The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-27
Helena & Frisco Stockholders the
Luckiest People in This City
on Friday.
Strike In the Badger Mine Which
Doubles the Value Of That
Property.
How tho Curlsw u Keeping Up with
the Procession.

S"to0knOldefA IN INC ilol0AR hn0 nIih0O
Mining company were undoubtedly the
recipients of the abandonment Christmas
present received in Helena on Friday. Two
OF the largest stockholders are 8. I. Hauser
and A. M. Hotter. the latter being the pres
ident Of tho company. Christmas afternoon
the two gentlemen were at the Montana
club, when the following telegram, dated ut
Gem, was handed Mr.. Hotter:
A. M. Hotter: Shout the glad tidings for
the Christmas Gift. Agony OF suspense
over. Struck the badger in his hole to-day
at 10 O'Clock. Ten hundred and thirty-four
feet in. seven hundred and fifty f0et from
the surface. First blast in the vein shows
three feet of fine ore. Will take two days
to square up to determine further width.
You can all wear diamonds. Take 2 drink,
and one for IIsLER.
llThoss who are conversant with Montana
mining operations. will recall that Mr..
Hauser and MIR. Hotter are not only inter-
ested in the Helena d Frisco, or Badger,
but are also in tho Helena and Victor mine,
in Missoula county. Mr.. Hauser is the
president OF the latter company, o. Mr..
Hotter ia of the former, and between the
gentlemen there 10 a great deal Of good
natured argument as to which is the better
mine. and which will ultimately lead in the
matter OF dividends. So when the presi-
dent OF the frisco received the good news
from Mr.. Esler, the thought CROSSED the
have the laugh on him. The former took
the telegram and had read it partly through
when there came a ring at the telephone
and word was sent in that the Victor presi-
dent Was wanted.
'.Pll bet it's q message from the Cur
low" exclaimed Mr.. Hauser, as he went to
answer the call. And he was right. 1t was
A. p. Loberg talking, and he told Mr..
Hauser that he had just received informa-
ton from the Curlew that a strike OF rich
ore had been made in the 400-foot level Of
that mine. Mr.. Hauser did not have quite
US much detailed information about the
strike in "his" company as Mr.. Hotter did OF
to place the rival presidents and owners in
each on a more equal footing as regarded
Christmas day news, 80 they both went to
Mr.. Loberg to find out all about the last
strike.
The strike in the Helena q Frisco adds
a good many hundred thousand dollars TO
tho value of that property. There are NO
shafts in the mine. all the development be-
ing bv tunnels. Ihe mine ia on . hill. and
400 feet down this hill a tunnel was run,
which struck the vein. Then to demon
strate that the vein was deeper, another
tunnel was started $50 feet below the first
one. II il in this latter tunnel, at q dis
tance in Of 1904 feet that Mr.. Esler reports
the strike. As the first blast showed three
feet of ore, it ia probable when it is squared
up it will show as much mole. There are
$50 feet of this ore above the tunnel Just
run the owners know they have and just
how much below they cannot tell.
1t will take q long time to
work out what is now in sight.
This Badger was originally purchased for
$4,000 by the Helena people who now own
it, it has paid for itself, for the concentra-
tor and other equipment and in addition
paid $27O,O00 in dividends. The strike
Just made ranks it with the best mines in
Montana. Though it is located in the
Cear d'Alenes. in Idaho, it is owned en-
tirely by Helena people and quite q number
besides Messers Hauser and Hotter may
''wear diamonds'' on the news.
The Curlew strike, while not SO impor-
tant az that in the Badger, is yet very
good. There is a 4O0-foot shaft on the
property, with levels at 100, LEO, 200, 800
and 400 feet. The rich ore referred to
above WAS struck in the last level 100 feet
from the shaft. The ore in the Curlew is
higher grade than that in the Badger, and
there are large bodies of it. It has paid to
date $4,000 in dividends. II is owned
largely BY the same people that control the
Badger. tS