The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1888-12-27
J. .PHiLiPSBURG'S FUTURE.
SILVER OUTPUT FOR 1889 TO Ex.
CEED TEN MILLIONS.
What Frank D. Brown Has to Say
About 1t to An Independent Re-
pOrter-Some Indlsputable Facts
Concerning the District.

"E rite in your note book that Philips
barg will be the greatest silver produc-
ing camp in the world for The year 1885,
said Frank d. Brown, OF Phillpsburg. to
an independent reporter i thursday.
The dis rics has the most valuable
silver mines in the country. The
Granite alone has monthly GU put OF
from S2;Nj,OU to SIS, ~. 1 h;s.e just
finished reading the annual report OF The.
mine for the year end ng July 81, l,o8,
which sho"s that during the year $22,2%U.-
OU i'll dividends WIS paid. The aggre-
gate ea.ize d was some S7.SN.O00. lie,
new m.ii is expected to be in operation
in March next. Il vii have ninety
stamps and will almost double the pres
ent milling capaci: les. it is now recos-
nized as The greai.>t silv: r producing
niue in the world. It's output wiz
therefore in ann;h.r year b.. greatly il.
excess OF that OF the p:,sl. Ihs, Granite
is ii,inlEg property whose value is re:,-
iizsa 10y bat few and they can only esti
mate It,
What about its namesake. the West
Granite?' he was asked.:.
"Ans,:s Mcdonald would ba better
able 20 give YOU Information about That
property than any one else. l have not
been in TIE mine lately, bat there WITS
something aside from a st. Louis in.
tllence to cause the stock TO rise rs it
has. And they struck something besides
silk lined ogercoa;s and diamond collar
bu, tons in the lutte GRO scut. believe
it is the 81 metallic VEN, and if it is /
don't want to invest in anything bitter
than West Granite. l am already litter
ffaat.d in this property and Want to buy
lilth6>xzoeh: 1 have none for sale my
Are the other properties producing as
usual?'
"les; the Hope mill is running regu-
'l:srl,.~. and its bullion output is steady
and larg.: they are working the ore
from all eighteen-foot vein, which re-
gard as the best ore ever. fonnd III the
mine. The ore is found principally in
! chambers, and varies i'll length and
depth, breaking shesr Off at times, but
here Il; ALWAYS 4 tracer 10 follow to Il
| moro productive deposit than the pre-
cediug one proved"
''iia,e you heard anything regardin ;;
the resumption oi operations on the
Speckled Trout?'
"Ihere has been considerable talk
about this property of late. Why, the
as there was in tho a;e+-:o+ .-.7 nn'h;n.,
less than hundred ounce rock was milled.
The mine is developed by ehaft
feet deep, and levels arc run at dill rem.
depths. They are all in ore. Some
years ago the water came in and filled
Tie mine so that three floors are now
covered. Ill the ore nsiIled from the
trout was taken out above the 259-foo,
level. No s.op1ng was done. below that
point. The ore will average or. go over
tifty-onnces and that is good enough to
pay handsomely now. although there was
time ~I.en sslt cost s6) ton and i;
didn't prove entirely remunerative tc
mill fff,v-ounce rock"
! :. ''ihs Flint creek mining district is the
creates: in the world. I do not mean
hat its output will he more valuabl
| than that Of any other camp. except in
silver, but for the next Year million
dollars month is low estimate to PIT
upon tls >aluo of the silver bulil, n
which will be shipped from Fhil1psburs.'