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Show THE ARGUS. ORB AND BULLION RATES. The following list of transportation rates on ore, bullion and concentrates Irom all important shipping points in jldaho and Utah to all western smellers is officially and absolutely correct, and is published for the convenience of ore shippers : Nampa and Boise to Salt Lake Valuation not exceeding $50 per ton, $6; valuation over $50 and not exceeding $100, $8.60. To Denver, under 40 per cent, lead and not exceeding $100 valuation, $10 ; over 40 per cent, lead $14. To Pueblo, same classification, $11.25 and $15.23. To Kansas City, same classification, $14 and $17. To Omaha, $13 and $17. From Hailey, Ketchum and Bellevue to Salt Lake Valuation not exceeding $50, $6; over $50 and not exceeding $100, $8. To Denver, not exceeding $100 valuation, $11. To Pueblo, $12.25. To Omaha, $13. To Kansas City, $14. From Bed Rock, Mont., (shipping point for Salmon City) On ores not exceeding $100 valuation To Salt Lake $6; to Denver, $8; to Pueblo, $8 ; to Omaha and Kansas City, $8. Coeur dAlene To Salt Lake, valuation not ; ' . ' . exceeding $50, $10; not exceeding $65, $12; exceeding $65, $14. To Denver Bame rates. To Pueblo, same classification, $11.25, $13.25, $15.25. To Omaha and Kansas City, $12, $14 and $16. Park City On all ores not exceeding $100 in valuation To Salt Lake $2; to Denver and Pueblo, $7 ; to Omaha and Kansas City, $9. Frisco or Milford To Salt Lake, ore not exceeding $100 in valuation, $3.50; concentrates, $4.50; to Denver, ore and concentrates, $12.50; to Pueblo, $13.75 ; to Missouri River points, $14.50, Eureka On ores not exceeding $100 valuation To Salt Lake, $2.50 ; to Denver and Pueblo, $8 ; to Missouri River points, $10. ($100 valuation) To Salt Lake, Bingham Denver and Pueblo, $9.50; to Missouri $1.25; to River, $11.50. Rates on bullion From Salt Lake to Denver, $t0; to Missouri River, $10. (These rates include switching charges at samplers.) Utah common points, includvig Salt Lake smelters To Denver and Pueblo, $8 ; to Missouri River, $10. ENGLISH CAPITAL. A Coloradoan 1 1 ... :: ; ; i i i Says the Tendency Is to Come to America. Denver Republican : T. A. Rickard, State Geologist, has returned from his visit to England. There is no doubt, said he, that there is a very strong undercurrent of feeling in mining circles favoring investment in American mining properties. They have dumped a great deal of money in South Africa and West Australia, and there is a lull in those directions which will probably receive very little new capital, comparatively, after this. It must not be understood, however, that all the money represented by the capitalization of these companies has been expanded in South Africa and West Australia. A great deal of it is left in the shape of uncalled capital, that is, capital subscribed but not paid in, which can be used in other directions, as the law governing the formation of the joint stock limited companies permits the calling in o the entire amount of the capital sub-- scrined. The tendency toward invest MINING MACHINERY, Etc. ment in this country is tempered mmense body of iron will be found somewhat by the remembrance of arge bodies of silver and Id vestments careful President Clevelands Venezuela mes- gold ore which will make this proWill ly negotiated. best and of honestly the suggest Senate the attitude the on bonanza earth. sage perty uri place to invest your greatest on the arbitration treaty. Besides ! few spare dollars or COPPER IN CUBA. your thousands. Mine owner, place this, a great many people who have mines here. while In have and silver your Cuba, gold invested in American railroad securiMARIGER INVESTMENT CO ties are not at all satisfied that they not been found in paying quantities, Room 329, Atlas Block was mined at Cabre by the have been treated fairly. They do copper not take into consideration that Amer- natives before Columbus discovered ican investors were treated just as ;he island. Early in this century mines badly, but charge their losses to English capitalists purchased near Santiago, and the books of the sharp practice on the part of Americans. But the amount of money that Consulate show that from 1828 to ! 2! is coming into England from invest- 1840 an average of from two to three ments in all parts of the world is so million dollars worth of copper was to United States great that they must find new chan- shipped annually the nels for investment, and I am of the from these mines. They continued TIE BOISE HOI HD BEDOCTIO! WRIS in successful operation until lSti7, opinion that the example of the LonAre building one and don Exploration company, which has when a combination of circumstances, quartz mills, stamps weighing either made such heavy investments in this and not the poverty of the mines, 200 or 500 pounds each, closed various them the and to crush guaranteed up, folcountry, will be very generally a screen through 100 to 125 pounds of ore lowed by the other syndicates that shafts, from 900 to 1200 feet deep per hour. Can be packed on horses into the most have been formed there for the pur- filled with water, all save 300 feet inaccessible localities. below level of the sea. In the pose of investing in mining proper- being ties. The interest paid on govern- later years considerable copper was Price for i Stamp Mill, $ioo. from taken these mines by pumping ment securities is so slow that there is Price for 2 Stamp Mill, $180. to water from the into tanks shafts a disposition to take some risks in inMill and Mining Mawere thrown. and Castings of vestments that promise to pay more, which iron scraps chinery furevery description nished on short notice. and America is the only mining field All work guaranteed at Mining World ; Prospector, miner, that has been left untried. Chicago or Denver prices operator ; a man may be any one of with freight added. is as a a success but these, rarely THE FAMOUS DRAGON MINE. finds JAMES BAXTER & CO., Silver City Star : The famous combination: The prospector the mine. The miner opens it ; the Dragon Iron mine is one of the bonanworks it. Creede was a prosBOISE, IDAHO. zas of Tintic and contains an inex- operator pector; he could neither open nor e haustible body of iron, a was a prossome running as high as 70 and 8C operate mine. Stratton BLUE WELSH SILICA events may show that he and pector per cent. iron. This mine is in such cannot operate, while COPPER SMELTING shape that hundreds of tons of ore Delamar successfully is successful in all three can be taken out daily at a nomina cost. This property has been a steady fields. Mr. W. S. Stratton says : The Inshipper since 1882, having producet on an average 1000 tons of ore every dependence property is not the greatmonth since that time. It is not est property in the camp, although it rare occurrence to find pockets o has produced now over $2,000,000. Trade Mark, Abernant. high grade silver ore in this body o Its output last year was $800,000. iron, and from some of these pockets The expense of monthly operation i large quantities of ore have been possibly $20,000. I am also interested Imported and for Sale by taken. The iron mine appears to be heavily in the Portland group, adjointhe center from which all the veins o ing the Independence. It costs $25,-00- 0 A. T. CHUR, Sole Agent, mineral in that section radiate and i each month to operate that pro19 Barclay St., New York. is believed by many that beneath this perty, and it produces $70,000. high-grad- e ... JlOO two-stam- p 50-me- high-grad- Fire Brick ! : : ; IAJ IAJ o Affords the most Simple, Economical and Reliable Power for Mining and all other purposes. While opinions may differ more or less as to the merits of other Water Wheels, THERE IS BUT ONE OPINION IN REOARD TO THE PELTON. It gives more value for the money than any other power appliance known. CALIFORNIA WIRE WORKS, Cal 6,000 WHEELS NOW RUNNING. Addrei Pelton Waterwheel Co., CATALOGUES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. 121 Main St., Dept San Francisco, 6, Cal. 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