The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-02
COPPER FINDS IN MEXICO.
soyoR PROPERTY SIID 10 HIpE
$4,000, OOO IN sIGHI.

lament of the ClRims-CRlifornin Dining
Intsrests Greatly benefited by tho Recent
Ro,nfaii-Sews from Mining Centres.
=, p,so. Tex, Dec. 23.-Americans from
,.I,ora recently bought a rich copper mine.
-hich is ltcated in the Cananea Mountains.
aonora and are reported to be surprised at its
.s,.rt and richness. II 10 said that there is
sow over SG.O0O.00O worth Of copper In sight.
Th.rs are forty claims in the group. A plnnt
ali he nut on the properties. a railroad will be
h,ilt and about 700 men will be employed
vhen the plant IL In operation. II IL under
,,ood that DR.. II. @. Floweriof Boston and others
are the purchasers.
The Pinos Alta "conducta' took to Chihua-
br. last week hfty-two bars Of silver and gold
,alued At Sl5O.OOO. Nineteen bars came from
The pinos Altos mine, nine from Watterson's
nina. nine from FL Refugio and tho remainder
from private parties.
Reports come Of a new strike on the La Reina
nina The history OF this mine is interesting.
n was discovered last April by Francisco Ram
,r.z A poor man. Ramirez worked for some
lima on his own account and realized Sl7O.-
900 Afterward n company was organized.
Among the stockholders are Gov. Ahumada,
n rioue c. Creel and others. The ore con-
taIns silver. lead and a little gold. The silver
ia IN the form OF brown chlofides and sui
nbides. with a few carbonates rich in silver.
In tho 'Schultze process which is being
testsd at the Warren mine. In the Hillsboro
di,trict Of New Mexico. the gold ore. lust as IL
comes from the vein. without being crushed,
is nut into a furnace, oXidized by heat. puri-
fad BY gas, hydrated by steam, disintegrated
into powder and concentrated by a pneumatic
eoncentrator. The OUTPUT of this district
aimee Jan. l is given as 9.515 tons.
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES. Dec. %. In Amador county
the Spagnoli mine. which was recently pur-
chased by d. Fisher and some others. has been
prospected by the new owners who will sink
n shaft and construct a mill. The Mahoney
is being nut down deeper and enough ore is
being taken out to keep the forty stamps drop
ping night and day.
Calaveras county this week had a thorough
soaking Of rain. whic. will result in the i'm
mediate opening of almost all the mines in
that region. There is enough water in the
Angels ditch to operate the mills and within a
week 1870 more stamps will be dropping.
The Rand district ana surrounding country.
in Kern county. is filed with nrospectors do
ing assessment work and looking up ground
subject to relocation with the Lew year. Many
new Lodges have been opened up. and some
good ore has been found. Teams laden with
supplies for the Argus. Ell Paso. Panamint.
STATE Range and other districts are leaving
RandsburG at the rate Of from two to a dozen
q day. In the Panamint a ten-stamp mill and
q cyanide plant will soon .be in operation ION
the Radclitf property. for which Los Angeles
and San Francisco people recently paid $780,
600. AT 1870 feet 1t has q four-foot vein OF $50
rock.
49,. pn.atnn lilo h,a h.,an Tan,ad pa.r-
an ..J - ahamina.on, orrn,,inn 80
NV ii,,Ia aar.,onn.a,, ,,orI. has hoon
49, - ,no naaI. a,.nrs =. It'll, -.
o"' ""a ..s.m - Iii =, - 10 90,
f'o per Ton a sn"'i s'"nip MN "e erect
has RECENTLY Skinned POO tons of ore to the
n,n. nhi,h oavo ,n ovoroo. nros, ~ S15
sihe'ei "n's" cav an ">'i"Se pinn
per ton. One carload OF ore from the Demp-
sew uetted $1,000, Many lodges now being
..nd h. ,..assmort Wi. eho,. Ior.-or,Jo
oIepeu ny dssesenieh' WIN SUI" o"si"'e
~ "'i ~ ~ g. p,,u
90 ,ncoIos county - altsr nlant for ex,r,ct.
ing gold from the waters OF the Pacific Ocean.
1t will handle loo gallons of water a minute.
-" w y" n - ~ - ,'saI. -
" l. bohprlshC 90. oi .oiorauo nave Sc
cured title to the Mississippi Bar mine, near
Folsom. Sacramento county, and will work it
80 I. ~. IT., III rS,, ho n,;a,,o1
w d "'euHcl' WHY" W." s'on nnta"7u
The mining camp OF Vanderbilt. San Ber-
n nrliDn county ia again yiplliuR good re-
Nr ' -
SUITS and IS said to be IN a prosperous cohdl-
ton. The st. George nine. which was bought
bv Flood Nackav and associates. worked fora
Tt,lo nhi,n md tnen sold far !. triea has d.
veloped under its new management into a
good nina Tbe Rronze is also produciro
80 49," Iyn.N. I mnn.,
anu some very eoou ulscoNeries nave receh'S
been made in the Hong.konE. At Copper City.
the now c,rrer comp ,he rni,ad Conner Com
" Vrn III. 49, o.na.oa n'mko.n
Iany OF New YORK. mas erected Il hunpef OF
buildings and has put on a force Of men to de-
yelop rome of the best claims. At the China
VN' UH"o 80 ~
bnraN Works the ground ana buildings are
being prepared for the bic reducing and re-
flung plant. which will be in operation im the
cary ellNiG'
,;a am m 1871 NT,rUDTd nnI .11,ui,r 49, ~ "a
StyTEn IL, hhS,i'lIion Snnm. haif ri wLi.b va
net urnri univ nart ot The starnns We're in
orerastiiHn Betwern Hedges and Yuma. AMI
irtn,,Iinn no frrn,a, an tho n,dnthIt mi
put Of hnnlIimnv is nhout 81 titmm0- '' '"'
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