The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-21
MINERS AND MINING. ,
Reports Of Rich Strikes, New Prospects
and General Mining News.

The Tip Top mining mill, at HALEY
Idaho. has closed. Lack of fuel is the
cause.
Professor Mortson, special census
agent on the minerals of Montana, will
visit Choteau, Bynum, Augusta and other
points in Western Choteau and Cascade
counties this week.
The real estate and mining brokers OF
Anaconda have co-opcrated very success.
fully with our agents here in the sale oil
stock in the different mines OF tnls place
Deer Lodge has rustling agents VINO ap-
preciatc The Efforts Of the Smcltcr 'ity
brokers.-Siirer state.
In the MAY and Edna tunnel, lBarker
district, the miners recently broke through
into a bed of auicksand, which retarded
work, as they were at the time making an
average of eight feet a day. Now one
foot a day is considered good work. How
deep the sand is Is no, y., n "f The orc
tunnel il now within lD feet Oh TIC "'
body in the shaft.
A contract has beeu let on the Dora
Thornc for running the tunnel 30 feet
further, making 600 in all. when this con-
trac, is completed. Over 5000 have been
expended heretofore on this property ana
the company have great confidence III It's
future prosperity. The Dora Thorne IL
located about four miles east Of Granite.
Letter r.c.i,cd Inv the Great Falls
Lz,d.,. fr,, Ncihar, states tina, the late
strike In the Monarch mine is proving
very rich and Thai Inc orr, is being sacked
Tor shinn,.u, Thor, /. n large flow Of
water from the vein, which is a sure midi
cation of a continuous ore body: Three
cight-hour shifts are now AT work on the
Dakota mine.
N.ls Jensen and Corcoran, slim and
R;rd y cauo In from the Dry Wolf mining
-, T,".sJ., Thsy bring encouraging
.n.... m. y,;u,.r's work
s".aa 80 ,.L,.,,o nroncrtios.
mi I, - nnIy a o,,cs,ion III time when re-
dnction works will he erected in this
camp. Mr.. Jensen Is giving his whole at
tention To quartz, and will dispose OF his
placer claims i'm that vicinity ata reasoh-
apie hgure.- Lf"'s'or" H'ooS.
Emmett X. Carroll III Togo, general
manager of the Neihart Gold, Silver, Lead
Mining A. Reduction visited
lewiston and Maiden last week. Mr..
CarrolI is n practical miner and largely
Interested in the properties 10 he handled
by the above company. He is well in
formed regarding the character of ores in
the Belt mountains ana has every taith IN
the outcome OF thal region. ne rs very
pieasan. een.Ieinan ~ ni.e' Inu ". NJ
10 see MN nere "''"'""''
gus
Articles of Incorporation have been
Iked in the office Of the secretary OF state
for che Snow Creek Gold and Silver Min
inc II consists Of 100 900 shares
worth 81 each, 10000 shares being set
apar; as treasury stock. The mine So
cured by the Is situated on
Snow creek, near Ncihart. and Is known
as the Puck. ~ Us a wrli-uei,nei ieau,
iour or NV iee' MN, WV" ~, 49,
on r,cln orr, sa,h'''"s ""'''' T" "'''
ana 81 III s"iu'
Even the old pioneer town al Bannock,
which for the pas two 81 years
has been almost dcpopulated, is now re-
norted 10 he ON a boom. All the old
la n,u, re-occn,;,d all The y,c,n,
-. -, =, ,Ja,.r aud ,,,art1 claims rc-
,o's ,"n.a..I 80, In a,a
hic h,s;u.ss blocks arr, confidently ex-
,cctoJ Ia mn,eriaIisc in the camp al no
distant day. Surely Montana has entered
upon "a new era OF general prosperity.
The philipsburg Mail says all the prop |
rrty belonging 10 the San Francisco Com
s,iilatad Mining company will be sold al
aI'n.:U-. 81, an Saturday th, a;tb of This |
i NV axon,,in, iss,,I =, LII,
nioh.h' a""'' IN .'nN
X. Sicpley. Inc san VIII IAN. n''c' !"
front Of the hoist buiiuing q O'Clock IN
the a~fternoon. The sale VIII include the
North Frisco, 81. h.ilaiiu, Little Tom,
Silver star anu =. s."'i ''he,, ."s..".r
aid
TIL, Virginia City ChioHicie says: Tn |
,,su,I activity is reported In the ,lcyelop- |
.,nt,, locations I'm SiIv.r ga,