The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-18

as Wiiiism st new York. y. \
| chairman mines has been finished with satis-
sSarassrc q the ors During the ' rs, 't q ths
improved until the Jas, I'VE tanks showed IAN an
extraction EXT elton OF from az to :, per cent Of tho
mine already blocked out and f' Of millins
grade are sufficient TO Keep the plant In opera.
zion Tor several years. and there is stu large
MEXICO.
| .GuAyMAs. Dec. a.-The September dividend
Of the Creston; Coloradn Company has Just
great number OF prospeeto f shave have recently recently
gone into the COPPER and gold dlstricts in the
skes are repored from that reso eR Rs
| mineral lodges there carry good perez tages
81 COPPER and gold 4 good many rich gold
from the region about Campas. In the Nocte.
Dume district OF sonora. The locality Is about
one hundred and fifty miles east OF Casas
Grnndes
THE LAKE REGION IRON MINES
Duluth. .Minn.,. Dec Is. THE complete
amount to s.:s5I. pa tons. which is 2.5odoc9
tons ,i more }ha an the preceding year. 50 that
ore region has come from Mimi esota. The
same situation will. in large measure. prevail
PraeticHlly, all the Lake Superior bcssemor
ore disposed OF is In the mel borhood oiS J00.-
600 tons. Besides this some 1000 900 tons %
| and the Mesaba product making sales OF not
far below iS.OoDODo tons; All this ha. been
by rs re whn,. and The
has ever taken place IN the history OF the
American iron trade. While the deal has been
closed this week II has been merely the culmi-
nation OF agreements and understandings that
are month"; old. Indeed, most Of what are called
mining interests TO steel makers who own
the mines. 1t snow estimated that 80 per
ing. aside from the Mesaba range. are TO bs
from mines Owned by steel makers, while IS
properties controlled in the same way. and 90
per cent OF the, non bcssemer product OF all
At all mines the work Of stock pling is going
On heavily o and TIE forces employed a5e a,
Zee as or Re w2 Rn
IN TIE snmms e. though no ore can be shippri
we're never Known before. and these plies les will.
r ,ss sysTy ease The Tors
never has been year when, large stocks OF ore
Ts n 4. SOCKS Eel t ho 6 q n.
long thar small forests had grown on them
have been removed and there was less than
Ave ranges at the close OF navigation. the
stock s docks being practically clear.
examine and explore the ore fields OF Wyom-
Ing. that are likely to come into prominence
ha acres Close To-
1shpemng. Marquette range. and will drill for
orc there, The indications are excellent.
MINES OF THE NORTHWEST.
DULUTH. Mimi. Dec l5-The gold output o,
month was 56G tho largest S since fGf began gan
will add much machinery this winter II is
well developed md Is down about three hun
plant in western Ontario. aud It is doing such
excellent work that more will probably follow.
crsasng its gold sSipmcn, mcStR monthly anu Is 'n-
o. Coll Panner Somna1y OF Rat PORTAGE has
or which mn sr ba It's new pTorer
e down IS only thirty ,sSt; ths shows confdsnes
course Of sinking so ior has been stacked led NJ ~
for the nil, and is estimated to be worth $40
There are about two thousand men at work
X the Rainy Lake Snh Seine River secti9n:ci
force employed any preceding winter and tho
amount Of deve,opmcnt OF the season is en-
PeRr ARTHUR. Ont, Dec. l5-In the history
OF the western Lake Superior region there has
nGysr hee ,h,n such so "a active search for ohe
IRON copper. silver. zinc. lead and mica The
TM own irGp has arpie to tho
town and erect blast furnace oi at least afiv
The bonus will Probably be- TSTS5Hi and Work
or mines ana furnace will commence soon
WI WV NtIkbhNn FuUEe ~ mlltS rom
Port Arthur, u force OF mon isexploring the out
crops. and has run tunnel about 40 tcct into
and the East have examined this iocaticn'
a company has boon formed to explore tho
s6Hepssr % found q
liz Of the basin OF the Michigan copper Sp mines
on Is!" Roya,e. twenty-five miles away. Tia
rock is found to contain copper to from "a -
4 per cent. ana the conRomerntc IA much Ike
that OF Tamarack and Calumet. The Prlrchart
harhor COMPANY which started there a month
weather came. has decided to continue explo-
rn,lonS al winter with an increased force, 80
favorable are the indications
UTAH
= SALT LAKE.. Dec. ll-The Silver King OF Park
Sity on Thursday posted it's regular monthly
dividend OF 81, cents share, or S5UOOO. Tbs
MAKES ages fhe total paid out in dividends nearly
noY s2ld.nroducIng district has bcon dis
OF ore show ms high as Sll'i in gold
sl ThhS 0n # nIbsn mine y, Park City. viii my
The rrTcrpts q gold dust at the samplIpg
sS0G6N IN the ore and m INV" Market x IN" IEs
S+2o.S73 The sales OF mining shares on tlt
eeXchnnHG ior "a" week were $4,000 that
ARIZONA.
Tucson. Dec. 3-lt il reported that n sur1-
Client quantity Of or" has been discovar"i M A
depth Of 20 - feet in the Congress m,ne TO in,
crense the valuation Sl.WOOOOO
me Dos lhbrHes CnGsohntcd Ninos COM
o. S2.WoOOO, aud has secured The rnttr,
Emcrsley group, consisting Of about twenty
o,n,mS, rye or six shafts have Already been
sunk ana nll show copper ore assayinr In value
from 80 TO- Sioa ton, tn" property was rN-
ported bv Ten, Forman, formerly suporintcnl-
emf on the GOmstOck mines in Nevada nnl Lv
other well known experts. who PRONOUNCED t.
one plthe best copper probabilities ever shown
Th" Dewey. q new mining district twenty
elRht ml'eS south OF Stafford. il now attracting
hcen discovered In this district. Five claims
hahr hen bondtd 70 Mr.. j, I. Carpenter rcprc-
Hentln2 brooklyn, y. Y capital within the pa..
week The price was $4,000. since tho rirl,
ore nss,nying as high rs 1000 ounces silver, was