The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-18
twenty. ave stamps will be dropping within the

period, end y a irst.slass mining .proposi :;
defined lodges which out-eropped for a, long
distance on the surface. their values being
M " s0 sra SH % S SSat sP
which would be Ordnsriy fssafdsa as Gn GOOD
Iracted4 Il Is ~ ostly hiTh grade gold bearing.
made IL ths Warrior General group. the ore
II Republic district there i.A large, amount
nine lsadinG all others Regular dividends Of
$50 600 monthly are paid and the mill 10
advanced sufflcisntly to Justify m III. and one
consideration, This will be the second divl-
In index and Silver Creek districts. which
are az, sixty mile, from tide water there are 100
1000 men are en- ploIed.. when year ago
there were not to exceed 300. There are
tbs aSd
district that will be enabled to make a record
this can be accom- pii.Rsd within y year. The
ore assays from 10 to 20 per cent. copper. -
The moot i'm portant strike among the many
made yesterday In the Anaconda claim, Beck;
Seattle and eleven niles from the Great North
ern Railroad. Two tunnels are being run to
one on the Washington claim tho other on the
Aneconda-and IN the latter the strike. was
mad made poopt ATTY feet from the mouth Of the
hi. lode is trScoaSs Tor ossf mile Ely lyins 'b be
was orSiaay p pa Tor $685. 90 but Z
would be difficult to name price that would
now take i. certainly not less than hall a mil
lion. In the washington tunnel 800 feet from
the Anaconda. they are getting into similar ore
and strike OF like magnitude is anticipated
daily.
ALASKA
SEATTLE, Wash. Sept 1.-THE mine and
mill on Unga Island have been very successful
this season. the output nearing half a million.
The stamns in this mill are constantly drop
Arrangem ents are being made for the devel-
OF bE claims aYn
on he Ines between stasaay aaa ssattfs II i
pines at cost Of 81 a ton to the smeIters on
Puget Sound. The lodges are from 20 to 100
fest wide and the ore assays from SO to $40 in
southeast q ths Treadv.n. located on lode
from si5S to $500 ton s2d The i prSFsrly .
mile ard hSi from tide water and Is very
TACOMA. Wash, Sept, 12-Capt, T w Draper,
l a Of the Second Regiment United states
Yukon fuel problem has been solved by the
discovery Of an enormous coal deposlt sixty
e rHea S6fh
American Trading 4 Transportation Company
has The
Sps Of eiGh, feet and fr The oth the. at.. .s,
SERIES Of soentp tests which %ere SShle
Strangely enough we found the
coal still frozen at depth OF. $50 feet. It is so
this Goa is equal to two and a-halt tons OF cord
wood Undoubtedly there is enough, coal there
ot cord wood o thing Of the past. Recently
!. $50 tons Of the coal were shipped tie Dawson.
where it will DO extensively used as soon as
which was selling a t $50 ton when I Ell
EosSo 6rssR year, has a,s rsdeved
,laim IN, the White Horse copper district, He
nearly persisted from hunger having lived for
ten days on such fowl as lie could Kill. About
noun tanous section Of White Horse after dis
covering what is believed to have been a fabu-
ously rich copperledge. The Indians found their
pure eopper. which they stated. the prospectors
had found or Last week. after receiving the
his partners brought out $4,000 of gold the
PROCEEDS OF the sale Of Eldorado mines rs. ~
In No :l3 Eldorado. l0 'D''''''
The White Pas. Railroad. forty miles long. ls
August the road sent forward 400 tons OF
freight from Skagway to Bennett. and the esti-
9F the as. week u Ansus wss 800
weeks weeks. 're!smRtinS toward the interior Pas
ing the roads income $3.50 900 for two weeks
steam thawing machinery. hydraulic outfits.
ths ~ STICK t and Lumber make
which is for Dawson. Freight ratios over the
line are three cents pound and passenger
$. II. Graves, OF London and Chicago, Presi-
dent OF the White Pass Railroad, has Just re-
roads business and earnings that he has given
White Horse Rqnids. II will thus land freight
Horse copper district. The grading will be
done this fall. and the rails laid in the spring.
horses, viii be Sperated between The end Of
the line and Dawson.
d Speaking OF the copper development Presi:
81 Alaska this summer. consigned TO Puget
Sound smelters don't mean a te W rocks but
the first large shfrment Of ore from Alaska
Nj Tiil create as gre, r greater excitement than
Alaska Is rich beyond dreams in gold. silver and
copper ore The placer mining W III be bagatelle
to the quartz mining We nre planning to bring
out OF Alaska next season a vast quantity OF
ore. 1t H. ore that vii pay not only the cost OF
mining. shipping and smelling. but will leave
handsome profit besides. Placer mining in
Alaska will not last long. but quartz mining
will last fore YER up there. and be, IN my opin-
ion. richer than tho mines OF any other country
on earth"
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SEATTLE. Wash. Sept 1.-THE Pacific North
west Development Company, operating on
Siwash Creek. near Yale. has com plat ed a saw
mill and is now engaged In getting out lum Der
for dams and fumes for o hydraulic Plant,
which will be in operation within the next thirty
days The ground Is regarded as rich as the
famous Williams Greek in Cariboo and extraor-
mary results nre anticipated. The claims
extend from Fraser River up Siwash Greek for
distance Of two miles. and It is estim ated that
1t will require twenty years to work them out
The new copper smelter at Van Andn is re-
ducing hIty tons daily and has proved so sue
ccssin that arrangements are being made 10
double the capacity OF the plant. A new strike
has been made In one OF the mines owned by
the an Anda Company. showing clean bornite
fully four feet wide and assaying 90 per cent
copper. besides gold and silver.
The North Star group noar Kimberly has
passed into the hands OF Montreal people and
10 now capitalized for $l.5O0,000. 1t ia said
that there are $4,000 tons OF silver-lead ora
blocked out 10 the mine that will assay $50 a
ton. The company has set aside $50. 900 for
tho construction OF a switch to CONNECT tho