The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-06-24
THE CATARACT MINING DISTRICT.
From Our Travsling Correspondent.

From Our TrdUeling Correspondent.
I sent in my Basia City communication
before bad thoroughly surveyed the Basin
camp, hence I could not give the Informal
ton which have CLEANED since writing, but
Will endeagor now to furnish your readers
with a few notes and items of interest regatd-
ing the mines and the future prospects of
that fousishing camp.
The Cataract Mining District, of which
Basin Cify is the business centre, is located
on. either side of the North Boulder river.
About four hnadred locations have been re-
coded siGce the first OF July, 1879. 1he fist
discoveries OF any noe were the Mantle
lode, in July of that year also the Boulder
lode Both of these mining claims have been
tolerably we'll developed considering their
| location, so far from any of the rich mines
| that are now prominent around Butte. Inc
| first lead of importance is the Mantle. Lit j.
| now being opened by tunnel which is run
| In on the lead 100 feet and shows body OF
ore abou. seven feet wide. Several veins OF
very high grade ore, sulphate OF iron and
lead, which carries gold and silver in Paying
aHantities, as-aying from $500 TO $1,000 per
ton, run through The vein mater l under
sand that an Eastern company ~ about to
take the property and erect suitable reduction
works, which will obviate shipment OF the
ore, besides being great help 20 the owners
pecuniariiy, for it is evident that the ores
can be handled more cheaply at home-eon-
sfderiug the expense of tIarsporeaticn--than
4 abroad This is or G; eatest drawback aud
Itbe most formidable obs. acie tna6 is yet 10 be
oye,come in the smaller camps, and hose
isolated IL out of the way places, i, TO have
suitable reduction woT.S,, and save what
might o.hei Wise DE LOST 10 1he owners. This
III, project that can be made practicable, and
should be Cor the beaeft of those mostdeepiy
interested in ouf miaes.
The Boulder nine has beeh stocked, am
informed, for one m'llion doIia.s. The stock
is owned principally by parties in Losau>,
pot, Indiana The work OF de elopmeno :
being prosecuted as rapidly a. possible, .oi
some forty men are employed at fbe mine
now, and more will be pat at work ar an
early date They have ten-stamp mill III
operaiioa and run continually on free mill
Jug god quaIrz, which is taken fiom thu
: mine Six shafts have already been sunk OIL
three diff tent veius on this properly. No.
shaft Is $50 feet deep and 10 feet OF iich ore Ii
i'm sight at the boaom. No. shaft Is 100 Fee
deep and 2-soot vein OF rich ore Is 10 bt
seen No. 3 shaft . 30 feet deep and pa fee
OF ore in sight. An open cut about 200 fee
long is also run in upon the lead at the Eas
|, end, where a large body of granite is nov
| being mined and milled. They are qui"
comfortably fi::ed up about this mine in th'
way of an a.,ractive and comfortable boa'd
, ing house, sleeping. ooms and other COVE
, niences which make mel happy. The OF
, now being worked on this lead assays $50 Il
a $50 per ton, gold
, The Katy lode is located about one-quarte
; OF a mile from Basin City, and across tn
riye.. A vein - feet wide, which carrie
gold and silver, both OF vety fine averag
gtade has been exposed b. a crosscut tun
mel cutting the vein 70 feet deep. This piec
of property is considered By all who nav
seen 1t 10 be vefy valuable, buG probabl
no moIe so than some Others which have no
/, been so fully developed ~ this seems to be
fo. the richness OF lead is demonstrated b
thorough development, and no other way.
), The Cavity lode is also situated across tn
/ river from Basin. An immense body of or
/: IN shown here in this vein by tunnel no'
e being run across it, the width of which il nc
$ yet definitely known. 1t assays well in silve
!, and contains quite aper cent in gold, whic
: makes II all the more valuable.
= The Custer lode is located on the south lid
i of the Boulder river, and several hundre
/ feet up the mountain side. A 3foot vein {
$ ore, assaying several hundred ounces per tor
; IL opened up in sight by shaft and tunne
y on the lead.
u Another located in July, 1880, by O'Doi
. | neil, wichin ou--lsalf s,ile of Basin, has
!. shaft 10 feeS deep, 2 feet OF ore, milling 5.
: per ton, gold.
g The Crock of Ages" located by Han
3 Ester, ct al, near the Mantle, has produce
h free milling ore which assays $50 per ton.
IS The Hopeful, one-half mile north
. Basin, shows a 3-foot vein Of free, millin
!. gold dartz.
The Uaioh lode, one-half mile from Basil
a has quite recently been leased and bonded
z parties from Butte City for $50 600.
+ There are many more leads that it is quit
+ unnecessary foe me to speak singly OF, f,
o they all compare favorably with those d
4 scribed above. These veins are all piomsin
q prospects, and If parties having capital wou
.r take hold OF and develope them, they won
d probably all prove good and valuable pro
% erty in the near future.
= The ride from Basin to Butte was deligh
( full, and attended with interesting scenes
= well as pleasure; for / am MOI acquaint.
a with any section of country where the trave
Is er's eye will meet with any more pleasir
$ objects OF the great works OF Nature than
Is the vicinity of Home Park. 1t inspires or
% with a feeling o. ave and reverence towar,
y the Creator. The day was bright and SUM
so that the suns bright RAYS cast reflections
: unequaled spendor and brightness. In Il
"a largest opening of the park, made by the a
a sence of timber In that locality, the mirage
IL noticeable, an effecs due to the reflection al
t; refraction CT the suns rays.
ii Katie Putnam, a favorite of the peop
~ J, living in the Silver City, has appeared to e
- cellent advantage this week, and won gold,
N opinions for the grace and vivacity of h
IN delineations. GEO. I'll. SCOTT.
I'D BUTTE, NJ. r., June Goth.
nc PROPHECY TO THE RESCUE.
ct The Irish Mother Symptoms Propi ecy.