The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-25
AFTER RICH METALS
Encouraging Reports From New Pros
poets and Districts.
LEASE OF THE. MARIE LOUISE
The Porphyry Dyke Near Basin Is
Being Worked Successfully
Thistle the Daisy-Work-
ing Old Dumps.


The Marie Louise mine on lower Arr
IONA street, west of the Garrison house,
IS being worked under a lease by {.
w. EIlingwood, Robert Finlay and
Harry Benjamin. They have a two
years lease on the property and under
the terms of 1t are required TO sink zoo
feet. They have been working about
six weeks and are down now about %
feet and have curt a seven foot lead OF
nice ore though of low grade. 1T Is
their intention to cross-cut when they
are down 100 feet. The Marie Louise
is owned by Mrs. Hopkins and is 10
Gated in a district not heretofore WORK
ed to any great extent. 1t is ina line
west and a little north of the Ground
SQUIRREL and Of Is believed that that
part OF the district will develop as r1cn
In mineral as the Ground Squirrel ana
development work on the Marie Louise
will be watched with interest by own
ers of other property in that vicinity.
The leasers put up a hoist on Friday
and sinking will be pushed more
rapidly.
The Thistle Mining company. COM
posed OF Joe Stark, w. r. Kenyon and
other Butte men, are working the
Thistle in the Rochester district. and
the Indications are that every man
connected with the company will wear
diamonds within a year. The Thistle
was under a lease and bond and the
bond was taken up few weeks ago.
They are down 120 feet and have been
running a 10-stamp mill on the free
cessitated closing the mill. They are
now working in base ore and shipping
II TO Helena. On a recent shipment
they cleared $37 a ton free of all ex-
penses- There Is a large quantity of
shipping ore on the dump. left there
by former leasers and win be shipped
this winter. The company Is working
eight men and ships several hundred
tons of ore per month. The amount OF
the bond Is not stated. but is said to
have been for a small amount.
George Fitzgibbon has a lease on the
dump of the old Ramsdell-Parrot and
is working several men and picking out
some good ore.
G. Pilon OF Meaderville has a new
scheme for roasting ore In which he
places great confidence.
The porphyry dyke near Basin, in
which many Butte men are interested,
Is developing into a rich gold producing
district and the Basin Times predicts
that before long IL will rival the mines
of Alaska and Deadwood in its produc-
tion of free milling gold" That paper
says:
This opinion. which at first may
seem exaggerated, will TO the practical
and experienced mining man be shared,
for the following logical reasons. First,
The Pauper's Dream company has de-
monstrated. by its 100-foot shaft, that
the character of the ore is the same as
on the surface. not meeting with the
base, on account of the innumerable
seams or crevices, which serve the pur-
pose OF oxydizing at that depth. Sec
ond. the Character of the ore is such,
that with an ordinary stamp mill, the
battery saves SO per cent of the gold;
the plates catching all of the remain
der, with the exception of a trace In
the taillngs. which are being assayed
SHOWS 70 cents per ton, proving this ore
to be absolutely free milling. Third
numerous assays. hand samples and
mill samples returned from ore taken
from the entire length and breadth OF
the porphyry vein or dyke. which ex-
tends about 5000 feet by 1000. show an
average of over four dollars to the ton
Fourth. the highest estimate for work.
ing the ore, mining and milling will not
exceed 81 per ton. Fifth, every and
anything. within the boundaries of the
porphyry dyke under the grass root:
will pay to mill. No asserting, M
selecting everything, thus far, whicf
has come out OF the 30-foot cuts. and
the shaft OF the Molly Stark mine hal
been milled, and at present your cor
respondent was informed. reliably so
that the ore in the cuts is running So
to the ton. Numerous other reason.
could be given why this district will n
the near future be a bee hive of in
dustry.
1T is understood the contract fol
sinking 100 feet on the Tlhlequah hai
been let and work will soon commence
on that property. The Buckeye min,
is now being put IN readiness for worl
on a large scale.
1.-THE Josephine property, which lie
on the verge OF the porphyry dyke. i'm
mediately west, Is to be worked by
Butte company. This mine is one of tn,
best silver properties in the state, an,
from all accounts its workings has beef
a history of blunders and mismanage
ments. under the Butte regime. Tn
Josephine will be heard from.
THE Nose Manual stamp mill
about completed, and the next ten day
will witness the dropping of tn
stamps. This mine and mill is situate,
on the extreme north end of the por
phyry and granite contact hill. on tn
east of the dyke. Nose Manual, tn
Deadwood. Is the fortunate owner o
this rich property.
THE Merrill Mining e. Milling com
pany has everything in readiness to re
ceive the machinery which now lies Il
Riminf for ms mill: everything at thi
place has the appearance of excellen
management, the buildings are nov
completed for the mill and the cut o
tunnel. running north, Is conncete
with the mill by track. taking all th
natural and economical advantages 70
working their properties.
1.-THE PASSING SHOW"