The Helena independent., 1891-12-06
Il Ihs Spring Gulch District Proving
IN Claim s ! First-Class
Producer.
Elfty Men Employed on the Iron
Mountain and tho Concentra-
tor Running Smoothly.
The Golden Prospects Of the Cow
RE work HAS Not Bson Resumed
on the Fourth Of July.

NIsEouLky DeC. o.--IDpaciai. l--opTlH
Guloh continues to attract considerable at
tention, and seems destined to become on
81 tho leading camps Of the county. Th
shipments OF ore from tho keystone ar
increasing in quantity and grade as deptl
III attained. The town of Carter, which j
the center for the mines in the vicinity, il
rapidly growing. and town lots which coule
N have been had for the asking two or three
months past, are now selling readily from
5000 10 S40O. A road has been built to the
Iron King and Queen. and it Is understood
that shipmsnts from the property will soon
bO commenced.
on Flat creek, four miles to the east of
Sprinc Gulch, the Iron Mountain mine is
working some forty or fifty men, and the
corcsntrator is running very successfully.
This mine has commenced m era Of pros
perity that the extensive Developments
ana large bodies OF ore in sight guarantee
will not be Of short duration. There are
III the vicinity Of Iron mountain several
properties to which concentrating mills
must eventually be added. While there
nre undoubtedly bodies Of clean ora that
can be made TO pay by hand sorting, the
salvation and future greatness OF the sec
tion will eventually be worked out on
concentrating basis The bodies Of shale
whioh are imprsqnated with galena form a
most favorable material for cheap, close
and profitable concentration. This class
Of lodges aeem to exist in the Iron noun
tain region in number OF promising
claims and bid fair TO eventually make it
oI,s of the great camps OF Montana.
To the east OF Flat creek md heading on
the same divide, is Anne Mile creek. The
shoals and shistog rocks continue across the
numerous rayines running into this stream.
The lodges hsre are largely gold bearing,
some q them showing e.. large = , bodies les q fres
Dawn are worked under bond by Messra.
Woods, Larsen, Biokford and others. The
second payment was made on the bond
Tuesday Considerable work is being done
on the Golden Dawn. The California and
Little Grant, which have recently been in
corporated under the name Of the Montana
Mining company, have large bodies of free
milling gold quartz exposed at the surface.
Martina, the site OF the old placer camp, on
Nine Mile, i'd arising in its pristine glory, |
and Ia all probability its prosperity will be
more enduring than In the days when the
miners paid for their Hour and bacon with
the stream.
III ID ID understood TINT work will soon be
resumed on the Gowrie mine at Camas
Prairie. This property has bsen idle dur
ing the summer. Lack of funds to do
necessary development was the principal
cause. Ths properly was owned BY an in
corporatsd company, the stock Of which
was nom aaasssable. The majority OF the
stockholders were in favor OF reincorpora-
ting On An assessable basis, but some OBJ
iected to this and the matter was compro-
missed BY rsincorporation with . limited as
scssnsnt. The new stock has been issued
pro rata to the old stockholders and an as
bls in two installments Of one-half cent
each. This will give sufficient funds to do
the contemplated work, and leaves tho
stock asssssable to the extent Of one cent
per share more, after the payment of which
it again becomes non assessable. Whom
first discovered this mine occasioned con-
siderable interest. Rich ore was discov-
cred on the surface, and in sinking the shaft
the ore was found in kidneys lying in
. largo mass OF clay. At sixty-two
3set erOsaGuts were run both ways. The
south crosscut after passing through some
twenty feet Of clay and talo ledge matter
with occasional kidneys Of ore, solid lime
trated forty feet. The drift to the north
struck the lime in about fifteen feet and
also encountered kidneys of rich ore. The
largo amount OF ledge matter and the oc-
casional masses OF high grade ore seem to
indicate the presence of profitable ore
bodies not far below the bottom of the
present shaft. Mr.. LoQue, superintendent
Of the Chester mine, about three miles
southeast OF the Gowrie, a short time since
received word from the owners in the east
to close the mine for the winter. Three
days later they wired him to resume opera
lions. Ss 1t seems quite probable that this
promising property will also continue de-
velopnents during the winter.