The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-31
FROM LEVEL AND STOPE
Reports of Underground Con-
ditions in Many Mines.
COAL NEAR PARK CITY
Strikes OF Copper and Gold on Dolores
River-Good Reports From the Sun
shine at Decentralization
in Penrose.


in Penrose.
A good strike Of high grade sylvan
lite ore is reported in the Emancipa-
tion mine at Sunshine, Boulder coun-
ty, Colo. The find was made in the
500-foot west level, IS feet south of
the shaft.
The Mercur Mercury says that the
recent strike in the Northern Light
Extension is developing very satisfac-
| torily to the management and the
| permanency of the ore body is fully
determined. Although the values en-
| countered are in virgin ground, the
strike of the ore runs parallel with the
large deposit that made the old Ten
| derfoot famous in the early days.
A great strike has been made in
the main shaft of the Mother Lode,
in Deadwood camp. At a depth Of 262
feet three feet of solid chalcopyrite ore
averaging 20 per cent. in copper has
| been encountered.
A great strike Is reported in the
| Gold Fill mine at Stateline, Utah. 1t
| is of wire silver and said to be the
richest ever found in the district.
The Rocky Mountain News reports
an immensely rich strike in the Pen
rose at Leadville. 1t states that from
$4,000, 900 to $5,OOO,OOO worth Of ore Is
| blocked out, the ore averaging $40 to
| the ton.
A very rich strike is reported in the
Republic mine at Republic, Wash. The
assays are said to run from S62 up, the
average being about 500. The tun-
| mel is now in a distance of 2,210 feet
very fine ore body is reported in
the Damon mine. at Cripple Crook
| 1t extends from the second level to the
third, is 10 feet wide and Is said to
run $50 to the ton without sorting.
Considerable quantities are being ship
ped and the opinion is freely express
ed that the Damon will turn out one
of the great mines of the district.
A valuable find of coal is reported
from Park City, Utah. The discovery
was made about IL miles from that
place in an old Gilsonite claim. The
coal was struck in a tunnel and the
vein is said to be three and a half
feet wide on top, four and half at
the bottom and two feet thick.
Reports received from the Boss
Tweed mine at Tintic show a very
favorable condition of affairs. Some
nice copper ore has been encountered
in the shaft, from which assays of 35
per cent. in that metal have been OBJ
tanned. W. J. Lawrence will leave for
Tintic this morning to make an in
spection of the mine, and will also
i 1a,, 70 in
terests of the Star Consolidated, which
is said to be developing some inter-
estng ore bodies.
The Rocky Mountain News says that
big strikes in copper and gold ores are
being made on the Dolores river about
20 miles east of Cisco station on the
Rio Grande Western railroad. A gold
and copper vein known as the Iowa
is about eight to 16 feet in width in a
granite formation and can be traced
for five or six miles in length. There
have been several promising locations
made on this vein, among which are
the Orient mine, owned by S. B. Lock.
heart. 1t is u feet in width. Assays
give a large per cent in copper, severa
dollars in gold and few ounces il
silver.
The Evening Telegraph of Colorado
on the Tornado property. at Cripple
Creek, is coming to the front rapidly
as a producer The lease is worked
through the Fll1ton shaft and is pro
ducing now at the rate of SO tons o
$125 ore a week. In addition, the les
sees are saving lot of high-srad
ore, most of which is said to average
81 pound. 1t is very rich stuff, and {
shipment will be made in a short time
1t is reported that an importan
strike in the Sunshine mine, at Bling
: ham. Utah, for which Colonel William
Hatfield and associates agreed to pa,
5 $45, 900 a short time ago, and of which
sum $4,000 has been paid. Ore was en-
countered in a tunnel, which was il
a distance of rs feet. The ore is silve
and lead and assays 67.6 per cent. leat
and So ounces silver, with a small
amount of gold. This ore is in veir
that is eight feet between walls.
The Weston copper mines at Lon'
mountain, Nevada, are showing flint
bodies of ore, and Mr. Weston now ha
a force getting out ore for shipmen
} to the smelters. The property is il
most excellent shape for stopping, anI
the ore is of increased richness. Sew
eral carloads will be shipped as sool
as teams can be secured to do the haul
ing.
In the Teller mine, at Clear creek
Colorado, George I. Williams and Sol
! have sunk 100 feet from surface AM
have started two sets of levels. Al
the workings show a continuous bod,
of ore-lead and Iron-and running
well in lead. gold and silver Beside
} the smelling streak of solid lead or
which shows in the mine in places
there is from a foot to three feet o
stuff that will go three into one, tn
concentrates running over $40. TIL
mine needs shaft house and the coll
weather may stop work.
The Salt Lake Herald reports tina
J samples of ore from the vein now be
ing opened in the Dolphan Minin
trict, which William Reich, one Of tn
principal owners, had assayed yester
J | day, gave very flattering returns. Th