The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-16
MINING VIEWS.

The Portland. at Victor. Col; is prod9e!nG
Most OF the force is engaged on deadwork.
GeorEotO WI. Col. reports that the Aliunda
No, > has, struck IA seam Of solid ore fifteen
inches wide which, mills $50 ounces silver and
- per cent, lead. Alongside Of this seam there
is n streak OF quartz that mills 300 ounces sill
Superln:endent pearce Of the HssS
bodies exposed In the Vaughan. Seven Devils.
Idaho. that at a low estimate contain 5000
tons o. copper besides good values in gold
Salt Lake City is coneratulating itself, on the
in Utah mines, Last week he bought The
Wall group al Bingham for S30O.Qo0. This
property contains large volumes OF low-Erad;
proitaIiiIy a ,concentrqtor Of 1000 tons daiiv
Capt. De La Mar has also bought a group Of
claims in the. Mallick district adjoining Bui-
!al2 Hnmn, lhano; na y, az $1,000 s,nnt n"T thsIe 69 IL,
Old dominion. on pany will be held June i,
to vote ur,2n a propHsitiot. to Increase the "np-
value SD, ,The COMPANY proposes 10 buy
thirteen claims, near Globe. TO build seven
miles OF railroad to aid in the 1evclorn: ent OF
Tie new property. and erect a concentrating
and converting plant.
bsdr2rE; co: is taking ahGMt q wonderful
FROM four 10 six inches OF almost pure metal
was encountered. and alongside OF this ia a
twelve to eighteen inch streak of red and black
oxide Of copper. mixed with CONFER glance.
and silver in solid sheets. Adjoining claims
have increased largel? in value. and the news
is yringlng hundreds Of excited miners into
the district. The Red chief is controlled By q
Boston syndicate.
\. leadville .etter states that at the instance
OF the GuGgerheims, who own one of the larg-
est low-gradr producers in the district. a ship
men' of H~incsore will he made To Antwerp 10
test q new method OF smelling which is said
20 save MI the values. Should tins expert
mental shipment prove successful. II is be
lcVed the New York tlrn will Greet Il zine
-m"ltnr in Colorado. The difficulty in treat
ing the HincifeTVu= ores arises from the nres-
rodes the clay letorts 81 the sme!ters. Swan
sea ~rccently maze n bid for the ores Of the
district. and several shipments We're made 10
Wales Via Galveston. The belgian method is
said to he much superior to the Welsh.
toll"y y TO. received the following telegram
from ,IOu!m Yesterday: The shipmenls from
tho Missouri. Kansas zinc fields during the
week ending May ~ were light. bad roads pre-
venting the delivery OF much ore, The ton
price waSSLl:ler ton. The total output sold for
S2d,i,:;@h During The week the Missouri Yin"
Fields tumTanS's output WAS iOu.ONO pounds
lin" aud IO,Oth lead the Boston puemweg Zinc
tOmlHny'S 2uu.UDO bounds zinc. the Boston
lroirtenc" Zinc .CNmuany's lGO.OOO rounds
%!Hc delivered and lOO.OOp puund. carried oyer
in bond. The total value Of the output Of the
Boston. Aurora Zinc Company was $1,000:
ono mil! was not running, win to repairs IN
progress.
The quarterly dividend of the Isabella. Clip-
Dle Creek. which SHOULD have been declared
MAY IL, was passed over for q month In dis
ruSsiug affairs nj the mine the rreslicnr said
that II the rich core Of earth ON the ninth lcNcl
should extend To :he tenth level tho present
rite If diynlrndS might ur maintained other
wise the dividend might be decreased.