The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-13
Brighter Outlook Than for Many
Years in tho Quartz and Placer
Properties.
Accident to Superintendent Stioht
Delays the Starting Of the
Boulder Smelter.
Rich Finds OF Gold and Silver Reported
Near Ialispeli-M adison County News
The Neihart Country.

ST. I4ours. Mont, May 12.-[Special. J.
From w. H. Risk. who packed his roll OF
bedding, consisting of \ pair of blankets,
into this camp in the fall OF 1867. and who
from that time to the present has been .
suoeessful placer and quartz miner, and
by other old-timers of the camp, the
writer is informed that the present season,
both for quartz and placer mining, prom
ises to be the brightest for many years.
The FIRST steam hoist to be operated III the
camp will bo that of the Montana and Bay
State Mining company. which wasfreighted
from Townsend bv the wagon trains OF
Mccormick j. Mccormick, of this place.
and arrived ut the Crossaline mine, one OF
tho company's properties, whore it will
be erected. The company is composed
for the most part Of eastern men, with j.
&. Shsrborns as general manager, who aaya
that development work on the mine will DO
prosecuted all summer
Nessrs. Roberts and Bond are working a
property on the Little Granite hill, about
thrss-fourths of a mile from the townsits,
and will soon make a shipment of ore to
Aurora, Illinois. that they estimate will net
them 800 in gold per ton.
Az bAo obs 1iOA1oS Ok ouuA \0o ~ .
better known hero) which is owned BY e..
d. Edgsrton. Of tho Second National bank
Of Helena, and others, md which il now
under lease and bond to T. j. Walsh,
also Of Helena, five or six men are q work.
A nov shaft house and whim have been re-
ssntly erected, The shaft ID about 100 feet
deep and extends through good pay ore its
entire depth. "."
Meanor d Means are operating their
arasta On Diamond hill in the vicinity of
the town. On arriving each morning they
dump . fresh supply of dirt on and then go
down Town to spend the day. On their re-
turn in the evening they find the arasta
still grinding on, just the same as if they
had bssn personally present. They clean up
every two weeks With very satisfactory re-
sults. ~ 81 =-9. A&z @- .. "#u. .~.
B. F. Lswry, 4 pioneer of the camp, is
also working his placer claim At the forks
81 Indian creek. The machinery used il =
horse whim that disposes Of large quanti-
ties of gravel. but with what result / am
not prepared to state.
Al yet the placer season has hardly begun,
although everything and everybody is ready;
the trouble has been the scarcity of water,
bat this is ever. Is the nov in the noun.
tains mslts sufficiently, to force the water
through the main ditch from Eureka creek,
q tributary Of Grow, and from whence the
principal water supply is obtained, a large
force Of men will be put to work and aluio-
ing commenced in COED earnest.
In addition to the properties that are
now being operated, development work
will be resumed on the following as spring
opens up and the season progresses: The
Queen Bee, Maggie and Silver Moon, Silver
Wave, Goodyear and Iron Mask, all Of
which have been more or less worked to a
Considerable extent, and for the amount Of
work performed are very promising prop
critics.