The Helena independent., 1894-04-23
AMONG WEST SIDE MINES
Unrest and Anxiety Exists Over the
Continuance OF the Rail-
road Strike.
The Business OF Hauling ore and
Supplies Is Greatly
Hampsrod.
AnAirs Of the nostou aud Montana Mining
company-Pssrman Deal i Re-
ported GA

/ Ip certain quarters q feeling Of much un-
rest aud anxiety exists ia mining circles.
/ with the eontinuancs Of the strike on she
Great Nofthern the business OF hauling ores
and supplies is greatly hampered. The
Anaconds eompany ia beginning 90 feel the
elect Many cars Of COPPER material are
aecumulating AZ Auaconds. Marcus Daiy
has been doing all that hs could since biz
return during ths week 90 have J. J. Hiu
settle with the slrikers. AIR. Days sole
object Is 60 Keep she Anaconda mines and
smslters Ia operatoa ani 90 give work TO
sc nlen ia the company's employ, says the
Inter Nountaln. Capt Couch. - the Bos-
taa q Montana. saws be will rot IRE up the
Mesaerylile snslters 81 present Il would
take three vesks g. gst things running
smoothly thsre. Fusi sud general supplies
would have 60 he shipped IN. II there
wss ANYTHING dehnito a. o the length 81
tiue she strike w4I he-if 10 shoald last
sererai mon ths-then she Nssdefyi.ls Emel
ters vould BE- started up. But ss she siiua-
sion stands Manager Conch saws everything
VII remain st stsn1sill. He SAYS how
ever. ths Meadsrvls plsnt is in good r..
ras fud ready for uss. some time ago
Ca g. CoucA's experiment With the nine
wates 80 tle Leonard shaft The analysis
a. fee water shows it to cary e;Eht-tsnths
o one per cent OF 81 copper. This was a
very favorable showing and Capt. Couch
immed stely had tanks constructed. Al
the Lsouari shaft eight taaks are now
catching the copper Ia solution with old
iron ana additional tinAs q being made.
oonslder4hle quentity Of copper is being
save1.
Patrick Clark. II. l. frank and John
Noyes have purchased a we'll known group
OF gold claims on Trail creek. Missoula
county. The price was f23 800. Sinking is
IN prog esi on the War Eagle; he otner
claims are tho Iron Mask and NirRihius.
Pstrick CLARK has gone over there TO super.
intend the work for few days.
A cablecram from John r. Forbs an
nounces that the Poorman mining deal is
of.
Among the most promising sections Of
Montana for the yield OF the yellow metal
during the uressnt and succeeding years
none Oilers better inducements 10 she miner
and capitalist than the rugged Rock Greek
country west OF Phiipsburg aud eaal Of the
Bitter Root valley. Untl Lass year this
country. rich IN mineral and timber, was
almost unknown. But few p ospsetofa
had Ia the preceding year discovered that
the sides ef all the creeks IN the neighbOr-
hood were r.cn IN gold. and hastily i'm
provisinF s.uice boxes and securing the
needed head OF water they washed oEt
$l4 600 worth Of geld for the seasons work.
Last year a number of other proSpsctors.
with pick and pan, found their wag 30 The
I locality. Aftes securing placer claims they
tui ned theig attention TO the surrounding
hills, aud many we're rewarded for their
perseverance, and industry by discovering
quartz rich in gold. Not the least valuable
a. a hn
made by Messrs. Clinton ana Dr. snsll.
two pioneer miners OF Butte. After salts
flying themselves az so the value Of the
zgcund for mineral purposes they staksd
out two claims and retu ned 20 Butte. A
company was organized and last year tnrse
adjoining quartz claims an $40 acres of
placer ground Weis acquired by purchase
and the company was incorporated az the
Butte and Missoula Mining company.
Ihe stcckholders ars principally Butte
and Missouia men who know a good thing
when tney SEQ II. Daring she past year
considerable work has bsen done towards
showing uD both the plac3F aud quartz
ground. A shafs on one qua tz claim
hos been developed to the l0O-foot
level. From ths surface down ore IN pay
Ing quantities WAS exposed. sometimes as
saying Sl55 10 ths ton. At she seventy five
foot mark the ledge took On a more psrmA-
mems Eorm and showed mp about four fest
oi ore which averaged So 20 the ton aud a
snail percentage OF silver. From this
dspth down the ledge preserves the same
character OF ore.
On TIE placer ground a ditch one mile
long was constructed and everything put in
readiness for an active seasons work this
summer. AS tho supply Of water never
falls short OF 5000 inches, no trouble will
occur on this score.
During the next week a number OF mel
Will leave Bate TO fnfther develop the
property. A mill will probably be ereetsd
this year 90 work sue ore, as the nearest
point Of shipment is twenty-five miles.