Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-21

stantly, with flow of arteSian water, ii
the rate of three barrels per day. Il is >
high-grade white oil.
From experiments made 10y Stroll &
Landers in Small Horn canyon. near Dill
Ion. Mont, immense values IN gas ard oil
will soon be realized. Ovet 1000 acres
have been located and excitement runs
high. The layers of shale are frOm
twenty To fifty feet thick. Oil sand IS
found cropping out ali over the cuich.
In the matter of strikes ,iiipir conn
ty, Col, seems to be strictly in il OF late,
with. for example, the klondille mud OF
silver ore worth Sl0.0OO, the i0btail tuD-
mel ore running 2S64 ounces gold and GIG
ounces silver, representing a commercial
value Of $57 500 per ton. and next ore
from the Next President going as high
as $4,000 per ton.
A party Of Butte mining men and
capitalists have acquired y lot rt proper
ties on Prince Of Wales island. and re-
port that the island is marveouS!y rich
IT, copper, the surface Showins1 Df which
are wonderful In the rich district Of
Butte nothing % compare with the Alas
ka showing was ever known ii a similar
stage Of Development
-- One of the latest finds in northern
California has been reported from Pan
Their creek, which is a tributary of the
New river Some very promising quartz
has been mcarthcd and ab0ut ton of
ledge found is about eight fees wide and
from the present indications the ore is
of an excellent quality.
Mining operations in southeastern
Alaska are being conducted 90 a larger
scale than ever, and Eastern and West
crn capital is being invested. he mines
under systematic developments have re-
| spondcd satisfactorily and shipments are
| increasing. 1t is predicted that the day
is not far distant when lie return ear
| goes Of coppcr-god ore from this portion
| of the territory will run up iHjo The mil
| lions monthly.
The Cataract mining district in JEFF
fersun county. between Helena and
| Butte. Mont, has ,rue-copper hclt,
which is as yet practically Uadegeioped,
| hut gives promise Of being Il large pro
Queer of the red metal. The formation
in this belt is stratiGud granite and
corresponds with the Butte formation
The ore is an oxide carbonate showing
aZurtC, malachte and oxide Of iron, with
good values in gold and silver.
About year ago the yoans son of
Stephen Mccks, poor miner near Red
ding. Cal, stumbled across ledge Of
quartz while playing. He notified his
father OF the discovery. and Meeks, ST.,
commenced development work disclosing
ore Of great richness. The property is of
such value now that Meeks has refused
$20,O00 for it, The ore runs from $50 to
$50 n ton, aud the ledge Stems to hc get
ting richer rs development work pro-
ccCdS
A find of Autograph stone made
few days ago in the mountains south
east Of Prescott Ariz.. another discovery
oe the same kind Of stone near Aiama-
gordo, y. NJ, and the un,overing OF "a
| fine vein of opal in the Horseshoe noun
tains, in Southwestern New Mexico,
have added two of the rareSt of minerals
to the already varied output Of the earth
in the Southwest. The photographic stone
deposit near Prescott Is a small one. but
that at Alamagord0 is said 20 be of large
| size.
Montana mining men who have been
prospecting in Alaska and British Col
umbia for copper are enthusiastic over
the outlook. John Caplice, formerly a
| business associate Of Spn.'ur Clark has
returned from thorough examination OF
the country about Glacier hay. and says
| il will prove the greatest copper.minmg
country on earth He has acquired a
number Of locations on Copper island,
located in the Glacier bay. from which
he brought ont great amount of native
copper almost pure as samples of wha,
the island contains.
--Wha. is declared to be a lake Of cop.
per, the water containing 10 per cent. 81
the metal, has been found in Trinity
county. California, by Prof j +. Thur
Der Of Colorado. The shores of the lake
which is 5000 feet long by 1000 feet
wide are SO steep that prospectors sci.
dom visited the place. Thurber found
| the shores along the sides invested with
was soou coated. There j. 500 horse
power Of water near by aud Prof. Thur.
bcr proposes to use electricity and dcpeI.
Op the copper bonanza.
John f. Price, representing ID. If.
Molfnt and other Denver capitalists, has
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