The sun., 1902-03-10

teen In its second. and wenty-three In its third.
which Is an unusually good showing. Inc
making Of twenty-three pounds per ton
places the Baltic Immediately, after the Vol;
VERNE and quincy among the amygdaloId
The Trimountain Is making a surprisingly
large amount Of copper. but the figures OF
fifty pounds OF mineral per ton, that have re-;
practice OF the district varies so greatly that
the amount OF fine copper carried IN nity
pounds OF mineral ranges ir9m twemtyIelsht 70
Is certainly yielding surprisingly well In the
mill.
well along and the one-stamp mill Is TO be
built this season. This mill Will get It's power
and also les wash water from the Eagle River.
plped from the mine to the mill under strong
head. and as the heaviest expense of mills is
for power TO operate stamps, Jigs and pumps.
the PhpniX should be able 10 make new
record of low milling costs. Underground
the property is looking well.
The Southern shafts of the Mohawk, when
at the start were not equal to those az inc
northern end are now fully as good ana pos
sibly better. The new mill OF the wolverine
IL well along. and most OF the machinery
Is on the ground. IL Is possible that tns
July would be safer date TO set
The, Mohawk mill is about two months be be
The Wolverine will add about 50 per cent. to
it's present output when ia the new mil. ana
the Mohawk should make AZ least as much cop
twice as much eventually, owing TO Its greater
area.
to use its third head TO advantage lhl'
was run for time. but was shut down pc
cause il was found that rock could not be
properly selected 70 feed three stamps
LAKE REGION IRON MINES.
DULUTH, Mimi. March The general
expectation is that about ?4.OOO,O00 gross
tons OF iron ore viii be % mined around LAKE axe,
tons viii be in the United states Minnesota
will produce nearly or quite l4.0o0."Op tons,
and the Mesaba range more than sN-1eNrhths
of this amount As the year will clos" the
first decade of the Mesaba's existence as a
mining district. the showing is a marvellous
There will be little change this year in the
amount OF ore mined on the Michigan and
Wisconsin ranges, aud the Marquettc, Whlch
has shown a decline for two suggestive sea
sons, may increase little. The GogeOiC
range Will Increase its output somewhat.
Five mines on the Me,aba range will each
produce million tons or more. ms VIII
The United states steel Corporation will
mine between 5,bVo,oO and 100000 IONS
Of bessemer ore Oh the Mc~aba range. about
400 900 tons on the Nermiliou, and n large
tonnage on the Marquette and the Menomlnee
except what has been -old on long uiH9
contracts OF it, Mesaba total, every ton VIII
be used by the furnaces OF constituent steer
making companies Not very much OF lts
outside bessemer ores will be for sale, aud
the producers who buy ores VIII be lorced
to rely on independent mines -
EXPLORATIONS Oh the Mesabs range nave
been begun in sections -. 5s and 10 nearly
two miles south OF the Southerly unit OF
what has been known as the ore FORMATION;
Indications are said TO be fair. Such ind
"GHS fha e S6TtRRSrn 5RRSTn'F Pacific road which owns
a large acreage OF Land on the Mesaba. has
withdrawn ali its property from sale or lease
The probability is that these lands viii uI-
IIill interests for lease aud traffic on roy
atty basis. II 1. supposed thHt some OF thSS'
inally made over 10 the ~ Paul and Duluth
road as its state land grant and passed 70
the Northern Pacific with the rest OF the St
a. 4 body ScG OF ore ore has been found on the old
McGregor lands adjoining the town site
Of Hb6ins on the tog'h dr Ara FkpIoTs5tSd s sat9d
that ; Dessau, who held the property while
McGregor's explorations were carried on
will sue the present holders 10 maintain
his lease. though it was cancelled nearly
'"S 4 humber Of new drills will be put at work
in the eastern side Of ltasCa county. on lands
bclong glng to the Mississippi River Lumber
Company, whore The on indications are good
on one tract, Of land belonging to thls COM
pany a very large find has been made a,d Ia
now being tested by the Mccormick Har-
vie eiHa county Gi board Of Itssca county re-
Gently leased TO a large ore concern mining
rights on the county poor farm, on which in
dicatious of ore Were found.
CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO, MuItn No men TOOK
on; about $4,000 in gold A. the result OF one
days clc6r-up at the Lotus hydraulic mine,
only two miles from Coloma. whore Marshall
Of the richest Of tho carly placer districts
The report Of rich gold strike AT Dale
san BernGrdino county IL TefinrG HrCot oy
lie found that the ledge. about 100 feet wide,
was in n large iron ledge. The, rich pay
streak is about diteen inches wide.
Tho Besscmer iron mine in san Bcrnardlno
county has been sold by the Clements estate
TO Ross Clark, broker. and Senator CLARK
of Montana, IL l.. Huntington and other
been made by a New York syndicate, CONF
Of New York and J. II. Costello Of Buralo
This syndicate has bounded tho Godhe iron
properties in lower California. The ore
l. ,aid to be high grnde, black oxide mag
Matte aud zematite and runs from bS 70 q,
per cent metallic By the use of fuel oil
thus something be done 90 supply the IN
creasinG demand fqr IRON on thls coast
Fully s2DIpbl will be spent by company
in dredging the Iuolomno River near Ia
Grange. Tuolomne county. The company
has bonded the, orchard- and Other property
for six u!ilc- down the rtNer and has also
bought all the wood along the hanks
NFNApA.
RENO March 1t is estimated that lOoo.
on Of the s0.oJ1.o1l worth of ore from mines
In the new camp, Iouopah, Is st!ll lying on
the ground awaiting Shlumcnt. ms orc
Is ready to snip IL ranges IN NullH from
S4.Oh to the ton down 20 s2b. No ore has
been shipped which roo, below S2lI TX
ports call tho ore free milling. but thus Tar
al the ore from 1onopth hr- been sm"lted
The hest mines the MIIpIh and the Valley
Wow cut into Oddiv Mountain. a water
worn peak that ri~os dlrcctlv from tho plain.
on which tho town of Iuropah Is located
Twelve lodges cut this mountain. The veins
are from -four TO eight feet wide and they
converge 50 rapidly that ~ considerable
depth Il is thought they will form two great
ore bodies
Ray city. th" now camp ~ miles to the
north of GonopHh H. developing into very
lively mining camp Al the buildings are
tents. The ledges opened show ore ranging
from $50 20 $500 ton An army oi men are
making prospectors holes ~ the hillsldes
and the whole country promises soon to be-
thoroughly explored One result OF this
mining excitement Is that san Antoine desert
which must be crossed 70 reach Iouopah.
H. now provided with good wells water being
secured al from % Go 100 irot Formerly
this desert was the terror ui prJspeCturs
and teamster,, HS 40 water could be- found
on II after carly eIfHg
Supt Kyle oi tla silver Iiil mine on the
Comstock shipped q" san Francisco hst
week q bar of bullion valued at sS44O Lai
fr,u, IA Inn. NJ ..f., lf- ore rtls pbfHtf.I