The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-08
THE MINES Of MONTANA
The East Granite Company Presents
a Most Encouraging Outlook
for tho Future.
A Full Complement OF Hosting
and Pumping Machinery
Purchased.
Report OF Thos. Il. Penross-Clrsular Let
teri thst Are Being Tiostsd East
ny . Montana Concsrn.

MI. J.. X. Pardes, general manager Of the
East Granite company. came over from me
mines Yesterday to order machinery for tho
New Departure mine. which 10 being viaor-
ously developed. Mr.. Pardee left orders
with the Hotter Hardware company for q
full compliment Of hosting and pumping
machinery. This includes . cable double
hoist with . capacity Of 800 feet, necessary
shelves, cars and several hundred pieces
including tools. The pump has a capacity
Of 800 feet. Contrary to expectations water
was encountered in the shaft a few days
ago. The plant ordered will cost about
5000 and the Hotter company having the
machinery on hand Immediately proceeded
20 fill tho order and the machinery will be
on the cars for Ph~ilipsbnrg to-day.
Mr.. Thos. Penrose, for four years FORE
man Of the great Granite Mountain mine
under Captain plummer. has made an in
s~pection Of the East Granite At the request
OF a number OF people of Granite and Phil
jpsburg, who expressed a wish to know the
true merits Of this enterprise. Here Ia his
report:
GRANITE, Jan. BY special request OF
the public Of Granite n vicinity. nave
made several examinations Of the develop
ments made recently on the New Departure
lode by the East Granite company, n !
take pleasure in making the FOLLOWING re-
port:
1000 feet southeast OF the main shaft OF
The Granite mine and farther up the noun,
tain. The country rock Is q decomPoseo
granite, which works very easy ana veiy
similar to the upper levels OF the 0rah'te
mine.
The vein in its general course runs par
alieI with the Granite vein, wide, strong
and we'll defined, with q dip at the seventy
foot level slightly to the south. The crop,
pings on the surface can be readily traced
New Departure claim, but owing to the in
clemency Of the weather | was unable to
trace il any farther. Forty feet from
surface in shaft OF New Departure lode q
crosscut to the north about fifteen feet shows
two and one-haif feet OF broken quartz;
the vein has become more denned tnan
above and being three and one-half feet IN
width. The character OF the ore il the
same as the low grade OF the Granite mine.
which has always given good indications Of
rich ore near the same in the Grsnite nine.
leads mo to believe that the East Granite
company, within it's properties, namely
the New Departure, Montreal. Boston,
Welsh and Black Rock, have Q most valua-
BILE property, which can land l understana
will be developed very quickly and cheaply.
10 anyone seeking al Investment car
copscientiously recommend the stock OF
the East Granite company, IS ! firmly be.
iieye it only requires the depth of lou feet
more to place this property on a Paylne
basis. i also find the property we'll sup
piled with fuel and mining tinbers.
beg to submit most respectfully,
THOs. j.. PENROsE.
Mr.. Pardee is more than elated with hif
new property. He has been given every en-.
courapenent by Granite Mountain officials
who own every mineral claim in the vicin.
ity-outsids OF the East Granite company't
property-as tho finding Of a bonanza lead
in these claims determines the future value
Of their properties. He also says that thu
people OF Philipsburg and Granite are tax.
ing all the shares that are offered for sale
and he expects with another 100 feet of de-
velopment to be able to announce q great
strike to the stockholders. He ls more
pleased with this than he ever was with thu
West Granite. Speaking of the Elizabeth
and the reports Of q strike. Mr.. Pardee sale
that they had encountered a small streal
of vein matter, bnt it was nothing to grow
ovcitod over