The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-08-29
HOLDING THEIR OWN.
1he Latyst Reports FEem tho Ilnss of
iiaaia aud Cataract.

nasia aud Cataract.
spooIAl to The Indopendsut
BouLDER. Aug, 2s.-Iiasin and tho CAla-
rnet district are stIll holding their own.
One Of the most promising properties Ia
that owned by Pat Earloy. in Lumber
Rplch. II Ia called the ~. Groin. Ils has
two iunnols. The east end ia In eighty
feet. but has not Jst tapped The lead. and
will ron ai1ty foe, farther. which will take
a months work. On the weat tho tunnel
IL In thirty feet and has cub the ledge
which 10 ten f0et Ia width and has out the
walla. and IL strictly n gold proposition. IL
ad ioins tho Mantle on the east, which ia
formof days was one OF the best gold pro-
ducots In ths district. Tho props,tg 10
now being worked TO lts full capacity.
The n u. in way up on CatHreot creek,
close 10 the Manchester and 10 owned by
Miks ODonnell. OF Banin, and Thomas
Melon ll1. OF Cataract Ia has an average
lead oi much promise. The ore carries
gold. silver and other minerals. There has
bofn $4,000 taken from this propef,y and
shippsd TO tue Silver Bow and Lexington
mills At Butte.
North Of this ls ths Junlper. the Carbon
ate, and the Morning EtAr. all on the same
ledge, aud owned by ThomRa Mcdonald.
ibis ledge crops out prominently oil along
tho surface and is from fourteen 20 thirty
feet wide; The average assa!u from these
claims showed $40 ia gold aud thirtasn
ounces in silver. There has been hut little
work done on any OF them. bat the surface
Indication are Hs good ~ Any In the dis
triot.
The Wolysrins adjoins and 10 the prop
srty OF Sam Moore. Pat Bahhn and Miks
EnfleJ. This Ia nlso gold proposition.
The level IL four feet wide aud averages 50
In gold. TheIs 10 a streak one inch wide
on the foot wall that runs over 81. 900 TO
the ton. This ciaim 10 In a locality which
u is almost impossible to reach, but good
substantial wagon road is now being pushed
in that direction.
The Little johnny Hunt is on Dsof Creek
and there 10 tunnel Ia on the lead sixty
feet aud shaft forty feet deep. Ths tun-
mel on the bottom shows up g 6ns body of
ore containing gold, while on ths roof ths
tupnsl In not of the same width. owing TO
ii not being in far enough. The shaft was
sunk Il at on a seam, which widsnsd Out 20
fourteen inches In the bottom. Of the same
character OF ore. 1his properly is in the
same locality as the Wolverine. On the
dump there are 100 tons of ore and In
Basin there wers six tons that were
packed out by onlmals over the
yofy worst eouh,ry in the district. The
owners aie Emery Hunt and Gus Froiburg.
Sloan and partners are making rapid prog
ress with their prospest-the Local. the
lead OF which 10 thirty fest in width.
Tho Maple lies south of the White Pine.
east of tho Minneapolis and west OF the
Self Riser. /, Is owned by William Ken
nedy. a station tender In the Parrot mine
at Butte. and has three shafts, ons twenty
ive feet. one twenty and the other fiftv.
A n Ill l.. II. g. L.
which Ia base aud contains gold chiefly. IL
10 one of tho promising properties Of this
district aud 10 being worked by Mike
Early.
The Bland is a promising property shat Ia
owned by Nevens Whnlen aud Judge q. III.
Colin of Butte. IL has the same kind of
ore that predominates In tue Cataract
district, but 10 moro valuable for
the gold contained in 1t. Tho assays, fiom
an average taken from across the face OF
the lead in the shaft returned $40 In gold
per ton with the snmo amount OF other
minerals in proportion. Tho oie Ia brse.
at the surface. The hanging wall 10 gran
ite. while the foot wall 10 a cong glomsrste
mass of Quartzite, tale and porphyry. Ten
men are engaged In sinking a shaft.
lhe II. n. Telle' is an extension OF the
Bland and 10 the property OF the same gem
tlemRn. The lead 10 fouI feet between two
well defined walls and tunnel has bssn
run in on IL thirty five feet. which gains
five inches In backs TO everv foot run into
the hill, Mach OF the ore is free milling.
and a station will be cut in ths tunnel,
making ths only good and tiue way OF
pf fo6peciin1 thoroughly.
The Manchester is on the same vein az
the Minneapolis and lies 10 the vrst ]. Ia
n very Promising prospect, but nothing has
been done on IL since the Hiawathn closed
down. The shaft 10 down sevsnty foet and
10 sunk in first class manner. u 10 the
properly OF Abnsr Gle, Of Wisconsin.
The -. Patrick is east OF tho Speculator.
south Of Basin, and 10 an extension OF the
great lead. IL was discovered in 1893 by J.
@. Rand and I. HOPKINS Ths ore 10 the
ssms ne tbs Katie and Hope on the surface.
Az present only the necessary assessment
WORK has besn done TO givs the property q
clear tits. The claim ia 1000 fsot In
length and 600 feet in width.