The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-17

bigbee Waa successful In his undertaking.
S e sHt Of ststSe will cost In the
3 Ss1 Si1d s%oSat6f e paid
Silver King, $4,000; Bullion Beck. $4,000;
e"ansea' So'oto. - -
Tucson. July If. D. WlRhtman. who re-
Gently returned from tho Cananea mines. in
northern Sonora, Mexico. reports that 200 men
are at work In the mines and that two car
loads Of bullion have been shipped since June
10. Tho ore goes as high as 80 per cent. cop
,tsot ( TsPGr, ted thSt Hoqny recently
is located near the famous J jersey Ily mine
In the Crack mine Bob Knowles and AL
runs as high as As per cent coppsr and S,i5 in
S9d SeT ton This d rich ore was
The Arizona Copper Com pany. has Just COM
pleted its large elevator, wheel for lifting Stag
wheel has lifting capacity OF $50 tons Of Stag
1t 10 reported that the Nicholson Gold Mining
company has cold its properties in the Cave
Srosp tnown as the
there is IN sight an ore body which In value Is
work has Cs Done Com
that machinery will be at once erected and ac-
4, An importapt strike was recently made in
the Blue Jay mine. A new ehaft has been
shaft and In this fine vein OF ore was found.
A sam pie from what appeared to be the poor
10 ounces to the ton IN silver T The mine Is
here and aside from the silver the ore runs II
]. W. Lawson, representing New York oapi-
tal':ts: has lately secured a ninety day option
on thirty or moro wolfram claims In the Rus
seville district.
WASHINGTON
SEATTLE. July lo.-In the Sunset group.
tered ip the main shaft and progress has been
;s g. . tpterrupted A, large body Of born
cnsd q BODY ps OF ses 6s
;Ss fIsrs, s%ss4 iii Bsss a:S sS
continue during the season. All the output
has been contracted for by the smeter at that
similar In character to that Of the Sunset,
restoring the Monte Oristo hallway will begin
hs month ont -, nov that al II. interests have
advanced the money Tor 20 opening the Monte
Gristo mines and for constructing the railroad.
wi" ssron D FAKE and
viii give hundreds Of miners employment.
In the Warrington Anaconda group. IN
OF the Anaconda In tunnel that is being run
on the vein I; 10 bornite ore CARRYING values
300 per, ton, There is between one and two
feet OF this class of ore. all Of which will bear
class OF ore while ON m on to the Index country
west OF Becker has not been met here before.
and gives great encourag cement to the people
who have this group under bond.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SEATTLE. Wash. July 1O.-Ths Exploration
Company at Fair field Is operatinR ten stamp
mill and making a profit of about. $500
the depth Of 400 feet in the SHAFT the i. dse has
been lost, and the men are now pros pecting
for it. Ih:y are working on ere re- above tho t0t
would BE- bet ter pleased Il the ore would con-
tinus to the deep. Out OF 4 100 tons they OBJ
yer. or nsar.y $4,000
On the west coast OF Vancouver leland tho
Wisconsin syndicate which owns the seachart
mines is making good progress in developing
the group on tho brow OF Seachart Mountain.
extremely valuable for its hish-srads Besso.
mer iron. the surface ore going over w per
cent. metallic iron. CARRYING low in silica; sul.
was held at a high figure whom examined by
the Japanese Government. Recon ly change
while valuable enough as, iron ore ply. It
was found still more valuable for the copper II
Gradual and not to the liking Of the owners.
who were satisfied with the iron as originally
% 81 s9d
miles from Victoria aud are very accessible by
water.
IDAHO CITY. JULY, a.-over fifty men are now
employed In the Washinston mine y, nc Gam m
lotion OF the 300 foot shaft cutting tho gold
ledge which is found to be good. Good ore is
also coming out OF the silver mine worked
through the same shaft.
William Williamson yesterday secured S ed, a
trict. He left Tor Spokane. Wash, this morn
mg To I'm er sha o hs
denth OF at leas 300 feet. The Illinois, being
in a fiat section where there is considerable
turned out, over ,s25O.000 The vein is from
vest Of and on the same ledge as the Lucky
Boy, which is turning out 80 well
TO cut tho Klondike. six miles west Of Idaho
City, TO the depth OF ~ ieet d Thls isaRS y
Three gold quartz mines lately discovered
on Willow Greek four miles west OF this place.
are turning out very rich ore.
dredse tho New England Company is 70 use on
More Creek, short distance above the Warm
Thlladslphia company that owns large
below here has the bitches dug and has com
menced the construction OF a bedrock fume.
THE LAKE REGION.
DULUTH. Mimi. July 1O.-The most inter
esiing matter connected with the iron ore
OF ore to the lower LAKES from Lake Superior
mius. This movement has now reached
total OF about 6.S5O.OUO net tons. Just about
half that or all last year
There are now under construction at lake
shipyards vessels for tho ore trade that will
have carrying capacity OF more than 2.5OO.-
900 tons In a single season. and those are com
ing into use week by week, Many OF them
VIII be In commission before this fall All the
ships now afoat are able to carry more
carRoes by 10 per cent. than year ago. By
reason OF the deeper draught in connecting
lake channels. and there is now NO fear. as
earlier in the year. OF scarcity OF ships to do
tho work OF the year.
Iron ore miners are not now selling any ore,
but they are figuring on the price they will
charge next year. and this 10 quito likely to be
ard ores nu viii bring from $3.50 Tor Mssabas to
81 80 for old range ores OF good quality. sales
OF millions Of tons were made the past spring
fer from $500 for MesaDa to $3.50 for old
ranges.
the great Chaplin iron mine OF the Mepominee
range. buG 1t Is a fact. as stated In this CORE
spondence two weeks ago. that the mine has
actually been sold The National steel Tom
many is the purchaser and paid So. 100000.
The mine includes the Hamilton and l.udinR-
ton properties. the latter the deepest mine In
the lake country. and the three contain enor-