| Show j WATCHING LEAD PRICE I I I I Great interest Here in the 1 New Y Quotations I I i C I j RATE FOR CURRENT WEEK < I Will it be Tour Dollars a Hundred or Above that Figure Furnace for tho Valco Mr Swift Going North to Develop Mining Property Dolly Varden District Deep Greek South l Pass Activity Golden Gate Mill I TonnageThe Copper Stocks Mining Mi-ning Notes Among local producers and Investors whose holdings are necessarily affected and downs of the metal by the ups speculation spccul much market there vvnu ilnrket the settling price of yesterday upon setHng ttercn this market during the week the rule today Under to which begins a adopted begns the American Smelting and Refining company last December and which rule went Into effect on January 1st last the average at which lead ruled on the New York exchange ex-change during the week was togovern the settling price the week following I To dote thls rule has been observed to believe and tho producer has no reason lieve other than that It will determine the price of lead In the local market the present week The previous week opened at 4 cents on the exchange and according to the report sent out each day continued at that figure until Saturday I i ruled at any figure on Saturday the figure was withheld so I I reached Salt far a the report which Salti Lake showed Indeed no figures were j I quoted from the exchange In their place was the single word dull The brokers price was 51 1 and Just what Influence the word dull Is intended Infuence havc upon the settling price of the metal the present week In Salt Lake amount ol curl hae excited no small osity Had the quotation come at S1J3 per hundred as on the previous days of the same week the producer would have felt yesterday like clapping his hands But he didnt There was something some-thing In Uie solitary word that palled te await the on him and so ho decided to coming of the figures from the Eastern ofllces of the American Smelting and Refining company this morning Tacking Tack-ing on the brokers figure for Saturday I inS average for the previous week Is I advanced to 5420 5G but it was tho brokers price from which the smelter broke away when the new rule was adopted i FURNACE FOB THE VALEO Lessees Figuring on its Erection to I Handle the Ores I While the proposition has not yet settled f set-tled Into anything of definite shape it was learned yesterday that the lessees of the Valco Mining companys property prop-erty above Park City have begun steps looking to the erection of a furnace that will enable them to put the ores of the property Into commercial form on the ground Mr Boyle who Ight rund Is at the head of the syndicate to which I at lease was awarded has been Inc I In-c wfth those conversant I I with the smelting of ores in this city wih smcltng and has decided that with the erection of a furnace the ores now opened up In the property can be made to afford D nice pro n To Install such a furnace would he Is assured entail but little expense nor would It be necessary to appeal to the < 5pen market for anything appeal coke The ores according to analysis afford their own fluxes and that the furnace will be resorted to is most likely The project Is similar to that with which the owners of the Dixie group started In early days and that has enabled them to get along without concessions from the custom plants of the valley At present the bullion from the property Is forwarded to the Chicago Copper refinery where it finds 0 good market and the lessees of the Valeo feel that a much can be accomplished by them At all events the experiment will not cost much I Departure of Prof Enunonk Deparre Eon His labors at Bingham well In hand Prof S F Emmons of the United States geological survey came In from that camp Saturday night and leaves today for Montana and British Columbia Colum-bia where matters require his attention atten-tion His labors at Bingham thus far have been of a most Interesting nature for while he wag prepared for a few surprises he did not expect tg find such an avalanche of testimony in support of reports he had listened to concerning the presence of copper These developments develop-ments In a camp that for many years had enjoyed the distinction oC being ono of the greatest lead producers In the land have imparted a feature to the undertaking that Is entirely new with those who studied Its geology and tho occurrence of ores there many years ago and with the large number awaiting the report the survey will f no doubt be put to the earliest possible possi-ble conclusion I Already many applications have been sent in to the Interior department at I Washington for any and all advance sheets that may be turned out on fling ham with requests from Boston New York and London as numerous as those from Utah Indeed Interest In the present survey at Blnglmm is as great in the cities mentioned as was It In that which followed developments at Cripple Creek and Victor Golden Gate Mill Tonnage Frank Janney superintendent of the Golden Gate mill into which mi the entire output of the Con Mercur gold mines Is I now going came in from camp on Saturday night and leaves for It again today The tonnage said Mr Janney had been run up to 940 tons a day when he left for town and In a few hours ti he cxpecLs to have swelled It to 1000 tone where It will remain Indefinitely George Hy Bennett tho bookkeeper for and one of the directors oC the Con company has arrived from Morcur and Joined the local forces This completes the organization at this end of the line were and makes pretty full house as It I F Mr Swifts Plans With his lilt from a 00000 trick I Jingling in his cashmere pocket Jim I Swift one of the original owners of the I Uncle Sam group In Black Bird mining district Ida that was ten days ago turned over to the Black Bird Copper Gold company will leae for the north again tomorrow morning and after j I turning over the keys to the prospec tive boilanjrtx will begin the active do I I velopmcnl of the Indian group owned I i by himself and Otto Stalmann of this I city With tho talent and the means I I that the sale of the Uncle Sam the II Brown Boar and other claims will I H I bring Into the camp Mr Swift who was one of UH founders expects nqw to I I see the camp develop rapidly Into one I I or the most prominent In Idaho Tho veins are large while the values In copper and gold are much In excess of the average and with every natural advantage including water and tim ont tm ber the new company should find it easy sailing I Is understood that irnnngr fillhnrt of fhn Black Bird will leave for camp to take possession of the Uncle Sam as soon as he returns re-turns from Nevada when power drills will be Installed and tho further openIng open-Ing up of the ore bodies continued I Is said that a smelter will br put Into I the camp by the new company and I I thata T year hence It will bo In full I operation Of the Indian group Mr Swift says it presents Just as commendable com-mendable a showing as did the Uncle I Sam ut a corresponding period In Its development I SOUTHEASTERN NEVADA Eldorado and Vicinity Present n Good i Scene of Active Work I Correspondence Tribune 2 Chloride Aug 61n a recent visit to the southeast of Lincoln county Nevada more particularly Eldorado and vicinity I find there is quite a good deal of prospecting going on and o the different properties I visited among them the Wagner Bros who have Just erected a onestamp mill On their first run of ten tons they saved 130 This was taken from a vein twelve feet wide from which assays as-says from 5 to M10 in gold and 1 to 3 ounces silver They have one shaCC down forty feet another twentyfive feet with drifts started They have also six other claims which horns and will pay to mill Mr Powers property consisting of four claims there has been taken out with an arastra 10000 He has JUSt erected a onestamp mill and will be running ero you receive this Mr Power Is an oldtimer in the country and Is well known In Ploche and Nevada Ne-vada generally The McGregor property consists of four claims He lids shipped to the smelter and arustercd ore taken from this property to tho value of 25000 He is now oyaniding his tailings with good success The McDonell properly consists of two claims Il McDonell has been very fortunate as he was able to I i take out 2500 with a hand mortar Smith and Spanoagle who have lately come to camp have made several sev-eral locations Among them they have one claim they are working that assays as-says 209 gold silver 0 trace This Is only a small streak but the boys are making wages Mr Botedegce has got several good I locations From a shipment of two tons he received 2S3 silver predominating predomi-nating Mr M Connellys property consists con-sists of several I claims from one of them ho has shipped very regular The values consist principally of gold He has refused SIOOO for the group of claims He thinks he can do better by working them himself These properties are located In tho vicinity of the Southwestern Mining1 company of Eldorado canyon which has scenteen claims Some of these claims wore located In the early GOs At the present time they aro eXcavatIng eXcavat-Ing for n twentystamp mill In addition addi-tion to tho present fifteen stamps The only stoppage since the first mill was erected has been for repairs and improvements They have Just got through cyanldimj the tailings that had accumulated The cyanide plant I wits under the management of Mr Vanderood and a saving of 95 per cent gold and 75 per cent silver was made The ores are either shipped to Man I vllle a distance of forty miles or taken ta-ken to the river for treatment where water can be obtained They are arasterlng and treating the tailings In whisky barrels which by tho by is a very good use to put them to by the cyanide process I There Is a railroad surveyed within four miles of the center of this district dis-trict which when built will open ono of the best mining countries that I know of at present The miners arc gettIng hell1 sup plles from Searchlight which 1s about eighteen miles and are packed In on I burros The Marie mining district I which lies south of Eldorado canyon and three miles from tho Colorado river Is a flourishing camp and is coning to the front There is a Los Angeles party operating quite extensively exten-sively and Is under the management of Mr Binder who has Just left for Los Angeles to make arrangements for a tenstamp mill There Is also 1 large property own d by Monagan Murphy The last shipment from this property averaged over 1000 in gold per ton There are also several other parties who own good properties here who lire either shipping or araster lng their ores There are several places on the river where power can be easily obtained at reasonable cost for mining purposes and when cheaper facilities ore put into practical use this camp will be the Cripple Creek of Nevada THE SOUTH PASS MINES Canisas New Mill New South Pass Company Jim Dwyer Ore Body Editor Tribune The Carrlsa Mining company has a new tenstump will with one Frue vanner and one WllMcy able In running order The last few months they have opened up two bodies of ore on the third level that ale very rich one carrying free gold in paying quantities the other ore body Is base but Is very rich Mr Charles Vanslckle the principal owner was here a short time ago and expressed himself as belrig highly pleased Plans are now being considered consid-ered to erect 1 hoist on the shaft which was sunk In 18S5 and SG by Roberts Keel and others under the forcmanshlp of 13 J Williams The reason for this course Is that all of the ore chutes are pitching toward this shaft The Mary Ellen mine is now being developed under the new name the South Pass Mining and Milling company com-pany Incorporated under the laws of Wyoming Mr John P Ibson of Den vcr Colo Is the manager and Maurice Lewollyn as foreman A building has been erected on the property that contains con-tains a ITuntlngton mill two boilers and a steam hoist Mr Ibson has placed an IngeraollSerceant baby drill in the mine which Is doing excellent ex-cellent work In the granite formation Mr Ibson Informs me that ho has ordered or-dered two more which will be placed at work as soon as they arrive Your correspondent has been through the mine several times the past week and saw plenty of ore In sight Any piece picked up at random showed free gold So far the ore Is milling not less than 75 per ton The management contemplates con-templates sinking the abaft GOO feet deep before any stop Is I made The old St Louis better known an the Jim Dwyer has a fine body of ore In sight that will pay a handsome royalty roy-alty for working When tho leasers Holslngton Carr Co look hold oft of-t I8 property there was nothing Insight In-sight but proper development has shown up four feet of 1C ore The Garfield IB being started Ui work again by Mr D E Thompson of Lincoln Lin-coln Neb This gentleman Is associated asso-ciated with the Waugh Bros and others and has put In a fortyton plant of the WaughBiglow patent which la r dry concentrating process The entire plant hoisting entre plont hoistng crushing and separating Is to be done by elec Irlclly Mr C E Rose the manager IH a thorough machinist and electrician electri-cian The mine Is being placed In order or-der to extract ore i Quite 0 number o Colorado men are arranging their affairs so that they can come to tin South Pass country to handle property The development work of the Carrlsa and Mary TCIlcn Is acting as 1 stimulus to capitalists to Invest In our sectionMILES MILES 0 MOREl South Pass Wyo Aug i O The Richmond Tunnel The Vernal Express says C P I Lively one John D Thompson crossed ov < r thf mountains from Red Crock I and reached Vernal Thursday night They say that the work on the Rlch I mond tunnel Is progressing nicely For I some time they have been working In I I some extraordinarily hard rock but I I lately they have encountered vein mav I tel and lie rock Is much softer and i lw I thoroughly impregnated with copper ore From pr sent Indications the Richmond lode a vein that shows four I feet of copper ut the surface will be encountered Messrs Munday Terrell i and Thompson have been working con stnntly on the tunnel for three months I James Warren has assisted them part I I of the time Mr Munday and companions I com-panions arc backed by capltnllsls at J Washington D C who have Incorporated J Incorpo-rated under thc title of tho Uintuh Copper and Gold Mining company DOLLY VARDEN DISTRICT A Rich Portion of the Great Deep Creek Region Some of the Mines Editor Tribune In past letters having hav-ing reference to the great Deep Creek country occasional reference has been made to Dolly Varden district as belonging be-longing to the large number of mining districts within the radius deacrlpllvo I of the Deep Creel country as a whole I This letter will be devoted this dls trlct almost exclusively your correspondent corre-spondent having devoleil two weeks in Us investigation with results Tar superior su-perior to anything his past Imagination and frequent reports had led him to believe actually existed there Fine specimens of silver copper and lead I ores had often been brought Into Iba pith and placed upon oxhiDitlon indicating I indi-cating values obtainable there but by reason of the whole mining fraternity Interested in other lo I I being so largely j I I calllles only a passing consideration was awarded to the samples brought In I by this and thai discoverer Early last spring Mr Frank L SIzer I and MnJ Green Iho Jlrst named from Butte Mont and the latter from Denver I Den-ver Cob paid several of our districts I i a visit of Inspection which In a short I time resulted In Mr Sixer giving a J bond in the sum of 12000 on three claims owned by Ibapah parties a description de-scription of which will be given further on This fact awakened the dormant Interest of a number of our prospectors and from that date until the present now discoveries have been made almost I dally Clifton Ferber While Horse and Dolly Varden districts lay adjacent adja-cent to each other on almost an east I and west direction Dolly Varden being be-ing about thirtyfive miles In a northwesterly north-westerly direction from Ibapah its natural point for all kinds of camp I supplies hay grain etc The country rock of this district differs materially from that of Clifton and Ferber there being almost a total absence of the porphyrlllcgranllc predominating there Here dolomite and blue lime arc tho country rock Large dykes of quartzite are of frequent occurrence 1 also large Iron ledges capping the various vari-ous kinds of ore underneath These dykes and ledges as a rule are parallel with porphyry and shale The north side of the district abounds with eruptive erup-tive and volcanic rock THE MINERAL ZONE while not as extensive as Clifton Is well defined and lays In larger lodges and deposits Through tho central part of this mountain range lead and silver I ores of fine quallly seem to hold the center of the line and is flanked on the west with copper and cm the east with gold and copper Springs of line healthy water are located In various parts of the district within convenient distances from the mining camps Wood for charcoal camp and mining purposes dxlsts In great abundance At j I the eastern base of the range at a ranGe point known as the old Dolly Varden I smeller two large springe are located from one of which the walorilow Is sufficient for all smelting purposes The slream produced from this spring spring extends ex-tends and can be seen for at least two miles out Into the vale The old smelter alluded to was erected at this point some twenty years ago to handle the copper and olher ores from the Kinsley district and like many other wildcat schemes of lhat time It had a life of but u week or so by reason of mlsmanajreHfont and Incompetency when It was deserted leaving the machinery ma-chinery upon the ground as a monument monu-ment of folly Within the last sixty dos Mr SIzer has caused a steam hoist to be erected upon the Keystone lode and under tho proficient management of Mr John J Agoa who Is both superintendent and engineer the construction of the plant and the working of the mine have been most satisfactorily performed Assisted Assist-ed by John II Duffy as carpenter and miner and Messrs James B Ford Thomas Torney of Butte City and Samuel Sam-uel Cloutier and John Lambert all Clouter on al experienced ex-perienced mining men the work of sinking has been averaging from four to five feet per day Mr Charles Mitchell with his family run the boardinghouse and look after the transportation and camp supplies generally gen-erally erly I MINES WORKED The group of mines being worked consist of the Keystone Commonwealth Common-wealth and Grand Central tho property prop-erty of Samuel Cloullor S J Hendry and F Robinson of Ibapah The plant consists of a 30horsepowor engine an upright tubular holler a sleel rope hoist with wooden gallows frame nineteen nine-teen feet In height steel buckets of ono ton of ore capacity or 1500 pounds vein matter The size of the shaft Is four by five feel with a depth al the present wrlllng of 17G feet and within the next sixty days will reach the 300foot level On the 100foot level a crosscut running run-ning seventy feet east from the shaft has been completed also one of forty feet running north with a raise to the fortytoot level and a drift sixty feet In length from this point A new crosscut cross-cut on the 150foot level has been started and Is now In about ten feel and within the next four or five feet the ore body will be encountered On the surface and at the 100foot level tho ore body has 1 width of twenty feet principally of firstclass ore and all above medium grade At the 200 and 250foot levels drifts Into tho ore body will also be made at which lime the bond will be taken up and the money paid The Nevada lode adjacent to the abovenamed group owned by David Cable and Samuel Cloutier as a silver and lead property is the finest In qual ity and values yet unearthed In the district dis-trict Its promise for 1 future Is particularly par-ticularly bright On the west of tho Keystone group and Joining to each other are several claims und groups owned by S J Hendry Bud Weaver Oscar Iluftord C Clouller F Robinson Robin-son G A Henry C Mitchell R Cook J Skinner and others thc general characteristics char-acteristics of which arc so similar Hint the description already Riven answers for all Four miles farther west are some exceptionally good copper mines but being on patented ground very Illlle work has been done for years Jut Two miles east from the Key stone group several line gold copper and silver discoveries have been made this year The ledges are large and well defined Recent assays have shown as high as 21 SO In gold From the copper and silver ores no assays I have been made these discoveries be ing less lhan three weeks old Messrs Frank McCurdev David Cable and G A Henry are tho discoverers of tIme gold bell and hope lo ho able by tho time the snow flies to show larger and better results than their mere surface work now Indicates Their lhehlal e quartz and iron ledges exhibit every sign of permanency and future worth CLOUDBURST IN THE MOUNTAINS On Sunday o last week the forenoon was sultry and clos As the day wore on heavy clouds from Ihe went und southwest crawled slowly over the mountain tops and about noon all speculation spec-ulation as to whether II was going to rain or nol came to un enc < by firm an occasional drop ihcn 0 steady sprinkle and In a few minutes after the fall assumed the dignity of 0 genuine rain The men from the Keystone mine had Ilnlshed their dinner and the afternoon shift was about ready to be lowered down to the boltom of the shaft hut by reason of I necessary repair at the I I sioam hoist a delay of ton minutes Sl lime was required In the meantime the rainfall kept Increasing and Messrs Clou tier Dune r and Ford who had been walling to be lowered doWn the shaft hastened to the bunkhouse I to keep from gelling drenched before I the repairs to the hoist were completed I Hardly had they reached their place j I of shelter when a inuring sound from the mountain sides and gulches was heard from the south and west In 1 less lime than It lakes to make this record the divided raindrops assumed J the shape of countless little streams and from these Into SOLID SHEETS OF WATER accompanied by hal work at the hoist was abandoned and the workmen were forced to make a hasty retreat for shelter The roar from the cllrec ton indicated became louder and louder and while all eyes were directed I to the noise a bank of water several I feet high came leaping down the gulches and the whole surface of the mountain sides and levels was transformed trans-formed Into one solid and unbroken muss of maddened water The dry gulches of live minutes ago had become be-come rivers Great boulders weighing hundreds and even thousands of pounds leaped from their Imbedded places to Join time roaring foaming Infuriated column Trees that had withstood the storms for hundreds of years were torn from their roots lo become participants In the flood The wide valley ai the base and between lie Dolly Varden and White Horse ranges became a solid lake within an hour and like a panoramic view the I change from pandemonium to calm and quiet surrounding was as quickly assumed as-sumed as It had suddenly appeared The men left their shelter to resume work When reaching the hoist dismay dis-may and consternation was depicted upon the countenance of every man as one after the other came upon the scene at the shaft From an Incline located about forty feet away and near the main gulch an upraise had been made connecting this Incline with the main shaft at a depth of forty feet for the purpose of creating an air circulation cir-culation for the miners below The Immense volume of water from the gulch had overflown tho embankment at the Incline and as a result the current from the food shot Into It and had illled the shaft crdsscuts and up raises to the top of the fortyfoot level leaving not less than 130 feet of water rock and muck In the works below Here In less than ten minutes the flood had FILLED THE MINE which had taken years of time to excavate and hoist Undaunted by what seemed to be a complete ruin every man on the works Jumped Into the task before him Water troughs were made the Immense steel buckets were rendered ns near watertight as possible and before the day was over the engine was put In motion raising moton raising at the rate of one ton of water every two minutes and from thai time until the last vcslage of the disaster had disappeared not an hour was lost The saturated walls of the shaft and other parts of the mine had loosened many Ions of rock which dropped below and for a time promised lo make the ant unsafe for future use Since being cleaned oul the discover has been made that In point of actual safety r the mine Is now In better condition lhan anything except a Jood conditon I have rendered It With the exception excepton of the above very llltle other damage was done Hod the miners gone to their work as had been the Invariable custom before no power on earth could have saved the lives of either one of them for an Instant When the water broke through the fortyfoot level It went down to the bottom with a force and volume as large as the shaft itself carrying boulders of all sizes with It wrecking ladders and filling the bottom wllh not less than sixty feet of rock sand and muck Mr Mitchell with his family and hoardln foml boardinghouse ran a narrow escape from being washed away For a tlmo thc doors were at least l foot under water his trunks floated around at will and everybody got a thorough ducking tucklng your corre spondent not excepted G A H The Copper Stocks II was Just about two abut years ago says the News Bureau of Boston that the promoters of new copper stocks began to offer their wares for sale The Arcadian Arcodlnn was launched In June 1898 the Adventure In September of the same year and then followed In laplcl succession between thirty and forty copper properties located In Michigan Utah Arizona British Co lumbia Idaho and even North Caro lina Twentyfive of the better known properties were placed upon the mar ket for 23000000 of which 8000000 was placed In the respective treasuries for development work A year later or April 1S99 none of these properties had reached the producing stage and yet were selling In the market for above 56000000 or at C premium over the subscription value of 150 per cent Out of all these new mines only one the Baltic which was placed on the market In November 3S97 at 375 per share Is now an active producer of copper Intentionally or otherwise the Bureau has overlooked the output from the Utah Con or Highland Boy of Bingham Bing-ham that has during the past thirteen months added over 7110000 pounds to the worlds supply of copper and promises to more than double those figures In 1901 when the capacity o its smelter will have been doubled However How-ever the same publication says there Is I no danger of the price of copper beIng be-Ing affected because of a promised increase In-crease In the output of the metal the present year Mining Notes Tho Utnh of Fish Springs Is on the road with another carload O hlghKradc ore Manager Cohen of the Consolidated Mercur Gold mines Is I again on his way to Shasta county Cal Frank L SIzer of lie April Fool at Do La Mar Nov and several o the larger propositions at Butte Is exporting mines In Chihuahua Mexico Calvin Johnson who has been on lie Culln sick list for a week Is preparing to rp turn lst his asphaltlc properties In Rio Blanco county Colo Bert Seaboldt with a party of prominent promi-nent Eastern Investor is In tho While rIver regions and another blS heal In gll sonllo ground Is reported on tho tapis Dr P A If Franklin hut gone to Wyoming where he Is engaged upon the examination of mining property to which the attention of his syndicate has been called Arrivals from Ogden say tho new tramway tram-way al the Don Marrulro properties Is ready to start imp and that Iho delivery of ores on Iho local market will begin In a short time Manager Scovlllo of the Agnes and Dana at BlnKham Is preparing to onlor taln the president of the Coppcrflcld company com-pany by which they were purchased tho last of the week lw John Menaduo In a letter from Stile lino Hiiysi Iho ricciit report of a strike In tho Jumbo which VIIH sent out from camp was premature However he looks upon Iho proposition as all right Receiver Moon of lime I Daisy la I still ex orllng himself lint the mill may bo started start-ed up on its West Dip property Meanwhile Mean-while he la doing some work under whlo ground and says he expects to sao Ito proposlllon yet win out It was asserted yesterday that a syndicate syndi-cate of local Investors have iamb Ito owners of the Central in Uio Sunbeam a liberal proposition to take It i oft their hand Thoso professing a knowledge of tho deal would release none of the particulars par-ticulars With the assurance of the physicians that his wifo who has been ill In this city for some time Is on the road to an early recovery Supcrlnlendonl Donnelly of lie Grand Central group departed for o t11 last and that Thulc bonanza again pljfhl will rosurno his labors underground today From Neighboring States A slrlku of a rich pocket of gold ore In the Gordon at Twin Lakes Colo It reported hut the rumor Is not conllrmnd I The story Is that a rich pocket was opened up containing fabulous values In gold This la 1 not surprising in a mine that has already shipped about a million In Iho twenty years of Its existence Virginia City Enterprise Tho Standard company has secured control of the Bodle tunnel and men arc putting tho tunnel In condition for the resumption of development develop-ment work There urn busy Umen al the Castle Peak mine soY he Bridgeport Nov Union I Chlorination workB and n new assay office of-fice arc being built and other work goIng on making I tho scene of rca activity Tcllurlde Journal lhj James Annnml I foreman of the Tomboy mill came down I from Savage basin yesterday afternoon anti this morning left for Lake City lie will ho abyonl only two or three days on blslnc3 I Work on the new smeller at Amcondn Is 1 being rapidly pushed About 600 graders grad-ers are now at work making excavations maklnf cxcanlons and doing grading It It said there will ho fully twelve miles of track around tho rcw works Tho output of the AJax at Victor Colo Is now running about soventytlve tons a day with tho new machinery In complete working order Of the uroductlon about thirty tons arc of good smfltlnp grade and the remainder goes to the mill The Victor correspondent of the Denver Iho Clltunx and Republican says Clhlt Mining Leasing company on the Llllle Puck I companys Climax Is sinking its shaft on eighteen Inches of ore that runs from 3 to r f ounces The working Is now 200 i cot deep lid as the prromd Is soft good J progress la I being mado In getting down m on the Santa Rita vein to whero that t proper t found bonanza ore Lcndvlllv Colo has fifty producing mine which aro shipping to the smelters 27A tons a day of ore lie gross value o which Is SWOCO sas the Herald Thoro nrc fifteen shafts being sunk In various portions of tho district which will cost not less than a halfmillion of dollars Three largo smelters ale In operation with a capacity of over 1500 tons dally but the camp supplies largo quantities of raw material to the majority of lie fur naccfi of the Vest Denver Republican The Mary McKln loy at CrIpple Creek Is now shipping an average of eighty tons a day about one half of It a smelting grade running WI a ton and the other glale mill ore going from z to 30 Owlnc to the heavy water wa-ter lor the mlno Is now shut off from Us bottom level al ECO feel and production Is restricted to tho upper levels Efforts are being made to catch up with the How and when this Is possible tho mine will make one of the heaviest shippers of tho o district San Francisco Post Reports lately received I re-ceived from the mines of the Don Cabczaa company In Arizona the principal stockholders I stock-holders In which are wellknown Los Angeles An-geles capitalists continue to bo of a favorable fa-vorable character and of good progress being made In all the workings A ro port received last Thursday states that al 410 feel In the Forman tunnel they have twelve feet of copper oro with every Indication In-dication of Its being a very large body tlclon Tho average of the assays mado of this oro Is I Copper 10 per cent gold JLtO silver 1 ounces per ton White Sulphur Springs Mont Husbandman Hus-bandman The most splendid accounts continue to come from Coppcropolls Tho mines continuo to Improvo with each succeeding suc-ceeding day The leasers on the Darling Fraction have taken out three carloads of ore have two teams hauling and eight men sloping and will make a nlco little stake before their lease expires This property shows more oro than ever boforo in Us history while the stopes In tho North Pacific conllnuc lo show up splendid splen-did oro bodies The work on the main shaft Is also progressing and tho wholo camp wears an air of activity Boise Statesman During the past week thero have been four moro Important mi ning deals consummated In the Blackbird I I copper distrIct writes R Bell By these I transactions the Buffalo sjndlcate increases I In-creases their already large holding by tho I addition of the Uncle Sam group for which they paid tho handsome sum of 5700CO Tho Noble group also which cost them 510CCO and goup Dandy claim at COGO In addition to these transactions a payment amounting to O was made on the Black Pine groan on Copper creek In the same district bv a Kansas City company which Is developing some fine bodies of shipping ore These sums bring up the total amount which has been paid out In this district for copper claims within the past forty days to something over 250000 |
