The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-02
shipment from the New Yosemite at Bingham
will soon be on the market.


will soon be on the market.
ARIZONA.
TUCSON. Ariz.. Sept. 20.-Work on the addi-
tion 10 the Commonwealth mill at Pearce 10
chinery and the additional ten stamps Will en-:
able the company to treat about 100 tons Of
the new shaft is down about 100 feet
h has been S caused at KnFman BY
k q S1s Rsro s
and at a depth OF 200 feet a large stratum Of
S %ss o Ts TSe Country around Yucca Is Of
the same desert formation as the rest Of that
ing for water was very much doubted. The
indications are that the valley Yucca 10 in has
Tbs It vast sSsl Of oe fno county
day. The demand for copper has created q
discoveries are being made almost daily Min
sral Creek Is scene OF activity. The Ray.
and with the coming Of the cool months II may
be expected to be one OF the most active camps
hs MSss the soS in
Harris. W. r. stone and James. McGee have
been bonded to Mr. Chittenden OF Washington,
Judge John Miller. Georges H. Serrick and
Joseph Mulhatten.. These properties are all In
rhcass Wcsden Is FRS his
copper property near the Owl Heuds. and re-
p2G55f e. e bSsn q Ie mining district
sixty miles south Of the Ola Bend, is preparing
to put in plant that will treat 800 tons Of cop
copper glance ores to Silver City. This ore nets
about $l2O a ton. or course the great body OF
t. pay g f@ "r treatment It likely that brsnsR
road will be built to connect with the Southern
In the Iulley 4 Smith mining camp in the
Santa Rita Mountains. twenty-five men are
now working on night and day shifts and some
Davis has sold his interest In the Great West
ern and War ship. mining claims on Copper
so III. sPS
is the eastern extension OF the Easy Boss Fl;
10 owned BY + l. Smith. II. J. West andG. W.
Roster; Four or Ave men are nov. at work on
values. The other veins are smaller but. carry
high as fourteen ounces in gold; The claims
are about six miles from the Colorado River.
and can be reached by good wagon road
MISSOURI AND KANSAS ZINC MINES SHUT DOWN
souri, aud Kansas have been shut down innef-
nitely by direction OF the Zinc Miners' Asso-
sm.ors 10 comee hsm e The
ton. The smelters say that they cannot pay
say thai, the price OF .pelter must, b.
permitting it to control the ore market
About 90 per cent OF the zinc mines have shut
de They are beatty
cord with the Association in resorting to this
course; The presept prices OF 7lno ore. as ar
Miners Association. ara based upon the assay
value o. Tie ore. high,gradS ore being placed
prices being the same as for the past month.
Lead ore continues ~ $2l per thousand
re- pn Of zne and
lead ore has been below the average for the
past month. the nnes having taken off their
Than the it, would take but some eo Of the
snelterS began to purchase Colorado zinc ore
and abandoned this district because the low
grade western ore was much cheaper. This
demorsIizdsda ne ore market ,h ana she long;
ore producers began in earnest.
IDAHO.
IDAHO CITY. Idaho. Sept. 24.-The company
that holds an option on the Iowa and Yellow
81 surS.e snd hss sd @o1ns
Twenty-Five thousand dollars have been paid
on the properties and the company expects to
Henri, Gottsoh has found rich cinnabar
ledge about twenty-five miles east OF Idaho
that contains much native quicksilver. Be
sides being hish grade in quicksilver the Gin
Johnson. Somercamp and others have sold
to an sSs s7sn
The Twin Springs com pany has secured op-
tons on>several gold bearing quartz claims on
Shaw's Mountain. between this place and
Boise City. and started to cut them at the
depth of 300 feet At the surface the mines
are good. but they are owned by ,persons who
have not tho means for opening them at depth
The new ive-etamp m i'll erected on the Daley
mine. at Quartzburg. 10 running.
The Buffalo recently purchased by Denver
men. is looking better than ever before. Every
foot that the tunnel Is driven on the vein i'm
proves. A ten stamp m III will be erected on IT,
Henry NJ. Ryan has made arrangements to
work 200. 900 tons OF tailings at the Queen OF
the Hills. near Bellevue. on Wood river. He
will erect mill capable OF handling fifty tons
per day.
The tunnel to run from Slnker creek to cut
the quartz mines Of War Eagle Mountain.
Owyhse county. 10 now an assured fact, as
machinery has been ordered and other prepa-
rations for starting work are going on. This
tunnel 10 ono Of the most important Of the
mining enterprises Of the State. as 1t will tar
large numbsr Of veins between 1000 and 5000
feet dsap. The length OF the tunnel when tho
Golden Chariot is reached will be $500 feet