The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-25
missoula County Properties Paying
Regular Dividends and Show
ing Up Well.
Something About Slokane, the New
Field of interest in Min
ing Circles.
Prediction That It win witncss the Big
gcst Mining stampede In
Many Years.

MIssouLA, Nov. A.-lSpeclai. IN
mines of Missoula county are steadily ad-
~vauoing to a position of Importance as pro-
ducers to the states supply OF metals. The
Curlew has settled down to q steady and
regular routine, with orc in sight to con-
tinus its present rate OF production Tor
several years. The concentrator il treating
about 100 tons of ore daily. Rich strata
are encountered which raise the pro
duotion Of concentrates n cause a little
ripple among the small stockholders. but
the average from month to month is almost
the same, an average which guarantees
steady dividends and places the stock
among the best of mining securities.
The Iron Mountain concentrator has now
been running about a month with very sat
isfactory results. Sixty tons of ore are
treated daily giving n ton of concentrates
to about four tons of ore. TIL concsn-
trates are high grade in silver. This mins
has been worked for tho past three or four
years and has paid handsome dividends on
the hand-sorted ore. In the work of
extracting the clean ore for shipment
large bodies of concentrating ore were en-
countered which could NOT be utilized
without a mill and where possible to do 80
were left standing. The mine has been de-
yeloped to . depth of over 800 feet. This
immense amount of ground is practically
untouched as far as the concentrating ore
is concerned and makes it one of the best
opened mines in the state.
The West Iron Mountain company have
driven a tunnel 365 feet and have appar-
emily encounter the same mineral zone that
has been 20 productive in the Iron Noun
tain. The shale for the last twenty feet
has been heavily impregnated with mineral
and in sufficient quantities to make q good
class OF concentrating ore. There has been
cut in this formation several strata of clean
galena ore which the company is preparing
to ship. ...aa #
The Little Anaconda, two miles west on
Deep crock. is also shipping ore and work
ing about fifteen men.
Carter. the rapidly growing town OF
Spring gulch. ID now one of the liveliest
little camps in the mountains. j.
Within the past few days the ore body on
the Keystone, which has beon followed
from the surface to a depth of over $50
eral and is said to be much higher grade.
The ore ia accommodating on the dump faster
than the teams can haul it away. The force
of miners is being increased. Work will
soon be resumed on the Eureka and Ben
Lomond.
The Nine Mile Mining company, ON Nine
Mile creek, are working three shifts of men
on the lower tunnel of tho Golden Dawn
and on the wluze bsing sunk from the up
per tunnsl to connect with it. The last
measurement showed that there was twenty
feet yet to run in each to make connection.
This, il is expected, will be completed this
month, and will open the mine to the
depth Of 1855 feet.
A ~well-known mining man has recently
returned from SLOGAN, the scene of the re-
cent excitement in British Columbia. The
camp is about thirty miles from Nelson.
and as yet very little development has been
done. TIL gentleman il very enthusiastic
over the prospect of the camp, and thinks
that it will next year eclipse any mining
stampede that has occurred for years. The
formations are lime, quartz, dolimi.e and
schist. The lodges cut the formations and
extend for great distances. Clean galena
ore crops out on the surface in bodies
from two to six feet thick, and in excep-
tional cases wider. The gentleman re-
ferred to. who is an assayer of wide expert
enoe, states that he made eighteen assays
from top rock. and the average exceeded
200 ounces in silver.