The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-03

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1890. iooSeeso SS
1895 oos' aSS' iSI
isSg iestimated) .......".".......... $500 Oo, 900
Taking copper at an average value OF IL
cents. the total value OF copper alone taken
from Butte is $500, 900, 600.
Th, growth Of coal mining in Montana is
shown by figures recently given out by the
Commissioner of Labor and Agriculture. There
Uere mined In the State during the year end
ing June 80 last 1908 s3 tons Of coal. valued
at the mine at S., $40, 4s1. There were also
produced &c, 1s2 tons Of coke, valued at the
ovens at $44O,637. The mines are not yet de-
yeloped to any great extent. The mine which
reports the greatest production, 34s,65s tons,
has only 5000 feet Of drift. The greatest
deptb of any of the coal mines is $50 feet.
The Marian Mining Company has been Or
eanized and has acquired the famous Piegan
mine near Gloster. Tho new owners will at
once drive q tunnel. which 1t Is believed Will
bring to view q largo body of ore.
Bannack, the first capital of Montana Terri
tory, after being dead for twenty-five years. is
rapidly reviying through the enterprise Of
Chicago men who have been working it's old
placers by means of dredges. In 1862 not less
than $500, 900 in gold was taken from the neigh.
borhood Of Bannack. Tho whole surface, foot
hills and dry gulches yielded handsomely for
several years. The mines played out and
scarcely anything was left Of the ancient CAPT.
tai when Ii. ]. Reiling Of Chicago conceived
the idea of working the bed of Grasshopper
Creek by means ola floating dredge.
Soon aftcrward tho Gold Dredging Company
of Chicago was organized. Tho dredge is
worked by electrical power obtained from a
dynamo several hundred yards distant. The
operations Of the past season have been very
successful. One run alone netted tho company
$1,000 In twenty-four hours, which, OF course,
was from an exceptionally rich pay streak.
The ground and dredge cost $1,000 and have
already been paid for by the gold obtained.
The Western Mine Enterprise Company Of
Butte has a force sinking at the Horse Prairie
mines, tbirty.two miles southwest Of Bannack,
for the purpose of examining the depth and
value of the gravel with q view to putting in q
dredge in the spring. George f. Cope own q
long strip Of pay ground at the mouth of Grass
hopper Creek and intends putting in q dredge
there If no does not dispose of the ground to an
English company.
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES, Dec. 25.-The bulk Of the min
ing transfers in California continue to he among
unimportant properties, either undeveloped
claimsor claims upon which prospect holes have
been sunk deep enough to show a promising
ledge, which are sold or bonded for o few thou
sand dollars. Nearly ali the famous and rich
producing mines of the State are being worked
and are yielding big results, but their owners
permit as little as possible about them to be
The mill at the Argonaut mine, Amador coun-
up Of tie outside plates after a twelve days
run. The Centennial has been unwatered and
will be put down to 1000 feet. The company
the Belden by the cyanide process will work
them over, again by the same process.
tiff Tip Top mine. Which adjoins the sRookum
and Hard Cash. The shaft is down sixty feet.
and the vein has prospected all the way, but at
struck which yields $75 per ton. A crushing
O. eight tons Of ore from the La Crosse mine,
in tho R~ademacher district, has a shaft down
seventy feet on a two-foot ledge Of $50 ore. A
ledge has been uncovered on the Annex that
$4s has been found on the King George. The
W.. J. Bryan mine has yielded 1927 from 6,24O
pounds of rock, which is at the rate of about
The Mount Gaines mine. in Mariposa county,
at the depth of 600 feet. has a ~tivc.foot vein and
per ton: The MERGED Company has secured a
iOeh pb o. s So 900 A. 8 per cent = With, with which iSn to sink
connect It with the old incline shaft.
The Diestelhoist dredge. which is operating
near Redding, Shasta county, in the sacramen:
raised:
OF the big plants on the klamath are already
In operation. and as a large amount Of snow
lack of water. Most of the placer mines in the
SALMON Th River section nave started W.
at TT Trinity R!9e Centre Il MTf rihifyy co aSa,aq bn, b PrSps soIS
TO l.. Mcdonald, J. Porter, L. Ruel, and three
Others for $4,000.
VIRGINIA. CITy nac OK II Ia rapo,tad tko+.
new process has been found for working the
Comstock ores which will revolutionize the en-.
1t L. not possible to get details Of the matter or to
ssSSnrnIyy me report. The repairs in Chollar are
s e91 finished, and it is said that active work
grift Is In low.R-ade ore on the 5OO-foot level.
In Crown Point dead work is being done in order
ing. On the Brunswick lode ChoIlar continue
20 senu bullion to the mint, Occidental has fair
inc Gold Eagle, near Winnemucca, has re.
cehlly shipped 500 tons OF gold and silver ores.
"h'eh Melted 800 to the ton.
COLORADO.
DENVER. Dec. 22..The mining news for the
year ID now being collated by the Denver news
papers f4r the usual New Year annual, and
mere rinn,o WI dn0. be some surprises in store. The
ripple creek district will make a strong show
ing from its old mines, from a number of new
Pbpcperses, and from some mines that during
ducsr eaf nhS Doen developed into regular pro.
VIII DC another encouraging feature. Giipin
sUdhi VII be the banner district for growth
NV ~ boulder county will exhibit some Improve.
t nneh,s mat Indicate that that district viii in
from 'tphn an year make a strong gain. Aside
viii h. sht s. thres districts the results of the year
tri"rts oo gTTIm In to isolated mines in many dis.
Inc y mo year passed without n single min.
nnnsw noon or important discovery of an entirely
disIrri IS'riti, excepting possibly the Whitehorn
bbaS.ri,,, which has been discovered, but which
Ib ".traGten no attention worth mentioning.
one Of ~ Noon mine, in Cripple Creek, Is now
Jnbr%oa 'he Dig properties OF the CAM. Carl
i0UWomn a swedish lahorcr. is pocketing fully
Of thc mcek ont OF his lease on the south end
Tho NJ property, after paying stir ROYALTIES 10
The T n"oa COMPANY. which owns the mile.
spe dMii snort Of $4,000, While the sbiinm N mti
OF fate ITGnSinnins; This is n case Of tie irony
denth ne Original lessee had sunk a SHAFT To- n
to HndT ~" ieGt, md he mad to go only so feet
.inu mmI me rich ore chute. The Elkton con.
900 TO y w regular monthly dividends OF 500.
earnings TfG mr ~ me Isabella will show net
interest," ,prt me month of about $50. OOO. onc
In criiprIp1iiss feature Idn OF The years devoIopment
d omSraaid on Copper Mountain. Which is q y Oh
Eoid, nrad ma, and it demonstrates that ths
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