The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-15
AMONG THE Lodges.

down 100 feet, the vein having widened to
ten feet.
Leadville smeltcrs treated 1880 ton OF
orc last month, The product being l,1U
tons OF bullion.
The celebrated mining machinery hrm
of Fraser q Chalmers has established a
branch office in Helena.
Charcoal, slightly m~,neralized, has been
found at a depth Of $50 feet in the Silver
Cliff Mining district, Custer county, Colo
RADIO.
The sale of the Aqua Frio group OF
mines near Placer, jefferson county, has
been effected, and a large amount OF
foreign capital will he invested in their
development.
Montana should be well represented at
the international exhibition Of mining and
me,alluryy which is To he opened at the
CRYSTAL Palace, London, on July : and
close on September 10, this year.
The Blackhawk mine, situated in Deer
gulch, about ten miles from HALEY, Idaho,
has been purchased ny Horace w. Barry,
who will at once begin the erection OF a
l0stamp mill near the property.
In behalf of Richard Gibney, the en-
gineer who not long since lost his right
arm by accident at the Elizabeth, a sub
scription has been raised as follows;
Granite and Elizabeth, SAB; Bi-Metallic,
$2a.
The Ontario mine at Park City, Utah,
was originally bought by Haggin d
Hearst for $4,000 and since then has pro-
duced So. The entire plant has
cost the company about four millions and
the mine has paid To its stockholders the
sum Of sl0,7 10000.
Symons d CO., mining men Of Mount
Bailey, i'm the Elk Horn mining district
nave made a rich strike, says the Dillon
Tribune. The vein is "a true fissure, the
ore running from 500 to $50 per ton.
Eastern parties are now negotiating for
the purchase of the mine.
The shaft on the Magnolia, i'm the Oro
Elmo district, has reached a depth OF 200
feet and a cross-cut to the lea is now I'M
der way. The recent rich strikes in the
ne~ighborhood Of the Magnolia have
greatly encouraged those interested i'm
the mine, and they confidently expect IL
TO be the next TO strike the lead.
The Dexter Mining q Milling Go. is
one os our newborn corporations. Its
papers were filed with the county clerk
Monday. The capital stock Is placed at
100000 divided into 100000 shares
at SO each. Its field of operations is
in Beaverhcad county, with present head
quarters at Bannack.-Daion Tribune.
A mining exchange is becoming "a ne
ccssity i'm Montana, says the Helena
Journal. Besides its prime advantage OF
making a market for good prospects
such an organization protects eastern in
ventors from sinking money into wildcat
schemes. Those interested In Montana's
advancement as "A mineral state should
take steps To prevent the capital 10Y
turned this way from being diverted to
shady concerns instead of going To those
that will build up the mining industry.
The mines in the McCarth, Mountain
Mining district are coming To the front.
The Yellow Jacket mine. on the south
side of the Mccarthy is producing high
grade ore in paying quantities. There Is
a fine shute Of ore in the mine that Is
very promising. The owners nave shipped
"A choice lot of ore To the sampling works
at Butte. The owners claim To have ore
in the minc which will assay as high as
600 ounces To the ton. The Big Chief
mine, in the saiue district, is also produc-
ing fine ore.
Beyond the submits of the Belt noun
tains. en- route from Neihart 10 Castle,
thence onward To the National park, the
Great Falls and Belt Mountain railway
with intcrsect Copperopolis, the great OPP
per camp of the state, il not Of the world.
From the Cumberland mine alone. nj Cas-
tie. a dozen Of the most responsible gem
tlemen i'm Montana are now prepared To
guarantee TO furnish 100 tons of ore daily
for AZ least three years, and possibly for
an indefinite period. In the same camp
there are more than "a dozen mines
equally productive.
The Dillon Tribune says while the men
employed at the Montana Mica company's
property south Of that city were making
some surface Investigations on the mica
ledge day last week they found a
gopher hole where a peculiarly yellow
soil had been dug out by the animal. An
investigation was made and at "A depth of
five feet a fine ore lead was discovered.
Specimens were sent 10 "a responsible as
sayer and the returns indicate sixteen
ounces in silver aud two dollars i'm poId.
As b work lone proves the lead To en-
large as depth is attained. the company
hopes Ia find rich ore by developing. The
lead Is traccablc upon the mica ledge for
nearly the entire extent of the compauy's
claims-about two miles.