Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-10-26
WESTERN MINING NOTES.

report that gold csSdylng SZSUO ION
was found in Skelly gulch between Hele-
ma and Alarysyilie, Mont,
The management of the Annie Laurie
on Gold mountain near Kimberly, Utah.
is encOuntering ores that show a valua-
ton Of over $4,000 per ton.
Below the 2J0-fo0t Level on the Dex-
ter cOmpany's mine at Tuscarora, New,
ore has just been struck which yields over
5000 ton in gold and silver.
Extensive deposits of Manganese
have been discovered IN the state Of
Nueya Leon, Durango and COchuila,
Mex, during the past few months.
Ell Caliph mine, in Republic district,
Wash, has recently become shipper,
the first-cass ore going SOB a ton, while
the second grade goes $o6, with an aver
age of $40.
A decidedly promising copper find has
just been made near Kanarra, southern
Utah. The ore assays 81 per cent. cop
per- with a show of silver and gold. The
district is a new one.
On the boundary line between Trini-
ty and Humboldt counties, Cal,
Charles Fox has discovered mine
in which a sixtyfoot Ledge carries ore
that assays so in gold and $50 in cop
per.
Statistics carefully compiled disclose
that 5000 persons went to Nome this sea,
son and that 10000 have returned or are
returning, leaving about 1000 in the dis
triet for the winter-less than spent last
winter there.
The Bonanza Queen mining group at
Silyerton has been sold for S150,OOO to
the Bell Telephone company stockholders
of Minneapolis. The Bonanza is regard
ed as one of the richest gold-copper prop
osition in SnOhomish county
The discovery Of cOpper-gold ore on
what is Familiarity known as the Dome,
vi
tnues to attract attention. The find was
made by Montana prospect0rs who are
familiar with this class of ore.
The Sybil mine on the French Gulch
district. Shasta county. Cal. has an ore
body on the lower drift which is very
rich. Twenty tons of the best ore are
ready for shipment to Selby's smelter.
This ore goes over 5000 to the ton.
On Anvil, below Discovery, the larg-
cts nugget ever seen in Alaska was dis
covered. 1t was worth $500. at So per
ounce and was entirely free from quartz. |
Another worth about half that amount |
was taken out in the same district.
The richest copper mine in Oregon |
has been discovered in the almost mac |
cesslble mountains, near the head wa |
tiers of the lmnaha river, above CornucO- !
pia. Samples of the ore assay G5 per |
cent. copper and $50 in gold to the ton.
An important strike of nickel ore has |
b,.SH maui III lue orient mine, Pierre us /
trict, eastern Washington, the ledge being |
over 100 feet wide. This metal has been !
found in other portions of the state, but |
not in quantities that would justify work
ing.
While the mines Of the Klondike have
come up to the estimates made .ast spring |
of the prObabl output Nome has been
disappointing, although the yield up to
date is in excess of S5.000000. and will |
probably reach S6,000000 by the time of |
the arrival of the last steamer in October.
Prom Baker City, Or, it is reported |
that Il. I. Hayes and his brother-in-law
have sold their interest in the Bonanza
stock, to Frank Moore, f. NJ. French, j.
NJ; Patterson and T. a. Frenzel The
sale was made on n basis of 1000, 900 |
for the entire property.
The problem of finding iron ore in |
quantities sufficient to permit the devel- |
opment Of the iron aud steel industry on
the Pacific coast has perhaps been solved |
by the discovery during the past month |
of nine large bodies Of red hematite ore
in the Fort Steel district of kootena |
county. British Columbia.
w. Il. George of New York city, who |
represents number of capitalists Of that |
city, has just closed a deal for the nur |
chase of a group Of twenty-0ne mines |
ranch Of $4,000 acres and a number of
stores in the district of Ximapan, Mex |
The consideration was 100000 gold, all |
of which was paid over i'll cash
-Advices from Dawson state that !
some remarkably rich dirt is being taken |
ont of Livingstone creek. in the Big Sal |
mon district. Ten thousand dollars from
one cleanup, representing the work of |
three men for as many days, is the record |
given. This big cleanup was made on
the claim of man named Peters.
An important strike has been made
in the Golden Gate group of mines on I
Wallace creek, in Lemhi county, Idaho. |
The location was made on aurfcrous
float. 100 tons of which had been gathered |
and worked. The vein that threw ont |
the float has been cut by tunnel Ut the |
depth of forty feet and found to be very
rich IN coarse gold.
The mine managers and superntend- |
ents of the Calumet and Heca. Isle Roy |
ale and Michigan mines have organized !
Il company to purchase and develop Mon !
tana mines Their first venture in Mon !
tana will he the Empire mine in the
MarySy;lle district, twenty miles north |
west of Helena. This property has pro-
duced over two millions in gold.
1t is reported that an offer of s.
500 600 has been made for the Kendall
group of gold mines in Fergus county.
This is the big cyanide proposition which
Harry Kendall purchased two years ago
For 5000. and sold thls spring Ia Finch X
Gampntll Tor NAbt,tut, returning one
tenth interest in the property. There is
Said to he upward of $40 100000 in sight
in the Kendall.
The latest oil discoveries in Montana
are reported from Ryan's canyon, near
Dillon sample SEM To New York for
analysis show that the Shale. which is
similar to that in Smallhorn canyon, CON
tains ell of irSt-clasS grade. California
and Pennsylvania experts have examined
the field and pronounce the outlook en-
couraging The oil belt covers an area
of about thirty-Six miles IN length and
varying from three to five miles in width.
following the course of Beayerhead river.
A remarkable gold discovery is re-
ported from Arizona The rich find is
located seventy miles north Of Tucson.
and the vein OF ore is POO feet wide and
60O0 feet in length. A canyon cuts
through the vein for 200 feet. exposing
the ore on either side the entire length
of the cut. From the bottom of the
canyon 10 the surface the outcroppings
of ore will run from 81 to $1,000 10 the
ton. Experts estimate the amount Of
gold in sight at the enormous sum of