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Show WESTERN MINING GAZETTEER. been run 20 feet, still in favorable ledge formation. The winze 150-folevel has attained a depth of 17 feet. The formation is good and contains a small vein of very rich ore. level of the During the past week the north drift 500-foIndependence has been advanced and timbered 27 feet; total, 391 feet. The ledge in this drift is not looking quite as well level is up for the past two days. The upraise from 500-fo27 feet; vein very narrow, ore high grade. Some good ore is level. being taken out of the stopes near the 400-foFourteen tons of Falcon ore has been tested at the Independence mill, the pulp assay beijig $241 per ton. The mill will be started up shortly on Columbia ore and tailings. A chimney of very rich ore has recently been struck in the Golden Idol mine. ot UTAH. ot Frisco District. The Frisco Cos smelter is working about forty tons of Cave and Horn Silver ores per day and everything is running satisfactorily. The boilers at the concentrator were set last week and the roof is being put on the building. The shaft on the Carbonate No.j 2 is down 28 feet on the vein and the indications improve as depth is attained. Assays from the surface showed only a trace of mineral, while ore from the bottom of the shaft yesterday gave $12.85 gold and silver. Two shifts are being worked. Beaver Lake Dlatrict. About $0,000 worth of very rich ore has been taken out of the Nabob-EurekThe vein can be distinctly traced for several hundred feet. The deepest shaft is about 150 feet. The course of the vein is nearly north and south and is in limestone. The Last Chance, at a depth of only eight feet, shows about two feet of iron, galena and carbonate ore, some of which is of high grade. NEW MEXICO. a. Silver City District. The Summit mine, belonging to W. Bralnn, is looking splendid, as well as the St. Paul on which extensive work is now being carried on. The New York mine is turning out two tons of ore per week, yielding 250 ounces to the ton the rock shows horn and native silve. The shafts arc opened about 40 feet in depth. The return from the Philadelphia No. 2 mine is 72 ounces to the ton. Holsons mill is running full time on Lone Mountain ore. NEVADA. Tuscarora District. ot ot Eureka District. The Eureka Consolidated reports the following work for the past week: Sixth level Drift northwest 20 feet; in all, 188 feet. Eighth level Drift north, near west line, 23 feet; in all 118 feet. Ninth level Winze sunk 13 feet; in all, 47 feet. Tenth level Drift south from crosscut, 24 feet; in all, 05 feet. Upraise 25 feet; in all, 25 feet. New shaft sunk 30 feet; whole depth 318 feet. General P. E. Connor, Joseph Potts, E. J. Butler and Jas. in Goodwin canyon, just north Reilly have located a mill-sit- e of Silver Peak Tunnel, with a view, eventually, of working ores from Prospect Mountain and vicinty. The Richmond Company has just let another contract to ship 250 tons of lead. The Chihuahua mine, owned by the Bay State Mining Company, at Newark district, will commence shipping ore in a. day or two. The mine is looking and yielding well. The Trench mine, at White Pine, is taking out high-grad- e ore. The property improves as development is made. The Badger State mine, on White Pine Mountain, has , a-sha- level of the Grand Prize has been down 95 feet. They have a good body of ore, in which is extended 15 feet total 03 feet. Vein strong and contains gold predominates. has been run 12 feet; rich ore. West drift, same cross-cu- t The Uncle Sam mine, at Newark district, is shipping ore to formation favorable and carries bunches of good ore. The the Richmond works. stopes on this level are producing well. The east drift 500 A large boulder of very fine looking quartz, taken from the foot level has been advanced 15 feet. The water has been lowed in the main shaft 35 feet and winze started on the front face of the Eureka tunnel gives good indication of a body of ore. ledge. The south crosscut from the west prospect shaft ex9 feet, The Albion has made a strike, and of course the Richmond tended 0 feet, total 02 feet; and the north cross-cu- t total 45 feet. Average pulp assay for the week, $208.48. Company has commenced an injunction suit. level east drift of the from the 200-foThe cross-cu- t Bristol District. 51 The feet. total 34 has been extended feet, upraise The machinery of the Bristol Companys mill was started from the same level has been extended 17 feet, total 37 feet. on a trial last Tuesday and everything worked to a charm. up the shaft has been The upraise from the same level west of men at The Aillside Company now employs seventy-fiv- e in this The and 75 7 total feet. extended feet, ledge upraise the mill and furnace, and the Bristol Company employs fifty hard 3 so not as neither and feet formerly, stopes averages men. the for $29.84. so week, quite high grade. Average pulp ussay Pioche District. level 70 of foot the main incline from South drift Navajo Many of the chloriders about Pioche are making big wages. has been advanced six feet, total 251 feet. An upraise has The tailings at Bullionville arc proving richer than they been started at this point. South drift from the joint Belle to be. s Isle east been extended 7 feet, total 85 feet. Vein were thought tons daily to the The Day mine is shipping two and 8 inches wide; ore low grade. South intermediate below the 150-folevel advanced 0 feet; vein 10 inches wide, good Hillside furnaces. 150-foTom Pheby and Andy Fife are operating down at El Doralevel milling ore. The joint Belle Isle east cross-cu- t do canyon. A second mill is just going in. The mines are has been run 10 feet. The south prospect incline has been said to be looking sunk 8 feet, total 28 feet. Vein 18 inches wide. Silver King district, situated fifteen miles from Bristol, is The vein in the stopes in the Belle Isle north drift from the level, is about 8 inches looming up. They have a body of ore in the Ida mine which joint Navajo cast cross-cu- t for the above vein on measures over fotry feet. wide and fair ore. The joint cross-cu- t The Raymond & Ely mine, which was bought in at sheriffs the 150-folevel has been extended 18 feet. Work on the level has been suspended the sale, will be allowed to remain idle until the six months reupraise from the 250-foquartz was poor and have started a stope on the narrow vein demption runs out. The east drift 400-fo- ot Ar-gen- ta ot cross-cutha- a-h- alf ot ot first-clas- s. 70-fo- ot ot ot jSame level. i Galena District. level in the North Belle Isle has been extended 10 feet; total, 122 feet. Vein in the stopes on this level has West crosscut 150-fo, level is narrow, ore rich. 1 The east crosscut 75-fo- ot ot The Silver Point mine has been sold to C. L. Strong for $15,000. A third interest was bought a short time since lor $2,000, and now the party gets $5,000. |