The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-06
NEWS FROM THE MINES,
Conclusive Evidence That All the
Good Territory is Not Yet
Worked.
A History Of the Location of
the Indian Creek
District.

Increase in the Business Done at Butte
Favorable News Still Comes
From Champion.
BUTTE, Oct. 4.-[Special. 1T is fire.
quently said by men who have no knowl-
edge of the wonderful resources of this
great state beyond the published state
ments of the camps that are now producing
their millions annually, that all the good
country in Montana is being worked.
Nothing could be further from the truth,
as is shown by the reports coming in daily
of new camps being opened up. Most OF
them develop paying properties and many
at once take stand among the mining CEN
ters of the country. In the front of the
most promising districts which commenced
production during the past year is that OF
Indian Creek, situated within four miles of
the Lowlands. 1t is in the center of the
great mineral belt of Montana, being sur
rounded by such camps as Butte, Granite,
Jay Gould, Champion and the Lowlands,
none of them being more than twenty five
miles distant. If there we're no other rea-
son than this the territory would we'll be
worth careful investigation, but those who
have seen it claim that the existence there
of large bodies of valuable ore has been
established beyond question.
One of the original locators in this dis
trict was in this city to-day, and in CONVEX
sation with your correspondent gave the
following brief description of it's location
and subsequent development: "The first
location in the Indian Greek district was
made in August, 1889, by j. H. Jacoby, who
called his claim the InRomar. The excel
lent showing made by his lead induced 9th
ers to follow his example, and on January
l following J. Il. Price opened up lead on
the hillside above. calling it the Patsywat-
omle. Mr.. Price took in j. II. Hartman of
Helena, and the Bushnell Brothers. of the
Standard Investment company, st. Paul.
All were known capitalists and investors,
These gentlemen were SO we'll pleased with
the showing made by their new property
that they at once sunk shaft on the CEN
ter of the claim and drove five cross-cuts
through the lead, taking out ore that as
saved as high as 2.O25 ounces of silver and
SD in gold. They are now engaged in
driving tunnel which is intended to cut
the lead at great depth and will doubt
less disclose the true value of their deposit,
This was thought to be pretty good, but in
the May following M. L. Pinney and j. w.
Misler discovered that the hill immedi
ately across the gulch was one vast BODY Of
mineral. This they located under the name
of Mineral Hill. Investigation developed
the fact that there were no
walls in the claiLs. but ore
side lines. Assays were taken from differ.
emit parts covering all the country between
these lines. and the rock returned from
$546.25 in silver and $50 in gold to $S.74 in
silver and 81 in gold. A great mans >assays
were made, but none Of them were below
the figures last given. The proposition was
regarded as paying one from the start
with the proper milling facilities. Al
though the better gra des were found in de-
posits only it was thought by the best
miners that little development work
would show the presence of wel-defined
lead, carrying this better rock. Since that
time number of other claims have been
located, and with the Cyclone group farther
down, the camp is beginning to assume
formidable proportions. The location is
certainly an ideal one for a mining camp,
and Indian Creek furnishes an abundance
of water for milling purposes, and there are
miles of the finest timber to be had for the |
taking. tohE site has been laid off, and |
the present indications point to wonder
full growth for the new place in the very |
near future.
"AnotEiv promising camp has been open
ed during the pas, week on Rock creek |
which is situated between the lowlands and |
Indian creek. The country in question has |
been prospected over tir.e and again bv
men who thought they knew tho business,
but nothin,: was found that promised to
pay. Early this week the Pinnevs opened
up lead there which gives every indica-
ton of being tie equal of ANYTHING vet
found In that region. 1t bears gold. silver
ana copper and assays made to date show
its total value per ton to be sos. When l
LETT there yesterday only seven locations
had been made, but the news had COM
menced to travel, and by the time can re-
turn have no doubt there will be a small
army swarming over those hills. OF course
work enough has not been done to deter
mine fully the value OF this find, but it GER
there is SO much mineral in sight however.
some one is almost certain to strike it rich.
and it r uld be strange indeed if some GOOD
mines were not opened there
The week has been an unusually Quiet
one IA Butte though there has been an in
crease rather than decrease in the bust
ness done. One by one the great properties
that have been closed down for
various reasons have resumed opera
tions and are now turning out their
accustomed quantities of metal. The great
Blue Bird, which was quiet so long under
an injunction. aided by the low price of
silver, is now in full blast, both at the mine
and mill, giving employment to fully 500
men. The Montana Consolidated, which
was closed down to allow the placing of a
new engine, one of the largest ever brought
to the state, is again working 400 men on a
shaft and has already appreciably increased
the daily shipments to Anaconda. The
Alice has completed the work on its main
shaft, and all its stamps are now dropping
on its next S25,000 dividend. The Lexinn-
ton continues developing on the 1850, but
Is hoisting ore to the surface as if there
was nothing else to be done. The Parrot is
turning out more rock than ever before and
was never SO prosperous as it is TODAY,
With such showing there can be no won.
ger that the prosperity of the camp has
known no check and is even better now
than ever before. AM" s
THE CHAMPION DISTRICT. 8
development Work Going on Briskly in