The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-17
VIEWS FROM MINING CAMPS.
.,,ys FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
RICH MONTANA DISTRICT.

H,IrcrnI Prospects Around the Head
u.,.r. Of the Zig Blnckfoot Hiver-Good
,.,,rt. from the New District in So
ro. MeIico-PromisinE Copper District
T.. Colorado Lake Region Prospects.
-.r Mon April l1.-At the headwaters
ptr Elarkfoot River. extending eastward
wv ,hc uprer canon to the backbone Of the
nv" r,,cc OF the Rocky Mountains. Is n coun-
miayi,, an area Of more than 500 square
w. wbi,h gives premise Of great possibili-
y" l., uiuerol developments In early days
lain md Keep Cool gulches on the north
v,Cl.l,au Gulch on the south contributed
'wol r,opor'ion OF Montane's output OF
w. cold. the last-ra.led Eulch having the
p"vrn,,ion of yielding the highest grade Of
Io.sr cold In the state. I'll gulches are con-
,".i Wv n geological formation Of magnesia
... With the exception OF lincoln and Black
'r a branch Of Poo.man. which are located
n granite.
.,n,sr camp. owing to the high and rugged
.on,r,ins and extensive forests the country
t. dlnl,u,f Of access. In early days Indians
r,,,d exhibit samples containing a high grade
=, cop,er ore. Finally for u consideration
h.r conducted n party OF prospsctors to tho
su.,rDpIlfk- OF IN lUllltllNt lciu y VOpboI ore.
gt. prn,er,y has now been secured by Den
"a, CAPITALISTS and during the past winter
.rcb development work has been done. Two
'o,e tunnels have cut the lead at the depth Of
..r,ral hundred feet. The property is
s,1Ipped with modern machinery. including
mir rompros-ors and drills.
Tho most important discovery in this dis
,,ct vas made last fall. A prospectcr named
n. partmiller uncovered a blind lead which
,,oyed TO he four feet wide in lead carhonates
9TH fourteen inches Of Calena on the foot
,.u Tracing the lead to the loot OF the hill, a
.urrel.was run and much ore found. The ore
IN This discovery does not run as high as in
N, other leads IT the camp, but the ore bodies
ara much larger. The ores are found In the
sho,es and porphyrltic granite and contacts. a
,smarkable feature OF the district being that
nearly all the leads strike up and down the
mountain sides. The greatest difficulty in
,bs WAY OF the development of this district is
the arluous task OF getting the ores to the rail-
,oad. which involves a long haul over the main
range.
1os ANGELES. April S.-The first. systematic
sTort al working quartz ever made in Del
Norte county j. turning out successfully on
the jenkins Il Lewis property on Myrtle Creek.
They have free miiling ore thatiassays from S13
to Si5U per ton and are developing u good pay
Several hundred acres Of placer ground have
been located on the Siskiyou fork Of Smith
River by an Oregon company.
Recent oil discoveries II a new district in
good deal of attention. The Coalinga field Is a
rich producer. but the new district. while 1t
gives promise OF being as rich as the other. is
len times greater In area. An English syndi-
cate has purchased the Avenal ranch Of IL, 5OO
acres, an undeysloped oil property, in the Coal
lnga district. and will lay "a pipe line twenty
1--WE miles in length to Hanford.
At Acton. Los. Angeles county. the New
York mine, which was steadily worked for
some years. is to be reonened.
On Mount San Antonio. at an altitude of
thought to be an ancient river channel. con.
from his source have been worked with good
results every, spring for a good MANY years.
The recently discovered mining claims near
Winchester, Riverside county. are giving. with
rich properties. A body Of exceptionally good
rock YES uncovered last week in one of.them
A Boston company. organized as the San
Bernardino Copper, Company. and headed by
j. B. Nelly and T. T. French. has bought some
partially developed copper properties in San
burg. There are forty-fye claims partially
feet, all showing strong, lodges and carrying
copper which runs as high as % per cent. be-
sides some gold in tho sulphides. The new
u an ."h 'hS " hCNClOp
the mines thoroughly and work them on q
large scale.
you county. recently paid a dividend OF II,
GER cent. net proilt from two weeks work.
The gravel yielded $3.50 a day and double that
amount on Sundays. when the rifles were
taken up.
Negotiations. are under way for the'sale OF
the kawhlde and App mines Of Tuolumne coun-
not been made public, and the price mas not
been settled upon. but it is thought that the
g5oserty canIot he purchased for less than
S n1!ss..l William 1H &ovPfiFsi.n w. II. I I~nfp' and ID Jo 5ne
Ballard. have recently had .Gisagreements
over he mines and tw" or three months ago
entered Into what promised to he a long,
somn!lcatsi and. expensive litigation. The
ntst STIPULATION OF the present negotiations Is
days This property has long been among
me richest and most famous Of California
The Mountain Belle mine. near the Soulsby,
IN Iu3lurnnc county. has,been.bought by local
capital. which will give il thorough develop
heatS Ihe S,ouIshy has.been worked, to a
~ After q recent severe rainstorm a gold
nugget worth $50 was picked up in the street
N sonora and good MANY smaller nugget
soulsbyvi!le.
NEVADA.
.IEg!NIA CITT, Arril s~.,AChurchill county
quart that r%ays:hy. the hand mortar. has util-
NE windmill Of II neighhoriEg rancher for
nIeratlNg a ,thirty-pound stamp. With wind
,n power he puiverizes half a ton OF ore in
,GuATMAs. AprilS.-Excellent reports continue
no come from the new. mining region In So
aaHGntezlma. district and the chief camp is La
,MiIornia. There the Arizona Mining "om-
yamhn, aitera thorough sampling Of their
.tGge oi Ire" milling gold ore. find tina 1t as
avs On NE average 500 per ton. The ledge is
, H. Hile"l 10 fifty feet wide. In,the Ca'ifor-
Ea' 70 feet below the surface, $50 gold ore
ns teen "ross-2ut for twenty feet and the
,toss cutting Is still going on in good ore. In
6snutner tunnel on this property at the depth OF
NV lee' a.! the face Of the:tunnel Is In ore
%grag!hg $50 per ton in gold. IN some OF the
r.at.ons where the vein is small the orc runs
mI"h higher, The ore from.one fifteen inch
III SSShyel loo ounces in silver and 500 in
snu he ores 81 thia camp with a very few
.H.ep,'ns are Tree milling. The.ledCes, from
Iai,a"t lhdl 'atlpns, seem to he almost ineN-
a m.n!ng EXPERT has been in the ca look
an"neI me Hold with a view OF erecting an
VII part on. tho laqui. five miles distant.
a,o mere is llenty OF water power to gener-
easr ~ transmit electric power. The ores are
frn11 y .tnNh md a~malgamating tests show
MI L'W ~ Ter cent, saved. 4 number %
Inn""e.rnk eNlcrtj representing both English and
Taii Tllrailta have visited the camp and are
/, '.-aArn win Us Prospects.
hts" UIe sierra ;Midre country. f.. n. Jewett
rr"rs ~ nlHred silver copper ore which ASSAYS
,,hhu't' ounces silver and II per cent. rOpper 10
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