The sun., 1897-10-25
MORE COAL IN MONTANA.
1T has BEEN'FoUND hT1 DEPTH
OF n THOUSAND FEET.

Divers Get Gold In tho Bed or tho Sncrnmento
River. hut II u Too ENpensive-Dcep Quarts
R1ipinE In 1dnho-Oeposits or Op,x In tho
Black Hiiis-ships for Carr yinE Iron Orc.
BUTTE, Oct. 1o.-Tho Anaconda Cannon
Mining Company has struck coal three miles
from Joliet on tho road to Rcd Lodge. Tho bor.
ing for coal began at this point several weeks
ago. A vein six feet wide was found at a.depth
of 900 feet. The coal was tested md Ia nro
nounccd the best in the State for smelling mr..
poses. The vein Is supposed to be that of tho
Gcbo mine, which Is seven miles away rho
Anaconda Company has bought 5000 acres OF
coal lnnd in this section, and has begun sink.
ing double compartment shaft which will DO
sunk to n depth OF 1000 feet. 1t is expected
that the coal will be reached In about eight
months. Modern machinery will be put In
capable Of hostinR 1000 tons every ten hours
Tho smcltcr of tho llccla Consolidated Mining
Company at Glendale, which was closed down n
year ago for lack of lead ores. will soon be run.
ming again at full capacity. a new lead rninc
tho Ariada, is being opened up and pivcs
promise OF yielding an ample supply of the nee
cssary fluxing material Tho Hccla group is
one of the most remarkable producers in Mon
,ana. 1t is owned by company OF indianapolis
men who have taken out of the mine 81, % q, 600
in dividends. The Cleopatra mine, tho largest
of the group, produced $40, 900 900 since il was
opened UP in 1877. 1t has passed into history
ms one Of the richest silvcroad mines in tho
world. Tho mine was closed down two years
ago, having been worked out. The ore body of
the Cleopatra was immense, averaging through
all the years it was operated 80 per cent lead
and 40 ounces in silver to the ton. Tho Ariada,
from which 1t is hoped TO get an ample supply of
lead ore. lies below the old Cleopatra, but on a
different vein. 1t is being worked by shaft
800 feet in the mountain side
B. +. Forbes Of Helena has secured years
bond on the property of the Montana Gold Bar
Mining Company at Diamond
A mining section which has sprung into prom
incnce within the last few months is Red Top,
about six miles north of Sylvanite in Flathcad
county. Some remarkable strikes have been
made of large lodges highly mineralizcd. Gold
is the main metal, but there is some silver
and copper.
The Stray Horse mine shipped forty cars OF
gold ore last month.
An important strike has been made in tho
Gold Cup at Red Bluff. Some OF the ore as.
saved $3.50.
The Mayfower, in Madison county, is show.
ing up better than ever, the orc body now be-
ing fine and six feet wide, and assayIng $12O
to $lG0 to the ton. The mother lode is re-
ported to have been struck at the White
Cloud minc in Granite county. The lead is
u Soih, anu ShoNS iiIEc itHu TlCu
For two years work has been going on at the
porphyry dixie, where S15O,00O has been ex-
pended in the purchase and development Of
tracted from them. The dixie is eighteen
miles southwest Of Helena, and is 10000 feet
long and 600 to 1,2OO feet wide. The ore is al
most perfectly free milling, but extremely low
grade.
COLORADO.
DENVER. Oct. 2l.-Contracts have been let
for deepening the great Cowenhoven trans
portation mining tunnel at Aspen 900 feet
and for the widening of the tunnel 1877 feet.
Creede camp has continued a regular daily
shipment of from twenty to thirty cars of ore
since early in the spring. The principal ship
per has been the Commodore, which is pay ing
1t is reported that the Conqucror group Of
ten claims in the Empire district has been sold
for 100000 to st. Louis men.
The Moon Anchor mine at Cripple Creek has
40 tons of ore for shipment from the saInplng
Anchoria. Leland sent out l75 tons last week
which averaged over $40 per ton. A strike Of
Sbo ore s has been made ., N s gew to drift IN the Or
the vein being four feet wide
W. f. Rcnshaw, operating the Newton under
lease i'll the Idaho Springs district, struck some
$500 ore in n level 400 feet from the shaft.
The Golden Fleece at Lake City has a new
exploring the strike by the aid of diamond
drills. At the last annual meeting held in July
pcnses and $4,000 in dividends, leaving about
$4,000 in the treasury f with which to pay the
80 '''S ouJoiA
ing which was bought for $4,000.
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES Oct. l6A good many pros
pcctors who had outtittod for the Klondikc have
gone to Calavcras county to prospect until
| spring: All the water has been pumped out OF
the Sickle shaft Of the Utica, where the recent
men @ E is again raj at at work. 4 WOO poe pocket ' was as
taken out of the sunny side mine last week. At
cut In the 35O.foot level, each four feet in
width and milling between $40 and $50 per ton
Prince Poniatowski has closed the deal by
! which the California Exploration Company be-
comes owner of the Virginia mine in Mariposa
county The purchase price is about Sl3OOO0.
This makes twelve important gold mines in
| California which this company is now working
The Mary Harrison is the only one OF the Mcr
bodv bo oeihs eet nS ore
| 6Oofoot level, but has increased so much in
richness that the last cleanup showed profit
dor Inc n month; p'er 100 tons OF rock per day
A cooperative mining experiment at Nevada
pay hand dsomely fhe mine failed led to 'tS pay "tHo cx
penses when operated by company. This
Years lease of the mine, With the o privilere o Of
purchasing 1t for Sl5. 900 and OF applying TO the
purchase price the percentage upon nil rock
agreed 10 pay to the owners They have now
got therminc into such shape that It yields per
day six tons of Sl2 rock, and they expect that
the percentage on the ore will pay for tina mne
| long before the expiration OF the lease.
sdEsHas at .hs SaS e nS
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tailing;s, Extracting on tho average 1886 per
| ton. The Gavilan Mining Company has pay
rock worth $50 at the depth of 325 feet.
| new mining district, called the Begg, has
been formed in San Bcrnardno county. between
the Black Hawk and the Ord mines. in the Mo-
| jave desert. A rich find OF gold has been inado
IN Mill Creek Canon. The ore is said to uSsay
| 800 per ton.
| Santa Barbara county has gold excitement
the scene OF which Is in Romero Canon eleven
miles from Montecito. Seventeen claims were
| filed on the first day of the excitement. The
assays run rs high $lS per ton. Some
| placcrs have also been found
The men who have been working the crevices
| In the bottom of the Sacramento River. near
| Rcdding, Shasta county, by means of n diving
| apparatus, have had TO give up the enterprise.
Much gold was obtained but not enough to pay
the expenses: A boat has just been finished aI
| the Reid ferry from which experiments will
| be made in working the bottom of the river. a
| cylinder OF iron will be sunk to the river bed
and the water inside pumped out. A miner
will then go down insidc, the cylinder and the
gravel Will he hoisted to the deck and washed.
Three gravel properties, the Vitzhum Gulch,
| Union Hill and Dutton Creek mines. near Doug
| las city. Trinity county, have been bought by
Alexander Hill OF sun Francisco for sl0o,oo6.
Two hundred locations have been filed with
| the County Recorder as tho result Of III. Cofoc