The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-31

| Ing from Sl20 10 $500 month ner man.
| There Ii an active search for corner pioper-
| ties west OF Fort Collins anu as far north ~ the
| wyoming state line. Reports come In daily
baye vet been made u
somewhere near the Cripple Creek district
! strike OF native copper has been made. srecl-
mems Of which have been seen ~ several nco-
| Ele. Much secrecy lie made OF the Location.
creek You'd aS only rp say that the discovery Is
about forty miles northwest OF the city Great
Efforts are being made to locate the discovery Ky
. The Stark Mining COMPANY has leased me
Holden Lixivlation Works ut. Asren which
were built In 1891 at cost OF $21O.OOC By
treat the peculiar ore Of the Asnen district.
but not enough ore was found tina. would luxe
/ was, aband 1ned. The new e2mpany, + re-,
modelling the plant aud 1t will undertake TO
concentrate ores.
| A rich strike was made last week in the Lit
| tie George property in the Mancos District .
The owner has opened M a streak OF ionf
/ inches oftellurlum averaging eighty ounces OF
gold ton The Tenderfoct mine has pro-
s sy led gold retort of lo' ounces bringing
over 100 men are working steadily in mines
and prospects in the Crystal River country;
copper leads. The concentrating mill NJ SEQ
Il cid. north OF Crested Butte, which IL being
onsrated with the new Gramer rr"ees nj e.
| suits. A number Of mining men from Denver
and Cripple Greek have been examining prop
CoIoKApo spniStis. July, 27..-The protahle
early resumption OF work by the sme!ters
among owners and employees OF producing
mines. As th9usands o! tons OF ore had al;
! on June *. the curtailment Of OUTPUT was con:
| plete. The reduction plants were also behind
On orders on June To- numhfr o. new mines Inc,
! For while the ore was bought a. smelters and
plant That soon ceased and work vas 7'. IT,,
grades OF gold orc IN ~; weeks shows iail-
Ing of Of about 100000 week.
| Smeltors and nlants building In various ratts
| OF Colorado Will almost double the present
| daily capacity for ore treatment. This, Of
an OUTPUT IN "a
ton have already passed the expermental
cent? u ton and another for 80 cents. Success
full treatment OF this class OF ore will double
For the fiscal year ending with June the
:C pl9arssdo Springs Mining Exchange alone sold
was issa3t ~ sssins5 $7%$23 j" for tho
ss6lS'G6o The total thus, lar in 1890 is
pany has declared /, $45o,0O3 dividend to b.
s2%o6,56o. This is the record Of public com ~
The Isabella. Orphan Bell cross vein suit.
now awaiting its turn in court. is, Of much in
four Orphan Bel claims, An ,nrrhan, Bell
vein crosses the Buena Vista From i $500;
met Trf e@5 sven rule IS wTonEa
II the California law holds good. This is the
point at issue. Judge Lunt in, previous case
decided against the Colorado law Hence this
suit.
The stock market is arm, with material ad.
vances and heavy sales.
LAKE SUPERIOR COPPER.
HoUaHToN. Mich. July 27.-Barring un!ore-
seen accidents the Arcadian mine will begin
producing copper this week The extension
mine with the mill at Crosse Points. was com
pleted early this week. and several hundred
tons Of copper bearing rock have been shipped
from Nos . and 3 shafts To- the mill. which is 20
start with one STAMP The mill is 10 have
three stamps and second mill OF equal capac-
ity is now being built.
The remarkable advance in the stock Of this
company is nov matter OF histoN begin.
ming with lOO.OOu shares AT - per share. u
total Of Sl.2oOUuO. the Arcadiar has since In.
creased its capital stock to loO.UOu shares.
fsf in '% wey T
months. The Arcadan ccmpany is now en-
Miners from the Oneco. living between the
Quincy and Osceoia properties report favor
able showing Of copper in an nmyGdnloid lode
The Tecusmeh neople have struck copper at
depth Of about 800 feet.
tho Calumet and Hecla Is being shipped direct
to the smeter. being so rich that 1t would be
Ills rock K runs rum as hgh ss
'opper. No u shat: has been one OF the lean
est Of the mine bu, the present res ricn ground
the metal contained in It being worth almost
rock 10 gold mine in this or any foreign
country. The improvement IN No. - shaft Is
also OF great promise to the Osceola, as the
shaft lies Just north Of the Osceola boundary
line.
The Elm River propsrty is at present en-
rloyinR nearly 200 men and is putting on adj
iitional forces as rapidlv as the men can be So
nred and quarters erected for their accommo
dations. The mineral showing ut the prop
ertv Is, said TO be- good. The new .Correr
Range Railroad is progressing rapidly and
raH T IN ew % daS %orE OK o
foot steel bridge TO span tho Fire Steel River
will be begun very soon.
II is rumOreu, though on what authority
cannot be stated; that ar amicahe settlement
will soon be arrived at between The Franklin
merly an independent mine, hut for the past
six years portion Of the quincy. was operated
Tor some thirty years and the nter-relatinns
became somewhat "omplicated. A JudPment
Seai9s; the Er%nkn for for s31l 200 was rem
eral years ago. but it is not :honght that this
Judgment will stand. as in the crinon of many
Explorations are now under wav on Isle
Roya!e. in charge Of Jacob HoughtoE, who has
financial backing i. being furnished br Con,
men Of Detroit,
THE LAKE REGION
DULUTH July 27.-The Rossport Ont zinc
mines. opened last fall nv Mr.. Bascom. have
been sold by him to an Eastern syndicate for
S254OOO. ana very extensive DEVELOPMENTS
will be made at once. Shipments Of mlnera!
nave ceased. and steel tramroad is being built
tive I've mil es to connection with Lake Su.
peror and the Canadian Pacific. II VIII hc
com plsted by fall. when about 1000 tons of 80
per cent. zinc will have been troten out for
shipment to Belgium. where the entire rrl I'd
uct will be sent. The com PAW has within the
past two weeks discovered a Vein oi what may
he called pure 2lnc. 600 t.e' long ana * feet
wide. so far as followed. that may h" uunrYi"d
like any ordinary rock: l.Nu"r's rre,iic' that
in few years the bulk ot me zinc mined in
America will tie in this vicinity.
six months ago but three mines We're OUer-
ntinE IN the immediate vicinity Of Ees.emcr
Gogebc iron range, and these weIc not push
ing. To. day seven additional mines are he
ing reopsned. many of which have rccn idle
for ten years and III" force employed NJ the en-
tire group has been increased from 100 to | .gOO
men. The newly active mines are Puritan.
Valley. Eureka Anvil. Ironron. Federal and
jackpot.
Not single nina that was ever one rated in
the virinty of IronwOod. G0gebic range. j.
now idle. though most Of them had been aban-
doned since 1852. The force emrovel has
hesn increased this year from l,2iO To more
than 800 men
INnlorers on tho VI, 81 ba range have re- GENTLY