Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
OPENING NEW B0NANZAS
What Prospectors Are Doing In
Developing New Districts
Tributary to Butte.
An Exhaustive Article On The
Fire Clay Mines of
Thompson Falls.
From Wednesday Daily.

EAOA V0AAooNNJ
Not only are there millions OF tons oil
silver. gold and copper-bearing ore within
the city limits Of Butte, but there are
also millions Of toni within a radius OF
from fifteen to fifty miles OF this city,
nearly al Of which is brought to the smell
tiers here for reduction.
Oaly q feS years ago the quartz lodges OF
Butte were the center Of attraction for
prospectors, few OF them caring to 60 out
into the mountains to seek hidden wealth,
because OF the lack OF facilities for getting
the ore to q ,narkst. A great many OF
them p~rospected for gold only, not wanting
to bother with copper or silver. and as q
result good prospects laid dormant for
years. until works for reducing ores we're
erected here. Then some mining for quartz
was done at various points within fifty
miles OF Butte and the ore hauled here by
bull teams for treatment. After the first
railroad began to build it's line towards
the city, prOspectors commenced to scatter
out in all directions to search for copper
and silver as well as gold, knowing full well
that only a short time would elapse before
q good prospect would be worth money
even though it were a few miles from Butte.
The result Of this promiscuous prospecting
is now patent to everybody in Montana,
but more especially to those in this part
OF it. Mining districts are to b. found in
all directions from ~Butte-north, south,
east and west, forming one vast halo of
mineral with this city as it's center. New
discoveries are being made every
day, and the magnetic influence Of Butte
capital is the power which is bringing them
into prominence.
About seventeen miles northwest OF
Butte the Orc Elmo district can be found
with it's cores of prospects, nearly all of
which are being developed by Butte capital
and brains. Several large amounts OF ore,
and the district being tributary to Butte,
most OF it's production will be OF benefit to
this city.
The district, which will in q short time
become what might properly be called a
part of Butte, is that Immediately east of
the city, in what is known as Park canyon
and it's surroundings. At present not a
great deal of substantial development work
is going on there, the Homestake being |
about the only mine which has SO far been
de veloped to any depth, the bottom OF the |
shaft being about 1875 feet below the bed of
The creek. The Park Canyon Gold and
Mining company. which was organ.
'zed only last week, will undoubtedly add a
new impetus to that district when the
work is once under way.
Farther east OF Park canyon, in the vi.
Unity OF Basin and Wickes, a number OF
,ood prospects are being developed. among
may be mentioned the Edna, stu
tied about seven miles from Wickes. The
edna is developed by a shaft $50
eet deep and crosscuts and levels
If various l,ngths. The property is owned
~ Mr.. Briggs, who came to this city q few
lays ago with two carloads of ore which
vas taken from the mine. The ore was
AIKEN to the Colorado smeltsr and worked,
md each carload Melted the owner 81, 800.
character Of the ore is si,rilar to that
AIKEN from the Homestake mine, only it is
great deal richer both in silver and
The pay-streak in tho vein varies
rom fourteen inches to thirty inchas. and
ssays about 800 ounces in silver and 20
er cent. copper. Two specimens OF the
re are now IN exhibition at the Office OF
'ichols & Helehsn. The work 80 far done |
n the Edna has been by means of a wind I
but as the water level has been reached 6
Machinery will have to take the place of G
he arm hoist in order to keep out the