The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-21
BUSY DAYS IN ALASKA MINES.
OVER A MILLION A WEEK IN GOLD
. COMING OUT.
Big Consignments OF General Supplies
Sent BACK improved Steamboat Ser
vice on the Yukon and Tributaries
New Camp North Of TOn0pah, New.

Sent BACK --Impr owed steamboat Her.
vice on the Yukon and Tributaries
New Camp North Of TOn0pah, New.
SEATTLE, Aug. il.--The good steamboat
service on the Yukon and its larger trlbut aries
Is enabling miners to explore these streams
to advantage. The steamer Ella. owned by
Henry Bratnober, has supplied this want
this sprlng and has been Of great service
to the miners. She was built In the country
and was constructed to meet almost every
want of miners and prospectors following
the course of the narrowest and most shallow
streams
Among the passen gers coming down on
tho steamer Senator yesterday were n. O..
Miller and James White, who have been mining
In the Tanana country. succeeding In making a
respectable cleanup amounting to 10000.
Not wishing to entrust their dust to the steamer
or to the express companies they took turns
guarding 1t until they reached Seattle and the
Government Assay ONCE. when they sold their
gold and are taking a rest. This gold brings
from 4l7 to SIS per ounce very readily.
The cons anments for the week at the Assay
once amounted to over d 900 900, and they
came by way of Dawson and Nome from the
Tanana diRgings. Reports are OF the most
cheerful character from the Tanana and Nome
districts, bearing out the earlier predictions.
A great deal Of the dust that 10 now comm
out is being exchanged for provisions and
general supplies. which are being sent out
In cargo lots, keeping the Alaska fleet very
busy.
On EldoYado, Bonanza and other impor-
tant Klondike streams. hydraulic operations
| are again reported very active. by reason
| OF recent heavy rains Those streams had
| prepared for an active season. but the rains
| holding of caused many to he greatly dtsap-
| pointed They are now making up for lost
| TINE throughout the district
Among the arrivals from Alaska to-day
| is Pearl Hall, who comes for the purpose OF
entering school here. paying her way with
| money obtained from mining in the Klondike.
| She has been remarkably successful in the
| mines.
The steamship lines between Seattle and
| Alaskan points are having very busy sea-
| son, many of the boats being crowded beyond
their capacity. compelling passengers to re-
| main over.
Southeastern Alaska is having a lively
| mining season. especially on Prince Of Wales
and Douglas Islands. The shipments OF ore
| are 40 large and the output has increased so
| rapidly that the machinery is inadequate to
| handle II.
The copper properties have proved bo-
nan zas In many instances where only fairly
| rood ledges had been anticipated. These
| properties are good for hundreds Of thou
| lions.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SEATTLE. Aug. l4.-Between salmon fish
| ing and gold mining. things are quite lively
| on Fraser River at present Both placer
| and quartz mines have been yielding we'll
! and give promise Of still greater yield, iester-
day orders were given for new machinery to
be placed on six placer claims on the Laid
| mines near Yale, and within three months
sixty men will be employed on this property.
The Rossland mines are producing more
| extensively than at any time in their history
Good prices prevail and the market is all
| that could be desired. Conditions ware never
| more healthy in the Canadian districts than
| at present.
| SAN FRANCISCO Aug. 15.--Reports received
from Angels indicate that the mines OF the old
camp are not doing as we'll as they did and
unless something new is struck there are
! signs Of hard winter Some OF the veins
| seem to be pinching out.
The San Andreas blue gravel mine which
been reopened and unwatered. double
Ss be rssea at OFT
cutting estt gan, and drifting viii then Be Begun.
ps sm me Psce1 has a
New machinery will be put in both above and
for the eTscsSp Of
s this With Six ns to- Ss OF
richness. 1t shows an average. of 10 per cent.
quicksilver clear across the ledge.
DownIevlle. Tunnels are being run to
open the chsnnel The company owns e more e
lying under the lava cap. As soon as the
engineers complete their surveys double
has has been found Already n sp Upper H"s channel
The STACY Creek district, king along the
trist is yemot. and almost accessible.
The "a. Of msh rss
in that section. The ledge was located d.
rectly under waterfall in a creek near DON
the value of the ore. hut Il is known to be
| high Many gold hunters are already on
Eastern and San Francisco capitalists are
about to begin the operation OF the river
placer mine along the Middle Yuba, The
benz bend at The pont 20 BE- WORKED and he bed
is thought e, be rich In gravel. The com;
WI ch viii divert the water from the stream
snd uncover large area OF gold bearing
rock between the four and six hundred levels
OF the Idaho MARYLAND mine are rich enough
ESFt tHa GOOD n Tssu being aSs.sa tPs
| years 1888 and 1870, when this part Of the
mine. was opened. nothing but rich rock
| could be handled and this matter now being
milled was thrown aside as worthless
| - NBvADA.
RENO. Aug i5.-The mines Of Ollnghouse
pssSlissIts. q the s an IL sresi
richness. Some very fine rock as taken
week Picked samples ran from $40 to
showed something like 81, 600
Important strikes have been made in the
| country to the north Of Tonopah within the
| last few weeks which promise great things.
A new camp called Golden, has been start ed
| twenty-five miles west Of Manhattan. The
a dna showing, At depth OF fifty feet the
ore runs az high as 81. 900 a ton. One streak
Of unusual richness scored the high figure
| that Of the Tonopah mines. The pay rock
| of the ledge is about seventy-fve feet wide.
The Blue Bull mine at Tonopah has un:
covered some very fine ore. At depth OF
twenty five feet a streak Of white tale var yin e
from 10 INCHES wide was found. Samples
OF this went from 1894 to 500 The Eclipse
has also opened some good ore at twenty
two feet A six-inch streak runs up to 81. 900.
An ore body four feet wide assays 5000 more
/ The announcement of the finding of good
gold and copper ore In Modoc county, Cal,
has aroused great interest. az similar