The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10
! Has Been Told Concerning
l. New Eldorado Of
Montana.
l. Hundred Thousand Dollars
| Been Spent This Year in
Development Work
IL a commencement Has Been
Made-What Will the
Harvest Be?

seedtime comes harvest" is the
I'm truism and careful, bountiful
cnts invariably bring rich re-
Tales 50 large as to seem mere
. stories of some far-away Edo
we frequently been told concern
resources of the Belt mountains,
strangely enough, scarce ever
has been told. Realizing this
FrBuxE reporter recently called
h. F.. Collins to see Just what had
Inc this year and following is the
SO many properties exist it
he difficult to avoid emitting
Cornucopia has expended in cold
[omc $4,000. Here as elsewhere
new went for development work
Rchiuery. \ shaft has been sunk
and several tunnels are in. The
on are prosecuting ut the 300
yel for the vein, and this they cX-
strike in two or three weeks.
he development Of the Benton
hptwrrn $4,000 and $4,000 have
ppnt. 4 shaft and working tun-
in and Il level has been run on the
One 600 feet, AS yet only a few
Is have been shipped, still about
has been realized. Some 800
II high Grade ore are on the dump
Irntv more in sight.
/. \. l.. have invested about SD
+ machinery and development. and
shaft down POO feet and some ore
dump.
Black Diamonds expenditures
about 5000 and are represented
kchincry and by three or four shafts.
pwn ninety feet, and Icy excellent
btlons.
Monarch has put in about $4,000
the Florence about $4,000. The
mine has paid its way by ship.
and by the sale of treasury stock
Dther company which has been in.
BE- largely is the Queen Of the Hills
owners have developed it and put ii
machinery. rNpcnding not less thar
b.. Their efforts have been repaid
rgc quantities of ore, little Of WhiuI
bet been shipped.
e Gait. which recently struck il 50
has used up about $1,000, includ
heir present contract fer a tunnel
IN quite Il way.
tludinr its purchase money, abou
G00 have been left in the shafts q
Diamond Il. \ large three compart
working shaft, the largest IN tn
except the Granite Mountain shaft
Nv bong sunk. On the dump Of thi
2Nl0 tons oT fine ore now lie ans
Ter thiugs vet are in store.
bouJ $4,000 have been well used il
5loping tine May and Edna. Ihi
- is now ready to ship and will 500
Bending large quantities to Groa
u. Working tunnels to the vein IL
1 in about 500 and about BOO feet,
H. Barker ON which its lucky owner
spending about $4,000. is ulrcad
pping and is now improving its capaC
y some new and improved macllr
en thousand dollars have been spcn
he ldyl Mining company who ar
running a tunnel and + within =.
u feet Of the vein.
PIE Dakota, now running a tunnt
eYpend some $4,000 and will befor
E begin to ship ore.
[he lngersoll, whose rich strike wa
y chrOnicled, is using about $500
\ is m between 400 and 800 feet.
[he Hartley is a new mine recent
nded which proposes to devote to dt
opmcnt work about $4,000.
And last but not least of the list is tn
rter, which has been extensively d'
oped and shows an immense body {
ores.
These are but some of the many an
near the amount has been spent i
'ir development that they dcserv
elk Of shipping facilities has hampere
II owners. This will, however, 500
removed, and a harvest will doubtles
ow. Collate the figures and mark til
all expended in a territory trib,
to Great Falls. Sixteen mine
nut $4,000, and all for developmer
TX. On the dumps of these mint
sin sipbtH lia tbnucap6S of tons {
worth millions of dollars. With
il bosoms, at the bottom Of the
fits and only awaiting the advent
railroad, are masses not to be mea
d by thousands and worth, perhap
of millions. The railroad hi
but reached them, and before maj
Is pulling engines shall be drawing
Falls smelters the millions al
lions now lying at rest.