The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-14

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and g ACCESSIBLE at al seasons.
4 Cook Inlet promises TO be the scene n. unusual
mining activity this season, no loss than five
large hydTaulic plants being under contein2la,
creeks. The output miao; G of t6e district GaI inSt soaiSn
was so satisfactory that no trouble has boon OK
perionccd In e%nlistjhnE capitol to be used in
more thorough working OF the ground. Prop
crty. 10 hold at very reasonable figures, and a
good deal is changing hands.
WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE, March Elm Goat Lake district,
s%yfyaniS, Company. owning a. large group Of
claims. has been carrying on developmont work
s al w.Gtsr. ud IL Is a a, cqg g5YS YYoSop r SPp smS5s and ND
contemplated improvements.
Tie Edison group in silver Greek district
have suspended operations till May. Between
BOO and 600 feet OF tunnels and drifts have
been run on this property. exposing some very
i hsan m nnd nH be Is seu Of ip pnS mU trapsno N.Y.
ton facilities.
In Swank district Philadelphia capitalists
have recently become interested In tho .Rigby
gold mines. These minos are In the old river
channels, and have produced more largo mug
eiic Northwest. These nuggets. usually range
from $50 TO $3.50, and the gold Is worth ut the
mints about $l7 per ounce. 1t Is the inten;;
ton OF the new owners to introduce new and
improved appliances.
4 great many changes are taking, place in
mine owners are taking. the place Of. the old
miners. Capital is taking hold, and should
Dry Canyon, which bas It's source in tho head
waters, Of the Swank and It's mouth In Yakima
River, has been the scene Of large floods within
the past month, and considerable gold Is being
found In the fresh wash gravel along Its course.
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES. March 5.-The directors of
the Los Angeles Mining Exchange are prepar-
& Z. exc Si a eV viii III sSea Continued ns d IN RlS some o ther
form. eliminating the call board feature. and
adding dealings in outside stocks. The call
board has been an unsuccessful feature OF the
exchange, mainly because the public has not had
e chance to make a winning, The directors
owners Of good developed mines to list them
The Baiioi Mining Company at Suffer Creek
has mado . good record IN the mining of low
age cost q 80 cents per ton. It has a forty.
tons per stamp per twonty.four hours.
The Boulder mine. hear shingle Springs. FL
A ten-stamp mill is in constant operation. and
yields a frequent return OF $500 per day. The
ore grows better as the mine goes down:
Consoli6 ated Mining Company has n 2l.foot
ledge Of, good ore in the Belanciana mine, and
on he, lodge. The ore constantly improves
VITA depth. Two hundred tons are now on
At Randsburg, Kern county, a big strike has
been made in the Yellow After. formerly the
Rand group. In running q tunnel to strike the
a quarry w xS,n; en C HGi1 % Vf It showed h @ pl mo- sign OF
value. and all went over the dump until tho
miners had worked quite through hI, ? 1t, q distssnsee e
one Of the pieces. Samples were then assayed
for gold alone, with a result Of over $50 per ton.
else In tho district. Those familiar with the
Cripple Creek REX ores say r., that I II; + appearance is
dependence nine Sea' It IS not free milling, as
arc the other ores OF the Rand group, but the
greater part Of its value ia in the sulphurets.
large amount stopped out which will run over
done in the country beyond, Garden Station.
some thirty miles from Randsburg.. Rich ore
is being taken from a number Of mines. The
Santa Paula group has u good sized dump as
saying. as high as 1926 per ton. The ore. is
stained with copper. Another group near this
runs in the neighborhood of 300 per ton.
Water for domestic use has to be hauled fifteen
miles. In the Panamint. country the World
tain side that averages $50 per ton. Higher
UP in the same caf9n. at an altitude Of nearly
owner grinds out the ore on q small stamp mill
operated by land power; THO ore vein is mar
canon Messrs. Bishop and Phoebe have recently
purchased the Burro mine for $4,000. A ten
stamp mill is being moved to tho mouth of Tu-
Der Canon, where a San Francisco company lie
developing a rich property. The mines through
out this region are so far away from the rail-
roads and 50 difficult of access that they must
DO worry rich to pay at all. But the Panamint
on both sides OF the range arc full OF
mineral T.. and Il they ,, we're !, accessible by rail,
The Napa Consolidated Quicksilver Mining
extra, payable on April. For the quarter
sEainst sls.isI last year. With a surplus after
1rhd %t;n Of 81 III iS against GoS 70; ISL last year r:
payable on March 10. For the quarter ending
Feb. l Etna earned net $l2,766, with a sur:
Quicksilver Company has declared n dividend
OF SIS. 600, 10 cents per share and 8 cents extra.
taken la se eat ss s99nsy t fSllin the a Cd RIay WsySin neye
northern taiifornia. < three;fS vein has as been
Shasta, that assays from $50 to 500. Tho
Mammoth group OF mines has been bonded 10
native copper has been found in these mines.
Eastern capital has taken hold OF a deposit of
copper IN san Bernardino county not far from
IL Is q belt Two miles broad by TWEEN
miles long. The ore runs on the aver:
age Y per cent. COPPER and about 81 gold ard
high as 20 per cent. copper. This is unusn.
ally rich. The Arizona mines, which na:- well. |
yield only 10 op per cent; copper; a number Of
the permanency and extent Of the deposit.
NEvADA.
VIRGINIA CITY, March 5.-The Delano Rroup
copper claims &C salmon has passed into tho
hands of an English company under n bond of
900. A smelter is to ba erected and the
thoroughly worked.
The ore in the standard at Mountain City Is
D carbonate carrying gold. and in a dump Of
100 tons The lowest assay showed sos in gold |
and SO in silver. The carly prospectors looked
here Tor horn silver and chlorides and thought
the ore of no value.
The Isis Mining Company Is preparing TO
complete the drain tunnel started some years
ago. The new tunnel will be 300 feet long and
Is expected to tap the rich ore which paid
81 900 per foot for a depth of sixty feet before
work was stopped by the water.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
DEADwooD, s. d., March 10.-The smelter
Of tho Deadwood and Delaware Company, de-
stroyed this morning by fire with a loss of
900. will be rebuilt at once on a larger
scale than ever. This smelter has for a year
or two handled three times as much material
In its four great stacks as has been treated by
any otl or pyritic smeltcr in the world. Its
capacity has lately been some 600 tons of ma
every twenty-four hours. and II Is said
that when rebuilt now 1t will be enlarged to
nearly goo tons daily.
The mines OF the D. and I. Company have of
made wonderful advancement in ore in
sight, and are being developed on a scale to
200 tons of orc daily.
A dozen small mines In the Northern Hills
hat have been sending ore to the ID and ID.
rNa IN. a.Il H.