The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-14
THE ELLISTOA DISTRICT.
1t will Prove To Be One Of the
Great Camps of Mon
tana.
Work Already Begun on tho New
Shelter to Be Built at
Boulder.
M Sirns Of Abatement In the stampede to
the KaIsO District--Othcr Min
ing News.

Or the border line between Lewis anu
Clarke and Deer Lodge counties. twenty
seven miles southwest from Helena, and
thirteen miles east from Elliston, lies an
irregular, mountainous region. 5000 feet
above the sea, dividing the flow to the east
and west of two streams known as len Mile
and Little Blaokfoot. This region, usually
spoken of as the Elliston district. the
writer had occasion to visit several years
ago whom the existence of ore was known to
less than half a dozen stray prospectors.
What has transpired since then and Is being
done at present is sufficient to convince the
most skeptical individual that this will be
one Of the great mining camps of Montana.
A new era of progress has enlivened the
whole camp. Instead of the occasional
stray prospector will be found large gangs
of miners developing mines that are rapidly
acquiring the notoristy for their richness
and magnitude that they are 80 worthy OF.
Anon some of the mines visited there is the
Ontario, discovered by Messrs. Conors and
Dyre in 1885. Mr.. Dyre recently purchased
Mr.. Conors' interest for 100000 and Is nov
the sole owner. The large number OF men
employed in working the mine by Doth
shaft and tunnel, extracting the precious
ore and in the erection of many buildings
above ground, shows an activity indeed
surprisinp. Four four-horss teams are en-
gagged in hauling ore to Rimini. where it Is
loaded on the cars for the East Helena
smelter for treatment. It Is reported that
a bono of $4,000 is being negotiated for
The Matte Bell, owned by Messrs. Mo
Gee. Hodge and others is a comparatively
recent discovery. Two shipments OF ore
taken from the very surface netted the
of the shipment averaging over $2oO per
The Josephine, under the management of
F. A. Taylor, Is working twenty-five men.
Three shifts in one shaft are taking out
ore that is said to be very high grade. Their
forty-fve horse power steam hoist is one of
the finest in the country. The company
has a saw mill close at hand and the out
nut is used as fast as 1t is propuced in erect
ing the necessary buildings. Their shaft
house now being erected is S5145 fest. This
property has made many large shipments.
Meta. owned by MIR. Davis, and an extern
sion of the Josephine, is being worked by a
shaft now down $50 feet, and seems to be as
promising as the original discovery.
The holders of the Monarch must have
had a presentiment of its commanding dis
GluCLlOu 10 nave uih0o buCA q AuRpy boAGo-
ton in its name, for it is one of the mon
arohs of the mountains. Abond of $l6O,OOO
has recently been executed On the property.
There is a large body of ore of superior
richness on the dump that is being hauled
to kimini at the contract price of So per
ton.
The Dunlieth is also under bond.
One of the most promising mines in the
camp is the Richmond ~company's property,
who have over sixty acres, through which
runs the large-continuous ledge containing
the Richmond. Nellie Blake, and Eureka, aslo
three other veins running parallel through
the property. This property is Joined
Immediately on the south by the
Ontario, on the east by the Mat
tie Bell. and by the Lille group
On the north, touching on all sides the best
claims in the camp and traversed by four
distinct and continuous leads, one of which
is from eighteen to twenty feet in width.
The ore in the Nellie Blake, or center claim
of the Richmond company, is said by
miners n experts to be similar to the
Granite Mountain ore, and as this is the
great Granite Mountain mineral belt, the
probability of this property being the ex-
tension of that great mine is entertained by
many. The company have just commenced
active work in drifting on their main lead
in a tunnel already in 400 fest. They are
also driving two shafts on the Nellie Blake
and Eureka respectively.
These properties are by no means the
only ones that have q propitious future.
This is the land of promise, over it shine
the stars of hope and success, and it only
needs muscle. pluck, intelligence and CAPT.
tai to realize the greatest anticipation.