The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
RICHER THAN GOLD MINES.
SILVER AND LEAD PROPERTIES At
Tract ATTENTION ~ ALASKA.

Good Strike Reported on the shores OF
Lnko Bennott-Theso Mines Have Deer
Ignored Heretofore for Gold and Cop
per-News from other Mining Camps
SEATTLE, Wash, June ia strike 10 re.
ported In ono OF the districts along the shores Of
Lake Bennett. and this time 10 Il Of metals that
are seldom mentioned in Alsska-silver and
lead. But tbs value Of the ore and tho width ot
tho BODY combine TO make this strike ono OF
interest. Miners In this Territory have given
little attention to anything but gold aud copper.
and have walked over fortunes IN order to Oh.
tain those metals. Tho new Lake Bennett
mines have a width Of ten fsst Of clean silver
lead ore that ASSAYS $40 q ton. The Ledge Is
traced the flill length Of two claims. 5000 foot.
At the present price Of lead IL 10 better then a
gold mino.
North o, Caps Nome there Is a similar do.
posit ~ lead from which ono shipment was
made for San Francisco some yenrs ago. but.
the schooner meeting with disaster. tho cargo
lever reached it's destination. and the mine has
never been disturbed sine. Tt will probably
be brought into prominence again during tho
present Nome excitement
An organization known ~ tho Alaska Pc
troleum Company has taken M 1000 acres Of
oil territory In Cook Inlet country and Is TAX
ing IN machinery for DEVELOPMENT. This land
IL taken M H. claims Of twenty ncrc' under
The lnhcer act. Tho claims are recorded In the
names Of people In tho States. who give the To-
Gators mower Of attorney to represent them
in this manner two men have spent tho past
winter In locating tho oil acreage. This oil Ia
found in springs and along the borders of
streams flowing into the ocean.
The Son Level Mining Company. operatlng
at Helm Bav. has ordered a cn.stnmn mill.
~ hov
pnld out OF tho mine by the most primitive
milling facilities.
The eNpoditIon 1ttcd out by tho italian
Prince Luigi last spring Inns met with success
at Port Clarence. having discovered gold In
paying quantities along creek u short dis
tance from the ocean beach The members OF
he party made tho discovery last fall and were
engaged in mining with rockers. taking ont
500 day - the man. when cold weather
stopped operations. The men hoped 10 nave
everything In readiness FOR slulcinR on all ex-
;ensive scale this Starring, when they thought
the ground would pay at least 500 a day to
the miner.
A London COMPANY Is credltod:wlth the pur-
chase Of the property in Pnnde Basin. recently
drained by q syndicate OF Americans. This
mine. or prospect, is tho bel Of lake. said TO
contain fabulous wealth. There are people
who doubt hseSistence OF these acres us gold
More people are coming out Of the Klondike
than are going In. the great majority coming
py the way OF Skagway, making the trip In
from ten TO fourteen days from Dawson to
the resut Of the earliest washing. The bulk
OF the gold will not begin to move until the
Michael The Mcdonald clean ur which viii
exceed ton aud hall. Is now under way. tho
m fret fSSatnoad arriyl2E in Dawson on the 'ah
shipped By way Of 1T. Michael.
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES. June IA rich strike IL re-
ported from Coffee Creek, Trinity county. in the
two years aao. Tho new strike IL Of the Same
esharaste, a. found at thHt time-a rich pocket
not warrant q rush Of all aorts Of people. any
more than did the ind 10 the Jay Bird mine.
J. Grafton and Il. Frakes locate tho Lucky May
above Coffee Creek, They have a thirty. fool
shaft on a narrow ledge varying, from four 10
phSrv and sernentne walls. The vein iaV matter tier
i y so Iioh being nrobably = r0cket tina, in
carried To- two daS Th,h th9{
ts in coarae gold, All the way down lilo shalt
they found pay dirt, hut tho rich pocket lay in
The Del Monte mine, near RAILROAD Flat,
SnlaSeras county, owned by O'Neil II bon,
are now milling rock that yields $40 per ton.
Masn oR TN; The m dps VI:
The Fresno people who recently bought the
The BIZ Horn Milling n S W,h Sapts
The g @a TStt q the Rsnd district Kern
ios My olbs t. haze been
gold taken out in dry washing. Last yoar At
this time only two Of the mines wsro milling.
=, A company has been organized in San Fran
cisco to =, reopsa tho Hudson mine, near
sNs"& ago of N % prSaGy N NSH,
yielded an average Of SO Dor ton tho r %a1
Sr es Ssr g. there he9
mea,s ana foseSiosars tollowsd. Therso' G L
pany vii! thoroughly equip the property,
>, The Gravel III! hydraulic mine at Canada
Alll hns suspended operations. as II proved un.
, The Dutch Flat Blue Leaf Mining Company
ha s sTufk rich gravel neae tho town OF Dutch
lead will produce Si0 20 the ton and 9O1l feat
will 60 from $3.50 to SIS per ton The gravel is
from twenty 70 tnirtv feet deep by reason Of
mill, WV ''''''''''' '''' '''''A ''" ''"'"p
Dossd 70 :. ap iron ledge. 10 a,e init was was
fallen into the hands Of some Engijshmsr' who ,t.s
have found L to be good quartz ledge. assay
es ,Ge sdse t. t sss e S depth Of y
several very good strikes have been made
some sales are under way. the owners OF SOW.
erhl idle mines arc preparing to clean them
out and some OF the active mines are increns-
Ina their operations. so that tho region ia OF
pertenc ing quite an active mining boom The
mineral region OF that section covers a large
extent OF territory which has not been thor.
oush!y prospected. 1t 10 thought that with
be found there.
In Sisklyou county 4 cinnabar deposit show
Ing a width OF nifty feet has been iound near
Oak Bar aqua
"A quartz vein from TWO to eight feet Wide
with gold showing plainly In tbs ore has been
big blast was made near Chinasa Camp q
few days ago whom 10000 pounds OF powder
were exploded fol, the purpose OF getting rid
Of section OF hard ground. There were thlr.
S-two ho!se charged with an equal amount OF
powder. The blast was set off by means OF
electricity and the volume OF earth and rock
shot ur several hundred teet.intc th4 air. The
explosion dug cut 500 feet long thirty feet
wide and fifteen feet deep.
MEXICO.
GuAYMAs. June LINEN are now beginning
% return from the Sierra Pntada placers and
the general opinion is that the early accoun r.
OF the richness OF these gold fields were very
much exaggerated. One experienced prospec-
tor who spent three weeks :there says lint
there 10 gold there. but hardly more than
enough to nay wages for n Mexican, which ia
not enough to satisfy an American. He saws
that II is easy enough 20 take OUT 80 or 81 n