The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-21
DISCOVERIES IN ALASKA.
--r FINDS OF GOLD ALoNs THB
No" sOUTHERN COAST

-....c,ors Are DoinE seea WotHts nv WE.
49,. wonths-A Boom City hisinE Out OF
santana ~snou-Taik OF Unwa'erlns tse
s'-,,ocE and LeokinE Deeper for q Hsoranr
,.,r,tE. Feb. 12.-Regardless OF the winter
III. the prospectors have been prosecuting
NJ. work without intermission In south Alas
wv and their perseverance has been rewarded
49, large number Of good finds. These disoov-
" have been on the coast along tide water.
~ consist Of gold and copper. During the
N's,or no less than 100 new discoveries OF this
80 have been made and the values are high.
IT. rortion Of the Territory Is more accessible
49, - sny other. and there is room for Thousands
+. nrospect at comparatively small expense.
rTncditions are fitting out for exploring the
v..,st and Kowak rivers, which empty into
vo,,ebue Sound. Interest has been created In
NO.. streams through.traders along the coast
10 have returned with large nuggets and
1919 gold, said to have been taken by tho.In-
si.ns from these streams. All vessels outhtting
49, this portion OF tho.Territory carry proVisions
.rouoh to last them for two years ana q largo
e%"nnt Of merchandise suitable for trading
with the Indians.
have come into the Territory, their destination
s,os the Yukon and Klondikc. Tho accessions
nov are fully 100 a day. and the rush has hard
- h,uun. The procession over the trails Is NOV
inr. and II is a wonderful one with It's dog
..s,,s hand sleds, mule and bronco packers.
II IA wild rush of.fortune seekers such as the
vorld has not seen since the days Of %s.
MONTANA.
purrE, Feb. 15.-The present appearance OF
n.rnet ia that OF q typical booming camp in
ruvinter. The snow Is about four feet deep
m the level, with a snowstor1n every other day.
Vat buildings keep rising up out Of the snow
Nt,. frosty mushrooms. At night tho sky 10
Illuminated by bonfres which thaw the frozen
around for more new cabins and buildings.
csynet bids fair to become o city before the
snow melts.
Tho Ritchey mine at Garnet is the best pro-
ancer in the new camp. In q rise ION the loo.
foot leyel $500 in gold ore was extracted in one
,hift q few days ago. High.grade copper ore Is
coming from the l00-foot level Of the McDer-
mott. Tho International people have placed in
po.ition q compressor and have q Burleigh drill
st-vork.i in the cross-cut on the 150-foot level.
There IA Indication Of an approach to an ore
hody. Tho Spokane Is still sinking and the
,b.ft Ia now nearly 100 feet down. A vein
,hovine three feet Of gold bearing quartz has
ham encountered in tho cross-cut on tho
eipbty.toot level Of the Minnie Palmer. In
Garnet. Montana seems likely TO have this
year q little Klondike Of its own.
Tho Hope mine at Basin has resumed opera
toms after being shut down since last April.
Il will require q month to get the water pumped
ont. The shaft will then be sunk 200 feet deep
or and in the meantime work will be done on
the old levels. New machinery win be placed
In the mill and the reorganized company ex-
poets to be treating ore within sixty.days. D
The Ruby mine received from tho last four
carloads shipped to Butte respectively S5,071,
S4,OS6, $4,000, and $l2,431. All the ore was
from the 2OO-foot level. Sinking to tho 800 Is
in progress. The company is the Gold Noun
tain Mining Company. with IA. e. Graves of
New York President.
Information from Washington is to the effect
that the Blackfeet reservation will be;thrown
open under the mineral laws about Fob. 20.
BIZ bI'' mining in C Companies operating IN Montana
have had agents in there spying out the land,
and tho tip Is that there is little in the reserve.
The. lead on the Iron.Mask at Red Top. Yahk
district, was struck o few days ago Mt o depth
Of s~ixty-hye feet. There are good-looking sam
There Is much activity at Coloma. or washoe.
20, ~ vas formerly known, on top OF E1k Noun
tain In the Bear Mountain range. Arthur b.
nil Of the Mammoth SianinsS CT Gold ID Mining COMPANY paaS,
and IS working the Mammoth mine:
Work will be resumed on March ! on the big
which has been in course of erection for two
years. 1t will require only sixty days more to
finish 1t, and the ore Of the Parrot Company at
line.
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES, Feb. 12.-More assessments
HnyA haAn NnpnnlafaI fnr QnT 81 -tkL . "a.
percentage Of lapses than in any year for many
z Ia being shown in all the mining districts. At
producing eighty tons of ore per day. Much Of
tial run from he Nancy Hanks produced .
worth sis an OUNCE. In Ike fastle of Butse m ane
q rich body Of sulphide ore has been uncovered
, O. SS,1 .ns bottom OF the main shaft and is being
Roleon mine makes regular. shipments Of bull
nonsand produced 100000 last year. During
IN ssn Bernerdino county many miners are
~ WORE with dry washers near Pluto Noun.
! yaIIns t rney s5 nnd many nuGgets ranging In
o,so;worth Of gold in two weeks, another $65 in
1ne week. while one made S22.bO In one day.
t ds ' oesf eseG Ho1d was Tb m9 sGss,t they could save only
r having q boom on account Of Q rich strike by
Z So vtoVL louBe at 10 feet which ASSAYS from
w 70 Sl25 per ton. In Virginia Dale district
ioar loot ledge of rich collaborating quartz
st : oSeh strnck,. with. plenty Of free gold. in
; skar In the Bonton mine.
I'm ore that is pronounced of the same quality
B. te remescal tin ore has been discovered near
F1Tay, San Diego county. on the ranch of d. b.
t%cnSor. A promising gold ledge has also been
cS snt On the same ranch. In the Cargo :Mu-
'cnaGho district, near the Colorado River. Thorn
- Johnson and his associates have sold FOR
SoV9IoOO a group Of five mining claims To a
SSynuicate represented by ex-Gov. II. II. Mark
Z The Aleatraz Company of West Virginia has
sSAen OF Mrs. Mary A. Ashley q ten years lease
Nav, tory'Hye acres OF asphalt land at Car
''TL IN IL santa barbara county.
stsaa ~ Dorado county many mines are working
from ~ most OF them taking out ore worth
DOWN MMn SftoU per ton up. The old MonIezuma. shut
SIcels. with ore worth $40, the ONO is running
~ nrSs,,Stamp mill on ore OF the same uuality'
a. a. Cleveland Is down 284 feet on an eieht.foot
t t%sn OF iow'grade ore. the Union Is running
f~ehty stamps on $40 rock, while the Grifith.
ttoanAln; and Boulder are all making satisfac.
tGSdy showings at considerable depth. AZ Inc
s SuaaIah the shaft is now being put down deep.
~ tne mine Is being developed systematicaIly
on ats 3t surface ore from the Lost Emigrant
Rive ppIihe, on the north fork of the American
per tn,r ia ne county. gives a value of $lB5. 30
ty.fow%r' me SHAFT Is down on the ledge seven
Ma Iccl and ore from the bottom assays
Ie r3 per Ton, while tests OF rock taken at IN
terSais along 1900 feet Of the ledge at the snT.
mil yielq at tho rate of from S5 to SiGO. A
n N.Y. ~ pc erected this spring.
Kntuh. suiphuret ore has been found in the old
iIH'eHnt Hllhe, SlskiyOu county which haa haan