The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-20

Crowned King mine has been run for about
nIteen Ieet or more through the rich body OF
Robert ,kier, has discovered n lead near
shaft is being sunk on the new find and consid-
sraDie ore is being. taken out. Many good
hood OF the new find.
SALT LAKE. Feb. ia great copper prop
erty has lust been discovered In this State.
thirty-live miles southeast Of Price, in Emery
the deposit shows II depth Of thirty feet. There
are Tour veins. one showing ruby copper which
lions OF dollars for the owners, who at present
are 81, V. lie Sieur and Thomas VI. Altman Of
The Horn s!lycr Mining COMPANY. Allan c.
Washington of New York. President. has lust
comnleted ARRANGEMENTS to make regular ship
meh,s Gi y per cent. copper ore. Fifty tons a
4 strike is ren2rted on the l .3Oo-Loot level
pany has declared n dividend OF $4,000. Dur
lng the week the Silver King paid a S5o,nN00
dividend. tho Grand Central one OF $3l.25O.
ana the swansea the sum OF $4,000.
WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE, Feb. l4.-In the Sunset group. near
index. on the li:ent Northern hallway. a strike
has been made within the past few days that
producers Of the state. The whole face OF the
main tunnel is now in solid ore fully seven feet
s EsHY ana .nd' s EIlISeS y SJ rsr the, Eent sw SSnIp }hs t Sssidf ts
about 500 a tor. The Downs property. in
the same vicinity. also has a big surface show
stall a plant that will develop it more rapidly
and satisfactorily. The Snohomish group Of
nNe claima, also in the same camp. has made
one ear shipment that gave returns OF 30 per
cent. copper. 81 ounces silver and 50 gold.
This property, consists Of five, claims, located
about a mile from the railroad. with which it
is connected by trail. which can be converted
INTO a wagon road or tramway over a good
from the main tunnel. in course OF develop
ment.
Ore from the o foot copper ledge in Okan-
cred by w. A. Ford. is being tested in Seattle
with a view to the placing Of a plant on it for
From nine 70 ten feet of this ledge near the
hanging. wall is rich enough to stand the ex-
The excitement occasioned BY the rich dis
c%overies II, lsepubIc district is extending all
State.
1t has been customary among the assavers
on the Pacific coast in making out their GER
%tifcates to compute. copper ut 81 per unit
thnt Is, ore going 10 Der cent. copper was
valued at SO. Since the recent rapid advance
they compute at 81 per unit, doubling the cop
per values. Where there were hundreds Of
prospectors in the mountains OF Washington
be thousands this season. There will also be
scores OF good payinE mines opened up. but
In Foss River district, nine miles from the
iIedJ NOTlneEn NdllTDdu. u SlTlke was recently
made in a new discovery; the ore going 20 per
@ent. corner. s. gold and So silver The ledge
streaks OF much higher value. To reach this
prorerty and make the ore. available it would
REQUIRE the construction OF a branch railroad
of six miles and u wire tram OF three miles.
The Becker River COPPER mines. which local
CAPITALISTS overlooked. were snapped up by
Indiana people from Fort Wayne about two
fered double the amount they paid for the
In Silverton district hundreds OF abandoned
properties are now being relocated and sold at
good prices. The rebuilding Of the Monte
Cristo hallway is bringing this district RAPIDLY
TO the front again.
SEATTLE. Feb. 1.-THE Helen Bay, Com
United States ASSAY office in Seattle. the re-
suit Of the last run on the average ore of the
He.en Bay gold mines.
stampede from Wrangel to the tributary
streams of the SticEeen. from which there are
eral hundred claims have been located and
some gold has been taken out. but the extent
OF ON 5ne p 9ew 1i9ei9 GGse * n aion ys' the Re" Dalton trail.
where the first discovery of gold was male in
October last and s. 200 token out per day by
taken by American miners. These ~digGings
are in American TERRITORY and are as rich as
1t is estimated that there are 1000 men
along the trail IN the vicinity of Lake Bennett.
lake mines. but learning OF the passage OF the
Exclusion act. they are now hesitating and in
all probability will remain on, American soil
rather than take chances in Atlin.
BRITISH
SEATTLE. Feb. 1.-THE greatest activity in
the western part of the province is on TeXada
Island. where the eighteen properties owned
Copper Queen. which is the best developed. is
now equipped with a comp drill.
ggs sDiR Of np 1851 pGls fea that T Ti,i new sRa ]Iart f5"fs shst to On a
which this plant has recently been placed.has
attained a depth q 2:5 feet. with three levels;
from 80 to l2O feet. Ore enough will be
blocked out in the Queen to supply 100 tons
t hfs G ois in the the dhstif was va shipPed, has nas a fine
body OF ore which commanded a good market
in Wales, The Florence is down twenty-nve
smelter rerurns being S4S per ton in gold and
copper. The Florence is on a parallel vein Ell
Cornell. which was discovered ninety days
ago. has a shaft down fftv feet and a crosscut
through daEoE irom tT s9t to Ss5 ff %er 9 fon 500 goId p and ie copp %irl
There is apparently no waste in This VEN:
which is REGARDED as the largest d de p 81 tE Of
province. All these properties are from one
fourth to a mile from tidewater and one shaft
is below sea Level. Out there mas Deen no IN
terruption from water.
4 lively camp. known as Van A9da City. has
s Han YGG up c TsGga1Iy on bo 5hH Ms.e whieh n fr ids
POSSESSES a fine hotel. stores. Post once. sa-
looms. &C.. and is still growing; the cNa nTp by
ma ISL Oh d llN. vi uli v ''iiF 49, -
sons employed in the mines and reduction
plants OF the company.
Rossland district continues to keep up its
record as a big producing section. and the de-
%velopments, now under way are adding ma
to from $500 to 5000 tons; The ore averages
counted on as a steady thing.
OF the west coast of vancouver Island a great
copper lodges. and in several instances good
nav ore has been found. AT Seachart a, force
IL ~ pIova6 in driving a tunnel through the
iron Gaping that crops. out along the face OF
the Iron Mountain for the distance OF a mile.
and the owners are meeting with great en-
couragemen;. although they were content to
have their property remain iron pure and, SIM
pie, One thousand acres and a splendid har-
Dor are embraced in Seachart.
MISSOURI.
JOPLIN. Feb. 1S.-Xinc ore made another
inward Jump during tho week. advancing
from SO per ton to S47.5 30 and again breaking
the worlds record. Two weeks OF freezing
down and the output of both zinc ard Iced ore
,hr... waeks' Tim, zine ore has advanced