The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-01
WORK4N1 (.lNlNG CAMPS
r,pES OYER SOME RICH
4 %n,D yEIyA ' CALIFORNIA.

com VEISA ' CALIFORNIA.
xov pin Ter Dieeings in Lower
Husn observation-disclosures Work in tho
Inner Districts of MISUNDERSTANDING
,,nnn,nery to the Cook Inlet Country.
Axnrrrs. Cal. April 22.-Representa-
~ - can't. De In Mar. OF Utah and Nevada.
na,o Lean examining for him the Yellow Aster
o. Of Harrisburg. Kern county. They Of
nm ~ On for Thorn. President Singleton
Ns, ,hot nothing short OF S4.000.0 900 would buy
.%n ,nIn.s. During the last year the Yellow
..,or mines have paid SlSO.OOO In dividends
.nI s125,OOO has been expended on Inn
,royoments in the shape OF q new stamp mill.
,Ino line and pumping plant. The mines are
now considered the richest ana most impor-
,,nt gold property in the State.
49,, ,o;unhle anthony mine In Jawbone
So, tvonty miles north OF Mojuve, has
to.r sold TO a San Francisco company for $12.-
UOO.
.o,,ntv over n rich find near Sheep Ranch.
Tia vein is from one to two feet wide and the
> ia very rich. The discovery was made
vhi,e tracing no a rich cross vein to the
Camrbell and Elliott mine. which Is also o re-
cant discovery. All this region was formerly
covered by heavy timber. but last summer 80
,ere forest fires cut away the impregnable
ttipke'a anu lulu phl nv toNh ~ q
here that the mines were found.
rich fni has been made by Anderson i
p,rres in the Inyo range OF mountains. ten
n,n.e ems. OF Independence in Inyo county.
The vein 10 four feet wide. OF rich sulphate
and tree.gold ore. crops out for 1.5OO feet and
The ore assays from $50 per ton M. At a
denth OF ten feet there Is considerable coarse
FREQ gold in.all the rock. and q great increase
in the quantities Of the sulphate. Thu new
NnJ ia Immediately above the Mozuka placer
mines, which have been worked successfully
for many years.
The owner OF the Dead Oak gold mine, In
shenandoah district. San Diego county. has
been working it for the last year and getting
ont only enough ore to keep him In food. But
n few days ago In the bottom OF the eighty
font shaft the ledge suddenly widened to four
fact and increased so much in richness that
SAMPLES Of it assayed from $500 to 81 900 per
ton,
VIRGINIA CITY. April 22.--The draining Of
the Comstock mines goes on successfully.
The water is steadily being lowered in the
Chol,ar combination shaft. in the Hale K Nor
cross incline and in the c. 4 c. shaft. The at
tempt Is proving so successful that the drain
Ing Of the Gold Hill mines will soon follow.
High. grade copper ore containing silver has
been ueNeiOpcu III chS "hito
Pine county.
ledge Of rich gold ore has been uncovered
at Morrison Hill. near Carson. and a rush for
the place hns already begun.
MEXICO.
GrAyMAs. April 22.-In the Avino mine,
copper sulphide. which was. recently. cut
through in making q crosseht to connect the
T WIN! S Ounces ts nsw Of G SILVER s ESft s. in T T6ia Dss
tom n1,c The i n!ne s36 Thi66 Was Was Gf sssf1 ia by a
Tor y. 06Gl.0o0. The products OF the mines ara
gold. silver. copper and iron. all in paying
The miners exploring. the coal beds at Le
Barranca, Sonora; have found q bed OF natural
eo Anew even eom a9el ," With plenty of capita. called
iormed in Germany to work La Huilota mine.
ne The III Ss' Louis Company. which OWES and
operates the great sulphur mines In the dua1a.
!oupe:Mountnins. has brought experts from the
The Dolores, mines. nearly 100 miles from
James Pepdar. Ihe, English mining engineer:
a asd A. i1 9, Th n1nDs; III Tucson. they also 10.
Gated q ledge Of copper ore near Puerto Liber.
tad. Other anthony mines Of excellent prom;
sire adSt ext Raetedr about 100 tons Of ore whics
ny" The recently discovered placer digging.
southwest Of aoo Ga Ina i, Lower Galif % MA, are =
Slsn' Man1 gee fsai o. and sk nesr1y al IN. e .a Amer ss:
leans and Establishment If. that part OF Lower
California have 1ocked to the new diRgings and
that little can be learned Of how rich they are
to clt6t. and tRev" have always brought gold
with them. The .Calmalll mines eent up 4
s sSmd Di s60c by the last x s,sSme tos 2 sSta bar nes sni
$1,000.
WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE. April 24.-The Indiana syndicate
group OF four copper claims IN Becker Rive
this week refused an offer of $4,000 for thu
arrang ,ng to send a crew in over the snow OF
snowshoes TO- begin, DEVELOPMENT on an eSten
a 5iys sSal' o., The E mi isaSs The Is e 5reoe Satero for thEes e
numerous points. ,shooyyinE values q gold; cop
sSE and w 5iEEy Gs 9 Of As a. per soo soo q, tb Pss .now al
the m mines With the Great Northern at sky
s sion. fh rs G Xssrssn erom al ese 10 mS Ss the SCENE SeH.
o! great activity this season and Il T. anttsi.
pated that a number of shippers will be addet
Another strike is reported in:the loSer work
ipgs Of the Cleopatra mine in Miller River. ane
their faith in the property BY liberal expendi
lure in DEVELOPMENT and plant. are still ex
In 0kanogan district the Palmer -Mountai!
tunnel has been driven into the %:mountail
Loo feet. ercountering In this distance clever
lodges OF more or less importance. 1t 10 Q,
enterprise Of some moment. and II Is esti
natal that two more years will be require,
before 1t is completed. Tho district 10 at
tracting more attention. than usual this sprini
and tho steamers plying on the Columbi
River, between Winnatche and Brewster ar
crowded with prospectors, miners and specu
latOrs.
ALASKA.
SEATTLE. Aprli 24.-Two steamers and tw'
s%chooners constitute the Cook Inlet feet tina
mas Sailed thus far this spring. carrying ie,
passengers. nut large miscellaneous cargoe
Tor the miners and merchants at Hope an
SSqhrlse City. and ~also.for the Copper mines q
hlonak and Naldes. Two hundred miners win
{ered in the several camps named. in order {
oe In position to make an early start this sIrinI
nhl thus secure q long season. In Cook lnle
from Tour to six hydraulic plants have bee
erected ana as many more are contem platet
this week.
The latest reports from Golivap Bay are I
the effect that nearly oil the creeks had bee
ptospscted with good results and the aprin
siean,ups promised unusually well. Their
are pO minors in the district. oil well pro
MSiohed and In good health. Fresh supple
vii be sent in by the middle OF May. and thos
VINO cam" ont to spend the winter will return