The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-01
What JudiciOuS Development Has Tone
for That Promising District.
RICH SILVER PROPERTIES
II Was Hard to Get Capital Inter-
ested There, But Now Those
Who Reluctantly Invested
Are Gloating Over Success.

active operation now for nearly Ia
year, and a general article concerning
the camp will be of general interest.
1t goes without saying that IL takes
time to develop any mineral field. II
not only takes time. but IL also takes
money-and sometimes lots of IL.
There has never been any money in
Lump gulch. and the time that has al
ready elapsed since the discovery of
mineral there has not been sufficient
to bring many of the promising pros
poets to the front. For some reason
capital has so far fought shy Of that
locality, and the development now be-
ing done there is being done by poor
men. the most of them having abso-
lutely nothing when they commenced
and they ran in debt for that. When
this fact is remembered. the work al
ready done there. and the results OBJ
tanned. is astonishing.
The Liverpool mine is at present the
leading mine of the district, and has
perpendicular shaft 400 feet In depth.
The story of the development of this
mine is fair sample of the difficulties
under which the mines of that district
have labored i'm order to get into the
pay chute, and its remarkable success
is only what may be duplicated by
others II they stick to IL long enough.
The Liverpool was discovered some
thing like II years ago, and was orig
inally located by one of the men who
own IL to-day. Thomas Y. Merrill but
because IL did not show anything on
the surface of the ground. he aban-
doned IL, and IL was afterwards To-
Gated and abandoned several different
times. About two years ago Mr.. Mer-
rill obtained possession of IL again.
and in doing his representation work
on it discovered a small streak of ore
which he thought warranted the
spending of a little money on. Not
having the money himself. he sought
the aid of others. and peddled the
mine about the streets OF Helena, try
ing to enlist capital to develop the
property. He finally succeeded in get
ting John S. Miller to say that he
would put 81. 900 into il for a one-half
interest Work was commenced on
the mine on this basis. and Mr.. Miller
was never called on but for 5000 of the
money, since which time about $780,
600 worth of ore has been taken out
of 1t, and this, too, during the time
when silver has commanded the low
est prices. The property is equipped
with a fine steam hoist capable of GO
ing TO the 500. and an average of about
four car loads of ore per week are
shipped. not a pound of which nets
less than 200 ounces per ton in car load
lots.
The Little Nell is another property
which has had much the same his
tory. This mine is also equipped with
fine steam hoist and the shaft is
now rapidly approaching the 400-foot
station. The mine has been a regular
| shipper from the levels and slopes
| above. while in the shaft the ore is of
a better grade. and there is more of
| IL than at any point nearer the sur
| face. though 200 and 300-ounce rock
| has always been the rule at the Little
Npl fIhpN send
| this property about two car loads of
| ore per week. and as soon as the 400
| is reached and the levels run they ex-
pect to send out a car load every day
which they will no doubt be able to do,
| judging from the width of the ore
| chute in the shaft, which is from is
| to 20 inches solid
| The Free Coinage, across the creek
| from the last mentioned mine. put on
| steam hoist about two months ago,
| since which time they have been sink
| ing to the 300-foot station. They also
| have a fine chute Of ore I'm both the
| east and west drift from the bottom of
| the shaft. and are sacking ore which
| will run from 200 to 1000 ounces per
! ton. Like the other mines mentioned.
| the Free coinage has paid for its de-
velopment and all its machinery from
| the ore extracted. besides making
| money for it's owners.
Just above this mine is located the
| Little Alma, the only stocked mine in
| the gulch. Here difficulty was ex-
perienced i'm finding the ore chutes, but
| now that they have been found. IL has
| proved to be of a higher grade than
| anything so far discovered here, as
saying more than 5000 ounces. This
| mine also has "A steam hoist, air COM
| pressors. Burleigh drills. etc. and will
soon commence to make regular ship
| ments of ore as soon as the drifts are
| far enough advanced to permit stop
ing.
The Hope is an entirely new pros
! poet. on which work was only COM
| menCed about two months ago. The
! shaft is already nearing the 200-foot
! station, and a fine body of ore has
| been struck in IL. The hoist used on
this property was moved from the
| Washington when the lease expired
| April LIST last. The Hope gives every
indication OF becoming a great prop
| erty.
The Rocky Point is down to a depth
OF $50 feet. and hoist Is being
shipped from Chicago for use there
on the Haldemack there has been
good ore from the grass roots. aver
aging about 26o ounces. a hoist will
be i'm operation on this mine within
the next 10 days. The birmingham is
now down to "A depth of only so feet
and so sacks of high-grade ore hav,
/ already been secured. This property
is an extension east on the Liverpool
1 vein SO supposed. The Chipmunk |,
! another promising prospect with {
hole 50 feet i'm depth. out OF whics
three tons of high-grade ore have al
ready been taken. The Muskegon Il
another prospect OF more than usua
I promise. This property has a shat
125 feet in depth. and a drift west 16
I feet. There has always been ore II
the shaft and also in the drift. bu
only about IL inches in width. though
| very high grade in character. During
the last 10 feet of work in the face q
the drift. however. this ore streak hi
widened out until IL is now nine niche
! in width in a quartz streak three fee
across. This property gives promis
Of developing into a great mine whel
another 100 feet % sinking has bee
| done and levels run on the vein. or
is now being sacked there, and IL
continues as good only as IL is now
. IL