Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-12-22
WESTERN MINING MOTIFS.

"A vein of rich silver ore, asSayins, ss
hlgh as 294 ounces per ton, has hoen
struck in the BOnito mine, in the par,.I
district state of Chihuahua, Mex. "
-Friends of copper mining in tbo
Black hills are pleased over the disc
cry OF the large vein of copper ore founJ
by the Copper Butte Mining c0mnonr
which is operating on Spring. erect :,
Custer county.
Eight miles from Discovery hay #,
the Olympic range, Washington. r. F
Reed has discovered a ledge that @irns
fair returns in gold and copper. ASSAY
ing from IS to $50 in gold and from 4
to . per cent. copper ton.
From two TO four carloads Of mir,
VIII pe shipped from Custer, S. D., each
month hereafter. Two Eastern com
panies: the Sills-Eddy Mica company Of
New York city and the Chicago Mica
company of Chicago, are operating tba
mines.
A big mining deal has been made II,
the Little Strawberry mining district
| east of Lead, s. D., nine miles. Tbree
| t'renchmen with titles have visited the
Dakota Maid mine on several occasions
and Grant, states that a deal has been
| closed.
"A very rich strike of copper ore has
| been made ten miles north of Caster. :
d., on Spring creek. A ledge of ore I00
| feet wide has been cut across that win
assay IN copper about 10 per cent. ana
! the ledge has the appearance Of being A
| assure vein.
London experts who examined the
| Britannia copper mine on Howe Sound
Il. G., for the Valentine syndicate, have
confirmed the previous reports of $40
| 100000 worth of ore in sight, and the
| syndicate is now very anxious TO take
the property over for $2,000,000
1t is reported that a new strike of
coal has been made on ground belonging
to the estate Of the late Fred NJ Bar
| rett, located in the Hay Greek district.
South Dakota. The coal is a superior
quality and the ledge is thick and has
good roof A mine will be opened.
| "A fine deposit of asbestos has been
| discovered northwest of DeadwoOd. s
u, and tests made upon it show it to be
of fine fiber and possibly of a merchant
| able quality. The deposit is about )
| feet thick and fbers 10 to IL inches long
can be taken out. Fire tests uDon it are
| excellent.
| The Fayal mine, located at Eveleth
| Mimi, has cleared shipments of a trfle
over 100000 gross tons of iron ore for
the season. This is the largest shipment
! in point of tonnage ever made BY ary
mine in the world, being at the rate Of
| about 1000 tons day for every shipping
| day Of the season.
In Carbonate district, Pierce county.
a seam of coking coal feet in thick
ness was discovered last week on prop
erty owned by the Wilkeson Coal com.
pany. This is regarded as one of the
most valuable discoveries made in the
coal region of Washington and will aid
materially in securing an iron furnace on
| Puget sound.
Otto p. Tn. Grant,, the owner Of the
| great Hidden Fortune mine, north of
Lead, S. D., states that his rhine has
and that deal for the entire North
Lead hill, taking in several well-known
gold mines, has practically been made.
1t is estimated that Grant, has cleaned
up $250,000 in the past twelve months
from his Hidden Fortune mine, some 81
the ore running as high as S63. 00e per
| ton gold.