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mine which rms 272 ounces of silver to the
! ton. IL is said hat the amount of ore in
: in the Rayon district OF Chihuahua.
Of the (ionpsnis Mnera Topo Chico. situated
near Monterey. are improving. The car
load smelter returns are about $500. The
tunnel in the mine Ia now about las feet into
! the mountain.
The Compahia Nlincra Flor de Nieve. which
ig operating ia the /aCHteCas district, recently
shipped a ear Of ore 20 the smeiter which
netted SS,0O0,
in readiness for blowing in the new siDeter
D Of the American Smiling and Refining COM
psny near the city OF ChihuehuG. Delay
/ TO arrive. owing to the mining depression
the Smclter will not he started nt its full
! capacity. II Is expected that the smel'eT
! will serve as n stimulus to mining.
| The B,IstamaB'e. vilaldanIa and COahuila
mines situated in the northern part of the
| by the syndicate MnerO FundidOr de Ger
SraIoEists Of Mexico are Interested
in the authoritative announcement that
Nanadium. one of the rarest Of minerals
been discovered in the mountains Of the
State of OaIaca. Molybdenum, another
district Of the same .StaIe Vanadium is
| used in hardening steel. salts or Vanadium
are also USED SrEry @ ~ nelGIng; ~ snInrr;s ~ INK
/ MOlybdenum Ia also used as an alloy in steel
| and il in demand for various chemical com.
pounds II IL powerful germicide and
| Il also used n manufacturing hreproof ma
! terials. The PanuCa Copper Company. which
! shipped three cars OF mOlybdenum ore from
| its mines in GOahuila three years ago, IL pre-
pairing to renew operations an the deposits
which occur in ita mines
Ia is reported that the Tira General copper
mine in the Charcas district of San Luis
POtOsi has been closed ON account OF the
| large amount OF machinery il being
! installed in the Nentanas group Of mines
/ in Durango. These mines are owned by
| The grolip of copper mines in the Cananea
| district Of sonora, which were owned by the
| DorOtea Mining Company. have been sold
! to n syndicate of AmeriCans; IN
J. b. GeiRhers and ", :. O'Brien have
| land in the HalsaS district OF Guerrero. n
| IL aaid that prospects upon this land run high
The Tepelaianas y AueXas copper mines
! in the Tcpe2alu district or Aguacalientos,
owned by the 0SSSmheaI KEN ann ESpi0rS.Th an aGcnani
The ESs y SanI ri Central Deyelopment Company.
purchased the Llano. tho Los Amigos aud
! the Los Angeles mines. east Of HermOsillO,
! Sonora The price - snld 10 have been $50
The new smeIter at Santa Rosalis. Chihus-
hua. is At last to be put ~ opera4Ilon' 4s' Accord
| MAS erect ed some time ago, hut has remained
idle. It il well eduipped Is owned by
| I'd Agen'- OF the company are nov making
| contracts for ore.
! The Esperan2a mine in the FL OrO district.
| owned by American and British capt. alists.
! for the ten months which ended November
of this year has declared divldehd amount
! e. a75, MO-, making the tOta dividends since
| its ors rsanizatiOn S7,l97, 400.
An ore body which runs as high as 81 600
I gold and silver TO the ton has been struck An
! the C:abilan mine in Sonora.
! The rules and regulations Tor the under
gro,ind prot ectiOn OF mines which were re-
| Gently prOnul gated by the National Chamber
Of Mines at rs SSToH m ,nS hs couDtrn Dey
! durfn the last few days. A. recent meeting
Of the managers Of all the principal mines oI
| Guanajuato the new rules wepe discussed.
! and il wa. agreed that they should be en-
The development worl, which has been
! carried on in Ia Pera mines. In the Topia
/ omt ore TO the value OF more than q. .OOo. 900.
! Work now in progress ~ expected TO put In
sight additional ore TO the value Of more than
| : year ago by VI. r. Macdonald and Bernard
/ Macdonald Of iuanajuatO. They organized
| none OF the stock upon the market. The ore
| is said 10 have an average value OF 500 in
| connected with the operation Of these mines
| is their remoteness from rallrosd transporta-
tion facilities IL is stated: howsvsr 1 thst the ne
| district. The company has planned TO erect
! a conCentra ting plant.
which are now being constructed in the Bo-
nsnza camp, State of Iacateoas. will give
that place facilities for shipping 500 tons 0f
ore per day The iramway Of the MazaPie
Copper Company will be more than i've miles
| long. The tramvHy which the owners OF the
| AldOmad dom mines are building in the same
! camp will be about the same length. The
American Smelling and Refining Company
| already has tramway in operation there.
| The output OF zine in the Rinconada district
! of Nueva Leon promises to Ehow large
| increase during the next few months. Much
interest has recently been attracted TO that
! district by the strike of IS per cent; zino In
| the Juarez mine, which Is owned by Jack
| Berry and associates.
| ALASKA.
SEATTLE, Nov. e--IIuttlesOn & Davis re-
| Gently. sold their holdings on Poormsn 20
the. States. taking out about $4,000 each In
PooTmGn creek has Welded 500 a day
| to the shovel but on most OF the claims an
| ounce a day TO the man is the best that can
Nugget creek ranks next 20. Poorman.
1 quent washouts. Billy Jacobs has ground
| worth DSS day to the man on Nugget creek.
but he was a sufferer by q spring washOut.
/ the cleanup this summer when they were
| carried away by a flood. HerndOn has g35
| or $40 diggings on the same creek; The
| seasons output OF the Susitua creeks Is esti-
! mated now at from s55.OOO 90 $50 900.
| Jim Russell. who had the frst plant on
' GOldstream. has sold q half interest 20 Shep-
! a half interest in eight claims. which begin
1 at II below. There are three sets OF lsymen
| WORKING on the group. Il s known that good
pay has been struck and that the Aymen have
| With his new partners Mr.. Russell will work
! the ground OH a big scale.
says: Among the passengers ON the Lnsiia.
! arriving In Cinema on Saturday evening. was
| Hans stark. Gho has spent the summer IN thu
Tendsrfoot section operating his property