OCR Text |
Show 6 INTER-MOUNTAI- MINING REVIEW N at Wei-se- r large body of zinc ore that runs well thirty years, committed suicide last week by drowning himself in in silver, but cannot be profitably hanthe creek. He was driven to the act dled by present processes. The Anchor, The DeLamar mine, at DeLamar, by destitution. Daly-Weand other Park City mines over of worth $2000 is ores. Ida., producing The Anaconda company has been are also producers of bullion daily. The purchasers of a mine in Riversued by Silver Bow county for $59,000, ConsolAssays from the Imperial show side of tax claimed to be due county, Cal., sued the vendors for a the amount idated, in Newton district, on the ground that the value upon the net revenues of the company $1,000,000, value of $112 in gold. of Asthe property had been misreprelast year, which were fixed by the The fourth annual convention of the sessor at $3,500,000. The company re- sented, and judgment has been rendered Western Federation of Miners will be ported its profits at $1,100,000. in favor of the plaintiffs for $330,275. held at Denver, May 11th. Now that it is found that victimized W. Williams G. of proBoise, Ida,, tenderfeet have a remedy, the minThe n leaching plant of the New poses to utilize superheated steam in NEWS CLEAN-U- P. st zinc-beari- ng 60-to- Columbia company, at Yellow Jacket, Idaho, is nearly completed. The Standard mine, at Bodie, Cal., is on fire on the 350 level. The drifts and stopes have been bulkheaded. the very Virginia City, Nev., is one of few mining towns where a miner's days wages buys a barrel of flour. Lemhi county, Idaho, has a mining claim called the Bicycle. Its extension should be named the Bloomer lode. The Iron Mountain Mining company proposes to drive a tunnel 5600 feet on its property, in Missoula county, Mon- tana. The Omaha & Grant smelter has contracted for 12,000 tons of ore from the Slocan Star mine, in British Columbia. The Old Jordan, at Bingham, has ores for been a producer of silver-lea-d thirty-tw- o years, and shows no sign of exhaustion. Chicago men have located, near Ban-nac- k ledge City, Mont., a twenty-foo- t of free milling gold ore that assays from $4 to $56. vein of bituminous coal A three-fohas been located in Spanish Fork canyon, about a mile from the Rio Grande ot Western track. A mining exchange was organized in Prescott, Ariz., a few days ago for handling mining properties and furnishing information. The recent find in the Harqua Hala mine, Arizona, is said to be holding out well, and promises to fulfill the expectations of the company. vein of steel galena has A four-foot s been developed on the property, near Ephraim, and the vein is said to be between sandstone and Bullion-Pari- lime. The working tunnel on the Ibex, in Detroit district, is said to have reached the vein, which carries $60 in gold and a good percentage of copper at this point. The ML Rosa and Battle Mountain tunnel will be driven 3000 feet under the town of Victor, Colo., with drifts exploring the ground for 400 feet on each side. Charles Lake, a miner, was killed in the Crescent mine at Park City last of three Saturday, by the explosion sticks of giant that he was carrying in his pocket. Valuable placer discoveries are reon the ported near Wheatland, Wyo., 1000 acres of Laramie plains. About what is believed to be a glacier slide have been staked. A shipment of nine tons of ore from the Vulcan mine, at Fish Springs, sold on the Salt Lake market for $125 per ton. The Vulcan is located near the famous Utah and Galena mines. The producers of lead ore in Idaho propose to reduce their output in order to advance the price of lead. They might as well expect to dry up the ocean with a dam across Snake river. Cripple Creek, Colo., last Saturday suffered the loss of a million dollars worth of property by a fire that destroyed the business portion of the camp. It is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. Development work will be resumed upon the Peruvian mine, in Little Cottonwood canyon, next month, and to provide the necessary means an assessment will be levied. A lease has been given on the low-graproduct. as known otherwise John Atwell, Scotty, an aged prospector who had roamed the hills of Idaho for over de ing swindlers may mend their ways. Some of the mines of Old Mexico are still operated in a barbarous fashion. Last Friday the Vieja mine, located near Chihuahua, caved in, burying men. Eighteen escaped eighty-fiv- e without injuries, thirty were seriously injured and the remainder were killed. The roof of the mine had been supported by pillars of ore, but the owner was anxious to realize on this ore and caused a portion of it to be removed. H. S. Bennett, the inventor of the Mayor leading the procession. The undesirable eight were then told to keep Bennett placer machine, left Green River for Denver last Monday, having going, which they did The collapse of the Colorado mining demonstrated the success of his wonstock boom has had no visible effect derful plant and turned it over to the upon the mines. In fact, an increas- South Park company. Before leaving of ing amount of development work is he offered to continue the operation comto himself the and pay the plant being done at Cripple Creek. This inof a $600 but week, pany per dicates that the mining industry will royalty was The declined. the continue to flourish, no matter what proposition becomes of the mining stock promotor plant is now handling from 2000 to 2500 yards of gravel per day, from and the wild-cboomer. the yield is from $300 to $500, and The Nevada Southern road is to be which cost of operating does not exceed the extended northward to the Yellow Pine $50 per day. gold along the Green district, Lincoln county, at once. It river is said toThe be finer than flour and is claimed that there are oceans of all efforts to save it heretofore proved carbonate lead ores in this district, unsuccessful. which assure the road a good tonnage. A number of Utah are makMany gold ledges are also being de- ing a very good thingpeople out of the tailveloped. A cyanide mill of 100 tons ings from the old Spanish mills in capacity is projected for the Keystone Mexico. The old processes permitted mine. percentage of the values to esA few months ago stock in the a large and there are hundreds of thouSwansea company went begging at 15 cape tons of these tailings that cents. It was mostly held by Rio sands aofhandsome profit by the cyanide Grande Western officials and clerks, yield comtreatment. The who became discouraged by the outG. Rognon of this look. During the winter one official pany,isof which E. has not missed a president, unloaded 17,000 shares at 10 cents. It city for shipment of cyanidescomis now wanted at $1.55, and held at a over three This company much higher figure. Auditor Geddes menced on years. a dump of 400,000 tons that of the Western! is said to have made yields $8 per ton, and about 200,000 tons $35,000 by the Swansea boom. have been treated. The company owns The Brickyard company has been re- concessions on other dumps sufficient organized, as the result of the recent to keep the mill in operation for many compromise of conflicting interests, years. Mr. A. C. Brixen of this city and the following are now the officers has also secured concessions at Guanaand directors: President, E. H. Airis; juato and, aided by California capitaln George H. Robinson; ists, will erect a plant. S. W. treasurer, McCornick; secretary, to the Park According City Record, George Dern; who, with George H. the season in a outlook for prosperous Robinson, John Dern and E. A. Wall, the great Summit county camp is excomprise the board of directors. The tremely bright. More miners will be company proposes to erect a mill dur- employed, the output will be increased ing the present season. and substantial and costly improveAt the annual meeting of the Colora- ments made, including a concentrating do Mining Stock Exchange at Denver plant that will handle all the low-grathe following officers were elected: J. ores of the camp. Park like other A. Swarthout, president; H. A. Mc- silver camps, has passedCity, through some C. L. Parsons, Intyre, dark days during the past three years, secretary; D. N. Bash, treasurer. The but it possessed too much vitality to new board of directors of the exchange succumb to the effects of hostile legisincludes: J. A. Swarthout, S. P. Beall, lation. The increasing prosperity of L. C. de Morse, Calvin Bullock, T. C. all the communities, Delaney, C. M. Kittredge, George M. in contrast with the commercial disMitchell, H. A. McIntyre, W. W. Hoag, tress of the East, ought to convince A. C. Foster, R. L. Griffin, D. N. Bash the sound money shriekers of Wall and R. H. Buck. we of the West are able to street that The United States Supreme Court has endure the evils of their rotten finandenied the petition of the Providence ciering quite as long as their own Mining company, praying for a writ of constituents can stand it. certiorari in the case on appeal between may not surprise old miners, says that company and the Champion Min- theIt Review, to learn that gold has been ing company. The case was brought in found in paying quantities in the Peace 1894, at San Francisco, and this is the River Far north tributaries final decision. The main question de- of that country. stream every year large produce cided was that when the end lines of a sums of John Cameron, a gold. mining location are once fixed, they merchantplacer at Edmonton, Saskatchewan, bound the extra lateral rights to all every says the lodes that are thereafter found out with a year theof old miners start provisions and within the surface lines of the location. come back insupply the fall with evidence of It is stated that the same parties who good placers. Gold has been found on n are to erect a concentrator at the McKenzie under the Arctic Park City, as mentioned more fully circle. In fact, river, gold seems to have been elsewhere in this issue, also intend to distributed all over the northwest from build a similar plant at Bingham. Rainy Lake to Alaska, and now when These mills are especially designed to it is said that discoveries have been treat ores, of which there made in the Birch hills, near Prince Alare large quantities in both camps. The bert, Saskatchewan, it occasions no Winnamuck mine at Bingham has a surprise. For many years gold has hydraulic mining on the Snake river, and expects, by passing the earth and sand through the steam, to save the fine gold without stamps, grinding or mercury. Efforts in that direction have hitherto been unsuccessful. Other mining camps might follow the example of Wallace, Ida., in dealing with the tough element. One day last week the Mayor and town marshal, aided by 200 citizens, escorted eight crooks to the outskirts of town, the at Pan-Americ- an semi-month- ly vice-preside- nt, 500-to- de vice-preside- nt; silver-produci- 400-to- zinc-beari- ng ng |