The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-21

company is at work also, and a contract has
Deen recently let for lOO-foot tunnel upor
sne Seenette lode of the Marysville Minins
The Big Ok Mining and Reduction com.
pany own the Big OK and other locations
miles northwest from Marysyille. be-
SIDES three lode claims and mill sits
one ana one-half miles from Marysyille. or
Dgel creek. On the upper property tun-
mel mas been driven in ON the vein and ex.
posea pay chute averaging about -four
Ieet IN width and 16S feet below, and the
.unnel 10 now in on the vein 100 feet, and
me company now estimates it's ore-reservet
a. not less than 10000 tons. A run Of ten
s LOIS sL OF TINS ore was made for this company
~ tne montana company recently, and the
Het result was saving of 1871 per ton
rom ten tons of the poorest of the mine
product which could rank as ore, the saw.
ing WAS u. a per ton. The cost of treat
ing the ore is estimated at not over $3.50
per ton, and the cost of mining is yery
shGht, owing to the situation of the mines
luis company has thirty-ton concen-
traitor at the lower group, with power sufi-
Gent TO run twenty-stamp mill in addi-
ZION ZION to their present works, and the pro
1 1ac OF TINS concentration is worth about
~ per ton as 1T is now running. The de-
velopments in the lower Big OK are Us feet
deep and the aggregate of leads shafts and
tunnels ea made is about 1900 linear feet
rl1ty men are now in the employ of this
company. and development 10 continually
improving the properties. The Empire
company is testing the properties it owns
WIN view to the dissemination of both
tne value OF the mines and the method OF
treatment requisite for the mine output,
Four miles westerly from Marysyille is a
group OF five mines that give promise Of be-
coming famous. The Albion has been de.
veloped BY shaft to depth Of 200 feet
ana leads run aggre9atinR about 700 linear
ieet. The Geneasee has shaft $50 feet
deep and levels 10 feet long, and the vein.
exposed are not less than five feet in width
The Sterling, Black Douglass and Kenaws
are also being developed. The 10 stamr
mill OF this company is crushing ten tons
OF ore per day, and saving very closely, as
the ore ls friable and very free. These
mines are owned by a close corporation
VINO have abundant reason to be satisfied
with the results of it's operations. They
have paid during the last three months l.
per cent IN dividends on their capital stock
Red Mountain is again coming to the
front with a very much improved record OF
1ts products. Its output, shipped from
hlmlni, has aggregated about 100 car loads
OF ore per month during the last season of
good roads. Of the mines tributary to
NAW!uI, tue crescent Is now showing a very
gratifying condition of property and char
acter of product. A depth Of 1856 feet has
been attained. and lateral development
done, aRgregatinR considerable over 500
feet. In the two leads that have penetrated
farthest into the mountain the pay il four
feet wide and it is claimed that the upper one
carries $50 pay and the second class grade
in the lower level carries about $50 and the
best assays $11O. This property is equipped
with steam hoist and has about fifteen
men now at work. The company claims to
have about Co. O0O tons of ore in sight, and
the mine is improving as depth is attained.
predict that within one year from this
date, Red Mountain will become one Of the
most attractive and prominent camps of
this vicinity. Some very promising prop
critics have been opened on the north side
of the Scratch Gravel Butte, about six
miles north from Helena. v
Eastward from Helena, about thirteen
miles. are the famous sapphire and ruby
placers. Some of the gems found along
the Missouri river are pronounced BY most
eminent experts to fully equal the oriental
sapphires and Montana will undoubtedly
become noted for her gems. as we'll as her
pre-eminent position as noble metal pro-
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