The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-20

fever has spread all over Alaska and good
diReines that are paying the best wages and
mines that are siylns the greatest pro%i.e.
PRESENT S .1eissneni .lnSs The Hrs, discovery q
ssS St 81 Ho a. p vi rnS sii 70
snd vessels enough to saT1y thsn In many
frozen surface Of the Yukon as the most direct
highway and the easiest to get over
WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE. Nov. 10 On the first OF this month
the Palmer Mountain tunnel was In 24l4 feet.
lance having crosscu. nftecn veins. which were
SoIa These vein. ar, are OF varying width from
The Black Bear Nine. In this district, which
was among the nr.t Important discoveries.
now free and the new Canadian owners are
putting tho mine and mill In shape for active
The owners Of. Republic min. in Repub-
llo district have Determined to erect 2 2OO-ton
70. wsch ssy scs'
cent The s ss Of rich S5s on the 600
this magnitude and also keep tho old plant In
0fff n the Standard min. in Mathew district a
sss, q Is ss then Ss a.s Sst ho 'as sa
- sg,ysyorss II the employ Of the Great
fines from Index 70 Gasns' along the north itS
fork Of skokomish River. Thsi. ior branch
70 s s.o s d:f s, .s .s
shipplns mine. VIII Ss added e the rapidly IN
sreasing list when this branch Ii completed.
The distance 10 fifteen miles.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
10 Cariboo mLuing district there 10 a mac
adam road OF good grade for a distance
Stages yes have been mski"a tr nS tTps for
sgsn aeS.nS as
The longest automobile route. In America.
Th: Go%pSS c,ops hsyn .hs
rating the new, system early In the spring:
The new machines VIII have q capacity q
viii be al! . to make ten or twelve miles an
hour over the Cariboo road.
s R1 veil e hs.ss dsy &
or 5000 tons for the week. This 10 the largest
record the camp has made, OF this amount
he We y, Eagle produces 1850 tons and the Ls
SOUTH DAKOTA.
DEApwooD, Nov. 16.-The American Mining
commenced running tunnel at the base OF
Ragged Top. on the quartzite LEVEL. which Is to
Be ] % In 6 hsn nna Ss
trict has produced very rich sllclous gold ore.
tho general average being 800 a ton. Mining
IS covered with blanket OF ore from 20 to 90
feet thick. richer than any ore In the adjoining
mining districts. The long tunnel Will have
two compartments and 1t will DO the longest
tunnel In the Black Hills. 1t will penetrate a
great many dykes and ore shoots. and by the
sufficient ore to warrant tho erection Of the
largest ore reduction works In the country,
The American Company will spend $3OOO.O0
during the next year, and, In return, expect to
have the largest and most productive mino In
the Black Hills. The company has laid ont a
town. known as American City. and the Bur-
ington Railway Company is building a road
to II.
Another venture OF this company 10 to bring
into use the power OF spsarhsh River. short
distance from the opening OF the proposed tun-
mel hturbine Ia being put In which will utl-
ize sufficient power from the stream 10 gener-
ate electricity TO furnish electric power for all
q the cities and mining camps in the northern
Black Hills II Will reduce the price OF treat
Ing ore at the reduction works.
MONTANA.
BUTTE, Mont. Nov. IL. II. Moffat is In the
city exhibiting snpphres recently cut from his
mines on Rock Creek. He Ia negotiating with
New York capitalists for the sale Of his mines,
The long pending sale OF tho Hope mine at
Basin has been closed by the payment OF