The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-28

| During tho spring considerable prospecting
| mas been done and the entire mountain
has has been been stokcd out. Two towns have been
| established and several carloads OF whit quartz
| CARRYING gold and silver have been shipped to-
tne smclters Old timers recall trnditions, OF
yenrs ago man named BLACK was known to
cash cash gold dust and nuggets which he obtained
somewhere in the sangre de Christie range. but
had obtained the gold.
me mines OF Gipin county are producing
over LOO tons OF ore daily. keeping 800
Stamps. one concentrator and two sampling
I T., Uranium running AZ per, cent. in a twelve
men streak has been found in n claim In the
IN tSe M eaef ESsr above
I SS earn On Sh TreHs yfST aHf
order. Itis located above timber line. In the
Independence vein nine feet long by Ave feet
enclosing sulphidss Of iron and copper and
sSr[EyiRf $25 in gold to the ton Ore is being
SafiKeo IN the Last Rose Mine. the principal
The Crystal River Railroad. which is now
made that district 'e very i active ths seasons
bessloes opening up valuable coal district tho
Whs has S Ssen tS TSh mns field
number OF years.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
| SEATTLE, Wash. Aug 81 On Seashell Inlet.
mile. shows copper ore that assays from 40 to
6o per cent copper and from 80 to 70 ounces
Of the Van Anda lode. as the ore is aim ost iden-
| ticai with that OF the Van Anda Considerable
ore has been taken out but never sent to mar
Eat Kqotenn is having quite boom eve;
the year.
WARRINGTON.
SEATTLE. Aug. 2l.-The new owners OF the
mnshingt9n ANACONDA group Of copper gold
gagged In running two tunnels and will put on
a force to construct wagon and tramway to
wi hn l.TAn Mo- hal n
E9Pad Ne eFtpsetations e the owners. Who Are
sagged 30 per cent, copper and So gold.
on the South Fork OF skykomsh. have Just
| completed six miles Of tramway connecting
de1. They have about .b 1000 tons OF :" high
| grade copper ore on the dumps ana will be-
s ~ses Res Ss1s 4, as Pss s
In Silver Creek, several small sales have
ea are under bona The new ste in e
Edison is widening and the ore is increasing
| In value.
| THE LAKE REGION IRON MINES.
G. DULUTH. MINI. Aug. 25.-Capt. Joseph
steel Wire Company. /. Of the opinion that
viii amount to about $4,000 900 tons He eI o
poets Minnesota and Michigan to ship a little
The Jackpot, the last idle property on the
mer. has started up. Ninety days ago there
| were six or seven i'd mines there. Jones
d Laughlins. OF Pittsburg. have bought the
Ashland Mine. GogebiG range. {. being qn;;
Tif syS gallons hH0S 0sfs GHSsd
Go. GoGsSi SGG @ s hip, for the ear will b.
ever equal its 1856 and 1858 records ' "a'' -
IA Tar ma Ina FlV
pairing to Sink three deep shafts there
Pionesr viii viii mine this year J dearly 56og16
tons through one shaft a remark able record
s a Ety. o1e on the he s R
as soon as men can be had to man them. A:
valuable u enough s to make mines have BEEN cen
| found this year.
SALT LAKE. Aug; 2tmT b. IN Ms NM has
week 9rS to su '0f the
o9P9fJ and
who believe that, with depth the lead will be
entirely n replaced p, c sy IT,; st,,,c oonr ~.
a@eis 81 sfsf sS0SSi ares
he a1w IN c aSe "
ARIZONA.
TUscoN. Aug. 1S--Nearly every copper mine
and smelter IN Arizona is being worked to its
!
seven and eight times as much ore as they did
N
| while every one who had any sort OF q work
ars year or WE b, age rorsn
copper boom set In. The COPPER mining camps
The Territory are ths busiest os spots p b the
constantly employed at good wages in Ari-
zona's copper mines and smelters for year
Word comes from Jerome that rich strike
| OF copper suphurets was made last week in
The Decatur company. operating near Jerome.
| also struck large body o. copper ore; and this
| tends In a southerly direction. The News and
| the Decatur properties are located between
Jerome and the Copper Chief mines.
| GENERAL MINING NEWS.
The Silver mine in Crook county. Oregon. Is
reported sold to Washington capitalists for
4 despatch from Springer. \. NJ, states that
rich and has been made IN the Three Sisters.
| near Eznbethtown. There is said to be three
Cripple Creek send. word that the crosscut
on the 500 level q the Moaoc on Pull Hi hPq;
Of s.e is 6 9d
have averaged 81 600 t. tho W SGn no,..
dated claims. Surface cuttings and a l5-foot
hays been n. ., and rfSont5aet haf
vein is supposed to run through the claims
crssde; Co. reports great ,Ts mproytment in
closed down during the smeItcr trou BILE are re-
suming. and It Is predicted that the output
and Septem Der. and reach the 10000 ton
mark before the end OF October. The pros
poets of the camp are brighter than they been
for Ave years past.
spokane repoTts the sale OF tn: Bunker Hin
syndicate for 100000; The property is to be
floated on the Montreal market.
Eastern Oregon gold mines continue to sur
prise visitors. An expert who has Just re-
turned from the district says there are moro
mills pounding out gold and more plants In
course OF erection than In all the other sections
| OF tho Pacific slope combined. Within a radius
of ten miles OF Sumptcr City there are twelve
mills running night and day. The Bonanza
leads with forty stamps and the Red Boy comes
next with twenty stamps The seasons out
| put Of gold will Gstonish tho mining world de-
| clares this export.
There il II report in mining circles that
Senator W. A. Clark had sold his interest in the
| famous United Verde for $4,000, 900. Local
copper men knew nothing OF a deal OF this
magnitude. but were inclined 10 associate it
with the story. current last spring while Senn-
tor Clark was in Par s, that powerful French