The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-29
~RADERSBURG DISTRICT.

Shipping Ore to the Boulder and Tacoma
smelts s-Toston Smelter shut Down.
There has been considerable mining, both
huartz and placer, in the Radersburg dis
riot this summer, and present prospects in
Ricate still greater activity next year. The
principal ore producers have been the North
Home and p. 3. Ciark's iron mine. and
hearty every day eight or nine double
% seen laden with ore from these mines,
vending their dusty way to the Northern
Dacifc depot at Toston, whence the ore is
shipped to the smelters at Tacoma and
Boulder. The Toston co%mpany's smelter ia
II present shut down. but it is likely
10 be started up before the winter. The ore
rom the North Home has averaged well all
he summer, n considerable development
has been lone in the mine. Near the North
Home MIR. Richardson has a group of mines
hat will turn out valuable when further
developed, as they already show up we'll.
and on the opposite side of %Johnny's guIch
Mr.. Rawle has a very good smelling
proposition, with q four-foot vein of silver
pre-, running 40 per cent in lead, which as
bays sound forty to fifty ounces, and is
aown about sixty feet. Near RadersburR
Dld man Hof 10 building a substantial log
he claims to be of free milling gold ore of
good value. NJ. Heating has been shipping
ore from his mine TO the emeltsrs. AMI late
y he has been trying tho McArthur-For-
rest process on his ere with complete sue
cess. Mr.. Ten Eyck, of Butte, has been
conducting the experiments. for which they
rented the ten stamp mill belonging 70
Wilson x Co., and l hear they have saved
from SO to 80 per cent of the gold value.
Mr.. Ten Eyck and Mr.. Curran have also
been experimenting with some ore Of their
own from mines in the immediate vicinity
with the Same success, and the results have
been very satisfactory. Messrs. Wilson d
Co. nave been working the Dunston mine
most of the season. but have lately shut it
down, as they wore getting down to pyrites
Rll along the mine.
The Jubilee company, managed by Nj.
Wilson. has done a great deal Of wo k in
their diRgings in Charity gulch. This
by Mr.. Quinn, and since acquiring them
have dom considerable improvements. hav-
ing put up several new fumes and enlarged
land thoroughly cleaned out the tunnels
and bitches. They have about twenty-five
miles Of bitches under their care and huve
They have also made = new stone dam in
Charity gulch. 40 that the whole of the
water used by them in mining can now be
carried on to the ranch which they bought
from Nj. Quinn, instead of only the water
that ran through Heating gulch. Thvy
|uoSo uaA Ouo CAohu-up IL July, WulCl
was very satisfactory, and propose 90
ling on washing new ground till their final
cleanup in October. In Heating Rulch
they have been prosecuting to find the
main channel. and though obliged to stop
work there now 80 as TO have enough water
for their other digQings, the work is in such
shape that they hope to get to bedrock and
strike the main channel Of the gulch early
next spring. At their ranch they have worry
nearly finished their haying, which will
come to about 400 tons. all splendid blue
joint, and BY the courtesy of Mr.. Wilson a
shown some oats they raised from
special seed bought in tho east. and mover
saw more splendid heads. He counted the
oats on some heads grown from ordinary !
seed md they averaged from fifty to sixty,
on the special seed heads l counted
over two hundred. and il any of these oats
are for sale they should DO valuable to the
III this country.
Mr.. SedenbourR has also nae a successful
season placer mining and is just through
with his cleanup. All the crops in ow
Greek valley look way up. and everything
points to a good harvest.