The sun., 1900-06-11
WEEKS RECORD IN MINING.
SITUATION UNCHANGED AT THE
BURNING CALUMET & HECLA NINE.


uct-Cripple Creek Records Warner Miller I
Purchase Of the Congress Mine Of Arisons
HoUGuToN. Mich. June 9-The situation
q the burning shaft OF the Calumet and Hecla
mine n not yet perfectly clear. The burning
shaft Is Isolated by closed iron doors from
the other openings Of the mine on nearly all
levels,. which are 100 feet apart In the lower
work Hs. There are however. few fire
doors yet open which the relief crews found
II impossible TO close. one Of their number
meeting death and others narrowly escaping
II through staying In the mine as long as they
did. The gas which Il very penetrating, es-
oapes through the castings about the doors
and renders the parts OF the mine CT INJECTED
With the burning shaft Untenable. even where
there Is no danger from FIRE. II has been noc-
essary to closely seal all shafts in any manner
connected underground with No. ?. where me
FIRE Is Gus escapes in considerable quantities
from cracks In the earth. but these have been
covered with sand and dirt wherever possible
and the work continues, The gas was so
strong a week after the fire that eight men
working on the surface were overcome and
but for the vigilance OF the officials would have
died from sufocaton.
At the South Hccia branch of the mine. which
has no underground connection with the other
workings, every available man is being em-
ploy ed and Stopping is being done In the -FOUR
shafts on the Osceola amy gdaloid lode. which
are 7sO feet east Of the conglomYate shafts IN
the portions OF the mine now closed BY
making every effort possible about 5000 tons
Of rock are being sent to the mills daily, which
Is about half the normal supply.
The temperature OF the burning shaft varies
greatly. No prediction can be made with any
approach TO accuracy rs to the probable dura-
tiyn of the fire The blaze may be ont In
do or two and It may linger for weeks or
months Previous fires have proved very
stubborn, as the flames burn ~ long As any
oxygen feeds them The last two big fires.
In 1887 and 1855, were drowned out by carbonic
acid gas generated for the purpose.
The Calumet and Hecla normally supplies
about 10 per cent. of the worlds entire pro-
duction OF copper. At present the mine Is
making not quite half lis usual product, which
means a decrease of ) per cent. in the worlds
copper supply, an amount sufficient 10 have a
very perceptible effect on the price of the metal
and its sympathetic position ii the fire should
last longer than another week or two.
The Adventure mine in OntOnagon county
8 now working three shafts from all OF which
drifting is in progress and some fine stretches
of ground, bright with copper. have been pre-
pared for the big Slopes that will be needed
when a mill IS built. The Mass mine. the Ad-
ventures nearest neighbor. is pushing pre-
iminary work on its new mill at Ogima and
is opening considerable reserves underground.
The Arcadlan Is steadily retrenching ex-
penses and adding TO its income from cop
per produced. The milling costs have now
been brought down to the average stamping
cost of the modern amygdaoid mills OF the
district, which is almost exactly Is cents a ton.
the cheapest milling OF any mine being Z: cents
a ton.
The first cargo Of mohawkite will be shipped
next week to the extensive snelters and re-
6neries at Constable Hook, \. j., opposite
Staten Island, which are undoubtedly better
equipped than any other in America to handle
he initial shipment of this new mineral. ow-
ng to the extensive experience gained in the
smelling OF the nickel-copper ores Of the Sud-
bury district, Canada. Nickel-copper ores
require exceptional treatment to secure good
results, and the Orford works have been the
only smelters outside OF Wales to success
fully treat them. Mohawkte was discovered
only this year and IL the worlds youngest
mineral. ffom the standpoint OF scientific ex-
ploltauon II is compound arsende OF cop
~ Xid nickel with traces OF cobalt, anumony
/and iron existing as impurities. The per-
centage Of copper Is phenomenally high, aver
aging above 81 per cent. with about y, per-
cent OF nickel. The fissure vein, of mohawk
its crosses the kearsarge amygdal9id copper
lode at very nearly right angles and has been
traced 10 surface from the point Of discovery,
q distance Of 1873 feet. and has been drifted
90 far found is 2s inches and the narrowest
about S inches A the crude mineral is worth
almost $3.50 per ton. less transportation and
smelling charges. 1t can be seen that very
ANAL vein IL permanent will produce millions
Tho Phnnix mine is securing a large amount
OF mass and barrel copper from itS opening
work one mass raised having weighed nearly
atom, il being worth $500 as II lay at the mouth
The baltic made a trihe better than sixty
two tons Of copper mineral last month. with
one stamp at the Atlantic null, and Judging
from the work Of the past eight months 1t can
be depended on for sixty to,sixty-fve tons
monthly with present stampns facilities;
largest stamps in Us own mill i should turn M
out l5O tons per month without crowdns The
mine is we'll opened and can supply two stamps
with selected rock.
One thousand tons of copper bearing amye-
dsloid rock from the Calico" lode of the
Michigan mine is being brought to the Atlantic
mill, and will be stamped within the next ten
ssv a Iss ss' ,Ss S Ss e mill IF the Nj
mine, Opinions as TO the merits OF the Cal
leo" lode differ widely
SHAFT No, and the southern drifts of Shaft
ground OF late.
COLORADO.
COLORADO SPRINGS, June 1,-Crppe Creek
Rold OUTPUT for the first five months of 1900 Ii
222. .2a2 tons OF $40 236, ,42s bullion value. For
like period In 1899 the totals were l74s75 tons
and 81 23s, ,e62 Last years total output was
ga, eos tons. worth s0,7l3ll0. This years
increase is at the rate Of at74 tons Hnd $500
5e2 monthly. II this ratio IS maintained the
total record of 1900 will be 4s9, 1913 tons, worth
S23 $40 7s8. During March and April a serious
hot
OF ore-treatment plants resulted in curtang
production 81 25O,0oo. Water in the mines
On incipient railroad strike and other causes
have reduced the yield fully as much. Among
these causes has been the shutting down OF
them or to increase their capacity. These
plants together with entirely new ones, will
Be In operation soon. The total capacity OF
these additions will be about double that now
available. Conservative estimates place the
value Of the years product At $50 100000.
The profits TO stockholders from the Si0,2 $780,
as thus far produced in 1900. as disbursed Il,
dividends, arc s., ,25l .o29.is The monthly rec
ord Is as follows January, s3S050ooo; Feb
ruary, $751; ,25ooO March, soa3.OOooo; April
tS42,li7. May, s27g,O82.U. The dividends
total does not include profits invested in equip,
ment OF mines. the purchase Of new ground and
other permanent improvements, nor the in
crease OF cash reserves. Close corporations
whose books are not open to the public, hun
dreds Of leasing arms and individual owners
yield do not appear as dividend payers. The
total profits excluding only the cost Of pro-
duction, must be close TO S,000,0O0
The dividend total for 1900 to date ey ceeds
Of 1899 the total was sl,42i.2 60 The june
record for the FIRST week il sssi, 500 This in
cludes s4ss,OpO by Stratton's Independence
e67, 500 by Isabella, EsOoO BY Ellton. $4,000 by