The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-21

/ Inc Centenn1al- Eureka was expected
| to resume shipments on the 10th, the
ore to be delivered to the American
Smelling and Refining company under
| the contract recently made.
1t is expected that the Centennial
Eureka will pay it's first dividend UNI
| der the reorganization on the first OF
| April next 1t is to be hoped that it
| will not prove to be an April fool or
an Irish dividend. Neither is at all
| likely.
| The Cache creek placers in Colorado
and those upon the Arkansas river
| higher up have closed down for the
season. 1t is estimated that those on
Cache creek cleaned up from $4,000 to
$4,000 for each months run during the
season.
With extremely dilute solutions of
cyanide Of potassium, says the Mining
and Scientific Press some workers have
found that in order to get good pre-
cipitation from solutions containing
copper it is necessary to pass the solu-
tions very slowly through the precipi-
tation boxes.
At the nickel mines near Riddles,
Ore, several hundred tons of ore are
being prepared for shipment to Chica-
go as test of its value. These mines
have been closed down nearly five
years. At one time $50 men We're EN-.
ployed and an extensive plant erected
Native gold is not infrequently found
in the undecOmposed portions of crys-
talline and eruptive rocks. This is not
an uncommon occurrence in the mines
of the granite area of California. AS
far as observed, these occurrences are
in the immediate vicinity Of iodes
Copper ores occur in Texas, in Archer
and Wichita counties. in the Peruvian
| formation. The ores occur rs pseu-
| domorphs after wood and various fos-
sils. These ores are carbonates and
silicates of copper and are found in
the marls and clay states and IN part
also in sandstone.
1t is said that Captain De La Mars
Mercur mines and monster mill are to
be provided with an electrical plant of
sufficient capacity to light the town,
after meeting all the requirements Of
his own bonanza, and that already or
ders for machinery are being placed
with the Eastern makers.
The Mercur Gold Mining company Of
Utah shipped 1,400 pounds of gold dust
to it's office in Salt Lake during the
week before last. Six hundred pounds
came from the main plant. and the re-
mainder from the tailings plant.
The zinc ores in certain mines about
Leadville, for which there has been un-
til now no market whatever, are being
Shipped in vast quantities to Galveston
for transportation to Belgium, where
the demand is constantly active. Most
of the product sent out is in the form
OF concentrates.
The Bullion-Beck Mining companys
regular dividend became payable on the
18th insta. The amount was 100000
The payment of this sum will have in
creased the total for the year to s11O, 600
the total. dusing the Tintic bonanza S
career to $2,42S,000. The Bullion-Beck
may fairly be called the old reliable
Tt is said that the Ontario mine at
Park City Utah, has over 100000 in
its treasury, and that if a dividend is
not soon declared it will only be with
held for prudential reasons, and prob
ably not for any considerable length Of
time.
1t is said that there is greater activ-
ity in the Occur d'Alenes than at any
time since 1892. The development is
general, the situation in the vicinity of
Wallace being especially favorable.
The adjustment of the labor troubles
and the advance in the price of lead
have been the chief factors in the i'm
provement
The Salt Lake Tribune states that