The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-05
THE CARBONATE CAMP.
Excellent Prospects for the Castle
District During the Coming
Mining Season.
Development Work Being Pushed
and Many Paying Properties
Now In Operation.
Steam Machinery Being Put In by Several
Companies-New buildings and
New Business.

CASTLE, April 3.-l5peclai. I-At last our
streets begin to wear a throIged appear
ance. The winter seems gone and balmy
and life giving spring has come. On every
hand one can hear of new buildings to be
erected and new enterprises to be started.
But what most interests US here at this time
of the year is the resuming of work or
nearly all of our mining locations. We
eagerly look forward to their development,
feeling assured that with depth many of
them will disclose vast bodies of ore. We
have now here a sufficient number of mines
to support a town much larger than the
present size of Castle. The mineral bear
ing ground in this district is supposed to
cover an area that is about four miles long
by three miles wide. Over a large portion
of it locations have been made. With
development it il natural for US to believe
that many of them will prove wonders like
our Cumberland and Yellowstone already
are.
Never before in the history of thiAcamp
nave our people entered upon q season with
80 much hope. They firmly believe that a
great future ia in store for this district.
The new smelter of the Cumberland will in
about Il month be treating from eighty to
100 tons per day. The hauling of this re-
duction plants output of bullion to the
railroad at Livingston, and the f%reiRhting
IN OF the necessary coke that will be needed
by this furnace for fux, will alone require
wagons. The Armada's new steam hoiAt
will soon be on the ground. The Trium-
vlrate company ave recently contracted
for q similar hoist. The CHIEF owners of
the Hidden Treasure are now arranging to
work their property by steam. All over the
m1n1nO lIofrIOf ~ Ln,,-
made for deeper mining, which %undoubted-
~ means TO us many more large ore pro-
ducing mines, and that Castle will ere long
become a large place, perhaps ~rivaling
ing Leadville and Butte.
Everything will soon be all activity here.
AS soon as some of the immense quantity
OF snow that now lies packed in and about
our town disappears, a large number of fine
business blocks will be erected. What we
really need here is more stores. There is q
great demand for such structures. There
IS not a favorably situated store room
vacant IN the town. Fabulously high rents
are asked and readily obtained tor every
one centrally located. The large mercan-
tile firm of w. H. Dickinson q Co., unable
to rent one for themselves, are Obliged
to be content for the present with a half of
one of our large business blocks. The
First National bank of Castle, which ex-
poets to begin business here in about a
month, unable to rent a suitable building
Tor It's own use, has secured q part of the
fine stone store building occupied by Mr..
N. Il. Dinsmore.
All kinds of real property will rapidly ad-
vance here in value this coming summer.
Within the last year it has trebled and
quadrupled in value. The greatly increased
prospects OF this place the coming summer
must get it booming. We will have here in
aboutsa month a good sized furnace in
operation. The Legal Tender mine expects
soon to begin shipping hundreds of tons of
high grade ore. A number OF other mines are
also able to ship mineral. A large number
OF freight teams will keep constantly arriv-
ing ana departing for the railroad daily.
In addition hundreds of men will find en-
ployment in chopping wood, in burning
charcoal, in grading streets, in laying water
mains and in building.