Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-04-21
WESTERN MINING NOTES.


4 .om all over Arizona come repor.s
OF big strikes of ore.
A rich strike of copper ore is repar--
cd from the ConGor NINE al Bingham
Utah.
The old stone courthouse At HudS,,.
is being torn down to make way for th.
new building
The discovery of rich gold placer,
has been reported from the Concbo
river, eighty miles east of Chihuahug.
Mex.
Some promising copper prospect,
have been discovered in the San Bias
mountains, near Guzman, Chihuahu.
Mex.
Strikes have been made in the Mono
and Guadaloupe mines, Ouray COUNTY.
Col. The mineral runs from $50 to So
in value
1t is conservativeIy estimated thar
the Klondike mines will this year pro
duce S20,000,0 600, or $4,000 in exec.
of the output of last year.
The PrcmontOrio copper mine. near
Tcpachi. i'll the MontcZuma district. s.
nora, Mex, has been sold to san Fran
cisco people for $4,000 in gold.
Marcus DAILY has secured the Nick.
Plate group in SimilikameCn district. l.
g.. and has been developing it. There is
copper from SIS to $50.
Work has been going on all Winter
AT some zine properties east of Port Ar
thur, Ont, on the north shore of Lake
Superior 1t is stated that the ore runs
from 40 to - per cent. pure.
"A ledge Of ore which assays $40 10
$50 i'll gold. with traces of SILVER and
copper. has been encountered in the Co.
lumbia mine on Cummings creek, about
tiEn miles pf Il1rf0n Ap.l
A new ledge Of ore feet wide has
been encountered in the Old lronsides
mine, in the phonolite district. South Da-
kOta. Assays run $50 to 5000 per ton in
gold. Suingers of ore run $4,000 to $40
600
-Lcadvillc has developed home mar.
ket for zinc ores. The ore is first con.
centrated and then shipped to zinc SINE
tiers. The tonnage from the Leadviilc
district for February averaged $500 tons
per day.
The producing mines of Rossland
camp. b. c., are closed on account 81
the labor troubles. Where thousands of
tons were coming to the surface month
ago the output now is not sufficient to
pay for the oil on the engines.
The first mining stampede of the year
occurred recently from Leadville, upon
the report of Il strike of eXtremely-rich
gold orc on Hayden's ranch. fifteen miles
south of Leadville. The new discovery
is only Il mile away from the railroad
track.
A most sensational discovery is re
ported about eighty miles northeast of
Candelaria, and upon the line between
ores show from 1000 to 5000 ounces sill
yer, 40 per cent. lead and as much as
$3S gold per ton.
"A display of gold from the Oscar
creek mine has been made at Grants
Pass. Or. The gold filled a pieplate to
the rim, and was all coarse and bright
in color. The largest nugget was worth
S242, while at least dozen others ran
SO to SO each. The total value was
over $500.
Copies of the Cape Nome News tells
of the discovery of new and rich finds
on the IT butaricS of the KoyOkuk and of
the stampede of thrOngs of Nome miners
to relocate some thousand or more claims
that have been thrown open through the
failure of their owners To do development
work on them.
Some important mining develop
ments are being made in Eagle Valley
mining district. Nev. About 300 loca
tlons have been recorded. The bulk of
the ores run from $6 to $40 in gold. al
though there are streaks which run high
er. On most of the claims the shafts
are not deeper than 30 feet.
In the Cripple Creek district strikes
during the past two weeks have been
made in the Atlas, Findlcy, Demonico
Mabel Nj. and the Moon Anchor proper
ties. The MOonAnchor has uncovered a
3-toot VEN assaylng $50 ton The At
las has Il gOOdsiZed vein showing fifteen
inches of porphyritic quartz with some
black manganese, the cross vein value
being 800 a ton.
Cripple Creek March dividends an
nounced are as follows. STATIONS hide
pcndencc. SfSS.GO0; Portland $50 GOO:
Amazon, $4,000; Elkton, $33. $50: Con
solidatcd Gid mines, $4,000: Gold Coin.
100000; Golden Cycle. $4,000; hide
pendence. T. X NJ. S12.500: Isabella.
S67. 800; Modoc, $4,000; Lille. S11.25u:
Raven. $4,000: Strong. $4,000; total
$743.O0 Other companies vet 10 be
heard from may increase the amount to
SSj0,000, the largest record of any mou'h
excepting December, 1899.