The record-union., 1899-05-09

some time the output has ruled at 600
tons of ore MONTH the ore averaging
$50 gold per ton. Under the option Mr..
Wethey is allowed to further prospect
the ground, while the owners will con
tinue in the extraction and milling of
ores as in the past, and until such time
as the balance of the money is paid.
James Healey, who served Captain De
La Mar for many years as General SUI
perintendent of the De La Mar mine
and who is thoroughly conversant with
conditions in the camp, will prospect the
ground for Mr.. Wethey.
MINERAL EXHIBITS.
Los Angeles Record: The officers of
the Southern California branch of the
California Miners Association are Hon.
Stephen NJ. White, President; Captain
Mullins, Vice President; H. j. Fleish-
man, Treasurer, and Oscar Bresee Sec
rotary. The Association will take steps
at once to install here permanent min
ing exhibit and will get the nucleus of
the collection from the State Mining
Bureau, where there are hundreds OF
duplicate specimens that are available
for the southern branch. State Miner
alogist Cooper has offered a set of these
duplicates which will be accepted. To
that collection will be added contribu-
tions and loans from members and
others, to make a large and instructive
, exhibit A large display of minerals,
properly classified and convenient for
study, can be made most instructive not
only to miners and prospective investors
but to all students of mineralogy and
+ geology.
TACOMA COPPER.
| A dispatch from Tacoma announces
! that the largest copper Lodges in the
! Northwest have been found in the
Carbon district, north of Mount Rainier
and sixty miles east of Tacoma. The
ore is said to be similar in character
and geological situation to that found
in Montana. and to be fully as rich as
that of the Butte Mines. D. o. Mills
of New York and Alvinza Hayward of
San Francisco were on the ground on a
tour of inspection of their properties in
j this section The Tacoma smelter is
being enlarged with the primary OBJ
ject of handling the output of the Idaho
and Alaska mines controlled by these
capitalists.
GRASS VALLEY MINES.
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Miners Union is now member of the
Western Federation of Miners. all the
articles and necessary proceedings hay
ing been signed and carried out last
week. When the Miners Union was or
ganized in this city several years ago
it was without connection with a FEEDER
alton of any kind, and was formed so
! that the miners could work more har-
! moniously together, but there are sew
eral advantages to be derived by be-
coming affiliated with the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners and for some time
past this proposition has been under
consideration Nothing, however, ma
teralized until last week, when the
Vice President of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners, ]. F. Mcdonnell, arrived
and organized the local union into the
j federation.
Having been organized into the fed
Grafton the local union at once went
into executive session to elect delegates
to the annual convention of the fedora
ton, which will meet in Salt Lake City
on the Sth of this month This city is
entitled to a delegation of three and
the following We're elected to attend tine
convention: Jerry Ryan, Simon erase
and George Lindsey. Alternates: w
J. Moyle, J. C. Williams and Joseph
Jewell. Mr. Ryan will probably be the
only one to attend the convention and
he will leave for Salt Lake in a few
days.
The convention this year is expected