The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-10
PHILlrsBURa mIsEs AND MI
Sketch ~ the Camps Early Day
First Mining SNOmspany--PrOsP ed
Steady Bullion Yield.

iFrom Our Travelling Corresponds
Editor Butte MINER:
On February l5tl,, 1855, Hector S.
an old California and Nevada miner,
his tent and camp.d ON Camp cree
where tie Hope Company's mil now
in tie town Of PLiiipsburg. Mr.. Hon
come via Deer L. dee and y here New
now stands, aud lad followed JYp III
Greek valley prospecting fof tic aud
metal. On the follow Ing DAY ules"G
lode was striiek--the nrst $ iy.r lodI
in this d,stfiet-wlicl, has slice
many huldreis OF thousands uf I'D
silver bullion.
Leaving here TIN, following Juna, N
ton recorded lour leads at Silver lJM
returning To camp he taila.i he Btaws
Chas. Frost and several others had
here and taken up CLAIMS. In lS67
enterprise started, VIZ :-lHe 81 l.
Montana Mining and Milling ttmuIatj
called the Hope. PhnIp ljeuheshrI
forwards superintendent 1T the Con.
on the Coustock, was the first sup-rld
for this company. After linn the
P%hllipsbul2 was named. The 81. u
Hope Co, has been in successful Uu
ever since and now they are making
tons for working the one from thin
Cliff, and Lady by ron lndts. The Il
is adapted tor tree milling, while d
from the Cliff are not So Tree y+, a .
cent. ran be saved by the Washoe
tina, the company use.
The North-W est 10 stamp mill VA
in 1875 and began crushing oles nd
Spr. Killed. Trout lode that fall. Thu
mine, | am told, las produced over
Of dollars, yet the con,pany ceased os
some time ago heavily involved. III
is now worked ty Caplic. q Smith vi
success | am unable to say. was
this mine / o the 4OU-tuul level alas
siderable OIe in sight.
The Algonquin 2O-,tannp mill COM
operations tie first Of last t-oruay
been running very successfully -trd
with the exception Of Iwo si,er sd
occasl"L+d 10y the salt supply becolu ,
hAus,ed, moi becatisr the ore sllpply "a
Way limited because liIey always had
least have now, a trw thousand tons N
Ahou the peculiar formation III
these mines are situated 1 l-a,e I'd |,
scientific person 10 give hts "ll.iol. \
tne fn NATION Ut tins nIineia al secliuH
be a Yer! interesting study tor a scole
mineraluals'. h
l visited the Shark Town tunnel
paiy "nh Charles Murray, one OF ID
els. The Scratch Awl iuut, cut by
mel, is IA very hae looking v-in uc,rh b
several hundred ftel and carrying ID 9
foot t" fourteen I, ct oi ore, Iansiugb a
to lbs ~. PER ton. Lltigariul, the
many! similar mining is-s, has h
Itself felt here, and AS a CONS, q .euce
bodies Of ore exposed IN tile ocr~eA a
main untouched. About the ultrlel
the co%nlehuiig parties III this aiaa
nothing to say. III, III iaci, know uUl
Is 10 be- hoped, for the good OF tht
that wuIx viii " be resumed On
erty.
Mr. G. N. Freeman, All old prosRd
%resi"eht, has al lat, after years 4
aching toni, received ii smile trnm i'd y
tune by striking a good bouy "f III,
Portland lode lying a,n'ut lOO tee! 4
tile Sp-ckled Trout. Mr.. Freeman
10 foot shaft IN 1872 ~. d lean pat =
vein. recently he uncovered soiur 4
hear the shaft and will Al once runa p
tap his bonanza, when It is TO De I'D Y
will reap the rich reward that lie Las /.
by years vi patient industry.
The mining enterprises OF Pill
seem to be we'll and ably maliasrd, a
plenty OF ore, no doubt ia the fun
the past, We can refer with PRIDE Ioi y.
burg AS IA steady inunucrr Ut The Vol
esl ~mrta!-sllv-r.
PHILIPsnURa, Aug. 2, 80. !.