The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-05-07
Two Big West Side Concerns Which
Were ar c,ed by the
Strikh.
Tho Famous Laxingt ton Nine Is
Again In the LIST OF Pro-
ducars.
A Rich strike In the west Crarinn-work
in the soap Gu'ch Dis
trlct.

/ Boston & Montana. Bate Eos-
I ton aud Colorado companies u has
been as dull as possible. In fact
nothing hs been accomplished bI the
two Boston concerns which we're forced to
suspend on account Of the Great Northern
strike. IL has taken some tins 80 Get the
road in smooth running order aud IL Is now
confidently expected the road will be able
70 resume traffic 20 Great Falls on Monday.
by which time both concerns expect 80 be
at work with their usual vlgor.
/ The Colo ado COMPANY. whose plant was
destroyed last week by Ere, has decided 20
bald a temporary smelter without delay.
repairing the damaged furnaces. 10 Is
thoughi IN two weeks time the company
will be smslting ore again. Meantime the
plans for the proposed new smelter will be
perfected and 10 will be constructed around
the old plant.
The Lexington company ia again in the
! lisa Of producers and she Alice 10 working
regularly under Capt. Halls excellent
Management. There is a runor that supt
Clark will elos1 down tho Moulton mill for
a short periol for nseded repairi.
Carlos Warneld and Joseph Vivian struck
it rich IN the West Czarina yesterday.
They have fve-foot vein Of silver and
gold ere. There is tWenty-ineh streak
that IL as protty as any ore ever found in
the district. 10 fairly brlstles with sllv
/ IA crysiaiizsd quartz A TN can WAS filled
With pieces OF rure silver picked out OF the
vein. The lucky leasers are elated over
their good fortune snd their friends are
equally pleased. They only hope 10 Will
bold out and their fortunes will be made.
Even in native granite. Undecided IN the
/ vein wire silver was found. Tie strike
WAS made on the l5O-foot level. Inc
! Lessee recently sunk she shaft nifty feet,
thon orosscut forty-two feet and after run
ming a diff short distance. came upon
the lead tapping 10 early Friday morning.
/ Cousidei able work Is IN progress Ia Soap
/ gulch district. near helrose. l.. A. lie ma
/ has leased and bonded from Lsdoux and
/ others the Calumet lode and has started
men at work on an S2O-ioot tunnel. J. A.
Murray has leased very rich lead claim,
/ the AreeniR, TO Wheeler, Carpenter ~ Co.,
and they are driving q 300 foot tunnel.
VIM. Barton IL driving an llO-fcot tunnel
| on a gold end. John HallahAn Is also en-
/ gagged in working several claims
/ Toe latest from the PooTman mine is
] that 10 - being worked TO ITS full capacity
and the output 10 equal TO what 10 has been
81 any time IN the history of the mine. and
with a far market for lead. il may soOa be
expected to take It's place again amona the
dividend taye.s. Manager Patrick Clark
oonhden tg expects this rssult In short
time.
Patrick Clark, who is interested with
Butte and Spokane men in the War Eagle
mine. Toll Greek district Just across the
1 British line. and directly moth OF Spokane.
writes thst very Large tody OF ore 10 ts-
| ing developed that carries S46.2j gold to
she ton and three ana one-half ounces
silver. Otto htAllman, the well known
Z a. . lin rHa a ~ Of
this ors for testing recently, for tue purpose
OF ascoi tanning the best method OF heat-
ment He has notified Dir. Cla,k that 10 10 a
good smelling GRE and can be & Gated for ~
per ton. M. Clark says Is can be mined
for ths same fgu e. With this assurance
smslter. The mine is ten miles from the
railroad, and whether the Gmeltor will be
built a. the mine or az the railroad depends
upon whether the tailway People viii ex-
tend their line 10 the mine or not. -. G.
Corbiu, president Of the Spokane d North
eru railway, IS large shareholder IN she
War Eagle.
Ihs DeLamar company made profit of
S5i O16 for the month OF Mach on q total
product o Sy0.O5J. Ihs oompany paid
quarterly dividend Of one shilling per share
AM bonus dividend OF another shilling.
making Is per cent dividend for the year
ended March 81 on the capital stock
The tota. output Of tbs Elkho'n mine for
March yielded 3Js ga Inc expenses were
S23 5Gi and the y o1t 400. says the Nel-
na.t Miner.
Colo. 40 peoplo are becoming interested
ia mines around Barsin. and q number OF
onperta are investiRating the mines Of this
district In the interest Of capitalists from
that state, says tbs Basin lines.
a ve-y rich strike 10 reported at the New
Brunawick gold mine, in Blncktan rGTk.
sixteen miles south Of Butte. Some Of the
quartz taken out a. q der "a Of sixty feet
assay ed ns high a. Sls 90 per ton.
In ell probability work on the wagon
road 80 tie Iva mines will be shertly com
menced. his 10 an Improvement mach
needed for ths trausr CREATION Of ores, and
the Eva May folks know It and propose to
reap oil the advantages Of cheap trans
portGtion.
The Hlldebraud brothers have started up
their placer dlggings on Cataract Rulch
l below the Eva May. Last rear they Pot
the ground IN condition 20 work aud are
now ready for prosperous seasons ron, as
they will have plenty 81 water on account
Of the great amount Of snow UPON the
mountains
The Bnckhorn has sunk a VINE in the
ond Of their liJ-foot tunne'. The ore 10
the same a. tLeY have been taking out. and
they do not o1pect 90 encounter anything
rich until they have gone down fifty feet.
or below water. They have peculiar
hoist on this mine, which ia ia reality n
one-man engine run By the man himself.
u Il o. their own Invention.
work was resumed the Last week IN eK-
tending the east drifts 81 tbs Katie. Two
rnon are working underground. but u Is
said that On the T9turn OF the two gentle
men Who afe away on important business
connected with the mine there will be more
men put 20 Wofk. d he leass and bond o.
$4,000 payable 10 Nike O'Douuell, OF this
citr, falls due on the JJth % this month,
and tie Anne loan lining company. linn
tied, will receive e. 600 ps month unit. the
sum Of $1,000, the amount Of the bond, 10
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