully forty feet
wide that ASS ys fron $40 TO sion IN gold aud
copper. and there are 200 tons OF excellent
shipping ore on the dumps.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SEATTLE, Jan. AT the Hall mines an
electric plant has been installed, and 700 men
are employed. The shipments Of tho district
last week aggregated $40 tons. valued at $780,.
600.
The Slccan Boy. near Sandon in SLOGAN
district, has received n check from the Pueblo
smelt-r for $40, 900, the net proceeds OF thirty.
six ions OF ore recently shipped TO that point.
A year, ago the Enterprise mine in SLOGAN
was bonded To Colorado men for S25. 900.
Since then the output has paid for the mine
and development, and u sale has been nego.
tiated for $500. 900. there being fully that
amount OF ore In sight.
In Sheep Greek camp the Victory has made
a strike In the main tunnel at IL depth OF sixty.
five feet. The ore body is ten feet wide, and
assays $50 in gold. with n good percentage OF
copper.
on wild Horse Creek the Elise mine ha,
made a strike at q depth OF twenty-six feet in
the main shaft OF fonr .ert Oi iolid sulphureis
which assay $500 70 the ton.
Last v eek the steamer Maude was chartered
at Victoria to transport ore from the Van Andu
mines 10 the smolters OF PUGET Sound. An nd