The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-19
M|SSOULA COUNTY MINES
The Camp Of Carter Promises to
Come to the Front This
Season.
The Well Known Iron Mountain
Looks Better Than Ever
It Has Before.
FIFTY Thousands Dollars Worth Of Ore for
shipment-strike Of Gold in
ST. Joe Country, Idaho.
Special to The Independent.

Special to The Independent.
Mrssou1A, May IA few days since a
representative Of The INDEPENDENT had oe-
sasion to visit the mining Damp of Carter.
4, Spring gulch. Tho progress Of this camp
has been slow ana those who. with good
reason. expected 1t to rapidly develop into
4 largo mining town have been disap-
pointed. This il largely due to bad man
spemens on the part Of soms OF the COM
panies operating there. and also to the
claim owners them selves. The Keystone
mine has been the main-stay OF ths camp.
Il has been worked nearly continuously FOR
the past two years. The vein has generally
been small, but the ore has been OF GOOD
Grade, The bulk of the other properties
of the camp have been concentrating prop
~ositions requiring the expenditure OF large
Sans in machinery, which though making
their development to a productiv" OASIS
slow and expensive will eventually bring
them to the front as grsat mines. Or she
Spring sulch mines none have receivod a
larger amount of development than the
King. Something over S25, 900 have been
expended on this property III driving sun-
nels and sinking shafts. A month since a
large ore body was encountered IN this
min ON tho l50-foot level. This ore IL
much higher grade than any previously
found in the mine, and assays we'll In LEAD.
silver and copper. The drift has been
driven about sixty feet into the ore body
and the face is all in ore of good quality.
In fact, this may be considered the most
important strike ever made in the camp. as
ii will most certainly result in bringing II
prominently to the attention Of the public.
A o~rosscut made on the ore shows ii to be
fourteen feet in width. A raise of twenty
feet was made; this also in solid ore
Of good quality. At the present time tive
men are working on the King n ten on
ths Keystone. This week a meeting OF the
directors will be hold to consider and ar
rance plans for the building of a concen-
traitor.
@. Jeldness. who has been working the
Little Anaconda all winter under loase, will
N packing the ore out 10 she wagon
road. The snow has been too deep to per-
NIT it's being lone sooner. He now has
between $1,000 and $4,000 worth on the
dump. 1t is thought that the Little Ana
oenda COMPANY will erect = concentration
this sumnler.
The O., H. Il N. mine. which occasloned
considerable excitement three years since,
IA closed down and has been for = year past.
This property has shipped considerable
rood ore, and it Ia generally thought tha'
with . little more development it could be
made a profitable mine. There Ia every
probability that the coming summer viii
end the long psriod OF comparative IN
activity In this camp. and much ore will be
shipped. ~ -.
between Iron Mountain station and 6u-
perior has been completed. and the Iron
Mountain company is now hauling ore
over IL. The Iron Mountain mine has
been the most productive in the county,
and now. at q depth of over LOO feet,
looks better and shows more ore in sight
than at any previous time in Its history.
Extensive surface Improvement nave been
put in at the mine, and 1T Is now one OF the
best equipped properties in the state. A
narrow gauge railroad runs a mile and a
half from the mine to the head Of the
trsmway. A small! locomotive is used to
pull the ore cars. The tramway connects
with the mill. A largo new ssean hoist
10 being placed In the tunnel, LOCO feet
from its mouth, and at q depth of 800 feet
from the surface. This hoist 10 located
deeper below the surface than any Other
steam hoist in Montana. The shaft IL
below the level OF the TUNE
and with this hoist can rapidly be sunk &C
that 1t will be the deepest shaft in the state
During the winter. owing to the bad condi-
ton Of the roads and the n~on-eompletioE
of the bridge over the Missoula river, only
alinited quantity of ore has been shipped,
The bulk Of the ore and concentrates have
been stored in bins at the mine and mill
and there are now over $4,000 worth o
ooneankrata ON hand.