The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-17

runs better than 500 per ton in copper.
1t is reported that a contract will soon be
let to sink another 100 feet. The outlook
for this property is fattering. Work is
being pushed on the two levels.
1t is said that a new mining district
will soon be opened UP rivaling the now
famous Imnaha country. The new find
is only about So miles from Lewiston, on
the Washington side of Snake river, and
is only two miles from a good wagon
road. Cash Cole and several associates
are the locators. The ore from one of
these prospects assayed 50 per cent. cop
per, having a total valuation of S222.97
per ton. 1t also carried some gold and
silver. The width of the ledge is IS
inches This ore is considered by some
experts to be the best yet found in the
Snake river country.
News has been received at Greenwood,
b. c., of an enormous strike on the Mon
arch, in Phoenix. The strike consists of
a ledge from 800 to 400 feet wide and the
ore assays from $40 to $50 in gold and cop
per. The Monarch belongs to company
at the head of which is r. E. L. Brown
of Spokane. 1t is the intention of the
company to Immediately erect a large
bunk house, boarding house. ETC., and de-
vote every energy to developing this val
liable property. The Monarch joins the
War Eagle, fine property itself, on the
east and Is two miles from the new town
of Phoenix.
Two men have gone to work on the At
lantic, a contract for 100 feet of tunnel
having been let, with the privilege grant
ed the contractors of taking another 100
feet on the same terms When work was
suspended on this property last spring
the face of the tunnel showed lots of
mil showed
and lead in quantities which would al
most justify milling the ore.
There are sensational reports of rich
strikes in the Mammoth mine of Tintic.
Utah. One is that ore is being raised
from the 1890 level that will average $3.50
ron in gold. The other is that body
OF ore has been opened on the 400 level
that shows free gold in great abundance.
We are not told how much there Is of
either body.
Reports from Sprngdale, Wash, indi-
cate a lively and promising condition of
things in that camp. The Calumet Copper
company is taking out some good copper
ore, carrying gold; the Unexpected has
made a fine strike of gray copper, and
the Copper Giant has cut into nearly II
feet of good copper ore, also carrying
some gold. The Copper Tip also reports
a large vein OF good ore.
News has been received at Provo, Utah,
from the Gold HILL Stateline district, that
a four-foot vein of ore has been struck.
Samples Of ore sent up for assay go As
ounces of silver and "a in gold. Il. N.
Millet who is in charge Of the work at
the Gold Hill, expects to bring a ship
ment north with him in few days. The
mine is owned by Provo parties.
Good reports are coming in from Yam
kee hill, near Idaho Springs, Colo. The
Chesapeake people are letting contracts
for 500 feet of drifting on one Of the veins
cut by the tunnel. They are also work.
ing another ore body. and several leasers
are following the streaks of ore with
good results. 1t Is said that the company
will erect mill to treat some of the
lower-grade product now being mined.
The vertical shaft of the Cleopatra, Sill
Yer City, Utah, Is now down to 800 feet,
but the ledge was strongly manifest at
the 300 mark. then seemingly inclining
towards horizontal, but at the present
point it has evidently Strengthened very
materially, and is more perpendicular.
disclosing a. width from 10 to IS feet Tho
iron and quartz is much like what Mr..
Towle of the Park is hosting now. The
Cleopatra is all right. ..
There is also prospect Of the early re-
Phillips tunnel of the Mount Ebert COM
pany. in Twin Lakes district, Colorado.
The tunnel is in 4s5 feet, and in 5000 feet
it would give an ultimate depth on the
mountain of 1000 feet, cutting at least Is
known veins. The electric plant is to be
repaired at once, the driving of the tun-
mel to be done with electric drills. A
strong New York company is at the back
of this enterprise
A good strike has been made on the Ida
May. adjoining the Big Butch, on Copper
mountain. near Victor Colo, and owned
by the Estella company. AT a depth of 81
feet the entire bottom of the shaft is in
a fluorine stained quartz that assays from
$l4 to better than $780, An average on 10
assays taken from the entire bottom is
$27 per ton. A new plant of machinery
will be installed at once. Returns from
the last shipment sent out by the Creston
Leasing company were received to-day
Sixteen tons of second grade went 1898
| ounces and 60 tons of third grade SIS
ounces.
| The Rossland B. c.. Miner reports
| many strikes in the Boundary country,
| particularly in the Mother Lode group
and Winnipeg mines. Among others, spe-