The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-30
THE BOOM N The SLOGAN
kaslo, the Leading Town, Is Putting
Up Handsome Business Blocks
and Residences.
TOWN Lots Range in Price From
8 Hundred Dollars to the
thousands.
~r,... so,d and Bonded for Tortunes-Ii
win Bs Two Months However, oe-
fore the Snow Disappears.


rhous.nds Of Montanians are waiting
- n. news Ii lat travel 10 possible In the
sIocan country. British Columbia. When
3 aoas come there will be a great rush
s.o,n this atate to the new Eldorado. AL
,aadv Helena capital has gone in there, and
Ana arat ore shipped out came to Helena
srom 4 mine largely owned by Helena peo-
=. The hest advioes are to the effect that
4 lii be the latter part Of June before the
NOV will have disappeared sufficlentiy 20
allow prospsctors to get around. and III the
meantime il ID far better for intending
.t.mneders 10 remain where they are. One
- The hest accounts Of the new country,
a.. nresept development and the prospects
!. o,van bv . correspondent OF the Philips
hnro Mail. Among other things he says.
writing under date OF Kaslo. April 20:
Kaslo is strictly on a steady boom. Hand
some business blocks and residences are
heinr erected and people BY the hundreds
"a coming from all parts of the country.
Tavr lots range in price from $3.50 to
. m and all branches OF business are
doing a rushing trade. The writer has met
!. Number Of Montanians, among whom are
Dave Bsllsntine, George Fernie. and A. M.
parnea. Of PhilipsburR; Nj. Parrsy, Mrs.
co,aon. Miss Burnhead, Miss Hughes and
Mis-. LAYTON. of Granite; Ex-Under Sheriff
Fr.nk Hatton, of Deer Lodge. and Others
Who arc all highly pleased with Ksslo.
AhonA eighteen miles north OF kaslo 10
@ha new town of Lardo. at the head OF
Kootenai lake. Lots are selling from Slou
a. s175. Across the lake at the mouth OF
Dnncan river ia the thriving little city of
Aroenta. Property there Is held a. ABOUT
the same value as in Lardo.
Twelve miles up the Duncan river a
<hriyino new town has been started called
Dnncan CITY. This will be the central sup
nIv noint for tho Duncan river gold fields:
Number of Kaslo merchants AVE sta5teo
hranoh houses there and expect TO 90 a
GOOD business.
Thirty i've miles northwest of Kaslo, at
<ha haad of Trout lake, is located the town
~ Lake City, and at the foot OF Trout lake
che new tow of Selkirk. These towns will
be 10 ths Lardo country what kaslo 10 to
the SLOGAN. ~.
rnmber Of twenty-five have been under de-
velopment all winter with gratifying oe-
The nearest group of mines Of any i'm
nortance to Kaslo are located on the South
Fork OF Kaslo creek, about seven miles
from the town, and known as the Monte
yuma aroup. Il embraces si !n 100 LOCATIONS |, lions
fane capitalists. Active development work
e being pushed on the principal claim.
whore a largo vein with several feet OF SOHO
ore. carving eighty to 140 ounces IN silver
and some lead 10 exposed.
Two carloads OF ore were Shlppeot 20 the
Great Falls smelter last fall from me White
water claim which yielded over 200 ounces
in Silver. On this claim . ledge from ten
te twelve feet wide is opened up. About
one mile from the White Water is she Wei
lineton showing eighteen to twenty incnes
OF very high grade ore.
On the divide between Bear Lake and
Carpenters creek are located a number OF
the Silver Glance, one of the group. there
il eighty or ninety tons Of first class ore.
Some Of it has been sorted and will run
over 800 ounces to the ton in silver.
On Spring creek h best developed
claims are the Carbonate and Fourth of
July. The former shows a well-defined
ledge traceable across the entire claim.
carving carbonates and galena, and as
saws from 300 to 400 ounces in silver. Ihe
Fourth Of July is or the opposite side OF
the creek and shows q ledge traoeable to
through two claims from eight to ten feet
wide, carrying gray copper ana gsAena.
The assays run from $50 to 600 ounces.
On jackson creek, the jackson claim
with a ledge fully twenty feet wide. con-
tanning calena and ~carbonates. has beer
bonded to Seattle capitalists for $4,000.
This brings us to the SLOGAN proper. The
area of mineraliZed zone on TINS scope has
been roughly estimated to be from ten tc
twelve miles square. The country rock il
slate or shale, Of a blackish color, traversed
by dikes of porphyfy. ana IT'S limits are
clearly marked by the country granite
which cuts it of on all sides, except on the
east. where it extends across tho range,
back of which the granite comes In again,
making the circle complete.
Throughout the mineral area the ledger
Of high grade Qalenn are numerous, and
nearly all are true hssere veins running
the opposite.
Scarcely any ore has been found running
less than 100 ounces and 60 per cent lead
and from that up to the thousands. depend
ing upon the amount of gray or native cop
per, ruby or antimonial silver existing il
the ore.
number of properties in this belt hav'
shafts sunk from 100 to 200 feet and thous.
ands of Tons of ore in sight, assaying from
125 ounces up.
On PAYNE mountain, the Payne Rrou]
consists of four claims, and on one ledg
they have a clear cut assure vein Of from
sixteen inches to two feet of solid Ralena
averaging over 100 ounces in silver. u
the Washington, another OF the group
there is q ledge eight to twenty feet wild
on the surface, carrying Ralena and car
Donates and averaging 140 ounces in silve
across it. just above the Washington i
the SLOGAN Boy, with three parallel lodges
one of which is making a better RhowinI
than is made on the Washington. On thi
group the bond Of $4,000 which was Rivel
OF them last fall has just been taken up.
A dozen more claims in the vicinity sr
worthy of special mention. but other sec
tions must be given some attention, so W
leave that particular locality and pnss o
up London creek about one-half mile t
where is located the SLOGAN Star, one of th
biggest mines Of the district. On the We
to this mine we pass a boulder that Is est
mated to contain 125 tons OF pure ralen'
The claim was sold last fall for S., 600 oasl
The SLOGAN Stars hows an immense ledg,
and a shaft Junk 100 feet shows a continu
GUS vein of ore five feet wide, running frol
125 ounces in silver upwards.
On the Noble Five group. about one mi
from London creek, another remarkab
allowing ia made. A big ledge cnrryir
high grade Ralena. cblorides and carbonate
Is exposed. The price asked for this PROF
erty Is half n million dollars.
Next comes the Rico. now being workt
by n syndicate of Cuur d'Alene capitalist
who purchased it a few months ago +
$4,000 whom the only development NO
done was that made by assessment wor
They now have FIVE to six feet of sol
Ralena that gives an average assay of
ounces. The Blue Bird, owned by Burke
Garrison, also of the Cuur d'Alene, is a
other remarkably good property In t
same locality. They paid $4,000 for it.
The Freddie Lee mine. owned by Jam
d. WardUer. another Cuur d,Alana man.