The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-18
WORK IN THE MINING CAMPS
CRIPPLE GREEN'S DECEMBER DIvI-
DENDs THE LARGEST EYER PAID.

cember record Of Cripple Creek dividend pay
ers is tho greatest in the camps history. Thus
far II Is as follows Alliance. s31. 600; Portland.
100000: STATIONS Independence, S4SS. 900:
Mount Rosa. $4,000: Orphan Belle. SS2.988;
Raven, $4,000: Isabella. S87 800: Gold Coin.
100000: Jack Pot. $4,000: Strong, s25.0oO;
Conso dated Gold Mines. $4,000; Lille. ST.
600: Creston. $500: NJ odoc. $4,000: and a
few others. making q total OF 1000. 442 ~.
Other com panies yet to be heard from may In
crease this to S1.25O000. Tho STATIONS In
dependence dividend goes mainly to Lon Ion
shareholders. The Isabella raid IL cents q
share in 1899. or "a per cent. on money In
vested one year ago. Portland stock holders
realize 10 per cent. on money now invested.
COLORADO SPRINGS Dec. 13.--The ORR han
Belle Company bns sold tho Mary Cashen
claim four acres. for 100000. An option was
secured two years nRo. Four years ago this
company sold the Gold Coin mine for $4,000.
II is now worth s10.0O0.O00.
The mill OF the Economic Extraction Com
pany. erected near Victor. has Just started
operations with $50 tons daily capacity. It is
tho largest mill in the world. having 1000 tons
daily capaclty. or three-fourths Of the com
fhs SSs'y Ss om
pany Mt Colorado City has increased its plant
20 900 tops In addition. !, is proposed TO erect
m Yw Re Borcas ans company , wsrs
s On like nlHnt OF the sane me capacity These
mill capacity Of the camp Enormously In.
creased n. =. output for 1900 may be eIpected
OF which a recent ten ton shipment brought
The .Creston, Leasing Company, which took
east year Il has thirty. one stockhOidcrs. all of
DENVER. Dec. l3.-The scarcity OF coal in the
Leadville district has shown the miners OF that
famine in Leadville at any time would be disaa.
trous as II would mean tho suspension OF
4 Spesa to9 Sin IN the district,
power are now under considerat!on.. A. year
ago two Of Denver secured Tract q land
furnish suif,cient fall to generate 800
atins nina near Frisoo tw S1 miles, miles,
from Leadville, has excellent watt power and
operation Of mine and mill there' The he, enc enc
largement Of the plant 70 5000 horse rs
from II sa.D ana tho
tablish power plant along the Arkansas below
The Fortune and pcnneid mines in Lendville
have been sold 10 New York company for
100000. The Resurrection mine. which is
ton ad,ens Ike Penala TRe p ,n !,
developed BY 700. foot shaft. and tho ore dis
gold and a.n ssT psr e"sS
The property is now shipping about 500 tons
month.
Prospecting continues with vigor In the
search for copper deposits in the western part
OF Larimer county. In one territory three
acme GOPHER but Yielding thiriy.nSe per cent.
WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE, Dec. 1.-THE As" mine In Silver
ton district continues DEVELOPMENT on a large
scale and Is also shipping steadily to the smell
he Great az %sse Tta
twenty miles, but the ore is high grade and ia
ten thousand tons Ss IL siSSt ''A' 'ne'e are over
In the Ellison group. Silver Creek district, the
contractors on the new tunnel have encoup;
ore a short distance from the surface. 1t was
not thought that this ledge would be encoun-
apd places IN, Edison among the shippers Of
Along the sE"sit River iron and copper mines
sn Sss ss ss
BRITISH COLUMBIA
SEATTLE. Wash. Dec. 1.-THE Canadian Pa
boSpdary Creek mining dstTct BSu no sng
sf s'Sa e hs sS E Sas%es Si
ihe camp a, present ranking only second to
made By the Brt.n conm ola Mnns com
pany to the Trail smslter Melted over si2i a
ton ton n gold COPPER and silver. This was the
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES, Dec 9.-Ths Big Bonanza
mine near Angels. Calayeras county. has made
The ledge averages iifty iest IN Width and some ONE
q o. The selected ore soe. AZ high as $4,000 TO
sns foS Tss SoSBis, will erect mill after
APsrty OF Boston capitalists. beaded by Alfred
Of Eey ' Th Sgpps are % Was
ooppsr deposits IN that valley The extension OF
x, ,hs fIi ian Hallway Which the owners Of
prospector near Ballarat has found a twenty.
to the tom dreStS tire @ EI % m
u company, which some time ago erected
% S prodns sSS any snS
after suitable time allowed its rights to lapse
% deposits osH oi S1rsx have been
covered Ave miles from Daegett. San Herman.
SoS az ssp, % @ bs fee. qa
to fni either limit Of the deposit. II is a Very
large and valuable deposit. but Is Of too low
70 be constructed In the vicinity for lie man
III, The dsSScyery o, zinc ore is reported from
sos Ss % 6ss IL
mSss SnS been sossS S4 ye ssy
for new deposits and several OF these have BEEN
discovered and are being developed. There
~ opc III tnlS blutp hUOut twelve
QuicksiIvcr mines. OF which only Ave are on n
dividend paying basis. The production lnst
year was 81 oa2 TASKS. the largest In ten years
and notable increase over the production OF
the two preceding years. About two weeks
s &C." the C quicksilver mine near Gloverdaio.
quicksilver II has made in twenty wears. The
owners OF the New Almaden property. In Santa
iarn count last spring paid a dividend OF
20 cents a share on preferred stock. the first il
has made In q long time.
A., r. Vaudeville has washed a diamond from
tne volcanic sands and gravel In the vicinity OF
Nelson Point, Plumas county. He found tho
gem near the tail end OF n slutce box ia which
ne had been washing gravel. II Ia OF irregular
fourth OF nm inch '''
4 case involving tho title to nearly all the
oli,producing land in the CoallnRa district ia
on trial ~ the United States Circuit Court in
Los Angeles The litigation IL due to the de-.
clsion OF Hoke Smith. who. when Secretary OF
me me Interior, gave ruling In lSMi tina. OH IL
United States mining laws and that locations
on on lnnds could not b. included In the min
ing statutes, 4 year later Congress passed an
W war declaring oil to be mineral During that
2 ,h properties in the ,Coallnra district and
nronor, nre row several claimants to oil the
property. Tho effort Of thn nlaiptjNa IN 81,