The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-24

Ing Syndicate has bought for STU.bDB the Grit
claims. near Diamond springs.
the Marguerite mine, south Of plqcervllie, al
6s sSn3s se RCs ere has been found
sG9lidnted, formerly the Van Hooker mine. nea.
from The surface workings yielded sly Ton Ses'
Samples OF ore from the Conner Bell mine. a
recently discovered properly In the South Slate
range Of mountains In southern Invo county,
ASSAYS 13,a per cent: copper. 50 geld and =
6T H silver Res, to ne TOP The mn' Il Owned
recently located the Black Point conner claim,
IN the Black Mountain district Kern county,
feet vide. in places widening out to forty feet;
carries $40 gold and q ounces OF silver. The
s sfI two men own the Dam. ltI.know gold
they intend to dsysop at oncs in ordsr to pro
| cure the means for the development Of the
COPPER propsrties Ths gre is hlgh Grade and
| milling OF 1--WE tons OF float netted over $50 per
made in this Black Mountain region by +. II.
Head. eiRhteen miles from RapdsburR The
coal Is bituminons. is a good cokinz coal, and
| the vein near the surface Is four feet thick
| Mr.. Head has been working for some time on
| the coal prospects Of the region and has mi do
feels sure the coal deposits oil an area Of 600
| acres The general formation OF Black Noun
| the coal lies at tho back and east OF the sand
| stone formation.
miners association has Just been formed
| by the mining men OF Southern California.
The placer mines recently discovered In
Lucas canon. Orange county. are beginning
size are being taken out and claims are being
located The grounds have. been known to
never BEEN worked by them M except ' as they
found an occasional nugget.
The ts!llnes plants at the Standard mill at
Bodie. Mono county. yielded a gross value OF
Tho cost Of treatment was 10 per ton oftall'
In Napa county the Boston Quicksilver Min
can Of bas peen wh sas
length Three shafts have been sunk. tho
quicksilver. The work OF developing ore re:
ore in sight is not extensive. The company
expects to increase the production.
per properties at Copper City. San Bernar-
dino county. recently purchased by a Boston
syndicate. The new owners are making every
effort to get their product on the market as
W. f. Robinson. a director OF the Ivanpah
ated in the Vanderbr district has:made Si az
plication for the appointment OF a receiver for
the company on the ground OF improper man
The MGSIugry Hump mine. Trinity county.
Of Dutch Creek and Trinity River. has been
sold for $4,000. The new owners are max
ing many improvements. preparatory to active
development
The Draper mine. near Soulsbyvle has Just
made a shipment OF four toss OF ore from a
time IN thirty years that the mine has pro-
ducsd any ore OF consequence. The mine is
now In the hands OF Boston company, which
secured
ting the workings in condition. The shaft is
to Or, be put down to 800 feet and ten stamp
There has been rich strike, in the Lucas
IND has been kent as quiet as possible. II is
said that $1,000 in gold 10 taken out in every
car.
NEVADA.
VIRGINIA. Cry, July 15.-,The cyanide proc.
ass is to be introduced on large scale at Belle.
vile and Candelara. wher" about 400 men will
The transportation and treatment OF ore in
the SearchlGht district cost about. $50 per
hundred claims are being worked in the dis
trict and every one pays. even at that high
cost Ths ore is al RE Tb. sT hast week bo,
witnessed an increased activity in mining in
Nevada. From all parts Of the State come re-
bodies OF ore uncovered in mnes that were
worked in former years and abandoned in the
belief that they were unproductive Improve
ments in mining machinery have made posi-
BILE the working OF low-Grade ores on paying
William McDermott Of Butte. Mon. repre-,
the Eina c; group and will commence devel-
opment work with q force OF men at once.
MEXICO.
GuAyMAs. July 15. The Copeta copper and
gold mine. In Sonora. owned by w. Meczer Of
hn%nS and / j. aHrdwS6 4"s been %o bought
1t is reported that the London RUthschilds
are negotiating for the purchase OF a copner
p %rs o WsSh q g t0ateF" Sonora the
The Cinco Senoras Mining Company OF San
luis de Ia Pa. Guanajuato. in its report
S}J2. 400 in precious metals. chiefly silver
The previous wear rs production was Si243.-
SHs has BEEN We Gsn'd nD pro s
duction has varied widely from year to vear.
Sn1 h Sn SseP F994 Tdna aT 9 e
year. The 400 shares in the mine were oriri;
at $1,000 in the City OF Mexico.
LAKE SUPERIOR COPPER.
HoCGHToN, Mich, July. 2o,-The figures OF
John stanton. Secretary OF the American Cop
for tn. first six months Of 1881. but ~ per per
The Increase for the last half Of the present
year will he little; If any. greater than during
the mines have been wolkeI to tsr fsI pe es
pacitv., aud even the stimulus OF ls-cent cop
per is insufficient to bring about n marked in
crease Of output on short notice.
The Calumet and Hecla is opening what will
become large mine on tho Osceola amYgda-
loid lode. which underlies tho Calumet CON
glomerate. the RESPECTIVE outcrons being 100
feet arart The Quincy, Is doing n large
amount Of new work, both In opening new
ground and in adding 10 its already magnin-
cent machiLery equipment.
The Arcadian should be able to begin pro-
duction within the next two or three weeks II
is only thirteen months since work was begun
IN earnest and the devslOpuents are rem ark
able At present fully 1000 men are employed
on the property. ard for the past six months
more ground has been OpHned in the Arcadiau
han in the Caumet and Hecla or In the Quincy
and OsceCla combined.
The production CT copDer by the Quincy for
the first hall of the current year Is several hun
dred tons behind the product for the CORE
spending period of 1898 The decrease will
probably DO covered before tile close OF the
year. Next year should show an increase Of
~ TO 80 per cent, in the Quincys production.
The net earnings Of the Quincy. after paying
for all DEVELOPMENT work and meeting heavy
payments for new equipment. will exceed
81 100000 for 1890
Pumping was begun this week in the ST.
Clair shaft OF the phpniE. Both copper and
silver in considerable quantities are beng
taken out in the work OF reopening the old
workings upon modern scale.
The Atlantic mine IL STAMPING 300 tons