Mining News Department Sets Standards for Northwest Properties
The Anaconda Standard outlines weekly mining pages focused on the Montana field with broader Northwest coverage. It stresses accuracy and trustworthy reporting on properties resources production and conditions and invites communications for legitimate mining news while rejecting advertising or exaggerated booms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Montana
Northwest
Anaconda Standard
Mining Department
Anaconda
Montana 1899 metal production estimates
Figures from Hon. B. Braden, assayer in charge at Helena, show 1899 metal production with silver valued at coinage, gold at $20.67 per ounce, and copper and lead at New York averages. Braden will revise with fuller returns as they become available.
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B. Braden
United States
Helena
Fuller
Braden
Standard
New York
Price of Silver Since 1833 Across London Markets
The article traces silver prices from 1833 to the late 19th century, noting London per ounce figures from 1833 to 1869, a drop after 1873 as mint coinage limits contracted supply, and subsequent rebounds tied to mint activity. It argues that silver values track coinage and policy, not mere overproduction.
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London
East India
France
Congress
Senate
Fifty-first Congress
China
Japan
Copper quotas spark debate over the Standard change
The Engineering and Mining Journal favors making electrolytic copper the standard, while lake copper producers protest. Proponents cite supply and market share, while opponents argue price does not equal quality, noting lake copper’s sentimental appeal and limited role in world supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engineering and Mining Journal
James R. Cooper
Quincy
Calumet & Heela
Copper qualities and market view on electrolytic copper
The article argues electrolytic copper is the standard due to its dominance in world copper trade. It notes many copper experts believe electrolytic copper surpasses lake copper in quality and will command higher prices soon.
Cripple Creek Ore Output Surges in March 1900
A Cripple Creek special to the Rocky Mountain News reports March 1900 ore shipments totaling 2 225 628 with a value 781 128 higher than March last year. Annual projection nears 27 000 000 though mint tallies for 1899 show 15 707 272, a puzzling discrepancy prompting Colorado papers to seek explanation.
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Cripple Creek
Rocky Mountain News
Colorado Papers
Mint
Colorado
Crediting Reprints and Editorial Credit Norms
The Standard discusses when to give credit for reprinted material from exchanges. It urges proper acknowledgment for substantial or editorial content and cautions against blind credit to the origin paper. It notes issues where repeated reprinting omits proper source attribution.
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Standard
Rossland Mines Idle Amid Poor Ours and Promises
The Rossland district in British Columbia reports three major mines nearly idle with no ore shipped in the week ending April 1. Surface improvements lack significance as the district faces a black eye, though ore is generally low grade but potentially abundant and profitable. mines like Douglas Hunter Jumbo and Velvet show favorable reports.
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Rossland
British Columbia
Smerters
Evening Star
Douglas Hunter
Miners Return to Work in Nelson District
The Nelson Miner reports that the miners and mine owners have settled trouble and work has resumed. Men are hired as conditions allow with pay near Slocan rates of $3.25 daily for drillers and $2.50 to $3 for muckers. Leader Mr. Wilks predicts no further trouble.
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Nelson
Wilks
Coal output parallels Britain in revised U S figures
Revised coal production figures show Great Britain at 220,085,303 long tons and the United States very nearly matching, indicating similar production scales. The data suggests both nations are near the same level in total coal output as reported.
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Great Britain
United States
World coal production estimates revised by journal
The Engineering and Mining Journal reports American coal output at 244,581,275 short tons and 218,376,188 long tons. Final returns may push totals of both countries to near equality as figures rise slightly from early estimates.
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Engineering and Mining Journal
Crescent Gold Mining pushes development in Rock Creek district
The Crescent Gold Mining company near Philipsburg, 25 miles away, drives a tunnel toward a four foot ore body valued at $40 per ton. Backed by Michigan capitalists, it plans a cyanide plant and large scale operations with 25,000 spent on a water ditch for placer mining.
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Philipsburg
Crescent Gold Mining Company
Rock Creek
Crescent Company
Michigan
St. Louis
Crescent
Granite County
Alice group bonded in $75000 deal near Wallace Idaho
Walter McKay and Richard Wilson, owners of the Mammoth mine, bonded a one quarter interest in the Alice group for 75000 dollars with 5 percent cash down and balance in 2 to 18 month payments. The strike lies two months old with surface shows ahead of any in Coeur d Alenes except Bunker Hill. The property sits between Wallace and Mullan near the Northern Pacific line with wagon road access.
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Standard
Wallace
Idaho
Walter McKay
Richard Wilson
Mammoth
Alice Group
Fred M. Russell
A. G. Kerns
Messrs. McKay and Wison
Coeur d'Alenes
Bunker Hill
Mullan
Missoula
Discovery
Denver Visitors Observe Anaconda Trial Figures
Denver lawyers and mining experts H. H. Lee D. W. Brunton and FE. E. Chase visited Anaconda for the trial in progress. Lee represents the Colusa Parrot Anaconda case, Brunton led geological work, and Chase provided testimony noted for clarity. The party praised Anaconda and the Standard office before returning to Butte to await trial end.
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H. H. Lee
D. W. Brunton
FE. E. Chase
Denver
Anaconda
Mr. Lee
Brunton
Chase
Break in Bore Halts 200 m Deep Hole Near Ostronpa
In Upper Bilesia Zoellner & Co halted drilling when a hardened bit end broke off 200 meters down. After failed extractions engineers, including Degenthardt of Gleiwitg, used a magnetized soft steel bar with rubber tips and a 3 ampere current to retrieve the piece, allowing boring to resume on the first day of the test.
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Ostronpa
Bilesia
Zoellner & Co
London Colliery Guardian
Degenthardt
Gleiwitg
Lake Copper Land Bought At Receiver Sale
Nine hundred acres of mineral land in Lake Copper adjoining the Norwich mine, part of Milton Mining Company holdings whose charter lapsed, were bid in at a receiver's sale by Byron N. White of Spokane. The tract lies in the Ontonagon copper range and has seen limited mining tests. White becomes the first western mining man to gain a financial stake in Lake Superior mining bonus.
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Lake Copper
Branchard
Houghton
Mich
Milton Mining Company
Byron N. White
Spokane
Wash
Norwich
Ontonagon
White
Lake Superior
New Superintendent Shows Off Anaconda Refinery
The Mr. Cairne era at the Anaconda refinery opens with a guided tour for H. H. Lee D. W. Brun ton and FE Chase. Cairns, now two months in charge, demonstrates engine rooms with 1 000 hp Harris Corliss and Westinghouse units, 300 000 in machinery value, and a vast electrolytic refining process producing high purity copper from annode plates and cathodes.
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Anaconda
The
Standard
Messrs
H. H. Lee
D. W. Brunton
FE. FE. Chase
Denver
F. J. Cairns
Cairns
Montana
Harris Corliss
Westinghouse
Progress in Food Processing Plant Expands Capacity
The site reports ongoing operations with crews running at full tilt and averaging over 50 tons of calories processed daily. Two additional units are under construction, with one already well advanced in erection.
Rich strikes reported at Ortiz and other mining districts
Reports from New Mexico and neighboring mining regions describe rich ore at the Ortiz mine near Dolores with a four foot vein valued at 250 to 300 per ton. Other notes include Mercur, Cerillos, Georgetown Colorado, Reno, and Cripple Creek strikes with multi-pound silver and high gold values, plus new district ownership and mill plans.
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Ortiz Mine
Dolores
N. M
Ortiz Grant
Alesandro Mining Company
Virginia
Anderson
New Mexico
Pinos Altos
Silver Cell
Georgetown
Colo
Kennedy
Cripple Creek
Porter and Associates
Creston
Iow
Amalgamated Company Takes Full Control In Election
Butte and Boston election results confirm Amalgamated Company in full control. Offices shift to New York while the general situation remains unchanged.
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Amalgamated Company
New York
Market glance at copper stocks and Butte & Boston control
Copper stocks show little change with minor upward and downward moves. A Boston Herald note reports Butte and Boston directors elected in New York, forming a board with Daly Lewissohn Rockefeller Riley Phillips and Burrage Rogers. Rogers named president and Rockefeller treasurer as Butte & Boston moves under Amalgamated control.
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The
Boston Herald of the
Butte & Boston
New York
Marcus Daly
Adolph Lewissohn
William G. Rockefeller
William J. Riley
James P. Phillips, Jr
A. C. Burrage
H. H. Rogers
Henry H. Rogers
F. P. Addicks
Addicks
Amalgamated Company
Amalgamated
Iron Nickel Alloys and Steel Hardening Insights
The article notes nickel added to iron or steel acts like annealing, increasing cohesion by better filling intercrystalline spaces. It mentions Chernoff’s view on steel crystallites and carbide bonding. It describes the Demenge process of carburizing ingots during casting and notes case hardening results forgings. Swedish iron tests show steel with under 0.4 percent carbon can be welded and hammered down to 0 degrees.
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Chernoff
France
Extracting Quicksilver by Electrolytic Process
An ingenious method to extract quicksilver from cinnabar uses crushing the ore, hot sodium sulfide caustic solution, and iron cathodes with sheet steel anodes. Mercury separates in the top cell and alloys with copper silver zinc cadmium nickel iron in the lower chamber, with silver displaced by copper to recover the metal. The process employs 0.5 to 0.8 A per dm2 and about 2 V, allowing reuse of the electrolyte after adding sulfur.
Rich copper and silver deposits reported in Ecuador
Consul General de Lion in Guayaquil notes recent specimen submissions show rich copper and silver ore. Mines located about 350 miles inland in Ahuay province at 5000 feet elevation appear promising with extensive deposits. European metallurgist overseen property. Pe copper mines cited as paying handsomely.
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Ecuador
de Lion
Guayaquil
Ahuay
United States
Republic
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Mining and Metallurgical Journal
Rock Creek District
ALICE
Mr. Cairne
Salt Lake
Mercur
Cerillos
Ortiz
White Pine News of
Nevada
Glasgow and Western Exploration Company
J. Gooding
Charles Stoddard
Joe Miller
W. Bony
Truckee
Stoddard
Reno
Gazette
Drylake
Spokesman-Review
Golden Eagle
Brown's Camp
North Fork
Kettle River
J. H. Fox
Laskey
Junction City
Royal Victoria Gold Mining Company
Grand Forks
Rossland, RB. C
Sheep Creek
Red Mountain Railway
Denver Republican
Idaho Springs
Clear Creek
Stanley Company
Herald-Democrat
Breece Hill
Leadville
Ballard
Butte
Boston
Beraness
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