Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-09-26
WESTERN MINING NOTES.,

The Friday mine at North Cotton
wood. Col. reports Il rich strike the ore,
aSsaylng 500 to the ton. with mdca-
tens that it will be richer with increas~
! ing depth.
Stockholders of the Isabella Mining
| company in Colorado want to know
what has become Of the funds Of two
dividends Of $135.0OO each There is at
present only $751;, 900 in the company
treasury.
The Clipper mine in Madison county
has been sold by Filing & Morris OF
Virginia City to Butte (Mont.) men. and
It is generally accepted among miners
that the consideration was 81 600. 900
The Clipper is one Of the largest gold
producers in the state.
Another rich strike is reported at c..
W. tIemlnG's mine, twenty-five miles
from Helena, on Warm Springs creek.
Mont. The ore assays $3.50 in gold and
Ut III silver. 1t was encountered at the
end or long tunnel and is said to be
p.esent III large quantities.
There is at least one mine in the
Blue River district. Or. where gold is
being taken out in a primitive way. and
good results obtained. That mine is the
Jayblrd, located about one-half ME
from top Of Gold Hill, and the owners
use. a large mortar operated with Il
springpole.
Edward Blake and Floyd Cannon
have made a rich strike of free gold on
Poornan gulch, Montana. They found
it at a depth Of $50 feet. and it aver
aces $50 Il ton in free milling gold The
VEIN Is from Is to 20 inches wide and
has a known length from surface Open-
ingS of 200 feet
The strike in the Bald Butte mine. a
Montana property, was made on the 400
ffJ Xt1ft Il II,
encountered. one selected specimen as
saying $4,000 in gold to the ton, while
the whole chute averages over $50. In
addition to the high grade ore there is Il
total width of the vein OF about ) feet
which averages So a ton.
-Wolframite is the latest discovery Of
mineral in Boulder county. Col. The
smallest run yielded 1927 per ton and
the largest $3.50 per ton. The vein is
from q inches to Is in thickness.
colorado Springs reports that the
Mary Cashen mine Is ont of ore. and that
the Flannery leases on the National and
Mariposa properties are To be suspended
for lack Of funds.
In the Camp Carter district near
MaSonvllle. Col. Il tunnel gang encoun-
tered peculiar-looking mineral. the lead
being Of a greeniSh color 1t was be-
lieved for Il while 10 be Il copper vein. as
copper IS proSpectcd for in that district
Nothing more was thought of it until
the returnSot the assay came III Yesterday.
and To the owners surprise ii proved to
h. Il combination Of biSmuth lead gold
and silver. the first grade assaying over
S1-ou and the second between $500 and
800
Parties who took lays on abandoned
ground on claim above Discovery on
Forty Mile creek. in Alaska, which is
on the American side. have found gravel
at bedrock which pays as high as $50 per
day to the man. Bedrock was struck ut
a depth of twenty-five feet A similar
find III the Kondikc district is also re-
ported Oh two claims on Bonanza creek
above Discovery. which some time ago
were vacated because their owners
thought them barren. miners have found
gravel at bedrock from which they are
taking from $14 to SIG in gold to the
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