The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-14

pense from Seattle Of sl5 per ton. 90 that living
washington coast. While tho mines viii Yield
roach Cook Inlet from Seattle IN about ter. days,
this district is bettor than in the Kiondike:
This is exclusively In American territory, and
there are no annoyancos from officials nor roy.
1917 Was TG p nearly yn So sy Spd So psy q, q ts sn mem mS We nn
tendorfoet and inexperienced.
WARRINGTON.
SEATTLE, Feb. 5.-In the Colville district o
strike has been made in the Little Gem mine.
The samples brought out to be tested were large,
gold, and would assay from 10000 to $4,000
to the ton. The ore was encountered In the bot
Tho property is owned in spokane. and there
Is Just nov 2 stampede from that city to the
In Poshastin district, Kittitns county, tho
twcnty;stamp mill Of. tho Blcwett. Company,
which has been lido all winter, will begin drop
from leased ground. A large amount Of the ors
mined In this district last season was found pf
process, and It will have to bo shipped to the
smelters; 1t runs high In copper and,gold..
The, Johnson ten.stamp mill is being re-
Swank district. A large amount of develop;
there ia ore enough for tho new min.
Work on tho ocean beach plncers has been
suspended TOT Inc winter, DuJ III II tho lnJen-
ton OF the owners to resume In April.
BRITISH Q
SEATTLE. Feb. 5.-The South Kootenai coun-
having marketed ore and bullion during the
month Of January amounting to over Sl,l93,:
last year during tho Same month. When It is
remembered, that this is q silver-lead mining
the exhibit maue in the first month Of the new
year Is a remarkable one.
roI The J Last ST. Chance hamSo group IN p Nelson camp has
who purpose Going a large amount of work this
season:, This group, consists of three claims and
q fraction, on which considerable DEVELOPMENT
has been done. Tho ore runs high in copper
and gold. and the lodges are extensive and well
The, Bismuth group, in the Same district.
has also changed hands. Englishmen pprchas.
i HaTyin mnif IN s wiaph 'f fro ! four my9 to or ts stm led fsss,
carrying COPPER and iron sulphuretS and assay
IN RosslaSd q largo amount of work is being
done. and the output Of tho principal mines is
up to the standard.
placer operstions are being made ali over tho
district, and q number of new companies have
organized ana are shipping in their supplies.
ence Of gold in large and paying quantities,
but it ia a question Of water to hydraulic the
big gravel deposits.
SALT LAKE CITY. Feb. s.-The properties Of
the Geyser;Marion company at Mercur have
ish syndicate. represented here by Banker
Downey.. An extensive examination of the
mines will begin at once. The bond runs for
The forty stamp mill of the Dexter Gold Min
ing Company at Tuscarora has begun opera
Is operated By sieetrieity.. it Is expected that
DEBT "a. about NTH 100000 within two months with
"A $4,000 gold bar from the new mill in tho
State line district was received here yesterday.
Tha rInn q IN hn w piDhf NOR 4 N 2 nnNA
AL, of the stamps at the Ontario mill in Park
City have been hung up and the final cleanup
has been made. About seventy men are still
employed in the mines taking out shipping
ores.
ore carving gold values, Of $4,000 per ton
Eureka, although, unfortunately, there was
not much Of the stuff.
Eureka Hill, Tintic. mines without delay. The
company r. shipping a carload of gold.silyer.
S %ssf. bullion to the Eastern F'f'n'Fi'' this
IDAHO.
DAB CITY, Feb. 5.-The Lucky Boy mine,
w With Ss deHslopmen a,'. the ore sS all beins r ai@Pf i1 fres
gold. a cro,s-cut has been started to prospect
the main ledge, which lies a short distance
are very much elated over tne discoveries;
Mass. Several hundred feet viii have to be
run to reach the chute from which the ore
eyer,:that other ore bodies will be developed
while following the vein. -.
The Newberg. mill, near Quartzburg, will
E. Burson has been doing some work this
f Han!e mii Ha vest v a%u Of fda .SSs City On ThlG mine Sf een:
sists Of three veins only a few feet apart and
some Of the rock prospects vel in free: gold;
that the large boulders rich in gold on the sur.
face came from it.
his Sf Iitssle esisD1'n mine in p at &aTr en-. ana MaYs Wii Has on
have o force of miners at work.
sinking tho Humboldt shaft on Florida Noun.
The Mammoth Mining and Milling Company
The tunnel has been driven 200 feet, and shows
the mine to be one Of tho best in Boulder dis.
trict. Andy Evans is also developing some
very promising mines in the district.
The De Lamar mine turned out over 100000
in sSsH woaid b 1sSenP Been a m PGShh' more 90 were Wege i. T noi
for the fact that the company Is building a new
plant and doing considerable dead work In the
The Old Glory Company Ia pushing work in the
tunnel 70 tap at good depth the Alpine, near
is good and in large bodies. Owing to the
presence of many base metals, the ore cannot
be treated in stamp mills. The company will
probably erect the necessary works for treating
the ore during the coming summer.
ARIZONA.
Tucson, Feb. 4.-Six claims have been To-
Gated In the Baboquivari Mountains. about
seventy -nVe miles BOuJhWebJ OF tucson, Wnlch
are known as Fresnal No. l, Fresnal No. 9. and
so on. The vein for nearly two full claims has
On the hanging wall is n stringer eighteen
inches wide that gives marvellous assays. Tho
returns from the streak have been 5000 in gold
and $l27 in silver. and a second assay returned
VI. 200 gold and $40l. and q third gave over
$l,4OO in gold and $247 in silver. For 500 feet
along the ledge the entire surface groupings carry
free gold. DEVELOPMENT work has been pushed
forward since the discovery some two months
ing of the ledge in Strength or value. A tun'
mol is now being run that will cross-cut the weir
at thirty-hve feet in Depth. and the result H.
looked forward to with much interest by the
fortunate proprietors. Tho owners are Frank
and Warren Allison, Wicks and Burroughs.
MEXICO.
GUAYMAs, Feb. 6.-An Indian recently won't
to the Government assay Office at Topia, State
OF Durango, with a sample OF ore which he
said was.irom a.big copper vein. He wanted tC
know how much 1t was worth. II, weighed 1913