The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-08

1t Is not necessary that the new loca-
ton should conform SO the lines of the
previous location, as, if desired, only
part of the old location may be includ-
ed in the new. 1t is always well to
state what portion of the new claim
covers an abandoned location.
The Bonanza pocket mine, at Sonora,
Iuoiumne county, Cal, is credited with
a production exceeding $2,O00,000. A
single pocket contained more than
$500.0O0, and one mass weighed $4,000.
Most OF the gold was taken out with
the use of hand mortars. The gold was
usually found associated with teilu-
rides, generally petite.
Work on the Pacific & Idaho North
ern to the Seven Devils district is being
rushed with all possible speed. The
graders nave now reached point near
ly 40 miles from Weiser and the track
laying was completed last week to the
canyon. There Is some very heavy work
to be done at this point and it is being
rushed. Nearly 800 men arrived at
Weiser last week to go to work on the
road and several of the sub-contractors
on the Northwestern have quit and are
making for Weiser with their outfits.
A great many prospectors are going
into the Seven Devils country and some
very good claims are being located, al
though a great many of the prospectors
are being disappointed. A number of
people are locating farms along the line
of the new railroad and it is expected
that a great many families will move
in during the summer.
A new mining district in New Mexico,
situated few miles northeast of the
town of San Acasio and seven miles
south OF La Joya. within mile and
half of the Rio Grande and two miles
from the A., T. & Santa Fe railroad,
is creating talk among mining men as
possible discovery of great magnitude.
There are a number of well defined
leads In the district, and while the
prospecting already done has not been
of as thorough a nature as could be de-
sired, it has demonstrated that all, or
nearly all, Of the veins thus far discov-
cred carry high grade Of ore One
lead in particular, that of the w. j.
Bryan claim, carries a vein in pla ices
that can be traced across the country
for over mile. There has only been
$50 feet of work done on this claim, but
it has all been through pay ore, the as
say being $42 in gold, nearly 50 per cent
lead and a small amount of silver.
1t is reported that a mining company
under the name of the Smoke House
Copper Mining company has been Or
ganized for the purpose of tunneling
under the entire city of Butte, Mont,
for copper ore. The organization of the
company was brought about through a
settlement of litigation which has
been going on for many years. involv-
ing the Smoke House, Destroying Angel
and Copper Bottom mining claims,
which cover the principal parts of the
city of Butte. James A. Murray, the
millionaire banker, and other capitalists
are at the head of the company, which
starts out with a capital stock of ST.
| 100000.
An important copper belt is situated
| in Whalen canyon, about 100 miles
| north of Cheyenne and 10 miles from
Badger station, on the line of the Chey-
enne & Northern railroad. Copper
mines in the district were worked Is
| years ago, when the price of copper was
very low and coke and other supplies
We're freighted from Cheyenne by wag-
on. Although several million pounds
| of copper We're mined at that time, little
or no profit was derived from the oper-
| atoms and the mines finally closed
down. Since then the ground has been
largely pre-empted for grazing pur-
| poses and it is necessary for prospect
| ors to get permission from the owners
| to prospect, and if a discovery is made,
| they buy or lease the ground before
sinking a shaft. A spur of the Chey-
| enne & Northern railroad is now being
built to this locality, and as rich min
eral deposits are known to exist there
| it is only a matter of short time be-
fore general opening up of the district
| will take place.
The Mining and Scientific Press says
| that managers of copper mines
throughout America report that their
product is absorbed as rapidly as it can
be produced and that, indeed, a still
| larger production would be taken. Lon
| n hn ha their
orders, evidently believing that the cop
per market was being bolstered by the
| Amalagamated Copper company, but
finding that there is no surplus being
created, have commenced to place or
ders for future delivery, which may re-
suit in sending the price up notch or
two. Tin is much higher than copper,
though in the United States 10000 tons
Of copper is consumed monthly as
against 5000 tons of tin, which demon
strates that tin is scarcer.
Conditions in the old town Of Marys-
vile, Utah, are said to be improving
to such an extent as to constitute a
veritable boom. The cause of it all is
the advent of some Colorado parties
who have bought up, bonded or leased
numerous claims in the district and at
once set men at work in their develop
ment. 1t is explained that this sud
den interest resulted from the high as
say values shown by samples from var
ious properties. which samples had been
taken to Victor to be tested. The 'old-
timers" who have been hanging on by
the eyelids for years are greatly elated
over the situation.
Some Properties of Copper.
From the Mining and Scientific Press
Apart from electrical requirements
copper probably owes its present ex.
/ IAI i'll 70 Nd
first selection was, no doubt, due to its
non-liab iity to corrosion and to it,
great ductility. The latter, however
is variable quantity, depending large
ly upon the treatment to which it has
been subjected. and depending also up
on it's composition. When copper ha'
been thoroughly annealed it Is yer,
soft and a very low stress, say. ever
less than two tons per square inch, VIII
produce slight permanent set. A!
the stress increases the reformation
increases more rapidly, and at tensll'