The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-27
Walter Harvey Weed Tells About
Thsir Formation and Future
Prospects
The OlnnAbAr, 0ailatin, Judith and
Hand Coulee Measures
Touched Upon.
FhnA q Clsuabar said to he the Rest in
Qaslity n ths stats-Raiiroad Fa-
cllitiss Needed

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80 \. to.ahs. ,rcr tina m.asurea AZ CHINA
-. a.. rsl,s.;, a.,d tba Judith fald nnd
"A. ss-..t T.,l. A.,a The articles will m.
aorh.adl, A. . gra.s deal tovard calling
N. .ttan4;or q ~canit.l Ia this souroe
~ -..l.h A. Montana. The following
.,..s.,. =. t.kar from tho article:
M. r;rn.har f1ald !. an isolated. inter
morr,.in 49,. ooeapvinc an upper valley
y Il. y-.liovatone on the northern bonn
40 81 Aha ya,lovstona mark. Although OF
.ro.,l art.nt. n. aeld merita attention ON
..conYt ~ Aha cualitv Of the coal. which il
~ ha.t al diacoversd within the state.
M A.,d cmbr,oea a strip of Collaborating
rccL. an the aast aide al the Yellowstone. A
Cnartar ~ I mila wide and three ailes long:
n. nnrtharn portion Of Nj. Evsrts. within
Ana Y.llovstone p.rk. some o q or Ave
enuare miles being coal bearing, and the
lone ilat-topned north SPUR Of Electric
paak which terminates in the
rroh known "a Cinasbar mountain.
lev Of the Yellowstone river; the coal-bssr-
inc rocks oocur in detached faulted blocks,
49, .act;or v;th &bs aams strat.
wnoss connsc'ion 80
lsswnefs y oossuTco y isu''AlR aAo w
the great thickness OF volcanic material
forming the n%orthward extension Of the
f3allaAin range Of mountsins, To the
N"-.s-..s T,s.I. pa.L Az. h;,h... XIV.
sossnWA1u' Elec'fio e~A' 'ue A4Sa.'' p''n'
altitude of II, 100 feet above the sea-. is ths
culninatinr point OF the cosl-bssrinp rocks
a M. A.Ia ,Tb... strata. dinninc cantlv
. .-.-- 80
70 sns nossne@s'' oooups :" Ssnoi'nAt 'touRn
between areas OF Arch@an Rnelsses, Ihe
east side of the mountain and its coal-bear-
inc spur il bounded by I fault, SO that the
49,. A s.nnIobra r,onnt.;r con,nossd ~
1865 A
tnousanos OF 1ees OF volcanic ma
terial resting upon the coal series, IL inter
posed between the o~oal-bearicg strata of
Elaotrie Peak and Mt. Eyarta. To tina east
n,.,orrd forl. h,;,,, N. 4 rohoaar rooL
N sonsacs with the Cretaceous coal
series, 70 that the strip of coal land east Of
cha Yellowstone river ia narrow
90 ..nr,A Non. Sor ,rv ,ra,t fntn-.
nevotAi 1s's.ps ls'o OSsn "aos 10 NINE
The seams OF really excellent coal in this
part Of the acid, but for lack of capital
ana the rather poor showing for the future
nothinr al consenuence haa been done ex-
csnt a the northern End of the atrin, whe-a
~ Bovers MINI q operatsd on 3 small
ecals and furnishes an annual output of
about ! thousand tons Of very good coal.
The Nj. Eyarts area, lying within the
Worksd. 4 abort drifs wss orsnsd and n
lev tons Of coal extracted ~ the hotel con-
many Of the park, but tho work has been
discontinued. The chief mixing operations
Of the field are in the extreme rortheast
portion Of tho Electric psak block of strata.
whore the various opsninqa of ths Horr
Coal company are situated.
che northerly portion Of the Eleetrio pesL
blook. TIC vorkinas have thus FAR been
confined to the relatively small fanlt.d
blocks that form the extremity Of the ridge.
hnt I'M Dressnt mininc Il in : hettsr rsrt
Of the property, and Yields fully a. good q
fuel. The mining presents no features of
especial interest. The coal dips at an ansls
Of 20 to 10 degrees toward tho southvest.
and 10 worked by . level. tine opening being
800 feet above the coke oyess and
washer, and the cars being ran along a
level to an incline, whore they are loweted
by q cable ana grip to the level of the
washer, hauled by mules and dumped over
loaded directly on the ears, and tho slack
washed and hauled to the coke ovens. The
miners are paid rs cents Dor tor. n ordi-
nary labor costs $1.75 a day. Cokiup ia an
important part Of the business. az a firm.
hard prismstio coke is produoed. that
IL fully euual to the east.
ern product. Sixty ovens we're
in operations the mast annmar
The greater part of the coal bearins s.r.ts
the Electric Peak euur Are NOT 40 readIv
available. There are q number of nros.
poet entries on Cinnsbar creek, and a avs.
attempt was made to oven nm II.
most accessible portion. Mt Tho so.caliaS
Craig mine. in 1SS9.9O. but the nrod,ct AZ
prove equal to the Horr coal in nnsi~
and the haplape of thu nrnduct aoma
nine miles to the railroad vas v.rv oosti-
Nevertheless, if capital can be obtained T.
huiId n branch ~ IN -.;Ir..a ~ O..