The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-07
CLANCY CREEK DISTRICT.
What Is Being Done in a Section
That Is Tributary to
Helena,
Mines That Promise to Be Pro-
ducers If Capital Gan Be
Interested.
Al Old Lead That Has Turned Out sThous-
Ands Of Dollars Being De-
veloped.

% AndA OF DOLLARS being OA-
veloped.
A recent lhssnA Of the Boulder Age eon-
sains an excellent letter from Nv. w. H.
dealing with Tho Clancy creek mining dis
trict, 4 prdmiaing section Of Jefferson
county. and tributary to Helena. Refer
ing to IL he sayt: Three-fourths Of Q mile
mn thu creek ID the Maud B., owned BY j.
M. Ellis, The character of ore ia galena
and copper and gray quartz showing native
copper. Mr.. Ellis has a shaft forty five
feet deep and about fifty feet of drifting,
At a depth of thirty feet. Tho ore shoot is
small running from four to eighteen inches
in thickness. The ore is high grade. as IS
most Of the ore in this districts. n mr..
Ellis is confident that as soon rs he Is able
to develop sufficiently to strike a larger
shoot of ore, he can make q handsome raise
out it.
A quarter of.a mile west John ELLIS ana
Charles Holt are working on q lease. Ihey
are sinking a shaft, are down twenty-five
feet. and have a little very nice ore all
through the lead in small kidneys. but It IS
coming in more solid at the bottom ana ex-
pect soon to have a gooo shoot OF ore.
Thev do not know how large the lead IS. as
thev have neither wall and have not cross
cut the lead yet.
A short distance west is the Old Dan
Tucker lead. which was worked for q GOOD
many years BY t.. Redding. but has been
living idle since 1878. Mr.. Redding sue
seeded in forming a company and stocking
At- -.:-a cr1 ~n%Aipr machinery on II.
when the COMPANY failed 70 DO as promised
and the mine has stood still since.
Just across the creek from here. Y. straub
and Ed. Farrell are working on q prospect.
The shoot Of ore they are following down IS
small, only from one 70 three 1ncnes N
thickness, but it is growing larger rs they
90 down. The ore will run over SlUo per
ton, and the boys feel confident tnat wnen
they gain sufficient deptn tney VII nassa
real bonanza. @
About a quarter of a mile west is the faith
al the prospecter shown. Messrs. Albln
johnson, John Shoglin and c. Donley have
a small shoot Of galena showing on the sur
face and thew have run one tunneln nifty
feet. They then went down the hill about
200 feet and run another tunnel which 10 in
over 100 feet at present, and are pushing it
ahead steadily with the expectation OF soon
striking a body of ore. They are running
in on the lead and can gain q depth OF
several hundred feet.
Two miles west of Claneey IS the hlnR
Solomon, owned by Emanuel Redding. He
has a shaft sixty-four feet deep, and has
done about $50 feet of drifting and cross
cutting. There is considerable se%cond-class
ore in sight in most Of the workings, but
very little frst-olass, he having taken ont
most of the drst.class ore for shipment, i
netting over $500 per ton. There are three
tons OF ore ready for shipment at the mine
which samples over $500 per ton. Mr..
Reddinp's son Ed was killed by falling into
this shaft over q year since, and the shaft
has never been sunk any deeper since the
sad accident.
Mr.. R%edding's health is poor. and he
would like to give some party an interest
for doing a certain amount of development
work. Surely here is an opportunity for
some man with a small capital to get a hall
interest in as fine a prospect as l have seen
in the state. There are two distinct leads
running parallel about ten feet apart, and
the leads are about six feet wide. The rock
ia soft between the leads, but the hanging
wall is hard, brown granite.
A short distance southwest of the Hing
Solomon is the old Backpay lead, one Of
the first leads struck in this section of the
country, it being worked before the famouf
Legal Tender. Ihe parties who first dlscov
cred this lead sunk a shaft twenty-elght feet
deep and took out between $4,000 and $l0,.
900 worth of ore between there and the sur
face. They then sunk several shafts to FIN
the continuation of that ore shoot but
never found it. The lead has been owne'
since by Mr.. Hill of Clancy, bat he let j
90 by the board and George Strobel and hi
brother, r.. E. Stobel, have taken up tw'
claims on the lead and sunk a shaft sixty
feet deep and are running a tunnel which
will tap the lead about $50 feet deep at tn
shaft. The tunnel is in 1856 feet at tn
present writing and the boys are driving j
ahead as fast as possible, working t
shifts. They named the claims the Blu
Rock and the King, the ore being d brigh
blue and running 5000 per ton. The
have from two to eight inches of this or
for a distance Of over 100 feet and they OF
poet to strike the large shoot of ore wit
the tunnel.
Prospecting in the vicinity of Co,bir
Wickes, Jefferson City and Gregory is yer
quiet at present, the low price of silver be
ing given as the reason in most cases, "
there are a few of the sturdy prospeeto,
showing their faith by their works. Half
mile west of Corbin, Chas. Mueller and hi
father are working on q prospect that
very promising. They are driving a tunn'
In on the lead, are i'll l75 feet at presen
and have small shoots of ore most of tn
way in. The ore is pyrites of iron and g.
lena and pyrites of copper and galen,
They intend to run in on the lead twenty
five feet more and then turn and crosscl
the country rock, there being many leac
running parallel only from nifty TO seventy
five feet apart. The hill is very steep an
they gain depth rapidly, SO that when the
strike the shoot of ore they will have dept
enough to determine its value.
About half a mile further west the Scha
brothers are prospecting. They have
tunnel in 220 feet and are driving ahea
with the expectation of finding a body
high & ade ore. They find some small XII
neys of very fine ore. and are in hopes c
striking Il large body of the same.
About a quarter of q mile south of tt
Minah mine, L. r. Hegman is steadi
pushing development on the Deer loo
Mr.. Hegman is owner of a half interest al
has q bond on the other half. He has
tunnel in 215 feet and has ions about II
feet of prosecuting and drifting. The G
in the face of the drift at present ia mix
pyrites of iron and galena. He has tax
out a considerable amount of ore and has
lead of carbonate and galena about fou
teen inches wide.
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