The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-11
MINING FORMATION.
4 Season Of Activity Anticipated
Thfou6hout Montana.

Throughout B0ntand.
\, Is estimated that about two thousand
toms Of Stag, valued at 5000, goes TO
in this state every day.
Jo.euh Brown has executed a bond Tor
a mO 10 George o.. Eaton for the delivery
"a a decd for one-sixth interest in the lip
Mountain Chief and Graham quartz
lode mining claims i'm the Sheepeater MS
trict. -.
The leasers Of the Smuggler mine ut
paIara,. inst above Jamestown, are doing
veu. A fine body OF ore has been struck
In the s5OLfoot level, which IL yielding the
men a good profit after paying royalty 70
the owners.
The Pvorman has declared DIVIDEND
No. 5 of 4 cents Per share, a~ggrega'inR
10000, making $4,000 paid to date or iar
more than the purchase price. Inc com.
pany will, no doubt, pay dividehus ''s"'
along Wallace Free Press.
machine was in successful operation
at the East Helena smelter which separ,
ates molten ores and Stag by cen'riius'I
force. With ii fifty or sixty tons Oh Stag
can be readily concentrated into ORE pro
ducing a matte rich in precious meta's'
cold brick worth a triie over four
hundred dollars was shown In bouiuer
the other day. II came from one OF the
mines on Boulder mountain, near Sari-
hon. The Caribou mines are mainly Sill
yer. but at Cardinal, not far from Cari-
bou, is a gold-bearinR streak which IN
time past has yielded well in the way OF
gold.
We were showna about a half OF
b,ack sand and gold dust panned out OF
one cubic foot of dirt Of the Townsend
Placer which lies just west OF
town. saws the Townsend Ne,cs. There
we're AT least 1000 colors in II. A plan
has been devised by which the sand ana
gold can be saved, and h company pro
nose 10 prove the value OF their claim this
summer. :,
There Is a general activity In mining all
over Montana, and reports OF rich discov-
cries are coming in from every direction.
The deep snow in the vicinity OF st. Louis
and lower Indian creek gives promise OF
a large output of gold from the placer
mines in that section. Some are even
now washing out the yellow metal. There
are a number of claims in the vicinity oil
ST. Louis all showing well.
Much is expected by the miners from
the Preston process which is to he tried
I'm Boulder soon. The owners have pur'
chased a mill and mill site in Boulder
and are getting ready to test the value oi
their plan and plant. The miners are
nnxiously awaiting for the trials to bt
made that the result may be ascertained
Pulyerizing and roasting will he done a
this place. None but outside capital II
invested in the new process.
II Is not improbable that "A number o
the near and to the south o
Helena which nave not been worked 10
some time, will he actively developed thu
spring. Many competent mining men be
lieve that paying properties can he foun'
in our own neighborhood. Development
have been undertaken from time to time
hut never in n thorough and systemati
manner. If we have mines Mt our yer
doors, let's Uncover them.-Heiend JON
nal.
The total output of the famous Grant
Mountain to date is S23,592 800, represen
inc a total shipment of silver OF 13,452,54
ounces and li,4ll ounces Of gold. I'll
dividends paid TO date amount TO $500
900. or SCI per share, and over 62 per cer
OF the gross output OF the mine has bee
returned TO the stockholders In the shaI
of dividends. The remainder was e.
pended for mills, buildings, claims an
other permanent improvements n e
penses.
About the widest part OF the Cu'
d,Alcncs can he found over the ST. Je
south and southeast OF Mullal
There is probably forty square miles
this country that has never been explore
II is covered with "a dense forest n II
highest peaks are continually cover'
with snow. II is believed that fine miner
lodges can be found there, but rs the
are but two months i'm the year, Aug,
and September, when prospecting can
done, the country has been left witho
exploration.
Mr.. George Spencer, who owns nj
works the WILDER mine, over the Montal
Central tunnel between Boulder al
Wickcs, made n strike last week III
PROMISES much for the mines of that 81
ton. He has always been under the i
preston that the lead he has been wor
ing was large rthan his development b
shown. Last week he went to work
che wall and after taking out six inches
country rock he struck a very fine bo
OF ore, differing somewhat in charac
from the ore in which he had been wo
ing. He will proceed TO devclope I
new strike and there is a great probabil
of its adding largely to the va lue of
prospects In that distric I.