The new North-west., 1889-12-27
AMONG THE MIl1ES,
The Prospects and Properties Of Deer Lodge
County.


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& Mussigbrod properties in the Dunklebere
district, was in town yesterday. He informs
us that the strike in both the Forest Rose
and Little Mac are all, and even more, thar
they have been represented. Tho Rose ha.
developed an immense body of ore and reg
ular shipments of car load day are made
to the smelter at Great Falls. The Little
Mac Mr.. Scott regards as the finest prospec
in Montana for the amount of development
The strike in that property was made las
fall while the assessment work was Eeinl
done. The ore body was encountered un
expectedly, and though it was only followed
on an upraise, something like $4,000 worth
was taken out and sacked. It is high grade
and is known to exist in quantity, There
are many fine prospects in the district, anG
Mr.. Scott is confident they will some day
have there of the greatest camps in
Montana.
| ON DRY COTTONWOOD.
Ed. McKnstry has force of men at work
on his claims, the Hope and Charity, on the
Dry Cottonwood This section of the Orc
Fino district is attracting considerable atten
tion of late, many locations having beer
mado the past season. Arrangements have
been concluded by Butte parties to at once
put a hoist on the Mystery and push its de
velopment The Snowbird, in the same
neighborhood, owned by III. S. Reed, s. e
Larabie and others, makes q phenomenal
showing for the amount of development
The groupings assayed but ounces; at IL
feet an IS ounce return was made, and at u
| feet IS ounces were secured. The shaft will
be put down GO feet on the Snowbrd this
winter, and the Princess and Queen, near by,
owned by the same parties, will receive about
the same amount of development.
| THE MOUNTAIN LION.
The crosscut from the south drift tapped
tie north vein last week. The vein,
which is ten feet wide, carries about 20
inches Of average ore. This is not believed
to be the main lead however, and work will
| be continued on the crosscut for tho present.
Should nothing further be found within a
reasonable distance it is the purpose of the
company to drift into the mountain on this
vein Foreman McGrath says all Indications
| point to the existence of another vein farther
| north, and he is confident he will soon come
| into it.
| TIE lIEr rsToHE.
An expert from Butte went up to look at
the Keystone this week He expressed Inn.
self as greatly pleased at the prospect and as
I being satisfied that it Is one OF the best b The
district. The shaft has now reached depth
OF l25 feet and is still sinking on ore. The
| vein is widening and the ore improving in
| quality with every foot Of depth The re-.
! suits of the most recent assays have not been
made public, but it is believed they are very
| gratifying.
THE FRANKLIN.
/ The men extending tho tunnel on the
Franklin will have reached the first 100 feet
| of their contract next Sunday. Atthat point
cross-cuts will be run both ways from wall
TO wall. The most recent assays Of the ore
| show an average Of % ounces, and assays as
| high as 43 ounces have been obtained II is
| confidently expected that much better ore
| than this will be encountered in the coming
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TIE GOSPEL MOUNTAIN.
The drift on the vein in the Gospel Noun.
tain is now IN 80 feet The ore shows con-
stant improvement and it is believed that the
rich body, known to exist from the develop
ment at discovery, will be encountered
within few days. The formation has been
| easier working the past week, and In conse-
! !uence rapid progress has been made.
MINING NOTES.
| The Boulder Sentinel offers this timely bit
| of advice, 1t will apply with equal force to
| the prospect owners of Deer Lodge county
| ''There are many persons no doubt who have
+, fairly good prospects who have, for various
causes, not reprcse nted them this year. There
| is but little time left in which to perform one
Enndred dollars worth of work on even
single one Of them, and the time should not
| be wasted. To our personal knowledge there
are mum Der of men in Jefferson county who
are almost hungry and max ed year after year
solely because they have been doing the
| work required by law upon a number of
prospects. We would advise them to do
more work on one and let some other person
| represent the rest A mine is a fortune to
any man. A prospect hole, a burden"
The first Of January prospector il abroad
In the land, and owners of valuable unrepre-
| scented claims should be on their guard. A
| great many claims in this county have pevl
represented and affidavit of the same made
before the proper authorities and filed for
record IN the office of the county clerk and
| recorder. Still many valuable locations have
not been represented, and will consequently
be iulnpablc after u o'clock Tuesday night,
the 31st inst.
1t is authoritatively given out that the
force of men at work on the Lilly, in the
Little Blackfoet district, will be materially
increased January lst, when regular ship
ments of ore will begin, 1t is claimed that
no mine in Montana ever made a better
showing than the Lilly, with the same devel-
opment. The ore is galena, considerable
percentage being high grade,
Steam is still being forced into the Ana
conda mine from twelve large boilers. A
miner in a position to know the intentions
of the company, states the fire is almost, if
not wholly, extinguisl,cd, and is authority
for the statement tina. the shafts of the Ana
conda aul st. Lawrenc" will be opened early
in January a.n! III" work of cleaning out the
mines began
The certificate, nf stock of the American
Silver. Copper Mining, Milling g. Reduction
company have been received and will soon
be ready for delivery to subscribers. This
company will develop the big copper find
% miles northeast of Helmville Charles
Cooper and Robert Dixon arc tho principal
incorrorators.
Those in a position to know predict great
Lodge, next spring. Considerable ore was
shipped from various claims there the past
season aud the producers will all be worked
ton more extensive scale tho coming year.
The San Francisco mine, in the Flint
Creek district, has again been closed down,
and it is doubtful whether the property will
ever be explored any further-at least by the
present company. The working capital has
been exhausted.
at the recent meeting Of the Southern
Cross directors ii was determined to sink
another 100 feet. The present shaft is down
250 feet on an incline, and at that depth the
ore body is very large.
Some 185.ounce ore has recently been taken
out Of the Mary Ann, in the Little Backfoot
district. The property lies near the well
known Lilly group, and has splendid show
ing at discovery
j. r. Steele, Ed. Whitehead, Peter Wilson,
III,