The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-19

VIII Be- ready Tor shipment the latter part Of
"a, report come. thl. morning from Hslv!tla
Pat English. an old miner in Tucson, found
and ever since has devoted most OF hls time
In ascertaining Its source. To-day he sent in
with copper predominatina. The ledge Il
small. no development work having been done
out II he haa only small strnger" OF the rock
and outlay.
The sale OF the Santa Rita copper mines last
the largest Gales ever recorded in New Mexico.
The santa Rita Company's claims cover thirty
santa Rita district The consid.ration wa" was
tate Is said to have received 500. 600:for the
Gn G tRe deed ameunssd
70 VI 40. The mines were worked BY the
wes packed on mules 70 the City Of Mexico,
i.oOO miles. and thence was sent 70 Spain. II
snd push the properties TO their fullest extent.
santa ~. viii be one Of the Target mining
campo IL that territory. rvelling Clifton Bis
There are now eighteen men using dry
eide with good results. William Boyle and
III S ss9: SHyn s tes rsI Fos
which they took out from what they e,I.
mated to be seven yards OF dirt. The rich
two feet of dirt. which they strip as it does not
carry enough value to pay working in q rocker.
the rhs d.t has Seea
producing gold for the past thirty years. but
has never been systematically worked the
rocker and dry washer being the only methods
used.
William ]. shiek has left for New York
the Trego placer mines in the Ehren berg dis
trict He represents company OF New York
mines nd thsy to hs
yards of gravel a.day They have secured
go acres Of good ground and will put in
of Ave miles The water will be pumped into
q reservoir high enough to secure a good ny
$1,000. The gravel runs high in coarse gold.
with an average OF fifteen feet to bed rock
UTAH.
SALT LAKE.. Juno 12-DurinR the week the
iles which brought check for nearly 1000.
This Ia the finest shinment ever made from
Merc9r, the value being over $3.50 q pound.
Of cyanIdes. valued at 500. 600 wa ''
Salt Lake capitalists have bonded the Hid
for $4,000. These claims lie at the head OF
Salt Valley. where considerable work Is now
Arrangements have been made for heavy
ehinments OF guano to California. The pro-
duct comes from Gunnison and Hat islands.
The Highland Bow Company has lust
shipped 10000 tons OF pig copper. the first
product 81 the new smeltsr. The plant Is Ris-
Excitement reigns on Beaver Greek. Sum
f. WhcS runs Ss m e. an
This 10 the section in which the Lost Josephine
on Thursday the Bullion Beck will pay
dividend Of $4,000 and the Centennial Eureka
IDAHO.
IDAHO CIrY. June 1.-THE Washington ten
stamp mill In Gamhrinus district which had
remained idle for ten years. resumed orushinR
last Thursday Las; 'PTing the y nine and min 4
NJ. Woolley OF Ogden. I tab. and K. P. Plowman
OF this city. They are now pun ping the water
level large BODY OF good gold ore has been
discovsrsd cast Of the old surface workings.
, s1o t ON .f 81
:, The company That has held an option on tho
HUMP has abandon ed the property. consider
T nG Rsfs SE s has y h
for Il.
THE LAKE REGION.
DULUTH. Mimi, juno 1b-Sixty thousand
tons Of ore were shipped over the docks Of the
a DAY G x he
largest business for one day Of any railroad IN
e.: sn TnS Pp as s ina q. Eps 5 Fad
tons day recently. and there is an average
daily shipment out 8 Of dG al the p2rts on Lake
Lake Michigan ports ship over 100000 tons
week. The movement OF ore is greater than
by the close Of navigation 1900. 900 gross
tons will have been moved to the lower lakes
This VII Te .S any fear Of that
sbe East asst III inc A'' u '"' 'u'nA''"eA
A transfer has been made OF the Franklin
and the mine is now. adding all the mon It can
get. soon 500 will be put at work and ship
TrCd1 M n N flo
the:s.neral superstition is that ore prices viii
good grade will bring from s. to So a ton,
There is unprecedented activity, in expIora.
mon On sHs for h ron %nes that
have been abandoned for ten to twenty years
are being bumped ont and reopensd and old
ture Of the landscape OF mining towns for SO
long that m ost people have begun to consider
and are.now being shipped. Glasses OF ores
that have been considered wor.hisss are being
taken under options for good prices by some
OF the most prominent ompanies, and every
mine that has any signs Of vnluo is either work
ing or under lease and development On all
the ranges there is a widening OF the area OF
known mineral lands and millions OF tons OF
ore will probably he added to the known re.
OF the tire n endous demand that has sprung up
within the past few months.
Between ana on the
GUS idle mines for the past five or ak years.
there Is now not one Idle property. and num-
Dor OF the small mines have been consolidated
under single Arrangements and are to be
worked heavily.
The Mseaba Iron COMPANY. the original
Minnesota iron ore concern has given OPP
ton on It's 5000 acres OF East Mesaba lands TO
one OF the heavy mining concerns OF the East.
The Cleveland GINS Company will unwater
and reopen the Imperial mine. and CorriGan.
Mckinney & Co. will opeu group Of three
mines near Ironwood that they have recently
secured. The work Of putting Odanah and
Superior. west OF Hurley. into shape for min
every propsrty near it In active shape.
Three Of the mines OF the lake region are
spite the fact that tim Der Of the best sort is at
their doors and is cheap. These are the first
The Canadian Mines Deve;opme Mt Com
pany has been organized In London. and:has
bought for about 100000. part caEh and part
stock the we'll. known Foley mine of tho west
Ontario gold fields. The mine is the deepest
OF the eastern part OF these fields and has bet
com pany "a caotalized for ST. 100000 aud has
put up 1925 1000 in.cash for Immediate devel-
opnent Of the mine.
ing Company has been formed in Toronto,
and Hammond FolGer properties. as well as OF