The daily miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1879-1885, 1882-01-01

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In explanation of my assertion that
Philipsburg IL the least productive of
any OF 4he old, important, silver min
Ing camps of this Territory. may say
That the companies operating here
have tended largely to that undesirable
end. Dlvested of all unnecessary verbi-
iage, their officers, without an exception,
until recently, were totally unfit
by education and experience to handle
the important trusts cOntided to them.
Digniffed, aristocratic experts, familiar
judges of good whisky, ambitious to ex-
eel In lying and deceit, were the materi-
al selected by eastern and southern cap
ital to place their money ailvantageOusIy
and profitably. I do not infer from the
above that a good miner and mill man
should not occasionally drink, play faro
b. nix, and lie little. The best of them
do, but the man who makes such vicious
pursuits business should not have the
confidence, much less the capital, of
careful business men to bolster him up.
l do not care to tax e personal issue with
anyone connected officially with the
past Of this camp. Should they seek it,
howe yer, am ready for the controver-
~, with proof to sustain me, d" stronger
than Holy Writ"
THE GRANITE.
For Is years the existence of large fis-
sure veins In the Granite near the contact
(undoubted extensions of lodes in lime)
were known to all miners and prospect
o In the district. No locations were
made, assays of top rock not justifying
reduction by the costly processes in use
here. Rock assaying from q ounces to
60 ounces could not be milled to profit.
and SO the prospectors worked in line
where If discovery was made 1t would
In all probability pay. A few years ago
Holland 4 Estiil, two fortunate miners.
located and partially developed the
Granite Mountain mine. So tlattering
were the indications that in the spring
of 1881 the attention of Chas. Clark,
then superintendent of Hope Mining
Company, was attracted to the mine.
He bonded the property for SAC, 900, pay
ing for the same upon its expiration.
This magnificent mine il opened from
three tunnel levels, the header Of each
standing in from 4 to 10 feet of ore. The
rock pays throughout and immense re-
serves of ore lie in sight, sufficient in
the estimation of competent miners to
keep 40 stamps ut work for 2 years
or more. A company is incorporated to
work this mine and In the spring q
large mill will be constructed to crush
Its ores. This purchase and sale gave
which resulted in many new and Inn
pOrtant discoveries. Winter coming ON
rapidly, but little except surface work
was done by locators. Altogether about
Is locations were made and recorded,
All Of the ores carry percentage Of
gold. Among the principal mines may
be mentioned the Young America, Jas.
Garfield, Lady Elgin, Virginia,
Stohewall and Animy. Others as
deserving escape my memory, but
make the assertion without a
fear of contradiction, that no sec-
ton of the Territory presents moro en-
ticing field for the capitalist than Ia to
be found here. The day is near at hand
when this old camp will awake from its
lethargy and take Its place In the front
rank ot silver producing districts in the
great North West. Themineral portion
of the district is very hilly and rugged.
Immense forests of pine and fir are tn
be found everywhere affording All
abundance If not an inexhaustible sup
ply Of fuel for the mills and smelters Of
the future. Limestone, red hematites;
iron ores and manganese are ready at
hand. Water, pure and plenty, flows
down every canyon and cooley, and thus
every constituent necessary In the re-
ductlon of base ores IL available. Let
those who are yet in doubt come and
see for themselves and take the word Of
none. This district has the advantage
Of pleasant climate and lies cOnven-
lent to good agricultural land much Of
which Is yet open to settlement. The