The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-01

Tonorah Wa ter tompan" At Rye Patch. The
plant consists o I n large boiler and engine
and centrifugal pump that is guara nteed
for capacity %! 5000 900 gallons every twenty
lolir hJlr+. .....
IN the Quartette mine at Searching the
vein is reported ~ growing. As tho shaft
is deepened tna vein grow larger and n, richer.
| established. TN" vein on that level has
reached width Of ~ feet 81 The he, present res
stamps got away with ninety tons every
day,
thirty miles north OF Humboldt House. are
xsa which x, .elr rsad ia, At 80 tcn on the
at least a.0u.OO0 i clear profit, ...
cAIlpoENIA.
san FrANCtsco. May ?5.--Onc Of the sen-
sa'ional .tr!kes Of the week was made in TIE
miners DISCOVERED a body Of ore which they
or. from this huge led GO, which is 20 feet
below the origina! ledge that made the mine
hat given an impetus TO the, whole camp,
which wa regarded t as practically, worked
One 10 srs CLAIM, %heS icy
had abandoned.
In the Benson mine near Angels Camp,
into several hundreds Of dollars per tog: Thssl,
a crnsscut al, Tie ioH-foot level showed six
teen feet of ledge without a break
by @ in s %
San Bernardino county, near .Nmboy station.
They followed sixty foot ledge some distance
W, canon and the free milling ore averaged
on the south side of the San Rernardino
oe r rio .Hsr ore n was
covered recently. The !ocators refuse to
sys the dsns but 1eS brought nsr BACK sps &.
Ga" runs ms over YER 500 to the ton Vas found
The edge is ST. f"et wide and Is easy OF access
In the Soutn Idaho mine, near Grass Valley.
Snpt csr'e doi Tn9 was nspeGdns the n Ss
pio he pulled ont some Of tIs osss s1.a
gold that viii mill 800 to the ton. The mine
has jus, beer, pumped out and develop.
the size OF the ledge
BoIsr May "a. What seems to be a reliab!e
report is In circulation here that SenatorW 4.
at ' Pea III for .sso.Soe The mine has been que
developed to the depth Of 800 feet. Tho value
of he ore he &c.
Frank Johnesse: he ,snpsrintendssnt to, Of
out tools and supplies He says that work will
he pushed so as to complete the road early
in the summer. The State has appropriated
5000 for the work.
SALT LArE. May 25.- While prospectins in
the Granite range Garrett Reynolds and L. r.
as the Spanish mine. property. TINT was
abandoned thirteen years ago owing to the
low price Of lead at that time The men re-
located the property, which now promises
to be one of the best in tn" State.
The indep. ndent srnelt forwarded TO the
Eastern retiieries during the week f0l .ojS
pounds OF copper bullion. containing gold and
small percentage of lead added the Ameri-
can Smelling and Refining Company sent
out 500. Oo0 pounds
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SEATTLE. Wash, May Gin the Skuna
country prospectors have discovered extern
sive veins o. Cosing and semi -anthracts
coal. and also splendid petroleum indications,
and many locations have been made: Re-
ports OF similar finds on Queen Charlottr's
Island are also made, and there is a rush OF
prospectors 10 these new fields.
wAsHIN0ToN
SEATTLE. May 1.-The second tunnel on
the North Star mine. Index district. is pro-
crossing at tn" rate of six feet day. and ia
now in 80 feet This will tap tho main vein 2
AT a depth Of 500 feet
The advance in silver is stimulating the
owners of silver lead mines in Silver Creek,
Index, Silverton and Monte Iris,o districts
There are plenty of Eo"d producing, silver
require is a healthy market for their output
The SNOW l. now melting rapidly in tho Cas-
cadp Range and work will soon be stunned
on many Of the mines. '-r.