The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-07
OLE SAYS HE SAW 1T ALL
Speaking Of the Prospects and Gold
Mines Around Anaconda.
SOME ARE PRETTY RICH
The Needs of This Region as a
travelling Correspondent
Sees Them-Cold In
Great Big Streaks

The gold mining properties in the vi
cinity of Anaconda are given attention in
the latest issue of the Montana Mining
and Market Reporter by correspondent
who signs himself as sole" He has evil
IDENTIFY been over the territory described
and the notes by tho way side are inter-
esting:
although silver mining is compare
lively at a stand still for the present in
this locality" says Ole, ''gold mining and
prospecting is being prosecuted with
vigor. beg space to present some of the
more prominent features of gold bear
ing belt lying west of this city, commence
ing at point on the northern slope of
Mount Hagsin, running thence west OF
north on line with Silver Lake, George
town, Gable, Red Lion, including the
Royal district to the extreme northwest
ern foot hills of Mount Powell.
Il can notice but few OF the moro
prominent properties included in this dis
trict. Commencing on the northern slope
of Mount Haggin near Twin lakes, we
find several quartz claims owned by +. Il.
Hosford and others. one of which shows a
prominent, well defined vein of gold ore
standing out prominently from tho face OF
the cliff 800 feet in height.
Between Silver lake and Georgetown
we find the Roach Bros, and others, who
own and are now developing several good
claims, also Peter Mcmillan and Nick
Walters, who are developing very
promising claim. they are now working IN
ore that runs from Sc to 500 per ton.
"Salton Cameron's properties, the Lux
emburg. North Atlantic and Orc Elmo are
good ore producers, especially the Orc
Elmo which at a depth OF 80 feet shows a
vein 10 feet in width.
'Just northeast of Georgetown is the
Southern Cross with sufficient ore in sight
to supply a mill with 100 tons per day for
period of two years.
North from the Southern Cross is the
Twilight, owned and worked by Messrs.
Eames, Brown company, which was care
fully examined, and the report is $1,000
tons of ore iii sight. Near by is the Golden
Gate property, which is being developed
now with tlatterlng prospect OF success.
'In a southeasterly direction from the
last named properties, about one mile, is
the famous Cable mine, noted for having
been the richest gold mine in the United
States.
I'VE again take up our march in north
erly direction and lind the Flint creek
property with remarkably rich float on
the surface but the leads are evidently
blind, as the owners SO far have been un-
able TO discover them.
1--WE now come to the Red Lion mine
and mill with plenty of ore already devel-
oped still north of this we find the Ia
coma. Wash, people busily developing the
Gold Cable property with sufficient ore in
sight to warrant the building of a mill in
the spring.
Farther north we find the Royal Gold, a
magnificent dividend paying property,
with dozen more good properties in the
immediate vicinity which we will note at
some later date.
1.-THE most remarkable feature about
this gold belt is the fact that much ore,
especially in the vicinity of Georgetown,
is of an iron character and difficult 10
treat successfully and economically,
and under the old free milling process,
some of the tailings assay nearly as much
as the ore.
1.-THE query that puzzles the brain of
the prospectors and NINE owners inter-
csted in this belt is, why don't some brainy
aspiring genius with the inventive ability
of an Edison, turn his attention to the
perfecting of a system of economical ex-
traction of the gold from this class of
ore? There are already developed hun
dreds of thousands of tons of this ore that
will average Sl5 or more per ton, awaiting
successful treatment.
1--WE are anXiously awaiting the day
when some successful method will be IN
troduced to treat this ore profitably, this
once accomplished this district will be-
come the most noted gold producing dis
trict in the west"