Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-21
WESTERN MINING NOTES,

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The Wild Horse mine. a Cripple
Greek property, is producing $4,000 in
gold per day.
United States Mineral Surveyor
Burtch states that there is plenty of Oil
in the Malheur district, Or.
Another good discovery OF gold ore
has been made in the Blue River dis
trict, Or. The ore is of high grade.
The Lucky Star mine. in Boulder
county, Col. is shipping by the carload
ore that runs ten ounces in gold per ton.
A vein of ere seven feet wide and
aSsaying as high as $500 to the ton was
uncovered in the Accident claim on Gold
hill, Cripple Creek.
The Quartet Mining company is said
to he producing about 100000 per month
in bullion from its twenty-stamp mill III
Mohave county, Ariz.
The Bassck mine Of Silver Cliff,
Col. has heen sold to Eastern investors
for 100000 The Bassick is one of the
historical mines of Colorado.
Ore which assays 800 ounces in sill
YER 15-1O0ths in gold and 40 per cent.
in lead has been struck in the Iowa
Chief mine near Array, Col.
From Silver City. New Mexico,
comes report of a strike of ore running
212 ounces in silver and 1872 per cent.
in copper in the Pinos Altos district.
. sioux and Utah mines at Tintic,
Utah. have been leased and bonded IL
Col Il. \. Wall by Robert ID. Grant, the
deal involving Il sum not less than $500
600.
AT Yankee, Col. a strike has been
made in the Queen mine. located ON
Grouse mountain. The vein has IA width
of six feet and assays from $50 to $40
per ton.
Rat Portage. Ont. reports that by
further diamond drill borings at the Sui
tana mine the owners have located a rich
vein of gold ore within 100 feet of the
surface.
A pocket in the Tansy mine in the
suburbs of Sonora, Tg9iomne county,
Cal, has Just produced $4,000. Out of
the same shaft So 900 was taken few
years ago.
In the Gardner mine, near Carson
New. AZ depth Of sixty feet. body
of copper ore two feet wide has been
found The mine is located on a noun
tam of quartz
Samples of ore and gold accompanied
by regularly-attested atiidavits have beer
received in Atlanta showing a remark
ably-rich strike Of gold in Wilkes county
near Washington, Ga.
Near Gold Park, Nye county, New.
ore has been struck in several mines
which runs from SIG to $24 in gold. Al
the lodges are large and wood and water
abundnnt, this ore will pay well.
The new district north of Walker
Vile. and several miles northeast 81
Butte. Mont, in which the lleinzc peopl,
have been buying up "A lot of claims, is
rapidly developing into good copper.
~, Oh # ha r,,
suaed from the Frasier mines in Kerr
county. Cal. Six horse teams are bring
ing the horaN across the Kern plains +,
Bakersfield from the Frasier mountains
A short season and a shortage of wa,
ter in the Nome districts are making Il
shortage al gold production, and men
who are in a position to know say that
the output this year will NOT exceed
$7,00OOO0
While excavating for city scale a.
Whitney, Or, WOrkmcn struck ledge
of free-gold ore that will run $500 to the
ton. The find aroused great excitement
in the town, aud people who own lois are
prospecting for ore.
The historic California mine ana
some smaller claims located in the Gable
Cove district, near Sumptcr, Or, have
been sold To the Turnagam Arm Gold
Mining company Of Minneapolis, Mimi.
! III ijIltt ltAlu " as ptpspPos
--l}cur miles east of Reno. New, rich
lead has been struck and q shaft is now
down fifty feet. The lead is four and a
half feet wide and appears to be rich III
silver ,hler,dc An assay taken near the
hanging wall showed Sl93.7G.
One Of the richest silver discoveries
ever made i'm Clear Greek county, Col,
is that made by Thomas Harris on Ar
gcntinc pass. The streak is from SIX 10
eight inches wide. that VIII assay from
10000 to 1000 silver per ton.
About fifteen miles from Summit sta
ton. AriZ.. in the Horseshoe range two
proSpectorS from Illinois have just found
Il lot Of fine opals. Their claim is near
another find Of the same stones, made
twenty years ago. by prospcctor.
The total supply IL gold in the
United States. the possession of the gov
eminent. of the banks and trust compa-
MES and Of The people may be reason
ably estimated ~ the end Of the current
year at not far from 81 .2OO0OO.OO0
A large copper deposit mas been
found IN the upper end Of Spanish valley,
Cai,t9nia II it thought to he an extern
sion cf the DOgskiu or Esmeralda lead.
1t Is about fifteen feet wide and car
res good values clear across It's face.
Morton LiudIey, a mining expert. has
secured for Boston capitalists the Keith
group "a copper MINES near lHG nun!
Hill mine. In Shasta county, California.
There is Il large contact vein, but very
little development work has been done.
A new discovery Of copper has been
made in the old Highland placer district
south Of Bufte. Mont, and has caused
some excitement. Some fine samples Of
copper glance have been brought In and
large number Of claims have been
staked out.
The Butte and Iowa Mining com
pany il another corporation that has been
organized to mine for copper right in the
heart Of the city of Butte, Mont. II
owns the Colorado claim, which is To-
Gated within two blocks of the city hall
and the principal hotels.
The Wild Horse strike is proving to
be the richest made in the Cripple Greek
district in many years. Returns received
of a shipment Of twenty-five tons gives