Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1899-05-05
Tho Snake. Opportunity, Am

Printer Boy, Happy Jack. Black
Diamond, aud Golden Era group
pay IF today, and the rest of the
big gold producers on the 10th.
The April production Of the
Hillshoro gold placers was pur-
chased by the firms of Keller,
Miller & Co, Robins Il Crews, and
L. c Long. The sold dust brought
$3.50 81
A prominent mining engineer
reporting on certain copper prop.
erty IN Alaska states that there
are $ll.00O,OOU In sight in the
niue, but in his opinion 1t would
cost Sl3,000,00O to get IT out That
may b., so indeed We do not doubt
it at ALL For instance the noun
tnins of conglomerate between
Hillsboro and Kingston yield 81
uer ton in gold and therefore are
worth as many million dollars rs
there nrp million tons Bur when
it comes to mining and millng It,
the stuff isn't worth n cent
" here two persons locate two
adjoining claims on the same vein,
Ne is often the case in tins district,
.ni agree to sink a shaft jointly
on the vein at tha joining end lines,
5000 worth Of work mnst be done
regardless # the srza of the shaft,
aud each locator shand post Il
notice ateting the fact That the
assessment work wts done ] unity,
aud also the cost Of the work, which
must ne determined by the Iacal
rata OF mincrs' wages.
+ Copper claims carrying ore
tLet yields al the way from 10 .
Ter cent copper % hegpiur Tor
purchaser in the lllllsluro camp at
nuy price. They cay the claims
WON'T pay. Strange, isn't y, when
the Atlantic mine IN the Lake Sn
perior region. carrying only per
ceut copper per ton. has paid its
stockboldere SS2O,u0O in llvIdtnds.
Again. we ask, how much are we
offered fer a copper claim yielding
ore carrying II per cent II copper !
One or two of oar over econ
omieal miue managers ara hereby
informed that where shaft ls
snpk through large ore body
pillar Of sufficient size should be
left to insnrr the security OF the
shaft II slopes are carried too
close, the ground in which the
shaft is sunk ia likely to shit,
throwing the shaft out OF line and
resulting 10 great unnecessary ex
pence, and danger as well Also.
that the stopping of vein up to the
surface. leaving line Of open ex-
along the lode IN the
early history Of mine, Is bad
practice, but one nearly always fol
lowed It leaves the lower work
ings exposed to surface drainage.
and caves usually result, increa-ing
the size OF the open cuts, which
still further increases the disad
vantages OF the syatem
j. P. Malette's Wicks mine
party left for the east Friday last,
after a thorough inspection OF the
big mine. To THE ADVOCATE re-
porter Prof. l.. " Getchell. the
noted New York expert accompany
ing the capitalists. expressed him
self as we'll pleased with the Wicks
property, along with other proper
ties visited during his stay The
Wicss Ia q good mine" said Prof
Getchell, "snd from all appearances
will develop into dividend payer
OF importance. Supt. Williams
has it in excellent shape for
rapid development and large pro
ductlon. Prof. Ge,cbell is an
old Comstock mining expert, owns
mines ia California, Nevada, Nova
Scotia and Alaska, and u = Million
are twice over. That he IL most
expefirDe,i miner GaAnot bc 11cs
toned. aud that in company with
Mr. Nsllette and several heavy
New York capitalists he contem-
plates developing the big Wicks
n ine into one Of the richest pro
dueerr Of the West. il also equally
cprtain 70 our MUD Supt ". W
" llliams will leave tomorrow for
Denver to subject ten ton sample
of Wicks ore 10 the sm4lgsmation,
cyanide and concentration process,
which he believes will p'nve salts
factory in al re- ~pecis and warrant
the ru'ting ir oi sneh conhlned
mill plan, Al the mine Immediately.
SPECIAL RATES
- VII. k,~tl 81 1900