Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-03-08


Prosperous Year Il Predicted-Mining
Notes aud Personals.
The five leading gold producing coun-
tries for 1898, according to figures recent
ly published, were: Transvaal, South
Africa, $73,476,600; United States, $64,-
300 900; Australia, SOL ,4s0,763; Russia,
$25, ,l36, ,994; Canada, $l4,l90,000.
Eight Hundred Dollars Per Share.
Calumet & Hecla stock is selling in Bos-
ton at $500 per share, the par valne being
S25. This stock has increased over 800
per share since last October. II lS.cent
copper will make such values, 2O-cent cop
per will simply put it "out OF sight"
Southeastern Alaska.
Very encouraging reports are finding
their way into PRINT concerning quartz
developments in southeastern Alaska.
One concern, the Sea Level Mining 4
Milling Co., claims to have large force
of men opening up series OF large veins
which average in gold from $25 to S02
Copper in Minnesota.
A copper strike has been made at the
mouth of knne river, about IL miles from
Duluth, on the north shore, that may
result in mines that will rival those OF
the Michigan copper country. The strike
is said to be one of the richest OF the
numerous copper strikes made in this vi
cinity in years.
siIverton, ID. c., Tramway.
Silverton, one OF the busy mining towns
of SLOGAN lake, is figuring on number
of important improvements this season,
among which are 200-ton concentrator
at the Emily Edith mine, an aerial tram
way by the Wakefield company, a long
crosscut, tunnel on the Vancouver group,
and several companies are several com
panies are getting ready to start develop
ment work.
February Shipments.
February's shipments of ore from Slo-
can mines have brought the total ship
ments since January | up to $500 tons
II this rate of shipment is continued, it
will bring the output for the year up to
a figure more than double that of 1898,
and add new Importance to the silver-lead
producers of the SLOGAN, and will do more
to stir up the already awakening capi-
talists to these great dividend paying pro-
positions than tons OF carefully prepared
statistics on the merits OF the Slocan as
a money making district.
TI,a yVutar =. the CnnstorL
The work of unwatering the great
Comstock was started up last week, and
without hitch of any kind water was
sent through the pipes to Sutro tunnel
under a 000-pound pressure. The water
was reduced in the shaft at the rate Of a
foot minute, the stream running
through Sutro tunnel like a mill race.
The water company is furnishing all the
water needed, and steady pressure is
maintained at the 1900 foot level There
is great enthusiasm at Virginia City over
the success OF the pumping plant, and it
is regarded as the turning-point OF new
era on the Comstock.
British Columbia.
A foot OF clean ore has been struck on
the Mabou, adjoining the Enterprise, on
SLOGAN lake.
The SLOGAN Ore Purchasing Company
has been organized to build sampliDg
works at Nelson.
At meeting Of the Northern Belle
stockholders at Toronto, ii was practical
ly decided to resume operations on this
property in the near future.
Republic.
The rich ledge in the Flag Hill has
widened to one foot.
The shaft on the Snow Drop has reach
ed depth Of 80 feet.
Work progresses steadily in the shaft
of the North San Poll.
The Trade Dollar cross drift is still be.
ing pushed from the bottom Of the winze.
There is no change in the appearance
Of matters in the Palo Alto since last re-
ported.
There is no change in the appearance Of
the quartz in the Troubadour shaft this
week.
There was some nice ore taken from the
bottom of the shaft on the Agnes at a
depth of 80 feet.
The rock in the Anaconda tunnel con-
tinues to be very hard, and as a conse-
quence the progress is slow.
The crosscut has passed through the
great ore body Of the Quilp, at Republic
and drift has been started to run with
the ore.
The Ben Hur management has inaug-
urated plan to determine the most ia
vorable point on the claim to sink a
double compartment shaft.