The sun., 1902-11-03
WM. A. MEARS { co.,

rs nRO>p STREET. sew YORK:
from 1855 to Issl II j. a larger per
Centsge of the total ore production Of the
! United States than ever before, except in
lso', and l. a tcr cent Of the whole mined n
/ n total of 33,SOoO1 tons OF ore mined in the
entire United states this year.
pany of which " Snyder OF Pittshurg
| is the president. and which have been grossly
exaggerated IN press d"spatches; INCLUDE
| property on the M.~ba range and half in
terest in the Antoine, Ore Company IN the
! Menomiuce rang" Ih" first named has
shown up about l?,cro.r1 tons and the
second 0,@oOoo, while tn" Antoi ne mines
may have ny to So"o"n ton, OF q iow-grade
| silCiou- ore The Clarion steel Company
! Of which Mr.. snyder j. also president. but
! all of whose stock l. owned by the trucible
| m" Clarion mine on the Mcsaba. which II l.
/ now Opening, and the littl" These two
! contain about 7.0n.cp tons. 30 far as shown
! Other companies. in which Mr. snyder l. a
| >tockholder have about ao,op,Wo tons of
! or" shown. but these mines are in no way
| the property OF any Of the independent steel
making concern, OF which he i a stockholder
| The press story that these mines were being
gathered & IN a. & .,Gp c,% ctoWard war WIN th.
a. far from the truth a. anything can we'll
pany are the Traders, clifford. Keel Ridge
A. Antoine mines. and contain a mountain
r. They are nov, owned Jointly by the
Steel Company. and will be used "a a mix
TUE for their low silicon Me-aba ores.
Tn" stat" school fund of Minnesota j. liable
to receive another large addition from the
Mesaba range. IN tn" opening OF the Me-aba
chief mine. which is nov IN "a" hand1 of
II is said that con-iderable good ore has been
found there, This min" ha~ been explored
four or ye me %tthon sNM onc" n" h.,
bind the bargain for purchase AZ slj0WT.
bat found nothing and abandoned the pay
m"nt
CALIFORNIA.
.SAN FRASClsCo. oct. - For weeks scores
OF stamp mills hiv" been Idle all along III.
mot her lode in California because of lack of
water. The placer and hydraullc mines have
been shut down for months for the same rea-
son streams that gave enough water m
many man eases eases dried up altogether But last
throa h shout the State and md il lasted for four
days The rainfall. with snow in the noun
tains. has already filled many OF the dry
creeks. and mining will be- resumed this week
In many camps that have been idle for three
or -four months ON" good storm Ike this,
coming early in the season. IL worth several
millions TO the California miner u Is also a
bit Of good news that the Commlssloner OF
serves large amount OF land in northern
California and along the liue OF the Sierra
Nevada This will preserve from the lumber
men some Of the finest pine forest In the state.
and it will also keep intact the watershed,
which in several places has been threatened
"4 d.sirGtqn nf soG GG IN @ ba OF California
rivers is rcaching large PROPORTIONS Along
the Feather River. from the banks Of which
lSig and 1880. dozen large drcd are now
at worl;, In several cases the deposits along
TIE banks are cut up and run 3 ,y,lr through the
Nillerton aud Zine Gold a large plant WAS
recently established for dredging the river
bottom. A dam WAS constructed and pTac-
| tically the entire now OF the river was di-
ver'cd into another channel The first days
cl"an-up, from the rifles OF the slices
RsNo, oct. 27.-Al eyes are stillturned
upon lo9opah. which i attracting much
| stock OF mines that haven't been sufficiently
| developed. but most OF the mines that are
| prominent have proved their worth. Some idea
| may be formed from the fact that Toropah
| stock Was quoted a. year ago ~ 80 cents ~
share and is now selling AZ s22 30 The NiE-
| pah Extension, which adjons this mine. was
| put on the mnrk.' AZ rs cents a share and is
| now $3.50. n" Fraction mnc jumped from
| 2j ccnts to 81 "a share in single week
| The Touopah Bullion Mining Company IL
one OF the latest companies formed. II owns
| three claims two miles west OF Butle in
| what f. known ~ the desert group. A shaft
! has been sunk 200 feet deep OH the Toole
| Mountain claim, which adjons the Tonopah
! deeper, Float which assays from S2i to sisi
| has been found III bot h mines.
|
| Is searching for mines that are on the con
tnuations of the rich iedges uncovered in
| TOuopah and itS suburbs. j. 8 Coleman has
! come in from the country thirty miles sout Of
| IonOpah and twelve miles from Silver Peak
and reports that he struck lodges which as
| ~ayed from 20 to s6l ounces of silver to he
| ton. with small percentage IN gold. On the
surface this new camp shows unusual wealth
| The Butt"-Iouopah mine has barge amount
of gold ore sacked ny. and thi. With what /,
| IN sight amounts to si,0OO.000. Many prorni-
| tkl, Snn tnr Ihn La. ,I (.an
Fred ii While OF New York and c. c. Mitchell
| OF Oakland have bought machinery for a
| mine eight miles mort heast OF Tonopah. The
| mine has regular ell-dehned veins 600 feet
Vide irom n wai @ TO wall Mt Nth values ranging
| clos" resemblance to the ore IN the bonanza
mines of the Coln~tock lode.
- rich strike has been made in the Rocco
HomestaRe min" at Hamilton The vein is
feet high and feet thick and assays Sos
| ton in gold, silver and lead II j. regarded
~ the best II rlkc ever made in White Pine
county
COLORADO.
tOI.OUNDO SPRINGS, Oct 10 THE decision
! 10 build n lo,oO0-foot tunnel, as recommended
by IN" drainage commission, Is the most inn
por,ant step in recent Cripple Creek history,
Following discovery came railroads and
mills now the problem l. deep mining Water
prevents deep mining and even experiments.
penetrate Bull Hill al $500 feet depth This
will admit Of deep working in scores OF biz
shippers most OF which are less than 1000
anew Cripple Creek under the present one,
IN dsepsGn,nS IT,, IT, ,hP,t h the Gold Coin some
The slsSt Wild norse nine on Bai i Ii i''" The be-
200 feet depth It was found to eytsndto 900
a6h feet fAps1. S wac4 !! 1@ goe"Sy TO
after il TO that depth. 10th these mines. ~
We'll Fs the Elkton. n Pa;o and score, of
other big shippers, will be relieved of water by