Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-03-16

to the ton than any ore found in recent
| years. The gold lies in the rock almost
like wires in cable.
What is said to be the largest field of
! quicksilver in the world was recently sold
to Il Scotch syndicate. The DroDPrty CON
sisted of 1850 acres in Brewster county.
Texas, 100 miles east of FL Paso, and of
land adjoining a body of 1000 acres of
the same kind which was already the
property of the syndicate.
-ThA United Verde copper mine of ,Je-
rome, Ariz., owned by Senator w. A.
! Clark of Montana. earned net profits last
year of 80, 43o,910 OF this sum divi-
dends We're paid amounting to 81. 49S. $50
and S93l,29O are in the treasury as a
surplus fund. In 1899 il earned s.. S25.
521 and paid $3,000000 in dividends.
A wonderful discovery of gold is re-
| ported in the Samoan islands. Black
sand running as high as $940 ton is
said to have been found on the island of
UpOla. Ten tons of the sand already
sent to Sydney is stated to have aver
aged forty-seven ounces of pure gold to
the ton. Nickel and tin ore are also de-
clared to exist in large quantities in Sa-
moa.
The most important strike in Silver
creek, Wash, since the opening of that
district was made last week in the group
known as the Washington Montana,
owned by Seattle men. They have en-
countered a fine body of ore fully six
feet in width, all good pay, with a stock
of high grade, twelve inches wide. that
aSsayed $500 in gold, $50 in silver and
80 per cent copper
"A Philadelphia capitalist has become
interested in proposition between Key
stone and the Spokane mine. South Da-
kota. body Of ore containing from 40
to 40 per cent. arsenic has been discov-
cred and it is proposed to ship the ore to
Philadelphia for the purpose Of manufac-
turing paris green The ore is green in
color and the ledge is about six feet
thick, being between slate walls
The richest strike which has been
made on Galena hill is on the Kellum
workings of the Sedan companys prop
erty. Cripple Greek. The vein thus far
proved up varies from two and sne-half
to four feet in width Assays have been
had showing over 250 ounces to the ton.
The assays had on the first sample taken
out showed SIX ounces to the ton. Grab
samples taken subsequently have carried
as high and higher.
Good reports come from the copper
mines near Hccla, Wyo. Henry Swartz
is working seven-fOot vein i'll the Felix
and the mineral runs ; to 6 per cent.
copper and 81 to $3.50 in gold and silver.
Another claim. the ComStock, shows
copper glace and pvritcs The glance
30 per cent. The manager mas cut five
large veins. three containing copper Ply
rites and two carrying large quantities
of glance.
The Reinbold company of Custer and
Omaha has made final arrangements at
the latter place to erect a plant in which
the large deposit Of manganese ore,
found south Of keystone, s. D.. will he
treated. 1t is expected that from ten
to fifteen carloads of ore a month will
be shipped. This ore carries about per
cent lithia, So per cent. phosphoric acid
and is to 20 per cent. manganese. All
three products will be saved by the proc
ess that will be employed at the Omaha
plant.
What is regarded as the richest gold
strike ever known in our section of Mon
tana has just been made by Andrew D.
McNulty Of Deadwood s. D.. and his
brother, James McNulty of La Crosse
Wis. in three OF ten claims of the Mil
waukee Montana company. The ore is in
free milling quartz, much of it knit to-
gcther with native wire gold. The veins
are of great breadth. and the gold runs
from $40 to over $500 per ton. The Me
Nutys. who are both old miners. figure
roughly that there is ore enough in sight
To run 100 stamps twenty years There
is also copper in paying quantities in the
claim. The new diggings are located
twenty miles southeast Of Livingstone.
in Park county in the mountains along
Bnuldpr creek