The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-25
{. hANNAF0RD. Publlshst.
WESTERN MINING NOTES,

5 WESTERN MINING NOTES. 5
Assays made of ore from lodges on
Badger creek, fifteen miles southeast of
Idaho City, Ida. ran from 800 to several
thousand dollars ton i'll gold. ,-. .,
Tho Colorado Fuel \ Iron company
has let Il contract for thirty miles of rail-
way from their recently purchased iron
mines near Hartville, Wyo., to the Chey-
enne II Northern Railway line. =.
1T is reported that George Mitchell,
who owns Il controlling interest in the
C"bre copper mines at Csnanea, Sonora,
Mex. has sold the property to New
York syndicate for $l,5OO,OO0.
A belt of copper groupings has been
discovered on the northern slope of the
divide. between the Carson and Truckee
rivers, short distance below the sum-
init OF Arrowhead peak. in Nevada.
Men who say they have made sue
cess Of sold-dredging machines on Snake
river. Ida, are looking over the bars Of
the Fraser river in British Columbia,
with Il view to the Inauguration of plants.
-Chilkuot mountains, back of Pyramid
harhor. Alaska, have been prospected this
season. resulting in the discovery of ma
tive copper in veins of from 10 to Is
inches in width, traceable for three
miles.
There is good deal of excitement
in the neishborhood Of San Jacinto, Riv-
er>iue county. Cal. over the discovery of
immense lodges of mica in the nearby
hills. The mica is said to be of good
quality.
The third level of the Sedalia mine,
at Se,lalia, Col. has discovered large
body Of copper ore ut depth Of 700 feet
and 400 feet from the shaft Tests show
the ore runs more than 40 percent. me-
talllc copper. = @& - :, q
On Copper river, Alaska. a, prospector
from Arkansas writes that he has dis
that outcropS along the mountain several
miles. The discovery is 1875 miles from
the mouth of the river.
The Hardwick copper mine,ss near
HorcaSitas, Sonora, Mex, has been sold
hy the owners, j. ]. Hardwick & Co..
to an English syndicate for $3,OOO,OOO.
six months ago the property could have
been bought for $50O,O0O.
w. r. Wynn Of Dandy, San ger-
nardino county, Cal, has located some
copper claims in the Old Woman'S noun
tains, nine miles from Dandy, the ore
from which assays SO per cent, copper
and SIS in gold and silver.
An authentic report comes from Ana
conda. Mont. of Il rich strike of silver
ore made i'll OleSon gulch, northwest of
that city. \ party of five Finlanders
struck Il very rich pocket of ore there
aud took out eleven tons which run from
averaging about 100 ounces.
On Morse creek. which has it's source
in the mountains surrounding Lake Ben
nett. in Alaska. discoveries have recent
ly been made of very rich ground that
gives results of ST to the pan, the lowest
being 81. The creek is nine miles in
length and empties into Lake Bennett
Nearly all the claims have been located.
For some time past what is known
i'll Alaska as the NOVEL; property has
been undergoing expert examination in
have these properties under bond for s.,
100000. The mines are situated on Ber-
ncr's bay and on Sheep creek, few
miles from Juneau.
What promises to be one of the best
gold districts in the Northwest has just
been discovered up the Boise river, about
thirty-6ve miles from Boise. Ida. Two
lodges We're opened on. Badger creek,
from which phenomenal assays were re-
since been found. Pieces of gold as large
as a kernel of wheat are common.
A greater discovery than that in the
Gold Rock was never made in northern
Montana. The gold rock lies on Mackay
creek about Il half mile from the con-
huence of that stream with the Carpen-
ter Sinking began month ago on the
vein and at depth of twenty-five feet
the rich ore was encountered. 1t came
in Il crystallized brittle and ruby silver,
eight inches in width. \ sample of the
entire body shows 1900 ounces of silver
to the ton.
On Prince William sound the Alaska
Commercial company is opening a big
mine which carries copper assaying %
per cent. The tunnel is in about 200
feet and has 21a feet of solid ore in the
as Landlockel harbor, directly on tide
water. On kenai peninsula, the same
company is engaged in the development
of gold-copper mine. The vein is I
feet wide. the ore assaying SIG in gold
aud copper.
The great Centennial Eureka or
Blue Rock, as it is Familiarity called
in Utah. situated in Tintic. has passed
into new hands. The United States Min
4 Woodmansee $4,000 shares of stock,
paying so share or $1,54O,OOO. Hold
ers of the remaining 5000 shares have
been allowed to put in their stock at the
same price. The Centennial has been a
wonderful producer, having within the
past eighteen years paid out $2,13O,OOO
in dividends.
told is abundant in Arizona, but min
ing in this line is only started. a strike
has been made in the Canon Del Orc
country. new district tributary to Tue
son. The gold belt extends for several
miles north and south Of this canon, fol-
lowed by large copper deposits and i'm
mense bodies Of lead and silver not far
apart. Placer gold in large quantities
had been taken from the canon long be-
fore Arizona became part of the United
States There are also immense bodies
Of copper, lead and silver ores in the
district. 49, ID = :