The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-10
MINERS N MINING.
Reports Of Rich Strikes, New Prospects
and General Mining News.


The output Of the Drum Lummon for
the month of April was si00,5OO.
There are two Huntington roller mills
now at work In the mines of the Golden
Ok mountains, China.
Philipsburg's shipments Of silver bull
lion for the month of March amounted
TO sSl bars, weighing 5l,56s pounds, valued
at $4Ss, s49.61, not including gold, which
would raise these figures TO 100000.
The colored miners at Dana, wyom-
ing have all left and their places are now
taken ny white men. The experiment Of
importing coiored miners 10 Wyoming
has been a costly u unsatisfactory one
10 the company.
The Deer Lodge Mining n Reduction
company has ordered timbers for n shaft
house, TO he built on the property at
Boulder, and as soon as II Is completed n
boiler and hoist will he put in. They are
now down 20 feet.
The Bodie Miner says that while there
is no reason to believe there will he any
thing like an active boom in the mining
industry, there is every re ason to think
that considerable mining and other bisi-
ness will he transacted in Mono county
this summer
IL is rumorcd on the streets that Super
intendent Sam Godbc of the Pioch Con-
solidated and Yuby companies has dis
covered the long lost Raymond and Ely
ledge between the ninth and tenth levels.
says the Phoebe, Nevada, Record. The
ledge was discovered through "A fissure
leading into the footwall and extends as
far as p~rospccted into the old Meadow
valley ground. The vein il five feet In
width and assays up To the hundreds. The
ore is free milling.
A. B. Hover, the managcr for the
Phoenix Mining company. returned from
1T. Paul last Saturday evening. He made
a flying visit to Champion on Tuesday to
see the Phpnix. and was well pleased
with the developments made while he was
away. He reports ~ feet Of very fair pay
rock. averaging from GO To 20 ounces from
the 100 foot level. He brought down some
and the work will he pushed rapidly to
the completion of the next l25 feet, where
the vein will be again cross-cut and some
levels run.-Ne,r Northwest.
There are a few signs of encouragement
in the air for those who still have faith In
Bodie mines, says the Homer, Nevada, In
der. Ii is reported hat an entirely new
move is 10 he made. and that the ground,
believed by many experienced miners to
he more fertile than any heretofore
worked in that district, will he prospected
during the year. Though a vast amount
of work has been lone between High
Peak and Queen Hill. the area Of ground
that has been thoroughly explored Is,
after all, comparatively small. Therefore
a new departure might result In Uncover.
ing something that would renew the old
camps lease of life.
The trustees Of the McDermott held a
meeting on "Wednesday aud il was decided
that as soon as the SNOW would permit,
the machinery should he transferred TO
the property by way of Bearmouth. and
operations resumed. The necessary
machinery comprises "a steam hosting
plant with a pump. The flow of water is
too heavy 10 handle with buckets even nj
40 feet. The Nec Northwest says il Is the
intention Of the company Ia make "a ship
ment Of n car load OF ore. already ON the
dump. To have "A mill test made nj Helena.
This ore carries gold assaying from s. To
5000 per ton, silver from 8 Ia 60 ounces,
and some of il with copper,
assaying as high as q per cent.
for Webster and Washington county are
exceedingly bright this Mr..
kleinschmidt and a party Of Montana
gentlemen passed through Webster re
Gently en- route for the Seven Devils
mines. They informed u correspondent
that - teams are now on the way to Mon
tana, that have contracted To haul 10000
tons Of ore from the mines Ia the new
steamboat on Snake river. Experts say
that si,aUO,0oO will he realized from the
Peacock mine this summer, leaving 5000
tons Of ore still in sight. This IL Lui
Aliens old mine, and is doubtless the
richest copper mine in the world. Ii is
estimated That from ten Ia fifteen thou
sand people will go Ia the mines 81 the
Seven Devils district this year.