The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-14
The Underground Developments
Briefly Summarized.
STRIKES AT CRIPPLE CREEK
Copper and Coal Development in Wyom-
ing - News From Sumpter = Fine
Strike at Silver City, Utah.
Miscellaneous,

lnese properties are in the Baker City
district and the Three Sisters is almost
within the corporate limits of the city.
Superintendent Wolf Of the Sullivan
group near Fort Steele. B. c., reports
| that some good ore has been met in a
| drift at a depth of IS feet from one of
the two new shafts now being sunk.
| The extent of the chute cannot be de-
! termined until it has been cross-cut.
Both of our new shafts are now COM
| ing into ore," he said THE property
| is employing 81 men,"
| 1t is reliably reported that a rich
| strike has been made on the Dead Pine,
of the Ophir company at Victor. Colo.
| The find was made in the seventh level
of the mine. A winze has been started
on the ore body, which is now stated
| to be five feet wide, with no walls.
| The mineral is rich in sylvanite and the
| whole would probably run 5000 Or $500
ton The find is said to be the best
yet made on the property.
| A remarkable strike is reported in
| the Gold Dirt mine at Empire. Colo,
| by Bryne G. Kilton, who have it and
| the Tenth Legion. In prosecuting they
| have opened two feet of rich ore on
| vein that lies parallel with the Gold
Dirt. The first shipment of the ore
was made to-day to smelters in Den
| Yer, and from the samDling 1t is ex-
pected the 10 tons will bring $4,000.
! The Colorado Springs Telegraph says
/ that the Nellie May Leasing company
has cut a strong ore chute on a block
| of it's ground on the Pride of Cripple
| Creek, near the Grassy TOWNSHIP The
| chute is three feet wide and assays on
the body run from $40 to $50 a ton
/ The mineral was encountered in a
cross-cut from the bottom Of the shaft.
The Pride Of Cripple Creek bids fair
to do its namesake proud.
The ore body in the Silver Park, says
| the Silver City, Utah, Star, which was
cut recently by cross-cut from the
| 250-foot station, has widened into a
| siX-foot vein. the greater part of which
| is high grade lead. The ore was
| first encountered on the 100 level,
! which assures the mana cement $50 feet
| of stopping ground
| The Baker City Democrat says: The
reliable news has been received in this
| city of the opening up of big body
of ore in the Clipper mine, one of the
| Deer Lodge group, owned by the Twin
| Springs Mining company. A cross-cut
| had cut the ledge seven feet, and the
| width Of the ledge had pot been, deter
| mined at last accounts. Advices are to
| the effect that the ore is high grade
| The Deer Lodge group is at the head
| or ROCK creek, west of Baker City.
and is continuation of the great E.
& e. ledge. "..
The Mining Record of Denver has an
| interesting special from Grand En-
| in1
| camp is certainly coming to the front
| as copper producer. Excellent devel-
| opments are reported in the Eureka.
the Finley. the Headlight, the Home
| and some others.
Stopping was started a. week ago
| Monday in the 550-foot level of the
| Burns of the Acacia company, at Grip
| pie Creek, operated under lease by Me
| Gill and associates. Shipments from
| that date were raised from 20 to so tons
| daily. The grade will also show an
increase in values. The f1rst-class ore
| is running from to IL ounces This
| will constitute the bulk of the ship
ments. The second grade is worth $50
| a ton.
The recent strike which has been
made in the Ida May, at Cripple Creek.
has been confirmed by the officers o.
| cation it is announced that the strike
is all that was claimed for it. The find
| was made on the block operated by
| lngersoll and associates, and the ore
/ disclosed in the 300-foot level. The vein
encountered week ago was two and
| half feet wide and is holding out we'll.
having been proved up for a distance
| of 20 feet Ore is being saved from
this vein which gives excellent values,
running from two and one-half ounces
| to Il ounces a ton.
The Salt Lake Herald reports that
| Ben Sprenger has returned from a
months sojourn in the Stateline dis
trict, where he is interested in the
| Ophlr and Sulphate properties. Things
are humming, he says, at the Ophir.
where 10 men are employed in sinking
and drifting. The shaft has attained
| depth of $50 feet, and will be carried to
the 300 level. Some fine ore is being
| taken out of the drift on the 100 level,
| and is being saved for shipment. The
| Sulphate group is located about 1.60O
feet from the Johnny mine, which
| shipped a carload of ore several weeks
age carrying some sensational values
| A special to the Rocky Mountain
! News from Rawlins, Wyo, says that
in the shaft on the Bohemian mine, in
the Battle Lake district. and at
| depth OF l0D rect. the WOrkmen cut
| strinSer of ore which looked SO rich
that a sample was sent to Denver for
| assay. The owners We're much sur
| prised when the returns were received.
| They We're a revelation even to the most
skeptical. They are: Gold, 221k ounces;
| silver, 157 ounces; copper, 20 per cent;
lead, IL per cent, Or in all, equal to
about $500 per ton.
Considerable activity Is reported at
| the Hay Creek coal camp, in wyoming
The Hay Creek Coal company. which
has been prospecting with a diamond
drill, has discovered an additional vein
of coal six feet wide and of excellent
quality. On the strength of the find
the company has let the contracts for
10 more dwelling houses at Aladdin.
The greater portion of the coal shipped
Is being used for locomotives and the
demand is much greater than the mine
can supply with the present force of
men. 1t is difficult to get men enough
to work the mine although the