The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-18
NEWS FROM MINING CAMPS.
REPORTED SALE OF THE RICH
sTRATTON PROPERTIES.
New York Men May De the PurChasers
Butte Capitalists Developing New
Alaskan Copper Field-Opening Of
Nayigation on the Upper Yukon.

,,,mored sale OF the stratton Cripple Creek
estate Is generally accredited. The area
comprises about 100 acres In the gold heart
of the camp. Just who the purchasers are
ia not known. English capitalists are in
,erested In buying important Colorado prop
critics. stimulated by the Camp Bird sue
cess. and the mines may pass to them. 1t
n. rumored, however. that New Workers. are
tho buyers. The price is understood to DO
5000, 900.
John F. Fleming Of Red Cliff, Co.. has
purchased the Farnum-Smallwood lease on
Black Iron, Little Topsy. Cleveland. Morgan
and Jenny Lind claims. The deal assures
shipments to Salt Lake City smelters of vast
bodies of manganese iron ore which has come
into recent demand.
The Pay Car tunnel in Chafree county is 70
feet in the native or metallic copper zone with
no indications OF limit. This is the biggest
copper ore body ever opened in the county.
Cyanide mills are being built in various
Colorado mining camps. The process is espe-
cally applicable to low grade Cripple Creek
ores the successful treatment Of which means
much for the camps future
The Cripple Creek district Ii active at
present. The payroll reaches 800, 900 per
month. The May production record will
equal II not surpass that Of any month this
year.
The $500 necessary to secure the resur-
vev OF Cripple Creek has been subscribed.
The Government will advance n like sum
The Hoskiana Gold Mining Company OF
Boston. Mass, has taken up fifteen miles
If placer claims on the Colorado River. 1920
miles below the Green River station on the
Sio Grande Western road. The company has
expended to date about 325O, 600 in develop
nent and equipment The gravel carries
70 TO IS cents yard values in gold.
The FL Paso general drainage tunnel is
hctns driven from five headings, Excellent
oroGress Is being made. and the work will
probably be completed some time in ad-
vance Of the contract time Much is eN-
pectcd from this tunnel. The water level in
that part Of the camp ID gradually receding q.
The successful lowering OF this level to 900
feet average from 35O will start new era
N the camp by permitting deep mining.
LAKE SUPERIOR COPPER.
HouoHToN, Mich. May l3.-Ths annual
report Of the Copper Range Consolidated
Company tells a gratifying story of growth
and business gains. The railroad is doing
The Baltic and CHAMPION mines are already
copper producers Of importance. with even
brighter, prospects for the future.
shaft On What is thought TO- 70 b the win %ss
lode The friends Of the winona, persist
seabsn e the %no q ,ss Sa Sds
the evidence is 80 soa1ty that it. s rather
ms Adventure mill is nov, running. a., a.
Of the first few months are over, SO far as
the mill il concerned, though the water
ro g .s the S s in
.cc Ind not the % Rvs the
rock stamped is also showing gain. both
encouraging INDICATIONS; ., =,
;hsss q Lake sSss5,eT; + ne yisin!sy q
nse BAY e. Of sa aufsS~ Ha
discovery Of native copper in considerable
Bay i
per- occurring IN rocks eiS,ssey res, resembling
Is Isl being Produced IN CONSIDERABLE quantities
IN the maritime provinces . Of &C., Can9ds There
g g found d at seasonal nss s The lake
full length Of the lake. nearly 100 miles and
on both the. southern and northern shores
Of the lake, though al of the successful mines
IN the NR ps
reports from the Weyerhaeuser-Gates ,e1-
nloration. fifteen IL, miles south Of Gordon:
are not so favorable as earlier in the work.
The programme Of Improvement begun
Costiiest work is all done. The liberalization
trans for hand labor win be continued and
more extensive use will be made of electricity
at the mill and about the surf Of the mine;
other improvements are IN progress and
contemplated.
MONTANA.
BUTTE, May ,ll.-several Butte mining
N a new copper field in Alaska. and the, same
niles Of raiiroad from valdez to Eagle city
and the promoters will float 81 ooo, 900 worth worth
" "S '' the VALDEZ district and have
made good The to d. .4et is i Of
copper ore. and the Butte men own about
thirty, claims; 1t is the intention to build
recently discovered mining districts.
Speaking OF the new copper discoveries
Wired les OF me ,h rsr1 ,,a enter inter
".ts. says: Zone OF the spur roads will be
built, from the mouth of the Chit 1yaaI River
another will be constructed in the vicinity
81 Fairbank and Cinema, Both viii penetrate
NHna dis sct only last year and which
viii this year yield no less St than n i3o Of nv
FrS1p %6ic$ va. sojd to H%ysmsysr Co
glance and there are in sight 1900 tons Of
ore that ill run u per cent. copper Ihere
is not a pound of waste rock in it.
Eight miles from the Bonanza there is
mother group called the Nicolai. name
after an Indian chief who showed the white
men the vein. On this property there are
two parallel lodges of bornite ore. each OIL
which is from is to 20 feet wide. and extent
for miles through the country. This ore rum
about As per cent copper and carries some
gold and silver. On the Kotsena River there
is one group containing 40 claims. each o
which has a ledge Of copper ore Of the 6ornltt
and chalcOpyrite nature. 1t IL estimatee
mat 500 tons Of this ore can be mined eaci
day for five years without making more thar
an impression upon the bodies. This ore
however, Is of q lower grade than some OF the
other, the average being from 81 TO - per ce ~
copper. The veins are from IL TO 90 feet VIDE
and the ore in them is unlimited. The Iansns
Mining Exploration Company. which IS com
posed OF New York capitalists owns 2 gToul
VI claims on the Iokina River, which now
through the heart Of the copper distr1ct;
The vein Of the property is from y u 20 Zee
wide. and in 1t there is an ls:inoh streak o.
native copper. One can walk along w IN
native copper groupings distance 81 d 90.
feet On the east side of the streak the Ieog'
is composed OF white. spar which IL tmpres reg
itself averages $40 in gold per ton. Ihs ~
company has broken on the surface ioo'o"
tons OF this ore
operating at Horr, Park county, Is turnini
cut $50 tons OF coke every day. There are
2s5 ovens in use The entire product OF thu
,n{nao and ovana ia ahiDnpd tn the smeltGl