The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-23
is estimated that there are 1000 tons Of org
in sight in this property

The Centre Star has resumed shipments. the
output for the week amounting to 900 tons.
while the lie Roi shipped 1920 tons. the War
Eagle a close second with ]. $3.50. the Iron Mask
90 and the !. X. l.. 20. The lie Roi's ship
ments for the year to date are 400 tons.
The Canadian Railway officials have bonded
the Workman claim. near the summit OF Saw
yers Pass. for $4,000. This is a new and
i'm portant discovery, twenty-five miles from
Crawford Bay.
Senator Miller OF New York has been exam
lining mining properties in SLOGAN district and
has succeeded in bonding several among them
being the Molly Gibson group
Nine months ago a Montreal syndicate paid
$4,000 in cash for the "B. g." mine in Sum
NIT Camp. Boundary Creek. and people ex-
pressed surprise that capitalists had come so
far to throw their money away. Careful esti-
mates. made by experienced experts. place tho
amount OF ore In sight on the dumps and In
the drifts at s15oO.OO0. This 10 row among
the largest mines in the Province.
Roseland continues to move to the 'front.' and
ranks with the leading producing camps on the
continent. 1t has nine shipping mines
The Van Anda Company on Texada Island 10
making regular shipments OF copper matte to
New York. whore 1t commands a good price.
Further improvements are contemplated In
the mno and an enlargement OF the smaller
plant to meet the increasing output Is under
contemplation. At present the company Ia Sc
curing coke Of an excellent quality for SIS a
ton. which Ia transported by water from the
ovens on Vancouver Island,
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES. Oct. 1.-THE immense body
OF tailngs three miles long and half mile
wide. sent down years ago from the Spring
Valley hydraulic mine at Cherokee. Butte
county. is to be worked. An elevator has been
put in that will handle 1000 cubic yards every
twenty four hours. The black sand. which
will average from $40 to $3.50 ton. will be
sent to the Seby smelling works
Tho Ames estate OF Boston. which recently
bought the En- pire copper mine at Copper
opois has Just bought the western extension
OF the Union no inc and the 300-ac ranch Of
]. NJ. Lewis
Rich strikes are reported from the Poverty
Point and the Grffith Consolidated mines. not
far from Placerville. Eldorado county.
The Coalinga oil field In Fresno county is
steadily pressing forward. Tho daily yield Is
now between $500 and 5000 barrels. which 10
as much as the Los Angeles Geld has ever pro-
duced
The discovery OF copper ore near Searles.
Kern county. 10 causing q good deal OF excite
ment. A good deal OF prospecting is going on.
with the result that n large section OF tho dis
trict shows every indication OF being rich in
copper Some OF the ore shows as much as so
per cent. copper At present eighteen claims
have been located on this belt. but the district
Is handicapped by the fact that they are all
owned by men who have no capital with which
to develop them.
At Copper City active development 10 going
on. Boston people have Incorporated a oom-
pany with a capital stock OF 900 and
opened up some fine bodies Of ore. They are
making preparations to put In a teaching plant.
At Randsburg. with the exception OF the
Little Butte. all the big mines are producing
regularly and many new ones are operating.
In the Slate Range country. the Gordon
Brothers have sold for SIS. 900 the claim which
they located q few months ago and then opened
up.
The California Borax Company. at their
works forty miles from Johannesburg. are
putting in reduction plant OF twenty tons
capacity with which to handle the ores from
tho several gold claims which they own in that
region.
The Japanese pottery manufacturers. who
have made tests Of the clay from the kaolin de-
posits recently discovered in this county are
much pleased with the clay and have contracted
for / 900 tons a month. The source Of supply
In China and Japan. which the japanese manu-
facturers have heretofore used. is nearly ex-
hausted. and it is likely that they will take all
the output OF these deposits The clay comes
out OF the FIRE test as white az snow showing
that there Ia no iron in it and that it is there
fore OF the first class. 1t 10 said there are
100000 tons in sight.
A number OF abandoned mines in Shasta
county are being reopened. among them the
Colorado and Gypsy mines. near Shasta, the
Cleveland Consolidated group in the Bully
high grade ore was uncovered and tho Mitchell
4 Davis mine. where also ore Of fair grade has
The Mount shasta m me. near Redding, ia pro-
ducinG 100000 per month: 1t was taken up
and has since produced about 100000, half OF
An ,nsphsit ledge six feet wide has been
opnd on CraSsy Mopatap near Gaahans
Tuolumne county. has been sold TO New
York syndicate. and is 20 be actively developed
at once
GuAYMAs. Oct. lit Is estimated that dur
ing the last year over $50.OOO.00O OF American
eaptaI has been invested IN mining operat.ons
York syndicates have purchased La Trinidad
mines. FL Durasno Camp group. San Dirnas
ties in the State Of Durango With ntSSPe Of
low-grade gold mines in Sonora on the other
sids Of tho same mineral belt OF tho Sierra
valenciana mine, In La Colorado mining dis
,rie! , 6Ss o been soa to an American company
The mining camps In the Parral district. State
Of Chihuahua. are doing well and showing fne
Yields and Ipch promise: The Ternsdes
Company. is producing eighty tons Of rich eli.
YER ore daily. The Quebradlla makes daily
WELD OF 125 tons OF high grade ore. Los Musr-
tos pro duces daily seventy tons OF silver ore
The Chuchilla gold mine near Altar. State OF
Sonora has been bought by Californians for
$4,000
Representatives Of the Pacific Coast smet-
ers have recently visited the mining districts
closed for heavy shipme nts OF ore.
The Parral Reduction Company. with $780,
900 capital stock. will oonstruct a smslter In
the State OF chihuahua. 1t will have an ONCE
In Denver. Col
COLORADO.
DENVER, Oct 1S.-The consolidation of the
two Cripple Crack railways. tho construction
OF now line from Colorado Springs. the com
pletion Of two more reduction works the
steady shipment into the camp OF great
machinery. the large number Of mining deals
which include sales, lenses and consolidation
Of interests. all indicate that a great mining
boom Is in progress in the gold camp behind
the purpose OF developing mining claims or
meeting the demand for mining stocks and the
brokers at Colorado Springs are happy.
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