The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-12-28
MINING MATTERS.
Som. Item. of mont.n.,. Great Industry

Twenty-six men are working on the
Champion and the shaft is going down IL
feet a week.
Mr.. Angus A. Mcdonald is now Supertn-
tendent of the West Granite Mining Co.,
Mr.. j. X. Pardee having resigned. The
stock of the Company has been up to n cts.
the past week, and the workings show favor
ably.
Capt. John W. Plummer was in town q
day or two during the week and took . trip
to Granite. It is understood here that the
Captain will K q rich group of mines In
the Cgur d'Alene country, but what proper
ties they are or their exact location we arc
unable to ascertain.-Phalipsburg Mail, 10th.
Messrs. Thos. Stuart, Sam D. Stuart and
Cor. Inglehart have just completed represen.
tation work on the Sunday, Silver Crown
and True Racket lodes, which they own in
Orc Elmo district. The Snnd " has an 81
foot shaft and looks we'll. On the Silver
Crown they struck water at % feet, hut had
q good vein. The True Racket has a 40 foot
shaft showing 2 to Al feet of ore, some of
which is quite rich and all of it will average
40 ozs. silver. They are considered very
good properties.
Thomas A. Weir has been appointed su
perintendent of the Granite Mountain Min
ing Company, and assumed his official
position last Monday morning. Mr.. Weir
was formerly anage of the A. Y. and
Minnie Mining Co., of Leadville, Col, and
has had great and varied experience in the
mining line for years past. Paul A.. Fusz,
VII" an ably managed things for the past few
weeks, will return to st. Louis, but Will re-
tain his position as Treasurer of the Com
pany.-Mau, 10th.
Supt. Ben Franklin, of the Franklin Min
ing Company, is in town this week and in
forms us the main tunnel on the Jumbo is
now in 500 feet-300 feet beyond the upraise.
The warm weather interfered with ventila-
ton a week ago but it will be all right now.
The tunnel is in quartz, porphyry and clay
and good advance is being made. 1t is posi-
BILE Cross cuts will now be run for the walls.
A cross cut was run South - feet on the up
raise, showing a vein of twelve feet, and
thirty inches of solid quartz. Plenty Of
water is coming in or the head, some of the
water veins when opened squirting like gey-
sers. The head of the tunne is now 200 verti-
cal feet below the mouth of the old unnel in
the Mountain Rat, and good ore was found
in it as soon as the vein was struck.
Advices on the 24th inst. from Mr.. G. E.
Gable, who has been negotiating the organi-
cation of a st. Louis Company, to develop
the Mountain Lion mine in Orc Elmo dis
trict, near Deer Lodge, seem to leave no
doubt that the arrangement is perfected and
that the machinery will be on the ground
aud work commenced by Jan. 18th proximo,
as per agreement. He writes that he has
been more successful than anticipated, and
has a good working capital guaranteed. con-
summating his plans and securing the organ
~izatlon, ven at the most difficult season,
when business men are closing up business
of the year. Mr.. Gable expects to cave St.
Louis for Deer Lodge next week, and that
everything will be ready to begin operations
on his arrival. We rave SO often before
stated the belief of all experienced miners
that the Mountain Lion has every indication
of a very valuable property that it is unnec-
essary to dilate upon its prospects now. 1t
will take some time to sink a 200.foot shaft
and run 500 feet of levels, but meantime
other developments may give some indica-
ton of what the property is.