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Show WESTERN MINING GAZETTEER. THE i KAG1T GOLD MINES. GENERAL MINING NOTES. Boston will Lave a mining stock exchange. The world knows a about the golden wealth found in the streams and mountains 4 Caliii rnia. Thousands have penetrated to the most inaccessible par s ol British Columbia, and have visited the shores amt mountains of far iioiihein Alaska in search of the precious meials; but this is the first teason that the general attention of the Pacific coast has been directed to Puget pound as a center of mining enterprUc. or to the Cascade mountains in Washington Territory as depositories of mineral wealth in gold am7 ilvr, in quantities sufficient to compare with iis neighbors to the umiliw ard or u the southward. None could give any good reason why 'Ikvi precious metals should not be found in these mountains in qu.u . E ich as great as they have been produced to the northward and to the southward, in each prolongation of the same system ot mountains, except that all previous efforts had to a certain extent been unsuccessful. No large quartz mines had been opened up, and no extensive placers, until recently, been struck. These things have most undoubtedly produced a tendency to sneer at the possibility of ever finding mines as rich in Washington Territory as have been found in California, Nevada or British Columbia. Still, within the past few years, both placer and quartz mines have been found that promise to iqml those in British Columbia and Alaska, and possibly to compare faxorably with those of California and Nevada. A belt undouhttdly exists, crossing the Territory Irom wide to north south, the limits (if which may be described in subsequent articles. In this number an attempt will be made to give a concise outline of what is already known in reference to 1 The Carson Mint has on hand 1,110,959 silver dollars. There is an assessment of twenty cents on Albion, Nevada, stock. The Bellevue mine, Idaho, is shipping ore to Salt Lake for reduction. The mining outdook in Union District, Nevada, is said to be llattcr-ing-. The North Star mine, Wood River district, Idaho, has been sold lor $5,000. The bullion receipts at Salt Lake for the past week were $125,-385.3- 4. p Friday Wells, Fargo & Company, Salt Lake, received four bars bullion, valued at $4.425 52. Mining interests arc beginning to assume importance in Meagher On-tari- county, Montana. The Utah mine, Nevada, has purchased 5,300 feet of four-incpipe to connect with the Union pumps. During the past three months 84 mi ning claims have been recorded in Eureka District, Nevada. The Mining and Srientijic Press is publishing a scries of interesting articles on the Skagit Gold Fields. The Alexander company, Nevada, shipped, for the week ending August 3d, bullion valued at $5,475.30. Mr. Pinney, agent for the U. P. II. R., has bonded several mines in Warm Spring Creek district, Idaho. The Mammoth mill, Lake District, California, crushed 525 tons ol ore for the week ending August 7th. A rich strike is reported from a Wood River District, Idaho, mine. The assays show 500 ounces in silver. The Horn Silver mine produced in the past six months irom one stac, bullion to the amount of $418,810. Gilbert Aubin has been elected Warden of the Silver City Miners Union, vice William Langridge, resigned. For the week ending August 4th, the Ilecl a Company, Glendale, Montana, shipped 30,005 pounds ot bullion. All the mines of Alturas county, Idaho, arc looking well and the Rutfalo mine is turning out immensely rich ore. On Tuesday of last week Wells, Fargo & Co.s agent at Silver City, Idaho, sent off $3,883.10 silver bullion and $1,983.82 in gold bullion. for July amounted to $7,190 50 Thp Silver Hill, Comstock, pay-rol- l The Union Con. pay-roamounts to $15,000, and the Ophir and Mexican to $24,000. Friday McCornick & Co. Salt Lake, received five cars Old Telegraph bullion, one car Morgan, one car Brooks, and lour bars Stormont; total value, $15,050. Several tons of ore from Bartell district, Nevada, have been sent to the Eureka Consolidated works for reduction, principally to ascertain the working value of the ore. Advices received from Port Elizabeth state that the value of the diamonds exported from the South African diamond fields last year was 2, 085, 010, as compared with $3,084,711 in 1878. F. II. Sneade and Frank McKenna have deeded to A. J. Beals, in consideration of $2,000, the Keystone mine, Orleans Hill, Nevada; also, all their interest in the Wm. Sharon Mill and Mining Companys claim. St. Louis has finally concluded to participate in the business of min ing. Two weeks ago the St. Louis Mining and Stock Exchange was permanently organized. Its object is to impart information about mining, and to call mining shares. The exports of coin and bullion during the year ended June 30,1880, were about $7,000,000 less than during the proceeding fiscal year, and the imports of coin and bullion during the year ended June 30, 1880, exceeded the imports during the proceeding fiscal year about h ll gold-bearin- g TIIE MINES ON TIIE SKAGIT HIVEIt. Like every other river flowing into Puget sound, fine float gold can be found the whole length of the Skagit. In some places the deposits are rich enough to afford small wages to those who are willing to work them. Prospecting that led to the present excitement began in 1877. From five to seven men were at work during the summer and fall ot 1877 prospecting the Skagit and its tributaries, finding in many places good prospects of fine gold on the surface, but failing to discover coarse gold. Prospecting was resumed in February, 1878, when a party went nearly up to what is now called Ruby creek. All but two of the party stopped at the Tunnel canyon, some six miles below the creek. The two who went on John Rowley and John Sutter struck coarse gold about two miles up Ruby cretk. They found in one pan one dollar and a half. They found so many small rubies in the black sand that they named the stream Ruby creek at that time. Having no provisions, tools, etc., they struck out for supplies, and met Sanger, Words and Aimstrong at the Tunnel House, and again went up Canyon creek, where, in two hours, the five took out some $45. They obtained some $58 in all that day. In November, 1878, Messrs. Qowley, Armstrong, Woods, Pierce and Casey went in and wintered on Ruby. Cold weather and deep snow prevented them from accomplishing anything to speak of. Rut in February, 1879, they organized Ruby mining district. Representation day was fixed at July 1, 1879, on which day there were 29 men there; but high water, lack of tooS, and other difficulties prevented tnem from accomplishing anything for a couple of months, and so discouraged the men that half of them left in disgust. On the last Saturday in August, 1879, several of the party were encamped about two miles below7 the bead of the Ruby, having left Canyon creek, on their way out. One of them, Barney McCort, took liis pan and crossed the creek. In twenty minutes lie took out some two dollars. Five others soon joined him, and that evening they took out $22. These six men stopped there and formed Ihe Nip and Tuck company, which took out nearly $800 in six weeks. Then one or two ot the company slopped after the rest left for the season, and took out enough more, so it is estimated, to make $1,000 secured by that company of six men last fall. Rowley and Presentine, with four others, tried for two months, unsuccessfully, to work the Discovery claim, on Canyon creek. They left about the 1st of S jptembcr, 1879. When going out they met Sang and Duncan, and gave them authority to clean up their cut, etc. A i . . strong joined them. The three cleaned up $283 from the abandom i cut and bedrock in a few weeks. In not over six weeks, during bi September and October, some $3,1 00 was taken out by these ilm miners. Perhaps $4,000 in all was taken out last fall. About 50 lin n in all visited the. mines that season; hut not over 25 did any work to speak of. The gold taken out last tall was what created the meat excitement last winter, and caused the tush to that locality over the snow, until, at the piesi nt time, some 1,200 men have visited the mines, over f of which number have taken up claims. What the pie.-eoutlook is will be best understood by -- s one-hal- nl A HltlKK nKSCUII'TIOX ok THE SKAGIT III YEIl And that section of country. This river is about 175 miles long. It rises in British Columbia, not far from the Frazer. One of its tributaries rises within 14 miles of Fort Hope. About 10 miles north of the line the west fork joins if; then for 30 miles the stream llows nearly south to the mouth of Ruby, and except for the jams, the river is nava-gabl- e The Ruby and Dunderberg Mining Company have filed its articles for canors all this distance. For this distance the river bottoms of incorporation with the Secretary of State of Nevada. Capital are three miles wide, with timber, climate, etc., like those found on the eastern slope of tin; Cacade mountains. This is a very peculiar valley, $1,205,000 divided in 25,300 shares of the par value of $50. Principal with high mountains each side of it. Mount Baker lies just west, of place of business Eureka, Nevada. Directors, R. Rickard, J. J. it, 10,000 feet high; while the main ranee of the Cascades, from James Wilson, Wm. Pardy and George W. Baker. '5,000 to 7,000 feet high, is just cast of it .Mining and Seientifie Pirx. $72,-700,00- 0. Ker-mee- n, |