The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-24
SAN MARTINA DISTRICT.
Placer Ground Only Partly Worked
on Nine Mile Creek, Near
Frenchtown.
Some Fine Gold, Silver and Cop
per Propositions in the Up
per Valley.
Eup erintcndsnt Barkcr Tells About the
Rich vein Found by His Company
at Neihnrt.

Where is San Martina mining district
a a question o ten asked and answered by
few. This name is applied to all the min
ing region in the upper half OF Nine Mile
creek which emptiss into the Hellgate river
nine miles below Frenchtown and has its
source or head about five miles east of the
Sun Mountain mine and traversing n OF
the richest and most beautiful valleys in
Montana in a southeasterly direction to its
mouth about forty miles distant. Gold
was discovered in paying quantities near
the head of the creek by st~ampeders to
Cedar creek in 1870 or III, and Nine Mile
placer mining district was organized
and the main creek and its tribu-
taries-Eustaohc and st. Louis-were loca-
ted and worked BY whites and Cinnamon,
and still continues to be SO worked,
yielding from 81 to $3.50 per day to the
man. The creek ia blessed with abundance
of water, but the fall 10 only about two
inches. which interfsres with the rapid
and economical working Of the ground. By
using a bedrock fume for, say, five miles,
or by using the gravity system, there is no
better or more remunerative placer ground
in Montana than this patented ground UNI
worked or only partially worked, extend
ing down the creek for nearly ten miles.
Here is the lumberman's haven, and pine,
fir and tamarack, reaching from the water
of the creek to the summit of the mountain
ranges, will yield from 10000 to 100000
feet OF rs fine lumber as ever came of of
l6O acres of land. When the TIMBER is mar
keted and the soil cleared of
its underground the finest of
agricultural soil is uncovered which
produces ~abundantly grains and grasses.
The hills facing the south will prove to be
the finest orchard land in the country. A
number of very fine quartz locations have
been recorded from tho upper half Of this
from $40 to $3.50 and carrying less than S.
silver, of strong veins twenty, eight feet
wide, and bonded by Wood, Larson, Biok-
ford, Hamilton anu others; also silver veins
enoased in blue lime and p~orphyry. slate
and granite walls. The silver ID found in
Mountain. In tho Emma lode, owned by
Latimsr. Dickinsonand Dickson, they CROSS
out their vein 104 feet, stratitied, fine con-
centratinR prepositlve. The trend OF all
veins il southwest to northeast to east and
west, pitch north, but at depth of 100 feet
nearly straight or pitching south; also a
IS per cent. With $l2 silver and S. gold.
Tn hills are sloping gradually from the
creek for three to five miles to summit of
range where most Of the silver and copper
leads are found, but a few are close into the
ranches. The gold property of Wood, Lar
son 81 Co., that they have bonded, is a mar
vel of richness, running parallel with the
creek, very convenient to tap the lead 800
feet deep with a tunnel and run dump cars
into the mill near tho creek. The San Mar
tina Mining company just incorporated by
W. McKssn, d. d. Bogart, w. II. H. Dick
inson, j. r. Latimer. Drs. W. b. Parsons,
Fl. H. Hanson, Thomas G. Marshall, smith
Davis, j. h. M. Foster, w. Beach and John
Schofeld, consists of three claims lying
just east of the Wood, Larson & Co.'s gold
property, also placer ground and water
bitches on which they now have men at
work putting up cabins and othsr buildings
to keep men at work all winter
running tunnel On the lead.
Dickinaon, Latimsr, Dickson d Foote sre
about done with their 200-foot tunnel on
Blue Bell. which carries high grade silver.
gold and some copper, three miles north
west Of Martina postofice. The hills are
full of good prospeotors and the indications
are that next year will show former ac-
tivity. Stores, saloons, rsstaurants, meat
market and other branches Of business
show the healthy pulse of safe mining.