The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-23
WORK In THE MININGCAMPS
FIVE THOUSAND MEN TO WINTER IN
CAPE NOME DIGGIRGS.


Work in the Lake Superior Iron Fields
Tho Zine Mines of Missouri Bolt Closed.
SEATTLE. Wash. oct. 18-On Thorne Arm.
twenty-five miles southeast OF Kelchikau, 10
the Sea Level mine. which Ia being developed
by shaft and tunnel The shaft is down 100
feet and the tunnel in $50 feet on the ledge
and in ore oil the way the ledge being twenty
seven feet wide. The ore assays from S16 to
500 ton free gold. with specimens running
up into the thousands. 1t Is estimated that
there are 1900 tons on the Dumps and II is the
purpose Of the owners to construct a twenty
stamp mill for it's reduction in the spring Tho
mill will be driven by water power. which Is
available on the property. Thorne Arm affords
n landlocked harbor where vessels Of the
largest size can enter and load with safety at
any season OF the year. The mine is we'll
equipped. having boarding and bunk houses.
blacksmith shop and magazine Fifteen men
are employed and work will be pushed ener-
geticay all winter. there being plenty OF capt.
tai for DEVELOPMENT purposes. Within the
next twelve months the Sea Level bids fair to
take position among the dividend payers OF
southeastern Alaska.
Tho mines OF Cape Nome are tho absorbing
topic in camp and ca bin all over the country. and
those who are in position to venture an ntelli-
gent prediction say there will be $4,000 men
gathered upon the golden shores next spring.
the wonderful stampede setting in the first of
May and lasting until navigation closes In o.
toher. The distance from Seattle to Cape
Nome by sailing vessel and steamer is 1890
miles and the time by steamer is from eleven
to seventeen days BY sail the time is meas
ured by favornG winds but 1t has been made
in from twelve to twenty days by schooners.
1t is estimated that there are 5000 men
in Cape Nome and neghboring districts.
eli - uhn in tak inc
risks in order to be on the ground when the
mining season is fairly open in the spring.
The majority Of these men have been in tho
Klondike from one to three years. and are
therefore acclimated and also used to the hard
ships OF the inhospitable country. During the
past month several steamers and sailing ves-
sells have been engaged in carrying provisions.
lumber and fuel from St. Michael. l35 miles
distant from Cape Nome: hence there is
longer fear Of famine. BY reason OF tho rich
beach diRgings. which have been free to all.
men who were willing and able to work could
readily make from $40 to $50 a day. 80 that
gold dust was in the pockets OF everybody.
Miners who have been In every camp on the
Pacific coast for the past forty years declare
they never saw digsIngs whore money was
abundant as In Cape Nome. and all Of 1t taken
from the gravel since the frst OF June. Hun
dreds who were stranded two months ago are
now in comfortable circumstances and have
made it with but little effort. In evidence OF
this statement. a little schooner from Maine.
the Cisco. sailed from Cape Nome two weeks
ago with sixtv men on board none Of whom
had been in the district over ninety days. and
their united holdings amounted to 100000 in
Cape Nome gold dust. There wasn't blank
in the lot No large fortunes, such as were ac-
cumulated in the Klondike. have yet been re-
ported. but all have made money and hundreds
have been placed in easy circumstances
This winter it is proposed to demonstrate
the value of the tundra as gold producer.
This can only be done successfully when the
ground is frozen. after the manner OF mining
in the Kondike. The tundra covers thou
sands OF acres. and is apparently limitless.
New creeks are also being opened up further
in the interior and are giving great promise.
while the beach diggngs are found to extend
still further along the shores Of BehrinG Sea.
Lord Earnest Hamilton. who has been
purchasing and bonding mines In Atln dis
trct for his London friends. has been very
much Disguised with his treatment at the
hands Of jumpers. He had hardly folded the
papers giving option on very desirable prop
critics when he was nforme! the property had
been jumped. He at once informed the Atlin-
ties hat he was there for business. intending to
spend large sums in development, but IL they
would abandon the camp and seek country
where they could appreciate his efforts in
building 1t up.
On Pine Creek. in Attn district. the Lambert
Stewart claims have averaged three ounces to
the man this season. and the clean up amounts
to $4,000. Twenty-Five men were employed
on this property.
WARRINGTON.
SEATTLE. Oct. Ga test has been made OF
the sylvanite ores taken from the Eureka
mine In State Creek district, and the result was
$4,000 to the ton. This is the richest
ever struck in Washington. and 1t is said that
one pocket contains two tons equally as rich
that from which the wonderful assay was OBJ
tanned. while tellurium permeates the entire
lode to a great extent The pay ore is twenty
five feet wide at the bottom OF the main shaft at
adepth OF 2SO feet. One hundred mon are en-
poyed in developing the mine. constructing a
mill and building roads. the latter being nearly
completed. and the mill stamps are ready to
drop. II Ia anticipated that the Eureka will be
a record breaker as soon as the mill starts up.
Two hundred miners will be employed In the
district this winter on the Eureka. Mammoth
and Mountain Goat. 1t is said that tho district
will be capable Of producing from 100000 to
$2OO.OOO a month when the mills are all in
operation.
is employing fifty men. and Is making regular
shipments OF high Grade ore to the smelters. 1t
Ia estimated that there are 1000 tons Of $40 ore
on the dumps. and twice that amount In sight
OF second class. which will be concentrated
and shipped. The expenditures on develop
ment in the mines and on trails aud wagon
roads amount to about 100000. but there is q
splendid mine to show for it,
Canadians have reversed the order OF things
in Deer Trail No. q in the old Colville Reserve.
They crossed over the line. as the Americans
have been doing, and created a dividend payer
on Yankee soil. the dividends going to Mon
treal instead OF Spokane. On Wednesday they
will pay their seventeenth dividend. leaving a
handsome amount in the treasury for improve
ments and contingencies. This is a silver
lead property that has paid handsomely from
the start
The Bonanza group OF copper claims in Sill
verton district, on the old Monte Cristo Rail-
road. was bonded last week to Boston capital
lists for 100000. This property has been on
the market for several years and has been re-
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