The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-09
CHLORIDE hill GROUP.
Every Claim in the Vicinity Is Un-
der Bond or Purchased by
Capitalists.
Good Reports From the Rich Key
stone in Spring Gulch, Mis-
Nsoula County.
Iron Mountain oncentrator Running All
Right-Marveleus Find Reported in
SLOGAN Lake.

MuI1AN. Nov. z.-[Special. Nearly sver,
mining claim, Of the famous Chloride Hill
group Of mines. at Mullan il now eithe
under bond to or purchased by capitalists
The apex of Chloride Hill is exactly 2.00l
feet above Mullan, and there are on this hill
nearly twenty rich mining properties
ranging in value from twenty thousand t.
one million dollars each. This famouI
mountain is d network of rich lodges, ant
although there are millions of dollars worti
of ore Tin sight" the real mining of orr
from Chloride Hill has hardly begun. The
Chloride Hill group Of mines comprise thu
Grouse, Iron Grown, Morning. Evening,
Grouse Fraction, Morning Fraction, Bullion,
You Like. Just What, Silver King, Midnight,
Noonday Fraction, Silver Queen. st. Paul,
Independence, hummer Fraction, Fanny
Gremm, True Blue, Helena Fraction, Get
tysburR, Lucretia, Deadwood and q few
others.
Will Wallace came in from the Keystone
mine on Spring creek, Montana, yesterday
and reports tho Keystone ~ developing into
one OF the richest mines In Montana. He
says that at less than ono hundred feet
depth large quantities of native and horn
silver are encountered. This mine is owned
by Phil O'Isourk, John Cromie and others.
M. 7. Wight. one Of the pioneer we'll
builders of Coeur d'Alene, and who assisted
L. Lacrosier in putting up the from Noun
tain conoentrator ut Flat creek, returned to
Nullan yesterday. He informed your cor
respondent that whom he left Iron Noun
tain the new mill was running in fine style
and doing splendid work.
The Miners union of Mullan will cole
brate the first anniversary OF their organi-
zation on the goth Of this month by giving
q grand ball in Heney's hall, Mullan. on
the evening of that day. The union has
now 141 members and they are intelligent,
worthy men. The officers of the MIllan
union are Thomas O'Brien, president; 1. L.
Purcell. financial secretary; N. Hicks, re-
cordinp secretary; John Clark, correspond
inc secretary, and Thomas Honey, treasurer.
Many of the members of this union are old
timers in the Occur d'Alenes and have done
much towards developing tho famous mines
in this locality. They are mon of good
Judgment, social standing, and are thor
ouphly posted on all questions OF public
interest, md for the public good. 1t is un.
necessary to say that the anniversary ball
will be q grand success.
Capt. w. j. Haynes, who has a number Of
fine mining properties under bond in this
vicinity, came up from the Occur d. Alene
Nellie mine at Osburn yesterday, and in
speaking of that property he remarked
that it was undoubtedly the richest mine in
the Coeur d. Alenes. He says that the
owners have a three foot vein of solid ore
that will assay from 600 to 1000 ounces of
silver. The ore is a dry ore and goes to the
smslter without concentrating.
AL Bush came over from the st. Regis
country to-day and reports that many of
the miners and prospectors in the vicinity
OF Saltsse will winter at the mines doing
development work. and that by early spring
capital will find = wonderfully rich field for
The Packer creek camp will
surely be a very busy one next summer. IL
ID rich in minerals and only needs a little
more development.