, 1908-04-28
STRONG TO
HAVE PLANT
BOSTON PAPER WRITES ENTER
TAINlNGLY OF LEADING COP.
PER NINE IN COUNTY.
Says That Plans for Fifty-Ton concen-
traitor Have Been Submitted and
That Mill Should Be in Operation
BY Late Summer or FalI-A Prom.
ising Copper Proposition.

One of the richest copper mines IL
the southern part of Wyoming is tn,
Strong, says the Boston (Mass.) TRAY
eler of the 18th. 1t is situated in AL
bany county, about sixteen mile,
northeast of Laramie, and near tn.
line of the Colorado and Southern rail
road. The property consists of six
teen claims, comprising go acres o
rich mineral lands, lying in one com
pact block.
The company is Incorporated undel
the laws OF Wyoming, and is capital
lied at 81, 900, 900; par value 81. o
this 100000 shares were paid for the
purchase Of the property and zoe, O0(
shares yet remain in the treasury.
officers Of Company.
The officers of the company are n
E. Corthell, president, Laramie, Wyo.i
e. p. Baker, vice president, Leslie
Wyo., and l. r. Swigart, secretary
treasurer and general manager, Leslie
Wyo., all well known throughout the
state. The financial agent is A. A
Colder of Boston, Mass
Four years ago the development Of
the Strong was begun in earnest Al
that time it was simply a prospect
with indications of good ore bodies
today it is a proved mine. A great
amount of development work has beer
done, disclosing large deposits of good
working ore. The shaft has been SUM
$50 feet, nearly all of it through COPPER
ore of varying quality. From this
shaft Levels have been run at 100 feet
$50 feet, $50 feet and 800 feet depths
and veins were cut on every level. On
the 100-foot level a vein was found
seven feet wide, carrying good values
of copper, gold and silver.
Rich Veins Found.
At a depth of $50 feet this same
vein was again cut, and here it was a
little wider than on the level above.
At $50 feet depth this same vein was
about twelve feet wide. 1t was on this
level that the greatest strike was
made, for at a distance of 1855 feet
south of the shaft a cross vein vas en-.
countered-a vein of good milling ore
ffty-nine feet wide. The lowest level,
$50 feet deep, also shows good values,
one vein having been followed for
about sixty-ive feet. The copper of
this level is of about the same quality
as that on the level above, but the
gold and silver values are much
greater.
Different Kinds of ore.
Simply the special veins of ore en-
countered on the different levels have
been spoken of, but it is a fact that
throughout nearly the entire mine may
be found ore of different degrees of
richness, but nearly all of which can
be mined and milled at a good profit.
The ore of the Strong are OK
ides, carbonates and sulphides, suit
able for concentration and smelling.
About 10000 tons are in sight; of this,
500 tons are on the dump, and the rest
ready for extraction at any time. The,
highest assay ever made, showed 73
per cent of copper for a selected sam
pie, but the whole will average 6 per
cent copper, with S. in gold and sill,
yer values to the ton. A fine collection
of specimens of all grades of ore taken
from all over the mine, may be seen at
the eastern office Of the company, at
GO State street, Boston.
Shaft House Burned.
In July, 1907, the shaft house was
burned to the ground. The company,
however, Immediately rebuilt, taking
advantage of the opportunity to en-
large the shaft house and to install Il
larger boiler and newer machinery,
completing what is now, according to
the best authorities, the best equipped
surface plant in the state.
The mine has been proved as good
as the best, and with a concentrating
plant, will yield large dividends. Plans
for the mill have been submitted by
the Denver engineering firm of Hen
drie & Blothoff, and arrangements for
its installation have been completed.
AS 500 as the season permits the
plant will be started and should be IN
operation by the late summer or early
fall. The concentration will be started
with a capacity of fifty tons a day.
which will be later increased to 100
Will Secure Water Rights.
For the water supply for the opera
ton Of the mill, water rights will be
secured OF Horse creek, which runs
through the property, and which will
provide water enough for ever a larg-
err mill. With this concentration in
stalled the future of the mine is as
sured, for a. Don as the mill is run
ming, the work will be pushed with
%redoubled vigor. and there is no doubt
but that the Strong will become one
of the big paying mines Of the coun-
try.
To quote from the last annual ofic.
ial report of Prof. H. G. Beeler, Wyo.
ming state inspector of mines: "As
the ucces of the past year has dem.
onstrated, there is every assurance
that the Strong mine will become a
great producer"