The indicator., 1897-08-14
MINING NOTES.

| The Canadian government proposes
TO exact II royalty of ten per cent. on
claims in the Yukon with monthly
| output of $500 or less. and twenty per
cent. on any claim yielding above S5On
annually This. in addition To SO reg
istration and 500 annual assessment.
and every alternate claim 10 be r"-
served by the government.
The extensive mica beds near Tres
| Piedras, Taos county. New Mexico, will
he worked by Il Chicago stove com
| pany. The mica district covers about
5000 acres and was discovered sin
years ago by Colonel j. ii. Cribbcn OF
Chicago. Mica in commercial qunnti-
ties is II scarce article. the whole Unit
ed States product of 1896 being worth
hut S57,Oil. In 1887. 10000 pounds
We're produced in this county worth
S1i25OO
During the month of July there We're
shipped from the Black Hawk depot of
the Gulf railroad $50 cars OF ore, az
grcgating ALSO tons, representing the
mineral output Of Giipiu county for
| July In comparison with the month
of July 1896. last months shipments
| show an increase OF siNty-funr cars. or
| Oh tons of ore. nr about thirty per
cent. II very substantial Increase.
Reliable old Gilpin is not given To blow
ing its own horn. says til" Central city
Rcgstcr-Cali but the present increased
output would justify it IL 1t were.
A dispatch from Montreal, dated the
9th, says: American miners who 20 in
to the Canadian section of the Yukon
gold fields are to be confronted by two
British Maxim guns in the hands of
the mounted police. This is the deci-
sion of the Dominion government and
the two guns will leave Victoria, Brit
ish Columbia, on saturday. The cS-
cusc is that the government is deter
mined to leave nothing undonc to
maintain order and enforce the rcgu-
lations. 1t has also been decided to
appoint an administrator for the dis
trict who will have entire charge of
the officers there and be chief eXccu-
tive Major Walsh. who was active in
supprcssing the Riel rebellion in 1888,
has been selected for the post. He has
had large experience in rough from
tier life and Is accustomed at the head
of n few men. to face la"gc bodies of
hosiics and quell disturbances. Orders
have been given reducing the size of
mining claims from 900 TO 100 feet, and
the new regulations will 20 into effect
ut once.
The Telluride correspondent of the
Denver News writes us follows:
As has been the custom during the
summer months for several years past
the Smusg.crfnlon fifty stamp mill,
at Pandora is now being largely sup
piled with ore from the old dumps of
the SInugsIcr, Union and Sheridan
mines. While, aS might he imagined.
The hulk of this dump orr is low grade.
| is
ore mixed with it. considerable having
been taken ont a number OF years ago.
when theic was no railroad into Tel
luridc and mineral worth less than ST.,
per ton could not he handled at n profit
and was accordingly thrown over The
dump, The company mil is treating
from sevcnty-iiNr 10 eighty tons of
mineral every twcnty -four hours which
Yields on au avcta9" tl""" carloads uf
concentrates ruuu'n. handsome values
in gold aud silver which. togothc.
with the high gradv urrS shipped TO
simcltcrs in Its crude state, make HE tn
ia shipments from the SiuIi.gler'l 'ninn
properties from IL, To 40 carloads per
month
Dir. Keith. of London, claims To nave
invented II new cyanide process in
which in the dissolving process he aide
To the solution of potassium cyanide 81
certain amount of cynniIe of mercury,
He states that he finds the best result
obtained When the solvent contains ooi
per cent nf potassium cyanide and
0.U2. per cent cyanide Of mercury.
This mixture of cyanidcs he claims op
crates faster than the simple potassium
cyanide The process for til" recovery
of the gold from the solution IS nn "lrr-
trolytic one. The gold and the mrr.
curry are deposited together upon anal
gamatrd copper plates Tie anal gan
so deposited is scrnprd of and the gold
recovered by disabling oil the mercury
in the usual way. The anodc is not nj
lowed IA dip in the cyanide solution
but is placed in a separni" compart
ment and surrounded with :: solution
of an alkaline salt, so that the cyanide
does not become dccumposrd Tn
clrctrO-mutive force of the current nrci
not be more than half volt. and ihe
current density on the deposiling SIN"
face may he as low us COG nmprrc pc
square foot.
Word comes from Ourny that III,
Fowler sm"lirr has been workin.
steadily, but has been short of iron ore
which is used in the smelling proc -
Mr.. Fowler this week perfected mr.
|
came into possession of eight claims
from the Skyruckct company. Thrss
clnims contain inrgc bodies of iron ore
and their close proximity to the smc!icr
places the cost of production at the
lowest price The Camp Bird Is send
ing down daily Il pack train OF burrss
laden with gold orc. TIL. mine is max
ing an immense fortune for lis owners.
the principal one of Which is Thomas
II. Walsh of Denver. Actual figures
ms TO the output cannot he obtained.
but it is safe To place an estimate o.
100000 since last fall Most all. If
not the entire area adjoining has been
taken up by Mr.. Walsh so that if ihs
veins of rich gold extend further they
will become the property of the own
ers Of the Camp Bird syndicate This
property bids fair to rival the famous
Nirginius and Revenue tunnel mines.
While the recent fail in The price of sill
yer has had n dampening effect on III
owners of strictly silver properties
they are still at work. The output CT
: such large mines ms the NirginiuS ana
Revenue contains n large percentage
of gold. hence they can ship nj n pro
III even with silver nt II much Iowet
price Tho effect of silver mt sixty has
been shown IN III, large number of ne
buildings erected this season and II.
general prosperity of business men.
Wells. Fargo \ Company will estal-
fish mn express office In the klondyk.
Alaska. district, at the earliest opp,-
tunity. charging $3.50 per 1000 IL
transportation ot gold including l..
surancc.