The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-19
Returns From a Car Of Benton Ore
Proving the Richness Of
the Property.
How Owners In the Occur d'Alenes
Have Reduced Their Work
irg Forces.
North eide Gold qutput-Ths Birch
Creck Mines-Success of the Maiden
Smeltcr-Iron Mountain.

TIL Benton shipped last week to the
United States %Sampling works, Helena n
carload of ore. Superintendent David II.
S. Barker accompanied it, says the Neihart
Miner. It is authenticity reported that 1T
sampled higher than II carload of ore
eyor shipped to these works. astonishing
the most experienced by the enormous
yield-fftoen tons reported as yleldlug
$4,000. This may seem a Wild estimate
INIT nevertheless it is authentic. A few
more such results rs this and the future OF
Nelhart rs the camp of camps will be an
assured fact.
About a month ago Mr.. Hugo Matthews.
this camp, left on a visit east ana re-
turned last week. It has developed
that his object in going east was not
altogether pleasure, for he interested other
parties in his mining property and
they are now getting ready for spring work
in developing the Omaha. The Omaha is
located on Carpenter creek and about I'VE
years ago, on Mr.. Matthew'S first visit to
the camp, was offered to him for a mere
triAe. He accepted and since then it has
ciyon every indication Of being valuable
property. Herman Luther, Of Great Falls.
and Henry Krosh, of Fargo, about a year
ago purchased q quarter interest together
and five months ago Mr.. Matthews sold an
other quarter to Minneapolis and Cook
CITY parties. The present corporate own
ers are: Adam Hornung, president; PHI.
Hartman, vice-president: j. G. Wunder,
secretary and treasurer; Hugo Matthew's,
general manager. Directors-H. Luther,
Of Great Falls; Henry Krogh, Of Fargo, N.
D.; E. Roehl. Of Neihart.
The Broadwater group was located IN
1881 by Mr.. James Chamberlain and Mr..
w. X. Bell. At the time there were only
Capt. Mcintosh, Prot. Morrison and John
Peoples in the camp. They left in the fall
of Isl and returned in the spring of 's2.
They worked all the next summer, k
Belle shaft 100 feet and in the spring of 'S3
sunk the MinneLaha shaft. In the spring
Of 'S4 thew bonded to G. A. ~BroadWater. and
soon after MIR. Bell died. Mr.. Btoadwater
worked in developing the group. until July
's4 when he gave up the BOND n pur-
chased the interest of all the owners ex-
Dept Mr.. Chamberlain. Since then nothing
has been done to develop the property but
the individual capital and labor OF Mr..
Chamberlain, but practical miners claim 1T
is about the richest property in the camp
and only need capital to prove tho fact.
luS / UdAGlA oue . H. MAS E"Ae oA
penseg and Melted a fair profit for lnbor and
time employed. There are at present only
six men at work. but outside opinion de-
clares that it is only a matter of time until
the Broadwatsr has a force of men to fully
develop its hidden riches.
The Florence is still working tho same
number of men-ive, and waiting for her
new machinery which has been on the road
for the last six weeks. The delay was
cnused irst by the snow blockade Of q
month ago in the east, and next by a de-
fective bridge, the other side of Glasgow.
The machinery will arrive the latter part OF
this week or the beginning of next. On
Tuesday they shipped two cars Of ore to
Great Falls.
The following clipping from the North
western Financier. of Denver, says: Au-
thentio reports from Neihart are to the ef-
feet that an unexpected strike has been
made in the tunnel being run on the Gait
mine, a streak of red oxide Of iron and car
Donate Of lead being encountered which
carries from seventy-seven to 100 ounces of
silver pee ton. The depth o. the vein is
800 feet from the surface, a guarantee of a
substantial body of ore.
Ihe Moulton has commenced shipping
ore this week to the Great Falls smelter.