The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-06
In THOMPSON FALLS
A Wave of Prosperity Has Struck
the Town Squarely.
WILL HAVE WATER WORKS
The New Sawmill-Arrivals in the
VaIley-Cold Prospects-Snow
in the Vicinity - Notes
and Personals.
WILL HAVE WATER WORKS

ness. About 100 men and steam
shovel have been grading the Northern
Pacific track at this point for the pas
three months, and the work is still IL
progress. although the main portion o.
the grading is complete and a part OF
the laborers dismissed.
The surveys have just been made FOL
a system of water works for the place
the water to be obtained from Cole
mans creek at an elevation of 900 feel
above Main street. From this source
the Northern Pacific railroad company
is to be furnished water free Of charge
for a tank. This place has been made
a freight terminal and the company
proposes to put in a small round house
right away. The guarantee of suffi-
cient water for that purpose has re-
moved all obstacles. Besides this be-
ing the most desirable point as a mat
ter of location Thompson is out of the
range Of the Occur d'Alene snowbelt,
which makes the place doubly prefer
able. There is less snow fall at this
point than at any other place east of
Hope, Idaho.
The saw mill at the summit of Silver
Butte in the Silver Bow mining district
tributary to Thompson Falls, was COM
pleted last week and has already turned
out enough lumber to cover the mill
and the machinery of a 100-ton per day
concentration the property of the Mon
tana-Kentucky mining company. This
machinery is already on the ground,
but will not be put in position for OPP
GRAFTON until some future time. The j.
c. Nelson crew is still at the Butte but
the force of laborers has been cut down
considerable. There is about one foot
Of snow at the summit. 1t is given out
that the company will cause a 1000
foot working tunnel to be built during
the winter. Samples of the ore taken
from this lead prove 1t to be a very
high grade of steel galena.
Mr. Murphy of the Little Maggie
Galena mine about nine miles west OF
Thompson Falls. has a force of men
hauling galena ore to this place The
ore Is shipped to smelters at Helena
and Mr.. Murphy realizes a handsome
profit from the sales.
DR.. Danforth and family of Ken
drick, Idaho, have located at this
place. Having purchased property here
uhey expect to make this a perman-
ent location. Miss Danforth is the ac-
complished saleslady at Jack Willis
emporium.
Car loads of lumber are leaving the
w, b: Russell numbering and planning
mill for Butte and Anaconda. The
mill employs in the neighborhood of go
men and is wound up to run all VIM
ter without stop. The mill has now
been In steady operation for nearly a
year.
=. H. Greefey. who has been quietly
Sporlng an some gold prospects in the
vicinity OF Vermillion. has struck a
magnificent body of $l2 per ton free
milling ore. Mr.. Greeley is now con-
templating putting on "a large force of
men to put in 100-foot working TIM
mel and otherwise placing the mine
IN shape Tor active operations Mr.
Gray. an old prospector. has also
struck bonanza of the same charac-
ter few miles distant, being farther
down the river
The wagon road from Thomnson
Fails and Libby. Mont. is nearly COM
pleted and work will now be abandoned
until spring. Only 10 miles Of unfin-
lsned road remains. this part being in
riatheSu county. The Missoula county
part OF the road is in excellent condi-
ton. There is a pack trail between
Inc TWO roads of easy access.
-FOUR reporter for this place made
recent visit TO the Montana Anti
mony Mining company's properties and
from observation made a correct re-
port OF the condition of this mammoth
NINE. The elevation OF the mine Is
4'lSS feet above sea level The incor-
poration embodies 5000 feet of the
main ledge and 1900 feet of lodges
running at right angles. the an,onp,
or mineral land covered exceeding 100
acres. The ledge runs north and
hApS WESTWARD. Two Nvpfna
run at right angles with the main
ledge. which are mammoth I'm nronor-
tlon. THESE Lodges run east and west
ana dip north. The pay streak from,
wall 10 wall covers from one to .slx
Feet at the surface and increases I'm
thickness very rapidly as IL is followed
INTO nle bowels OF the earth. II also
increases in richness and al 100 feat
depth assays at 50 in poId ana %
ounces in silver. The ore. called stf-
bium sulpmde. contains 72S antirnonv
and 2S.2 sulphur. There Is about 81
pounds OF sulphur TO l436 pounds ~
antfmony matal. Besides nearly the
entire vein being exposed by surface
groupings and shallow open cuts .bera
are now 725 feet of tunneliny on q,
which proves the vein to be continuous
and without a break Some Of the
best mining experts OF the East bava
inspected the property and All mr.
nounce 1T the largest body OF metal
IN America. There is no apparent rea-
I'm unoer the sun why the $500. 900
capital stock of this corporation couId
not be worth so times par.
The recent snow in the ranges have
headed the deer for the flats and hunt
ers are furnishing up their artillery
jacob letters. one OF Montana's VET
eran prospectors. encountered a large
silver tiD bear four miles from this
place last week and Jacob has tn Ma
and tallow to show for It, The beasf
would nave weighed about 100
pounds
G. +. Hartman has discovered n
promising cODDer lead IN the Vicinity
OF Belknap. the ore being OF a vary
high grade Mr.. Hartman has seversl
men sinking a shaft on the LEAD -
determine. IL possible. the extent OF Ms
find
Several families Of railroad men have
moved 10 town during the past Nv
weeks. which mas materially added 10
our population.
John Willis has a force Of men mt
ting In $1,000 ties at this place 10 be