The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-28

General average per ton. assay No. 2....... 90
General average per ton. assay No. 8........ 1.437
S Ssnsrsi sysTSss r per ton, tom ASSAY %sy No. g." . ss,sst
COPPER ASSAYS.
Assay No. !. Bonanza King ................e1 per cent.
Assay No. ., blue Bell .,................ IS per cent.
Assay No. 3. Virginia. .42 per cent,
assay No. ! Leadbetter ..,... ....."...as per cent.
A score Of mining companies have been or.
ganized in Wyoming and are already in opera.
ton at the new camp. Word is coming in daily
TO inc camp from tne outside world or e4fn 1b
arc being organized for the development and
promotion OF the mining interests of this new
district. These. companies are being organized
old Mexico.
ALASKA.
SEATTLE, Feb. oO.-Six exploration companies
are Quitting for Copper River, composed prin-
cipally of Eastern men who are anxious to cross
the glacier passes before the crcvasses open and
make it impossible to get into the interior.
Representatives OF the Rockefellcrs are in the
that they are Well pleased with the county and
its possibilities. The lubricating oil discovered
in this section Is said to surpass anything hereto
fore found on the continent, the crude oil Civ
ing better satisfaction than the best refined East
ern oil.
Or Douglas Island the foundations for three
large gold mills are being cxcavated along the
shores Of Gastineaux Channel. and these new
mills will be dropping stamps by'Aug. 10. This
Of less than ten miles.
Juneau. regardless OF the larger cities ON
Puget Sound, is doing an immense business in
the way OF outiitting for the Yukon and klon-
dixie. The merchants have long been familiar
with the wants of the North country. and they
can outfit eNpeditiously and economically.
WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE, Feb. 2O.-The Republic mine, in the
Colville Reserve district, is shipping ore to the
Tacoma smeltcr, and has n wagon haul of about
eighty miles from the mine to the railroad. 1t
is a gold ore a~ssaying from 800 to $500 to the
ton.
The San Poll mine. in the same district. is
opening up well. They are drifting both ways on
gold.
The copper mines near Index have closed down,
but will resume in April with an increased force.
During the last year fifty men have been en-
ployed in this district. and the mines are in first.
class condition.
meeting of the DAILY Silver Mining Company to.
on 1nS hand ann caskE to the amount, t"n q Of sss.oo6 and
cash supplies to the value of $4,000, The prop;
will probably coon begin the treatment, of 49,;
600 tons OF Ontario tailings. 1t was not deemed
advisable to resume operations at the mines
while silver is as low as at present.
Two rich strikes of gold.coppcr ore were made
this week in the north end of the Mammoth
foot level. The company on Saturday declared
> cents per share dividend, making q total Of
Ore and concentrate shipments from the Tin
tic district last week amounted to ninety-threo
ucd at about 81 ,2OO each. During the year
Treated rse SIo 80, tons Of ore and in addition the
mines sent in 1000. tons OF smelling ore, The
company's net earnings for the year reached a
A company has been formed in Butte. Mon.
to operate with the Mueller process of copper
Several, springs IN inc camp are heavily
charged with copper, and by running the water
p rr% Of pure !" copper is Obtained. 4
plant of small capacity has already been in oper.
alton at bingham for a few months, the last
cleanup. made last week, giving some 500
Negotiations are again on for the extension
of the Oregon Short Line Railroad south from
Milford to the new gold district OF State Line.
Something like eighty miles of road would have
made, only requiring some repairing. the work
would not require II great length OF time. Bos-
ton people are, preparing to erect, a twenty
stamp mill in the district, on the Charley Ross
group.
Tucson, Feb. gre reports of a strike
of wonderful richness in the Brodio mine, near
Castle Creek, Hot Springs. has been received.
At a depth OF 200 feet the four.foot ledge devel.
oped into ore running from $500 to $1,000 per
The Copper King shaft is now down to .
as rapidly as possible. q new strike of rich
copper ore was made this week in one Of the
claims OF c. A. Overlook. just below his slaugh-
workmen uncovered q hye'inch veini OF rich
G SePP 6eS SRS s silYe Is q }"Il IN Of t biad se1 Metal Tn and GF viii Ii
run about 40 per cent. copper.
IDAHO.
IDAHO CITY. Feb. 1.-THE Newberg mill,
near Quartyburg, has been running, several
claimed for 1t. The Lucky Boy improves with
development and n cross cut 10 now running to
cross the ledge and reach the Lucky Boy
A Montana company has bought for cash sew
eral placer claims on Boyle's Gulch, at Placer
willie. The company VIII put In dredging ma
chimes as early as possible.
The drcdge company that holds options on
ing holes to bedrock to prospect il. II the pros:
poets prove satisfactory several drcdges Will
DO brought in as soon as the roads are again
a Boston man has secured. a bond on a gold
quartz ledge at Miller Llggings, niteen miles
last fall found out to be free gold ore, is easily
followed ON the surface for over three miles
The quartz IL good, and. although not yet pros,
pected to much depth. seems 10 BIO capable of
ties. There are many large lodges in the dis
trict. and n good many prosrectors, are now
they can go out and make locations. Tho gen
cral opinion Is that a gold quartz mining dis
trict OF great Importance VIII soon be devel,
the mines can he connected with the state
wagon road by q road three or four miles long
at an expense of about 5000.
Al the Cliff mine, eight miles, from Baker
City. Eastern Oregon, the Bradley brothers and
Two other miners are sinking a 100 foot shaft or
contract, which will give a total depth OF 300
feet. They have been IN ore all the time. and
the ASSAYS have run from So TO $lS per ton,
with an average OF Sll.
The mines ut Florence continue to improve
with development. The Coupon, west exten'
sion OF the Banner. has been cut by a tunnel,
exposing a vein over three feet wide OF rich, orc
1t has been driven nine feet without reaching
the foot wall, and the chances are very favor
able that other good veins will be exposed. A
vein OF good ore over two feet wide has also
been discovered in the doubtful.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
DEADwOOD & d.. Feb D5-Mossrs Hardin
and Brown of the Hardin and Associated Min
ing Companies at Two Bit will build this yeal
at ReGwHtGr Valley u 25O-tOn mite smclter
They have bought q i.OOO-acre site one and d
half miles from the Hay Greek coal fields
where Il fine body OF steam and bmclter coal II
already developed.
+. ii. Smith has sold l25 acres of mining
ground in the new siliceous district for $65.
900 To Homer Warren and others of Detroit
Mich. They will develop at once.
The Deadwood'Torra gross product for Jan