The Virginia enterprise., 1901-02-08

WESTERN MINING NOTES,

January dividends of Cripple Creek
public mining companies will exceed
5000
"a sensational strike is reported in the
orc shows as much as $4,000 in gold and
from 800 to 5000 ounces Of silver.
-Colorado's mineral production to da:e
! is as follows Gold, $223, 1926, 1929; sill
yer. $34O, ,254 ,3G3. Is; lead, $93, ,3O2. 222 9:;:
copper, $12,611 ,336.10; total, $669, ,29944.- :.9944
The estimate of the output of
ington in 1900 is $1,13O,OOO, or nearly
double that of the year previous Thn
greater part of this was gold
One Of the most important mining
deals for Idaho has been closed within
the past three weeks, whereby New York
! capital takes over the Uncle Ben group
! of mines at Bonaparte, Gilmore county.
"A Butte syndicate headed by Frank
| Thomas. has purchased for 100000, a
group of claims that belonged to the Gold
Ridge Mining company at Baker City,
Or. and will develop them on Il largsp
scale. - IN
Although exact figures are not ut
hand and will not be obtainable for near
~ SIX months, 1t may be stated that the
! production Of copper by Michigan mines
100000 pounds. p' ' A'''
A large vein of anthracite coal has
been located eight miles north of Price,
Emery county, Ctah. The. coal has oeen
tested and large returns show it to coll
tain 1872 heat units. per cent. moisture
| and 2.S per cent. ash.
"A Cripple Creek dispatch states that
Lessee T. J. Moynahan, operating the
Yellow Bird Of the Mariposa company
on Gold hill. has opened up 2-foot body
of Of ore for 20 e. fset f6o that produces screen
In the Clara Belle mine, which is
about eight miles from Custer. S. D.,
| a rich chute was encountered that is lit
orally filled with gold. The chute is
about 4 inches wide and is found in a
lO-foot ledge that averages 500.
The iron mines near Durango. Mex,
have passed into the hands of New
near Durango, which was once the prop
erty of Coils T. Huntington. is to be
developed on an extensive scale.
A deposit of nearly 100000 tons
OF good non n-Bessemer ore is reported
found on land on the Mesaba range BE-
sboo to- the fnd STATE ten Of resr 81 T
from this find before it is mined out
The 19-foot vein Of coal that was
discovered at the head of the Huerfano
| IN Colorado some weeks ago has proven
to be all and more than was expected
| of it,. The main vein is 13 feet thick
| and the remaining feet is a mixture of
! slate and coal.
The copper feds in the eastern part
| Of Union county. Or, and about thirty
miles northeast Of Baker City, give prom
! lse Of becoming the equal Of any in the
! far West Development demonstrates
that great copper deposits exist and the
| values of the ores are high.
! The Cabin Extension mine in Oling-
dew.
! is showing most astonishing values. Sew
eral weeks ago a seam of clay carving
| free gold. was struck. A horn test was
made of it. and the resultant tail weighed
at the rate of $21, 900 u ton.
| a short time ago new and rich
strike was made at the Eldorado mine
near Malheur City. Or. Two of the
assays gave a result Of s1155.5S and
SlO.291.19. This was an average of
and II inches respectively. This indi-
Gates the property to be a promising one.
! Non. Bessemer producers say that a
famine in standard range non-Bessemer
ores, is imminent. and that the efforts of
steelmakers to force non-Bessemer prices
below 81 will result in closing the mines.
Standard ores of this class sold last year
i9oi: Is oif'''' ont cannot 0F'ns so much IN
! The foreman Of the laboratory of a
hrm of manufacturing chemists in De-
| trolt reports that when he opened a cask
Of white powder arsenic consigned to his
employers recently ne found within
number of worms which resembled cater
! pillars. and which seemed to be thriving
upon the deadly poison.
| Much interest is being taken at pres
| ent IN DR.. Rothermell, a clairvoyant, who
has been making some remarkable discov-
cries in the immediate vicinity of Custer,
5. ID. His method of finding blind ore
shoots when no visible signs are to be
found are known only by himself, but
there seems to be no doubt of their sue
cess. s.x7S:t<
! "A wonderfully copper field has
recently been opened in southern Utah.
near st. George, and sensational stories
are told Of the values found there, the
in lodges. Samples from that part Of.
! the state cover an astonishing variety,
from copper in the sandstone to native
nuggets and sheets. ~ szssssss*
The management Of the Mammoth
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