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Show WESTERN MINING GAZETTEER. Yankee Fork District T1IE ALEXANDER MINE. IDAHO. Win. Nortons arastra is turning out a large amount of bul- lion. Work is progressing finely on the foundation for the Custer mill, and it will be completed in a few days. The Badger is opened by a shaft, from which a west level is extended a distance of 240 feet, all the way through ore good ore. The vein is four feet in width; the first-clas- s 000 to 700, samples over 1,400 per ton, the second-clas- s 90-fo- ot about 150. and the third-clas- s custom mill is going into Bonanza. A new bo running in six weeks. 10-stam- p It will The Pilgrain is developing into a most wonderful mine. At a depth of 40 feet the vein is 13 feet wide and the quartz full of ruby silver. The ore taken out of the Vienna averages 400 per ton. The shaft on the Emma is down 70 feet, and the vein improving. Wood Klver District. Shipping ore to Salt Lake over the Utah & Northern II. R. only costs 27 per ton, consequently many large shipments will be made this season. The Senate has a shaft 70 feet deep on a vein of carbonate and galena ore, and the mine is developing splendidly. There are several companies at work on Warm Spring Creek, and the mines are improving with development. On the Ervin lode, they have about 250 tons of ore- out, 40 of which will be shipped to Salt Lake. Several minfes have been sold to Salt Lake and other parties at good figures. A valuable discovery has been made in Lower Wood River.' The location is six miles west of Belleview. Three locations have been made on the vein Ornament, Ohio and Ohio North. It is a contact vein, between porphyry and granite, is three feet wide, has two feet of 200, ten inches which assays nearly 700 and ciirries GO per cent. lead. Chunks of mineral that assay 19,800 have been lately oot - found. CALIFORNIA. Lake District. The tunnels of the Mammoth are looking better now than at auv time in the history of the workings of the mine. The true hanging wall has at last been found in the extreme south crosscut running easterly from No. 3 tunnel, at which point the ledge shows 20 feet in width with from two to three inches of clay selvage. This tunnel has been advanced 33 feet during the Week, giving a total length of 1293 feet. The new crosscut east from tliis tunnel is in 13 feet; crosscut east in Cook drift, 10 feet. In No. 2 tunnel 24 feet lias been run; total length, 841 feet. Ground in face of this tunnel pretty hard. Number of tons of ore sent to mill, 4G1. ARIZONA. Ore from the Orion assays in silver from 20 to 120 and 80 per cent. gold. The Dundee shows a 2 J foot vein, three inches of which as- says 1G, 000. The W. Richmond has a six foot vein between walls, with a foot of ore assaying 12,000. The Mack Morris is giving good ore at a depth of 1G0 feet. The Andy Campbell has a large amount of ore on the dump which will average 300. -- It: II: 15c 111 - The Utah mine, Park City, Utah, has six inches of fine black sulphurcts. The Utah is on the same vein as the White Pine, which is claimed to be on the Ontario vein. For the week ending August 25th 73,500 pounds of bullion Was turned out of the Ilccla, Montana, furnaces. C: Cl Cl C one-thir- two-thir- G-f- A A , Saw Tooth District. Tombstone District. The Belmont Courier of the 21st says: The Alexander mine, at Grantsville, is one of the biggest in the country. The mountain seems to be nothing but ore. A ledge measuring over 450 feet in width and prospected to a depth of GOO feet is surely a bonanza for any camp. In all the levels the ore is of the same extent and character, and the indications are favorable for its going to a great depth. Two experienced engineers have just made a careful measurement-- by actual survey, of the ore in sight in the Alexander mine, with the following d of the ore for waste, from result: After deducting for expenses of the remaining deducting of the mining, milling and prospecting although one-haamount was deemed a liberal estimate, they computed the red of at 31 per ton, giving as net maining profit the sum of 18,000,000. Estimating the expenses at of the the net amounted to only one-haThis only for ore in sight, while the ore is fast improving in grade and widening into immensity below. two-thir- ds lf two-thir- one-thir- Ki K: I: F: Fi (ii ds two-third- s, lf 1 ds 72,-GCO,0- 11 11 00. L: L Li Li d Xi Oi THE CANADIAN GOLD FIELDS. f() Or Ki The Fort William Free Press says: A few weeks ago Mr. P. McKcl-lamining engineer, in company with Mr. D. McKcllar and Captain Pritchard, all of this place, while exploring for iron, accidentally found a vein of g quartz, which is said to be the richest ever discovered ou this continent. Last week these three gentlemen, in company with Messrs. N. K. Street, capitalist, P. A. Landing, C. N. Black, D.L.S., Fort William, Mr. Harris, millwright, and a staff of men, went down per steamer Three Friends to survey the country, locate the vein and give it a thorough test. After trying several parts of the vein, these gentlemen were so thoroughly convinced that they had struck it rich that they have located 320 acres of mining land in the immediate vicinon a river not yet chrislened. They inity of the vein, and a town-sittend to commence operations as soon as they can get the stamp mill and other machinery from below. The new Eldorado is situated in one of the wildest tracts of country on the north shore, in the midst of a succession ot mountains and gulches with perpendicular walls. No doubt this vein can be traced further, and as it is only the beginning we cannot say where it will end. We have every confidence that further explorations will prove successful in establishing the claims of the north shore as being the greatest mining country on tne continent In addition to their gold discovery, the Messrs. McKellar and Pritchard have discovered two extraordinary rich lodes of magnetic ore within about filteen miles of their gold mine ; but as their eyes have become dazed with looking at the precious yellow stuff no attention will be paid to the last discovery-ir- on being at a discount with these gentlemen, who are already feeling themselves millionaires. r, Kc S. St! gold-bearin- St: Tii e ren v 1 I car fV A VAPOK ENGINE. M A comparatively new invention is the vapor engine, which it is claimed will completely revolutionize everything at present connected with tteam. Mr. Bloomberg, the inventor, was for fifteen years engaged P. in perfecting the machine, but only for the last two years has it been brought into saccessiul use, and even now the extent to which it has I IE been experimented with is confined to a few of the principal cities in the United States. About two weeks ago a model of the engine was Ch brought to Montreal, and for ten days past was in successful operation in a machine shop near the corner of Alexander and Craig streets. The object of those who were interested iu and connected with the exhibition of the engine in this city has been to secure a Canadian patent, and that object having been attained, the machine was taken down yesterday, and will be immediately removed to the United States. It is claimed for this engine that it is about a sixth part less expensive than the ordinary steam engine, for it requires but a slight expenditure in coal to kep it running, only about one and busnels of coal is used e a to run per day power vapor engine, while for a steam engine of the same power about two tons ot coal would be required for the same length of time. Thus a saving of 5.75 per day U would be eflectcd by a machinist employing an cn trine of power. The explanation for this extraordinary cheapness lies in the fact that the vapor at first brought into use may be used over and over again by being condensed in spiral tubes connected with the engine for that purpose. At the highest estimate the cost of the chemicals used in preparing the composition is only eight cents per pound, and only live gillons is necessary if again au engine of power is alluded to. This composition will remain good for an indefinite period of time if there is no waste allowed. The vapor engine can be used on everything where a steam engine is used, and wfll be particularly welcome bn board of steam vessels, where such large qualities of coal are at pres- jSpe ent consumed. Montreal (Canada) Stockholder . F a-li- alf ten-hors- ten-hor- se i t ! ten-hors- e 1 t |