The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-04
CAPE MONIES GOLD SUPPLY.
, BLACK HILLS MINER THINKS HE
ms FOUND THE MOTHER LODE

trict-Copper Discoveries in California.
srArr1r, WASH. Nov. 27.-In Nome district.
near the junction Of Dexter and Nome creeks.
James Cooper. q Deadwood miner. has dis
covered gold ledge. sixty feet wide. which he
Regards as the most important find yet made
IN this wonderful gold region. He thinks II is
the mother lode and the truo source OF the
creek and beach digRings OF Nome. On the
surface II showed decomposed quartz with
free gold distributed through II In large auanti-
ties. The lode has been traced across the
country into tho foothills for some distance.
and the richest placers have been located.
Cooper. who Is miner Of twenty years ex-
psrience in the Black Hills. says the Nome gold
mines surpass anything he ever saw before.
During the past week ASSAYS OF tho gravel
on Cane Nome beach have been made by WE'LL
known Seattle assayers, who got results OF 500
gold a ton This gravel was taken from the
beach where men had been engaged IN rock
Ing and making from $40 to $50 day. and
there was con siderable white quartz and ruby
sand in the sample. not more. however. than In
that the miners had been running through
their rockers. Vessels have been using this
material for ballast. carrying 1t to Seattle and
San Francisco. where mill and smelter tests
will be made.
Port Clarence, the old whaling station. mid
way between Capes Nome and York. Is now re-
ceiyinr the attention Of capitalists. who pro-
nose to make il supply station for the entire
country. II has a safe harbor and Ia midway
be,yeen Nome and York. II Is designed to
connect them by trolley lines, estimates for
which are now being made. These lines. IL Is
said. can be cheaply built along water level or
over the Tundra. where but little grading VIII
be necessary The distance Is ninety miles.
Rails and rolling stock for railway from
salt water to the Cook Inlet coal mines have
been shipped. and 1t Ia expected that tho six
miles OF line will be completed and In opera
ton early in June. These large deposits will
be made available this season for steamers and
for domestic purposes In Alaska
Additional machinery FOR opening up the
Alaskan oil fields along the same coast. has
recently been forwarded. and II is thought oil
will be found in quantities to supply the local
demands OF the Territory.
The average value PER ton Of the orc crushed
at the Treadwl mill during the past month.
YVES l.s7. There is nolmit to the amount OF
this quartz,
LAKE SUPERIOR COPPER
HorGHroS. Mich. Nov. 2s.-The Oneida Con-
rer Company with capitalization OF $500
90. the maximum allowed by the Michigan
law has been organized this week to take over
the old Delaware property, In keweenaw
county. which comprises upward Of 10000
acres OF land on the mineral belt There is
copper bearing conglomerate traversing the
property. which 10 generally held to be con-
tinuatIon OF the Calumet conglomerate, but
former working has not been satisfactory. the
percentage OF copper being low. There are
also two amygdaloid lodes. There Is fne
equipment OF machinery and buildings. which
have been very carefully looked after during
the thirteen years since tho Delaware was last
worked.
The Resolute mine. Just west OF the Oneida.
has been unwatered and Is showing rich rock
from the assure vein on which the single shaft
o. the property was sunk to depth Of 800 ieet
some thirty years ago.
The Washington Mining Company fled
amended articles Of association at the County
Clerks once here this week. by which the
former capitalization Of half million dollars
is raised to $2.bOO.oOo The Washington has
copper. the showing being SUFFICIENT to war
rant the expenditure Of considerable sum Of
money without which the value OF the prop
erty must remain problematicaL
The payment OF u semi-annual dividend OF
50 q share By the Tamarack probably marks
another step toward the resumption OF profit
paying on the liberal scale for which the mine
wos noted about ten years ago
The Copper Range Railroad Is already haul
ing large quantities OF freight over the com =
pis,ed portion OF its line. though the road will
not be in regular operation for several weeks.
1t Is not often that new railway begins bust
ness teiore It is finished and has a ear famine
Of large proportions before the grading 10
@ePi nov faced sy the Copper Ranss, 'TSo
road will do an enormous business and will be
afactor Of the utmost Importance in the de.
yslopment OF the district.
CALIFORNIA.
Los ASoELEs.No pa big copper discovery
10 reported from Inyo county. In Death VAL
ssns est vide and very rch L can i 10 tr 10
"A Acton shelter is to be bull. at Barstow.
operation there. The Desert Ilxivafion Com .
pany ., that place is now handling 200 tons Of
San. francisco capital has bonded the proper
ties ofthe Rex OIL Company In Los Angeles. Ths
parties Interested are those who recently
Company and the Yukon OH Com paay. These
,srse properisss viii sisye the san frSpesco
ANGELES held The wes.Iake oil Company has
Angeles Loes eap e hare nsSp sstsn uE G
acres OF Government land near Santa Aoni lea
and will develop II for oil.
locations are being fled every day and PROS
to
properties, The Indian Queen nina has been
leased and reopened by Los Angeles capital,
The Copper World mine at Marvel, San
bernard no county. has had very rapii deyel-
onmsnt into rich property. year and half
ago u was sold AS d nero prospect by the man
who had located II for 81, 100. The buyers in
corporated. sold enough stock to build a
smeter and open the mine and In little more
than a years time have shipped over $500. 900
worth Of copper ullion. They have d. 400. 900
10 be uncovered. In the Homeward Bound
mine, not far from Marvel. q cross cut shows
six feet OF high grade ore and nearly twenty
feet OF lower grade Messrs. Hemstead. Thur
man and Powell are working on a ane ledge on
New York Mountain which bids fair to be a
good property. They have thirty ieet Of ore
in sight New York Mountain Is full OF pros
pectors since the recent good strikes
Extensive development work is being pre-
pared for by c, 4. Josaelyn In his properties
al Picacho and at Copper Mountain. Ban Diego
county.
The Cleveland mines In the Builychoop coun-
try have long been noted for tho rebe.lious
character Of their ores. They have been tried
bya number OF companies, and every known
process has been used on them. and hundreds
OF thousands OF dollars have been expended In
{utile efforts. But the present operators, W. II.
Beall d Co., say that they are making a suc-
cess OF their work The concentrates have
been successfully saved and tho tailings re.