The Dillon tribune., 1884-02-02
THE BEAyERHEAD MINING OUTLOOK

THE BEAVERHEAD MINING OUTLOOh
A review of the producing condition o.
the mines in the different districts OF bea'
verhead County, at the present time' is nat
tering. AT no period in the history OF tne
county, since the discovery of silver VEINS
has the mining outlook been so favorable as
it is now, if we except the palmy pioneer
DAYS when the Bannack district yielded It's
enormously rich returns OF gold. 'o'o
mining, it is true, has weakened to grea'
extent, but the silver industry has increas'
ed to more than Offset the loss in gold, pro-
vided the silver mines are operated up 'o
their full ore producing capacity.
The mines in the northern portion OF tne
county are reported in excellent conoit'on .,
with well-developed ore-reserves tnat VII.
insure return for the current year equa'
to that of any former year. The extensive
mining properties of the Hecla Company
in the Lion Mountain district, thoroughly
and deeply developed, will show an output
corresponding in quantity with that OF any
twelve months time since their opening
The ore-yield of the Hecla mines, enor'
nous in past years, will be fully sustained
for long time to come. The districts fur
ther north in the county. embracing Quartz
Hill, Vipond and Dewey's Flat, will exhio-
it better showing at the end of the pres
ent year than heretofore, for there is more
energetic mining now under headway IN
those districts than there was formerly.
<Io o~f
is promising for a heavy production of pay
ing ore. Much good ore is alread y develop
ed in the mines, which are in such shape
that they can be classed as constant ore
producers, if worked. The principal mine
of the Railway Mail Mining Co. has con-
siderable high grade ore exposed, which, it
extracted and shipped would load train.
This ore assays high in silver and gold.
The Birch Creek Prospecting Co. owns
mines of more than ordinary worth that
will prove productive in the future. Espe-
cially is this true of the big magnetic iron
mine belonging to that company, the ore of
which is valuable for Auxing in the reduc-
ton of refractory lead silver and copper ores,
and for this purpose the ore is growing in
demand the more it is used in the furnaces
and smelters.
In the mines Of the Argenta district the
work going on is of the most satisfactory
character. The product Of this district, for
"a, will certainly exceed the yield of '83.
The ore now being raised is similar in quail
ity to that extracted in the past, which long
ago established the fact that the average
grade of the Argenta smelling ore runs
higher in ounces of silver to the ton than
does the ore taken out in any other camp
in Montana Mining operations are push
ed with more vigor in the district this win
ter than usual, and the result will be that
the dump piles of ore will BE- materially in
creased in size and valne. By spring the
display of rich ore at the different mines
in the district will be something worth be-
holding. Quartz and ore experts are not
needed to determine the value of the Ar
genta ore. Every ton pays. The amount
of ore now out will De doubled by spring.
Operations in the Blue Wing district are
resulting in producing gratifying results.
This district, conceded by mining men to
be the boss silver district in Southern Mon
tana, never before had a better and brighter
outlook than it has now. Recent develop
nents in some of the most prominent of
The Blue Wing silver bonanzas strengthen
he belief that the mines are permanent,
and that they are only awaiting the appli-
cation of machinery of modern manufac-
ure to make them the equal of any min
ng properties in the country as regards
'roductiveness. Work progressing in the
district is not of the "dead horse" kind |
The amount of pay ore in sight in these
mines may be'estimated, witho,4 particle t
If exaggeration, by the thousands of tons
n one mine alone--the New Departure
here is an immense zone of ore. In its
'pper and lower, and east and west work
nss there is sutficiency of ore opened up
y load whole trains. Much ofthis ore, which
ields net profit of ST. 900 to ten ton car
Dad, is broken down and slowed away in
he inside bins of the mine awaiting ship
nent, while the slopes show plenty more
n sight. Other mines in the district, less
eveloped, are capable Of producing large
mounts of paving ore.
In addition to the splendid showing of
eveloped silver ore in the districts above
there is great amount of free
'illing gold ore opened up in the Bannack
1arysville district. Reviewing the condi-
on Of the mines in the districts mentioned
is safe to assert that the mining outlook
Beaverhead County is exceedingly prom
ing for the present year. With SO much
aging ore visible it is but REASONABLE. tn
redict that 81 will prove year of min
'g prosperity.
A GIGANTIC INSTITUTION.