The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-03-24
Cooke City Mines.

IL Is rather early IN the year to tel
what claims in the New World minins
district will come prominently to tn,
front during the coming summer, but
the following is description, by nj
means complete, of those known to the
writer:
The district can best be described in
sections THAT south of the town o.
Cooke, in which the Republic Co.'c
mines lie. The next is Miller mountain
and the last Henderson mountain
There is also a section of the country to
the north and east of the above, in
which there are a great many locations
many of them pretty well developed
THE REPUBLIC MINE
is in much the same condition it was two
years ago. but it is said that force OF
miners will be set at work before this
appears in print. The amount of ore in
sight has been estimated at not less
than 10000 tons, and by some it is pnt at
several times that. The ore is said to
average eighty onnces III silver The
o'HARE OR rRoN-cLAD
lode on Republic mountain, was not
worked more than the assessment dur
ing '85, it is hoped more win be done in
'86.
On Miller mountain, which rises inn
mediately north of Cooke, there are not
less than seventy locations. BY location
is meant living mining claim, one that
has received the assessment work when
necessary, or that has been located since
Jan. lst, 1885. The
STREET MINE
is the first one reached after leaving
town, upon which any amount of work
has been done since August, 'S5. Mr..
Frank Esler has pushed in tunnel over
200 feet. and is still driving it ahead.
He has taken ont go0d deal of ore, and
used it in the f. NJ. M. & S. Co.'s works.
The development has cost about.as much
IS the ore was worth. The
sHoo FLY
S now worked more than any other
nine in camp Messrs. Gassert & Reding
nave it bonded, and force of men,
lnder Supt. Geo. Huston, are constantly
aking out ore that was used in the Re-
public smelter The ore consists of ear
Donates and galena. There is 284 feet of
unnels on the Shoe Fly, consisting of
liree tunnels, all disclosing ore, also a
haft aoout 20 feet. The ore lies in de-
'osits. There is an average of tons of
re taken out every day with force of
en- men.
BUNKER HILL
djoining the Shoe Fly mine, has shaft
own seventy feet on the vein. The ore
hanges from free carbonates at the sur
ace, to base galena at the bottom of the
haft. 1t is said that Messrs. Pease &
foore intend taking out the carbonates
nd selling them to the Republic smelt-
r. The
MONITOR
ist north of the Bunker Hill, lies east
f the Morning Star. The latter is noted
s the mine thar Gassert & Reding first
eveloped on coming into Cooke. There
tunnel on the Monitor more that 200
eet in. It is intended to tap the Morn
ng Star mine. There is every urobabil-
" that Messrs. Gassert & Co. will do a
ood deal of work on these claims during
he summer.
TATE MINE.
On the north Of the Monitor lies the
ate. The owners, Messrs. Matheo, Tate
Fuller, have been working two shifts
1 winter, and expect to reach their
elm by tunnel some 100 feet long.
he ore is of the same nature as the
unker Hill.
Between the Tate and the Black War
or there are several mines, every one
: which showed up promisingly this
st season. The
BLACK WARRIOR
es on the divide between the north end
Miller mountain and Crown Butte
is about two and a half miles north
est of Cooke, in a straight line, the
ad is of course much longer. The
resent owners, Messrs. Gassert, Black,
eding and Randall, are highly pleased
ith the property, and viii doubtless
I've it very thoroughly developed. The
'inciDal shaft is over 100 feet down,
lother shaft, at the depth Of 40 feet,
seloses an immense body of ore, esti-
ated to contain many thousand tons of
e. The ore is base, but with proper
king. has been run through the old
neIter without roasting, by Frank EsIer,
charge. The
ELEVATOR,
! the western slope of Miller mountain,
a fine property, owned By E. sperling
Bozeman, ana Dan Brand, the latter
olding the controlling interest. There
no doubt it would have been fully
,veloped by Dan Brand. had not the
blowing off of his hand pre-
.nted his further work during the fall
id winter.
GLE BULL.
Parallel to Miller mountain and about
llf mile east lies Henderson mount
n. The northern end Is steep
Id marrow, but the southern eA-
nds over a great extent Of country.
be only claim on the southern end
at has been worked this winter, is the
Ie Bull. Messrs. Lee 4 Frost have put
shaft down about so feet, following the
in all the way. They are very hope