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Show i INTER-MOUNTAI- BINGHAA1 zation follows the lines that have been mapped out, it will become a powerful agent in shaping: the destiny of the mining: industry of that State. The institution is in strong: hands, and will no sup-posab- le What a spectacle for the people or the West Senator Vilas presented last Friday. When a member of the upper house of Congress works himself into a frenzy in contemplation of the merciless, grinding tyranny of the silver the silver-producin- g who hold the people of States in abject II. BF.MIS. solution, which has been partly precipitated in the canyon debris as it comes in contact with the iron contained in the soil. It is found in granular particles from the size of iron filings to pieces weighing fifteen pounds. The latter was found almost completely encrusting a large root in the earth, and was a most beautiful specimen. The western continuation of this copper belt is found at the Crown Point lode claim, in Carrs Fork, where there is shown a body of copper ore two and one-liafeet in thickness, varying from 11.9 per cent to 19.5 per cent copper. 21,& to 3 ounces silver, .15 ounces gold, and from 27 to 30 per cent iron. It has been said by parties well qualified to judge, that the surface indications for large copper deposits in Bingham are superior to those shown on the famous Anaconda at Butte, Mont., and it is the belief of the writer that if developed below the points of drainage, immense bodies of pay ore will be shown which will not only create another industry, but add greatly to the reputation of the Old Reliable. In going up Main Bingham, about 200 yards above town, are the workings of the Bingham Copper company on the Starlus vein. This vein is the northern limit of the copper belt. The belt has an easterly and westerly strike, and p shown width of fully 2000 feet, the southern portion of the belt being of a porphyretic character, with small strata and seams of quartz and copper ore cutting it in all directions. Many of these quartz seams contain gold, and assay up into the ounces of gold per lf and cringing slavery, the thought is inspired that the founders of this Government committed a grave blunder in making it possible for such criminal ignorance to break into the highest legislative body. ton. The Niagara Falls Power company is Aside from the work of the Bingham to provide for three additional Copper company, there has been no degoing dynamos and turbines to furnish 15,000 velopment of consequence. This comadditional horse power for local use. pany has control of a group of eleven The Acetylene Gas company Is report- full claims, and is operating but two ed to have closed a contract with the the Starlus and Amanda by following power company for 10, power. the veins into the mountain, COO feet on Work on the Canadian power plant is the Starlus and 500 feet on the Amanda. 000-hor- se also to be pushed. The statement made by John Hays Hammond concerning his connection with the Transvaal troubles, indicates that the American mining engineers are imbued with the spirit of '76, and that their offense was nothing more than a respectful and peaceful resistance to the tyranny of the Boers. Cripple Creek ore carrying $20 per ton barely pays the cost of mining, transFloyd portation and treatment. Camp milled at is mined and ore carrying $4 a profit. No mine can lay claim to real greatness until it has been held up in court by some pirate with an attenuated ciaim to an interest in the property. that can be reduced at small cost by per cent solution of leaching with sulphuric acid, after crushing to a 10-me- fine. It has been detrmlned sh that five hours are required to leach a That Bingham has large deposits of tank of ore, and that the copper in copper ore, cannot well be questioned. solution can be precipitated in a few There are several springs along the minutes with an electrical current of canyon where the copper belt crosses about 110 voltage. It is their experiit, having an estimated flow of from ence that the gold and .silver values In 50 to 75 gallons per minute, containing solution can be precipitated by the apV2 per cent to per cent of copper in plication of a stronger current. It has BY AUSTIN r, mine-owner- s, COPPER BELT. Written for The Mining Review. doubt receive the confidence and support of the people of the State. The Review believes, however, that the directors will commit a serious mistake if they go outside the State in search of a secretary, as is suggested. The most important work of the exchange will devolve upon this ofiicial, and his success will depend largely upon his knowledge of the mines and resources of the State and his personal acquaintance with the people.- It is not that there is no person at Boise well equipped in all respects for this position. Who is the man that can bound the Mercur gold belt? The great vein has long ago outgrown its original limits and new discoveries almost daily are increasing its known extent. In Skull miles wrest of Mei-cuvalley, twenty-fiv- e ore closely resembling that of the Mercur mine, or at least possessing many of its characteristics, has been discovered, and some good assays have been obtained. Near Pelican Point, fifteen miles south, similar discoveries have been made, although the surface ore carries little value. The vein is encountered at Johnson Pass, Twelve Mile Pass and other outlying points, and apparently covers an area of several hundred square miles. Verily, many Mercurs and Golden Gates and Sunshines are possible. - MINING REVIEW N 25-t- on been found by experiments that the solution can be used repeatedly, as the electricity, as applied by their process, does not neutralize the chemical properties required for the leaching of the ore. The company is sanguine of success, and has planned a mill for the concentration of the sulphides and the leaching of the sulphates, to cost about $20,000, and estimate the cost of treatment at $1 per ton of crude ore. RECENT DECISIONS. OF ABSTRACT MINING Prepared for the Mining Review by George Westervelt, attorney at law, Salt Lake. City, Utah. Breach of vendees agreement to work mine Measure of damages. When, in consideration of extension of time to pay purchase money of mining property, the vendee gives notes secured by deed of trust on the property, and agrees with the vendor that he will, till payment of the debt, work the mine In the measure of damages for breach of such agreement, for which the vendor only has cause of action, is the injury to the security. Bellmont Mining & Milling Co. vs. Costigan, 42 Pac. Rep. 647, Supreme court of Colorado, Nov. 6, 1895. Mining Lease An action for the cancellation of a lease of a mine for breach of certaiij conditions, when plaintiff of conditions alleges as grounds of forfeiture, by defendant, and defendant denies the allegation, he (defendant) cannot, in support of a verdict for himself, urge that plaintiff, with knowledge of his of the duties, waived the same. Murray vs. Heinge, 42 Pac. Rep. 1057 Supreme court of Montana, Dec. 6, 1895. Same A waiver by the lessor of a mining claim of one of the stipulations In the lease is not a waiver of other Independent stipulations. Ibid. Posting of Location The owners of the Herman Strauss claim, at Cripple mine-fashio- n, non-performan- ce non-performan- ce Creek, protested against the patent application of the M. J. T. Lode, on the ground that the notice of application was not posted on a conspicuous part of the claim; also that $500 worth of work was not done. It appeared on examination that the M. J. T. notice was posted on a house built on the claim 300 feet from the discovery shaft. This was held insufficient, and the application was rejected. These show one body of silicious ore. An Old Question. fourteen feet in thickness, assaying 8 To Mining Review: A per cent copper, .28 ounces gold and 4 obtains a homestead from the Govounces silver per ton. A recent strike ernment for 100 acrespatent of land; after ownit for twenty years there is found by in the Starlus shows .63 of an ounce ing B a good and valuable vein of mineral on it, and he locates, works and claims gold. it. Which of the two is entitled to the The copper is in the form of sulphides mineral? SUBSCRIBER. and sulphates, the sulphate being soluWhere an agricultural patent to lands ble. The company have spent consider- is issued by the United States, it carall mines in the lands patented, to able time and money in experimenting ries which no right has attached at the with this class of ores, and so satisfac- time the entry is made. Landowner, tory have been the results that it is Vol. 10, p. 81. If A obtained patent to the hometheir intention to erect a fine mill for stead in good faith, not knowing that the treatment of their products as soon the land contained valuable minerals, a as the weather permits. It is designed subsequent discovery of mineral on the to be a combination mill, as they have land cannot affect his title. See vs. Hawke, 115 U. S. 392; Coloexposed thousands of tons of ore con- rado Coal and Iron company vs. Unitaining 4 per cent sulphate of copper ted States, 123 U. S. 307. Inter-Mounta- in Def-fenba- ck |