The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-30
and the Big Six are new shipper. of impor-

Rumors are persistent OF great discovery Of
almost pure gold in the Isabella. This mine Is
puzzle and local people are becoming wary
o. nsws from that quarter
LAKE SUPERIOR coPPEE.
HorCHToN. Mich, Oct rs The senson,
which has been one Of unparalleled n the Lake
short for the work projected because Of the
q labor and new matern ant machinery.
pended this season in development work
isrhaI ne most imE2rtant TorE ol M yea ynhr
uow nearing otnp"ilon FOR fity wears It has
been known that there were rich deposits ~ cop,
per hs,tTrep liopghton npd Greenland hut until
because Of lack OF rail facilities. The Quincy
NINE will this season net about 8 5UooOo in
. iit''. sh"ri Of s2o"66oo Tia quincy f Isl me
richest nnivgdaod mine In the district and
ranks second only TO the Calumet and Hecia
.AccorIing 20 III. ngures just given out hy
property IS getting about 40 Ter cent
copper, II the mine Is able to hold to this re-;
Inevitably become ono Of the largest and most
proltobl" in the district, "a its lode IL about
double the width o. the Calumet conglomerats
which 80 rsr cant Of the dividends paid ~
Lake ntres have been earned.
the assure veins on, tho Arnold. ,property., a
mass having been taken out in the past ten
OaVs when weighed l.tlD nOun1A.
. The smelters o' the Detroit and Lake
Superior Company, which have been idle TOR
ninety days, have resumed work on mineral
from the Atlantic and Baltic mines.
Tho Franklin ia running two stamps. which
are treating about 100 tons Of rock daily and
Tok e rom ct Rs ia .h hs,
Franklin lunioris turning out more rock and
better rock than was ,nntisipatei by any but
:, There ia some activity in tho western end OF
the conner district anh mining is to be re-
cnrIne Mountains. 4 dozen men are employe,l
at present on the PEAK property. Iying North
tween Michigan and Wisconsin. The Peak
GoGrsr Mining G9mPeHy ,h hHs Inst b;.n 9rgnn
are to be employed during the winter.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
DEApwoop. Oct. 22.-Otto p. T. Grant,. the
owner and discov-rer Of the rich sirlke OF old
ore southwest % this city. has returned HON.
from Denver. where he wont with carload OF
oree week ago. He had tho ore treated in one
fMen nr sos TT ss IT PtsSs and rhs
Black III IS for a carload OF ore. and it is prob
that much ore which had been taken from the
surface. Mr Grantz will shin another car
the hrst carload lie has carefully measured
the ore shoot as far as it has been stripped
OF surrface rock ana no states that he will have
amillion dollars worth OF ore in space Of 100
feet, providing itcontinues to hold the richness
Il the first car.
MIssoCRI-KANsAs.
JoPIrN. No. Oct. 27-The shut. down OF the
zinc mines Of the Missouri. Kansas district en- is
to-day, and Monday morning the mines at Jop-
lin. Carthage. Webb City. CSrteryille. Prosuer-
Slots ely, Aurora. Neck City. bnde and Nor.
rirs. Kan which have been shut down for
down was ordered by the Zinc Miners Associa-
ton at the beginning OF October for the pur-
pose Of preventing an accumulation OF ore in
The smeIters had BEEN charging that the
STiices q ENC ore, as s"hehn,sd 10y the IiSG
ton than the market price OF spslter would
Thfy r.4ssa to pay tnsiS prSSns
shutdown WAS intended to be in force until
the accumulated ore was all taken at schedule
the Tes rgE'e1 to
ahed the smeltsrs to run by buying only a
small portion Of the surplus ore. Thus the
continued four weeks before the association
cav 1T to call II on
THE LAKE REGION IRON MINES
Duluth. MINI, Oct, ~, -Mahoning Mine. at
HibbinR, Mesaba range. has closed down for
tons This maHss over 1000 900 tons for this
mine Ince the spring Of ls15 whsn it was lrst
to the American steel Hoop Company OF Pits
burg fora large sun and this company will take
mn. 2P%E s II %
1t ls steam shovel mine and one Of the larg-
est in the world.
Fayal Mine. Mesaba range. will close tho
season with a shipment OF over 100000 tons.
and will probably lend all mines Of the Lake
Superior country. 1t lisa property OF the Fed
eral Steel Company.
The Oliver tCarnegiel company has closed
some OF its mines for the season on account OF
high frsights. and will send out little more ore.
The Aragon Mine. Menominse range. has
put In a compile system OF compressed air for
handling its ore cara underground. doing away
W m n n n IN I - IN m
u Ia reported that an output OF 2O.OOO.OOO
tons Of ore In to be attempted for next year.
Such An increase over the present year Is an
impossl billy, unless many more mon can be
secured on all ranges The 1900 output is not
likely to be over $4,000 900 tons and this will
prior to 1895.
The various ore mining and transportation
compan les have already secured ships capable
Of m owing lS.OOO.OOO tons In no preceding
year has chartering Of tonnage taken place be.
fore February or April and tho charterng OF
precedented The question 81 ore priosa IL ot
usually raised before tho beg inning OF the NJ "
year hut this season it 10 likely that at least
100000 tons will be sold and placed before
the last OF this years ore has gone forward.
Timber Ia being received at Duluth for the
new ore dock Of the Eastern Minnesota road.
II will he the highest and widest In the world.
with tho largest capacity, per pocket. 1t will he
ssvsntv-three feet above water and sixty feet
below. and SiIty-tve fact wide. and will have
10000 tons storage capacity. 1t will rest on
1000 long piles and Is 100000 feet OF A r tim :
the material for IL. construct on has .wampsd
the mills O' the North Pacific and exhausted
the i'm mediate spilA capacity Of tho pine woods
OF Minnesota and Wisconsin.