The sun., 1897-12-20

Eureka and other mines In the district are look
kecent hoods along the Monte ON o'c cristo Rail.
road have rendered the road imperative and
SSnssa short T,S n The %Ss mn.. ard
silverton have also been compelled to close
for tho same reason. 49,
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SEATTLE, Dec. lion tho Sunset No. in
and tho seven.compressor drill 10 doing good
work in opening up this promising property.
pany to withhold shipments until the mine Is
At tho ie Roi Z ore Is being mined on tho 900,
out, measuring 2so feet In length and 16 feet in
Tho main shaft in tho Iron Mask has been
sunk to depth Of 100 feet and a three.foot
level and the weekly shipmcnts amount to
of the thirty.two steam plants in operation
in Rossland district, thirty are constantly EN-.
under way In the camp than has been known
Tho Whitewater mine in SLOGAN district
In the Salmon River district great deal OF
peets are AZ under % bond nsa Smonntne to
This is a gold country, the ore assaying $40 per
ton, while the lodges arc from three to ten feet
SEATTLE Dec. ia large group Of placer
claims on Indian Creek, near furnagain Arm.
Cook Inlet, changed hands this week. tho .pur-
agent, H. G. Blackwell, the consideration being
reported at $l9o,ooo This is a hydraulic
In q short distance and pay dirt going from 20
to 70 cents to the cubic yard. The country is
Sf and the mines can be worked
amounted % to sioo 900. according to IRE reports Of
aNI ny,to AVID tN,fy,
aged over sio to the man. an Preparations are
being made for placing a pumbeF Of large by;
otSer streams. P In % this respect COOK Inlet pos
sesses great advantage over the Yukon and
Klondike. where 1t is impossible to hydraulic
the ground by reason OF its being frozen to
Regardless of the winter months. prospecting
FOR southeastern Alaska, and every boat going
north carries them away. During the winter
onshs mont tney tng 40 be
season advances.
SALT LAKE Dec: ls;;-As the result Of the
for S237, 500, the Mercur Company has in
creased its dividend payments from s5 1S & cents t
FSe Whole espta stock TSs is be-
paid regularly in the future, as the earning ca
ShSds hs on Mnn
etor owning, property near the Mercur district
on Lion % S9ss the
Considerable excitement is being caused by
county. the extreme southern part Of tho State;
The reports received are of q highly colored
% sseon
s1s srs t S Sw r but this is
near the i division n line % Of the Brickyard and
Generalization groups in tho Mercqr district,
the strike being Of Importance to both prop
been opened up. the values being higher than
usual.
High,grads gold;,9oPper ore is reported !, in
:, Ore shipments from the camp Of Bingham.
Der aggregated over 1000 tons.
The West Mountain, Watson, and Chandler
placer mining companies companies soyt Owning ad5oi ming
have been conso dated, and hereafter the
ground will be worked as one proposition. Much
abundance Of water made 1t necessary for all In:
terests to be Joined in order that working could
be carried on economically.
LAKE SUPERIOR.
HouaHToN, Mich, Dec. l7.-At present there
are ten mines In Houghton county and eleven
in tho Lake Superior district which are actually
producing copper: tho Centennial being the lat.
tho reopening of the stamp mill on Dec. J.. The
only active copper producer OF the Lake dis
trict outside of Houghton county is tho Cen
trail, Keweena& county property. In addi:
tion to these eleven mines, there arc half
dozen or more old mines In eNunty
and s copper hs pfs and
but tho entire production from these mines Is
trivial.
gRs or II. soeS s
stamp-mill and Is averaging little better than
a1swnrk a Hrrrti ssm pnfa