Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-04-27

interior Of the mine, but, Judging, from VIII
we saw on top, it is indeed good. "A por
tion of the force were, as we stated. timber
inc a shaft, another portion buildln@'aWhm
while the remainder busted themselves ii
the ore house, preparie s and sorting ore 1ol
shipment. They have about n hundred
and twenty tons sacked ready for shipment
which is worth from $3.50 to $500 dollars
Der ton. They have also, about fifteen hun
dred tons of ~second-class ore on the dump
worth from $40 to 500 per ton. Hon. |. |
Lewis, the gentlemanly superintendent
showed us about the premises, showed Us
samples of different grades of ore He also
invited us to his Office, where he has all the
necessary fixtures and apparatus for asasy,
ING the rock, thus enabling him to pursue
his work intelligently. 1f.ft 7" 7-'- T5l#
We dined with Mr.. Russell, Superintendent
of the Commet, who introduced us to this
promising mine. 'Ifle main shaft is down
~sixty-five feet. The first level is run at 8
depth of thirty feet, and is over one hundred
feet in length. The second level, at the bot
NlOlll vi tIlS SIldlt. Is ONtI t"o ntilIltlCd ICCl
in length. The lode is eleven feet in width
hence it requires no. mathematician TO esti-
mate the amount Of mineral i'll sight, and
its value. as Nj. r. assures us that it will
average $500 per ton throughout the mine,
We explored the first level, where two min
ers were at work. sending out twenty tons
of ore per day. 1t was full eleven feet be
tween the walls-all valuable ore. Holding
our pale taper above our head, and gazing
upward into the dimly lighted APARTMENT.
the high walls and arched ceiling, twenty
feet above our head, fairly glistened with
galena. In all our peregrinatlons, we have
never seen anything to equal it. Yet we
believe it to be but one of the many rich
deposits Of Montana. This company have
about nine hundred,o Or one thousand tons of
ore on the dump, which On an average, is
Worth $500 per ton. They have forty tons
sacked and one hundred tons ready for sack
ing, which is worth from 800 to $3.50 Der
tor. Ihere.ar more and larger Jumps of
mineral at this mine than we ever saw be-
tore. Mr.. r. informed us that he was only
working three men besides himself, but in
tended putting. on a good force as soon as
accommodations can be had. A hotel for
their accommodation IS to be erected st once.
There is at present, n boarding house, bat
it is full.
There are many other valuable mines in
this district, but we had not time to visit
them. Prominent among these are lodes
owned by Housen Cooper, of Meagher
county, and E. P. Mason. formerly a resi-
dent of our county.
Toward evening we returned to the valley,
and stayed over night with Mr.. Mason.
saturday we crossed over to jefferson City.
Ihls place has improved rapidly in the last
years. The town containsseveral storest
SALOONS, blacksmith shops, two hotels, a bar
Der shop and q largequatz mill nearly ON
pleted, situated Ia its suburbs, and a smelter
onnly g few miles ZIP the creek. We remain
edt here only Long enough to shake hands
a lew friends, then continued on our
Way..ts4t .Noaf Ia, .n.s
We found the Warm Spring. hotel. vacant.
a allq' Clancy quite dull. Here we took din,
l. ana n made q q short call at the amateur
- office Of Master George Lewis.
we found the proprietor at home, and were
slloWh some samples Of his work that COM
1avoiably. with that turned out from
50 eS Of our tfirrst-class printing Offices. We
axe AIS pleasure in calling the attention of the
people Of Jefferson county to his claims up-
their patronage.
.ionl sialcy we continued on down the
) r1eAly fear' passing where Montana City
nee sftooed, but paused not until. we came to