The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1894-08-03
THE MINING WORLD.
is BRINGING GOLD
GREEK TO THE 'FRONT.'.

The Mammoth All Kight--New Style of a
Stamp Mill-AIore Comstock Litigation.
Boom III the Little Rockies-Montana
Oil Fie1ds-General Mining Notes.
There is great and growing activity in
quartz development at the head of Gold
creek this season, and the claim of the
owners that this year will witness the
opening up of several notable producers
seems to be entirely within reason. At
any rate, the attention of capital is being
actively directed to the district, which is
the best precursor, perhaps, of sub
stantial mining camp. The prominent
properties of the district lie east of the
Royal district and are separated from it
by one of the main spurs Of the mountain
range. The camp is essentially tributary
to Deer Lodge and, therefore, much local
interest is manifested in its outcome.
One of the best showings in the dis
trict is the Tiger, owned by Oscar Smith
4 Go. The property has been quite thor
oughly exploited and a body Of free
milling gold ore has been opened up that
warrants the owners in putting in mill.
tive-stamp plant has been purchased
and will be put in operation at the ear
liest practicable moment. A tramway
about 500 feet in length is now being laid
from the mine to the mill site which will
be completed in a few days.
Louis LindNer has interested some
Philipsburg man in the development of
the Summit group and considerable work
has been done this summer with the
most gratifying results. Steps are now
being taken looking to the placing of
ten-stamp mill on the property and the
building Of 1000 feet Of tramway. 1t is
claimed that on one of the properties Of
the group eight feet Of free milling ore
has been encountered that returns aver
age assays of S14 per ton.
Charles Blelenberg has been operating
an arastra and doing a great amount Of
development work on the Potosi group
during the spring and summer The
arastra, he says, has not proven the sue
cess he had anticipated for the reason
that the ore is too base for treatment by
that method. 1t assays rich enough and
he is confident he has shipping propo-
sition directly the wagon road is COM
pleted to the mine ~
Sullivan & Burrer are running a tun-
mel on one Of their claims adjoining the
Potosi. They are now in about 200 feet
and have fine showing of Sl5 to $lS ore.
A mile above the Potosi, Dunkelberg l.
Garten own some good property. The
latters interest has been recently bonded
to Col. Geo. w. Morse and considerable
money is being expended in develop
ment. For the work done, the showing
is equal to that Of any of it's neighboriny
claims and it is proposed to exploit it
thoroughly.
Yelling and Percy Napton and James
Self, OF this city, have secured control Of
the La Plata, an undeveloped claim, and
this week sent over two men and an out
fit to begin operations. The La Plata
makes q fine surface showing and the
owners are quite sanyuine Of the out
come.
There are many other prospects in the
district that make tlnttering shoWings
and only require time and the cXpendi-
ture Of a moderate amount Of money in
their development to constitute mines.
The latter it is confidently anticipated
will be readily forthcoming as soon as
the mills now being put in demonstrate
the possibilities of the camp. The mae
cessiblity Of the district has operated to
its disadvantage heretofore, but the prop
erty owners have put in a good road as
far as Gold Creek lake this season, so
that now all the prominent properties are
readily reached.
The Mammoth All Right.
Ed. Simpson, superintendent of the
Mammoth, is over from Sunset this
week. The Mammoth, he says, is devel=
oping splendidly and eNcites the unquai-
flied admiration Of all the experts who
have examined it. The continuity Of its
ore body has been demonstrated sulli-