The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-23

The Southern Pacific Railroad Company |.
ornparing to tap the coal deposits in the Liv
bosits OF Q very good quality OF coal exist there
.he vein being f%ogrteen feet wide and at least
however, PUTS some doubt upon its CONNER.
cial value The vein In on n perpendicular
slant and che coal slides so badly that the cost
OF INN hertnR becomes very heavy.
The Utica mine at Angels. Calaveras county,
Is now running on lmll time and a shaft. which
tween the Madison and ,dold Gin properties,
~ the oid one can no l9r ger Ie used. The
BONDED to the Demnrest Company Of Angels,
and VIII be operated at once. The .Potazuba
OF, ore. yieiGing SGgu.5p6GG.. Il" The er1 GrSnd vi 2iet9pS
mine, n DORADO county, has been pumped
2 p1 anh the mill will soSn be started up. The
ten;stamp mill i running on full time.
now Yielding ore .that:is rich enough in gold. to
pay, Tor the smelling, q the copper, The Heis-
t SSso Fins cold ia G GsSsFs G G0iRapt and ih Gr %in Galc q
%'srE' Is b sfS az don nes"% PheE A dbSbstyi' mine aad at @ Hi
dreth; which. has produced more than a mil
ll@ Tb dos gaI5. Isl is TO be IeEpened soon. ~. p0.o
miles long and Is already showing very en-
clile Mining Company Is developing a prop
erty which is Welding fair returns. Hhye-foot
ledge, plating S15 q ton. has been:opened and n
ten;stamp mill will soon be in operation.
The annual, report OF the Wedge Company
So, 900, from which all debts Of the Company
were, paid. $4,000 worth of machinery was
P UnoG a new shaft was put down. new
Than $1,000 remains in the treasury, On the
2 2V.r wei there i now visible a body OF ore
pan" has secured some ground between Rands-
burg aud Rand Mountain, and proposes to
rock. and then to cross-cut both WAYS until
4 strikes lodges. The dry concentration of the
rom,paa 1SSP has @'q Eou is hpr2 fYs aG 3 sqfSsss clni Tne
which give il control over about 200 acres. of
N, pronerty in a single group The Gold;
work i extensively, The Little Nugget mine,
foot, level that mills $50 n ton.
~ Th nos ne Se dam o near i:1T rel Hi t HeIadn s S2%ns
Debris. Commission. 1t is the property Of the
Excelsior Mining Eompany Of San FrancisSo.
Fad Earle is pI Fsfd mine fe S sf May ESrk i6 a., once ,en- T9s
ledge in the 300 level and has struck another
ore BODY in the 600 level. The price paid to
the Empire Company for a controlling inter
est in the Omaha mine is said to have been
$4,000 for 2d,0Uo shares.
county. is getting into better condition and the
mines are now showing NJ well. The output
presented at tie mills averages Sd a a ton. 4
company, has leased $500 acres Of land near
Barbara county, for the purpose OF, prospect
ing il thoroughly for gold, silver. asbestos and
cement.
Near Keswick. Shasta county, a strike of
high-rrade ore has been made in the Black
Spider mine: A French company has begun
work on the Phu'nix. which has a large body OF
lOw-Erade ore.
1t { believed that a good supply of platinum
can be secured in Trinity county. where mug
gets OF considerable size have been f1und..and
where 1t Is taken in fair Huantities from the
frest4"nt a Of the + HWy ~ Is6Snb tipE " c1 e. Barro W.:
recently been travelling in thai, region buying
NJ all the, platinum he could find. W. R.
Squirrel Gulch Placer Company near Trinity
Centre. Ground sluieinG on the property is
said to have yielded $40 II day n man.
UTAH.
walls in eastern Utah over gold discoveries in
the Blue Mountains near the, COLORADO line.
aid OF the Ninth Cavalry. The ore is said to
The Geyser- Marion cold Mining Company
held its annual meeting in this city on Jan. 9.
h haS 6 yesris rS S%2for s4 pS!Es ,7 t99t t tbs G Of ops af
seipts To-, The year We we're sil$$ii.@t'5H.Sss' and the
i inpeme's 81 57'045,iS S'V' From me t i2snt there a w sss
paid $4,000 in dividends,
monthly dividend increased from .S3I 800 to
$4,000. The conpany's new mill is about
Andrew Klopenstine has lust sold his inter
est in several, claims at Bingham for the sum
Of $4,000; The purchaser is George B. Lang
The Mercur Company has declared dividend
No. AZ of S25,0OO TO be paid on Jan. 20. Dur
paid dividends of s3l,25o and $4,000 respec-
''y The Hearst estate. which controls the unin-
cornorated half of the DAILY. West mine at
Park city; has arranged with J: !. DAILY for an
opening an Of the big mine. The stock. in
consequence. has taken q big jump and is now
The new incline in the Mercur mine has
penetrated the third ore zone. demonstrating
its c%ontinuity This gives the comna9y a still
ming of the mill constantly 10 its full capacity
The Lion Consolidated. at Stockton. which
has a record of heavy shipments Of $40 to $50
ore in the seventies. is to be developed by a
r TSn = t ln10ep4 f6 tsp f6Iel d = ore b hmg el"n Is 10
The Ingot Gold Mining Company. which re-
Gently purchased the Cannon group at Mercur
S. s. Worthington has made a strike on
4O7 ounces OF silver and 50 of, gold to
the ton.
MONTANA.
BUTTE. Jan. 17.-There was a wonderful in ,
crease in the coal industry in. Montana last
year. In 1897 there were mined 1,647,ss2
tspf at goal al % %i857 .8 52E ' tdns: yG Sssi fhs 'G 46.oj Il
tons of coke. The c~ountie. of Carbon. and
PPa a r l nato north 2rnan OF the m"s, W ,6s c Nst'onal
Carbonate the first deep vertical shaft has
been nut down 800 feet through sandstone.
nv III us u SICl' u Wv .I'i4u W "
depth OF 1900 feet and a spur Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad has been built to connect with
the main line.
A strike is reported in the Black Sheep mine.
In Jefferson county. II Is a three-foot vein.
samples Of which average $40 in gold TO the
ton.
The Bear Gulch Mining COMPANY Of the
district. in Park county. has nearly
completed the erection Of its twenty-stamp
mill. -
WASHINGTON,
SEATTLE. Jan. l6.-Samples OF copper ore
from a newly discovered mine situated TWEEN
ty-nve miles south OF Okanogan River. in
Okanogan county. were brought to Seattle yes
terday by d prospectOr. He DESCRIBES 1t as a
well defined ledge 76O feet in width. lying be-
tween granite and ,porphyry walls. the ledge
being highly mineralized the. entire
width and a~ssaying So gold. independent Of the
copper values. The largest pay streak is solid
halco-pyriies nine feet wide. and is traGea-
Bile over 1000 feet almost perpendicular: The
value Of this ore Is now being determiped. and
rom its appearance cannot fall below S25 or
$50 n ton in copper and gold. at which value 1t
could he probably shipped to the smelters on
Puget Sound. There are seven claims in the
group. This discovery is hardly second in i'm
to the Republic lode. in. eastern
Washington. now attracting capitalists and
miners.