The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-29
CABLE MOUNTAIN.
A Mineral District which IL Rap
idly Coming to the Front.
The Richest Gold Producing Mine
In America.

In America.
The Cable mine is probably the
richest gold producing mine In
America. The property is very close
ly held and the actual output cannot
be definitely stated, but it is esti.
mated that not less than $i0 1000, OOC
has been taken out during the past
four years. The mine is thoroughly
developed, and at a depth of 40 feet
shows a ledge 80 feet wide, which has
been uncovered to the 4OO-foot level
and from which pieces of quartz are
taken carrying so large a percentage
of free gold as to make them practic-
ally nuggets of metal. Last summer
two tons of white quartz from this
ledge yielded $50, 900 in gold and it is
not uncommon for a single blast to
knock down from $1,000 to $4,000
worth of these nuggets. The mine is
provided with a 2O-stamp mill and
employs so men in the mine aud mill.
The Cable mine, is situated on Ca
BILE mountain, commonly called Iron
Hill, which is almost a solid mass of
mineral. Other properties contiguous
to the Cable, are considered as valua-
BILE, though they have not yet been
sufficiently developed to fully demon
slrate the value and extent of the
lodges. Among them is the
PYRENEEs,
which is also a gold property, and is
operated successfully by Salton Cam
eron, who formerly owned the Cable
mine. The Pyrenees is situated 24O
rods west from the Cable line, and is
developed by four tunnels which tap
the ledge at a horizontal depth of 20,
so, 100 and $50 feet respectively, and
a drift which has been driven
on the ledge a distance of
800 feet east and west. The ledge is
q true fissure vein from 6 to II feet
wide, with well defined foot and
hanging walls, and carries a streak of
decomposed, i%rcn-stained quartz
varying from /! to 10 feet in width
and carrying from $l2 to $25 in gold
per ton. A five stamp mill is operated
on the property with very satisfac-
tory results.
THE SOUTHERN CROSS
group of mines lie northwest of the
Gable property, and are sepa-
rated from it by the Royal
Charter and Whitlatch fraction
The group embraces the
Sonora, Southern Cross, Pleiades,
and Monitor lode claims, in all of
sufficient development has
been made to demonstrate the con-
of the great Cable ledge
through these properties. In the
Sonora q shaft has been sunk 100
feet deep, and levels have been run
At a depth of 40, IS and 100 feet. A
ledge fourteen feet wide, and having
The same trend, dip and general
characteristics of the Cable ledge.
mas been uncovered. In the ;SollA-
srn Cross, which joins the Sonora OIL
he northwest, prospecting and *
oloration work has been done by u
shaft 10 feet in depth and open
cuts across the claim, which
,how the same true fissure
vein, with the lime dyke and granite
walls which are characteristic of the
Cable mine, and which here widens
o q great assure two hundred feet
vide at the grass roots, and carrying
;hree streaks of ore which assays
rom S. to $25, the streaks being 8, 80.
md 81 it. wide respectively. The we'll
know old-time miner, James Whit
atch, has purchased a half-interest in
his valuable property, the other half
,eing owned by Salton Cameron.
It is understood that a twenty |
lamp mill will be erected on the
property next spring, when it is ex-
'ected the Cable camp will make
apid strides toward the front rank
,mong Montana's bonanza camps.