The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1888-12-06
UTAH MINES.
A VISIT TO THE FAMOUS COPPER
GULCH DISTRICT.
What a Correspondent Of the Salt
Lake Tribune Has to Say of Their
Value and Probable Future
Description, Etc.

Your humble correspondent has Just
returned from two days visit to Copper
Gulch, four miles west Of the town OF
Frisco by taking the pack trail over the
divide, but eight miles to go around By
good wagon road. / found tho camp
alive with about forty men employed by
Comet Mining and Smelling company
In the capacity OF rock masons, carpen-
ters, miners and mach1nists, with at
least forty more scattered out through
the hills getting out rock, wood, coal and
other materials to construct the copper
furnace.
The ,'onet Mining and Smelling COM
pany is managed here by Professor A.
Sebiilot with E. Jolly as assistant and
secretary. The professor is very conf
dent of success and says there is no such
word as fail.
1he actus. which IA now the princi-
pal m1ne being worked, is opened to q
depth of 500 feet, with numerous levels
and drifts showing a large body OF
copper pvri1es. which assay well in silver.
Some gray copper has jnst been struck
that assays as nigh as 100 ounces silver
per ton. One cross-cut in this mine
shows the ore VEN to be over 1 feet
" lSAC"IA COuiSC IL ID 1lSG d1I SOilu O1S. n
few years ago the old company attempt
ed to colcen:rate these ores b:' water,
and made failure. But Professor
Sebi]lot is sure the cheapest way is by
fire, so a new 4O-ton patent water-jacket
copper furnace built by Fraser, Chalmers
L Co. is now on the ground and will be
completed by January st, 1889.
The Comet mine lies near and aajoins
the Cactus, and is part OF the same ore
belt. Part owners in the company and
managers Of the mines of the company,
are the Morrenson Brothers, Lorren and
Charles. who camo here in 1879, when
Frisco was a booming camp. and have
stayed with the camp through thick and
tim. They are true blue loyal men.
ps,bllc spirited and alive to progress and
the development Of the country.
The omet Mining and Smelling
Company are backed by rich French
syndicate, and have lately bought up the
principal part of the Cactus Mining
Conpany's stock; they also own in con-
nection the old Massachusetts copper
mine, about five miles distant from their
xarkkssee 2r,kkse. md u ii 9'RiHo Rocky District wit Nc
Larault; also with James F'orgie IN the
opper King mine, formerly the Superior
mine and number of other copper
prospects scattered around in the various
districts Of l'eaver ounty. We hope
to see this coppx company make sue
cess, and they will no doubt eventually
bniid works at Milford or some point on
the railroad. The Frenc11 ss rale are
good sta7ers when they start in, and the
outlook is good. II the weathar permits,
opper Gul:,h will become a busy camp
after New Years. 1855.
On the first CT January next the Horn
Silver mine will make a change all
around. and Tor che better; we viii all
have TO wait ard see. Eat that it is go
ing into Mor,non hands is no oubt, and
if reports are true hereabonts they can
have it; as it is all (excent the cop ger
ore, very base ores) Quilted. and the
Lords anointel are welcome TO it and all
wish them success.