The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-27


slick Rock and Spring creeks 10 Shasta conn.
and about twenty locations have been made.
nTss' Sct tea from Ge sr $40 crG Co 80 % per so1 ton s az nc
The la Grange Hydraulic Mining Company
md improvements. Tho iume which Is being
built is eleven miles long. Three giants arc
The Norwegian mine, Tuolumnc county. re.
ports a rich strike. Rich ore has been found
msS t company has sS" acSSui %spi The Sell, B RsSS1Sn.
s SG 4sporsUd t eoa tho hSf Marble %' Point mime niSn A siF Ike
Santa Ysabel q great deal Of prospecting work
Is beng done.
VIRGINIA CITY, Doc. 1s.-on tho Comstock IL
Is the belief that important delayed work will
carry in the coming year. Some of this work
was reported by experts t appointed 1a, for tho P ~.
1000 tons OF low.grade ore milled by the Gould
A Curry Company have proved SO sstisf9et9ry
results equally well ii. is probable that, other
companies viii begin the extracting and mill
Ing Of loT,srEdo ore; 81 9ro, which Sa !, th STs nrS mil mil
mostly gold, particularly in Consolidated, I'm.
pcrial. anu ,neighboring mines. Some experts
largo shareholders and were favorably iu-
pressed with the lode.
foot vein, with ayaiue OF $35 per ton.
Tho .Boston-Neyada Copper Company's
smelter In Mason Valley has closed down for a
The De Lamar mill handled 5000 tons Of orc
during Noyembcr. The earnings are estimated
a shipment Of ore from the Altoona mine
yielded per ton $ss, in gold. 90 ounces of silver.
SEATTLE, Dec. 1s.-Interest still centres in
Cook Inlet. Several groups Of mines have
creeks, at prices ranging from 81 5000 to Sl5,-
600, while numerous smaller deals have taken
S Was the Smith ithS Claim. on Lynx Creek, to Port:
land capitalists, for 100000 Of which &c.,
GOO was paid down; This c5dsI property y Sv has ss an o sS,
he adjoining claims extending from Lynx along
Greek. These properties will ali BIO worked to
their fullest extent this year with improved ap-
In Dyea Creek, six miles above the town of
Dyea, some very, promising placer ground has
At Helen Bay, Cleveland Peninsula, float
quartz rock weighing nearly 200 pounds has
S SSen P pislsIs up % t On 1 nsl sSa sRs. very Eb9 5ish t IN d5ss
locations have been m dc on lodges in the neigh
borhood. ,Prospectors sent out by q New York
syndicate have secured several OF these claims
and are having the ore tested.
The devel9pment work now under way on
TO the San Francisco men who have 1t under
this week from the new tunnel gave returns of
81 gold per ton. This is more than double the
| NHlue ODthlne0 from inc lfeaQWell at the Same
depth. The ledge ut this point is over 1900
feet in width, highly mineraliZcd throughout.
WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE, Dec. 1s.-The Wyandott Company,
ogan county, have purchased the Bulltrog
group OF twenty claims, and purpose develop
been ordered from Chicago and a tunnel viii be-
driven into the mountain 1000 feet, cross;cut-
ting several ra large Lodges. The ore will be
The Grnndview. group Of eight claims, west
Of Palmer Lake. has been under development
this season and has about 800 feet OF tunnels,
drifts, and cross cuts on several lodges which
G ;ns fro from ', three - feet to sig fee feet ii ip .. wi sld l. carry AIRY
besides silver, copper. and lead.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SEATTLE, Dec. 19.-In the omineca country
the Mayfower Company has made a strike
River. The company has located tho river on
both sides for over two miles. and finds the pay
Sl.25 to the pan on bedrock, while the average
above bedrock is from 81 to 81 to the cubic
yard IL is said that experienced miners can
On the Kenneyt.claim a nugget weighing 5000
ally coarse. and i Is worth fronl s sY.H to o SIS 81 an
p piVes and pf crssE bsas. h hns b 6ssp re sSnt9e ID to the
bio discoveries Of QUART lodges as well as ea-
ceedingly rich placer ground. The, district
glHes st aTsat p mo \ wb and Sa y iS So ,a6Sses sn;bs that pa ,b y
Michigan copper men are investigating the
northwe st TeVe coast sf Of Fex az pfG fsland, With Sf lh q
view to investment. They find conditions there
and ii, they can agree. Upon terms will put a
large force on and begin DEVELOPMENT. ,.
the shipments Of ore. bullion, and copper matte
f bpinr the t Tsek fota afFg gre "a e. s assr oSo fo2 10 toms toms
will exceed $4,000 Oo, which is an excellent
showing for this portion of the province for
The British Columbia Development Company
Of (which Lord Sndley is President, has re-
Diary Creek, for 1856 900. 1t is a fow-grade prop
o~sition. with u vein of considerable magnitude
and comparatively small amount of develop
The large, strike in the east extension of the
properly nSS is looking 10 Gfne'H Well Ip + The enc ca sdfpS' mine sa as
Camp Mckinney has declared another diyi,
T The ' sme Stai1e Of fhe" he o Roi VIII be completed
by Feb. l., and from that date all the ores will
SOUTH DAKoT
DEADwooD Dec. 20. - Suryeyor-G eneral
Black Hills says: Outside Cripple Creek there
that is producing month, by month a quantity
Of gold to compare with that of Lawrence coun-
believed thpt the Homestske included ali that
was valuable in the free milling ores OF the dis.
trict. but now depth has been attained on free
milling and concentrating ores fifty miles dis,
tsnt. This is particularly, true of the mines
$500. 900 in 81 shares, and eight months ago a
large block OF stock was sold at IS cents IA share.
The mine is now and has been for four months
paying monthly dividends at the rate of $lOS,-
600 per annum, and there is no reason to ex-
pect that the rate will be decreased. This Is
30 per cent. OH the par value of the stock. The
mine. has been sunk to $40 feet and the ore Is
growing richer all the time.
In n new district that lies midway between
the Lawrence, county mines and the Keystone
district there have been proved many mines OF
value, and experts unite in declaring them
of great %iichness. But. nothing has progressed
SO rapidly as the development of the siliceous
ores of Lawrence county, the gold output OF
which, class OF ores, five years ago. was incon-
siderable. To-day this class of ores is being
treated at tho rate Of 900, 900 tons a year, and
in 1896 l52, 900 tons of il were treated, with a
result of $3.s0o,O00: The area in which these
ores are found has increased amazingly in he
last year. 1t was believed they were confined
to the small area around Bald Mountain. but
now they have been found In widely scattered
localities, and mines that were considered far
outside, the area Of profitable mining are send.
Ing rich ores to the Dcadwood smelters. The