The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-09
THE SLOGAN DISTRICT.
A Well Known Mining Man Gives
al Account Of The Mines
There
The Lodges NJ not Only Of Good
Size but Extremely
Rich.
The Mineral Bearing Belt not small Is
supposed. hut Extends Over .
Large Scope.

L. n. Ruscau. who has recently returned
from a trip TO the Idaho diamond fields and
the SLOGAN mining country, gives the fol-
lowing account Of the latter region In an
interview with an I~NDEPENDENT reporter;
II have" said MI. Ruscau, been In the
exploring and prospecting business for .
number Of years. rave besn in the prinoi-
pal mining districts OF the United States.
Mexico. Central and South America, but
can candidly say from present indications
that the SLOGAN district ~surpasses anything
/ have evsr seen 10 far. Not only are the
lodges Of good size, but extremely rich.
both In silver and lead. From eiRht,-sevsn
sample taken from so many properties. not
picked speoimsns, but average OF the whole
lodges, the result by assayinQ was lib
ounces Az. and 65 per cent Phi. which in
my opinion 10 . most remarkably dne
showing. In lone Of the properties . very
rich faulits ia found which gave assay re-
suits a. high az l. 400 ounoss Ag. Tho min
sral bearing belt Ia not small.
a. previously supposed, but extends
over large scope Of grand
mountain range I commenced my inves-
legations on . creek probably two and a
half miles south Of New Denver, the creek
known Is FOUR Mile creek and found some
excellent prospects. The best showing.
however. was At . property owned by Grady
d Co.. which has the mineral exposed for
nearly 5000 feet. I visited thirty-two min
ing locations on the above creek and found
all those lodges in . very healthy condition.
ranging in size from fifteen inches TO five
and . half feet. From -Four Mile / went on
Carpenter creek and there saw phenomenal
" rich ore bodies. The Wonderful, SLOGAN
Star. Eureka, Freddie Lee. Bollander.
Wellington, Hertha, Minerva and Surprise
are extraordinarily hne properties. Ore
from the very surface Of the ground can be
shipped from either one of these properties.
All these mines are on one lode. and in my
opinion this 10 the mother lode of Carpsn-
ter creek. p
Aaood deal Of work has been lone on
some of the properties. The Wonderful
ID opened by = tunnel OF seventy feet. which
exposes very near three feet of fine clean
kaiena, but the main lodges have not been
reached yet. The SLOGAN Star is opened By
three tunnels, of seventy and 100 feet re-
spectively. Tunnel No. 2 orosscuta part of
the ledge ats depth Of 100 feet and OK
poses nearly four feet Of 0alena and not less
than seven feet Of a concentrating ore.
Tunnel Nc. 8 will erossous the ledge at a
depth Of 150 feet.
"Whsn I visited the property last the tun-
mel was about 100 feet In length and showed
moro or less mineral in tho face, although
No wall had been reached SO far. The
Eureka claim has Q tunnel over a hundred
feet running with the ledge. At the mouth
Of the unnsl the ledge is ten feet wide with
Ave and . half fest of very ine ooncen-
trating ore. About 15O feet above the
mouth Of the tunnel . magnidcent body Of
AlAAR ara - Avnn0AH Thu ErodyA T,An
whom I visited il last. had three tunnels
where ore was taken out BY = day and
night shift. In funnel No. 3 q beginning
was made to sink a winze. There were per-
haps 200 tons Of very fne ore sacked at the
mine awaiting shipment. The Bollander is
healthy looking three and q half feet ledge.
with . fine ore showing. Thu Wellington
has an opening on Carpenter creek on a
grass vein which 10 Of good size, but has
hardly any ore 90 far to speak of. The
Hertha, Minerva and Surprise have been
stripped for quite q distance, and show a
hne body OF shipping ore.
0 the north side Of Carpenter creek
great activity prevails. The most noted
work, however. has been done on the Blue
Bird mi ii is with pride the owners show
the occasional visitor q fine mine. There is
grading q trail from that mine to the Kalso
and SLOGAN wagon road for the shipment of
the large amount of ore on the dump await
ing transportation. The Ruecau property
ia probably the only location on Carpenter
which has 80 far no showing of development
although tho property Is considered u good
ono in every respect. The Chambers
group of mines through some open cuts
show a large body of concentrating ore.
The Idaho. an extension Of tho Blue Bird,
shows q fine body of three foot galena.
The Noble Life group is we'll opened by
tunnels and opsn cuts, which expose good
size bodies Of shipping ore. The Train
Lake basin, on the south side Of Carpenter
creek, just now is attracting moro Spokane
mining men than any other section. All
the ores on Carpenter creek are lead sui
phites intermixed with ~faulite, save the
ores from the north fork Of Carpenter
creek. which are of . more com plioated
character for the metallurRist. suoh a.
Rntimonides. arsenides, te~trahedrites,
pyrargynite and p~artzite Of great richness
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