The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-26

that Libby will head the list or carry off
many of the persirnmbns.
The carload of concentrates which How
ard C. Walters, manager of the Snowshoe
mine, placed at the disposal of L. H.
Faust for the purpose of displaying them
with the Libby exhibit will not be ac-
cepted by the management of the expo
s'ton, as they claim they will not have
room for them.
SO Assay From a New strike.
Some of the incest ore that has been
brought into Libby the present season
has been brought down from Big Cherry
creek from a recent strike made by c.
w. Walker and his partner. p Portugal
on some claims which they located there
last June. They. are the Copper Reward,
the Copper Gold and the Continental,
and they are all located on the same
VEIN The ledge is an offshoot of the
big Snowshoe vein and although there is
difference in the appearance Of the ore,
there is enough similarity to establish the
relation. The end of the Copper Reward
butts up against the side line of the
Snowshoe ground and the strike of the
vein carries 1t into that property some
where in the vicinity of the No. tunnel.
The only work which has been done on
this new strike is b0-foot tunnel and a
25-foot shaft. Mr.. Walker, who came
down few days ago to get an assay
made of the ore. has again returned to
the property with enough provisions and
other supplies to last them until they
complete the 200-foot tunnel which they
will run to tap the vein at a depth of
about 140 feet. This will give them a
very good idea of the property from IA
prospectors standpoint, and if the vein
holds out to that depth they will be in "A
position to interest capital in its further
development. The vein is about eight
feet wide and four feet of that Is good
ore. An analysis OF the assay shows:
Copper. 1854 lead. $50; silver. sl5.S4 and
60 cents in gold. 1t is considered one of
the best strikes yet made this summer.
5OO-Foot Tunnel for the Way-Up.
Commodore Joe Riley has returned
from an extended examination of the
Way-Up mine, on the headwa tiers of Lib
by creek, and reports himself as very
much pleased with the showing made on
that property There has been some
work done recently on this property in
the way of running some crosscuts for
the purpose of determining the width of
the vein, and this work has made a very
good showing. While nothing more will
be done this year, on account of the ina
bility of the owners to get their supplies
and necessary buildings erected in time
announced that they will commence next
spring on 500-foot tunnel, which is to be
run about 100 feet below the mouth of the
present tunnel. The principal develop
ment at present is a 75-foot tunnel and
some work in open cuts. The vein is
about u feet in width and the ore is a
sulphide, running about SIS in gold to the
ton, there being but little of other values
in the ore 1t will concentrate all the
way from 10 to 20 into one, and is con-
Sidered an excellent concentrating ore.
This property has been stocked, the COM
pany being the Montana Kootenai Min
ing company, and some of the stock has
been placed on the Butte market. There
has never been a discouraging report
from anyone who has seen the claim and
both Mr.. Riley and Mr.. Higgins. the
principal owners, are very enthusiastic
over the outlook for its becoming pro-
Queer.
Copper Ore From the Tombstone.
Work is still progressing on the Tomb
stone, the big copper property near Jen-
nings, about IL miles from Libby and it
Is the intention of the owners to keep at
it until the crosscut tunnel which they
are running for the-purpose of tapping
the ledge at a considerable depth. is com
pleted. There are two veins on this prop
erty on the surface. and to all appearance
they seem to be separate and distinct
from each other. one is eight inches in
width while the other Is more than four
feet. The smaller vein carries values in
copper as high as Is per cent, while as
says as high as ID per cent in copper have
been obtained from the ore out of the
larger one. They each carry about five
ounces In silver and SO in gold. The de-
veopment work consists of a 35-foot shaft
and the crosscut tunnel above referred to,
which is now in $50 feet.
Activity at SyIvanite.
Reports from the Yahk district are to
the effect that there is considerable ac-
tivity in the mining industry at that
place, and that many claims are being
represented this fall There are also
quite few new locations being made.
Work on the Montana is steadily pro-
crossing and the property is showing up
well. On the Mountain Lion there is a
small crew employed and they are work
ing steadily. They have their tunnel in
more than 80 feet. A contract has been
let to parties to commence work on the
Jim Hill and to continue the work all
winter.
Messrs. Sawtell & Swingler are working
on the S. and s.. about three miles from
Sylvanite. On the Keystone however
the property which is owned by Spo-
kane parties, and which is considered the
big property in the camp so far, there is
but very little work being done at pres
ent and the general impression is that
there will be nothing of Importance done
this year. 1t has been given out several
times during the summer that 1t was the
intention of the owners to do great things
on this property and everyone who is
interested in that district has taken a
keen interest in the movements of the
Keystone people. AS they have the only
mill in the district and that Is not run
ming, 1t naturally leaves the camp in bad
shape. and now that there is but little
prospect of its running this fall it is dis
couraging to say the least
FRANK NJ. LEONARD