The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-22
MINES AND MININa.



6oteo Of Progress Of Alssoula lEines-1hl
4 Lsehbri1se Csal EielAa.
The following notes about 1Gssoala ninsa
I'm which many Aont1na people are inAsr-
estsd are taken from the Aisspals 0axette
During the summer the Curlew mine IN
ths Bitter Root valley has kept employed
sevsnt.-hvs men in and about the mins.
A 10 tom ooneentrator Of the most in
proved pattern il now nearing compilation.
That it ID mot crushing ore at this date 4
owing to delay in receipt Of important
parts Of the machinery.
Considerable frst-class ORC has bsen
shipped. This has Melted IN average Of
5000 per car. and it il stated that receipts
from this source alone have paid the devel-
0pment expenses ON the mine and for the
construction Of the mill Large quantities.
Of concentrating ore are ON the dumps and
the reserves in the mine guarantee IN album
dant supply to the mill in the future.
The Curlew stock was purchasable In the
spring for Is cents but can not now be had
at e1.25.
The Iron Mountain mine, seventy miles
west Of Missoula, has employed from nifty
Quantities Of orc which has enabled the
management to declare two dividends at
GH each. A road has been built from the
mine to the river At Superior, thus e6ecting
saving in transportation by wagon and
boat of about sixteen miles.
The O. r. d N.-Development has been
steadily pushed, and ON the 900-foot CROSS
cut the same streak and grade Of ore was
encountered. About 100 tons Of ore aver
aging about 40 ounces of silver were sacked
and are awaiting the convenience Of the
nav railroad to Be shipped to the smelter.
A large quantity OF &c seo9nd-ciass ore hss
has been started to tap the ledge 100 feet
| below the present workings and will be
pushed with three shifts of miners. A
boarding house and bunk houses are being
built for the convenience OF the men. Also
u blacksmith shop and an Office.
On Fisher creek the Silver Bow and Mon
arch are now being worked under 800 600
bond BY Kentucky parties. A comfortable
bunk house and cook house has been erect
ed and work will be prosecuted all winter.
"A steam hoist, pump and diamond drill
have been ordered and are now on the way
menss concentrating proposition. with an
abundance of ore showing on the surface.
IA one third interest in an adjoining claim,
the Panhandle, has been bonded to Mis-
soula parties for 5000.
Some idea of the extent of tho Lethbridge
,oal fields can be cleaned from the follow.
ing BY correspondent of the Great Falls
Irribune:
The coal company owns 5000 acres Of
poal lands in and around LethbridRe, for
xhich they paid the dominion government
BIO an acre. Coal is now being mined from
Dne main shaft and from several side tuE-
1els. The veins run from three and one
lalf to four and one-half feet thick and
Family the country for miles about. Seven
hundred tons are mined daily, the men
working only on day shift. The company
short of help, but when supplied and
heir road is in running order, they will
nine from 5000 to 5000 tons day. Two
ther shafts are now being sunk and will
hortly be in working condition. Mines
will eventually be opened on every half
nile of the company's possessions. The
miners are paid 50 cents ton, and work |
ng steadily for 10 hours, q man can make |
lear of the expense OF his powder. about
ESQ day. Large barracks of the COM
any give good and wholesome food to the |
pen, with clean and comfortable bed and |
ooms for $3.50 week. Acre lots in GEN.
raj locations are sold to the men for $125. |
Buildings are then erected according to the |
Individual taste, and the entire property is |
aid for in monthly installments at six per |
emit annual interest. BY this plan many |
the men have accumulated handsome
states with the result of increased loyalty |
the company. The comforts of the men |
ill soon be further enhanced by the erec-
lon of q hospital, which has been endowed |
18th $4,000 by Sir Alexander Gait, the |
RadinG spirit of the company.
White Sulphur Springs.
There is no longer any question as to the
lines in the vicinity Of Willow creek, Lone
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