The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-22
MINERS AND MINING.
Reports Of Rich Strikes, New Prospects
and General Mining News.

An assayer will find plenty of work dur
ing the summer in Red Lodge, a y thu
Picket.
Most of the fiume companies in AideI
culch have their claims I'm shape for thu
summers work, hut IL will he several
weeks yet before there Will he enough
water coming down to do much ground
sluicing.
Bessel Austin returned from Sheep
creek Wednesday, whittier Nc went td
look after his coal mines. He states that
he has discovered a two foot surface vein
of soft coal within twelve miles OF tho
railroad.-Diiion Tribune.
The strike In the Emma Nevada, IN
Soap culch, south of Butte, turns out to
he all that has been claimed for IL. The
assorted ore shows nh average value oi
500 per ton. Ten tons will be shipped ia
the Parrot smeltcr for treatment about
the latter part of the month.
Reports come to the Oregonion OF more
coal discoveries in the hills southwest oil
Eugene. From the discoveries made II
would seem that there must he a large
bed OF good coal in these hills. The dis
~covcries have been made at various points
covering a large area. n indications are
that an extensive bed Of coal undcrlies
that region.
James G.. Merrill of Philadelphia has
disposed of the following mining property
in the Boulder district, to Gilbert X.
Mickey of Milwaukee, for "A consideration
Of $1,000: Onc-fourth interest in 1.-THE iei-
low Jacket, one-fourth interest In the
Sadie. onc-third of the Volunteer, u
fourth of the Poorman and one-fourth oil
the Florence quartz mining claims.
The first contract on the Yellowstone
mine is completed. and the work OF cross
cutting is in progress. The shaft at pres
cnt is down TO a depth Of I'D feet. An
other contract has been let TO send II
down 10 the depth Of ~ feet, which work
will he commenced as soon as the cross
cuts, now i'm progress, are through the ore
bodies on each side of the shaft.-Hus-
bdndmdn.
Much is expected by the miners from
the Preston process which IL to be tried In
Boulder soon. The owners have pur-
chased a mill and mill site in Boulder,
and are getting ready 10 test the value OF
their plan and plant. The miners are
~anxiously awaiting for the trials to he
made that the result may he asccrtained.
P~ulverizing and roasting will he done at
this place.
Some very fine specimens Of bismuth
ore from the Queen Bee lode in Emigrant
gnlcn nave Dttn Sent 10 ftclcila the past
week. An assay Of this ore gave returns
OF 100 per rent bismuth, which is worth
1851 30 To the ton. The company IL fully
organized, with capital sufficient TO de-
velop he property, n the work of tie
velopment is nov going forward. The
metal in one small piece received was run
into a small bar of bismuth. Ii IL IA pure
white metal resembling silver, and is very
valuable, The pure ore cannot he dis
tinguishcd from the lead c~arbonatcs by
the ordinary prospector.
The Owyhce, Idaho, 4rdidnchc says
that work ON the Poorman group of
mines will begin In a few days and be
prosecuted vigorously, to the end that this
valuable piece of property may he opened
up N placed on a dividend paying basis.
The lraionche also says: Mr.. John L.
Sullivan vas down from the Phillips <
Sullivan minc ON Wednesday, and re-
ported work progressing satisfactorily ON
the mine, plenty ~ good ore in sight.
and n good lot on the dump, much Of
which contains silver that can he whitfield
with a knife, and gold visible Ia the naked
eye.