The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
WESTERN MINING NOTES,

go In SlSkiNuu county. Cat, tnnahar
.lrpuSit shaving Il width OF 80 feet has
been found near Oak Ear.
Tn, bonanza ore shoot is reported to
have been encountered ut last in the rclt'-
hrutrd Cripple Greek Isabella mine.
r'rrm Crilple Greek comes news of
Strike in the Moon Anchor mine
which runs tiv. ounces per ton in gold.
The pay >trtak is : frrt wile.
G,ll ore running $3.50 60 the ton has
been encountered in the Lansing mine.
rnr rt the Pinnacle company properties
ia the Cripple Greek district.
'rhrv> is 1 new report Of the disrov-
Guy VI copper vein ten miles northwest
vi Aspen, t"l., where specimens have
been found running 1: per cent. copper
TIL. .,rtl output ct the Rand district,
krru county. Cal. for May is estimated
t" have mru SlIu.OM. nearly double
Nvir
The Mlka.l, mine, at the west end
~ thy Seine river district. is now pro
''u,luy gold at the rate Ut about $ln.wo
per month. and has just sent $l0,OM in
t''llj"u t. the home office in London.
LII IL new shaft ON the Bachelor mine
At Nuray. Col. at Il depth of 100 feet, Il
>"l'd body nt Silver-beAriny salcna WAS
discovered. 1t runs from 30 to 500 ounces
wide.
In the RurnS mime on tn, .\cacia
property. Cripple Creek district, an i'm
lmrtaut strike has been made. The pay
stNak is said to bt 81, feet wide all of
>mrltuS grade, and running as high as
$tlW TO the ton.
Nine Ohio and Chicago capitalists,
accompanied 10y four Spokane mining
n.rt,, rvvtutly visited Coruucnpi;, Or, to
chase. The amount involved in the deal
Is understood to he $I.,O,uUU.
The Princess Alc. Geld Mining COM
rary, more familiarly known as the
"wr'uan> company is the sole
rvrrr of the Lafayette claim in the
Cripple Greek district the last payment
II SlI,'Hn having been made.
by the end uf the present month the
dividends paid this year by Cripple Greek
mining companies will amount to well
ever 81 Nrn.N 900 The total amount of
Ii>i,lrul> distributed 10y Cripple t'r.rk
mining companies now amounts to over
SI.>'M.WHI.
In, copper mines on the west coast
rf Vancouver island continue 10 IMPROVE
AMI 4 number vt them have become reg
ular n!"lurrrS, but are compelled to find
4 market on the American side for their
copper ores. This is readily done, as the
is h@a grade.
w. \. Clark. the Montana million
a,r, has houSht for $3o.OOO in gold the
Sultana mine. which is Il valuable copper
pr"l" rty about thirty-tve miles from
Na=,ial.na. state of Sonora, Mex. Il is
said that he expects to operate it upon
an extensive scale.
An organization known as the Alas
ka Petroleum company has taken up
.,f MI f.,rritnr,- ('nnl- I,,1,
country and is taking in machinery for
slt>t lopnl. MT. The oil is found in springs
Hr'l alnn: the borders OF streams flow
in: into the ocean.
Mr.. Caldwell, owner of the Sultapa
mine. Lake nt the Woods, is in England.
Fer" he is negotiating Il sale of the
n'irt. The property has $SOU,QOO ore in
>i-ht, aud is producing about $2O.UOW per
month. If sold, it will be ut IL price an
rr"NnGlting 81 900 ono in cash.
samples of rock picked from the shaft
Of tn" Lucky Coon mine. Seine river. by
W. -. Ramsey, and taken by him to
johnson \ Mathey> aSSayerS to the Bank
NJ England. at London. have been re-
ported as carrying seventeen ounces Of
gold and six ounces of silver to the ton.
Capt. DE l., Mar, the noted mining
man Of Utah. has sent experts into the
Seine river region, and they are now ex.
rf Chicago. who have made large sums
III Western mines. also have an expert
row i'll the Seut, and will probably make
Investments there.
The Belchcr mine in the Caribou dis
tri,t. Colorado, which is owned by Colo
ra'l" Springs PARTIES, is the scene of Il
remarkable silver strike. The ore carries
- per cent. silver. which is about HOO
pounds !'lr" to the ton. or a value run
ming high up in the thousands of dollars.
he Vein - about > feet wide.
a guild mine exists within the city
limits nj Los Angeles. Cal. The prop
'rty at Fourth and Olive streets has
been bonded by James Connan, an ex~
pert miner for S3DtND. Gibson, a min
ii!- man from IiandSburg, recently
iHrk'd up nlt on the place which as
>ayrh from 50 t" SD a ton. He figured
that the ledge will produce $50, 1000.
\ lo'ati"n was made some years ago
IN Virginia Dale district, San Bernardo
n" county. Cal, iii the Humbus noun
tllnS. on what was supposed to be an
ron ledge. No attempt was made to de-
,'l"p IT,. Recently the land has fallen
mt" the hands of some EnSlShmen who
nave found it to be a good quartz ledge.
l>sayin- over 500 tp the ton. At il
depth Of 80 feet the ledge is 10 feet wide.
A strike is reported in one of the
districts along the shores of Lake Ben
nett. and this time it is of metals that
ar" seldom mentioned in Alaska-silver
and lead. The vein has il width of 10
feet of clean silver-lead ore that ASSAYS
Sl2o Il ton. The ledge is traced the full
length of two claims. 1000 feet. At the
TT. sent price Of lead it is better than Il
gold mine.
--One Of tn" largest copper-ore deposits
IN America Is controlled ny the Great
Lakes Copper company. 1t is in Davis
township, Ontario, seventeen miles north
Hf the Mark Stay station, on the Cana
dian Pacific road. On this property is nm
rut"rcp of ore three miles long and 800
t" 1000 feet in width. carrying gold. sill
yer, nickel, copper, cobalt and sulphur
According to {. NJ Boss, a well-known
mining engineer and expert, at least H.
:'M'W,O tons can be q1arricd on it with
out sinking below water level
-Conccrnins the strike in Raven com
phnys Gregory mine in the Cripple
Creek district it is said that the work
ln"> are at least 10 feet across and have
ore on both sides and bottom so that th+.
extent Of the shoot is not yet known
Screenings from this ore body run from
hftttn to twenty ounces to the ton, so
rich ar" the seams of sylvanite which
nr" shot t" the middle. Some idea Of the
rr"ht row being realized by the Raven
seen from tn" fact that the sinking of
IN" VIM" has returned 500 to the foot
for lis entire depth of 20 feet.
W. }. Partridge, who recently
l'n'hrd Eirtoria. b. c.. from Atlin,
Alaska, has found IL mountain Of quartz
IN the Ati'n-a huge reef which ASSAYS
high in gold and which has an almost
unlimited supply of rock available for
tn" stamp. The find is on vein from
200 to 300 feet in width, which in it's
course is intersected by Atlin City. The
largest assay gives $27 in value. but the
a>crag GO is only 50. f. f. Stuart, an
american mining engineer, says there
is approximately 17,0OO,OOO tons of gold
hearing rock ready for Quarrying. 1t is
unnecessary to mine.
-Tunsten, the product of wolframite,
Is on" of the rich and valuable metals
discovered i'll Arizona through the Ari-
iona school Of mines. The find was made.
IN the Dragon mountains and quantities
Of the ore were brought to the School Of
Mines and concentrated, and the product
sent East. 1t now turns out that this
mineral is not found in so large 7,luanti-