The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-06-11
CASTLES BRIGHT FUTURE,
What u Railroad Will DO For That
FOnrishing Camp and
This City.
of Thousands of Tons
of Ore Now in
Sight.

From the day railroad connection be-
tween Great Falls and Castle was first
advocated the people of this city have
shown an ever increasing interest in
everything pertaining to that promising
mining camp. They have at all times
sought to increase the friendly spirit Y
listing between the two places SO that
when the road is completed and Castle,
the rich mining district, and Great Falls,
the future smelling and manufacturing
city of Montana. will be joined together
by the bonds of commerce as well as the
bands of steel. This feeling of friend
ship and close connection SO engendered
cannot fail TO prove beneficial to both
places for all time to come.
In order to furnish additional informa-
ton respecting Castle a TRIBUNE re-
porter had an interview last evening
with f. 2. Suydam of that flourishing
camp, who is s%ojourning in the city and
learned from him something of the num-
Der and wealth of it's mines, the amount
of development work on the ,3etc.
AS he is one of the pioneers Of Castle,
who has done a great deal to bring it's
resources before the mining world, his
! opinion is well worth recording. Mr..
Snydam has never been in Great Falls
before and to use his words he is greatly
amazed to find an enterprising, pushing
city where a few years ago there
were no signs of human action. lie
was not slow in confessing his
surprise at what he had seen after a cur
sorry glance at the city and its environs.
He says the great plant of the b. & NJ.
surpasses his expectations; in fact, it
equals anything of the kind he has seen
in America, and he is familiar with
some of the best.
He says that Great Falls is SO advan-
~tageously situated and so fortunately
blessed with natural advantages that ii
is bound to become the principal smelt-
ing point Of the state, if not of the Rocky
mountains. So pleased is he that he
contemplates bringing his family here to
reside in the near future.
In reply to a question concerning
Castle he said the camp never had a
better prospect. Everything points to a
prosperous year in mining developments
and with the advent of the railroad
there bids fair to be a mild sized boom
The absence of cheap and rapid trans
port for ores and supplies has seriously
interfered with developing the mines OF
Castle. But now that railroad communi
cation with Great Falls is practically
assured an impetus has been given total
kinds of mine work.
He says the road connecting Castle
with Great Falls will prove to be the
most natural and feasible outlet for the
ores Of the camp to a smelling point
where they can be reasonably treated
Up to date Castle has produced Ovel
1000 tons of bullion and today with 8
railroad transportation could furnish
smelters here with 800 tons of ore PEI
day. There are are at present 15.O0(
feet of shafts in the different mines anC
10000 feet of levels and tunnels. 1t has
been estimated there are S,500.0OO tons
of ore in sight ready to,be mined anC
shipped.
In the Cumberland. which is the lead
ing mine of Castle owing largely to the
fact that there has been more work done
upon it. there are said to be at leas'
100000 tons of ore in sight. The mair
shaft in this great property is down 1U(
feet and there are some 2.2D feet o.
levels. The ore body is about - fee
wide. From the Cumberland smelter a.
high as 20 tons of bullion have beer
turned out in one day. The ore in tht
mine is mainly carbonate. There ar
also numerous traces of native silver.
In the Yellowstone mine the mair
shaft is down 40 feet. while there arr
500 feet of levels and al ore vein s to ,,
feet wide. There are about 10000 ton
of ore in sight at present.
The Great Eastern, Legal Tender. Cali
%fornia, Silver Belt. Iron Chief. Black Hawk
Cleopatra, Judge. Felix Crescent, Grass
hopper. Jumbo. and others are among
the leading mines of Castle which, will
proper development, promise to rival th'
Yellowstone or the Cumberland. Tit
formation of most of them is porphyr.
and limestone. Mr.. Suydam has a mum
Der of fine specimens of ores taken from
the different mines of Castle which vii
convince the most skeptical of the min
eral matter of the district. One ver'
fine sample from a mine in the -Four
Mile district, close to the town of Cas-
tie, is very rich in horn silver and is sai(
to assay away up in the thousands
When the Montana Midland is com
pleted and ore begins to arrive from Cas-
tie to be smeited here that camp will
from all accounts, become another Butte