The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-24
Fifteen Miles Eastward From Hell
ena to Crow Creek and
Boulder Valleys.
As Rich a District as Has Ever
Been Developed in
Montana
One OF the Old Placer Camps In Process
Of Revival, occasioned by Quartz
Development.

eIlsts az rich a mineral Gassrlct as nus eNoF
been developed in the state. In the west
ern portion the great East Pacific and III.
H" groups have for several years been re-
turning large profits; to the south the ia
NOUS Elkhorn mine il proving one of the
great mines of the country. -Four indl-
vidual fortunes have already been earned
and large dividends have been paid. The
developments going promise OF still larger
ones to come. On iohnny's guloh, east OF
the Elkhorn. the North Home 10 located. a
mine that is phenomenal in every respect;
on the extreme southeast Of the distrios Ia
Doptown, where are located immense bod
les OF lead carbonaSes. Near the center OF
this great mineral belt are situated the st.
Louis and Park districts.
st. Louis guleh is located at the forks OF
Indian creek, about nine miles from Bed
ford and Townsend, on the Northern Pa
oifo railroad. In it placer gold was dls-
cove ed in 1865. active mining having COM
menced in 1866. fiom which time placer
mining BY ground sluioing and drifting has
been carried or. In the days of its greatest
activity there we're upwards OF 800 men at
work between the canyon and the forks of
the creek and conservative estimates show
that more than $4,000, 600 in placer gold has
been extracted. Like many of the early
camps of Montana, st. Louis is now in the
process OF revival and growth. accustomed
by the development of the quartz leads
which surround il in every direction. I'm
der this influence new buildings have been
constructed, q store has been established by
Thomas and Fick Mccormick, who also
furnish conveyances to the different parts
of the district, and they also run q tri-
weekly stage between the town md Town
send. S. b. Coulter is conducting a thor
oughly equipped assay office: the town al
together having the appearance Of q pros
porous mining camp, as In fact 1T is.
Near the center of the town Yellowstone
pulch enters from the south which leads up
to the Little Giant hill where il located the
Little Giant, Providence and Blacksmith
mines. the ore of which is free milling gold
of high a. AIDE. These prof. critics have been
worked for many years yielding several
substantial fortunes, the ore being treated
in the Roberts stamp mill on Crow creek,
four miles distant.
The Gold King, a. segregated portion of
the Blacksmith lode, il now being operated
by Steuart and Blewett, who have extracted
aud are tseating at the Roberts mill l25
tons of which ia milling nearly 800 q ton;
two car loads of ore have this season been
sent to the smelter, the ore yielding $125
Ter ton.
F ON the Providence mine, owned by
Bond and Sampson, there was shipped in
July twelve tons of ore which yielded q net
profit of 81, 726.
Franz and Jaques ate developing the
American Eagle and have a car of ore on
the dump which samples 5000 a ton in gold.
Two miles eastward from the Giant Hill
on Prairie eulch are located the Treasure
Hill group, consisting of four clalms; the
annual assessment is now being done on
the properties and it is said some good ore
is being encountered.
A little above the town and extending to
both forks of the creek is located Diamond
hill, from the vein-.aoed sides of which
undoubtedly came the gold found in the
gulch. The hill rises TO the height of $50
feet above the creek bed. is of porphyritic
and is cut by innumerable seams
of gold-bearing quartz. The entire hill
has been washed by hydraulic pipes several
times. each washing returning a profitable
yield. This season one of the owners, Jas.
Smith. has been engaged in piping the old
bedrock and is assured Of a rich cleanup.
1t was as the foot of this hill that the mug
gets of the camp we o found one of which
was worth above 1920.
Going up the right fork of the creek the
Srst lead found ID the Cordovia, owned by
VIM. II. Risk OF st. Louis. On this lead
he is driving n TUNNEL On the ore, soma of
which assays 800 a ton. On the right of
tllt IISAt u W dDOve bHS tOWu,
the Iron Mask is located. 1t IL owned by
hurry, Preuit, Thompson and kerwin. Or
this mine there has been sunk the deepest
Shaft in the district, 298 feet. Over SIXTY
cars of ore have been shipped, composed
Chiefly of high grade galena. 1t ia a good
mine now and is destined to become a great
produce.
Further up the gulch md on Shops
gulch is located the Buckeye mine, owned
By Tom Cooney and associates. Five nun
dted feet of development work has been
on this vain under the superintendent
of John Shaw. Pay ore was shipped from
this property before it was acquired by the
present owners.
The right fork leads into the Park dis
trict, where Is located the Park mine, upon
which there ID a tunnel on the lead 800
feet in length. A laiG &c amount of pay ore,
p incipRily galena, has been shipped from
this mine during the pagt four years.
Across the pulch from the park mine liea
the Gold Dust, which Is developed by a tun-
mel over 500 feet in length, also a shaft upon
which has been erected a substantial steam
hosting plant. The ore is carbonate of
lead and galena, and some thirty Gu loads
have bean shipped. 1t is the intention of
the manager. San'l j. Green, to link the
main shaft an additional leo feet this win
ter.
Adjoining the Gold Dust il located the
Switzerland, owned by Conner & Gi!lop,y,
WHO lave 1TlseA u tunnel on Inc lSSQ WHlcn
discloses q good body of o from which
shipments have been made.
AT the upper end of tho park is situated
the Jawbone, the pioneer gold lead Of tho
camp. This mine has yielded large cuantl-
ties of ore which BIAS beeu proftably milled
at the STAN mill located at the head of the
creek. EtAt of the Jewbone is the Hard
Cash mine. owned by John Murray and
George kerwin. The ore ia free milling
and is treated in a five stamp mill located
below the miae. Eagle guioh lies southeast
of the park and in it and i'll the surrounding
hills have been found meny promising lends,
one being Peter the Great, owned by J. A.
Woods. who has q carload of high grade
palena extracted which he will soon snip.
On the ridge between the head OF the left
fork of the creek and Eagie puIch are To-
Gated the p operties of the Montana and
Bay State Mining COMPANY, which consist
of three claims Eno%n US the Crogsline
group. The property is under the manage
ment Of J. s. Sherburne who has. during
the present season, put Or the Cross
line claim a complete hosting
plant having a capacity TO
claim a shaft has been snnk to a depth of
125 feet, disclosing a contact lead eight
feet in width carry ng a substantial streak
depth of 200 feet, at which point levels will
mond, Ames Il Heating have II promising
Turner & Co. have two locations known the
Tennessee and SUNDAY, III both of which
good ore has been found. Percy II. Davis
md 80 - ~ .n-.E. aD - Lead LaI 1-E . h.