The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-07

aad . starting place, and the prpspectors VIII
have been SO successful IN meking lSvsfrade
gold quartz and hiHh-grade copper.gold discov
steamers are found frequently at the wharyei
surprising the oldest. fnhabitant. $500.
Four new gold mills are contemplated for th,
These will be I'm size from Ave. to ten stamps
operated by water power, which 10 never Iadi
will be built with a view TO enlargement as the
developments demand.
WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE. Feb. 27.-The ,Washington-Ana-
conda group of mines in Becker River district.
ten miles from the Great Northern Railroad,
shows q contact vein 800 feet wide between
a Mf tnnnei is being Taaisd driven " pV 70 eyoss. Sna the ledge hue
which Is now In nearly 60 feot. The ore assays
from 8 TO 81 per cent. copper, $40 silver and "
The owners OF "45-Company'',, are making a re.
survey Of the Sn~ttontBssin Rsirosd Win nt q view
and capitalists inform them that. II Il can be
demonstrated tina. ore enough can DO Furnished
or more the line can be constructed.
BRITISH
SEATTLE, Feb. 27.-The Joe Dandy mine in
Fairviey camp is pushing work on the stamp
first of March. Ore has been accommodating on
Inc the Ssl Iapel sn and 7 d iaifEe so s% aSan there is si is no dS Sae
'tf = 8. SssSRPisS an Is;ss 4 ls,i iS r.; % ,.,a, H. t..
an immense body. of ore in sight. It is a free
gold proposition OF the most pronounced charac-
being perceptiblc in almost every piece. The
company ~contemplates the building OF a 40.
site on the o~kanoRan River, a little over a mile
from the mine, the ore to be carried from tho
n'i The u c arr and xnda'iDfs DAIRY mpe group of
twelve claims in this district has been bonded
within the past week TO Toronto men.
of ore to Victoria. The ledge is nine feet wide
and the ore is free milling gold.
In Eaaf ~ h ynna ~ Ia -
star h Msss an n offer Of nearly saG SS 81, Goo % 600 en for N tReir
! property from an English syndicate; It isa
the amount asked for the property.
Tho sale Of the Enterprise mine to the British
confirmed by the owners. This property was
discovered in 1894.
for the past month aggregate $500, 600, and the
falling Of is attributed, to the bad condition of
the trails and roads since the warm weather
In Trail district the Trail smelter shipped
100000 pounds Of matte to tho refining works
An effort is making to create an interest in
the placers in the vicinity OF Fort Steele in
dixie, but the Klondike fever IS so prevalent
that the effort thus far has proven futile. Fully
the country within the past few months and
others are preparing to join the great process
sion IN ' Boan "a %ST creek GoF district n number of tho
leading properties intend to increase their force
OF miners this spring and ship their high.grade
this district very much, but it hasn't weakened
tho faith of the mine owners in the value of the
mines.
IDAHO CITY, Idaho. Feb. 26.-Since tho op-
ton Wss 81 en- on two free gold quartz claims
their attention that way, as there are many
other large lodges in the d strict that have not
man. ma who paid $1,000 1000 down 4 sHAeS and viii nU soon
begin development work on It. The chances are
The ln,EN l,ny fnnnpl In Ganlhri la dia.
trict has been driven north over forty feet
without reaching the foot wall. Several veins
of good ore have been crossed. The mine will
he tapped at the inter ,cction of the Illinois vein
with all possible haste.
placer miners are getting ready to open the
ditGhes and begin washing.
been running very satisfactorily for over a
week. 1t brushes sixty tons of ore per day.
s,; Tse Pe st fTsSiInx ib process ofss II has sh been +. found 9m a :
mine and at very small expense. There arc
i immen,G qq tb5, MiS of Of r low ,os sES I'd , ores ores, in the
The mine has already produced over $1,000
K. Bursou is sinking a shaft on a largo
quartz ledge on Willow Creek, four miles west
Of this place; Some of the ore coming out is
At Florence, the nov quartz camp in Idaho
tfpS U1ty tn the ,,ssnI.oW is I; !. nov q ,Go only three feet, al
crossing very satisfactorily and many Of the
mines are yielding, rich free gold ore. Ore
E ESfen at T. th PEI heeeS Su OF B "a bSom' Gsle out OF the Mi
P. J. Clark, who has a lease on the Elkhorn
mine. at ketchum, has driven a tunnel 400 feet
TO discover the immense ore chute that was
ago. Mi. CLARK ran a crosscut dfty.tWo feet
S very e e1ee1ai7 Ses at fn depth. "D The RE5iHGhhi orn, r rom Se
1850 s. to 1889, produced oyer 81 900, goo.
have the pumps at work and the mine win soon
be clear Of water.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
DEApwoop. s. D., March LIN the Gupni-
n and n - nnf i'm mat hnt,rlt - nal l
adelphia and Minneapolis syndicate, 1000 900
tons of sillceous ore, averaging:S14, Is blocked
and what may later be opened the company is
to, erect a smelter with q capacity for
BY this smclter and those for the Golden Re-
ward Company and the Hardin companies, the
Bihpck Hills viii be more thsn do SfSs IN In inc q
yeer, and All immediate increase of a little more
than 100000 made to the annual output
mining incident thereto over 1000
men will find employment.
property. in Strawberry Gulch, have refused
100000 for the mine. A seam OF rich rock,
been Followed till it is now fourteen feet vide
Five mon are averaging 5000 each per day In
the ore.
DIES MoITEs, Ia, March 3.3;The annual re.
port of the Geological Survey shows the States
he past ' ys%T to SS8e S s'ene IS SID 3D., S o%G, 0F
4. s5s sh .SGS, OF %sf Brick R'n aiay 8 ,,5 slin%tPo Uf .t coal
600. and OF gypsum 300, 600. A total of
iOd, 1000 600 brick were made in the State in
.he year. VI which q quarter were paving brick.
All coal mined in the year averaged $I.l2H a
ON In value, and showed an increase in total
over 1897.
LAKE SUPERIOR. 4
DTLuTH, Mimi, March 2.-sales of iron ore ,
% Eastern furnaces are beginning, fully two
months ahead of last year, and at prices 4 10
. cents higher. Within a week several mil
Erie are stil crowded with ore, 1t is ali !
he property of furnace companies, which are
moving IL forward very fast. !
Orders have been sent TO the Tilden mine at ,
3essemer, Gogobic range. TO put: q full force ,
300 mon at work. The mine will probably !
hip 500, 900 tons this year, =
Bessemer pool allotments for the VermilIion l
angc amount to 500, 900 tons more than last =
ears shipments; OF the total Chandler has '
10000, and Zenith 100000. !
MEXICO. \
GUhfMhs: Feb. 2f.-1n the Creston mine at '
linas lrIctas n vein OF high-grade ore has L
zen cut on the eighth level. A new shaft is .
cling sunk on the Colorado mine, which is
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