The sun., 1901-05-06
MINING CAMPS REPORTS.
BIG COMPANIES RESERVE TINE OUTPUT
OF THEIR IRON MINES.


Opening OF the Lake season--Crippie Creeks
April Production Reopening the Copper
Mines Of California-New Yorkers Invest
In Copper and Gold Claims In Nevada
DrL Til. MINI. May 2-little OF tho IRON
ore output Of the Lake Superior region VIII 20
sold in the open market this year. as most
Of 1t Is TO be mined by companies using al
they take out The United States Steel Cor
poration has reserved the entire product Il
many Of its mines. including Fsyal and some
more Of tho larger ones This company IL IN
fact Offering almost nothing from the Mesaoa
Range except from the Hibbing group noth-
ing At all from the Nermlllion Range, nothing
from the Carnegie mines OF the uogeDio'
nothing from the Steel and Wire or Carnegie
mines Of the Marquett and little from us
Menomnee mines
Al the reads are hurrytns ore to the COCKS
Oh Lake su perior and all expect ships In plenty
during the week lar go feet left the lowerIaAe
ports on Wednesday and Saturday and more
will start as fast as they are QUILTED Many
Of the roads have been hauling ore FOR Two
weeks. and their docks vers 50 well h!led THIS
week that they we're forced 10 shut OH receipts
and shovels have stopped At mines In every
range.
very large output Of ore has been SOLO TOT
this year from the new stevenson mine OF
the West MesAbA Rlnge. which sent ou' 4
few sample cargoes last year. The ore Is
unknoNn in the market, and the owners there
fore are compelled TO make a guarantee
which they have done az IS per cent iron ana
per cent moisture. OF bc-semer grade ms
Il. Inc will bc worked from an open pit ana
shaft this year and will make the largest
put ever furnished by a new property
Mesaba he.semers are sellins at aboutS ton
which Is sl2S under thu pEico for corre.pond-
ing ores OK old ranges It 10 about the same
as the prloe Of Menominss non -bessemers and
the discrimination Is making ihuepenueh'
Me-lba operators squirIE
Fayal mins viii mine and ship about i''W 600
tons this year $50 OOo more than last year
Corgigan. Mckinney 4 Co. iron mine oper-
ators. will open the Ropes gold mine hear
lshpeuing rs soon Il. they can get the neces-
sary material The cyanide plant was
started this vsak. and viii treat 90 0po tons
Of tauinss during the miner, These tail
lngs are returning rs cents ton net proht
u will taae 20 September 70 clean up these
taiuSs at which time underground work
vii commence.
COLORADO.
CrroEAno sPRINos. May The Cripple
Creek April production. ,2.too. 900 brings
he grand tota! yield Of tie great camp g
500 SO. $50. The record for the first four
months Of 1901 Is tiOcls. 800. At ttis rate
the years output will be 81. 90 900. against
o. So. 200 for 1900 and sie,742llo FOR the
pr,ylous year. The 1891 production was
500. go, and that for 1892 $500 ooo The next
year the amount was four times IS great.
The dividend total Of public companies
ha. reached s2olle7ooO7. ,opn',nG s5oo 600
paid in April. The dividends disoursed
thr. 'ar In 1891 ar" si,7oAlli 50. The 1900
G'.lTenC. we're % Ss4t-.ga The grand total
tp'alr TtuslNg irou 3, siJ oi LAKE cit" 10 s.
&c. oo'For'lsnd Thiscompany psyssi,o' 900
eygTy three months II rs done 80 ior a
ert splendid showing. Il may continue 70
90 e. fur ten, tNen y or twenty Eve
years vet STATIONS lld"pcU lsnce, Which
~ tfat period Mr " S stratton.
its locator aud sole owner realized o.. 800 ooo
not prony. lie sold tie mine Tor g. ooo 600
cash on May !, lSps. Tho Elhton, s.. .d5i. .AtO o.
| O.. strong, .l2.5.o~; the Victor, il,lE5 600,
! follow, With Cold coin ne1t at seao,ooV and
t. ''.st y the Crippl. Creak gold dollar
! e .'out 20 cents This 's the average OF tie
Tho past week has witnessed numerous
strikes In cripple Crock. stewart. kpsin (
Shoemaker, leasing On tNH queen l"d" -
Bon Hur, arc IN foot vein AssaF'ug t.
II ounces u eo.h ,2p' m ar an .'s,1s:,
I s-np.n.an showed $50 500. The Gold Dollar
= .r foot orc worth See ton. Ih. Prince
A'a-' ps,rost, ElIeso and Narv Nokinn~7
~" Iu pay ore An important STRIKE "a Re-
r.r'nI in the FANNY EanulSs property ~
/ iollHulc Sus''ors IuleD"r Ieno-, whose
Workings ar. hHug sunk from 900 g. l.'o,,
. ls IN rioh ore lr ~. granite AZ Loo feet depth
. This re averages sos ton. Ia. slle ot
4 o.. yn.n scr,ns 20 Justify resumption II a
/ .lor'erly dividend of s!oooJV in place q
Tao flt,og and tie I.loona mines have
7 h"su troubled with wst"r far some time past
/ TLA latter las reduced tie flow from lluo
| & 81D gallons nirV'. As \ result HurK
| hAs been r-slusd IN the fourteenth level
| whore honan2a ore : eIpeC'ed
/ The suNif"r trust has advanced rates
/ aIvarr- hls ben mais on smslt"r ores
/ Irad.ns In cripple Cr..s stocks Ia, waited
far s.ge ,ns r5;' - p,. .n .' .n'eIl,2,!'n. par
a- o. DAlli1rnla Oi. however, has aoeu
discovered in 10 y alley = ''- Fountain
.,. q, III. city, s,'g ,.r, on 't,GG:yo .aga'
/ H.H ua bargain counters
CALIFORNIA
| san FRANCrsCo, April 2a.-The heavy
| southeast storm that set in yesterday wi.
aa,c b, s2od sfGo. I mn'22s ,a5r"gsn"#, n, -
/ means q good fan Of irow late Ia the seasUr
/ AMI consequently plentiful supply q water
| urr. vel a.9IE u IL. !an. Ih@ lonE.con-
I and north NIu Ia had melted ~" snow IN The
+ ~ .lutaiu, verv rapidly and without 'ae
storm miners would have h"en forced 70
Perhaps ,no most sifni'clnt feature in
/ r. ont mining IN ltlioT'Ia u ne reopsn!rg