The Anaconda standard., 1895-11-22
Butte Department.
MINES ABOUT BASIN
Editor Brown Tells. Of the Faith That
Is in Him..
THE FOUNDATION HIS HOPES
Properties That Pay and Prospects
That Are Promising-The Home
stake. Eva May. and Many
More-Mills and Roads.
THE FOUNDATION HIS HOPES

James Brown. the hustling editor or
that warm number. the Basin Times,
has been in the city for several days
attending the Largey-Mantle trial, and,
incidentally keeping ND his reputation
as a man with unbounded faith in the
future greatness of the Cataract min
ing district. Mr.. Brown says the new
concentrator recently erected for the
Eva May mine by the Montana Mineral
Land Development company. started
up Yesterday. 1t Is said to be the most
complete mill for the reduction of ores
in the Cataract mining district, and
cost about 1900. every cent OF which
has been paid and the mill started
without a cent of Indebtedness against
It. The Montana Mineral Land De-
yeiopment company has purchased, To-
Gated or otherwise acquired many
claims in the immediate vicinity OF the
Eva May, all being on parallel veins or
east and west extensions OF the Eva
May, on which most of the work has
SO far been done. The shaft Is two
compartment. $50 feet deep, one
hoisting compartment. while the other
is used as a pump shaft and man
way. 1t is the most thoroughly devel-
oped property there Is or has been
opened up in that vicinity; the slopes
as are the drifts and raises are tim
bered with eight-mch square sets ana
much after the pattern of the mines
of Butte. All of the work thus far
performed in this mine has been OF a
developing nature and the property,
having been prospected with view TO
producing ore in quantities, capable
TO keep the mill going once II COM
menced work. The character OF the ore
in this rapidly changes on the east
drift of the 200 feet: the ore contains
a heavy percentage of lead and silver
with some gold. while the west drifts,
which gain depth rapidly increases in
copper, on the $50 foot. there being
little, IL any. lead contained In the ore
at all. Another extensive ore body was
cut this week In the west drift Of the
bottom level from which fiattering as
SAYS have been made. The ore body Is
about IA feet wide.
A promising property is the Home
stake south of Hartford, in JEFFERSON
county. 1t was formerly an abandoned
property and was relocated by several
Helena men a few months ago. The
shaft is but 25 feet deep. with Is inches
of pay ore, opening up with regularity
as they gain In depth. Several experts
have visited the property. among them
a Mr. Tibbets. superintendent OF the
II. H. mine at Winston. He was so Ia
vorably impressed with the property
that he was very anxious to secure a
bond on 1t. but 1t was refused him.
There are other mines In the vicinity
of the Homestake. On one OF them
Joseph Gardner. formerly of Boulder
is building a 15-ton concentration The
concentrates from this mill will be
hauled to Montana City and those
from the Homestake to Alhambra. The
latter has about 20 tons on the dump.
The ore contains some lead silver, but
Is more valuable for the gold.
Lawrence & Co. of the Blue Bird
mine at wickes shipped two cars of
ore to the Colorado smelter this week
and one car to the Butte Sampling
works. The leasers are making lot
of money out of the Blue Bird, mine
that was considered worked out years
ago.
A car Of ore was shipped this week
to Butte from the Uncle Sam mine.
near Basin. and netted the owners SIS
a ton on the dunn. w. O. Clymo, one
of the principal owners of the mine. is
well satisfied with the outlook. The
pay chute. as far as developed, is 100
feet long and from 10 inches to 2 feet
wide. Mr.. Clymo has accepted a po-
sition with the Butte & Boston as as
sayer, but will still give some of his
10 the OuClc odIn.
mining continues very lively at the
head of Basin creek" said Colonel
Brown. There are three mills now
running ON the porphyry dyke and
work has also been resumed on the
Buckeye and Josephine. and the own
ers have contracted with a Butte firm
for a 75-ton concentrator in addition
TO the one now In operation. All these
mines are tributary to Basin. but the
roads in Jefferson county are so bad
that a great deal OF travel and traffic
goes by the way of Rimini. The dis
tance from Rimini is seven miles up a
steep mountain and from Basin Is
miles over an easy grade. and this dis
tance could be reduced four miles by a
cutoff. The mines at the head of
Basin creek are in the same situation
as were those on the Cataract before
the people of Butte came TO their re-
lief"
A petition is being circulated and
will soon be sent to the postmaster
general asking that an office be es-
tablished at the Mollie Stark mine
for the accommodation of the miners
and others in that locality.