The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-12
Those on Nine Mile Creek Are A.
tracing : Great Deal Of
Attention.
A Company That 10 Producing Re-
suits satisfactory to tho
Stockholders.
The Argentla Mine, In the Cmor d'Alenss
Purchased BY A. N. Esisr snd
a. y. Knott.

MIssoULA, Jan. 11.-[HpsciAl. just ~
present the mines on Nine Mile creek p
Yaesr TO b. attracting more attention than
those of any other portion Of the county.
The new mill Of tho Nine Mile Mining COM
pany 10 in sucssssful operation and the re-
suits are very satisfactory TO the atockhold-
era. A short RIM was made about three
weeks since and . good clean mp made
from the plates. The MANNERS, which did
not arrive until some time after tho other
machinery was In place, were then put In.
This neosasitatsd closing down for abeut .
position, 1.-TWO for each battery Of i've
stamps). Upon resumption IL was found
that the water pipes had frozen and another
delay occurred. Heaters wore put in The
water tank and connected with the exhaust
from she engine. There was also . little
trouble with the gravity tramwAy.
The property OF this company consists Of
= large number OF claims located around
and adjoining the Dawn. Golden Eagle.
Protection and Hazel Grove. Tbs four
claims were purchased from Patrick NcEl-
legot and David Lewis at the commence
mest Of operations by the original moor
porators OF the company, about q year age.
The development or these four claims has
been very extensive. probably excssdina
$500 feet In tunnels and shafts. Large
bodies Of free milling gold ore have been
exposed in tho different workings. These
ore bodies in places exceed twenty-five feet
in width, and are Of unusually high grade,
considering their width and extent. The
formation and ledge matter il soft and
easily broken. most Of the work in the tun-
nels costing from 81 to So per fool.
The richest portion Of the ore appears
to be a quartz filed with small cubes Of
henatite of iron and also a tale and deoom-
posed iron oxides. A depth Of 300 feet has
preciable deterioration in the free milling
quality Of the ore. The mill results and
previous fres milling tests appear to indi-
cate that the ore will amalRamase in the
battery and on the plates to over 80 per
sent. The saving Of concentrates on She
tional IL or Is per cent. thus giving q re-
markably high saving for q milling process.
All the natural conditions surrounding the
mines arc extremely favorable for the cheap
and economical working OF the property.
In the immediate vicinity il one Of the
standing in Montana. The slope of the
hills gives abundant opportunity for deep
tuuneling. and water power can be OBJ
tanned with comparatively small sxpsndi-
tute. There has besn no attempt to float
any of the stock of the company, all Of 1t
being ksld by the original purchasers
OF the property, who consist of John
Wood. Peter Larsen. Walter N.
Biekford. j. NJ. Keith, y. Milton Martin,
and others. The whole Ia under the man.
agement and superintsndenoy of j. Milton
Martin, who gives it mis- personal super
vision. Mr.. Martin has had many years of
experience in California. Utah. Idaho and
10 considered by practical mining men who
have visited it as one of the best, If not the
best. gold mines In the state that has been
sufficiently developed to form accurate esti-
mates OF the character and extent of the
ore bodies.