The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-26
WARM SPRINGS CANYON
4 Vast Mineral Belt In Oar Own Hel6h-
boPhood.
Prospectors Turning Their Alton
ton to the Country Lying West
OF Anaconda The Excite
ment In Virginia City.

A trip ovcr the country washed by the
Northern tributaries of Warm Springs
creek will readily convince n That more
work will be done toward The develop
ment of mines In that region this summer
than during any previous senson. h
n he accounted for from the fact that
development. work of the various mine
during the past 1--we years has brought To
sight ore which shows indications of in
creased richness as depth Is attained.
This vast mineral holt lies principally he
tween Anaconda and Cable, and IL might
be aid Is In Its infancy as q mining
country. P~rospectors are just awakening
TO the important fact that something
more than a field for prospecting lies In
this belt; they have concluded that min
eral Of unbounded wealth Is hidden there,
aud determination, perseverance and
plenty Of hard work will certainly present
their reward 10 the man who will devote
n few weeks to giving this section a
thorough prospecting.
The prospecting season is fairly opened
and miners from every part Of thc new
state are turning their attention TO the
country lying west Of this city. As de-
velopment progresses reports of strike
increase in this wonderful silver-copper
region. As n comparatively new and al
most UNEMPLOYED mining district, II is one
over which the pack-mule and horseman
can easily travel. The facilities for min
ing are unsurpassed In any country, tim
Der, fuel and water being found in
abundance. With little labor and
TO any part Of Il. Gentlemen Interested
In various prospects have signifed their
intention OF building q 10 q consider
able extent this summer n fall. h
accomplished, Il may be expected hat
much ore will be brought to this city for
treatment and shipment, some OF d ore
ton which 30 far this state cannot give.
However, the matter OF treating this ore
has not been an obstacle or bar In its pro-
duction. In one respect this district Is an
exact counterpart OF all others ever
known, and that Is, capital must find its
way into these mines before their real
value will be properly impressed upon
the mining world. The Significance OF
the act hat capital begets capital was
never more apparent thai i'm The case of
these mines in question. Poor men have
discovered these prospects; now let capt.
tai do the easy work, n put the silver
and copper contained In this belt into cir
culation.
During the past six or seven years this
district has been mentioned in the record
ing OF mines OF Door Lodge county about
seventy-two times. Out OF that number
il is safe to say that not more than six
prospects have been sunk to n depth OF
$50 Get The reason for this is explained
when IL Is aid that flve-twelfths of the
men who recorded these mines were
wholly unable in the matter OF obtaining
capital to sink TO a depth necessary to
show what kind of property they had To-
Gated. But they have dom the assess
ment work in most cases, and Il Is by this
work tina the richness of this section is
slowly but surely becoming known.
IL may he mentioned as q matter of in
formation to those desiring To enter this
section with a view to prospecting,
that In formation Is not altogether gram
lite, nor Is the country rock as indicated
In the surface of a character that would
throw the old prospector into commissions
OF ecstacics ON account of it's encouraging
signs of compactness. On the contrary,
considerable porphyry and in many places
limestone is found. but when a depth of
100 or 30 feet is reached hanging and
foot-walls are found which give every in
dication of durability and deflnement.
The mines OF Oleson and Foster creeks
will be worked on n larger scale this year
than that OF any preceding m Every
day brings new visitors To their hills OF
hidden wealth.