The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-30
NEW COPPER LEDGES OPEN.
SOM EIrU orr ms BEEN FOTSD
~ NORTHERN CfIIFORNII.

Los hSGEIEs, Cal. oct. - Much activity in
Prospecting !or coprcr. and good many dis
coyerles are reported from the northern part
IL tie State. III Apino county j. f. MeylGtt
has found deposit OF which tn" groupings In
Gicata large body. md the ore IL very rich.
in Dol Norte county n ledge OF fine copper ore
hns been discovered on the old Occidental. n
ledge fourteen feet Wide has been struck on
the Copper klng claim on Myrtle creek. and
number ~ copper pruBpects are being deysl-
Uped In that vicinity. Several claims near
lrestons Peak have been sold to company
that IL preparing to erect a smclter
\ deposit Of native copper and copper ore has
been found in tho vicinity OF tho Union and
Crown Point mines in I'll Dorado county ana
the claim has been bonded by local capital. At
thirty feet depth tho deposit is fourteen feet
vide
TIE Corrcr King mine. near Sanger. Fresno
county. has 10000 tons OF ore on tho dump.
Tho working have proved some portions Of
'hr vein t. he twelve to fourteen feet wide
This IL the property which was soli last winter
hy IT, Is Nercoe in London for Sl.7JO.OOO.
The Ohio State Mining Company. which at
tempted To- put through aschene to dam the
San IoaIuin River at the out'all o. Fine Gold
Creek. divert the water sluice. and recover mo
,'pd believed to be IN the pool. has given ~
the venture after sinking $4,000 in 1t. AL
las sold its mining machinery Tor old Junk.
The mining industry in Marposa county IL
experiencing marked revival. and the
I.ncwc interest has set men at work looking
for more mine. More prospectors are now at
work in the hills and mountains than at any
time fpr live years.
The Boston Stock Exchange has admitted to
the regular list 100000 shares OF the North
Star Mines Company. owning mines in the
vicinity OF Grass Valley. Nevada county. 1t
paid it's last dividend in April and will soon
Iay another. Its intention Ia TO pay . per
cent. dividenls until the deeper workings are
reached. 1t has large quantities OF gold ore
which averages $lS a ton. THE company was
organized to succeed the North star Mining
Company. which had paid. In all. SjJJOOD in
dividends. The principal mines are the North
Star. New York Hin and Massachusetts Hin.
The North Star has been operated for many
years and has produced S5.OO0.O00.
A very promising new camp has been made
in tho Budugo Canon. Orange county. and
called San Vicente. II Is twelve miles east OF
Capstrano. The camp Is only five weeks old.
but prospectors are rapidly going in and many
locations have been made. The frat claim
staked out is called the San Vicente and is said
TO be practically mountain ofmineral. FIFTY
foot tunnel shows the vein to be over twenty
feet wide and OF solid ore Its value seems to
he mainly In the high percentage OF tin which
the ore carries and ASSAYS indicate that 1t IL
likely to prove OF importance and value as a tin
mine. 1t is owned by Il. F. Doan. Ben Barney
and James Dumphy. all OF Los Angeles. Other
locations are Welding gold. silver. quicksilver
and copper. although most OF them have not
yet been developed sufficiently to show what Is
in them.
Tho turuuoise mines in San Bernardino
county, near the Nevada line. have been sold
,toJ. i. Wood. = Ie.sllsr II New YORK. who has
hnAD iTr los ~ vi hlI. Ia HA
viii At once BEGIN their more active develop
ment.
covered at Valley Centre. San Diego county.
by two rapchers, fifteen feet deep and no
S SsSs S S.SS large tTs
\ number Of promi ng prospects have been
uncovered in the Duzura district. thirty allies
porphyry dyke. tho ledge being from 100 to
800 feet wide on tn" surface. The pay chute
Averages from 50 to 81 per ton. valuable de-
post OF Limestone has been opened up at the
Two young women. the Mise. May and
Clara Fowler. have donned miners Ggarb and
are working q rocker or, one OF tho Van Ness
In Tuoumne county nearly all the leading
mines. except those supplied with steam plants.
are closed down owing to the failure OF tho
water supply; and nearly 900 men have been
arsSd, I@s 1n to- Wiz t as bs ram mas
tains: il is likely that the shutdown will not
he Of long duration. The, old Union copper
shaft NJ CoDperopOns, alter having been closed
down for ak years. is being pumped out and
will be .reoneued 10y the Union Copper Com
rany. The pumping will take three months.
area Of 100 acres, is 70 No mined The area IS
Golden Sand and the Golden Hunter.
VIRGINIA CRY. oct. 2l.-The Truckse River
General Electric Power Company has begun
the survey for it's line for transmitting power
introduct on OF electric pow err on the Comstock
Will be followed bv general revival Of mining
Tho Comstock PUMPING, Association con-
t,nues its work at the c. ( c. shaft and lowers
the water on an average nhout 80 feet
week. 1t IS now below the 2.O5O foot level
SEATTLE. Wash, Oct. 23.Rspyng to the in
guiry Of a Representative Of THE sun regard
ing the Cane Nome gold mines. Charles Lane.
the cGi'0rna miI,oaai re-, who has larger h9a,
country said 1T is a good country. but I
doubt whether i Is extensive enough to JUS
the srrng. There will certainly be great
many disapp9Iintea men. while there will be
komo that will accumulate fortunes'
COLORADO.
CoIoRApo srRISGs. Oct. 26.--TThs October
Cripple Creek dividends are az follows: Last
Dollar, $4,000; Creston, Leasing. sl2,OOO;
Gold King, s3O,OOO: Lille. 81. 25O; Portland.
$4,000; Raven, $4,000: Strong $4,000:
Vindicator $5O,75O; Mary Mckinnie. $50. 900;
Sqnaw Mountain Tunnel. 10000; Grafton.
$1,000; Mode $4,000 Monument. $4,000;
The Last Dollar. whose first dividend is paid.
isa ew York company X. =. Iounsbury is
president and Henry Harrington secretary
The main office is here. TIL" two claims LAST
Dollar ana Cnnhnation. comprise eighteen
ucrrs on Bull Hi
Tho grand total OF dividends To dato Ia
SH,h2l,1l4.I1 or this amount, S2.5i1. 21O has
heen paid in the ton months Of TX -. against
S '.5Ni l44 ~ for lSHS The October record
exceeds that q any month in the camps hlS-
tory. except last months. which was SI33 500.
The StrAtton- lnlependence quarterly Of $685.
900 was Included in last months record
Colorado Springs and Denver are racing for
tho control Ot Cripple Creek. This after. bv
combining ~" Florence 4 Cr'ppln Crock ard
the Midland Terminal. is hopinR TO u v'rt tus
cnmna business to herself IA An offset Col
orado Springs capitalists have begun work on
.'I' Geo vft u ~ .4b hui NuPjr creek short
Line. twau'r.'..u" allies long. up Bear Greek
canon. Tie latter VIII have a big advantage
in distance
Conservative estimates place tho 1890 Grip
ple CTesk output ut S2O.OOOOOO, This will
make a total d S75.OOU.0OO in the seven years
OF the cAmp's history.
i, J. II and A. j. Richardson and other Bui-
falo. n Y, capitalists have bought the Topeka
mine In the Russell dIstrIct for 1855 600 cash
Near by Is the Silver Lake mine. recently sold