The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-17
MINERS AND MINING.
Reports Of Rich Strikes, New Prospects
and General Hinins News.

The Polaris mine, situated in the Lost
Cloud mining district. has' been bonded
To New York parties for Sa5.oo.
The Riverside mine at Red Bluff is
looking well. A two-foot vein OF high
grade carbonate ore il tapped by two
tunnels, the lower one cutting the vein nj
1000 feet below the surface.
Charles Starrett was in Virginia my
last week, and informed the Nodisonion
that the jefferson bar mines, of which he
Is the superintendent, is opening up IN
good shape, and that they promise very
satisfactory results, and Ia meet the most
sanguine expectations Of the company.
The Monitor mine, on Richmond Flats,
owned by :. X. Knox, is being worked by
a force of ten men. They intend to sink
a depth of l25 feet. where they expect, To
tan the vein. A rich streak OF ore has
been encountered in the Wine, and the
intention is Ia sink from the surface to the
tunnel level, in order to open up the
stopping ground. Pony Express.
A deposit of pure white silica has been
discovered a short distance east OF Col
Vile and is the fourth OF its kind i'm the
world and the third in the United States.
Ii is of the same character and OF equal
hardness as the white sand found only a
short distance u OF Paris, anu which IL
uSttl 81 tAttlNlNtit III w
French plate glass. The deposit Is almost
~inexhaustible and scarcely n estimate
can be placed on its true value.
The Ketclum. Idaho, Keystone, says:
Thomas Popham, Of the Harrison min
al Boyle mountain, was in town this week
having some assays made of samples OF
ore from his mine. with the following
very fiattering results: No. j gave 40
ounces silver and 12.6p per cent. lead, ana
No. . l35 ounces silver and $3.50 per cent.
lead. These samples were from ore taken
sixty-two feet from the surface. Mr.. Top.
ham says the VEN averages about two ieet
and a half wide, four inches OF which Is
high grade ore.
Mcssrs. Charles o. Of San Francisco
and Charles Ii. Richards Of san Diego,
California. arrived in the city Monday
evening. They are interested in the Ber-
tina mining property, and will remain here
for some time To watch and supervise the
development of that promising mine. We
have not learned what their plans are,
hut both being gentlemen of large prac-
teal experience In operating extensive
mining enterprises, we have no doubt
that they will apply their knowledge to
the thorough n successful development
and working of their fine property here
MddisoHiaH.
The Livingston Enterprise say Isaac
Orhel and Colonel J. X. King %returncd
from n trip tn Castle "Wednesday evening.
They report that the ore vein ON the 200
foot level was struck i'm the Cumberland
mine on Tuesday. The ore at that depth
is much richer than that heretofore en-
countered. and il il safe Ia predict hat
Cumberland stock will now rapidly adj
vance Ia S. per share, aud possibly reach
par within the next few months. The
owners of Cumberland stock In this city
are enthusiastic over the news, and believe
the mine is destined to become one Of the
creates, on earth.
The Alton district, located about thirty
miles east of Warren, Idaho. has several
good mines sufficiently developed 10 jus.
tify the building Of n l0stamp silver mill,
which will i'm all probability he built this
year by the Cleveland Mining and Milling
company. This company Is composed of
live and energetic men that are not afraid
of expense, and IL IL tn he hoped that they
will make il viii in the end. This work
will he carried On under the supervision
and management Of Mr.. James Rcridou.
president and superintendent of the COM
pany.
The Mayflower mine at Warren, Idaho,
has bcen developed Ia the extent Of a
shaft 100 feet deep and "A tunnel 200 feet
along the ledge, showing "A fine vein of
ore the whole distance Of fully two feet in
thickness. and the ore, rs Tar as has been
worked and tested, has provc la be of
very high grade. The owners Of the mine
are now at work with a large force If
men erecting "A five stamp mill and will
add To this plant the fixtures and ma
chincry for "a thorough silver process as
soon as the wagon road from Salmon
Meadows - lat place il completed, which
will be in the early part ~ the coming
fall. Claims adjoining the Mayilower are
becoming valuable, and for "a long dis
tancc around claims are rapidly being To-
Gated.