The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-02-14
VEST IS Err MINING NOTES,

/. :. "A large body Of ore, averaging $40
ton in gold, silver and copper, with 10
per cent. lead, has been discovered in
the famous old Empire mine near Marys-s
vile. Mont 4 :e@ >.s.....> > 8; s; 8.
information has been received at /
Caldwell Ida. that the men running
tunnel on the Marsh & Moss property
on Miller mountain at depth Of thirty
feet have struck vast bed Of free mill
ing ore. ~ .Sa z*3y.1... e.: !.5} ~ <@.
The decline in the value of copper
does not seriously affect the]c0pper mines
Of Nevada, as all the. ores carry per-
centage Of gold and silver that pays OPP
Grating expenses and leaves all the cop
per clear profit. -: ~ z:.%'> i: ~.
Rich float that assays up into the
thousands per ton has been found recent
~ near Carson, New, but no prospector
has yet located the ledge from which
the float has been washed down by heavy
winter rains or snowslides.
One Of the largest gold nuggets ever
United States assay Iofice in Butte
few days ago by Thomas Raymond, who
Gulch. The nugget weighed $2.4S Troy
ounces and it's value was $14O0.
The Lindeberg- Lindbloom claims on
Anvil creek, the first discovered and rich
est in Nome, have been sold to a Swed-
for .$3,OQO,O00, the original owners re-
tanning interests: It. is estimated that
$2,Ooo0Qo in gold dust has been taken
from this: property.
"A forty-two-pound gold nugget, worth
upwards Of $4,000 is reported to have
been found in California Gulch, one of
Gulch, in Madison county, Mont The
nugget is said to be the largest Of three
found at the same time by Thomas Ra-
mon and Joseph Lefebre.
Miners who have worked in the
South African gold fields have discov-
cred, he. says, the escarpments' Of the
ka, are composed Of immense masses Of
conglomerates, identical in composition
millions Of treasure in South Africa.
Tho state coal mine inspector of
Montana has made a report showing that
there are ten coal mines in operation in
them $5,S90,50O. During the past year
], 4S6,O35 tons Of coal were mined. the
value Of which was $2,377, 1859. There
were also 1851 tons Of coke manufac-
tured, T. =: ..,:: ,,.,
- From Neihart, Mont. comes a report
that two prospectors, Dave Llewellyn
and w. II. Harmon, lessers Of the
YBrlen mine, have struck what is be-
have secured thirteen TONS Of the ore,
which is almost malleable.... An average
assay is $4,000 ounces, which gives
value to the ton of nearly $4,000 in the
white metal. 80:
At the Angel mine in Arizona has
been found an immense ledge of ore,
twenty-five to thirty feet wide and out
cropping for $500 feet, carrying 40 per
cent. copper and Sc to So in gold. At
a depth OF forty feet a large body of
native copper was uncovered, and it is
believed to be part Of the main lode,
from which comes most Of the copper
in that region.
Reports from the Koyokuk district
are of the most encouraging character.
-Four hundred men have wintered there
andod have d. done eo well, cleaning up from
along Hammond, " Vermont On IS swift ffs and
Union creeks. While there have been
no phenomenal strikes, all have made
something, the ground paying from Is
cents to 500 to the pan.
No little excitement exists at Van
couver, in New Westminster, and near
the town of Sumas, B. O., over the al
legged discovery Of alluvial gold in con
is situated few miles from the inter
national boundary line and fifty miles
from Vancouver: On the mountain side
near by free milling gold quartz has been
t found worth. tits claimed, $500 to The
Gold has been discovered on land
in which the poor and 'infhiirm Of Shasta
county, CAL, were housed: The rock is
rich in free gold, easily discernible to;the
naked eye. The pay shoot is three feet
in width. although: the ledge has an; :ex-
treme width Of; fifteen, feet. Conserva
a $h1 - -
ore which glistens across the face Of the
pay shoot to average $500 ton.
Three prospect6rs have returned from
a very successful prospecting season
along Controllers bay, where they made
locations OF gold, copper, coal and petro-
!eum. Their oil discovery is the most
and embraces 5000: acres, the. quality BE-
ing illuminating OF the best kind. It is
found along the beach for several miles
and also in springs flowing from an ele-
vation Of several hundred feet above sea
level, where it accumulates rapidly on
gathered. This oil field is accessible at
all seasons and is about 300 miles from
Juneau.
THE Copper river country of Alaska
will prove the greatest copper mining dis
trict in the world when developed" said
T. ]. Mcdonald at Spokane. Mr.. Nc
after four years Of prospecting and placer
mining in the Copper and :Tanana river
countries. Native copper is the product
on which the mineral. greatness Of the
district win rest. Il have seen it in the
pieces weighing hundreds Of pounds,
while pieces of the virgin metal as large
as mans head are abundant. In the
big Bratnober district I have followed
for three miles along ledge twenty feet
wide, with heavy pieces Of pure cooper