The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-26
SPRING GuLcH MINES.
Reports From Several Properties In
dictate That the Seasons Out
put Will Be Heavy.
Tho Sale of tho Moscow by the
Netional Mining and Invest
ment Company.
The Prosperous Helena and Frisco Com
pany Declares Another Dividend
of $4,000 for July.

MrssouLA, July 25.-[Special. Recent
developments in Spring Gulch mines have
been of a very satisfactory character. and
more work is being done in that district
than at any other period in the history of
the camp. Messrs. Cromie and Wing,
~lessces of the Keystone, have a carload of
o.e at the railroad and three more on tho
dumps of the mine. As this ore was ex-
tracted in sinking the shaft between fifty
and sixty feet, it can be seen that there WAS
very little waste hoisted.
On the 22d the ~well-known mining ex-
pert, @. Jelness, was in tho camp with Spo-
kane and Portland parties examining the
King and Queen group, on which they will
probably Jake a bond and commence work
in a short time. About two years since MIR.
Jelness had charge of this property and did
about $4,000 worth of work on it. He is
confident that the King and Queen car be
made one of the best mines in the state.
The ore body is large and is susceptible to
concentration.
On the Ben Lomon it is expected that the
tunnel will strike the ledge during the
coming week. This mine, on the surface,
shows from five to six feet OF quartz. we'll
i~mpregnated with grey copper.
On Deep creek the Little Anaconda tun-
mel will be under the shaft in about five
DAYS. Connection will be made by an
upraise, as there is still a great deal of
water in the shaft. The extraction of ore
for shipment will be commenced on the
26th. The breast Of the tunne now shows
its full width in concentrating ore, with
some clean galena.
The u. S. Treasury is being worked un-
der bond with two shifts of men. The
new shaft is now down twenty feet. and
shows three feet and a half Of ore, twenty
inches of which is clean galena.
observation-disclosures Richards returning
from Cedar creek reports the outlook there
worry encouraging. The placer miners are
making more money this season than for
several years past. There is a large amount
Of ground which with the fumes and by
draulie now in will pay handsomely for
many years to come. A party OF miners
operating above Forrest City say they will
clean up a profit on the season of over $20,-
600.
j. L. HART and VIM. Criderman came in
from the American kootenai ON the 22nd,
and state that the mountains are full OF
prospsctors. On the the 24th Nj. Crider-
man sold to G.. II. Wolf and E. l.. Hackett
a ons-fourth interest in the Silver Cable
group for $4,000 spot cash. This group
consists of the Silver Gable, Lost Cabin,
Missoula and Gable Fraction, and are loca-
tou Oh Il tributary OIL SllOy CTeck III tue
American Kootenai. When it is con-
sidered that not "a hot has been
put in any portion of the ground
and that the only development on any of
tho claims is where loose dirt has been
shoveled from the surface of the ledge in
several places, and hat the buyers are sue
cessful and experienced mining men, the
magnidcence of the surface showing may be
appreciated. The ledge crops strong in sll
of the claim and has q width of from five
to thirty feet. Iron oxides, galena and
lead carbonates show throughout. The ore
runs u trihe more in gold than silver. A
peculiar feature is that the assays in gold
are very regular. Thu clear galena runs
higher than any other ores, mainly from
sixty to seventy OUNCES in silver and from
$50 to 800 in gold. Work will be imme-
diatoly commenced on q $50 foot tunnel;
also on a load to connect with the Bull
River road which will give an outlet to tho
Northern Pacific railroad, distant but
thirty miles. The mines are, however, only
fifteen miles from the line of the Great
Northern, which will have the rails laid to
this point next summer.