The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-15

snowfall. tn Millvtew and Emily ne ne,
Montana Company and tho Poser and Elm
Orlu owned by senator Clnrk The, Snowbal
OF the North Butte and its Gcquisltion com.
pletes the ownership Of q solid block OF claims
Of about fifteen In number.
Al The present rate Of progress the Butte
Copper Exploration Company will reach
a. depth OF 1000 feet with its shaft on we
Of the butte district by November l. IL viii
take a week longer 10 cut a station, and some
time 10. install a pump, after which cross
cutting Tor the vein viii he begun.
NsvApA
JouSNIE, Oct. 10 Discovery Of copper
has caused a sensation here and within the
have been taken up, The copper IL ia thc
northeastern part OF The district and in the
sOuthw eEtern. indicating that the belt ex-
tends diaEonally across the district. hut the
determine lis size. FTed.BOwler. tho original
Mae Hill. Is al present in. Philadelphia ne
gotiating with some capitalists there for the
Browne OF Colorado has just returned from
Denver, who're lie associated himself with
some nnsncieIs I2T wd me , qbsvg mnpning q Tba nls
the copper is in a vast deposit and assays
from the surface show 81 IN gold and : per
cent. copper. About A,jo0 feet 10 the north
he has another copper property that he says
shows an eighteen inch ledge assaving %
per cent. coprer and q in gold. These prop
critics lie In the southwestern section, about
eight miles from the town, About three miles
from the Johnnie Consolidated Mine, in the
and r. Ccnno Ts's are OPENING Spe a cope prop
erty that they say shows a two foot ledge
a~ssaying 20 per cent. in copper.
solidated mine Is a mild pnzzle 90 the engineers
in the district here. The main. shaft has
followed FOL SSn, the &, ledge 5sst at ia an ana, SSnEle, S Of = deSTses
yet. and drift had 70 be run 90 feet before the
w xsla s gss i in "a. DIR Gn ne S.rS 5Se i .S~ r1 ia 'Sss
almost horizontal. supt. Moser thinks that
ground on this level. A gigantic fault was
discovered that threw the ledge almost sixty
GoLpFfELp, Oct. Io.-The high tension
campaign of mining at he Mohawk property
has begun. With less than three months to
run the owners Of the Hays onnette and
Frances-Mohawk leases are bending every
energy to get out as much ore rs possible
before the end Of the year. when the ground
During the frst week of October more ore
was shipped from the Mohawk. than was
ever shipned in a like length, Of time by any
The Hays-Monnette lease. with two shifts
working. is producing over $4,000 a DAY;
An elght-drill com prcssor u being rushed
across the country and everything at the
mine is ready for its installation the moment
it reaches here, Ore worth 81 1000 n ton is
being dumped into Omen freight cars with
ms little ceremony "a though q was common
sand. Those leasing It. with al 1.-THE machinery
they have and int end TO employ. will not be
able to make much Of an impression on the
ore reserves bv the time their lease expires,
and what il true with Hays 4 ,Monnette. IL
also true Mt the Frances workings. Rich
rock ia hpinR hCistP Ell eVprv minute from six
shafts on he Moha wk. and it is estimated thnt
the compeny,rI royaitIes IRON nov Ganti'
This, on ton of a treasury already estimated
to contain 81 .OO0. 600. places the company in a
strong financial position. Everybody now
aAmita that the Mohawk tN the richest ROll
The own Of GoldNeld is growing at a ire
minute for one hundred more oarpenters,
who can find instant employment NJ So to SO
The Florence company. through It's general
manager. 4. 6. Iockhart. has been making
exhaustive tests on is ores and the word
has finally come from Denver 70 begin, work
on the new mill at once. The plant will have
a capacity of eighty tons Of ore a day and
the expectation Is that it will be in operation
The best copper districts in Nevada to-day
are Ely. in White Pine county, and the Nering-
posits of copper ore exist in both. Millions
OF money. are being expended in opening
and equipping the mines of these District.
the natural advanta ges 10 mako copper
mining profitable. The, Ierington region is
blessed with rivers and lakes, fertile valleys,
plenty Of timber. and all portions of the
mineral bearing zone are easily reached.
Greenwater borders the Death Valley
FOuUNTNs "dNCl-F- ~ NJ" - ~
than whiskey. II the country y EVER cut 10y
the ra ilroads and the ore il Of. high grade
mipinS nay r6 6e p FS 1yisE i GaTE,en on ths ,he there
Ia more work going on there nov than a.
any time since the camp was discovered
Ore is being hauled out 10 the railroad from
a number Of properties and supplies are
going in at a rate suggesting every Iaith m
the mines p ,ha me m zen t % pe''"eSS VINO nave
~EARCHLIGH New, Oct. 10. The shaft Of
the Wyoming SearChlight is down 200 feet.
49, - DIN 49,
only bout forty feet more work will he neces-
saTy TO reach water level; Judging from
present indications the usua! large body of
ore will be encountered AZ that point, as so
far no shaft has been sunk in this district 10
water level without striking ore IN paying
General Manager Adsit OF the Colorado
Nevada property and formerly manager Of
the Tomboy in Colorado, reports is5 feet Of
work done on this property IL Of the substantial
kind. showing confidence Of the owners in
the ult innate result.
oRADO.
CoIoENno SPRINGS. Col. Oct. l2.-The
Portland Gold Mining Company has declared
its regular quarterly dividend NJ tho rate Of
FIVE cents. or $3.50. OOp. payable the 18th. This
makes the Company's total disbursement
S7,II7, $50 on 81. 900. OOO capitalization.
The NindicatoT Consolidated cold Mining
Company. also of Cripple Greek, will dis
burse S45, OOO on the 18th, the dividend total
being S.5l5.O 900. The dividend is No. -,
Hnu ~ W IFHhAhh 'NolN'''s ~ ~ wv
bursement.
The Work Gold Mining and Milling Com
many will diSburse dividend No. I on the 18th.
The amount is one cent a share, or slJ. 900.
the total being SGO.OOO 10 date. This rom
pany's last disbursement was made May IS,
1905.
The Gold Dollar Consolidated Gold Mining
COMPANY, Cripple Greek, will disbursc a
dividend OF one-halG cent a share. or Sl2, 500.
18th inst,
The total disbursements OF these com
Daniea, s221, 800, will he materially increased
by other companies whose regular qua Ttcrly
dividends are paid in October.
The forty stamp mill Of the Old hundred
Mining COMPANY on Galena Mountain. Sill
verton. Col. will he increased to 100 stamp,
or 500 tons daily capacity. Sufficient ore il
in sight TO keen the mill running steadily
for twenty years. 4 gold brick weighing
seventy pounds, worth SIS. 900. has been
shipped to the Denver mint. This is the
seventh gold brick shipped this year.
The Hudson mill at Idaho Springs. Col.
has yielded two retOrtS Of more than 100
ounces n gold each. valued at $500. as the
result OF seventeen days run on ore from the
lateral slopes of the Shafter vein in Central
tunnel. during which time 500 tons OF ore
were treated. A hundred tons Of Concen-
trates. worth grnss 324, 40 each. were saved.
T.,e Metal VclatiZatiOn Company's pAnt AZ
Denver was destroyed by fire Sunday at
$500 loss. The company operated a special
process for assayinR ores.
Charles d. Walcott. director OF the Govern
ment geological bureau; f.. ~. Newell, chief
engineer of the Government reclamation
service: Clifford Pinchott. chief Of the Govern
ment forestry bureau. and ElwOod Mehde,
chief expert in the drainage and irrigation