The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-13
ORE FROM WAR EAGLE
1t Is Fast Making The Owners
Wealthy.
IN THE TRAIL CREEK REGION
Sam Silverman Gives a Very In
teresting Account of the pIen-
did Progress Being Made in
Mining Up there.

BUTTE. Feb. 12.-S. 1. Silvernian, a we'll.
known mining man from Trail Creek
camp, West Kootenai mining district, is
IN the city. He says in regard to a mining
district IN which many Butte mon have
become interested:
The young mining camp now coming
INTO prominence is in a measure due to
the splendid record the War Eagle is
making. What was considered a few
ihonths ago mere prospect is now taking
rank with the large gold producers of tho
country and present indications are that
withln II months il will become one of the
foremost dividend paying gold mines in
america, No matter how bearlsh mining
men may be, they cannot condemn a dis
'rict where the ore pays a profit TO the
owners after Transporting it long dis
tances to reduction works.
within radius of five miles there are
Iully lOO claims located. Nearly every To-
cation shows large ledge of iron pyrites
1 carrying some copper and gold. The
present output of the camp, which is
being shipped 10 Great Falls, Mont. and
Tacoma, Wash, consists of 100 tons daily
oil ore that averages two and one-quarter
ounces IN gold and about six per cent,
&C pper. The cost of freight and treat
ihent Is Sl3 per ton, the ore netting a
proht oI about s3o per ton or $500 per
DAY. This output is from three mines.
tne Leroy, 30 tons; the Josie, 20 tons, and
the War EIgle, 90 tons. Within a short
1lme the ore production will be increased
materially.
The Nickel Plate and the Poorman
VIII soon begin shipping, and number
OF others on which work is being done.
1his mining camp, though discovered
several years ago, was practically dor
mant, owing to a lack of means of trans
portation. A great deal of credit is due
10 the energy and pluck of ID. c. Corbin.
who believes in the future greatness Of
the mining section. and he has pushed |
the Spokane d Northern railroad to |
within few miles of the camp, making it |
possible Tor the miner to ship his product |
TO a market.
The War Eagle mine is owned princi- |
paily by Spokane and Butte men and Is |
! ne most promising in Trail Creek dis
irlct. IL shows continuous ore body 500 |
feet long and 10 feet in thickness at the
surface and crosscut tunnel cutting the
vein 100 feet in depth with dri is started
cach way on the vein of the tunnel level
SHOWS the same size of ore body. This ore
contains very little insoluble matter and |
sulphldes."
The property is managed by Patrick
clark, who Is we'll known as an able man
ager. The waves of the camp are So for
miners anu y. 90 for top men. The Le-
roy mine, owned by Spokane people, is
Iestlned TO become large producer. The
lnine Is developed by shaft now down |
5oO feet IN depth and still sinking on ore
seven feet in thickness. A rich strike
vas recently made on the east drift of the |
W ievel, the ore running over five ounces |
n gold and 20 per cent. copper.
Ihe Josie, owned by Frank c. Lorinp,
$ oelng developed by tunneling on the |
rein and is showing from five to eight feet
u nigh grade ore, and has the appearance | ,
u making one of the big mines of the
amp.
The Nickel Plate enjoys the distinction
" being the richest vein in camn. In
linking the shaft from % feet i'm depth n :
distance of 20 feet the owners extracted
" tons OF ore assaying gold ounces:
Upper, per cent; insoluble matter, 10
er cent; balance, iron sulphides. This '
re VIII net the owners S75 per ton. The c
re now in the bottom of the shaft ASSAYS I
3 high as 1898 per ton in gold. '
Inc hootenai and Columbia, the Cliff. =
ne iron Horse, the Iron Colt. the Center | 6
tar. the virginia. the Evening, the Cali E
ornia and number of others have ali !,
ood showings and promise to make :
lines.
Although the future Eldorado is about =
We miles north of our boundary line the :
INES are owned and operated by people Il
ON this side of the line. The ore is y
Melted on this side of the line and rho y
eneflts derived finds its way into the .
lannels of the commerce in the United | "
Iates. Our Canadian neighbors seem y
'ther SLOW TO take advantage of the min ="
al wealth their country contains, but
Re satisfied with the duty collected on
o merchandise shipped in from this
de of the line. The mines of that dis. N
let are accessible Mt all seasons of the | "
'ar, living at an elevation of from 5000 b
5,OO0 feet above sea level and has a r
lid climate with an abundant supply of OF
alter and fuel. The present line of an -
oach is either from Spokane via the ~
'okane Falls & Northern to Northport or ~
A Bonner's Ferry on the line of the ..
eat Northern railroad, then by steamer ,,
the kootenai and Columbia rivers to "
Q mouth of Trail creek, then seven ~
les to the mines" Fl