The sun., 1902-11-03
COPPER ORE PRODUCTION.
LAKE SUPERIOR MINES TURNING
OUT ESQ TONS 4 DAY.
Some OF senator Ciarks Mines In Butte
District ReOpened Iron Ore
shipments To Exceed Is .OtpO .'NpO Tons
Tunnel 10 Drain Cripple Creek Mines.

at the rate OF almost exactly $50 tons per
working dav the bulk OF the production b"ing &
smelted locally, although a good part of the
crude mineral of the Calumet and Hecla is
sent 20 the Buffalo Refining Works for re-
duction Unlike last veAr there has been no
large amount of refined copper collected
az any one time in the Lake district, A. all
metal has been forwarded almost as rapidly
IA snelted The close OF the season OF Lake
ma yiga,ion du" this month. VIII fnd the
wharves of the Lake smelterS almost or
quite bare of copper. and IL i probable that
the all-rail shipments OF the past three WIN
ters will be continued.
Statements appearing in Buffalo newspapers
and telegraphed from that point. to the
effect that the Calumet and ll"Cla was beg
gin9 to be- let into a combination with tn" Cop
per River Copper Company and IN" Garr.tson
pyritic smeler company, are declared to he
absolutely without foundation. The Copper
River company i behind the projected
Alaska Central Railroad. which j. to start M
VALDEZ on the head of Resurrection Bay, and.
crossing the divide will strike into the valley
Of the Copper River AT or about Copper Centre.
thence along the river valley until the river
bends to the eastward. after which the raj
line will strike northward across the 1anana
River and end at Eagle. near the inter-
national boundary line and Arctic circle.
The line will be something more than 400
COO have been foated IN London. providing
for the construction and equipment of the
road for which a -uh-ContraCt has been
let There ar. undouhtedlN valuable copper
deposits in the Copper River district. but some
of the statements made are entirely toe
favorable II l. not at all likely for instance.
that the Copper River Copper Company Will
be able to lay down refined copper in New
York at . cents "A pound a. has been asserted
by some of the enthusiastic shareholders.
All diamond drilling has been Discontinued
Mt the Wyandot property. The Winona mine
adjoining. j. continuing development work.
and is to have complete mill test Of it, rock
in the near future. At the Elm River prop
erty very little l. being done.
Exporat ions at IN" Ahmcek continue OF
an encoura ginc nature. The PhpniN Is
arrang ging 10 begin production as soon as he
one-Stsmp mill can he completed. and has
a large stockpile OF high grade stamp rock on
hand
For the completion OF equipment and other
necessary work tn" Champion min" viii re-
guire about s3oO,0oO which will be furnished
in equal shares by the Copper Range tonsoli-
dated and =, Mury'e Mineral Land Com
pany. the Joint owners. This will MAX"
total investment OF almost s.? ?,uOO.Uor for the
opening and equipment OF the property.
which figures about high water mark III the
Lake district
The Baltic lode has been reached by No. \
shaft of the Trimountan, Diamond drill
operations at the Globe tract. next south of
the Cha mpion. give result of an encouraging
nature
The output of the Mas mine for October
is believed to have eNce"ded liS tons, which
IL good showing Tor a -lngl" stamp. In"
daily shipment oil rock 70 the mill averages
about $50 tons.
amounts OF mas copper from thc branch
veins between the Calico amygdaloid and
the contact vein OF the Old Minnesota mine.
At the Victoria the development OF the great
water power at Glenn Fan, l. under way.
with good progrcss secured for the short
The city OF ss,ult Ste Marie, at the foot OF
Lake superior. has been "lebrdtlng the
completion OF the ~ater-power canal Oh the
American side. This develops about C0OO0
horse power. and will make the 500" an
important manufacturing point. The plans
hensive, and Include the diversion of some
Of the Montana and British Columbia copper
TO the American and Canadian Sauits. each
OF which now has y, power canal fol, elec-
troytic, refining, The publication OF the
crude blister copper by elcctrolyci, has been
done hitherto mainly in big works along the
Atlantic seal board
MONTANA
BUTTE. Nov. ~ Work has been resumed
on Senator Clark's stewart, West stewart
for some time for the necessary improve
ment, at the concentrator through which
the ore Of the properties l. run.
The OphIr Mining Company has resumed
operations on the Ophir mine in the southern
TsG Of tt the r city Ihs % has sbs1 n2t SG
exposing good bodies OF ore on the 3OO-foot
level the owner got some Boston men in
terested in the property, and arrangements
We're being made for the sale when the drop
In silver occurred since then the min"
has been idle and il filed with water. Tanks
are being used to raise the water The Ophir
Is silver gold producer and conta ms several
large lodges 1t is thought that the opening
OF the Ophir means the reopcnins Of numerous
other properties in this part Of the city that
have been idle for number Of years
II was reported some time ago that r. A
Henze had purchased three claims known as
the Edith May. Adirondack and ricon, which
adjoln a claim he Is now working called the
Miners Union. A small amount of develops
ment has been done on these claims, but not
enough to determine their value and as the
ore Henze has no faith IN the property ad-
joining. and the deal - oil
good c JtTSe Of ore ns Is rspo1tSed on the
body is said to be- between hyc and -ix feet
wide and Will run from 81 10 $40 IN gold. ?5
per cent lead and some silver. One OF the
claims IL credited with an output of tlpo,O,0.
the money having been taken from il in the
early days OF Montana mining
The Mohawk. Snowbird and Badger claims
in Jefferson county have been bought by
pany known as the New Boston, 1t ia the
purpos, Of the company to sink 200 feet on
vein. Which is from to 10 Tee, vide The
ore OF this vein assays from : TO ~ per cent
copper II TO ~ ounces oil silver ana g.. 80 in
gold. Adjoining the New Boston propprty
on the north l. n claim known a. the Bertha,
which Is in operation and showing good or.
HELENA, oct q Reports from the SUM
light mining district state that "A big strike
has been made on the Copperopolls prop
erty. A. q depth of l25 feet n i3-foot ore
body has been uncovered. 1t il rich ia gold
silver and copper
LAKE. REGION IRoS MINES
DULUTH, Minn OCt go new ore-rniuiny
concern, associated with ironmHkcrs IN the
East. has leased large property on the
Mesaba range. This Is the Buffalo and Su.-
quehanna Iron Company, which l. the new
furnaces ar" to max" pig iron for the general
market, and not Tor immediate reduction,
to steel The company has not been buyer
OF mines up TO this time, II now gets |. 900 900
tons OF good ore proved up. with perhaps as
as nearly rs much more to be- shown on
Inter explorations. Tn" property Hdioins
Hibbng and vii! be the thirteenth mine
opened within two miles of the town No
other mining town in the world hHS 50 many
large mines close to II, from which annually
so great "a tonnag" j. mined and removed
II j. estimnted that tn. monthly payroll at
lib blng, for mining and exploring alone
IL not less than s?m.Or
The Buffalo concern pays $500. 900 for the
lease OF the eighty acres Just taken, which
E!ras II IN. privilege OF mining 100 OoO or
more tons year and paying therefor tNrnty-
i've cents a ton.
II i now believed that the Elizabeth mine.
recently bought by PiCkands Math.r a Co
proving the ore body of the former eNplorpr,
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