Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-27

100000 for the option, which expires in
May.
5ie smeIter Contract
p. V. Nordbere, representing one of
the largest machinery houses in the
United states. left after closing deal
with the Copper Queen at Blsbee for
new machinery which will amount TO
an expenditure of in the neighborhood
Of 100000. When this new machinery
Is installed the Copper Queen will be
the second largest producer in the
world. Nordberg will return to Los
Angeles IN few days. -Four mammoth
new engines to operate the new blow
ers were ordered, each of which will
have a capacity Of 10000 cubic feet of
air per minute. An air compressor OF
1000 cubic feet capacity was also or
dered. It is understood that blower
was ordered for converter to be
somewhat larger than the G. & A. con-.
verter, which is 10 have capacity OF
10000 cubic feet Of air per minute.
Good ore Returns
Or. Bryson and A. Well of Los An
geles and J. e. Miller and II. A. Blod
gett of Bakersfield are elated over a
shipment of ore from the cowboy mine
In the Amelia district Of Kern county.
This Is based on the information that
j. e. Miller has returned from San
Francisco, whittier he went with a car
load of ore taken from the mine. The
net weight of the ore was 57,267 pounds
and 1t yielded $472SS5 in silver and
$456.95 in gold. Expenses deducted the
car netted $4739.95 The Cowboy mine
is one of the older of the mines in the
ledge of rich ore in sight. 1t is of in
terest to know that this carload of ore
has been taken from the mine since
January 16 with working force of six
men, and since the shipment was made
another half car has been mined.
Good Items Bunched
Joe Gronson, one of the owners of the
Yellow King group of gold mines on the
having struck a vein four feet wide of
high grade free gold ore. He has taken
out several tons of this ore and
crushed some of it in an arrastra, aver
aging 500 daily as a reult of his work.
An important strike is reported at
point twelve miles north of Kawich. a
strong ledge having been uncovered
which shows values as high as 800 and
$10O.
At the Longfellow the miners are
sinking and drifting and good ore is
being taken to the mill, which gladdens
the hearts of the workers as most of
the men employed are stockholders in
the mine. Two years ago when the men
were working for 50 a day in money
and 81 in stock many called them fools,
says the Groveland (Cal) Prospector,
but now that the mine is paying divi-
dends opinion has changed and they
are called lucky.
LIE Peron copper mine at Red Cap,
Humboldt county, has been opened by
extending the tunnel this winter, and
now shows more promisingly than ever.
The ledge runs, it is said generally %
to 33 per cent.
Recently Norris Collins of Indian
Creek, Trinity county, commenced work
stringer of quartz Collins opened 1t
for $50 feet on the surface and found
ledge running from eight inches to two
feet in width and averaging SIS to $26
a ton There are 100 tons of ore in
sight.
The Oregon group in Arizona has been
leased and bonded to Tombstone par
ties. who have started a drift to cut
the ledge under the old shaft. The last
assays from an average of the vein gave
IA per cent copper, ten ounces in silver,
SO In gold and per cent in lead.
A second body of ore has been struck
on the Denn-Arizona and there is little
question now but that this property
ever opened in the Bisbee quadrangle.
The strike was made at the depth of
about 1000 feet, and the drill is boring
through a body of sulphide ore.
The official figures of copper produc-
ton of the United Verde Copper COM
pany for the year ending December l.,
1904, are 3O,75O,OOO pounds of refined cop
per. Included in this output is 1,150,000
pounds from the Equator mines.
The Elko Free Press represents that a
new vein has been encountered in the
Greenback mine. near Mountain City,
New, which assays from s4OO to $2100 IN
gold
The Lost Gem mine at Osceola, New,
in which recently a rich strike was
made, bids fair to become one of the
best gold producers in that state. Work
on the mine has been pushed and the
splendid showing when the ledge was
first encountered has improved. A
thirty-five-foot drift has been run at
the fifty-foot level. and the ore aver
ages more than $3.50 ton.
The total output of the North Star
mine near Grass Valley Cal. mot in
cluding Gold HID, during 1904 was
F.447 tons of ore, yielding $773, ,215.S1
($16 296 per ton). costing for all operat-
ing expenses s31315126 $3.50 per toni