The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-05

during The week and several more large ones
There. is a great deal Of prospecting in Al
parts Of the district. and nearly 100 steam
Prospecting drills are kent constantly busy
| and have work for months ahead.
rrsreding. week, being close up TO the Zinc
| prices upon the market value OF spelter and
the ASSAY value Of the ore. High grade zinc
2 zinc ore G s IN a aa
| throughout tho district brought 500 per thou
sand pounds. delivered.
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES, May PA thrae.foot vein
OF corner ore, also carving silver and a, trace
OF gold. has been found and Is now being
prospected,.o the property of pr Sandelin,
At kanaka Bar. in Butte county. the Ster-
the, waters q the fsather River will be d.
river bed, West. ( cummings are getting
coarse EoId out Of he OLD b Tom Neal drEInGs
central Hill placer mine. in Calavcras coun-
T.. has .lossd down. aslthe main channel. which
nsary worked out The ,company will now
prospect tho large arec Of unworked ground
which they own.
Tynspecting ior oil has begun in Colusa
In TIE R;ademaclher district there is good
Sherman have opened up n fine ledge, of good
ore on a claim that was first located by MIR.
rrane. thirty years ago 1t has since been
pie and at times some good ore has been
shipped from i. but last year il, was allowed to
spring he at once relocated L. Messrs. Taegle.
Mckinney and Donoghue :have pronlsing
ledge Of copper ore on which they are sinking
and will soon begin cross-ruttnC. The crop
pings on the surface show width OF 100 feet
and the ore assays high in coEper and gold.
aso nc eomn a%' rar TSe R sS
Raiiroad 10 bringing freight for thi 81 region TO
n
this country would cause great increase In
the d.yelopment Of Im,,inbng.pronerty. There
that do not pay on account Of the EXPENSE OF
bringing in ,prorer machinery and supplies
iac tie f they Could be e pro I worked
There is much ACTIVITY In the copper prop
critics thirty miles east Of RandsburS
n the Mary Harrison mine. near Coulterville.
Maripo,a county, and the mt!l runs upon tho
vada county the Red Ledge mine, at French
Corral. has been bonded TO the California and
Colorado, Devslopment Company, who, will
hy modern me 'hods. The mine was worked
twenty years ago. but the gold was 80 fne
that by the crude methods then used 1t was
Test wells are being bored for petroleum in
Orange county on the Irvine ranch. The I'M
DERIVING formation here Ia oil bearing else
where in Southern California and IL Ia there
fore thought that oil can be found in a large
A. q. Campbell owner of the Gold Bar. St
George. and Boomerang :mines at Vanderbilt
has refused an offer of 100000 for the prop
erty,
In the mining districts in the eastern part
Of mis- county there are many large dsp2sits OF
ever been done. The copper deposits ' rue
Gently located north OF Daggett by Garner
Rising and Robinson are likely to prove quite
valuable. as the ore runs from . to 80 per cent.
The Mountain Copper COMPANY. Shasta
county. has published its second annual re-
for last year were SSb0.0OO against S3'W00O
Tor the year previous A dividend q =. per
taken out was 22l,S''5 tons. averaging $40
per cent. copper. against $4,000 tons In 1897.
S."73 tons. an increase of 2.24S tons over the
4 rich ore, body has been found in the Globe
claim near Copper City. The ore carries free
gold and silver. with copper predominating
and ASSAYS $40 per ton.
The Corner Queen group OF mines near Trim
Alessrs. Brown. Schuppert and buchanan Of
Of the Altoona quicksilver mine. The mine is
producing ten TASKS of quicksilver daily.
NEVADA.
VIRGINIA, CRY. May 1.-THE Sheep Trail
mines. in the Union Pass country. near the
England ard Arizona Company for SlOO. 900.
The new owners will erect two twenty stamp
Placer properties along the Colorado River
are being worked by comp eompanies and indi-
Salt Lake capi Al has taken an ontion on the
IE,iity-six grqup., six miles from Humboldt
Samples from the group show metallic copper
from vein sixty feet wide.
There is much activity in mining matters In
southern Lincoln county AT Good Springs a
German COMPANY is putting ur large nIant
for the teaching and chloridization OF, copper
ores. At Valley Wells two-stack smelter has
Just been erected.
SALT LACE, May ?a;-The Silver Shield
viii ne mas ss the sed s2er
Mining and Milling Company. The mine
Yields hgh-grade ore and IS already a steady
shipper.
The secret OF the recent examination OF the
Dalton and Lark mine at Bingham lies in the
9 ontain high conner values at greater depth
Heretofore this mine has been heavy lead
A strike Of gold ore has been made in the
vicinity OF Ogden. from which ASSAYS have
been rec received running as high as $500 20 the
an old pSe Gas eT and Ii r2r
! ripple Creek men are interesting themselves
GOV iIeber II. Wells and Thomas Kearns
have become interested in the Big Indian Con-
per mine in La Sal region. paving several
posed to erect immense reduction works on
There is a big rush to the new copper fields
in Emery county. Several good strikes have
been. made and considerable prospecting Is
going on.
W; II. Dodge and associates OF this city have
bonded the Nipont group IN the mort heastern
corner OF the state for $4,000 The prop.
erty recently recorded a big strike.
MONTANA
BUTTE. Mon. May 3O-Reports from the
re led Blackfoot strip are encouraging As
says on one prospect on the south fork OF
Swift Current last week showed Sl2J per ton
in gold. On Red Eagle the copper prospects
are showing well The kipp and Garrett
mines, embracing about fourteen claims, are
not under bond to A. VI. Eser 4 Co OF Helena
tor $4,000. with a probability OF the bond
being taken IN The iepth OF snow is a great
be tn" middle of.July before much can he done
j. II. Day has taken n bond OF one year at
SluulO on two mining claims three miles
south of Boulder belonging to Miller 4 Craile
An assay shows - per cent. copper and small
values In silver and gold
several placer outfits nre making prepara-
tons 70 begin work in upper Lump Gulch.
Good strikes have recently been made in
Weasel Gulch In the Winston district Last
week slNteen-inch streak OF sulphde OF iron
ore carving some lead was discovered at
point 300 feet from the mouth OF the tunnel
In the January mine. good streak OF copper
nyr!tes carving $50 gold to the ton has been
found on frelburg Hin. 4 shaft on the May
lead shows shipping gold ore. ore OF good
milling quality has been encountered In a
tunncl one-halt mile above Beaver Greek.
ARIZONA.