The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-14
NEW INNING INTERESTS.
MANI PRoSPEoToRS GoTNu TO
GILPIN COUNT, col.

re IrnIit 20 tho Coal Pteida OF Gnlintin
cnumty. Five 1nrEe mydrauitc Fiants
to tie Erected ut Cock Inlet, Alaska.
DENVER. March R.-Tho mining excitomeut in
the eastern portion Of Gilpin county continues
10 draw many prospectors and investors. The
veins arc numerous and cnrry lnrre bodies of
sulphidcs showing good values by assay tests.
Lying close to the Eldora district arc the camps
OF Pcrigo. Lump Gulch, widc.Awake, Moon
Guluh, Phoenix and Pine Creek. all carrying tho
same character OF ore, and whoro Developments
work has reached reasonable depth ore bodies
OF good value have been opened UP. Ono Of tho
largest mines in Gilpin county Is at .Perigo,
who G over 100 tons OF ore are taken out and
treated daily in the new mill. Tho ore Is begin
ming to show higher values as development
progresses.
A Pennsylvania syndicate paid 1915, 900 re-
Gently for some mining property In tho Lump
Gulch district and ORC 10 being piled up on tho
dump awaiting the completion Of a stamp mill.
A 80 ton beam process mil. has just boon COM
plctel In this district to test the value Of tho
ores. and should this mill prove q success 1t will
result In the opening Of hundreds Of mines.
Another find Of luartz.carrying froe gold is
reported from Chicago Creek, near Idaho
Springs.
Saw Pit camp. on the San Miguel River, Is
shipping from sixteen to twenty cara Of ore
every week, three mines producing the output.
The orc is found in o blanket formation from
four TO five feet thick, lying on top Of the lime
stone contact. Tho shipments from the camp
during the two months Of this year have al
most equnlied tho entire shipments OF last year.
1t Is estimated that 100 tons Of high.grade
lead ore are being shipped daily from the Yves.
ton Pass district above Leadville. The Ar.
kansas Valley 'smelter In Lead vile 10 running
nine furnaces and employs 300 men. Mining
operations In Lcadvillo are quite active.
The annual meeting Of the FL Paso Gold Min
ing Company of Cripple Creek was held this
week. Tho report shows aggregate receipts
from ore Of Sl0s, s49. The company paid two
dividends agrrcsating $40, 795 and has a cash
balance OF $l0,0S4. Garicld-Grouse lessees
are making big money out Of their contracts.
Ono Of the lessoos is shipping from lfty-hve to
sixty tons a week, the returns running about
10000 q month. Prospecting work In the
way of new shafts Is unusually lively through
out the Cripple Creek district. Prices on I'M
developed claims have been scaled down to
something like legitimate values and new leases
can now be obtained on @ reasonable basis.
MONTANA.
BUTTE, March s.-Spokane and Eastern CAPT.
talists will construct q railroad this summer to
be known as the Gatatin Railroad, which Is to
tap a very rich coal country. Tho coal is in
county. Mon. and the company has
purchased the fields, which are said to BIO very
rich and extensive. 1t is soft coal with anthra-
cite float. The country is wild and unexplored,
but the coal fields are said to embrac co thousands
of acres.
Tho Old Amber Mining Company In New
York Gulch shipped yesterday to the company's
Office In Buffalo, n. V, a 2O0-poind chunk OF
gold quartz. The fird was made in the fourth
tunnel in the bodded vein of mineralized slate.
A despatch from Libby. Mon, says that the
famous Snowshos, mine Is to be sold to an Eng.
eral Week.. The price is sad to be 100000.
Che Big Bonanza mine north of Walkerville
has recently shown with Its silver ore some
strange, as the mine Is entirely out of tho cop.
per bolt.
dereon mine. Several rich streaks Of copper
ore have been found, but no large ore bodies.
The residents of Huby Valley have the gold
there haye boon encouraging results.
two miles west of the McDonaId :mine at Gebo.
II is expected that coal will be struck In less
chased the nil of tho Madison Gold Mining
ON the Big Hole River.
UTAH.
SALT LAKE CRY, March The annual re.
port OF the Alice Gold and Silver Mining Cou,-
pany, for 1897 shows total receipts of 559.474
aggregating 5000 were paid.
Salt Lake county, for February aggregated
b.500 tons, being IN increase OF about 1000
ereds t the CAMP N S viii send TOT TO the ma smel " Is
fully 5000 tons. The chief. shippers are tn.
Highland Boy, Old Jordan. and the Old Teio-
graph,
Work has begun on the cyanide plant for the
gid Jordan at Bingham. Experts estimate
bearing rock exposedin these properties that will
be worked by means Of the new proposition. The
buildings for the mill will cover an area of
During the past week the Tintic district sent
In to the smeltcrs l27 railroad cars of ore and
moth and Sioux mills sent in their usual ship |
.ents Of fine bullion.
New York is making every effort to secure tho
group, which adjoins the Mercur
1nnes on the south. The Sacramento has very
dne ore and Is equipped with a hundred-ton
Dany has just resumed dividends.
Coal Is being delivered at the Marsac mill of |
the Caly Company Mt Park City, and IL Ia gen. |
orally understood that the company is about
e commence The treatment Of the great amount
Contracts have been let for an increase in the
capacity OF the Geyser mill A. ,Mercur from 100
completed tho company, will operate but one
plant instead OF two, and achieve more results. |
The mines are In splendid condition.. according
inlportant and rich strikes are reported
from inc Cannon group ut Mcrcur and the Bal |
lion Beck at Eureka. In the former the find Of
ore was the result of some very heavy expendi-
lures for development work, and after much
Encouragement. 1t is not at all unlikely that |
The bullion BECK Company will resume divi-
dend payments this month.
The machinery for a twenty-stamp mill for |
the state Line district in the southern part of |
the State has been shipped from Denver. A |
great deal OF activity is reported In the new |
gold district and the preparations for the OK. |
tension Of the railroad south TO 1t are we'll un. |
der way.
IDAHO. |
IDAHO CITY, March ga company of Penn.
lAe9 Is now negotiating for ali the
placer ground here, including all water rights. |
mining Is now carried on none of the claims |
has sufficient water with which to work sue.
c~essfully after the spring freshets are over, as |
there are numerous water rights dividing
the supply. One company owning all tue water ,
could make any OF the claims pay by concen.
all on a few claims.
Into the Miller district, fifty miles north of
here. They are confdent.that a very rich free
gold quartz district will be developed within
tho next few months.
The Newberg mill, near Quartzburu, is run.
AinK steadily, crushing fifty tons'of ore a day.
AT Florence many OF the miners arc work
Ing, Murphy. d. Taylor have tapped The
,'Ostler Joe and found the VEN to be threo feet