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

I HANAIN lINl ~ ONu0m ONNys IL UNoHu-uA WIgM
ore-reduction works and its general develop
ment Of mincs, and prospects,. is doing very We
these days, New leases have been signed 70
OF Womack Hill; abandoned and closed dow
properties are Fought after by thoss who thin
paying mines are busy places
The Newhouse tunnel at Idaho Springs ha
Mountain toward the deep iodes under Centre
City. A. Pennsylvania company paid S25, 0ot
last week for tho Victoria property and Thu
week the same interests took the Goluer
Fleece mino under n bond and lease. Orc from
tho Freeland extension has been tried at ths
ounces gold to the ton. The rock is strange &c
tho locality and the miners have been throwing
j. over the dump as worthless; N3w all this Ii
One OF the most important strikes in the State
during the past. three months has been made In
the portion Of the Quartz Crock district; Gunni'
son county, known as Mineral Farm. This ter.
ritory covers an area of about two square miles
been me a n fayoTits fleld RT for p Isl alsorsO for NJ many
Yeas owing to the very rich float found scat
tered over the hills; But the wash Is very deep
and though a number of holes have been dug
no ono succeeded In reaching n lead until re-
Gently. On Feb. 4 n company. OF miners who
reached mineral after passing through twenty
five, feet OF wash; They have, uncoyered a true
ll LEAD The sID Sdin T US the Ssf 1.iS S Snd n his9iy tn ni Ror,h
and 1--WE tons OF ore were extracted by two
mon in two days. One assay shows $40 ounces
silver and sos gold, The owners. have cross.
cut the vein for q distance OF ten feet without
finding the wall. giving promise of a very rich
Telluride reports another important sale. Tho
Gold Cable group Of thirteen claims has been
sold to the C,onsolidat led Investment Company
Of New York city. These claims show 1,200
feet of development work and tho ore is FREQ
milling.
which have been closed since 1893 are being
opened, new machinery Is going into the dis.
trict, and.considersble new development work is
at the present time. Work on the Seison tun.
mel Is progressing rapidly.
MONTANA.
BUTTE, March IA rich strike is reported in
tho Queen Of the Hills mine at Neihart. The
cross-cut on the 3OO-foot level in the old work.
ings broke into orc yesterday. The .cross.cut
one.half feet of fine spar ere was found. Along
side tho vein Of spar ore was found a streak Of
porPhyTy at liz least st. 9 f9P Pt. ,h,cs. making alto,
lie side by side. The ore runs wonderfully high
in silver.
purchased the Hope mino at Basin has let the
contract for sinking the shaft 200 feet. New
machinery has been ordered for the mill.
The dredging compa MES which have been idle
at Banneck. The F. L. Graves, which was the
known as Yankee Fiat" This fiat was @s" the
original town of Bannack. the frs: capital OF
thirty feet 0e Of IS sr ave- (WHICH witch w came sfq from r'n the he
gulches above.
After paying dividends to the amount of
- 'c'OoN, II Luino nv
Glendale Is reported TO be in a bad way at last.
General Manager Rnipppenherg,s report shows
drawn upon to run the property during the past
twelve months. The properties OF the company
produce lead. copper, and silver and u small
quantity of gold. The number OF pounds OF
lead bullion produced was greatest in 1889.
1854, 1857 pounds, and it declined steadily after
7l6. $50 ounces in lsss to 2I5,I3I ounces last
year. The manager will operate the mine as
long as it can pay expenses, but expects to he
Obliged In faoaa nnarafipna In m fauu months
Since the mine was opened in 1881 the Hecla
Consolidated has expended for labor 81, 25l 500.
for the development Of a group Of mines on the
left fork OF. South Boulder Creek in Madison
county, which he has purchased for Minnesota
highest in the State. being 1920 feet above sea
level on the famous old Hailow Top Mountain,
the loftiest peak Of the Tobacco Root range. A
twenty-stamp mill will be in operation on the
The War Eagle mine near Clancy has been
D0O. A steam hoist will be constructed and a
shaft sunk to a depth Of 600 feet without a halt. |
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES, Feb. 26..Notwithstanding
California, It has made remarkable progress |
and the big hydrauiicking companies. have
quartz miners. The La Grange Hydraulic
Company, in Trinity county. has just complet- |
our miles Of hume and ditch, three inverted i
'iiphons agyregating 1874 feet In length, and
eight tunnels which sum up a length OF IL ,I34
'eet, making a total length of 1851 miles. The
of the inverted siphons Is thirty inches in
iiameter and Tor much of its length is buried
" snowslides. 70 increase the Volume of
water Rush Creek and Stuart's Fork are being
by a tunnel through the mountain
1000 feet in length. passing under the comb Of
he mountain at a depth of over 5000 feet. Tho
main canal has a capacity OF 1000 inches. The
,,174 acres and belongs to F. Bcaudry and
8aron La Grange of France. who bought 1t five
ssGGs s aSG' ta II p Il H9ui anS lei ws1a an ss ]sl sisms,
The tailings are dumped into Oregon Gulch,
shicn discharges into Trinity River above
' Jun oSnr IitS; In that region there Is no Vege-
Near The Old Springfield mine, Diamond
PEI ing a property that haiti Gives a' Excellent X; i aliia nrSm 10
Sc. The shaft, which is on the mother lode, is
forty;hye feet on a ledge that mills Sl2
people who hold a bond on the PoCohOntas,
ave had it extended for another year and Lave
nine, abandoned for some years, has been pur-
by Z. ID. richards of San Francisco and
: being reopened. development work has also
which has excellent prospects. Ore worth $50
9er ton is being taken from the Deutsches
re ahead for its ten-stamp min.
The reduction works that are being erected at
will from the start handle ores OF as
DIV grade as =? per ton and after hey are fairly
lnder way will handle 80 ore. The company
xpects TO contract for all the low grade ores
'"N '"hN 'iD oii "ii piobhul HdNBu All |
/ can work from that region alone.
In Nevada county the Empire mine, Mt Grass
alley, has uncovered good ore below the = 200
Bvel. This property has been n producer for
Yer thirty years, and still keeps forty stamps
II operation. The knickerbocker gravel mine,
The Three Sisters mine, near French Gulcb.
county, has been bonded to MotherweIi
; Howell for one year for 10000. A ledge OF
q Upgrade ore has been uncovered that is from
IL inches to three feet wide. The big copper
at KeswiCk produces about 1875 tons
I matte daily, which contains $40 per ton in
Upper. $l3 in silver, and SIS In gold, a total
I $l4l per ton. This is n yield OF nearly SlS,-
OO. per day. or $3.50 900 per month. Against
lis,sum is paid about Ss5, 600 in freight and
10000 in wages. improve ments and other ex.
enses, leaving n margin OF profit of about
800 900 per month.
The Lappin mine, near Deadwood, Trinity
ID yielding some very valuable ore and
to become n permanent producer. Ore
,nt TO the Selby %sInelter yielded 1896 Der ton.
ne Yellowstone Inine. on East Fork, yielded
!, 900 from a two months run of ten stamps.
The old Riverside quartz mine, Tuollimnc
'nnty, is being reopened. II has a six.foot
dye OF ordinary grade, but rich in sulphurets.
he Confidence ships every month fifteen tons
suiphurets that run $GjU per ton. The Penn.
has a vein from two to four feet wide
hich mills from $50 to 5000 per ton in free
I'D and contains from three to five per cent. ,