The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-05-09
NINETY-FIRST DAY.
MINES AND MINERS.
Cripple Creek The Flchest Eln nl cec.lon 10
The United staes-Black SIa'e Quarry
In Mesl Nirlinia.

According to estimates by State Geol-
ogist Eugene A. Smith, the mineral
output of Alabama in 1890 was 7,4S+7o3
tons OF coal, 100000 tons OF iron ore,
635,5I4 tons OF stone for flux, o3,6I4
cubic feet OF building stone, I4,I44 tons
OF bauNitc, 22s,ooo barrels OF lime and
about sixty tons OF graphite.
Coal has been selling in Austria at
$40 a ton, and some OF the German
schools have been closed Tor lack OF
fuel. Exports OF American coal to Eu-
rope are becoming common. An Eng
lish syndicate is said to have contracted
for e,ooo, eco tons OF Alabama coal to be
forwarded by way OF New Orleans.
The output OF native coal in Russia
has enormously increased OF late years;
at the same time the import OF the for
eign article has steadily risen, and this
in spite OF duties, till at the present
moment the import OF foreign coal has
become OF such urgent necessity that
the duties have had to be temporarily
reduced or rcmittcd altogether.
A portion OF the Whtmer farm, at
Bcdington, Berkeley Co., w, Va, has
been leased by Pennsylvania capitalists,
who now have a force OF men at work
opening a black slate quarry. The
slate from this quarry is about the
same as, II not better than that from
the York, Pa, quarrics. and the industry
promises to be valuable one.
Real diamonds have been found along
the Maserana river in British Guiana,
and that colony is anticipating a great
boom as soon as the facts are known.
The gems are OF the Demerara variety,
and are regarded as valuable. 1t was
near the scene OF the present find that
Sir Walter Raleigh unsuccessfully tried
to find the Eldorado along the Orinoco
more than four hundred years ago
Sixtv-fve feet OF the Davis Coal &
Coke Company's shaft at Henry, w.
Va. has been sunk, and the work is be-
ing pushed as rapidly as is possible. The
shaft, when complete, will be 400 feet
deep. No other mine has ever been
worked nearer than Hampshire along
| the w. Va. Central. and this new one
| will be the first within a distance OF 20
miles on one side and 7 on the other.
According to a report issued by the
geological survey, the mineral output OF
| Canada for the year 1890 is placed at
| $47 100000. OF this sum, gold is the
| largest factor, the total being Sci o4o,-
900, and OF which the Yukon contributed
$4,000, 600. Coal is the next item OF
importance, the production for the year
1890 being $oo4oooo Since 1896. the
mineral production OF Canada has we'll
nigh doubled in valpv
Cripple Creek is said to be the rich
est mining section in the United States.
Last year there was S2o,ooo,ooo Of gold
secured in that little section OF Colo
RADIO. 1t only covers "a square miles,
but out OF that place more gold came
last year than from the whole State of
California or from Alaska. The rich
ness OF Cape Nome is nothing COM
pared to the Cripple Creek region 1t
may surprise you to know that the Gold
Mining Exchange OF Colorado is the
largest of its kind in the world The
daily business amounts to over $1,000
900 in shares, and OF this fully one
quarter is on cash basis. The rrice
oi seats on the exchange is more than
the value OF seats on the Chicago Board
oi Trade.