Jerome Mining News, 1897-12-25

Mexican named Gallivan now living at Santa Rita, who is over 100 years old. He has always insisted that the Spanish worked some fabulously rich gold mines in that vicinity when he was a boy. - Sil boy. - Silver - ver boy. - Silver City (N. M.) Enterprise The Alaskan Climate. Of all the wild stories told about Alas Alaska, - ka, Alaska, probably the wildest are those in con connection - nection connection with the climate. Alaska is be being - ing being continually dubbed as "Undo Sam's lee "The Land of Snow and "The Frigid and all articles rela relative - tive relative thereto dwell upon the "horrible climatic perils" that the miners and pros prospectors - pectors prospectors have to endure in their travels in search for the precious metals. The in interior - terior interior of Alaska now being the center of attraction for thousands of venturesome ones, we deem it expedient at the pres present - ent present time to inform them with facts and figures of the real climatic conditions of the country they are about to enter, that they may come prepared accordingly. In the Klondike, or Middle Yukon re region - gion region in mid -winter, the sun rises from 9:30 to 10 a. m. and sets from 2 to 3 p m., the total length of daylight being about four hours. The sun rises but a few degrees above the horizon at that date in mid-day. Observations taken during the winter by the coast and geo geodetic - detic geodetic survey for a period of six months in the Middle Yukon division, give the fol following - lowing following results: Mean temperature - October .33 deg above zero November 8 deg above zero December 17 deg below zero January 17 deg below zero February .15 deg below zero March 6 deg above zero April 20 deg above zero The daily mean temperature fell and remained below the freezing point from November 4 until April 21, thus giving 168 days ss the length of the closed sea season, - son, season, assuming that outdoor operations are controlled by temperature only. The lowest temperatures resgistered during the winter were: Minimum temperature - November 32 deg below zero December 47 deg below zero January 69 deg below zero February 55 deg below zero March 45 deg below zero April 26 deg below zero The greatest continuous cold occurred in February when the daily mean for five consecutive days was r 47 degrees be below - low below zero. The weather moderated slightly about March I,^ but the tem* perature remained below freezing point. Generally cloudy weather prevailed there being but three consecutive dajs in any month with clear weather during the whole winter. Snow fell on about one onethird - third onethird of the days in winter and a less number in the early spring and fall months. The changes of temperature from win winter - ter winter to summer are rapid owing to the great increase in the length of the days. In May the sun rises at about 3 a ni. and sets about 9p. m. In June it rises about 1:30 in the morning and sets at 10:30, giving about 20 hours of daylight, and diffusing twilight the remaining 4 hours of tho 24. The mean summer temperature ranges between 90 and 70 degrees. Although there is almost a continuous sun in the summer time, the evaporation is slow, owing to the thick moss which will not conduct the heat. The consequence is the ground is always swampy on the sur surface - face surface and frozen underneath. In winter there is usually considerable wind, a heavy mist rising from open places on the river and settles down in the valley in extreme calm weather, and this damp dampness - ness dampness makes the cold felt much more, and is conducive to rheumatic pains, colds, etc. In the interior of Alaska winter sets in as early as September, and about the Ist of October snowstorms may be expected in the coast mountains and block up the passes. During one of these storms head headway - way headway is impossible. Snowstorms of great severity may occur in any month from October to April inclusive. - Juneau (Alaska) Mining Record. WASHINGTON LETTER. From our regular correspondent. Washington, Dec. 17. - That tho dem democratic - ocratic democratic party fights best and wins often oftenist - ist oftenist when it is aggressive is well known. Therefore the action of the democratic caucus of the house in running up the party flag with the declaration writ so large that even he who runs may road, against the retirement of the green backs, either directly or indirectly; against any extension of privileges en enjoyed - joyed enjoyed by National banks, and for the recognition of the beliigerancy of Cuba, and the enactment of a just and wise bankruptcy law, was wise as well as good politics. It shows the country that if the republicans in congress were afraid to announce a policy for the session in advance of the Christmas recess, which extends from tomorrow till January 5. the democrats were not. It has been often denied on the floors of congress that the logical outcome of the present civil service law would be a civil pension list, but now Secretary Gage ha« actually started a civil pension list, under the alias oi a "roll of

He has already expended several thou thousand - sand thousand dollars with satisfactory results and proposes to continue in the good work. But to open up that country a man must have more than a canteen of water a buro and a few pounds of He must go in there prepared to work, and work and work when he gets there. To men with the requisite means and de determination - termination determination tbe cotif £rv offers advant advantages - ages advantages rarely sere and with the promise of 9 b/^ .nning in the end. Such are the , sone ®f th® best known and / st experienced miners in the country. It now rein tins to see who will take advantage of it - Tucson Star. ATHABASCA GOLD FIELDS, Peace River Placers May Yet Rival the Yukon. Members of the geological survey on their return fro nr Athabasca last spring reported to the Canadian bureau of mines that they had discovered gold in large quantities along the shores of Peace river. Two of the surveyors remained in the district and engaged in placer mining. Notwithstanding the fact that their tools and instruments were of the crudest description and that neither w'as a practical miner, their knowledge hav having - ing having been obtained chiefly from books, they returned to Winnipeg after four months' work with SII,OOO worth of gold dust and nugge's, When their good fortune became generally known prospectors left for the Peace river district from many parts of Canada, and more have m&de arrange arrangements - ments arrangements to go when traffic opens up in the spring. While no fabulous fortunes are reported so far, it is said, that gold has been found in paying quantities by all the prospectors now on the ground. Thus far no elaborate mining machin - ery has been taken up, operations having been confined to placerand sluice mining Companies are being formed, howeyer in Toronto and Montreal for the purpose of operating on a larger scale. If these are successful, it is thought that the Cana Canaadiaii - adiaii Canaadiaii Pacific railway may build a branch line to the Peace river district. At present it takes three weeks to get there from either Toronto or Montreal - four days by rail, three days by stage and two weeks by canoe or boat. "On reaching that part of the river where gold has teen said a miner junk back from there, "^he plan pursued by the prospectors so far is to pick out a spot on the river spot that looks likely, stake out a tUm an-' go to work. If this cU : m does m prove to he satis satisfactory - factory satisfactory there are plenty of others that Peace river is situated in Athabasca province, and, like the Mackennie and Yukon, is one of the few rivers which flow north. It terminates in Lake Athabasca at the foot of the Reindeer or Caribou mountains. Gold is believed to exist in large quantities in these mount mountains - ains mountains and it w ill be delligently sought for during the coming summer. The climate up there is not more severe than that of many of the northern states, and work can be carried on in winter as well as summer. It has been generally believed hitherto that the gold bearing region of Canada was limited to the far north, near Alaska. But as a matter of fact, Sold has heeu found in several parts of Ontario and Quebec, notably on the north shore of Lake Superior and in the Ottawa valley, though not in quantities sufficient to warrant mining on a large scale. Mining in Athabasca is yet in its infancy and subsequent developments may not render the region a rival to the Klondyke The Vek'il Mine. One more of the old-time bullion pro producers - ducers producers of the Territory is wheeling into line. The Vekol mine, which made the late John D. Walker a millionaire, will again be worked. Ou Saturday, $40,000 worth of machinery, four carloads, was unloaded at Casa Grande, to be hauled thirty-five miles south of that town to the old mine. B. McCabe, while east, purchased this machinery, and with it will introduce a new process of treating refractory silver ore. The great Walker case has been setted, as the brothers and Juana Walker, the half-breed Indian girl, through her guardian and attorneys, have formed *a stock company, each party sharing eqally. The girl was paid $12,000 cash, and has her stock ip the estate. There is yet nearly a million dollars' worth of prop property - erty. property - Gazette. Gold Strike at Santa Rita. A prospector named Reagan and his partner made a strike of exceedingly rich gold ore near Santa Rita, last Saturday. Samples of ore were sent to this city te be assayed and gave returns of eighty ounces gold per ton. Specimens, now to be seen at Ernest's roadhouse below Santa Rita, are literally covered with gold and will cun away up into the hun hundreds - dreds hundreds of ounces of gold per ton The vein lies on the sou th west slope of Santa Rita mountain, about a m'le and a half from the Kneeling Nun. The old Mexican traditions are to the effect that rich ore was found in that vicinity and worked more than a century ago. There is a

GENERAL MINING NEB The Sun Dance mill has started up again. The Lost Gulch Mining Co.'s prop properties - erties properties in Gila county, are reported look looking - ing looking finely and work of development will be prosecuted with vigor. The shaft of the Old Dominion Copper company at Globe, is the deepest copper mining shaft m Arizona. It has reached a depth of 809 feet. So says the Belt. By a deed filed for record a few days ago, Henry Lang transfers all his inter interest - est interest in the Bullion Producer mine, Big Bug mining district, to A. B. Williams, fc - SIOOO. J. J. Reilly, the well known mining man, is in from Cherry Creek, He will push developmentment work on his Poco Tiempo and White Swan mines right away. The Globe Belt states that a large body of iron was recently encountered on the Black Warrior Co.'s group. The discovery is considered important and will be exploited. The Chicago Gold Mining and Milling Co. operating the Bradshaw mines, Cherry Creek district, are said to be taking out ore which carries from S3OO to S4OO per ton, gold. The Mountain Mining company have placed a Wilflcy concentrator, the first to be brought to this section, on ths Etta mine This is the Shirley-Van Shirley-Vanderbilt - derbilt Shirley-Vanderbilt property of which Mr. Shirley is foreman. , The Belt states that a letter received at Globe from Bisbee conveyed the in information - formation information that Joe Norton and Ben Bound had been offered $600,000 for a mine and have gono to Los Angeles to close the deal. Another shipment of a 50 pound bar of bullion from the Gold Cliff at Pearce was sent to the treasurer at. Los Angeles, Saturday. With the increasing of their cyanide plant as contemplated, the results on the present scale justifying it, the company will have handsome raturns from their product. - Prospector. The Temple Bar Consolidated Mining Company is shipping lumber, timber and supplies to Temple Bar. The glance boom will be put in place at once and houses will be erected for the accommo accommodations - dations accommodations of the employes and everything put in thorough shape before spring rise iu the river - Mohave Miner. It is said that water has been struck in the Commonwealth mine at Pearce at a depth of 375. It is not known whether the volume of water will inter interfere - fere interfere with work without putting in pump pumping - ing pumping machinery. The water was struck but a few days since and it is not known what the company contemplate doing to handle it. E. B. Shackelford and A. T. Marsh have deeded to F. X. O'Brien all of their right, title and interest in the Fortuna, Pony and Minnie mines, and Mr. Marsh also sells to same, boilers, engine, pumps, pipe line, etc., f or the nominal consider consideraation - aation consideraation of SI.OO. A deed from D. O. Moore to Mr. O'Brien transfers all of the former's interest in the same property to the latter. The ores now being shipped from Mohave county show a wonderful change from the shipments of the two previous years. The gold value now predominates in all ore shipments while therefore silver predominated to almost the entire exclusion of the yellow metal. A few years more and Mohave county will be essentially a good producer. - Mohave Miner. At the Old Dominion'Copper Co's mine sixteen men were laid off on Tues Tuesday - day Tuesday night in addition to four others transferred to the mine near Pinto creek which S. A. Parnall is having de developed - veloped developed under bond. It is rumored that the force at the Old Dominion is to be further reduced, and that very little work will be done on the property until the railroad reaches Globe. Superintend Superintendent - ent Superintendent Parnall left today for Michigan, ex expecting - pecting expecting to be absent three or four weeks. - Globe Belt. Th« Klondyke of Arizona. Capt. W. C. Day, a mining man of large experienee, was in the city yester yesterday. - day. yesterday. For the past several years he has been engaged in merchandising and mining in and about the Quijotoa and west and southwest of that erstwhile booming camp Although widely ac acquainted - quainted acquainted with the various sections of the territory he is of the opinion that the country lying between Oro-Blanco and the Colorado river will upon development, prove to be the Klondyke of Arizona. But said Capt. Day it is no country for a man to go into without a few hundred dollars at his command, and willing to w'ork. Ths country is rich in gold, silver and copper. The ledges are both large and small, the ore both free and rebellious and the in indications - dications indications are that the ledges go down. So deeply is Capt. Day impressed with the mineral character of the country that he has decided to go no further but to develop several of the many lodges with which that country abounds.

Va., who has been chosen to succeed the late Senator Harris, of Tenn., as a mem member - ber member of the senate committee on finance and unanimously reelected to the senate oy the Va. legislation. Two such hon >rs seldom come to any man in s single week a^d it is not surprising that Senator Daniel should be overwhelmed with con congratulations - gratulations congratulations on his good foituae. The republicans of the house should be held responsible for th- ir failure to save the $1,000,000 or $1,500,000 a year which Representative Bingham asserted could in the opinion of himself and his colleagues on the appropriation com committee - mittee committee be saved by the reduction of ex extravagant - travagant extravagant salaries paid to the clerks in the departments. If that committee has such an opinion, it failed to perform its duty when it reported the legislative, ex executive - ecutive executive and judicial appropriation bill, now before the hous% without providing for those reductions. There are reasons for believing that there are a sufficient number of republi republican - can republican senators who will refuse to reverse their previous votes against the rights of the governor to appoint a senator after a legislature has failed to elect when it had an opportunity, to make it certain that Mr. Corbett would not be given that Oregon vacancy, even if a majority of the committee on elections and privileges reports in his favor, as it probably will. Mr. R chard Croker, the widely known Tammany democrat, was a guest of Sen Senator - ator Senator Murphy this week. He said that he ®nly ran over to Washington for rest and a change, but there was prebably con considerable - siderable considerable New York politics in the long talks he had with Senator Murphy.

to which all treasury department em employes - ployes employes more than seventy years old are to be transferred for life, at a uniform annual salary of S9OO each, that is they are to be, unless congress upsets this programme, which it is more than likely to do. Nothing has occurred since the civil service act was placed upon the statute books that will do more to open the eyes of the people to the correctness of the position of those democrats who favor the reapeal of that law. The country is today staggering under the burden of its millitary pension list, and will not carry a civil pension list. An attempt is to be made to have the house and senate Indian committees agree on legislation for Indian territory, but in as much as the senate committee has already agreed to a bill for apportion apportionment - ment apportionment of the lands of the five civilized tribes, it looks as though that means merely an attempt to get the house com committee - mittee committee to accept the bill of the senate committee, which is supported by the Dawes' commission and opposed by the representatives of the Indians. Although tho national Board es Trade which held its annual sission in Wash Washington - ington Washington this week, changed the time for holding its annual meetings from Jan January - uary January or February to December for the avowed purpose of influencing congress, its members must be fully convinced of the impossibility of getting the gold legislation they, in common with Secre Secretary - tary Secretary Gage and his side partners of the "monetary are trying to secure from the present congress. This has been a red-letter week, in indeed, - deed, indeed, in the career of Senator Daniel of

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