The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-06

the highest price paid for many months. Zinc
ore " within, 81 Of the highest price on record
There are nnSSarlv 2.ooo,uoo pounds Of lead
ore in the district remaining unsoid, II beinq
held Tor higher prices.
MINNESOTA.
GIRAtNy LAKE,; Jan. 9Th gold output Of
trlcts for the past month has been larger than
ever before In their history, and IL said BY eK-
come, from mines about Lake Of the Wo2ds.
;he M!k !, having produced SssQn; the spl,
Rainy lake nnl Us tributaries. were the Golden
ga, G VIII SlSOO2, the tHa mn RseI with
5000 and smaller properties with about
ALASKA.
SEATTLE, Feb. lon Copper Mountain.
engaged for the past yeat in developing a gold.
COPPER edge. and y Is nov represented that
On the same ledge, and directly on the Kater,
arc, two claims owned by n Seattle syndicate,
which NIL begin develonment THO first q March,
Here there is. an. outcrOp tfty feet wide. twen-
ty-aye feet OF which Is solid copper-gcld ore
worth $40 on tho surface.
Cant. Over, one OF the discoverers OF the
famous Dyer lode on Helm Bay. is arranging
Tor the construction OF a mill of sufficient ca
p" TRs i fG sp news f from Y9 doiiyiS 9' B Sns district fF4 : was
brought overland this week by miners coming
by way of Dawson. They report important
.'' ~ III pCNOiui uni plI tiohl w bVhNo
to 81 to the. pan. PREPARATIONS were under
way for the introduction of hydraulic plants
values per cubic yard. 1t is estimated that 100
miners are, operating winter, ,diREings along
the several streams in this district. and the
spring cleanup promises, well.
hydraulic plants are also being shipped in
over the ice and snow to Forty Nile and tribu-
cupine or the British side. More capital is
being invested in these mines and mining will
systematic scale.
WARRINGTON.
SEATTLE. Feb. .1.-DurinE the past, week
there have been important strikes in Index,
lie to the westward Of the Cascades in the
great copper belt. These districts have been
more thoroughly prospeeted this winter than
any OF the others, and from four to five very
promising ore shippers are being added TO the
list. The advance in the price Of copper has
in This belt. and prospects, that we're offered
Tor almost a song In the fall high
If sss mi6 nov' r The o ss% re i i els s}s true o o, silye r.
lead. silver and gold from 800 to $l2O per ton.
In Republic camp there are now oyer 1000
cold weather during January Interrupted mill
Ing operations by freezing water pipes. but
ing. The strike In the Mountain Lion places
that mine on a footing with the Republic. and
i fnsre s aF9 d R.sefiS msnf i Is ss fiTs e PusRed PT With
great rapiditv. The average assay OF the ore
is $40 per ton gold.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SEATTLE. Feb, 1.-The Annie. which, be-
longs to the Cariboo Company. is down thirty
being in solid ore the full width. 1t assays
The Northwest mining syndicate which re-
Gently purchased the Bosun mine. near New
erai times over by the OUTPUT Of the property.
1t cost $500 and the syndicate has cleaned
up $4,000.
MINING NOTES.
The Iron Silver. Leadville. has increased it's
OUTPUT. to lSO tons per day. the ore yielding
A cleanup by natives OF the work of four
men ior forty days at the santa Barbara 6n AZ.
is one Of the properties Of the South American
Promoting Syndicate.
United States The New York representative
wi With C one eSm imm c a@oun q fTnt to SD y ,o5os Res
ports from several points speak highly Of the
results obtained from American machinery
mining supplies OF al, kinds.
Representatives of leading mine owners OF
Joplin and Galena will meet IN this city during
theigreat2 zinc and lead industrvof Missouri and
10 haa estsbli II IS be esG60sed; am 6efe 9 fa br, 1hln tbs
producers in closer touch with tho big con-
sumers and exporters.
Spokane, Charles Sweeney. general manager
OF tne Empire State-luanOC company. VINO was
in the city yesterday. told The SuN reporter
that the accounts of the richness Of this new
esmP c erf nHt e e1sgssr ssiG Mr. & sw we'll grove T PRs
prospects on the surface are probably the big
gest in the history of mining. People are
rushing in now on snowshoes and Immense
prices are being paid for claims. One group
Of three has Just been bonded to Eastern par
tiesfUr S5JO.OOO As soon as the snow disap-
pears Buffalo Hump will be the most active
camp in the country. The ore is rich quartz.
the concentrates from a test OF $500 pounds
pa vtn ~ . q annt amman En nItnnna AtIyar
13 per cent. lead and 80 ounces gold"