El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-08
Mines and
Mining.

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| Over 81, 600, 900 has beea paid in divi-
bends by Cripple Creek companies.-
Elk.
The total OUTPUT o. copper produced
| in the United States in 1898 was 526,.
375 ,571 pounds, valued at $6I, 849, 1872
Elk.
Mining deals are coming in 30 fast in
Pima county, Arizona, that it is diff
cult to keep track of them all.-Cit-
izen.
The Copper Queen company of Bis
bee, Arizona, is to increase its smelt-
ing capacity from 600 to 800 tons per
day.-Ex.
The deepest vertical shaft in Canada
is sunk at the Albion colliery of the
Acadia Coal Company, at Stellarton,
Nova Scotia. Present depth over 900
feet.-Ex.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron company
has twenty-five teams at work hauling
ore to the railroad at Santa Rita, N.
M, ten Of which belong to the COM
pany.-EX.
Amalgamated copper stock is hover
Ing on the skirts of par, waiting for the
first dividend declared to send it above
par. Latest quotations we're Oh bid,
80 asked.-Ex.
Serna Brothers of Altar have 500 dry
washers In operation near Llanos. q
station on the Sonora Railway Mexico.
Five to eight dollars day is the net
profit on each dry wssher.-Ex-
J. Thomas, of Jerome, Arizona,
says that the Equator mine,
on which work has been suspended
for long time on account of litigation
will soon be reopened.-Jerome News.
The most prominent mining engi-
neers and experes. says the Denver
Mining Record. prosounced the whole
stating that gold could not exist in such
q formation.
The deepest workings of any Cana
dian metal mine are to be found at the
pyrites mine operated by the Eustis
Mining company, at Eustis, Quebec,
where the main shaft on the incline,
is now down to depth of 2, 500 feet
Elk.
According to the published report
the lode mines of British Columbi
have paid dividends to date to the ex-
tent of 50, 1925 ,465. This does lot rep
resent the actual amount of dividends,
but is all the returns they have re-
ceived.-Ex.
Advices from Melbourne, Australia,
as late as July IA are that the discover
les OF telluride ores in South Aus
tralta are creating intense excitement.
A dispatch from London states that an
extension of the telluride fields is re-
ported, and that Excitement is at few
err heat. Elk.
It Is reported that New York par
ties have bonded the Robinson, Brook
en- & Belcher copper mines in Arizona
for 10000. These mines are located
near Grand Reef mine, on the Aravai-
pa eide of the mountains. The report
down.-Bulletin.
Ordinarily too little attention is paid
to ventilation in mines, miners being
obliged to work in smoky, Ras-laden
workings rs long as they can stand II.
Men cannot accomplish good work eco
nomicslly under such conditions, and IL
Ia matter Of economy to provide good
Press.
Chalcostibite is a com animation of COP
per, anthony and sulphur and is
rare mineral Hand
some specimens occur in some of the
copper mines of Butte, Montana, and
these are rich in silver. The ore is steel
gray in color and has a bright, SHIN
mering metallic luster.-Mining Re-
view.
The Bonanzs pocket mine at Sonora,
Tuolumne county, Cal. is credited with
q production exceeding 100000. A
single pocket contained more than
$500. 900, and one mass weighed $40, OOO
Most of the gold was taken out with
4 q 0f
was usually found associated with tel
generally petzite.-Ex.
No concentrating machine of any
kind has yet been devised which will
separate all classes of material without
sizing. The machine that will make q
clean saving of coarser heavy particles
will not save the shines of the same
material, and the machine which will
save the shines will lose the coarse
City Independent.
An English syndicate has bought
the Elkton gold mine at Cripple Creek.
paying therefore $3.50 share, on q
capitalization of 1,250,0OO shares, or
81, 975, 900. The name of the corpora
ton is withheld. but 1t is not the Ven
ture company, which recently bought
Stratton's famous Independence mine.
London Mining Journal.
Prospectors had better give their at
tention to the search for ores of 2 old,
silver and copper, as when found they
return the largest profit at least rela-
i've expense. Very few prospectors
aver made a fortune by searching for
Or finding such minerals at molly bden-
te, wolframite, uranium, iridium, and
)ther rare and high priced metals and
Iinerals.-Denver Mining Journal.
More mining failures have resulted,
'ays the Denver Mining Reporter,
rom cross cut tunnels intended to tap
he vein than by all other plans COM