Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-07-27
WESTERN MINING NOTES.

The mineral district adjacent 10 BIZ
Williams fork Of the Colorado RIVER. in
Arizonas is believed to be a great copper
belt.
A rich strike is reported On Major
creek twelve miles from CreStone, Col
The mineralized rock is II inches thick
with lG-inch pay streak. \ mill run test
shows ST. gold and S125 copper.
The Mayfower. west Of Custer, s.
D.. has been purchased by Chicago men.
A shaft has now reached depth Of 200
feet, on strong ledge Of free milling
ore that runs about 500 a ton in gold.
in Idaho several prospectors have
gone 10 Johnson district to develop some
eoppcr-gold mines The lodges are very
wide and rich in both metals, much Of
the ore carrying as high as 30 per cent.
copper and from $50 to $50 il gold.
--Deadwood reports that rich ore has
recently been encountered III the Spanish
Il mine. located in the Carbonate dis
trict. not far from the famous Cleopatra
mine The ore is on the same level as
that now being worked in the Cleopatra.
A unique discovery of gold ore has
been made at the halfway" house, four
miles north of Lead, :. d., in the lime
stone formation. Two men were digging
a well when they struck ore at a depth of
about eighty feet. Further development
with 4 crosscut tunnel shows Il large
ledge of gold ore that viii make mine.
The shelters of the Greene Consoli-
dated company at La Cananea. in north
ern Sonora. Mexico, are turning out >
100000 pounds of high-grade copper hui
lion month. The company is paving
dividends of per cent per month OH its
capital stock. and shares placed less than
year ago at $40 are now valued at $50.
Deep mining is in progress in STRAIT
tons Independence, Gold Coin. Elkton.
John \. Logan, American Eagles and
other StrattOn mines in Colorado. The
first named viii be sunk to 200 feet
The Goiu Coin and STATIONS Independ-
ence are already in bonanza ores at
greater depth than achieved by other
mines.
Reports from Routt county, Col.
have been received in Denver Of the dis
covery of rich placer find IN the Elk
head range, near the head Of Elkhead
creek. One letter says that the ground
is very rich and the deposit shallow, bed
rock sometimes appearing above the sur
lace. \ pan Of the dirt yields as high as
100 colcrs, some as large as kernels of
wheat.
Several capitalists Of Los Angeles
and Bakersfield have located government
salt land in Death valley and plan to
mine the SaIt on large scale They Will
build a narrow gauge railroad from the
main line of the Santa Fe to the salt
beds. Much of the salt in Death valley
is pure rock salt, but it has not been eX-
tensively mined because Of the great cost
of transportation.
Several prominent copper claims have
been located three miles from Glenbrook.
New. The ore is rich. assayiug over II
per cent. copper The Groupings are pro
nonnced and cover nearly half square
mile Over the other Side of the noun
tain near Genoa similar copper ore has
been found recently, showing that the
deposit is large.
For the fiscal year ending June 30 the
gold dust receipts at the Seattle assay
office amunted 20 1905. III, 1G3 standard
ounces, valued at $2t, TO7, 1897. exceed
ing those of the previous year So, $50, 15S
The deposits We're made 10y 6S15 persons
Thus far in July the receipts Of dust ex.
eeed S200O,00O, and it is expected thai
they will be fully So, 000O0C the pres
vat year. This is the lowest estimate.