The sun., 1898-09-12
CRIPPLE CREEK STRIKES.
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Coppsr ore Day Next YeaF-TappinG
oil Strata Beneath the Ocean on the
santa naFhara Coasts, 500 900 Tons Of
SFen ore shipped from Lake Superior.
Dnuvpn. Sept 1.-Crlpple Greek district,
which 90 amazed $50 bankers who visited it
last week, u likewise amazing the mining men
Of this State by the richness Of some Of the
big mines. The Portland. with It's eight
shafts and many miles Of workings. with its
enormous ore bins and monster hoists, has
recently made a new strike Of ore that runs
1000 ounces OF gold to the ton. This find
was at depth Of 900 feet. and they have al-
ready oponed up fifty-eight feet Of the ore,
The rich streak, Of eighteen inches width, Is
almost solid sYlvanite and is fabulously rich
IN gold. The Portland mine last week shipped
out three carloads Of ore which will probably
net close to 100000. Recently the Cripple
Creek placer ground, comprising fifty acres.
wns sold TO ]. r. Mckinney for $4,000 cash.
Another rich strike Of recent date has been
made on the Half Moon. where ore to q value
OF 500 was discovered. The Halt Moon has
been paying handsomely for several months
prior TO this strike.
The Hart group OF claims on Bull Hill has
been purchased by q company OF Colorado
men for s50,0o0 to be paid in installmerts.
The Ruby mine on Weston Pass, above Lead
vile. has been sold to Illinois men for $25.00O.
A fine body OF lead ore has been located on this
property. but the mine has had little Develop
ment. Leadville is producing 1,4Oo tons OF
ore monthly The Mahala mine has finally
reached the lower sulphde ore body 1.150 feet
down. Tho Robert T. Lee. operating under
lease is producing twenty-five tons day.
The Tom Boy in the Telluride district
cleans UP every twenty-four hours from $4,000
TO $4,000 from the plates of the mill. The
Silver Chief mine on Bear Creek is now In
successful operation. the new concentrating
plant OF forty tons capacity having been re-
Gently completed. This property Is o wned by
Gov. Adams and W. II. Trout OF Canon City.
1t Is estimated that there are 10000 tons OF
ore blocked out ready for the mill,
Aspen is furnishing work for 1.500 miners.
four-flfths of whom. working on the leasing
plan. make fairly good wages.
Superintendent Kirby OF the Consol Gold
Mining Company. operating at Summitville. Rio
Grande county brought.700 pounds Of ore to
Denver last week. for which he received $1S.-
000 This ore came from rich pocket two
feet wide. has been followed for forty feet.
The Maid of Athens. near Pltkin. Is now
shipping fifteen tons of ore per day from vein
eighteen feet wide. An offer OF $50, 900 cash for
the property made by Denver men last week
was refused. Ore was struck in February.
and the property has been paying ever since.
MONTANA.
BUTTE, Sept. 6.-There is renewed activity
at the old town Of Lion City, in Beaverhead
county. A rich strike has been made in the
old Hecla mine, which has not been worked for
twenty years. The diseoverers started an
open cut. and twenty feet from the surface
they cut into an eight-foot ledge which assays
as high as 300 ounces in silver and 40 per cent.
lead. They are now sinking on it. and have
not yet reached the bottom of the ore shoot.
During the summer leasers on the old Trap
per mine at Lion City took out about $32-
600 worth Of ore in three months The prop
erty is likely to again become dividend
payer. At Bannack three dredge boats are
running night and dry. The boat built by
the London Company is not success. how
ever. and apparently cannot be worked to adj
vantage. It is 1876 feet long and is wider
than the creek, so that it cannot be turned
around. The machinery Is said to be defee-
tive. A Philadelphia company Is now building
. dredge. and it is said that the company will
build five dredges next year.
The ground owned by the company covers
some ten miles Of the creek. and Is said to be
the richest ground ON the Grasshopper.
The owners Of the Rock Island property in
MiRsoula county. are greatly pleased with re-
cent developments. and have refused offers
for the mine from Cpur d'Alene capitalists
The Rock Island mine Is northeast Of De
Borgia. AZ miles from the railroad. and Is on
the lead belt that extends from tho Iron
Mountain mine to the Poorman-Tiger. in the
CGur d'Alene district: The cropping was
good and has steadily improved. until now a
body Of four feet OF ore is exposed for a dis
tance OF sixty feet. The mine has been de-
veloped to distance of eighty-hNe feet with
Q tunnel and shaft. The ore runs from 10 to
80 per cent. in lead and from IL to 20 ounces
In silver. 1t also carries o small amount Of
All the mining companies in Butte are now
running to- their fullest extent, and about H.
OOOtops of ore daily are being hoisted from un-
pushed at the same time and each foot in depth
opens opens Sg up great a. . bodies ~ S Of COPPER ore The
ens rapdy pushed to aaSs
fsS MaeR Ss tbs disS r. done hS 6dePh
T 6efn a6d sse Ssa Of aS ere In the
soon e bs operated to gTsatsE extent. A
The new tunnel at the Stray Horse mine is
The sha o the o SSap Sos
mine neat ct Ca &Car69nado is now down 800 feet and
lays the, coal vein has been penetrated. It Is
exPected that the company will be shipping |
WASHINGTON
SEATTLE, Sept, 4.-JThe Golden Tunnel group |
In Miller River district, which is being worked |
under bond by Gardener Hager Of Seattle, |
Is showing up large amount OF the richest |
free gold that has been uncovered on the west |
ern slope Of the Cascade range. assays showing
there ar0 several hundred tons in sight ready |
f9r shipment. II is expected that the ore now
The YandRlia mine, In Silver Creek district, |
one OF the oldest and best developed proper
ties 10 the district. has changed hands, and ls |
there are 1,20O feet, preparatory 20 shipment |
Wss SS in HEs Sod sasr taS SHSR a'
The mines on Trout Creek. about seven |
SsSS o saS GrsHt Sesn
are 100 loeationa., and great deal Of high |
grade copper ore Is exposed.
and Whatcom are working to their full ca
paelty. and are giving employment to about
1000 men.