The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-02-19
WESTERN MINING NOTES

A discovery of coal has been made
near Sterling, Col. where coal now sells
At from 81 to IS per ton.
1t is reported that the King Solomon
mine at Johannesburg. Cal. * turning
out $1,000 ore at depth of 30 feet.
Great strikes OF gold are being made
i'll the ChuckawaIla district, which is
30 miles northeast of Salton and 100
miles from Los Angeles, Cal.
Experts have examined the Rand dis
trict in California. and say that Il greater
quantity of low-grade ore exists there
than has been found i'll Cripple Greek.
jesse Knight, an extensive operator
in the Tintic district, Utah, is reported to
have purchased the properties of the
Northern Spy Mining company for SD
600.
A valuable strike has been made in
the A tlas mine i'll Sidney basin. Sneffeis
district, near Ouray, Col. Some of the
assays run as high as $4,000 in gold to
the ten.
ON Ash Creek. near Hornbrook, Sis
kiyou county, Cal. pockets of gold have
been taken out that aggregate in the
neighborhood of $4,000 within the last
two months.
The Pioneer group of six gold Claims,
San Bernardino county, Cal, has been
sold to NJ w. Clay and ID. y. Jackson
of Missouri for $4,000. An English
company has bought the Dale group for
$4,000.
A rich strike has been made in the
Mikado mine in Balloon gulch. i'll Flor
rnce camp, Id. At the bottom OF a 81
foot shaft ore was encountered running
81 per pound. The ore is free milling
and highly oXodiZed.
The copper mining industry in Elko
county. New. promises to become very
important. The copper fields near the
Salmon river are reported to be rich. An
English syndicate has offered TO bond the
Delano property for $4,000.
The Holmes Mining company, con
tr0lled by London corporation, has
bought 100 acres, covering the townsite
of Bellevillc. New. the two Northern
Belle mills. and about 25u,oo0 tons of
ttilings. estimated to be worth S1,21o,oOo.
The Virginia Chronicle says it is re-
ported that nineteen feet of ore is now
showing ut the point of the new strike III
the Riley tunnel of the Sierra Nevada
The average assay of the whole face Is
said to be about ST. Il ton, and there Is
an eightccn-iuch streak that goes as high
as $50
Several strikers of gold ore are report
ed from Idaho Springs. Col. In the New
ton mine ore running twenty ounces To the
ton has been found. a lcaS"r III the Gold
Medal mine has struck Il pocket OF ore
running 5000 to the ton. Charles Col
lom recently encountered Il streak of
mineral i'll his claim on the line of the
Wilcox tunnel. The assays on n sack
of the mineral show I.43 ounces gold and
676 ounces silver per ton. Another strike
is in the Abe Lincoln shaft, where the
values are said to reach 5000 per ton.
M j. Chambers Of the Elk Horn no.
Tel at Canyon City. Or, came down from
there recently with several hundred dol
lars worth of the richest ore which has
yet been found in the state. The ore will
assay So2.thO to the ton. and WAS dis
covered within two miles of the city. He
exhibited Il piece about the size of Il
mans hand which he considered worth
between $50 and 500. The quartz was
disintegrated that it was of about the
consistency of mud and crumbled up IN
the hand so that it had to be handled very
carefully. Mr.. Chambers said that ont of
four pounds of quartz he washed $500
The diScOvercr, Ike Gu@er, washed out
about $500 worth of gold from the quartz
with snow water.