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Show MINING NEWS. 'The mining population of tho British colony of Victoria, in Australia, on July 1st, 1870, amounted to 57,4-15, ox whom 42,S44 were Europeans and 14,-601 14,-601 Chinese. Last week the Hale & Noreross miuo yielded 1,000 tons of ore. The Savage yielded 740 tons, the average assay value of which was $37.00 per ton. The (Jhollar-Potosi mine yielded S).'i4 tons, tho assayed value of which was 41,-000. 41,-000. From the bowels of Great Britain, in 1SG9, mineral wealth was dug to the amount of 170,260, 000. Tho Arctic gold and silver mining company has been organized at Carson Car-son cily, Nevada, with Gov. L. R. Bradley as president; H. R Itice, treasurer and Samuel D. King, secretary. secre-tary. The mining property of the company is situated sixty miles south; of Carson city, on the West Walker1 river, Mono county, California. The : ore of the Arctic mine is argentiferous galena. Prom the EI Dorada South mine, Nevada, was shipped to the bank of California during the month of November Nov-ember 03 bars of bullion valued at $29,. 002. 03. t Itwas worked at the Stete-fcldt Stete-fcldt mill, which has been leased by the El Dorado company. One hundred and nineteen thousand dollars have boon received from the Meadow Valley mine to date on November account. . The last working of tho Sabrook mino at Austin at the Manhatton mill yielded from 000 to $400 per ton from rock fonnd at a depth of 130 ; feet. ; The White Pine Daily News of tho 2d inst. says that while the severe wintor weather has interfered to obstruct ob-struct work on the surface of many of the mines, tho work progresses as usual under ground, and breasts and drifts running in ore are looking well, with a marked improvement in several. sev-eral. The most of the managers express every confidence of ultimately showing richer doposits of mineral than ever before developed in Wiiite Pine district. dis-trict. The Eureka iScnii-.d mentions tho discovery of a very largo and rich strike in Paige's hill, in the vicinity i of Secret canon, in closo proximity to : the before time famous Paige & Corwin ' mine. Tho new discovery was made i on an old location on the hill mcn-l mcn-l tioncd, called the Scorpion. Five assays coming from that mine show the value of tho ore to be from $1,-! $1,-! 5oo 57 to 7,553 37 per ton. |