The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-19
BELT MOUNTAIN MINES,

Machinery for tho Mouiton Company's
Properties and the Eureka.
P. Harrison arrived in camp Monday to
commence work on the Moulton Consoli-
dated eompany's properties, says the
Belt Mountain Miner. The officers Of
the company have changed their minds
about delaying matters till spring and will
push work forthwith. Mr.. Harrison has
the contract to put up the buildings and
machinery and has already begun work.
Some OF the machinery and timbe.s are
now somewhere between here and Great
Falls and will arrive as soon as the Great
Northern can find an engine strong enough
to pull it. The machinery consists of a
forty-hve horse power boiler, engine, hoist
and pump. This plant will have sufficient
power TO sink 1000 feet. It is the inten-
tion of the company to sink q double com
partmsnt shaft to g depth of 200 feet and
then croascut to the lead. The ptoperties
OF this company are the Moulton, Harri-
son, Belfont and Pioneer. and on the first
named the work mapped out at present will
be done. This property is generally held
by mining men here to be ons of the most
promising in the camp. and the present
owners-principally Milwaukee capitalists
have every faith in its future, az is shown
by the manner in which they are going to
work on ii.
j. A. Carrier, of the Eureka Mining COM
pany, was in camp several DAYS the first of
the week and Tuesday went to Wolf Cree to
make arrangements about getting the
ground ready for the setting up of the ma.
chlnery of the Eureka company. This
machinery ia now at Arlington and will be
hauled from there by teams. The reason
Tor not shipping direct TO Barker was fear
that the deep snow on the divide would in
terfere with the hauling. The machinery
consists OF two boilers of q combined capac-
lily or el~ghty-horsa power, engine, hoist and
pump. This ID the most powerful machinery
ever brought into the Belt mountains. and
its size indicates the manner in which the
company 10 going to work to deyelop it's
property. which is very promising. The
ompanv owns two olaimE-the Eureka and
Chinook-and the machinery will be erected
between the two, where the shaft now is,
The shaft is now down about 100
Feet, and it Is the intention to sinh
2o teet further as soon as prac-
ticable. The ore body ia of immense
extent and Ia free milling. though it is
hardly expected that it will continue 40 nj
greater depth. MIR. Carrier informs us TIM,
there is about ten feet of of tale that runs
tnirty-thrae ounces In silver. and a much
iargs. Doay-e5tent not exactly known
OF q decomposed periphery that runs thirty
eight ounces in silver and 1G Der cent lead
bnouid the ore taken out continue to ht
free milling IL 10 the intention of the com
pAny to erect a mill upon its property.
Alex. Anderson has just completed a con
tract Of went five feet on the ButIer No
z. which is located on the north side of th,
IL w bill. The tunnel on the property i
now in about 125 feet and there is also
shaft sesenty-hye feet deep. In the twenty
i've feet just completed the vein varied i,
thickness from six inches TO tw,
feet. Nc assay of this last ore ha
yet been made but from its appear
snce experts say ii will run ava