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

increased from 1,5S7,9 47 ounces in 1890
to 4.174,S11 ounces in 1900.
Samples of ore taken from the o. K.
mine near Milford, Utah, show as much
as go per cent. copper.
Five samples of copper ore and pc
troleum found in San Juan county. Utah,
have been exhibited in Salt Lake City.
The Cripple Greek output for the
first ten days of March indicates a
monthly record Of $2,500.000 an III
crease of 100000 over February.
The other day specimen was
brought from Arizona to Denver contain
ing a nugget of native copper in the cen
ter of a sample of solid galena, rare
occurrence in mineral formations.
The Triumph company at Cripple
Greek is breaking gold ore from three
different levels that will run from $50 to
$500 to the ton, the average Of the great
bulk of the output being $50 per ton.
Remarkable strikes are also reported
in the kougarok country, especially Oh
Quartz. Coffee and Creedon creeks. and
good finds in the Corwin coal fields.
north of Behring strait
Before the discovery of gold in Call
fornia and Australia the worlds supply
OF the precious metal was limited, pro-
duction being restricted practically to
small operations in the Ural mountains
and in our Appalachian chain.
In Arizona. near the Mexican bound
airy line. is the Planches de La Plata.
where silver was actually taken out in
sheets, the largest silver nuggets ever
found in the woodworking POO
pounds-having been discovered in the
district.
Rich strikes on Wheeler creek,
tributary Of the BluestOne, are being re-
ported at Nome. Two miners are said
to have taken out $1,000 from IA Wheeler
creek claim in less than weeks work.
Another claim on the creek Is said to
have yielded as high as 500 to the pan.
The lessee of the Kimberly compa
ny's block 4, Cripple Creek. has cut into
a fine body of ore in the Little May vein
at distance of sixty. feet from the shaft
in the 22j-foot level. An inch streak
next to the west wall of the vein runs
as high as SIS to the pound
Relies of the Roman occupation, in
the shape Of Roman tiles and earthen-
ware, have been discovered as well as
two skeletons, i'll the course Of excaya-
tiOns at Dover, Eng. In ancient times
this ground formed the estuary of the
River DOur.
Miss Olive Smith. one of the teach
ers in the jamestown, Cal, public school,
found nugget few days ago that
weighed $40, says the Magnet. During
one of the recrcatiOnS, she, with several
others, was standing in front of the
building and incidentally noticed what
she supposed was n piece of copper on
the ground where the water drips from
the caves. Upon picking it I'D and ex-
aiming it she found it TO be pure gold.
A phcnomenally rich gold strike has
been made in the Fourth of July mine
near Pony, Madison county, Mont.
where gold was first discovered in Mon
tana in 1863. ii. L. Bragdon, who is
operating the property, has assays run
ming from Sill To ST11 40 in gold from n
.strealls OF Agre carrying from six TO thirty
inches iii width. The remaining eight
feet Of quartz exposed in the cross-cut.
apart from the rich streak. averages So
per ton.
A miner has arrived at Nome with
over fifty pounds of dust aud nuggets
taken from creek in the Arctic district,
about sixty miles north of Cape York
Another miner from che same camp
brought in five pounds of large nuggets
and considerable quantity of dust. The
largest nuggets weighed from five to ten
ounces each and the smallest was half an
ounce. The two men refused to dvulge
the name of the creek or its exact loca-
ton.
The greatest strike that has occurred
in the San Juan country. Colorado for
many years, and in fact. since the de
velopment of the Camp Bird, was made
Sneffels district. The vein opened at
three feet III width with an assay of
100 ounces in silver To the ton, and
since then tie vein has increased to four
feet and ar assay made recently shows
the wonderful return of 5000 ounces of
silver to the ton, with So ounces in gold
The report relative to the strike of
very rich ore in the Slide mine at Gold
hill, Cripple Creek, is confirmed in min
ing circles in Boulder. 1t was encoun-
tered in the 90O-foot level. aud ASSAYS
have been received which give returns of
$50 to the pound o. an average Of $50
u0u to the ton. The vein is about tif-
teen inches in width, and carries a string
or of four inches that gives the high re-
turns. The remainder of the vein aver
ages from fifteen To thirty-tive ounces in
gold 70 the ton.
Il singular combination, consisting of
r1ch free gold values in compact, tena-
ciouS clay g0uge. at the side OF the quartz
vein. is found in the Orc Blanco district.
Arizona. The MeXicans have way of
getting the gold ont by drying the clay
thoroughly and then beating it with
clubs. This is a method of dry concen-
tration which seems never to have oc-
CURED 70 the owners of deposits Of au-
riferous clays in the vicinity of Denver
and that opens a promising field for in
ventou.
In the Golden Cycle mine, Colorado.
n big body Of ore has been deyeluned in
running the ninth or bottom level The
ore body has wideued. until at the pres
ent time there is ten feet Of ore showing
in the breast of the drift. OF this four
feet runs very high in smelling values
one sample assay indicating values as
high rs thirty ounces in gold TO the ton.
and the other six fec: is Of gaol mill
ing grade, which can be prohtably treat
cd.
One of the most extensive gold-bear-
ing ore bodies that has ever been dis
covered in the United States exists ten
miles northeast of Salmon City. I.cmni
county. Idaho. \ great mass OF ore
standing ont in cliffs aud groupings. can
he readily traced fer the distance of 1000
feet in length. and varying from 300 TO
900 feet in width, without a break or
any intcrmingling of other rock. and
very rich rock can he seen cropping out
here aud there for the distance Of over
500 feet in width. Samples taken from
across the groupings Of the great ore
body show an assay of 50 per ton on an
average. Assays range from 50 10 $40 I'M
gold. ~ cents up 10 So in silver and
about per cent in lead. picked samples
going as high as S1T5 per ton.