The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-20

VIII Dc cropping on Rolu ore wlthln q redlut Oh
Prospsotors who have been engaged all spring
samples OF their new discoveries. The finds
thus far made are copper and gold, which APP
tory. Operations have been confined mainly to
the shore lines Of the rivers. inlets and bays.
gnsre the eTpnditionS are fSvors6io for eG9n1m nn
but the deposits are generally large, which COM
pensatesifor this shortage.
WARRINGTON.
sEATTLE, June l2:nRepreSsntatiyes Of the
public district for the past week examining the
Republic mine with a view to purchasing IT,
SO, 600, 900, and the sale IL contingent upon the
tests that are new being made OF the ore.
from PethSstiS is nearing completion and win
In Slate Creek district Will also start up at the
same time.
CHEYENNE, w. June 1.-THE mining sea
son iS oPsninG with considerable show OF &C.
ciPaI placer d%lyirlots In rs State 4 the -Four,
RSqtt' county. Col. In this district the Rock
al sPt tie mouth Of FourraiiiIe Greek night and day
with good results. Owing to shortage OF water
the company has heretofore been able to operate
but sixty days In each year. Additional water
rights have recently been secured by which the
property can be operated this year for At least
The West Side Placer Association. owning or
tensive placer grounds in the district along Dry
S StSEt ;w;a "a hRIHS'lih IN a ~ S.R Rl1dh sy .n ' TSe gravel TG% W" on
this property 10 rich and will pay vol to, work.
Much dl1iculty has been eTperiepced in the
past In cleaning geld from the bed rock. Tho
formation is a!conRlOmerate, and, in:hydrarlick-
ing, the gold. which is extremely ine, settles in
IL out by the ordinary methods. A now system
VIII be used this season by which 1t Is expected
the s9 dtalsGIsy w will P e SsinS dome in tho district
Lake Creek. This, company is now
The gravel Is very rich. the company being
able to save from 90 cents to $l 80 a cubic foot
or. 1.-The ground now being worked.
East Of the Fourmile district, along Savory.
Spring, and Jack creeks near the Grand En-
campnient district, a great deal OF placer min
section, J. Il. MHGiisOn: is Applying for a patent
been working In u quiet way for q few months
each year for the past twenty years. Oh por-
tons Of this ground the pay gravel beds are
Placer mining Is being pushed vigorously in
the Albany county fields along Douglas Greek
Douglas consolidated Gompany'S property. now
ciates OF Denver. is being operated night and
day. The results are not made public, but
Mr.. Adams says they are very satisfactory to
AAb SSihPShJ'
UTAH.
SALT LAKE, Juno 13.-AlreGdy this year
The Washington mine. near Frisco, has made
its second shlpmentef ore that averages about
go per cent. lead, 13O 70 l4o ounces silver and
The Northern Light Company has levied an
other assessment OF 10 cents q share; From
which to pay an Indebtedness Of $4,000. The
mine il equipped with q trSt-clsSB plant, but has
The Uncle Sam mine, at Tintic. has fifty men
working and il shipping twenty Ave tons OF
ore daily. e~ssayinE 90 per cent. lead and 40 to
The Highland Boy mine, at Bingham. having
deyoloped into q great copper producer, tho
been closed down, with every probability that
It will never moro turn q wheel. The mine still
been deemed advisable 20 hold all the ore for
treatment In the cOmpany's proposed snelter.
4 strike huS been made in the Erie mine: at
discovery consists of two feot Of ore of ship
ping grade, the lowest assays from which amount
to S34 in gold. whilo some tests have given 20
per cent. copper. :
IDAHO CITY, june 15.-The boat for the big
vile has been LAUNCHED. The machinery is
NJ II: s sd{S as.,, q GAfssF g. W. siS,s SS E9:. the ia S!d
cut the ledge. The tunnel is now eight feet In
good ere. and the opposite wal has not been
Herman and Bert Jones have struck ore in
the Accident tunnel. q nile north Of Idaho City.
They discovered the nine a little over a year
ago, and surface ere milled oyer 800 per ton.
The company that lately bought tho Bruiser
group of gold quartz mines at GrimeS's Pass
is now at work opening up the property.
*; p. Plowman has reached ore in the drift
at the Surprise, GambrinuS district.
Several mSn who own placer ground ON Snake
River, a short distance below Grand View.
have begun work.
SPVpral man ba We lnratal and Rra nnVV Eork-
ing placer claims on Moro Creek, above Idaho
HE mill for the Iron Crown mine on New.
some Greek, Idaho county. has arrived. 1t Is
the Kendall pattern, and guaranteed to crush
StrGtton Greek, at Warren. lately over
flowed, doing considerable damage 10 the
dredEe company's property.
LAKE SUPERIOR.
HoUGHroN, Mich, June 15.-Evcry cents diff.
$l.CO0, 900 per anrum to the Calumet and Hecla.
The great increase in production achieved By
this mine Is best shown by the following table,
giving the product in pounds Of refined copper
for the calendar years 1892 to 1897. inclusiVe:
1899 ."....... g., 49, ', 81 1882 1872 ...".."::s s.S sss.9 9SS
1884 ......,..7 ~. 9A4, s9ilss7 ......... o,soV, $50
Although 1897 showed but a mall gain over
the preceding year, indica :ions fayOr.an 1898
production .. eXcsss OF '9p,O DOC. 900 pounds.
be making lo0,0oo,00o pounds annually with
easo.
Tue Iecun5ep is SUN peRRlng away In It's
shafts on the Osceola and Calumet conglom-
erato lodes. The Tecumseu has a narrow strip
just south of the Osceols, running across the
copper belt. Indications at the bottom OF the
shafts are said to BIO a little more encouraging
OF lale.. so far tho showing has been scarcely
q satisfaclory one.
Work on tho new smelters of the Quincy
Mining Company Is being prosecuted in every
department. The plant win DO as modern and
complete as money and experience can secure.
ARIZONA.
TCCsoN, AriZ.. Juno Sc. +. Thompson,
who has just returned from q trip TO tho Vir-
ginia camp, says q large amount OF ore has been
exposed there by the small amount OF work
done. Cook Brothers and Blythe have a great
Propsrty and the'claims recently located by II.
u. Thompson show FREQ gold. Virginia prom
Uses to be one OF the big mining camps or Mo-
have county.
In the Cumberland mine, Pine Flat, a small
force Of men is working with fatterinR results.
At theibottom OF the shaft, 100 feet in depth,
four feet OF $35 gold rock is exposed.
BRITISH
SEATTLE. June 12.-At a depth OF 40 feet In
the east and west drifts of the Van Anda two
compartment shaft, an ore body fourteen feet
in width has been encountered. tho first grade OF
which Is six feet In width, carrying values in
gold, SILVER, and copper as high AS 500. while