The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-05
METAL YIELD.
sETERB DROUGHT WIJE CAUSE a
LARGE DECRELSE THIS YEAR

The Rockefeller Said 60 BE Buying Iron
Deposits In British ColuinbiR-stampedo
from The Alaska Coast 70 Pine Greek.
Los AHagn@ Aug, 27.-The bullion receipts
for the fruo haif OF this year almost equal those
Of previous years. but the severe drought from
which the Pacific coast 10 suffering wilLun-
doubtedly make a large decrease In the total Of
he States product OF precious metals for the
rear. Statistics show that there has not been
puch a meaRre rain and snowfall and such a
universal scarcity OF water in forty years.
From all parts OF California and even from be-
Fond the Oregon line come reports Of unpre-
Iedented drought. stamps hung up, placer oper-
ltions suspended. and in many places an al
most entire cessation OF mining operations.
Anew company.under the name OF the Nash
lille G. ii. Company has bonded the old Hav-
lHh mine. near Ell Dorado. FL Dorado county.
br four years for $780, 900. and will unwater and
bSt Gle property. tt mine is now owned
" the Joshua Hendy machine works and has
Ieen closed down nearly three years. It has a
Iood record as O producer when IL has been
properly worked. The same company has
bonded from the same owner the South Ex-
ension for i've years for $4,000.
The borax marsh at Salt Lake Valley. Inyo
county. is to be worked by Bradford & Harris,
Eho will build a plant with q monthly capao-
ty OF 100 tons Of refined borax.
II AiOIlo outOo hlihos Ehuubuhtk, hOEh
county, is working q ledge on tho 290-foot
evel three feet wide Of rich ore which runs 30
Vell throughout that 1t is not sorted. Last
week a two-foot ledge was uncovered on the
B21-foot level OF the same rock. which was
also found in the main shaft at 500 feet and In
The 490-foot level eighteen feet from the main
shaft. where 1t ran $19 per ton In free gold and.
b104 In sulphurets. Tho total output for the
Rand district 80 far for the present year has
been about 100000. The Mayiower group
pf mines has been sold for $45. 900 by ]. NJ.
WeuRaman to G. A. Bobrick.
The Standard @. NJ. Company Of Lake coun-
w. has levied IAN assessment Of so cents per
share. From the old Elk Creek placers. Las
Sen county. $22. 900 has been taken out this
season. Some recently discovered sulphur
deposits near Whittier, Los Angeles county.
are being developed by s. NJ. Woodbridge. for
merly professor Of chemistry in the University
Of the City Of New York. The ore lies near
the surface in a large mass streaked with
layers OF birthstone. 1t runs 90 per cent. sui
phur.
In the Malakofr mine. at North Bloomfield.
Nevada county. an old hydraulic property. a
bedrock tunnel is being run for the purpose Of
converting It into a drift mine. ]. Hoadley
bought q placer claim and a set Of sluice boxes
on Clear Creek. Shasta county. for So. and at
the end OF his first weeks work had q nugget
worth $160 and a largo number Of small ones
ranging from 81 to IS.
The asbestos mine In the San Rafael range.
Banta Barbara county. owned by the Stewart
brothers. is showing exceedingly good prom
Iee. The owners have had o number Of offers
from New York capital to buy or bond the
property. but they wish to work It themselves.
From present Indications they will not have to
60 moro than q hundred feet into tho noun
tain to get fibre equal TO the best imported
specimens.
NEVADA.
VIRGINIA CrrY, Aug. 27.-A meeting OF the
Comstock mining companies. at which twenty
three of them were represented. has boon held
to devise practical methods of..unwatering the
Coinstock below the level Of the Sutro tunnel
and resuminG deep mining. The superin-
tendents Of all the companies represented were
requested to report to the committed By tho
middle Of next month the condition Of the sew
eral mines as shown. by actual work below the
tunnel level and their opinion a y, e the feast
ses1lts WHY viii BE- a e oonssoiidatiop Of interests HaS and
abandoned the, deepest shaft was down $3.50
iset sh' ~in'S' inc l0Oo 'Aa 70 'Ae1 wv
BEEN sam @sde on %'f RRoa' W Isss%1ns slope as'' Of te Mount
Davidson; presumably sun ha IN tas hope 3est nat ne e
&c 6a'f ore veins indicated BY the outeroppinss OK.
t sSen a at a Sepsh 'e e from fSan? s. StSS 20 3'SO Sf Feet S Sss
The Glasgow and Western Mining Company
OF SCOTLAND is tpre7arinG to 6gi IL, 2 eon zen
sta the Soh @rr Sasa m GfiDec's' 81 V 'OH' D""'
The Dou 2las taillngs at Dayton. Lyon coun-
Which viii erect a teaching plant with q ga
pacity OF 400 tons per day.
MONTANA.
BUTTE. Aug. 3O.-A great deal Of work with
Of Gold Creek and Royal districts in Granite
county. At the Royal the mill is running on good
t I'll Gold f Greef p %e s9tei a busy Sas p minins q" een neHa
Everywhere miners are at work developing
Their claims a mo and p sxssilenMS sh9w hne e nHye sb been
pectors. 4 short distance down the middle
ties Of the Morning. Star Mining Company.
There Is probably q better field for prospect
ors in this section than anywhere else In Mon
Paul ,Manuel,s recent strike in the May
and apparently is a better thing than was at
first reported. An assay. last week ran. S2l2.
n thoash II fh he w eiaERm roRi b aSm a RiSH6sqN Ts9 g. fh n@s
ure four feet OF good ore.
That there are rich COPPER deposits Just
west OF Deer Lodge, on Powell Mountain. has
been fully demonstrated by Anthony Koch OF
Anaconda. who has been prospecting on the
locations and has u well-detined lead. His
claims are Just southwest of Powell Lake.
Development work Is being done this sea-
son In .Mulchy Canon. Granite county. north
y West Of HI Rr Il eon3aihs much mne VS eoppe er the ore Is
Some good COPPER ore in a, laFge lead ,Ahass
lease to the Montana Ore Purchasing Com
pany. The lead was cut at the 350-foot level.
to which u two-compartment smart mas been
sunk.
yer In the Dewey claim near Granite. Where
the lead was uncovered at the SURFACE q sam
pie was taken from n 2O-inch streak that as
sayed nearly, 100 ounces in silver and a few
SSrface indications OF a mine. II is In. the
Granite formation and In q district where
goes down. in fact has seldom been found on
the ~surface.
in Jefferson county. are reported TO- have
the earmnrks Of IL genuine. bonanza. The ore
is from thirty inches TO four feet in width.
clenn ore, and some assays show 20 per cent.
iron and from ST. to SIS In gold. The ore Il
n red oxide. The discoveries will sink 100
feet on the vein this fall.
UTAH. ,