The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-05

S25. Then there are the Ada, Park, Peer
less, and Pedro, owned BY different parties.
The BLACK Swan, owned by w. G: Bailey
and others; Sutton Park, Kaiser, the Vnw-
tor group and the Briscoe group; the Yell
low Boy, owned by Constans IL Springer, on
which there is a ton stamp mill, and the
MoCre group.
The property which is now attracting
the largest amount of attention is the None
Such at the head of Arastra Gulch. Last
summer a company, composed OF Helena
and st. Louis men. was formed and the
mine was purchased from an old-timer.
named Shaifer. Mr.. b. T. Forbes WAS
placed in charge of the work of develop
msnt which has been pushed ever since.
A tunnel was driven in 140 feet, showing
from one to three feet of free milling ore.
Assays made rs the work progressed en-
couraged the owners to proceed, and a
shaft WAS started, following tho lead for
POO feet IN ar incline. At tho depth of $50
feet levels were run east and west, and from
them were taken and is now being taken some
very rich ore. A drift was also run ON the
200 foot level, and from this the richest ore
yet found is being mined, showing that the
deeper the work is carried on the better the
ore becomes and the wider the pay streak
grows. The mill has been running on the
ore for a little over a week now and the
prospect is for excellent returns when the
cleanup ia made this week. Since the
strike in the None Such about ten days ago
a number of Helena capitalists have exam
ined the property and all of them return
surprised at the excellent showing which is
being made. The owners OF the None
Such do not believe they have the only
mine in the camp, neither do the owners of
the Mac, or of any Of the other properties;
but they believe all the locations on this
well-detined contact will prove to be paying
ip want ~ N v Ia xpher thnU rN HAypIOnpI. The
vein in the None Such, which was about
two feet wild when drifting first commenced,
is now over four feet and, as SAID before,
the ore grows better daily. The mill Is
only u five-stamp one. but large enough to
prove just what can be expected from the
which has all the appliances for saving a
larger per cent. of the precious metal.
This Geraldine group, owned by Mike
Burns, also deserves notice. MIR. Burns has
expended \ good many thousand dollars on
development work., and now has tho group
bonded to st. Paul people. This group has
been examined by some of the best mining
experts in the country. with the result OF
unanimously pronouncing the claims pay
ing propositions. AS with the None-Such,
SO with the Geraldine group--as depth has
been attained the ore body has become
larger and richer.
Then take the Orear properties. situated
HI IuS ueSu Oh 1uChSE LdStus hpoup 1
and a half miles from Helena. They con-
sist of the Uncle Sam, Shroplv, Badger.
Florida and Midas. Orear worked some on
the property along in 1865, then went OF
on a stampede, to return in 1884, and since
has stuck to them, with the result that he
believes he has as good a thing IN the
Tucker Basin as can be found in any coun-
try. The Uncle Sam has been a phenome-
mai producer. Some of the ore runs high
in tellurium, assaying away up in the thou
sands. Out of ore of tne properties
Orear has taken ore so rich that he
pounded it up in a mortar, washed 1T, II
from the proceeds built as complete a five
stamp mill ON his property as there ism the
county, besides putting Il nice little sum
"But he has taken it all out now" Go up
up there to day and you will find Orear and
one man taking out from a two-foot vein
ore that will run 10000 to the on. These
properties are now under bond, and a great
deal of work will be dons on them this
summer.
Adjoining the Orear group is the prop
erty of the Winscott Mining company, con-
sisting of four claims. But comparatively
little work has been dom On any of the To-
cations, but sufficient to show their rich
ness. A complete twenty-stamp mill has
been erected on the property. These mines
are now under bond to Boston people.
L uelT tllle 4 w AIdy ols allo ! WIG ao Aoe
take the group, the original owners will
work them.
The above is not intended as a complete
history of the Unionviile district, nor is 1t
likely that all the deserving mines have
been mentioned. But they are facts
cleaned during a few hours visit, and
if Helena people will but look
into the merits of the camp,
thew will find the third of its resources
and prospects have not been pointed out.
1t is a district directly tributary to Helena,
and its property means more than any
other one thing for the prosperity of Hell
ens and he~f.people. For years it has lair
almost dormant, and now that foreign cap
~italists have taken hold of 1t, the promise
is for more stirring times. But foreign
capital cannot and will not do it all, and i
those living within a few miles of the CAM
give it the cold snoulder. outsiders are no
likely to take much interest in developing
it. say the people who are thoroughly &C
quainted with the situation. No bette
thing could happen Helena than the EN-
plovment of u number of men this summe
IN the opening of mines in the Unionvill
district. The ore is there, say the experts
and with a little capital the camp can lea
all others in the state i'll Its mineral output