Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-22
MINING NOTES.


- IA attracting considerable attention
me nsnal story of gold from the grass
ro.,ts 4. told and one enthusiast aMrrts
mai he has ore that runs three and
nna-hslf per cent. tin Some very me
quartz leads have been opened tnS'
promise good results
The Vulcan mine, in Gnnnison eoun-
~. Is working forty men and the Good
Hone mine In the came district. nj
teen. Several other properties In the
Vulcan district are being worked with
good results aud the district. which las
not done much work for nearly year.
Is now assuming an air OF ACTIVITY that
speaks well for the future.
The Gold Coiu Company OF Cripple
Greek has set an example that might
b.a followed with profit by many OF our
larger companies. In the upper story
Of its great building is reading room.
well supplied with books. newspapers
and periodicals In the lower story ID
well-appointed laTatory, wher. the
men may take hath at pleasure.
| The ten-stafnp min Of the Penn Lsas.
Ing Company at Leaiville has proved
/ such a success, and the ore bodies IN
/ the mine have Increased ~ rapidly. II
I Is proposed 10 enlarge the capacity 10
| ioO stamps FrOm or shaft NIFTY tons
Of dry siliciOus quartz are hoisted daily
and sent To the smelter. IL ~ --timst
ed there are $4,000 worth Of orc 10
/ sight.
/ The long Idle Union srnrlier at Lead
/ VILE has passed under the control Of
I tho Arkansas Valley. which viii Use ia
I Brown horseshoe ruasseFs In roasting
snlphide ores, 10 b. used in the Arkan
sas sInelter. A. the present time there
Is no Necessity for using the balances
OF the woyks. as there il no excess Of
ore beyond what the present running
furnaces can handle
The deposits Of PLACER gold 10 New
Inns gulch, twenty miles south OF Den
yer. are again 10 h. worked A ina
chine Is nov on the ground that Is SAID
10 work the gravel very successfully,
and the only thing to b. settled is the
adoption % some plan for he s~,onofni
cal handling Of the gravel The eon-
rany Interested 1. noW infessiSa ting
various methods u moving gravel In
the placer diggings u the state.
/ During the month u August there
were 400 stamps dropping IN the Bisra
Hawk mills and seventy In Ssradsrilir
The greater part ot ihr work was dons
. on Cilpin county ore. some cpiupany
mills viii b. added 10 the llst ns1i
, month. when dsyrlopmrn; has rrachs-.
the point where output caH again coin
mence. Considerable nrw ground IL
being opened and September wfII sho~
a marked increase for the Little King
dom.
Good reports ar. reviewed from the
mines and PROSPECTS, II the la Plat.
district. Teams ARE steadily employed.
hauling in supplies AMI bringing GU
ore. The taltmhns mine shipped t~s
I carloads Of ore Inst wsek. Native all
: Yer IL found in the prospects IN Tihur.
, clio gulch The tnlunbtts l. haisfius
ore that runs we'll into the hundred. Of
ounces Of silver per ton. The s=s,Ia q.
- shipping aud tunnels. t1ug worked
are tapping the veins at srsat depth
Tie district Is active and prosperous
!. The aggregate dividend. paid b,
+ cripple Greek companies in isns /.
date i more han $4,000. a,
. against Sis2'i1,'kf, for the v hole Of 1857
!. This j. merely what il shown hr tn.
D reports ot the Wtassz elas.ssi among tn.
]. Dig dividend payers. and ts,slds. thl,
. the profits 81 individual operators ar.
= 70 be considered. From present ludlea
n IONS It viii not h. surprising II The 10
lai dividends and surplus profits accru
lng to the Cripple Creek district 10
}. lsvs viii be S3sn.UU.
. The big placer company NJ Lax.
n rees u doing large amount Of work
Z ihey have tw1 biz dcrricks on the car,
|. that VIII co~t them laid down nj III.
. WORKS Nissa They are running tvs,
giants aud have ordered two morc
, ihey have over 2pu feet OF Pine lalt
= down aud expect 10 put down ne fnucl
more. They employ about forty men
ahl next year viii employ from even
y.hYe 10 100 men This IL ono ~ IA,
nlE placer enterprises If The state an.
,hey nave q large number 81 acres 4
g worE.-I'eadvilIe Herald Dispatch.
i a new mining camp called Coltnp Ia
= zen started IN southern nevada. ues
o DtauR valley. II WIS discovered opI
a lew weeks ago. huf already loo mei
Il 'te on the ground. one ledge has hoo,
IL ti"ed Tor a distance NJ over sgog fes
d. tuat gives assays IT $40 per ton in col
H. anu : eight feet thiek. IN old WORTH
d. ills been found not far from this ea n,
ID with shaft on The ledge from ,yhie
,r we ore averages $50 pcr tom In re-
t. Esiu' besides rich com'rniratps Mar
=, o. the prospectors think this Il the lon
.. lost FeRleg mine Some promising IA,
i. luois prospects have hecp fmInd NJ,
10 the camp. '' h''a
Inc supreme Court ~ New us,,o
uecl9esi, In case involving n ti,le ,
mining location. which Ia la',,.
#. "ithin what was tho elaimea hnn,,'3,,
II. US OF the Cochitl grant, but hns ~
In 1Tt sd by the United States sprs,,,,
re Dourl 10 be public domain tha, ,,t,,a
n. On On. u.lnconiirmed grants are am,,ia,, ,", |,
r. ,ooa.lon' Under this dpclsion o,e -.
lc nHate mining claim an an 49,, y.
nj =, i'uieu grant. and II the courts ras,,.
It. :" confirm u the location will bola ~ y,
I'd IT, A. ns VI u were fnatle on known no,
il nc uoinaln. This IL qc,tte,nan, pe W
n ~ .nht court can settle IL Of ,, ~ ~
Is. tho f"ss,i9 i OF considerable Interest ,
- abound. ' Iand gram
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