The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-02-15
WESTERN MINING NOTES,

Ore running from $50 to $50 in gold
per ton has been uncovered in the Forest
mine at Wall Street, Col. SIS !. .EEs
Ore running So per cent. copper has.
been found in the Powers mine, situated
in Willis gulch, Russell district, Col.
Near Moro, Or, there has been: en-
countered an ore vein SO feet wide which
gives high values in quicksilver, gold
and copper. ,...:7:. 4.,. s.H.s>: 6 !
The richest silver ore ever taken out
Of the Argentum-J uniata mine at Aspen,
Col, has been encountered in the thir-
tenth level. ~ : 20
A few days ago the management Of
the Columbia mine shipped through
Was valued at $4,000. e - w '""'
The action of rat led n. r. In
goldsby to the discovery of rich gold
mine in Arizona He named the prop
erty the Rat Hole mine. = -
One of the richest gold mines in the
Black Hills is the Gopher, owned prin-
clpally by Minneapolis newspaper men.
Its ore returns from $31 to $1,000 per
ton.
A vein has been opened in the Fowler
claim on La Sal mountain, Colorado. L
is feet wide. Several small mill runs
showed values of from 800 to $500 per
ton.
A satisfactory test Of North Dakota
amount required is somewhat. greater
than Of Iowa coal, but it is entirely free
from SCOT and smoke, emits no offensive
odor and the heat is intense.
"A remarkable discovery has been
made in the Carroll mine near Baker
City, Or. In the 80-foot level u streak
of rich ore about twelve inches wide was
encountered which shows some extracr-
binary values. Several chunks of Gre as
large as a mans head were taken ont
which yielded about one-third gold.
Some very rich ore is being produced
from the bottom of the Zoe company's
shaft fhat {r Cripple Greek at depth Of go
from the: bottom of the shaft run as high
as $12,8OO to the ton. An inch break
is said to run as high as $4,000 to the
ton.
"A sensation was caused in New West
minister, near Vancouver, B. c., by the
grain gold in the crop Of a wild goose.
The goose was SHOT at Pitt lake, which
is fed by numerous mountain streams.
The sand bars along the shore were
known to contain gold, but had never
been prOspected.
the Governor mine, Ouray county, Col
The vein is now three feet wide and
first assays made showed 1872 ounces Of
silver and % ounces gold to the ton, with
llA per cent. copper. A later assay in
dictated 1011 ounces of silver, 65 ounces
OF gold, q per cent. lead and 2 per cent.
copper to the ton.
The first carload of hard coal from a
Utah mine has been marketed in Salt
Lake. The coal was obtained from the.
Castle Valley mine, nine miles north Of
Price, to which station it was hauled by
team. The deposit was discovered some
fifteen years ago by Mr.. ellison, but not
until recently have steps been taken to
develop the mine. =
"A fine strike of ore was made a few
days ago by the New Era Gold Mining
and Milling company, operating property
in Freeland district, Clear CreekSIounty,
COL; A round Of shots exposed an orr
body with from 10 to ~ inches Of solid
smelling ore and 81 feet of mill dirt,
which yields the extraordinary values
of $S9.7O per ton from an average sample
taken from entirely across the vein.
Recent advices from Alaska state
that a big placer find has been made
about sixty miles east Of Atlin, on Klahe-
nan creek, tributary of the Mackinaw
river. The discoverer took out $3.50 in
gSa P took from ne'pnf 6c Seeex 1 feet
square. Rich finds have also been made
on Bear creek. in the Chilcat district, and
at the head Of Copper river. Quartz run
ming as high as $500 to the ton ingold
has been struck in great quantities in the
KlOndike