The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-18

vein. There are 1000 feet Of tunnellip0
5S fed Sna hs snf aU SS RAGE
the irs,ellmsnt plan. tn. total income 6eip e
building the great tunnel and In purchasing
The SS%R9sS dSTdnE the
L p. Lam bling Is underta king to work the
placer fields about breckenridge by the, use Of
etenm e1cavatots that will operate like hnroor
dredges. A boiler has been set up In Illinois
Gulch to operate the machinery reauired to
sink shaft to bed rock. and work on the con-
has been successfully tried in California Tha
entire plant will cost $4,000. and will not be
ready for oHeratian before bsIs .Prinf1; Con,
backing this on terprise.
The Aspen mine. one OF the great silver pro-
in blocks. The Cowsnhovep tunnel 10 now
doing 1ne business. 1t makes a mum ber Of
mines available which would not be prontably
A rich strike OF oalaverlte has been made in
"a clear snt title to tn. Pbarn aost mine on Bul
Hill has been secured by the paym ent OF $23.-
900 to satisfy all outstanding indebted ness
snS 40 se
az mining sale afieotins s the iss early transfer Of
Il s that Of tho silvsP Belt located 6Sapsr:
raj district. and bgt fifteen miles from Pres
Fria. but three miles blatant The new own
ers will start development on an extensive
L. b. Chalk and Jack Walsh have made q dis
9oyery OF vein OF hiRh-grnde ore In Silver
Bolt mountain. little above the famous Silver
ounces Of silver. a ton. aud the ore Ia good for
20 per cent. lead, 1t is on claim work cd many
years ago. but this particular vein was over
At the works OF the United Verde Copper
Comppqny new buildings are being added; The
being made to add another lfty feet on the
Another and larger electric crane has been
ordered, This will give three cranes to handle
the % pa in b the nc t..
dag. and win Nay nay sso5 dsS 5oyslt sn,
so Ss saF doaF p Ss OF $4,000
sd sS na NiE a sfse
copper mines for $4,000. These mines are
located near the Grand Reef mine on the Arav-
apai side OF the mountains.
The Zonia Copper Company recently made
its The
The Old Hack berry .mino. which was thought
idle for about eighteen years. is being further
developed by Finlay Phillips OF Hack berry He
has struck :, good PaynH ere and csorcs
A. Rice Of New York have loft Tor San Fran
cisco after spending week in examining the
expressed themselves as highly pleased with
the, property and are confident OF making
s for the % s Of tns VIM: nave
patented forty -four claims at q cost Of many
thousands OF dollars: MANY, Of these claims
chain OF mountains. but some OF the most
valuable are on the west side OF the range in
the same territory as the claims OF the Helvtia
group.
UTAH.
SALT LAKE Sept. 11.-God bullion and dust
have been much in evidence during the past
week. The receipts for the week, at the samp-
ling rooms o, the. Consolidated Kansas City
sn eltinE. P and o6 Defining Company were OF the
Capt De Lamar is investigating the re-
sources Of the Deep Greek country.
A number OF valuable claims have recently
ington county. and vigorous prospecting
ca m paign is going on.
A. une body OF orc has been struck in the
vein 175 feet long and go feet wide was opened
W few weeks ago and in order to determine
started to cut the. vein 20 feet lower. While
this WORK was Cninng on the strike was en-
put out from the property during the past
week.
Company, Tintic. have decided to spend tho
Septem Der dividend in prosecuting the Nam
moth Company for alleged EXTRACTION OF ores
from their property. Judgment for 100000
NORTHWESTERN GOLD MINES
DULUTH, MINI. Sept 14...supnlies are pour:
mines during the winter. There are from
4. 900 to 5000 tons now at stations along the
port It to the various camps and districts The
winter will be the most active ever known in
the gold region north OF Minnesota;
nation plates Of Golden Star. and the com
pany is shaking steadily. tits now down to APO
ever found in the district at the 4OO-foot level.
A large ore reserve 10 being opened up and
stopped for the mill and y 10 the Intention TO
keep at least twelve months supply OF ore in
sight at all times. About two thousand acres
OF tim Der limits have been secured from the
Government In the immediate neighborhood
OF the mine.
At Arlamine. on the shores OF Bad vermillion
La ke. day and night crews are drifting on the
vein and another crew Is erecting permanent
camps. Drills air COMPRESSOR hosts and boil
ers have been ordered and by spring the mine
The Anglo American Gold Mining Company
has been incorporated and has begun work on
two claims. one near the Golden Star and one
com pressor plant is to be installed by H. f.
Long and his Pttsburg associates on a prop
erty a mile west OF Alice A. They will work
there steadily all winter with large force OF
men.
feet and Is driving drift 100 feet through the
ore body, Golden Crescent and Decra Of the
D..
and all the men they can use in the shafts.
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON MINES.
DULUTH. MINI. Sept. 15.-Inquiry for iron
ore for next years delivery Is very active,
though no sales have been made Consumers
are stick ing at tho advance asked by mining
men. which Is now about 81 a ton over the
figures at which the bulk Of the product OF the
present season was sold Despite the pros
perlty OF this year iron mine owners have made
no money. for they had an advance over last
year OF but 10 cents a ton and that has been
more than Ia ken up in higher wages. while
the freights that they figured at % cents in
making sales. have gone to 81 One OF the
largest companies made sale Of SOC. 900 tons
Of ore last spring. part OF which has not been
delivered yet. and at present rates OF lake
freight and wages the company will lose 81. 20
a ton II II SHOULD have to charter vessels
One OF the large Gogebic mining companies
that last spring made a season charter OF YES
sells at 10 cents a ton. has recently sold its
rights to one ship for the remainder of the sea-
son for bonus OF $50 900, and hns notified its
ore customers that 1t will deliver the balance
OF ore sold them next spring. or they can TAX o
it now. they paying all freight above 90 cents a
ton. The case will undoubtedly result in an
important lawsuit that all the lake compan los
will watch, for it means an entire reversal OF
procedure for them, IL the miner wins.
Mining companies stand ready to charter
chips by the millions o; tons for all next year Il
81 ton II they can get them, but no vessel
men will bind themselves to any such price.
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