The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-14
MINES NEAR 0SBURN.
Tho Occur d'Alene Nellie Has
Begun Shipping Ore to
Helena.
Much Expected from the Libby
Greek County Now 1t Has
q Railroad.
A Concise Description of the District with
q Brief Mention of Some
of tho Properties.

OsBukN. Idaho, Oct. 10. -[Special. 1.-The
Cceur 'dAlens Nellie mine at this place hal
commenced shipping ore to Helena via th'
Northern Pacific road. One car load was
sent to Pueblo. Col, as an experiment
Heretofore all Nellie ore has been treated
at the Ryan smelter at Tacoma. The Nellie
mine ia about a mile back from the Coeui
d'Alene valley and the Northern Pacific and
Union Pacific tracks. A fairly good, though
somewhat steep, wagon road runs TO the
mine. Enormous loads OF ore are nauieu
down this road to the railway switch where
the oars are sidetracked The other day an
ore freighter started down the grade with
5000 pounds of ore on his wagon, when tho
brake gave way. The enormous weight
made it impossible to stop. and the only
chance was to run for it. Strange to say
the outfit stuck to the road, although the
speed was something terrible before she
bottom was reached. The wagon ran 3oO
yards on the level valley before the horses
were able TO siacken its speed. The driver,
q Merry fellow, stuck to his post and saved
the outfit at the risk of his life.
Copper-silver ore in good quantities has
been struck in the Shannon at this place,
bub kllc hldih ~ SSNy AAs
reached. Development work has been in
progress for some weeks in the shannon,
and over 500 feet of tunnels are completed.
This property is owned by L. A. Stevens
and VIM. PAYNE, and is now under pond TO
@. S. Jenning, L. H. Mcintosh and others.
The work has been done under the direction
of Foreman J. J. Liddy. The Shannon Is
situated midway between two good mines
the Mineral Point and Coeur dAlene Nellie
and the finding of q big body OF orc ID
daily expected.
The little mining town of Osburn is al
most booming this fall. Active prepare
tiops by the Minnesota syndicate which mas
control of the Mineral Point and Cour
d'Alene Nellie sre on foot for extensive OPP
erarions on the Mineral Point. President
Samuel Mcclure, of saltwater, MIMI, Is
now here. Already this company has q
monthly pay roll OF about $4,000. The Ar
gentine mine, owned by 0. III. Lonsdale
and others, of Portland, Oregon, it is re-
ported will resume work within q fortnight
with a force of sixty men. This mine closed
down in May last on account of some elsa
greement among the owners. A new sew
enty-iys ton concentrates and an expensive
hoist had just been completed when the
works shut down. The Argentine has a
large body of low-grsde Ralena with some
gray copper and spethic iron. The ore 10
transported from the mine TO the railway
by a gravity tramway about $500 feet in
length. j. H. and Frank Davey, father and
son, afe general managers. Last winter,
while the mine was in full operation, eighty
tons of ore were shipped daily to smelters
at Helena, with very satisfactory results.
A system of water works is being put in
at Osborn by local capitalits. The supply
is taken f, ON three large springs about q
mile south of town, iumed 1850 feet,
thence carried by ion mains 1000 feet 20
the main street, thence distributed to all
parts of town. Electric lights are a posi-
bility for Osburn within the next SIX
months.