The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-24
At OLD COPPEROPOLIS
Good Developments at the Old
Copper Camp.
A RICH SURFACE FIND
One Man in Digging a Ditch Takes Out
Seven Hundred Dollars Worth of
Ore in Week = Copper
Duke Looming Up.

Late advices from Copperopolis indi-
cate that the developments in the cop
per properties al that place are of the
most favorable character The mines
can scarcely be said to have passed the
prospect stage, but they are certainly
line prospects" OF course pros
pect, however good, does not neces-
saTliy imply great and permanent
mine, but there never was great mine
developed without some good prelimi-
nary discoveries. In other words there
mas TO be beginning. Hence the par
ties operating at Copperopolis have good
reason to feel encouraged
At the Copper Duke the development
work is proceeding vigorously. and in
cidentally some excellent ore is being
extracted. The main shaft is down 50
feet. 1t is sunk directly on the lead
and is said to show a streak Of ore
on each side of the shaft some two or
three feet wide. very nearly from the
surface. There is also a 4O-foot tunnel
in which there is said to be very fine
showing of ore throughout it's entire
length. The ore shoot is reported as
varying from two feet to six in width
Some very SIGH specimens of rock oc-
cur, the average in the drift being from
Is to 20 per cent copper. Some six or
seven carloads of Is to 20 per cent ore
is now upon the dump ready for ship
ment. This property belongs to Messrs.
e. M. Edwards. d. Il. Folsom and N. b
Smith, They fully believe that they
have valuable mine and they purpose
leaving nothing undone to determine
the fact
The most extensive properties in the
district are those controlled by Rey-
nolds & Mcdowell of Butte. These con-
sist of many different claims. some of
which We're worked in a small way 25
years ago. The principal work is be-
ing done on what is known as the ST.
Johns claim. Here, also. the develop
ments are of the most promising char
acter. Although the work has all been
in the line Of prospecting. several car
| loads of good ore have been shipped to
| the Anaconda company's smelters, and
there is much more in sight.
| The main shaft is now down more
than $50 feet. The lead has increased
| in width, and some rich stringers of ore
; have been cut. A drift is being run on
| the lead and. is now in about 40 feet
| the ore streak widening and the OUT
| look improving all the way. Some Of
the ore is remarkably rich and large
chunks of it, weighing from 25 to 100
| pounds, running anywhere from so to
| IS per cent. copper have been shown
| to the Standards representative. OF
course, there is not very much like
| this. but there are many tons in sight
that will run from Is to 80 per cent.
Some weeks ago there was heavy
inflow of water just below the water
line. 1t checked operations for time,
but the flow has now lessened and is
well under control. A station pump
has just been sent from Butte to the
mine and will be installed at the $50
foot station, from which point sinking
is still in progress. This pump is capa-
BILE of raising the water from a depth
of 1000 feet to the surface. In fact,
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