The sun., 1902-12-29

After being successfully operated, Tor num-
her of yesrs the mine WAS closed
wae opened about a month ago by Nj,
Chrk The heavy machinery OF the old
Maynower gold mine has been ps ced In the
In addition to the arger mines In operation
In the southern part Of the city, there are q
up by lessees. Were Il not for the fact tha!
al Of the ore In that distIic, CARRIE good
worked a. a profit. rom Ut il IL sssilnSted ,i mated that a
third OF all the ore In that district s gold
ors cI that t, Cin rpp 500 ounces In silver Yli
oF, Augustus Heinze. head OF the United
aise .moSnt is q copper during s The Year m from
the Rarus mine. which has been developed TO
a depth OF 1900 feet The Cora is another
9 good producer The company owns about
fifteen claims 10 ell. many Of which are idle
'hfYnxa sIns BEING Bee tied sp oy ssaon apparently
the sIsatest coal field in the Northwest has
been dsooyersd IN (hoteay county, northern
Gre s"o 20 seiess'fk lset shgk and estsnd.
o mile and nal. IN 1ss .Ha
A company composed OF Detroit, Great Fall
and Fort Benton capitalists, which controls
and will thoroughly develop the new fields.
All OF the land has beep taken out where out
dsanc SeyoSd tho
surface showlnRs. The coal product ion of
Montana. while not large is one OF the best
ACCOUNT Of the large demand by sneltcrs:
rsfneries and for domestic consumption and
the locators OF the new field believe they have
Iron ore Of high quality has been found
twelve u,les west of Mlssoula. Samples Of
hematits and /: is ppTonoeneed p @ Sy experts r to be
Of equal. u not sutfrior. quality TO that found
nog ~ nStaern ] MnneSo.a ors miners Phra1e ,hn e
Gator claims 10 have found verta bic noun
"a. tain q q, y I. s. Letterman has bonded !,
Experts employed bv Montana capitalists
Red Lodge and Big Timber, have made a
man. who has spent many, years in the oil
fields OF Ohio and Pennsylvania. said that
in many ma Tpa'u Of the e localities he % had expored'
which covered distance Of thiIty-fve miles.
In each case the indications were found TO be
OH Company Of Helena, which is operating
in Butcher Creek Valley, has also conducted
IN 'es st Of ,0Sr S.oS ss Of G
feet. THIS formation was found to be forty
feet thick. In another well this strata was
much more freely than in the others. Pros.
ped work will be continued by the Cruise and
CONSIDERABLE excitement has been caused
in the vicinity OF Livingston by the discovery
o. natural gas well two miles west Of that
city. ous 10 Dt OI IL sDltnul0
quality IA issuing with great rapidity and
the country is being staked on IN every d.
rection.
COLORADO.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Dec. 23.-The. Cripple
Creek gold production for ts0', on an estimate
based on the known capacity OF ore treat
ment plants, is s?+. .j0o. 600 in round numbers.
the gross value Of 0Ss.siS tons Of ore. The
record is that OF capacity Of mills aud
smelters rather than that Of mines to yield
up their treasure. or the greed Of mine owners.
Had ore treatment plants been adequate
they, could ga, easily have brought the grand
For various reasons the producers were
not at their best generally throughout the
year. The Portland. as an INSTANCE. curta lied
output for nine months while the Portland
mill Was building. The mill has been In
operation for several weeks and the mine
about the record throughout 1901: The loss
Several other producers were affected by
various hindranoes. chief among which was
water. The aggregate loss was considera BILE.
In production alone the camp WAS equal TO
last year. the banner yeaI In it's history.
Another cause that affected this years
yield, at least In gross valuat ion the lar rge
SHa,Hti,y 81 lowefaSe ore that Was success
value per ton the treating with profit of % so
and so SO ores was signal triumph of modern
processes that insures increased production
for the future.
The ore reserves In numerous mines ha We
been greatly increased. This Is true In the
StrattOn estate. embra cling a tenth OF the
producing area. Theee ore bodies are large
and rich and will figure In the 1893 record.
The 1909 production record by months Is