The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-05

to most OF the mines. has fair FORCE az work,
also TAYLOR 4 Brunton. Eagle and Mo urahde
The mine owners, however. will insist on
| n0n-union men being employed to the eh :,
| development work have not been called OUT.
A large force. under the circumstances, mas
been kept busy running levels and at other
In the Sunset Eclipse mine. at a point zoo
| feet east OF the main workings. a large pooy
streak 1 assays $50 tom About forty tons
| Of the main vein ore has been hoisted ana ~
ready for shipment,
! have recently shipped car lots OF $40 ore to
the r Grant smelteIT at Denver uox,n,ev
mines. is gradually receding as the result OF
,, the completion of the FL PasO general dram,
A as Rav sont and eGodh
| properties will be drained
ALASKA
SEATTLE. Wash. Sept. During the
past week 900 miners have come from we
stuntal evidence of the wealth OF the country
In the shape of well filled pokes and steel
1e 1SssS Wsx 81 s S
Assay ONCE in Seattle. The. miners all re-
With an output in Nome district amounting
| to 5000, 900 up to date. with many hydraulic
plants still busly employed and which Will only
!
expected a month hence. The Anvil Greek
nugget valued at 1920, has been on e1I
days past attracting great attention even in
where big mcE9e's b aTe r
s snwwber aui in the world Il is destined for
| New York, thence to the st. Louis Exposition.
where it will DO placed among the Alaska
Several tons Of tin ore from ledge 100 feet
in width. on Lost River. York district, north
ii Hutch inson, formerly Of Idaho. who is
interested, in the property: This is pro- o,
nounced the greatest discovery ever MADE ata IN
| tionlze the tin business OF the country. Two
years ago placer tin was discovered on York
MADE aaa to tns he Rmoher Vein
s psHto1s 1e ST. e bren Charles
hss o aF Bshr Tn' s w'nh sxa
| Teller and fourteen miles from Port Clarence.
one Of the finest harbors on the coast OF
and seventeen locations have been made,
| The ore assays from 10 to y per cent, w,
and there is enough to supply the ID, demands
Of the country for many years IT This PROP OPP
s worked wi this is xnter and viii in position to
Robert Brown and John Smith. who were
working a pla Ger claim on the headwaters of
Kougarok. also found float tin in their clean
benches. resulting in the discovery OF ledge
ten feet in width. carrying large percentage
Of tin: = A.. c.,u;u. p,r.-
| country, on the Arctic slope have been active
during this season. and some large fortunes ,hs
| have been made on Candle oreek, IN t tns
with good success in the creek bottom. and
along the benches. On Bar Creek thirty men
ye put spsndd
been found on the Bismarck. Dali. Wesley,
Cosmos and other streams. where lively camps
| from Nome to the camps in this part OF the
! Territory is $40 ton. making living exceed
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 2s.-The second
payment of 500. 600 was made this week on the
Afterthought copper mine In shasta county
Chaser me eei is the Great Western Gold Company
| Of st. Louis. The mine was sold by the Tar
| bet syndicate Of Salt Lake City. The new
s%e}ser mas 0's"A e'"''''''''' - ~
The shaft in the voinch mine at Angels
Prospecting has shown that the big lode lies
about eight feet east OF the shaft; Several
rich stringers have been cut while sinking the
perts that a very rich chute will soon be
struck where these stringers join the main
lode.
tons in California is that in The bed OF the
Calaveras River near Jenny Lind: hole
feet ana % feet deep has 9een es
thrown up around It. The dredging boat
| is being built at the bottom. As soon as tho
to tieat It. Tie machine viii then work its
| way along the bank. washing out the gold,
The, gravel beds along the river are rich in
LAKE REGION IRON MINES.
DULUTH. Mimi, Oct. Iron ore shipments
| for September showed loss from the month
before Of about 100000 tons. on account
company's strike. Total movement OF, ore
/ for the season. therefore, has been about
s,2oo, 900 gross tons. Last year to this date ate
any preceding full year. 1t is nov conceded
i hs sn, f Sso~ ss T fH ota
will be rs, 900 900 tons but this may well be
T Is mot 0n nI
| from the large excess Of shipments last year.
which are now to be used up, putting the in
There is a concerted move for the restriction
OF output from certain classes OF mines, Or
ders have been sent from headquarters In
| this CITY TO the nited States Steel Corpora
tons mines on the Marquette and Menom-
inee ranges to curtail production and restrict
shipments from non15essemser mines M There
this wear than the constituent steel making
concerns of the Steel Corporation care, to
but on me G baSs p. aa been m large
as now. Thursday OF this week the Mime
! sofa Iron Company's Soudan mine on the
| Vermon range. was closed for the winter
| on orders from this city. the Negaunee and
| Ishpeming mines reduced their night forces
similar orders from here tn the WihhthroP
! instructions and the mines of the Cleveland
| Cliffs Company at 1shpeming put on their
| night crews. amounting to about 500 men.
| In all during, the past month or SO about
| 1000 miners have been laid of in the Lake
| district, "
| But not all these men are idle. for many
| NJ them have been taken on ut other proper
ties where work ia to be- pushed II Is officially
| stated at the headquarters Of the Steel Cor
| porntion in this city that more men will BEEN
| any preceding winter, and that many of those
| laid of at properties, now idle or to become
| idle soon Will be employed elsewhere chiefly
on the Mesnba and Nermilion ranges. The
Eiv group Of the Vermillon Is to work full
handed ali winter, and there will be far more
INV previous season. while the actual output
~ ore on the latter range will be increased
Last week the Steel Corporations offices
| here sent orders to every one Of their steam
| shovel mines on the Mesaba to lay off every
| shovel hut this wns not on account OF any
fact that ore must not be permitted to crowd
| The dock pockets at this time Of year and
| there was no assurance last wee that vessels
| could be depended on to carry II away But
with the close of the vessel stri Ike these orders
| were rcscinded by wire. and every shovel
| ia nyoin working and the flow Of ore to docks
here and at supports OF this city Ia unimpeded
| once more. -
| SEATTLE. Sept IS The Monte Cristo
| mines and Everett smelter. owned and oper-
| ntad for the past twelve years by the Standard