The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1891-08-27
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Our Mining Editors Weekly
Contribution.
ANOTHER STRIKE IN THE ELIZABETH
Considerable Excitement Regarding It
Ten Inches of Rich Ruby Ore Said
to Have Been Encountered
The Midnight.

Once again that most erratic and phe
nomlnally exciting mining proposition
the Elizabeth Mining Company. comes
before the world with strike of great
Importance Yesterdays daily papers
announce that about 365 feet from the
east end lines of the Elizabeth. in the
east drift from the south crcsscut. ten
inches Of ore. carrying lots of ruby and
yielding an assay of 1.OCOounces of silver
per ton was encountered in the face of
the drift.
The NAIL with exceeding great pleas
ure announces that the reports are about
correct, and that this time there really
is cause for rejoicing and that in the
face of the east drift there is bonanza
ore between six and ten inches in width.
but before going wild let US stop for
one moment and consider where this ore
was found.
The Elizabeth shaft is 40 feet in
depth, or at least that is where the cross
cut north was started. This crosscut
| was run to within about 100 feet of the
Fanny Parnell side lines. or about that
before striking the vein. A drift was
then started east on this vein, which
until now was hungry and apparently
barren Hooking quartz. This drift runs
right into the mountain and gains depth
rapidly, and where the strike was made
must be 1000 feet below the surface.
Now then the question for men who
buy stock for the purpose of helping the
district as well as to help themselves to
decide is this: What is the general
course of the vein?:' That is, does it
follow the Elizabeth side lines, and is it
about the same distance from the side
lines where they have made this strike
as it was when tapped by the crosscut
from the Elizabeth shaft; and if so, and
presuming that the vein is the celebrat-
ed north vein of the Granite and Bi-Me-
tallic Companies, does it have the same
general and uniform dip as at other
points on the vein; and if it has, is the
apex of the lead on Elizabeth ground or
is it on the Rocky Point or Fannie Par
nell Of the Bi-Metallic?
All of this is said for the purpose of
letting the public understand the posi-
ton and possible outcome of the strike.
and with no desire to in any way iniure
the property.
Everybody who lives in this district
should be, and undoubtedly is, very
anxious for the success of everv pros
pect and mine in it. but it does district |
no good to be constantly reporting
strikes which have no foundation in
fact. 1t rather does it positive injury.
Ii the Elizabeth Company have what is
claimed, and we do not question it, and
1t is On their own ground and there will
be no future controversy over it, then
these few remarks will have no force, as
any man or company with ten inches of
ruby silver, with an almost absolute GER
talnty of its holding out for 365 feet in
length and goodness knows how deep,
'an we'll afford to laugh at any remarks
made about their property.
This is the first and only sure enough
strike ever made since the formation of
he old West Granite Company, now
Known as the Elizabeth, but with start
ing regularity they have been reported
md thousands upon thousands of dollars
AVE been won and lost on these reports.
md as said before, every one of them
Until that of Tuesday were false, with no
liver or mineral-bearing quartz for a
oundation. All of them have not had
he same origin, but were dishonesty
prung upon the public for dishonest
purposes.
The MAIL believes that there is bon !;
MA ore in the face of the east drift, and
lncerely hopes that it will continue to
old its width and value, and that every
unce of it belongs to the Elizabeth and t
, no other company. t
The MiGnight q