The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-30
MINING NEWS.
The Operations at the Sand Coulee Coal
Mines General Mining Notes.

Mines GenefAl mining NOteR.
Business at the Sand Coulee coal
mines is booming. The coal is being
called for in such large amounts, owing
to the opening Of the Pacific extension of
the Great Northern, that the mine is ex-
periencing something Of "a car famine,
even though the Great Falls train is
making two trips each day. The output
of the mines is now 50 car loads daily,
equal to about 1900 tons, The drift is
now a mile and a quarter into the hill.
Thus far 200 acres Of coal, five feet thick,
have been taken out of these mines. AT
present there are 80 men employed in
the works. The company has also been
operating at Arlington since the first Of
the year, in order to supply its large
local trade, and will put in a large plant
there shortly. with Il capacity of 1000
tons per day. Ia spite Of this there will
be no diminuition of the outpu: at the
Sand Coulec mine. The orders from the
Anaconda smelters and the increased
demand for steam coal in the west have
made the opening of a new mine abso-
lutely necessary.
CASTLE
Livingston Herald. %: y. }. Irede-
nick, foreman Of the Yellowstone mine,
in Castle district, was a business visitor
IN the city the past week and had the
following to say relative to the Yellow
stone mine and Castle camp in general:
In sinking from the 300 foot level to the
400 foot level in the Yellowstone. con-
siderable ore was taken out, and at the
400 foot level an immense body of a fine
quality of ore was opened up. Work is
now in progress cross-cutting to h con
tact from the 400 foot level, and all in
dications are that the ore will continue
to the contact which will be from 80 to
40 feet thick. After striking the contact
they will drift north and south on the
ore TO ascertain the length OF the ore
body. 1t is the intention of the Yellow
stone company to put in a lotion smelter
to take the place Of the Bottom smelter
recently disposed of to the Cumberland
company. The new one will be purchased
at once and be in operation by June l.,
and will occupy grounds near the mine.
Representation work throughout the
camp was most all done, and a large
amount Of development work on many
of the claims has shown up in fine shape,
and next season from all indications
promises to be Il good year in camp. The
Neihart railroad is expected to strike the
camp the coming season"
Mr.. Frederick is one Of the pioneer
mining men of the Castle district, and II
man Of experience and ability. lie has
unlimited confidence in the outcome Of
the great carbonate camp of Castle.
THE IT'LL ROCKIES.
Helena journal, %: Pike Landusky
left yesterday for his home N Rock
creek in the Little Rockies, having bond
ed a group OF free milling gold leads
which he has for several years been en-
gagged in developing. The bond is III
the sum OF $4,000 aud under It's terms
active work will soon be commenced.
The leads give promise of being valuable
mines when Systematically opened. The
Little Rockies is an cratic mountain
range lying in Choteau and Dawson
counties entirely surrounded by plains,
but true to- the uncXceptcd fact of Mon
tana mountains is prolific in leads filed
with ores carrying the precious metals.