Weekly journal-miner., 1909-05-12

or whether they followed any leads This indiscriminate work has now ceased and thorough mining methods are applies.
 Interest in Mitchell Strike Grows.
 The main excitement in the district continues to center around the Mitchell strike or the Anaeonda claims. The owners of these claims have now or ganized a stock company and have called it the Anaeonda Mining & Mill ing company, capitalized at s50o,0Oo.
 The showings on the Anaeonda are the best in the district and will uu- doubtedly prove to be the bonanza of the camp for the reason that while the ore now in sight is not so full of gold as the glory hole during its famous days, yet there are great Hedges of it and the formation has every indication of permaneney. What at first ap- peared to be a small stringer of iron stained quartz has now widened out into a very large ledge of fine mineral bearing quartz. Intelligent prospect ing on this property has brought out great results and at present it appears that the claims are cut lengthwise by three well defined dikes of basalt. These dikes have a northwest and southeast strike or trend and they are cut by diorite dike running at right angles. These three basalt dikes are from forty to one hundred feet apart and it looks as if the entire space be- tween the basalt dikes is solid quartz. This quartz is an iron quartz or Cs some call it a hematite quartz, carry ing good values in copper, although there is more galena in the quartz than copper. Every assay shows good val ues in silver, although the predominant values are gold. The vein matter is certainly beautiful and the deeper the work the better is the ore and the more regular is the trend of ore. Sev- eral of the eroppings of basalt have been tested and they are all well min eralized with iron and gold. Assays are being made of the basalt and If these basalt dykes carry good values the Anaeonda mine will be one of the world beaters.
 The Anaconda is beginning to do large amount of development work. Two shafts will be sunk to a depth of one hundred feet, following the ore in to the contact with the basalt and then down on the contact.
 Also the basalt will be erosscut as well as drifts and crosseuts will be made in the quartz. This property has one great advantage in that the claims were originally located by MT. Mitch ell, who sold out two-thirds of his in- terest to W. H. Slaughter of Glendale and T. T. Hemperly of Topeka, Kan sas. J. D. Mitchell is a thorough min ing man and understands his business thoroughly and his partners are amply able to carry out the work of develop ment, and they have told Mitchell to develop the property at any cost and to do it in the proper manner.
 Other Properties.
 The Anaeonda is not the only prop srty in the immediate district. There are several others, everyone of which is showing up well and will no doubt develop into great mines. Every pan ming taken from the ore shows long strings of gold, also good values of copper, silver and lead. In fact, the low rolling hills in and about the An leonda, which is about three-quarters of a mile from the town of Winehes- ter have every indication of a rich territory and has been pronounced by every experienced mining man who nas seen it as being the best showing for big gold mines that can be found n the Colorado country.
 Adjoining the Anaconda on the east s the Billikins property, consisting of two claims. and east of these claims Ire the Wall Street claims, which show rich values. Then there is the Gold