The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-03-01
MEETING OF THE EXPERTS
Montana Properties Discussed by the
Mining Engineers at Their
Session in Baltimore.
George F. Kunz Gives His Latest
Opinion on Montana Sap
phires and Diamonds 4

phires and Diamonds
what tho "Flannel Shirt Expert Did 70
tho Drum Lummcn-James d.
HaEue's Big Fee.
AT the meetiag of American mining engi
neers in Baltimore recently, some OF tn
discussions and reports were of particular
interest to Montana. Geo. F. kunz, tn
Tiffany expert, who has lost no opportunlt,
for tho last year to belittlc the Montana
sapphires, though a few years ago he pro
nounced them equal to any known, was
asked about them at tho meeting, and SAID
The Montana sapphires are beautiful ant
interesting as curious, butt don't think they
are of the color tho public wants. The
standard colors in sapphires for popular
use are blue CIR red, and suoh are not found
in the placer ground on the Missouri, near
Helena. Acompapyto work the bar has been
stocked at $1,000, 900. The Interested par
ties took over to England 10000 earats OF
Montana sapphires, but they didn't put any
Of them on the market. Diamonds are too
common. People of taste and OF wealth
demand something which shall scintllate
and which everybody cannot get. Amerl-
cans are now buying diamonds at she rate
of $4,000, 900 a year, and there are IN the
world about $1,000, 900, 600 worth of dla-
monds. But there are diamonds and dla-
monds. stone of the first water is still a
rarity and OF this class there are only
about eight por cent of the Whole amount"
sspeaking Of the precious stones found in
thia country. DR.. Kunz said the garnets
which come from the Navajo nation IN
New Mexico and Arizona are the most
notable. These garnets are called rubles
and are of the finest in the world. 'Ihe
Montana precious stones are interesting,
but comparatively OF no value in the mar
ket.' M-m. d" m .M#.
The nesting was presented with some
statistics on CREST feats of mining engl-
nesring, a fow Of which are interesting to
Montauains. One instance relates to
Lesdville and the work of s. +, Emmons
The mining city Of the cloud thought 1t
had it's day. The mines were being worked
ont one after another and abandoned.
Voir after vein had been followed to what
scanned to be the end The clty's popula-
ton and business were growing smaller.
Enmous went to Leadville. tie mad maps
prepared showing the worklngs OF the
mines. the veins of ore and the various
strata Of rocks. These were the given
quantities of tho problem. Emmons
studied them and arrived at the conclusion
that 8 great fault had occurred IN the early
DAYS when the mountains curled up. he
nointed where he thought the veins should
be recovered. The miners dug ana found
" ~ >~eiO OrH tho HQn0nn i,RN6-.
willie became greater than the nrst nad
been. u 80
another engineer, is one Of the greatest
mines of the present day. 1t Is owned by
a company in which Engllshmen are
largely in Mt smn a., h a. on1 la srmn IN seemed .ee nts5
to have fulfilled its destiny. The vein
came to an end. Repeated trials to recover
il all failed. The managers, almost In
DESPAIR. sent for Clayton, the flannel shirt
expert,' the self-educated mining engineer.
Clayton studied tho mine. located the
fault, ordered a crosscut at thas particular
point and recovered the vein.
Ihe,e have been great fees paid to some
mining engineers for their opinions on
mines, One of the reports made at the
meeting saws that it is tradition that James
d. Hague received $25, 600 for his examlna-
tion of the Anaconda nlne. "A queef ms
III Ii ASS ANSt $1,000
engineers recalled this when they visited
the great reduction works at Baltimore,
where the Anaconda product goes to be
etreated and burned into suiphate OF copper
and pure copper. In the early days of
Montana mining the gold hunters panned
gravel and worked out yellow nuggets
on the location of the Anaconda.
mine. Another generation of treasure
seekers came along and searched for
silver, going down some distance and
getting enough to keep them encouraged.
Al they followed the silver veins they came
to COPPER, and the richest mine in tho
world was developed. There is some gold
and silver in the Anaconda product which
reaches Baltimore. but the great value is in
the COPPER, But what OF the mining engi-
neer who gets $4,000 for his report on the
Anaconda when 1t WAS a doubtful PROPOSE
ton. Did he earn his fee. as big as six
months salary of the president of the
United States? Well, hardly. He reported
advet sely on the Anaconda.
Ona of the strangest freaks in mining
engineering was developed in connection
with the famous Ontario mine at Park City,
Utah. This is nov among the greatest pro-
ducers in tha country. At a time in it's
history the eastern vein ran out. 1t seemed
as if the end of that mine had been
reached. Tho people interastad, among
whom were the Walker Brothers,, of Salt
Lake, spent $1,000. 600 in trying to find the
eastern continuation OF the VEIN. At
length, after having expert after expert
study and report without Success,
the owners abandoned hope. Then
the shift boss, d man named
John DAILY. vent to work on his
own hook. instead of trying to locate a
continuation on thu east, ho went to the
opposite end snd began to prospect for a
continuation on the west. The owners had
already made efforts IN that direction.
They had followed What should have been
tho coBfss OF the vein IN q straight line.
They found seams, but nothing in paying
quantities., and had concluded that the
vein did not extend Ill that direction. DAILY
pursued a different plaza. Ee went on the
theory that thu vein might be found on the
west, but not in a straight course. lie got
hold of soma capital and tried to the north
and south OF tho direct line. 1ne ore body
was struck, and It's connection with the
Ontario vein WAS established. The vein
had followed the course of the hill with
such a bend rs to make an angle of 25 de-
grees. With this dIecovory the Ontario be-
came 3 greater mine than ever.
The above extracts from tho proceedings
were furnished the Anaconda standard by
X. Lloyd. The full proceedings of the
meeting will be printed III book form.
THE NEIHAET COUNTRY.
Rich Strikes Reported in n Number OF
Promising Propertie4.
Several strikes are reported among the
mincs for this week, says the Neihart Miner.
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