The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-10
BEAVER CREEK MINES.
A Five-Year- Old Camp That Grows
Better rs tho Years
Pass.
Tho East Pacific and H. s. n.
Two of the Leading
Examples.
Owners and Lcssces in tho NcihRrt Dis
trict Hard at Work-Toston s.
Montana Plans.
Correspondence Of Tho Independently

CORRESPONDENCE Oh mo luuapouueAtI
WINSTON. March S.-Beaver Crock dis
trict. scarcely fvo years old. was nsver sc
prosperous as 1t ir at present. The perma-
nenoy of tho mines developed can no Longer
be questioned. The East Pacific and H.. x
II. mines have now been opened to q vsrti-
cal depth of more than zoo feet. But while
the ore bodies in these mines are not larger
than in their upper workings, the oee ii
richer, therefore more profitable, notwith
standing the expense of deeper working il
somewhat increased. Among che mine:
widely known few, for the amount expended
on them, have made better records thai
the IA. d II. and East Pacific. OF thost
being developed the Lily mire has made ar
excellent record. having paid from the
grass roots. During the past autumn
and winter William Hazelton, the
owner, has driven a tunnel one
hundred feet below the superficial work
ings, where he has intsrsected tho veins
carrying at this greater dspth a continuous
body OF ore. The Lily, therefore, may now
be numbered as ono OF the permanent
mines of the camp. The Iron Age mine
will. We are credibly informed, be worked
this season. The mill. which ia u part OF
this property, Is being remodeled to treat
economically the ore of this mine, of which
there are large bodies in sight. There are
many undeveloped properties that will be
worked this season. some Of which will
doubtless yield handsome returns to the
owners. notably the Frieburg, from which
has heen shipped already q considerable
quantity of high grade ore.
What il u notable fact concerning this
camp ia that al! the developed mines have
proven profitable investments. Another
suggestive fact, it is primarily a gold camp
and the ore IL chiefly high grade; still an
other. we are almoRt in touch witt Helena,
the capital. where there is a good ore mar
kst, and railroad transportation within q
few miles OF our mines and easily accessi-
Bile. Here wa have had no wild spscula-
ton; instead. intelligent and efficient min
ina by men Of large means-Charles Clark.
of the Granite Mountain mine, G. nj. Ken
drick, chief engineer of the Northern Pa
cife railroad, Winston Brothers. the we'll
known railroad contractors, and many
other gentlemen who nave made excellent
records in mining.
Winston, the now metropolis of the camp,
Is an infant of days being only eight
months old, yet already Il prosperous town.
having stores. saloons, boarding houses
and markets, all of which are prospering.
Two churches. one Protestant and one
Catholic, are now considered assured of
erection thias season, while steps have al
ready been taken for the erection of a COM
modious school house to accommodate the
town and adjacent population.
In the wide range of country stretching
back from Beaver creek into the mountains
southerly and westerly for twenty miles. is
q mining section as yet hardly touched by
the miners' pick and shovel. Why not in
stead Of rushing to some unknown region
far away, try tickling the ribs of dame for
here at home. where she has already dis
pensed fortunes in gold, and has yet for
tunes to bestow for those who persistentiy
and wisely court he. favor?