The sun., 1900-12-30

'"a,Ins ssh1n' 400 ton. of rock dai from th'
work o. fgpt of lis nvo ,haf,. on Tho Oscoola
az tgfa'od This sust onsjon IL du" 20 In.
all- " 10 - pte delivery ~ msciinory vhsr
ieCE from ,S.-s .ssf. boi"f. @ ai ,ha ccin,is'or
, 81 ths now amy gdaloid ipill at iALe Tingen
y, !; not llt"ly hnt much work ,yil be dop.
Calumet and IIecla proper, on tho conslomer.
ate. continue. With unGbr'ed yisor
8 shalt, tho greatest undertaking Of n" sor,
MS .na,, on ias, J. ises: Car, y, :,
Nc expected to cut tho Cilpret conaomcrate
atou Jan. /. 1901. at depth ot lrrroNtniHt"ly
.sGi a. G frst I9c i.de was c9, on PC g. io,".
and Rt eight feet less depth than Cart Par.
nails estimnte, As there were no diamond
Trn @ srdnd a"a .Hnc, ,nr vert yor an Ta' 's M
Jrslrinlr" estimates of the time and dcI -
Is c:rt1inly remGrkatle. hi. shnft VIII
ducttyc capacity ~ the mine. but will NOT he
" full commission until well toward the end
The Osceols Consolidated COMPANY own.
anu works tho tsceola. Tamnrock Junior md
hearsraRe mines. and Is oUeuins new mine.
t6s nn'T1 Csrtsrr rs Ine S@p'S e'TTss
prnr'lse OF making nne producer
The MIyNoNcr i ynntinuins exploration,
lodes showing more or less copI or.
The Old Colony has driven tunnel dnar-
Ter OF mile west from the Eastern, or under
and will continue this Tunnel for more than
hal' mile further. Several amva vadNloils Hnd
Sas Snsr c@ns9me,Ste C, "n farryns G.rp.r hay, nays
ambitious ehtcrIriae OF the sort ever UNDER
taken In this district.
The Oneco has susrcnded work for tho
winter. A single sh T. was sunk some depth
on an amy gdaloid though. by the MANAGE
nent 70 be the krnrsnrge. hut probably
en- unidentified bod outeroping east oil the
The Tecumsch. next south 70 the Osceola,
Ia C9ntnuing eNrlCratorv woIH
The khode 'and j. orenng on the Pevabic
an, rdaioid and Ia ing some attention TO
two otler lHralel Iodcs.
The fraunlu Junior has abandoned one
shaft on tie Pow ahic aniygda.oid and Is re-
opening the old workings of the AiOan, and
Bo-ton or Peninsula mine. on the AHoreh
been found Of latc At the Franklin mine the
work Of "scromming" stll continues, aud Il
will be several car before the oId mine Is
The ArCadlan Il producing from shaft' on
the l 'lek ko aie or Portage lode. andl- oreIln9S
Iut aprarent., rich cpidotal am, rda. old i ing
west Of the Isle Toyale ard Portage beds
The ,Qplncy pa. recent, comrietHd q sew sew
started early this month, With .econd to go
into commission Immediately. Avast amount
OF underfround opening work and ,uriags lace
Mt the QUINCY in the ra-t twelve MONTH ana
the mine will ma p much larger production
In 1901 than ever before In IL" listorh;
The lsie Ro' ale on-oldated win have its
new mill runui ng next summer isIrorerN
has produced about 900 tons OF copler "
capital and POOR mini: I; and milling faH.tie1.
but 1t gives promise OF becomins ihe uine
under modern methods and manaSeT,gt.
developm, Mt after the acqui-iton OF it three
mines and nd dining lineral land;.
I he Atlantic has added new ana poweT'nl
M n lirnrf dlripE tho nd l. again per-
nanently In the ranks of the divid"nd-pa. ing
mines. " Is now emplo, ing upNard OF 200
men and !. eGuipped much better than ever
The iatlr i, now making about 100 tons
Of ingot copper monthly with two heads
is being built opposite the Atlantic r,i for
the Baltic, and will go into commission next
mine OF great promise.
The Trimountain. next south OF the Baltic
and opened on the same lode. has one "i tho
finest showinss ever secured in this district
for an equal amount Of work. An aSs"ss-
n OF on bs hat s6ak mop S h. fGIrf mn was to
equipment and build a new mill The mn
site, two miles west Of the Baltic's new mill,
- The Champion mine Of the Ccopper Range
lies next 5b.Ssd Ssa on Of th pag odo
mountain and possibly. better This mine
Will nave MN OI'llbsll' Nlub VI Hi'''''-
tain and will get the use Of one and perhaps
OF two stamps ut the Atlantic mill as soon
as the Baltic drops their use -,
ground very thoroughly with rather lndii-
ferent, results until very lately, when a new
wider and more regular than those first
opened, has been cut The future Of tho
property apparently hinges on the develop-
in"nts in this amysda4old during the next
The Wyandot, next south. has also been
S krs sre opaHd SHa a r% S[%UHa ode Ne reeetT
from which hot.er thir9s Pre hoped
The Winona Eeyt south and east; r.lSi hai
with ono shaft third of century ago. II
was thought by all mining men 10 be prop
erty of, ,excci it.onal EroWi,"sbGt vas not de;
n railroad. Work under the present Nun
sremert begun two years AGO, gave tne
disturbed and PROSPECTS, eveItualy became
very blue until tue latter half Of 1900. when
a marked improvemel w1s noted. and has
since continued. Spirits of the shareholders
ver0 nearly at the zero point. but are grad |
uallv rising with continued reports of better !
lie Adventure Consolidated comprises
three old mines, the Adventure, krowlton !
and Hilton. and |. famous, Tor is silver. De;
a miil viii probably be decided on ne year.
The Mass consolidated next southeast OF |
thG tth Adyentgre. c2mprises tne old Mass Mass
work AZ present being confined TO the RI 1ee. |
This property was a dividend payer many !
Years ago. and il favorahlv regarded A |
now two-stamp mill is building at Os.ma. |
on Keweenaw Bay. and should be running ,
by the middle Of 1901. The Mass has marketed |
about one hundred tons Of heavy copper. |
secured from opening work alone.
! he Michigan mine is opened on the Calico !
lode. raralleling the contact vein Of the old
Minnesota which returned dividends Of |
j $1,000 between 1854 and 76,praCLcally /,
all Of which was paid before 1860 Inc Mlchi- |
san shafts will be used 10 drain the old Min |
lesota Mine, which will be thoroughly er- |
Ilored. There is every reason to believe that !
the old Minnesota contains millions OF dollars /
yor n of copper. which can be obtained at !
handsome profit.
The Victoria mine. the westerrnost active |
Of the district, Is working very |
and has recently made two |
hipments 4 mass and barrel copper. So /
'ured In cutting down old shafts. reopening /
.dits and levels, and breaking new openings. |
The dividend disbur sements OF Lake SUI
,erior copper mines have been as follows. for
he past ten years:
ear Dfrifends
sal sql.,,..,,...,......... S3.SsO. 900
hUe ,s...., S'snu'VVo
Nt'. os1t'''up
SH}. ..ooN,p"p
,,,.,,...........,. 5, 2sO, 900
Sps .......,... 5.gs5. 900
sl7 .,.,,,,,.,,,., .,,........,......... s.I3i 900
SOS Observation-Disclosures. ........ s.s53, 900
500 9...,,,.....,..... ................ Ic. .3ls 900
300. ...................... ..... 0.7gs 900