The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-05

| east drift of that mine. The extent Of
| the disclosure was not made known to
the company's officers. The superin-
| tendent of the mine, who sent in the
letter, only mentioned it briefly, but
s s'. ne believed it was big thing;
that ne mad assayed the ore, giving re-
turns or 80 per cent lead and 20 ounces
silver. The ore also carries a good per
centage of iron, making it a splendid
smelling proposition.
The Spokesman-Revie says that
Clark & McHugh have commenced
work on the Midnight, starting ave
men TO work on tunnel about the
middle of the week. The estimate is
that the tunnel will cut the ore chute
in about 200 feet. This is the property
in which the Morning found ore a few
weeks ago while running its No. tun-
mel from the Morning to the You Like.
and the chute was followed far enough
to show that it is one of the star prop
critics of the Occur d'Alenes Probably
the Sixteen to One is the only claim
owned which can show larger body of
clean ore. Work will be pushed as rap
idly as possible. and the tunnel should
be finished in a year unless unusually
hard rock is encountered.
It is reported that the Tom Thumb
shows three feet of ore in the face of
the north drift at present, and in the
face of the south drift there is six feet.
This is on the $50 foot level. The ore
in the south drift is improving As
says are said to run we'll over 5000, the
exact figures not being given out. The
assays for the past three days have
been all high grade and indicate that
the Tom Thumb is developing into Il
mine as rapidly and as we'll in the
hands of the present company as it
would have done if it had been sold. 1t
is especially gratifying to the friends of
this camp to have rich telluride ore dis
covered in the Tom Thumb.
The Mary Mckinney mine of Cripple
Creek is said to be producing 1000 tons
a month of two-ounce ore and about 100
tons weekly of smelling grade. The
mine is capable. however, of producing
twice this amount. The shoot in the 800
foot level is one of the longest in the
camp. 1t has been proved UP for a dis
lance of 1,500 to 1000 feet Values the
entire distance have been pay, and
sometimes Of bonanza character. The
water which drowned out the pumps at
the 400-foot level in the main workings
of this great property has been gotten
we'll under control and to-day the sta
ton pump at the level was recovered.
The sinkers are raising about 700 gal
Ions a minute and it is evident by the
rapidity in which the water is recedng
that the basin is almost drained.
A special from Sheridan to the AL
der Guch Times says that it is re-
ported, on what we deem good au-
thority, that there was another big
strike of very rich rock at the Sun
beam mine. This mine is a second
Maytlower. 1t is said that every rich
mine has very interesting history.
From good authority we have it that
this great mine is no exception to this.
If we get the history of the early own
ers, and through which this mine has
passed, we will favor the readers of
course, that everything can be sub
stantiated.
Great is Leadvlle, says the Mining
Reporter. The production from her
properties is becoming enormous. and
the extent of her producing territory
widened. 1t is figured after careful
estimations that from 1000 to $500 tons
per day are being hoisted. This stands
a chance of being increased consider
ably. Firstly, it has not been many
weeks that the mines have been clear
of water. and even after the water
was lowered to the bottom levels, there
was a great deal of clearing out to be
done. Some of the mines are only
taking out what ore is necessarily eX-
tracted in development, others are
sinking shafts and blocking ore; cou-
pied with these conditions is the fact
that several prospects will soon be-
gin a regular production; so that with
AL this preparatory work 1t rlay be as
sumed that Leadville is not doing her
best yet by a great deal.