Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-01-03
MAIDEN MINERAL.
"ranviiie stuart Talks Entertainingly of the
District, Its Properties and Its
Possibilities Railroads
Are Wanted
S"e fastor Trust denounced bv Mr..
stuart ~ n Gigantic
Robbery.
Helena ln,lepcn,leut.1

'''''Hh ih'fl"Hftnt.
(: Hon. Granville Stuart Of Maiden is in tn
/; c'ty, and in response to a request bv N
Independent reporter gave the following /,
teresting informa tion of the section he no,
+: resides in. For some two years Mr.. stuar
has given a portion Of his time To mining
ana the last few months has devoted hi
exclusive attention to the Maginnis mine
U this property he said:
The mine il developed by u shaft 60,
ieet IN depth. and between the surface an,
the bottom Of the shaft there n re Thousand,
oil 'eet oi tunnels and wines The location
was made in 1882. and for the past three
years work has progressed steadily upou
the property. For the past six months ou,
miii has been running steadily, though not
always to its full capacity. II has been
produeine money right along. We now
have good ore body in sight, some of \,
rich, all fair
The formation of the district is lime
stone and porphyry. The vein. are ragged
aud irregular, aud are USUALLY found pe,r
the contact in the lime. They vary in
wmtIi from n lev inches to several feet
Gold pre'lominates. and were our trans
portaiion facilities suitable the outnu,
would he greatly in excess Of what il now
H. b"i II is pretty good rock that vii pay
I" haul to u railroad 1T SIS per ton. The
spotted Horse IL a very valuable miu. n
has very large quantities Of free milI;uy
gold ore. Its ores are treated in n mill of
the same capacity as ours-ten stanp-but
II has not been running To it's full capaeitv
ON account Of IA scarcity of water. The an.
tire belt Of mountains ia which TN. p;,es
are found is very dry. At the greate.t
depth attained in our mine il is as dry os.
lew icei from the surface
The distrirt has AN area of not tnexceed
'Nl miles. and in il there are some IooIo.
cations. But as is the "a So almost every.
where in Montana. the Iocations n,e tho
property of men who cannot afford To de-
'r'"p 'henl. There are undoubtedly good
mines in the district aside from the two de. |
veloped properties have mentioned. lint |
they have not been opened to an extent to |
warrant their purrhaSc 10y men of means.
capital Is timid. Take. for instance. the
Neihari district. There can be found loryc
ore bodies sufficient to induce ca pitalist To |.
purchase but they are fearful of beng led
INT" wildcat venture. and tn. mines are
wing idle.
u am hopeful another season will witness
the construction of railroad to our see
'Ion. We have various stage lines am, fair
roads. but the expense Of TRANSFORMATION
by wagon is or,at tbat tt. l;...
not hope to attain any prominence until
We have connection by rail with the outside
""fis. our nearest railroad point is Biz
sandy, ON the Manitoba, ninety miles dis
ANT. 1o'usfer station. on the Northern
'aeiiic, IT il 10 miles. We ship our con.
entrates To this latter point and they are
'rought from there to Wiekes. Bythe con.
enirafi"n oil ten tons Of ore into one we !,
re ehahied I" pay the enormous freight !
harges to le railroad aud To sell our con. :
ehtrates af "A profit. D
he building Of n railroad into that |
ouhtry would prove very beneicial. w.
onld then ship ores which we now leave in u
he mine or hoist and leave on the dumn.
he district has great possibilities But !,
nder the existing condition of things we
'nnot hope it will bcc.me prominent until
e have rapid aud cheap mean. of tran.. "
ortation." u
Have you disposed ri Your stock inter u
U.s. NJ. stuart was asked
No, still retain my interests. but INV y
irtners are giving their attention To- the
title. and III ] told vou. | have for tb. -,
'st few months given my time cxcIu,iv,ly =,
mining" il.
How were prices this year a. co,nnared Y,
IN what your cattle formerly brought in fo
= eastern markets." to
w" received better prices than Last year III
"ngh they were not IN good as Ia 1854 "
ii lSS1. The cattle trust has the pr,. .
eers just whore they want them and
'ere they propose to Keep them. seepo ba
~ to get out of their clutches. They ar, go
powerful. so thoroughly organized thai wi
y WIN continue Ia pay producers what tn
~ please aud to rharg. consumers what mi
~ they feel hike. The cattle trust i. a W
',nfic monopoly in the hands of men who gu
d'c'ate as they please. The cattlcmeu 20.
helpless ia their hands. ! fail to 50, T..
good accomplished by the einvcstieatiup IN.
nmiitce swork. II has beuelite,l neither Ia
Pr"'"'er nor The consumer VIII
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