The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-24
MINING NOTES.

:. Lamport was showing some nice
looking Ralena rock the other day which
he found somewhere on the Kootenai,
and he claims he has been offered 81
800 for his prospect DemersriHe Inter
Lake.
A force of men are at work over at the
Rocky Fork Coal company mines M
ming n slope down on the vein that entry
No. 4 runs i'm on. Ii is the opinion of Pro-
fessor Morrison hat in 200 yards anthra-
cite coal will he struck.
Last week there were filed in the
land Office at Rapid City, Dakota, % loca-
ions for iron mines in Scobey and
jackson counties. The ground in ques-
ton IL very rich In minera n the par
ties Interested are all men Of means and
capable Of developing their property.
The Virginia City Madisonion says w.
5. Austin, one of the owners in the Bertha
mine, arrived from Seattle, Washington,
Tuesday, and in looking over that prop
erty with the Messrs. Richards, with n
view to the putting in Of sue reduction
machinery as they may decide best suited
Ia work the ores.
The Legal Tender Mining company
have purchased a diamond drill at a cost
Of 5000, which will he placed in the mine
in the course Of a few days. With this
new machine work can be prosecuted at
the rate OF from 30 to 20 feet per day at IA
cost of not over 20 cents per foot. This is
n wise move ON the part of the manage
ment.-Diion Tribune.
A company has recently been formed at
White Sulphur Springs to develop the
Bivins coa field, sixteen miles west of
that place. The property is at present de-
veloped by six tunnels, each of which
show up from one and n half to four feet
Of excellent coal. In addition To this there
is a large supply of fire clay bctween the
coal measures which adds materially to
the value of the property.
j. T.. Jackson Of wickes, has bonded
from David Cannon and Frank Ashley, of
Placer. the Little Bonanza and Bedrock
quartz lodes, rear the East Pacific mine,
Beaver creek district, for $4,000. the bond
To run until the first Of next January. As
a guarantee that the mine is 10 be worked
Mn jackson agrees To pay $500 ON the
first Of each month until January, begin
ming with the first of August. Both claims
are recent locations.
The largest specimen of galena ever
brought 10 Spokane Falls was received
"Wednesday evening by l.. e. Dillman
from the Spokane mine in the Kootenai
district. The mine is owned 10y the Pa
ciiic Bullion Mining company. The spcci-
men weighed $50 pounds and il required
the combined efforts of eighteen Indians
tn carry the Dad from the mine 10 the
railroad. The ore was carried from the
depot 10 Mr.. iDillman's office by eight
men, and the cost of transportation for
that sior distance was S2i.
The Rocky Fork Coal company received
u new Mitchell tipple this week that has
the capacity of dumping 1000 tons of coal
every day. II will be about two or three
weeks before the tipplc is put i'm place.
The company are making many needed
improvements which win enable them
them To increase the output Of coal when
IL becomes necessary this fall. The coal
Is improving all the time and the croak-
ers who tried To give our coal a sable
optic are dying hard.-Red Lodge Pickef.
The road To Smoky, which was left In
very bad condition by the melting snow,
Is nj last repaired so as Il be passable for
loaded teams, and hauling will soon be-
gin. Bcaton q Rowley's teams have
taken a contract To haul to the Carrie
Leonard lease ore. and will begin at once.
MIR. Jennison has contracted to haul the
King OF the West ore, aud has rugged nm
an outfit that will haul ten tons per week,
He expects To he busy all summer. There
Is quite a quantity of lease ore al the
various other Smoky mines which can
now be hauled Ia market. and which will
he coming in from this time on.-Haiieu,
Idaho Times.