Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-01-04
WESTERN MINING NOTES.

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-Two-dayS' washings of gravel from
the Gray Wing mine, near Folsom, Sac
ramento county, Cal, amounted to $4,000.
The deposit of gravel is about Is inches
deep. but its width varies. Half a pan
taken out on one of these days realized
So.
A fine body of sulpnide ore. thirty
feet deep, has been cut i'll the upper ttln-
mel of the Yampa mine at Bingham,
Utah. A modest estimate of the aver
age contents of copper is s per cent.
while portions of the chute Will run
much higher
Little gold dust is coming out from
the mines of Alaska at present. but there
is marked increase in the amount of
bullion and concentrates from the mills
and ore from the mines. These ship
ments are regular and exceed anything
in the history of the territory.
L. n. Kneper has just returned from
the Kintia lake oil fields in Flathead
county Mont. and brought with him
samples of the oil. He says the oil of
kintla lake is equal 10, if not superior
to thar Of Pennsylvania. There are two
drilling outfits now at work in the kintla
lake fields.
The discovery of u rich deposit of iron
is reported OH Todos Santos bay, just
across from Ensenada in lower Califor-
MIA. The iron is declared to run nearly
three-quarters metallic and the deposit
has been traced about six miles.
The mines of Utah have reported no
less than S6400O0 in dividends thus far
this month The October dividend rec
ord of the Cripple Creek mines was
$430,O00, Of which $tS0.000 was paid by
the Portland. The indicator company,
which paid $4,000, will hereafter pay
$4,000 quarterly, thus becoming the
third in Importance III the camp.
Labor Commissioner Ferguson gives
the total value Of the coal mined IN Mon.
tana this year at S2,360,0O0. This is the
value Of the coal ar the mines. being an
aggregate of 1,693. 1773 tons. an increase
In production of over 100000 tons over
the previous year. He makes the pre-
ducti0n of coke "a. 692 tons. This coal
Is the production of twenty-five mines.
There are many very rich mines on
the Pocatello Indian reservation In
Idaho, but the red skins will not allow
anyone to do any work on them This
reservation will be open for settlement
next spring when there will be q rush
Tor the mines, as many of them are
known to be of immense size and rich
ness. The ores are gold, silver, copper
and lead
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said to be about $4,000. has purchased
of j. ID. DeMier of Las Cruces. the ia
nous guano caves near Lana north of
Rincon y. NJ. The deposit of guano and
phosphate in sight. is about % feet wide
and over leo feet long. Modern mining
methods will be used by the new COM
pany in exploiting the deeper portions of
the caves.
Col l.. G.. Parker. representing an
h,, n
from trip to Alaska. where he inspect.
ed some copper prospects, and reports
that he found nothing that would Justify
hlm IN recommending extensive invest
ment at this time. He was. however,
very much impressed with the surface
showings on Prince Of Wales island.
where the copper Groupings are wonder
full.
y dispatch to the San Francisco Call
from Folsom says that the remarkable
strike of $40 10 the pan OF the GRAY and
Wing mine late i'll November has since
been almost doubled. One hundred and
;hlrty-hye dollars was taken from one
pan The streak is seven feet wide and
literally scanned with gold. Seemingly
this will prove to be the richest gravel
deposit that has ever been discovered
III California
very rich vein of tin ore has been
discovered near Center. $. D., by James
nemcreau the width being about six
feet. Large blocks of ore-carryinr GAS.
slterlte have been taken out which are.
the richest ever found in the hills. The
property is to be opened up immediately
and n deep shaft is to be sunk to ascer-
tain the extent of the find Several 9th
er discoveries of tin ore have recently
been made in Custer county.
In the New River district of Trinjty
county. California, where several fine
" Beau and Temple, two veteran miners.
found an S-foOt gold ledge which assayed
$40 near the surface. Down the hillside
they started tunnel to tap the vein aud
at 40 feet struck a 4-fo0t vein on tho
footwall side that aSSayed more than SEQ
70 the ton. The prospectors are able 10
block ont ore worth S2S0.0O0 This lis
coyery has led 10 big rush of copper
proSpectorS who are now eagerly search.
ing for gold.
company has been organized to de-
Nelnp the ind of Corundum made in the
t'AIatin valley, twenty miles south Of
bozeman, Mont. The deposit is n hedded
vein ranging from twenty-four TO thir-
iy-four inches wide and has been traced
for distance of two miles by series
OF thirty shallow shafts. The vein is
fully identified This Montana deposit
IS moro continuous than any other in the
country and the percentage Of corun,
uun, ranging from 10 10 - per cent
and averaging 20 per cent, is higher
than in any other.
Efforts are being made by severa!
engineers to work safely the curious
go.d-bearing slime which is deposited In
limestone creyice OF the Big Eunica
mine of Placer county, Cal. The crevice
is Kind of cavern in the limestone for
nation which extends under the Ameri-
can river. and the sediment in i, watch
is very rich in gold. was apparently de-
posted before formation Of the river sys-
TEN. The slime has yielded from one 10.
four ounces to the bucketful and as in
places the crevice is sixty feet wide the
output was large.