The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-02
ELK PARK.
Encouraging Mining Prospects.
The summit Queen Mining Com
pany, Major Budd, and
Other Valuable
Properties.
Correspondence Of the Miner.

]AA1eA AAouy O0yS VI uEcuIy WAutc
I discover, upon Investigation, tina
r the present mining interests of Ell
!, Park possess q far brighter outlook
, than at any time In the past.
j. There are in Elk Park, and its sur
rounding territory. very many own
ers who deserve great credit and the
highest praise for their indefatiea-
BILE exertions in opening and thor
oughly prospecting very many
claims. I have been extremely care
full in gathering this. my first spring
report, to not accept OF hearsay ru-
nurs, but rather to individually ex.
anime every mine and its workings,
so that contradictory evidence should
be forever ruled out
Those directly interested in mining
property adjacent to the bonanzas OF
Butte opine far greater things than
present developments justify and yet
not without the range of possibility.
You will accord to these gentlemen
their privilege Of belief in certain
ranges Of mines, direction of leads
and general comparative bearings as
concerns their own "trends,' and
those Of properties already well es-
tablished as paying In rich ores.
The Summit Queen, Blind Treas
ure, Powhatan and Grand Prize
forms group just south Of the Helena
stage road which enters Elk Park at
the divide orsummit of Park Canyon.
This group is owned entirely by the
s.. @. M. Co., composed of Thomas
Tredrea, Richard Down and 0.
Humphreys. The contract for all
work in DEVELOPMENT has been let
and is being prosecuted by w. J.
Simon. The shaft on the Blind
Treasure Is but Is #. deep but is sunk
on a ~ foot ledge of ore which will
give an average assay of 80 OF. silver.
The shafts on the others are similar
in depth and but mere prospect holes.
They are, however,on the veins. The
Grand Prize has been opened on
top from wall to wall and opened to
view q forty foot vein. Nj. Simon
has started q tunnel from the north
side OF the mountain and has already
pushed 1t to q depth of 275
feet. The company Is pro-
crossing rapidly and expect to
strike the main lead of the Blind
Treasure and Grand Prize at a depth
from the surface of 175 feet, after
running the tunnel $50 feet further.
This work is being pushed very
rapidly. In a very few days another
force of men will be set to work rum
ming a tunnel from the west side.
Its length will be 1900 feet and will
strike the main body Of ore in the
Summit Queen at a depth of $50 feet,
from whence %cross-cuts and drifting
will be done. The company possesses
the means to accomplish the work
laid out and are expanding it
judiciously. The entire group lay |
parallel to the
MAJOR BUDD NINE"
property we'll and favorably
known. Major D. D. Budd, the
principal owner, and Mr.. John
Kelsle, have been pushing on this
claim for three years.
The old tunnel is in a distance of
1886 feet where it strikes the ore body
at a depth of It's feet. Its ore assays
from the Wine, % ounces Of silver.
The new tunnel beginning on the
extension of the Major Budd is now
in about 800 feet and the double
shifts are working on the lead, drift.
ing. So far the tunnel is 9 feet wide
and the foot wall shows several
inches of rich tale. The depth from
surface at which the tunnel will
reach on the lead will be $50 feet.
The ore now being extracted aver
ages q ounces silver and carries con.
siderable lead. A shaft will be
started by an upraise tomorrow, for
the purpose of supplying fresh air to
the workmen. So confident are the
owners of striking a body of rich ore,
that work never ceases and rapid
progress is being made. Another
shaft will be opened on the COM
pletion of the tunnel. The indica
lions are 80 favorable that the recent
offer by . wealthy corporation to
Immediately erect a IL stamp mill
and prospect the mine to q depth of
500 feet, has been rejected by the
owners. The offer to erect hosting
works and a IL stamp mill, giving
the present owner q one-half interest
ia the same for an exchange of one
half the ground, has been standing
for several month";.
Major Budd has expended thou
sands of dollars in his mines and his
struggle to develop this section of
country has demonstrated the pluck
only known to a thorough pros
pector and practical miner and henow
considers his success as ultimate and
beyond the possibility of a doubt.
In the meantime, he has not
been neglectful of his many other
mining interests, amongst which
are the
FOURTH AND FIFTH OF JULY.
This property, at one time consid-
cred by the very best judges as more
than anything In Butte or
vicinity, was probably more badly
handled than anv scrub mine ever