The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-15

OEe Ia beinR shipped from the cleopatra Mine
S Ss,g a pay sgG sfreaE q SO 70 Sy sos OF SOO Der ton
An eastern ayndicatee has tsfen eSsTTe q tRs
Sga h4a" S5Fth. St a pound has Been aiken nG ont.
The Golden Eagle mine on Cameron Mountain.
runs $50 per ton in gold. The West Point
mine, Dutch Gulch. Gunnison county, IL work
pay @y st F"e g sssay Il 500 peF t6 s9t' T TiHe :o Mlsn a
trates run s1Oo per ton and $40 is saved on the
The. great Silver. Lakes mining property.
owned by +. G.. Stoiber. continues to impress
the mining world by it, extensive mechanical
the foot Of the, great wire tramway has Just
been completed: 1t has a capacity FOR 1900
moisture from the ore. and thus reduce the
cost OF freight transportation 10 the smelters.
conveys tie ore from the tunneiup in the basin
down to the orehouse is II. 700 feet. Mr.. Stoi-
Der recently returned from Germany. where he
went 70 investigate a new mill process. While
this is being set up he Is running n great tun-
from which the bulk OF the ore now comes
down.
rE Gilp Fes sSqgnt made i n at. g ysss, Ef fs !. now mp .t 70 its
carloads behind the record. though the July
s spgRn9inS me eSdSsiiGf sst t 1sSt S q the GORE aS-
ever. the business is now up, and there will
probably be a falling on in the total years
output.
DEADwooD, Aug. 10.-Returns have been re-
cetved from several carloads OF ore sent to
ton in galena and gold. The shaft is now
down lbs feet. and a large ledge Of milling ore
galena.
At the American Express. in Blacktail Gulch.
parallel with the old main vein and equally
rich. Il will be entered on at, once.
Work has begun on the Alert mine OF the
Edgemen & Union Hill Co. which has been re
f.Ih = r. ,.. ~
is lined with prospectors. and they are making
excellent progress The Golden Reward Com
pany is working l25 men in three properties.
and the Horseshoe Company 20 in the Mogul.
LAKE SUPERIOR.
DULUTH, Aug. 1O.-Since the purchase OF the
Pioneer mine BY the Oliver Mining Company it
company has secured options on harbor lines
and water rights and rights of way for a rail-
F Perio tFG near Fn 6u FdRhe s9d that faaSs Il viii IL i be built Sit
very soon. The road. 1t is said. will be first
built to the vermiLion range. and later a branch
The pumps at the Zenith mine viii be started
up In a fey days, and that mine and the Pho
reer will be unwatered prior to mining on a
large scale, At the Pioneer q new shaft will be
All mines in the Lake Superior country are
hndiHg it difficult to get men. and operations
Explorations are under way on the Gogebic
range that will result in the reopeninR of about
all the abandoned mines that are capable Of
At the BiwabiE mine Mesaba range. the other
day oue steam shovel moved 700 three-yard
carloads Of dirt from the overburden in a ten
UTAH.
SALT LAKE, Aug. s.-The shaft in the Bullion
Beck mine at Tintic has reached the 1.300-toot
leyel. and drifting is now the order.
In a day or two the steel structural work for
the Golden Gate mill enlargement will be on
small stamp mill is about to be erected in
Miners Basin in the La Sal Mountains. In this
district, an arrastra is running with good re;
suits. while prospects are being worked TO good
In CITY Creek Canon. a few miles northeast of
Salt Lake. ore. has been discovered assayinG
$l7.5OO in gold and silver 70 tbs. ton: The find
Peter Mclaughlin has q . a-foot body Of
solid chloride, ore In the Barbara Bee mine.
American Fork Canon. The ore is said TO carry
Boston capitalists are looking into the Deer
Lodge dLstrict with a view to investing; New
and Campbell group. and it is said that a mill
will go up near this property at once.
side. has cut into a foot Of solid lead carbonates
and a zone Of high-Erade chloride ore in a tun-
The Erie mine at Bingham, is shipping ore
and nd si5S6 gold to the ton,
ARIZONA.
TUCSON, Aug. 4.-For some days reports have
been coming 70 the city OF a rich gold find in
coming into the city filed with free gold. It IS
one OF the richest gold dnds in Arizona. and is
hills OF Canon del Orc. There is reason to be-
lieve. that the gold veins have been found
ORC. The discovery was made by Romero
Martinez. some few weeks ago. who interested
cienr development work done TO satisfy him
that they have an immense BONANZA The
veins Of ore average from six inches to over
two feet, and are very rlch.
A Essen. who is in from Orc Blanco dis
tTict. says that the Franco-American mines are
showing up a very large body Of htgh-grade
shipping ore In the croSscut tunnel Whleh Is
being d@Tiveni The Tres Amigos mines Of 0ro
purchase price was $4,000. OF which a good
payment was made down. The group eqm-
and San Juan. The properties are all gold and
are unusually promising.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
SEATTLE. Aug. 6--This week miners began
work on the placer claims at the MOUTH OF STA
wash Greek. on Fraser River. near Yale; This
creek has been a steady producer for the PAST
open it up the output Of gold has not been SC
large as it otherwise would have been. Re-
and creek have fallen into the hands of the
North American. Mining and Development
Company. which has set aside a sufficient sum
10 put the property in thorough shape. with
water bitches. hydraulic plant, dams. cabins
ssf I6C 81 6P6sG in eaSrs @i9 96id. 4 1alned as so Ao9 pe,
ounce, is the record OF this creek. and it ts
thought systematic mining in the future wi.
easily duplicate this record in a much shorter
During the low water the gold bars aIonC
Fraser River are being worked very successfully
and are yielding a good deal Of fine gold, TIL
old-fsshIoned rocker and the, modern dredgg
are found in the same neighborhood engaged
in the search for gold.
Al Rossiand the Il Roi is sinking to the 500,
foot level and will soon have twenty-eiKht
steam drills In operation. The output OF the
mine Is 300 tons a day.
The War Eagle and Centre Star are steadily
shipping. The output Of the Centre Star this
week was 308 tons. Trail district is now giving
employment TO over 1000 miners. In For
Steele division the sullivan group. by reason o.
the recent big strike. is attracting attention
This strike Is one OF the largest that has been
made In the province. consisting OF twenty feet
Of high-grada galena ore, placing the property
largest producers in the Kootenai.
On the west coast, near Clayoquot. a group o.
copper mines has recently been located on q
ten-toot- ledge which ASSAYS 33 per cent. copper
This is one Of the most important discoveries
in this portion Of the province,
The Surprise mine on TeIada Island Is pre-
pairing To sink to the oDO-fOot level. IL is now
the deepest property on the island and is 4waI