Show I They Will Not Starve I Chicago Dec 2George Burnell of the North American Transportation Trading company says that the efforts of the government to send a relief expedition ex-pedition to Klondike are sure to come to nothing I will be impossible he says to carry overland enough provisions to satisfy 5000 men no matter how well equipped the expedition may be The I only two methods of traveling over that territory in winter are by means of I dogs or reindeer but it is a well known I fact that dogs can haul no more on along I i long journey than their own food j j Trained reindeer are so scarce that to j I i I rely on these for the expedition is out I I j of the question Mr Burnell does not I think though that tIle miners are in I any danger of starving I is likely I that a few of them may have to live I for a time on half rations but he says II that will be all Regarding the Winnamuck I was rumored on the streets yesterday yes-terday afternoon that the parties haying I hay-ing a bond on the old Winnamuck at Bingham had closed down the mine and that it was quite probable that the bond on the property which expires I ex-pires on the 1st of February would not be taken up Upon inquiry at the office of the in this city however a company cty representative rep-resentative of The Herald was informed in-formed by Colonel Percy Sowers arid I Colonel J F Woodman that they had had no intimation of the reported cessation of work at the mine They I also doubted the accuracy of the rumor ru-mor as it is understood that in the development of the property a fine body of mineral has lately been encountered I encoun-tered Scarcity of Provisions San Francisco Dec 2Edgar L I Strauss of this city a member of the Pacific Stock Exchange has received a I letter from his brotherinlaw James W Morrison who is now at Dawson I City which confirms the news of the scarcity of food on the Klondike He says The steamer Bella arrived I bringing about 80 tons of provisions but still that will not be sufficient The I authorities have posted notices advising all persons not supplied with a years I supplies to go to Circle City or Fort Yukon where provisions are to be had The stores are closed The cargo of the Bella wont begin to fill half the orders The amount of provisions taken to Dawson City on the Weare is now placed at only 68 tons I Sausage For Klondikers I Tacoma Dec Steamer Alki sailed from Tacoma tonight for Skaguay I Dyea and other Alaskan points She I carries to the north 100 passengers and a full cargo of miscellaneous freight I The Alkis passengers include a number I num-ber of men bound for the interior of I Alaska and some of them will start I for the gold fields as soon as they can get in readiness to leave the northern I coast Among the number is Robert I Blei of Chicago who will join a party I of eight men in Juneauand outfit for a trip across the Dalton trail immediately immedi-ately Mr Blei says that he is taking I northward five tons of sausage and other cured meats which he expects to carry to Dawson or as far in the interior as he can and there sell them Sa Francisco Mining Stocks San Francisco Dec 2The official closIng quotations for mining stocks today I to-day were as follows I < lta 7Jubtice 57 I Alpha Con 7ady Washing Andes IS ton Con 1 Belcher 20 Mexican 30 I Best Belcher 29 Occidental Con 1 20 Bullion 7Jphlr 70 Caledonia 21Dvermau 7 I Challenge Con Potosi 40 I Chollar Savage 24 I Confidence 77Sierra Nevada 57 Con Cal Va 1 Silver Hill 3 Con Imperial Union Con 23 Crown Point 14 Utah Con 5 I jould Currie Yellow Jacket 3 Hale Norcross 1 35 Standard 1 45 A Terrible Pall Telluride Colo Dec 2 B F Griffin Grif-fin a well known electrician who was engineer of the electric holster at the i Valley View mines fell 300 feet from I the bucket of a tramway and almost every bone in his body was reduced to I splinters He was being conveyed down to the mill for the purpose of locating a defect in the working of a motor when he was dumped out falling to the ground below Doubtless death was instantaneous Another Cripple Creek Strike Cripple Creek Colo Dec 2The northern boundary of the Cripple Creek gold district has been extended three miles by thediscovery on Copper mountain moun-tain of an immense blanket vein of ore running from 10 to 1500 per ton in gold The ore lies near the surface and is mined with plow and wheelbarrow wheelbar-row In the opinion of many mining men Copper mountain is likely to prove one of the richest hills in the camp Silver and Lead The silver and lead quotations yesterday yes-terday were as follows Bar silver 591 cents Lead brokers 350 exchange 375 Copper lake 1075 casting 1025 Ore and Bullion The ore ant bullion receipts yesterday yester-day were as follows McCornick Co1 buflion 3600 ores 1IcCorick 1350 Bamberger Mcl ian ores 12949 Mining Not and Personals TimesReview Tuscarora Nev The old Coptis hoisting works is being taken down and the lumber will be used to erect a commodious and well equipped assay office near the Dexter works TimesReview Tuscarora Nev R L Andrew secretary and manager of the Young America East went to Elite this morning to meet his brother W B Andrew who will be there this evening even-ing He expected to return tomorrow The governing board of the Mining Exchange has been requested to provide pro-vide a blackboard on which is to be inscribed the dates and amounts of assessments levied from time to time on mining stocks called in the pit W L Clark has returned from a visit to the Black Diamond at Stockton Stock-ton and he states that in the mine there is a fivefoot body of a good grade of ore A carload of mineral from this property came in yesterday According to reports from the Treasure Treas-ure Hill near Silver City the drift being run on the vein has disclosed four inches of high grade ore on the hanging wall and this streak of mineral min-eral is increasing in size as progress is made in getting under the old workings I of the mine The ore disclosed carries I per cent in copper as well as good gold and silver values One of Salt Lakes wellknown brokers brok-ers received a Boston order yesterday for a block of the stock of the Mercur company the limit to be paid for the same being in advance of the late quotations quo-tations made on the floor of the exchange ex-change The eastern demand for gilt I edged Utah stocks is constantly increasing in-creasing and asa matter of fact no better or safer investment can be found Chloride Point which is now one of the most popular stocks on the market mar-ket has gained ifs present favorable reputation striptly on its merits and the mine and the company are in excellent I ex-cellent shape while the fact that the I company has banked 2500 during the past eight days tie result of ore shipments I ship-ments made in doing development work 1 only speaks volumes for the condition j of the property as it is known that if desired the consignments could be materially ma-terially increased if the men at the mine were allowed to do any stoping j on the bodies of high grade ore exposed ex-posed Otto Hudson who was in from Lehi yesterday states that he is interested with John Beck in a property eight miles west of that place which has all the earmarks of a second Mercur as the ore exists in large quantities and yields readily tor the cyanide process I of reduction On this ground a shaft i has been sunk to a dept hof 1 feet i I all the way in a mineralized zone which j gives average assays of 160 in gold to the ton while picked samples will run as high as 1035 A cabin has been erected on the property and active work will soon begin in its development develop-ment as it is believed that with greater depth the metallic values will increase The Herald is informed by Mr John Beck that a 400ton lot of ore is being I loaded at the mine as rapidly as possible i pos-sible and that in the future the shipments I ship-ments will be regular as well as quite I heavy From telephonic advices received re-ceived from Eureka yesterday it was I learned that on account of the storm of the previous day the railroads were I blocked so that it was next to impossible impos-sible to get empty cars to the mine j I Four cars of ore received from the j BullionBeck yesterday sold on assays I showing over 43 ounces silver to the i i ton 12 per cent lead and about 2 in I gold and it is state that in the mine a fine body of mineral is just being I broken into which should insure shipments I ship-ments for a long time to come I A special from Grand Encampment Wyo says One of the most important I impor-tant strikes in the Grand Encampment I district was made today in the Kurtz Chatterton tunnel This claim was 1 i located 17 years ago but very little 1 work has been done until the last three years and the owners have run a tunnel II tun-nel 1200 feet They cut two blind leads but did not get ore in paying quantity until they struck the main j vein today The ore is rich in both j gold and silver In roasting this rock j gold and silver were very plain to the naked eye Mr Kurtz has shown wonderful I won-derful nerve in sticking to this claim I has cost him thousands of dollars and lots of hard work The claim is only a short distance from the town Arrangements are made to build a wagon road from the mine as Mr at Kurtz once will ship his ore to the smelter |