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Show Around the Mining World. WHAT MINING WILL DO- Some idea of the importance of the mining min-ing industry and to what extent it is a factor la building up and developing the inter-mountatn inter-mountatn atates and territories can be learned from the history of Butte, Montana. The first mineral discoveries in that section sec-tion were made in 1804. Two years later it was a typical mining camp. But in 1680 lta population had increased to one-thirteenth of that of the state of Montana. Now It numbers 85,000 people, one-fifth of the ntire population of tbe state. It is claimed to be the richest mining center cen-ter in the world, with 7000 mining claims within a radius of five m lies, and 150 mines in active operation. The working miners of Butte receive $1,000,000 every mouth as wajces. Its smelters reduce 000 tons of ore daily, and the mines yield 130,000,000 annually. There is enough ore in sight to keeo Butte's present force of miners employed for 100 years. Butte hes four railroads, and ships vnd receives re-ceives 2,000,000 tons of freight annually. SETTLED BY ARBITRATION. The Grievance of Mine Owners Over the Laws of Apex Amicably Adjusted. If all disgruntled mine owners would pur-ue pur-ue the course followed by the owners of the Sampson and Yosemite Xo. 2, there would be fewer mining attorneys and a do-cided do-cided killing off of expert mining witnesses. The grievance between the Yosemite and Sampson was as to the right to the apex. Each side claimed that uncertain point of contention. Filially it wa- agreed to settle the case by arbitration. For the Yosemite people Martin Hnrknees, the well-known well-known 'miner, was selected, while tbe Sampson people chose W. M. Nes-. Nes-. bitt, . superintendent of the Mammoth. Mam-moth. In the event that these two gentlemen gentle-men failed to agree, it was stipulated that a third party should be called in. Several trip were made to Bingham, where these mines are located, and Saturday It wss announced that they had come to an agreement, the result of which is yet a secret. Here is a valuable pointer for disputing dis-puting tad contending minc-owncrs. showing is made of coarse gold and lota of it. Next season it is proposed to start on the big Lemhi canal, which when completed com-pleted will be seventy miles long and furnish fur-nish water for 160,000 acres of land aside ;rom keeping up the supply of water for placer mining purposes along seven different gulches and bars. Major W. 8. Patterson, the general manager man-ager and superintendent who prospected the ground says the project can be made remunerative re-munerative not only to tbe ranchmen but to the placer mining interests. Work will be started next spring. The survey has been made and the enterprise found to be practicable in every respect, says the Hydraulic Miner. New Idaho Camp. Sixteen prospectors have located at the head of Patterson creek, between the Junction Junc-tion and the head of Pahsimari, in the Salmon Sal-mon river country, and are making an excellent showing. The ore is said to be a bromide and chloride, rich in silver and gold, from which estimates have been made by blow-pipe assay showing the value of the ore to be not less than $500 to the ton. Montane, Gems. Among the many rich fields of precious stoDes in Montana, one of the most promising promis-ing is the "Jim Blaina" mine, discovered aod owned by Messrs. Bruce, Harris and Farrell on the Little Boulder, twenty-live miles from Butte. Mines and Miners. William Hatfield is in from Eureka. F. L. Thomas, a Tintic miner, is in Zion. W. McFarlane, from Siiverton, is in the city. W. W. Royal of Mammoth is in Salt Lake. A. N. Butts, a miner from Lewistoa, is in the city. Peter Thompson, a Bingham mining man, is in the city. XL L. Erickson, a mining man from Ouray, Col., is in Zion. Joseph Ericson, a Salmon River miner, is in the city to-day. Joseph M. Brazell, a mine superintendent of Salmon River, is in the city. Col. H. C. Woodrow, who has been visit-in? visit-in? his mines at Alta. has returned to the city. W. E. Hubbard has been elected secretary and treasurer of the Little Pittsburg company. com-pany. A good-sized force of men will be put to work on the Little Pittsburg, in the Ophir district. e Tintlo Topics. On the first of the month work will be re. aumed on the Daintlcarc, ore from which assays high in gold. After putting down the shaft 50 feet deeper, a drift will be run north on the vein for 50 or 100 feet. Adjoining the Undine, on which a strike was recently made, is the Grey Rock, on which a ten-inch vein was encountered that goes 200 ounces in sliyer and 30 per cent, lead. This strike was made iu tbe shaft at a depth of 70 feet. A shipment is to be made shortly from the Lucky Boy, near Silver City. It is worked by T. A. Walley, under lease and bond, and is reported to be looking well. Asbayer Gerber, of Mammoth, informs the JUitier that there are six different properties In the vicinity of Mammoth and Silver City that daily assays iu each run all the way from 150 to 500 ounces in silver. With a rise in the price of silver he thinks the south end will boom. Stockholders of the Annie Consolidated Mining company last week re-elected the old directors and the following officers: President, John A. Hunt; vice-president, C. F. Rathbone; secretary, Fred Neison; treasurer treas-urer and manairer, George T. Bridges. The manager's report represents that it will require re-quire only a little more work to make the prospect a paying property. A deed was recorded last week by which O. P. Rockwell transferred Lis interest in certain water riehta in West Tintic to Hyde & Beck, Tbe Miner claims to have information informa-tion that Hyde Beck intend to erect a emelter near the Tintic mills for the reduction reduc-tion of Tintic ores. "A smelter in such ' close proximity Is just what is needed, and we believe that it would be a paying investment," invest-ment," adds that paper. A representative of the Miner, who inspected in-spected the workings of the Undine, report as follows: The new shaft is down to the 100-foot level and the station is being cut. A nice vein of ore is coming in at the bottom and promises well. A drift will be run to the north a distance of 70 feet, where it will connect with the old workings. Several tons of good ore is broken and there is ore in sight in ail parts of the mine. The new steam hoist is in good working condition and shows that tbe owners are confident of the mine being a permanent one. Story of a Mine., At Gillville I met a man who was among the first to realize on the Bodie excitement of some years ago, writes a correspondent ot the San Francisco Mining and Scientific I'm. One day there came to him in that town of "tad men" a sheepherder with some peculiar-looking ore specimens. No one that 1 the man had shown the ore to knew what it was, but at a glance my friend knew it to be a rich carbonate. Accordingly they located it, and each went again about his business, one herding sheep, the other as a millwright mill-wright Shortly after, two young Englishmen English-men came into that section in search of mining properties and were attracted by these . eame specimen. They asked how much was wanted for the claim, and were surprised on being told that they could go look at it, prospect it if they wished, and when satis-fled, satis-fled, pay what they thought was right. Two weeks later the locators received a check for $10,000, and the mine developed into one of the bonanzas. Both the carpenter and the sheepman were previously poor men. The herder immediately put his monev into sheep, and Is now rich. The other built a five-stamp mill on another claim he possessed, pos-sessed, and the mill burned a week after it was completed. But that is another story. Prospectors may choose their own moral. Gold in Tintic. On the strength of the late strike on the Bos Tweed arrangements are making for operations on a large scale. A boarding-house, boarding-house, ore house, assay office and other buildings are to be erected at once and good shipments may be expected a soon as this - work is done. While tho Boss Tweed is owned by an incorporated in-corporated company, it is controlled principally princi-pally by Harryman fc Mitchell of Salt Lake. A tunnel has been run ou the property more than 150 feet. Ore wa encountered all through it, and the face, top, sides and bottom are now in solid ore which assays 250 per ton iu bismuth and rich in gold. Mr. Mitchell put a shot into the side of the tunnel that broke through into a body of ore iu which native gold can be seen all through iu Commenting on this showing, the Miner says: Development in the Bos Tweed proves that Tintic, especially the aouthern portion of the district, will become a great gold producing region. The large strikes that have been made iu the Mammoth, the record made in the Copperopolis in years gone by, the thousands taken from the North Star, the high asays of gold in the Damflcare, together with the showings of the Tweed, leads us to believe that investors who are afraid of silver properties can find gold here to their heart's content. Gold and Silver Together. New machinery baa been ordered for the five-stamp mill oa the Gruntcr mine at Shoup, Idaho. Tho mine can't bo put in shape till next month, ten men being employed em-ployed to get it ready to supply the ore. Work will be continued throughout the winter. win-ter. In reference to the mine, the Salmon City Miner says: "The Guuter is a rich gold property in one respect, and a sliver proposition propo-sition in another. The gold ores are to be w orked at once, and the concentrating rock dumped for further milling. There is a large vein and ail the ore wanted to keep the mill going. When the time come aud tbe owners can profitably work their concentrates con-centrates they will do so." Salmon kiver Placer. There is no discounting the value of the ground that has been prospected by the Colorado outfit that began operations in this Idaho district this year. The Lemhi Placer Gold-Mining company, as it is known, is still working on a small scale, or to such extent as water facilities will allow them. It is holding the supply of water iu reservoir, reser-voir, which gives enough supply to run full-banded during the day. All efforts iu the hydraulic part of the work is now con-tn4 con-tn4 to the Cooapton diggings, wbere a tin |