The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-24

by Dan Swan and his associates.
ry oaS n GSP pSo stSts lino al al,tS ses EaS1'SS bond.
ed TO Eastern people. reports that be will send a
two that SfV viii iH' 60 fully $4,000 IN gold.
The camp OF Alta, In Salt Lake county, mas
gone into winter Quarters. the tramway havihs
Tho silver King Company has paid itS Janu.
sry, diyidend OF S37,5oo. ana the swansea nus
Az lie Bnllion.gocs IN tho Tin Tin. I'd district s.dSa
the P sSo1fo %eFfi eRsl 'h 10 t T. Oi i,SSG PSs a0 level l.0 IN
order to reach somo fine ore bodies just opened
up through, a Wine from the 90O.foot level H..
The Ashbrook mill, In western BOX EldeI
county, has recently increased its capacity, and
shipments Of gold and silver bullion arc now
regular and about double the old amount
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANoELEs, Jan. l5.-Tho total gold coin
age at tho San Francieco mint for 1897 agRre-
gated S33. 522. SOC, and the silver $6,56l, I91.
There Are as yet no authentic ,hh stnid fg InrIn Tee ,S : any
duclng properties sent their bullion outside, Il
The SSGswIina Mine Development Company has
%aa 200 &c COO lS't a pS{P tSe S GR in' S rSGS ye csisv SS%S
county. m, has passed absolutely into Its owner r.
pended recently in development and improve:
ment. The mine 10 believed TO hold several
At jackson, Amador county. the new forty.
stamp mill OF the Argonaut produced 100000
in In IT, r first months mlrs, run S5irn The s2 zsi ooo K Mor n y
bullion, their output for last month. The
Zantgraf mine, in Eel Dorado county, has been
ers for 5000. 900. Included in the purchase Is
the Monta,nk. upon which prospect and develop,
RR ns trs w sSouT yin on ss sEa 7o s. SnSi Level dh fof z 3 gsar's
kantsFaf was $4,000, The properly viii here
owners propose to spend $4,000 In improve
ments.
Hayward 8 Lane have bonded the Bonesct
mine, near Placorvillc. and the Rose Kimber-
ly, near Rescue. The latter has been idle for
some st time e.. but the new owners boSnrsSbtt to ,h reopen pen
viii work it by both hydraulic and drift opera
Al Rendsburg, Kern county, the Wedge 70.
tons of ore. The mine is developing well un.
the new Keysviiie district, near Kernviiio. Is
Ing over $50 has been taken from q siI:foot
ledge. About forty claims have already been
l slSn 81 the gh Biz q Blue a Tsinp' F which TO %s ss on ops s1ts1I
re epss from SSnit Granite wells. thirrty y niles oHess east
Adams As;S Springs, Lake county, Is excited owe.
s%s.e7s in st soId and 80 SO in 9s silver es to ea the TO assay
dustry has received an unusual impetus in
that region during the last six months. Consid-
cradle capital has gone. into the county for the
development of promising mines and claims
Hanshaw, Baker 4 Peters have bonded the
Heating mine for $4,000, and have begun do
velopment work. The OLD Bonanza Queen
opened. it has been idle for ten years. The
Ne Plus Ultra copper mine, between Berenda
men for $4,000. The mine was closed down
over twenty " Hon6 ySar ana asS S,S on s ssSoSRt ro Of the T lev
The MERGED Company, Mariposa county. has
tions. A few men viii DO kept at work at tho
Mary Harrison.
vein The w RhiisRe mills Pl $fG p sGuta sa.' h Fso " eo slala9Ss
4 1m Rafleap'nRRi River ss nam Il ord tae 70 s0f secure rsf q s e sSS
DG.pbb. Lane is said to haye just bought for
100000 o claim on q small mountain of base
T H1s % only E9e de% reSaIs eas't on the aHc ciaim Is ' q aoS:
foot tunnel into the rock. The ore averages
about $40 Der ton and demands cyanide treat.
seburn 8 shafer have sold to Missouri CAPT.
talists a group of six claims in the hex dis
for $4,000. The new owners propose to.put
in maShinery and push d%eyelopment ..n,.,.s
feet wide has been found on . mountain ranch
near santa Ynez.
liz SOppCE nIiUlnB SOH1puUy dU
Keswick, Shasta county, is credited with a pro-
duotion OF 10000 pounds Of copper per month.
tain 200 tsttp ,ooo toms snst Of ie ore so earryiSe : 7 5i per o sGa.
copper. three ounces silver and 80 cents gold
to the ton. Two furnaces for smelling fne ore,
plant. The company employs 1900 men and
pays out $4,000 per month foT wages: It has
E%Se o e 81 5o Rfi1sb the New Jersey Metal Refining
The Yellow Jacket at Arastraville has a
ledge Of gold ore that goes as high as 5000 per
Francisco capital has bonded the Golden Dawn,
adjoining the Black Oak. near Soulsbyville.
NEVADA.
VIRGINIA CITY, Jan. 15.-The Scotch com.
pany which contemplated the working of the
CSmstook waste dumps bus abandGned the
pr g iar sa' dspasit 81 medium grade ore in the
Yuba Of the Phoebe Consolidated Company's
group. has been opened and 2 treatment has
bo extracted. The ore averages 20 per cent.
lead and carries from 81 to Sl5 per ton in gold.
The treatment is to concentrate and then leach
During the last year the owners of the Dexter
m at Isso@ TSsv have srs . spent $i : aoo In improve mPT on
AND a to cyanide MS,e mil Vii, With Morf c f daily y,i SIH;PsoityT S Of
f f6s = pr tsss n eemSsay It .Fo e. ' Ssid {s e th syfBj s xssa
The nickel works at C%ottonwood have at last
been made to work, successfully and arc now
producing the metal In commercial quantities..
The Adelaide Copper Company at Golunda
has over 5000 tons OF orc on the dumps at the
mill and sixty tons are being hauled daily.
IDAHO
IDAHO CITY, Jan. 15.-The lead. silver mines
OF northern Idaho are prospering, owing to the
good price Of lead. South OF the lead mines
are the free-gold belts of Warren, Elk City, and
Florence. At Warren two tiye-stamp mills
were erected during the fall, and two or three
mills, were erected at ELK: City. At Florence,
which. two or three years ago, was simply an
old, worked-out placer camp, there are now six
or seven mills turning out large quantities Of
bullion. The mines become more valuable as
development work 10 done on them. The
town Of Florence, which IL among the mines,
Is at an altitude Of 6.4OO feet,
Some rich ore Is now coming out of the gold
quartz mines of Willow Creek district on the
west side OF this ,Boise) county, and there will
BIO much activity In the district next spring.
W. A. Clark of Butte, Mont, will operate
tho Sunset at Wallace this year. He viii have
plenty of transportation, as a railroad is to be
built to tho property. The mine makes tho
greatest showing of any in the Occur d'Alcne
country. As the vein goes over the mountain
a channel has been cut in II, showing the walls
on each side for miles. The ore IL continuous
along tho vein. and is high grade. both in lead
and silver.
ARIZONA.
Tucson. Jan. s.-V. ii. Igo has bonded the
group of mines ia the Hunchucas belonging to