Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-03-30
WESTERN MINING NOTES.,

Col.
The coal lands on the western slope
Of the Cascades in Washington are be-
me prospected and purchased by Eastern
capitalists.
The product Of Utah's mines for Feb
ruary amounted TO 50 .292. $50. and is nm
unprecedented record.
A Butte syndicate has secured
bond for $4,000 on the polaris silver
mine near Dillon, Mont. and will opc-
rate 1t On an extensive scale.
In the desert region OF Lower Cali
fornla. Joseph I.eege has located four
claims on a dyke 100 feet wide of free
gold, which horns about $50 4 ton.
Ore has been struck in the Evening
Star group near Silvertom. Col. which
gives returns IF siNty-one ounces in sill
yer, 81 gold and - per cent. lead.
"A good strike has just been made by
Inc Mary J. Mining company in the De
lesseps mine, located in Gibson guch
The ore runs SD gold, $10.S0 silver and
90 per cent. lead.
The output of British mines ard
qnarries rose from 100000 toms in
l6Ol To 35,000,000 tons in 1850. and Il,
present reaches 2S00O0.00 tons. Of
which 220.00O,o0o are coal.
On Iron creek. KcIhr district. Wash
ms1on. strike has been made in the
Merrimac group at depth Of 80 feet
The ledge is 3 feet wide the ore assay
ing $500 in copper and silver,
Advices from Dawson state that
hereafter there will be no crown reserya-
tiens of mining claims in the Kloudike
or Northwest territory. All claims still
held by the crown will be thrown open
Tor stalking.
The Dominion government, it is an
nounced has decided to reduce the
Yukon royalty on gold from 10 to : pei
cent. James II. Ross has been appointed
commissioner of the Yukon in place of
William Ogilyie.
The first cleanup of gold has been
made at the cyanide plant of the Spear
hsh Mining company at Ragged Top, :.
ID. Something like POO ounces Of gold
was sent to the company headquarters
at Colorado Springs. Col.
a dispatch from Tucson. Ariz.. says
that body of ore measuring ~ feet
III width and assaying S203 a ton has
Just been reported in the Nulture mine,
giving assurance that the property will
again become a leading producer
"A new and very important strike has
been made by lessccs on the Blue Bell
claim Of the Blue Bell company on Gold
hill, Cripple Greek An ore body of over
a foot in width is being followed down
aud values of 500 to the ton are obtained
The somewhat celebrated Geyser
mine in Silver Cliff district. Colorado.
with all its appurtenances. hpreditamens,
liens, mortgages and incidental caami-
ties. has been sold to the First National
bank of Denver for the paltry sum of
$4,000
-Denver owners of property in the
Mogoll0n district Of New Mexico are
greatly interest in recent ella forest
reserve order of the secretary OF the in
terror which it is said will work a great
hardship to the mining industry of that
section
"A number of small nuggets of gold
nave been found in the district of from
soc, IN northern Norway. The value Of
the auriferous tract will be investigated
as soon as scientific examination can
be commenced. This cannot take place
before spring.
The mining outlook at Leadvlle,
Ioi., continues to grow brighter. and this
u Far from being on paper alone The
output Of the camp today is over 200
toNAiallN of all classes OF ore, while nd.
ditional shippers will be added to the list
within a short time.
The London capitalists who pur-
chased the Britannia group of copper
mines on Howe sound, Il. c., for S7T5,-
tU0 cash last week have also purchased
the Goldsmith group which composed the
II
consideration being $500, 900.
Denver papers state that the lessces
on the -Four Brothers claim of the Agnes
Gold Mining company have Just opened
two strong seams Of sand carbouatcs in
the vein from which they are shipping.
Assays are now obtained running as high
as - ounces in gold 10 the ton.
The Salt Lake Tribune announces
ne sale of the property of the Dixie
non
copRer-bearing ground and copper
Smelter of thirty tons capacity. to the
bingham and Eastern Copper company
of New Haven, Conn. for 100000.
Convincing proof of the great posi-
bi1ties In placer mining in the Sumpter
goid nelds was shown al the Bank of
Slnlrter. There were displayed about
100 nuggets, ranging in value from 81 30
70 $500 each, specimens from the Win
teFYiie placer grounds, in the Bonanza
district, Or.
itch ore has been struck in the Bull
lion Beck, a Utah property The full
race Of the drift is said 10 be- i'm ore
which shows 60 ounces silver. 40 TO 30
per cent lead. % per cent. copper and
$40 in gold per ton. An average assay
o. the race of the drift is said 10 show
the above values.
News comes from Cape Nome that
'',ti'ftS A'f'thlltf u lltIt OAR WAS NiDkf9l,
which is beneath Behrug sea and parallels
The coast for about 100 miles up from
Snake river Those who located the
claims bad to cut through five feet Of ice
to reach the sand aud gravel. which was
very rich. In summer the claims will I've
totally submerged.
The General Electric company Of
New York has just closed deal involv-
ing the purchase of mine interests Of
giant proportions in Arizona aud Ola
Mexico. EiEhty-two copper mines and
prospects located in the neighboyhood Of
Metcalf are included in the deal. as are
two mines located in the district adjoin-
ing the Copeta property in central Sono-
"a The purchase price viii approximate
something over million dollars.
News has been received Of a strike
made on the California side Of the Colo.
RADIO river in San BernardinO county,
Gal, about sixty miles south of Needies.
The strike Is reported to b. one Of gold
aud copper in a ledge 4 TO 10 feet In
width, assaying from ~ To 70 per cent.
copper and $40 to 500 gold.
Denver papers stnte that al imp6f.
tant find has been made on the property
Of the Leon Consolidated company, on
Galena hill. At a depfh of thirty feet
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