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Show WESTERN MINING GAZETTEER. here for Salt Lake Thursday, for the purpose of shipping The enmachinery, etc., necessary to put up a smelter. terprise and good judgment of these gentlemen are a guarantee of the success of anything they undertake to do. !left :the Cerrllloa District. machine than from a false step or fall, so that it would bo dangerous to conclude that even in Cornwall the is, under similar conditions, less than twice as dangerous as ladders. Dr. Foster remarks that the relatively high death-rat- e with is largely due to a sad accident which happened at Rosenhof mine, close to the town of Clausthal, in 1878. One e of the rods of the broke, and eleven men were killed, from being precipitated down the shaft. But even if we omit the di astrous year of 1878, and take the seven preis still as much as 41 per ceding ones only, the death-rat- e 100,000, which seems to indicate that the German are not so safe as the Cornish ones. He believes the reason of this difference is, that the in his district are all constructed on the single-ro- d system, while many of those referred to in the Prussian statistics are double-ro- d machines. He has not the slightest intention of holding up in his district as models of safety; in fact, the nearly all of them might be improved and rendered safer; he mamerely wishes to record his opinion that the single-ro- d chine is less dangerous than the one with two rods. The Lumber of persons raised and lowered by skips or cages in his district is small; for, at the present time, this system is in use at three mines only, and consequently no fair comparison can be made between it and other modes of ascent and descent. man-engi- XU ir MEXICO . The Smelter Question. The proposition to erect smelters at this point is now apparently occupying the minds of man-engin- man-engin- man-engin- XEVADA. jailvanced 13 feet during the week, with no change in the There is nothing new in regard to the other shaft levels, except that that on the third level is looking more promising. The levels above the adit show no diminution in their yield, and promise finely for the future. The lower mill and repairs. It stopped on the 11th inst., at noon for clean-u- p started yesterday onMt. Diablo ore. Shipments for the week ending September 15, 32,071.97, and on the September ac- for-jmati- on. SOUTH STAR MINING COMPANY. True Fissure. Renewed Life. Marietta, it is said, is showing considerable signs of life during the past three weeks. The mines, those j newly developed, are pronounced good, while the Blackhawk still continues to show as well as ever. Considerable interest 4s being manifested in town property, and where, but a few months ago, there was no sign of life, now the bustle and sound of men is heard. It is to be hoped this once lively town will again come to the front as in the days of its former glory. True i I i 1 j j J j j es London Mining Journat. count to that date, 0(3,830.97. j es man-engin- es Northern Belle. The drift on the fourth level has been j ne man-engin- es capitalists more than ever before, and after a long session of hope, and patient waiting the mines of this vicinity seem now to be on the point of having their fond wish for reduction works granted. The Cerrilios mining district is now more promising than ever before in that it is fairly on the way to development, with no obstacle to prevent it from being worked until its mines are able to turn out plenty of good ore; and seeing this moneyed men begin to think that this is the time to put their money in reduction works, and they are taking steps looking to this end. Few Mexican. Columbus District. happening more frequently from breakage of the e man-engin- In his report to the Directors of the above Company, after an examination of the property, Professor Newberry says: HHS RONANZA. This property shows several distinct chimneys of ore in which have been opened by shafts and inclines, viz: The Antler shaft is an incline sixty feet deep, in which an ore chimney of iron and galena, was followed until cut oil by a limestone wall. The Buckhorn shaft consists of two inclines and a shaft which have followed respectfully two irregular Fimtre. In the incline the ore has ore shoots and a vertical crevice. (berry Creek District. for the most part removed, but some is still visible runFlattering. A correspondent to the Eureka Sentinel writes been off into the limestone. Another opening perhaps 100 that Cherry Creek is at present the largest and most populous ning north of the Buckhorn shaft, shows chimneys of ore dipmining district in the country, and the outlook for the future is feet most flattering. The Star mine is running steadily and is ping into the hill, and shows good faces of ore yet standing i How this may extend is uncertain, but there is apparently turning out bullion regularly. About 12,000 per week is be-- i here a large quantity of ore which is readily accessible. The ing shipped; 4,000 in bullion will be sent by Tuesdays stage. ore of the Big Bonanza is iron with galena and carbonate. The mine is looking exceedingly well. Three specimens which I had assayed from the diilerent openhas work force II. Roberts of a men at J. Superintendent put ings, gave respectively 70.47, 17.25, and 71.08 ounces silver on the Exchange mine, and the six stain) mill is now being reand 32.31, and 70 per cent lead. The first two also showed a is to and soon as will it as start commence paired, ready up trace of gold. On the whole my impression of the Big Bofrom this mine, a large quantity of which isin nanza claim working ore The hill seems well minerwas quite favorable. sight. alized, and though the ore bodies are irregular of form and Work on the Teacup and Geneva mines will be resumed soon, uncertain dimensions, there is every reason to believe that a v and we are positively informed that a p mill will be erecof of ore good grade might he obtained there at ted by the company owning these mines, this fall, if possible, large quantity little The promise of the ground is comparatively expense. and certainly next spring. It has ore enough now to run a at least sufficient to warrant the expenditure of a consid Table mill for a year. sum for fully testing it. The Big Bonanza mines are rendered accessible by a good graded road, and are so near Shauutie E THE AND MINE LADDERS. smelting furnace, that when this is put in blast, a s it is likely market for its ores will be brought so near to be a The report of the Govcrment Inspector for Cornwall, Dr. that soon,can good be mined and delivered at a large profit. they 0. Le Neve Foster, shows that the deaths from accidents THE WAUKEliAN. s while ascending: or descending bv ladders were twice as in Cornwall as in Prussia; that is, 21 in 100,01)0 perThis claim is situated on the east side of South Mountain, sons in Cornwall, and 11 in 100,00 in Prussia. In Prussia, acabout half a mile distant from the Big Bonanza. Two ore decidents on are more than five times more numer-ou- s posits crop out on it. One is a shoot of galena and carbonate d than on ladders, being nearly 00 in 100,000 employed. in tin limestone and of little promise. The other is a Deaths in Prussia while ascending and descending by regular- true vein of quartz about four feet wide, bearing northIv arranged winding machinery, average 14 in 100,000 emIt has been penetrated by an west and dipping into the hill. incline forty feet deep. The vein is copper, seamed throughployed. In Cornwall, it appears that 13,914 persons used and there were only two deaths, or 21 in 100,000; but out, and looks very well, although the specimen taken from it it must be remembered that the e I am confident the vein carries is a comparatively contained but little silver. new introduction into Cornwall, and that all those in use are j some good ore, and if I had any interest in the property 1 consequently fairly sound and in good order, a death on the should not rc st satisfied until it was more fully tested. lime-ston- e, 20-stam- 20-sta- mp N MAX-ENGIN- num-(iron- man-engin- es well-define- : man-engine- man-engin- s, |