The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-20
WORK IN THE MINING CAMPS
THE COPPER R1vGE RAILWAY rs
SF1RISG COMPLETION.
When II IL Opened the Mines Can Get
the Needed Heavy Machinery Into the
District-A New District Located In

When 1t Is Opened the Mines Can Get
the Needed Heavy Machinery Into the
District-A New District Located In
'olorndo-Booming tho Black Hills.
HouGHroN. Mich. Nov. ls.-The falls OF the
o.'onaGoa River. one OF the largest streams
oraining into Lake Superior. are 10 be har-
messed AMI thu power used by the owners the
Victoria Copper Mining Company. which was
o-:1niz"d year ago to reopen the old Forest
an Victoria mines. The Victoria people are
n.o'ting with great announcement In their
" !ergr0uni work. having opened q fins lode
Q stamp rock, supposed to be the Evergreen
nmggdaloid. which has been work ed prontab bly,
~ the National Adventure and Mass mines to
Tho eastward. They have also found many
moses Of copper. some nearly a ton In weight
az ot virgin metal. Some OF the power from
II" falls will be used TO operate an electric line
from the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic
Hallway 10 the mine. the track being built in
such manner that It will easily carry any load
sustained UPON the roadbed OF any ordinary
raj line. Additional power can readily be dis
posed OF t. manufacturing enterprises
The scarcity OF labor continues. though an
Improvement Ia this particular Is likely TO
enDc very soon, as deep snow will necessarily
nut stop to much surface work about tho
Mines while the completion OF the Copper
Range Railway will release upward OF 1900
men now engaged in building that line The
oonrer Range people are using every, effort to
ini.h the road carly next mouth. The COM
ton OF this line will give rail communirn-
70 thc Irmopntain. Coppcr Range. Elm
nm,ry roads; something ike i25 tote teams
"aghonH to ses on m tia Fomfh Ranse
, he oncning Of the railroad the mines "
eI' n to 3d 81 IN heavy machinery. which could
The Champion Copper Company Is the latest
r"a,r N THIS distr Ct. and as the days Of boom
v oyodahlo thai the new company is formed
n 9ke money solely by mining. The Cham;
o4 ,5n comr%sed Of New YORK ard
G.ol here this week, Tor 2iG acres SO Of land,
.g2ht from Ste. Marie's Canal Company ad-
the ,npor RANGE and Trimountain mines are
c"hildent that both will make large mines.
cALIPoRSh.
Los ANGELES. Nov. 11.-Oll has been dis
',tcd on the Miner ranch, not far from
l",rkeIey, in Alameda county
h" mining, districts around Keller and In
a. ract good deal OF attention Near Keller
he 'GWEgr Tt%ESr,Gs are b"qg opened Sp
: -r%%corI q si.5o0,oO0, The workings are
oIl has nc,en discovered and several locations
:, on tho islands In Mono Lake. Mono
ne standard Con. G. ". Co.. at Bodie has
'' JARED vdend ~ 10 cents per share
,I Is r,morcl in Harrisburg, Kern county,
me liothschilds ara trying 10 buy the Yell
wy Aster Their agent, X-Senator \. w.
IggrrH o l. has been ,GxamininG the property.
~ ne THnr0Sc 4 llarker hydraulic mine near
,r",i"i M. Ncva n county. has been equipped
o,na restraining dam and Is ready 10 begin
Vr"'atlon' this winter. Spanish mine, near
iShIngton, has been closed down. For years
,, nine has been worked by means ofan open
H hnu made profit on rock that returned
- c"utsn ton. The cost OF mining and
.nG WAS 30 cents n ton. Now the cut has
"rhr 50 deep thar the property cannot he
No' + through n SHIFT vs." " '' ~
.O-r"lnd gold brick. tho result of n nine
i'sS run rom ilings by the cyanide process.
7 lust ie"n shipned from the Good Hone
tn.r, ~ lNEnrside county Not long ago the
,l,Sp' Al The western part NJ Riverside county
WIKI rnhnrlnned miners as being compare
,''n worthless, but the successful working OF
'riyHnNl" process has changed al this.
Ne colorado River below Noodles, on both
y, hlllnrhin and the Arizona sides, Ia alive
. d" n,oSn,c'o@-, Through all that region
"sr pre- now NJ least ten times ms many as
Inrnhtl" were before. The coming winter IL
or.r99,i'o Src some productive mines put In
1A9 EnG!nItas copper mine. San Diego