Butte semi-weekly miner., 1889-10-23
TWIN MOUNTAIN MINES.
A Comparatively New District
Which Already Contains
Many Rich Pospects.
Some of the More Prominent
Locations and Their
Developments.

Locations and Their
Developments.
From Tuesdays Daily.
With the completion of the road nov
being built into Twin Mountain district
the mines OF that locality will soon be bet
ter known and, as knowledge OF them
spreads, interest in them will increase, and
unless present Indications are entirely false
new and profitable field for investors will
be opened and the reports OF large deals
from there win be frequent. One reason
why SO comparatively little is known about
the district has been it's hitherto almost
inaccessible location, being away from all
roads no one but the hardy prospector
has cared to visit it. Aided by the gener-
osity OF the Anaconda business men who
replied literally to the prospectors' appea
for ansncial aid, it has been made possible
to build the road which is fast nearing COM
plstion. Butte merchants also subscribed,
but not as literally as their Anaconda
brethren. The road will place the camp in
communication with the outside world and
make it easily accessible to teams Of all de-
scriptions.
Although badly handicapped by reason
OF their isolated position and consequent
difficulty OF obtaining supplies, the pros
pectors have continued to develop their
claims and now have some very sood re-
suits to show for their faith and labors. A
gentleman who recently visited the district
kindly furnished The MINER with the fol-
lowing facts concerning some OF the most
prominent prospects Of the district.
One OF the principal mines is the Rich |
mond, owned by the American Gulch com.
pany OF Anaconda. A shaft 150 feet deep
has been sunk and tapped the ore body at 1
o depth Of 25 feet from the surface. From |
this point O continuous vein OF ore has /
been followed and the present bottom of /
the shaft is in body OF iron and lead car
Donate ore 15 feet wide. About 100 tons L
of ore are now on the dump. A shaft house
and other buildings are being erected to en-
able the company to continue work during
the winter.
The Grasshopper, owned by Abel Fitze,
has q shaft 27 feet deep and tunnel OF 80
feet. An S-foot body OF iron carbonate ore
has been uncovered in both the shaft and
tunnel which assays $50 ounces in silver
and II per. cent. lead.
The Edwards Carbonate, one of the first
locations made in the district, is OWNED by
Edwards & Co. Development consists OF
shaft 95 feet in depth and q tunnel Of 800
feet which follows an ore body Of about TX
feet. Several heavy shipments have been
made during the present year and more will
follow, as the mine is in condition to allow
Of it's being worked during the eentire winter.
The mine is the richest in the district and
the ore sufficiently high grade to pay for
shipment to Omaha. Some expensive and
permanent improvements have been made
by the owners during last season.
Limebach, Mcintyre d Mcdonald own I
the Casey Howard. A well-timbered shaft
go feet deep has been sunk upon this claim.
Cross-cutting for the main ledge is now be
ing carried on from the bottom Of the shaft.
Considerable gelena ore has been taken out
Of the shaft and cross-cut and the mine I
makes very promising showing. With q
more thorough development it is expected -,
that the mine will be one OF the leading ,
locations OF the district.
Another very promising prospect is the {
Levi P. Morton OF which Walter r. Fish & | 6
Co., are the proprietors. From the bot
tom OF the shaft, % feet deep, a level has
been run q distance OF 80 feet showing ore
the entire length. Between 10 and 15 tons
OF fine lead carbonate ore are piled on the :
dump. Assays from this ore run from rs |;
to $50 ounces in silver. Same parties also !!
own the President Harrison, an extension
OF surface holes sunk along it's entire length =
with q fair showing of ore in each hole. u
Walter Beam has q force OF men doing !,
assessment work on his five claims, all of
which are fine looking prospects. Ore from
one OF the claims, the Borneo, assays away
up in the hundreds, With more work done
upon them the claims will prove equally as
as any in the camp.
A mine owned by Wolf, Bair and others
of Butte, also shows up, well, and work
upon it will be carried on all winter.
The Lynn, owned by euler & Driscoll. d
has been opened by a 25-foot shaft and C.
several tunnels. Quite an amount of good
ore is piled on the dump, but no more is
now being taken out, the mine having been | II
shut down for the winter. Il
Newcomb, Rice & Toole own the Mon .,
tana in which a vein OF very rich ore has
been exposed by three tunnels. Buildings o
are now being erected in order that work v
may be carried on during the winter. a
Of course there are numerous other pros r,
poets in the camp, and some OF them make e
exceedingly good showings for the amount I'll
of development done upon them. Those o.
above are among the best RI
Known, and 80 far most valuable claims in ri
he district, but the time is not far distant 8
will be opened and adding their share to
he magnificent output OF the entire state.
Other Mines.
Willard Bennett returned yerterday hi
vening from visit to the Champion and &C
eports matters progressing splendidly th
bout the mine and mill. The building for fr
he latter is rapidly nearing completion pl
nd much OF the machinery is already on n N
he ground. By the time all OF it arrives W,
he mill will be about completed. The new hu
oist recently erected works to charm nc
nd has power sufficient to operate to a t..
epth OF 200 feet. A nine months con- f.,
ract for hauling ore from the mine has ~ ~
cen let and under it's provisions thirty NJ,
ons OF ore are to be transported daily,
hich amount will be ample to supply the
ill, which will have twenty stamps.
d. +. Riggs who owns the Edna, miles
outhwest Of Wickes, arrived in the city res
aturday with a car load OF ore which he A..
ad treated at the Butte Reduction works. oe'
he car contained 16 tons and netted ye
l'SSo.o0 after all expenses for freight and grs
'eatment had been paid. The average 90
alue OF the ore, according to the returns,
as $137.75 in silver and $500 gold per 20
N and carried 1874 per cent in "copper" ne'
tunnel 155 feet long has been run into no
10 mine and from the face OF this q winze an
D feet has been sunk. From near the
,tJom OF the latter a level has been run iat y.
ack under the tunnel. The vein varies olc
ON IL inches to feet with an average res
idth OF about 1S inches. Mr.. Riggs ex.
'cts to return about the first OF next
onth with another car load OF ore. +
The new shaft OF the Wabash is down
bout 200 feet and crosscuts of ITO feet 20
we been run. DR. fling is now being carried for
/ In two directions. Work in the old shaft wo
ls ceased for the present and no ore is ro
ing shipped. Po