The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-09-21
RED BLUFF MINES
THE CAMP MAKES A GOOD
SHOWING.
F. j. Bennett and Company's Opera
tiOns-Tanner's Big Placer Property
Other Properties, producers and
Prospects Worthy OF Mention.

RED BLUFF. Mont, Sept. 49,
Especial Correspondence. THE future
of this camp eve looked better than
ir does at present. More actual work,
both by home and out side capital, is
under way and contemplated. One
mill and two arastras are treating rock
but the larger portion of the ore is
being shipped. Prominent among the
working mines is the Red Bluff, which
is being operated under lease and bond
by F. j. Bennett & Co. The mine is
owned by Filing, Word & Stewart and
it has long ago demonstrated its rich
ness and strength Of deposit. The
great difficulty in the past has been the
inability of the operators to handle the
water, which ispresent in exasperating
superabundance, but the present nan
agement is overcoming this difficulty
and the outlook is bright. Mr.: Bennett
is the personification of activity and
his prospective success has encouraged
every mine and prospect owner in the
camp. The ore averages about $50. to
the ton, the lower grade being treated
by the Red Bluff Mill and the higher
grade shipped. His lease also includes
the Mohegan. Both properties are in
an %uexcellent state of development.
Other properties worth mentioning are
as follows:
The Jumbo, located by Charles Stew
art has a vein II feet wide which will
run from $40 to 500 to the ton.
The Red Chief property is owned by
Hauser, Halter & Co., it is being oper-
ated under lease by Bluff g. Lees. 1t
has a fine vein of high grade ore.
J. J. Crowley is operating the Pay
Reck, a good gold property. MIR.
Crowley recently purchased this prop
erty from J. G. Feaster.
The White Eagle is a very promising
mine. 1t is owned and operated by J.
Nj. Stoker. The main shaft is down
12O feet and several levels have been
run. Mr.. Stoker recently encountered
a rich body OF ore which he is treating
successfully in his arastra.
j. c. Feaster and F. E. Keller own
the Union and Lone Pine properties.
The Union lead is strong and we'll de-
fined. 1t is about Is feet wide and has
been opened up for over 1000 feet show
irT ,,nifON,o cfrnorfh on1 1.iah aSc
The ore mills from $40 to SIS to the
ton in free gold. 1t is one Of the camps
most promising properties. Helena
parties ale negotiating for this prop
erty. The Lone Pine ore is high grade
a recent assay going SIPS.
The Golden Reaf lead has been
worked, more or less for II years, some
of the ore running as high as $1,000 tc
the ton. 1t is developed by several
tunnels and cross cuts. j. c. Feastel
owns this property.
One of the first properties discovered
in the camp and which has yielded
thousands of dollars, sthe Boaz. owned
by p. F. Jackson. 1t is extensively de.
veloped, with tunneling and Wine.
An adjoining property is the Joseph.
inc, which is owned by May & Kivler
and is O being worked by the owner.
with very satisfactory results.
The Gold Cup adjoins the Boaz or
the east and is much of the same
character. Messrs Stoker and Beach
+ the owners
Messrs Olmstead and White of Min
neapolis are operating or the Grub
Stake under lease and bond from Henry
Filing. This mine has been worked
successfully for a score of years and it.
aggregate yield is something more
than a quarter of a million. Four tun
nels, the longest being 700 feet and thu
shortest 400 cut the Grub-Stake vein
The present showing is excellent ant
the mine never looked better.
Fisher, Mclean & Beach rejoice il