The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-16
Butte Department.
In LESLIE DISTRICT
This Section Is Turning Out Some
Splendid Gold Quartz.
MENTION OF OTHER MINES
How the New Cataract Road Ben
efits Helena-Ore From the Eva
May Being Shipped. But Not
to Butte-Trail Creek.

to Butte-Trail Creek.
The Leslie gulch mining district. south
of Butte, Is developing into a rich gold
country. and If present indications hold
out there Will be no need of Butte min
ing men going to Trail creek or South
Africa when such prospects can be pick
ed up right at home. The leasers on the
Maud s.. located In Leslie's gulch a short
| distance south of the poor farm. on
| Thursday made a rich strike while doing
development work. They were engaged in
| cleaning out and widening a chute and
| put shot in what they supposed was
| the foot wall, but opened another vein.
The vein Is about Is inches wide and rich
in gold. Some of the specimens brought
| to the city are speckled with the precious
metal. They are not taking out much of
the ore. but are pushing development
| work. The Maud s. is owned by a stock
| company and is bonded for 100000. j.
| L. Leslie, who is largely interested In the
mine. has about Is other claims In that
district and Is at present negotiating
with some eastern parties who are trying
to get $4,000 lease and bond on the
West Maud s.. an extension of the orig
| inal claim. There is a two and a half foot
vein in the extension that averages $40 a
ton.
Mr.. Leslie is doing assessment work on
thC SoiHcliuss On WHICH I0tfe Is a kOO0
showing.
The only other property being worked
In that district at present is the Julian,
owned by Tom Porter. who shipped sew
eraa tons of high grade sacked ore few
days ago. the assays running $500. There
are other undeveloped claims that look
as promising.
L. c. Dillman. a Trail creek mining
man. was interviewed in st. Paul a few
days ago and had this to say concerning
that country and some of Butte interests
there:
These properties have been worked
four years and within the past IL months
have declared dividends to the extent of
s750,00o. The principal properties paying
dividends or about to pay them are the
War Eagle, the lie Roi, the Josie, the
Center Star, the Evening Star, the Nick
el Plate, the Cliff. the Kootenai, the Co
lumbia and the ST. Elmo and a dozen
others. which are liable most any time to
declare dividends.
That district will be the brightest star
in the mining armament inside of IS
months. / do not say this because / can
be benefited by having the fact believed
since am not interested in these propo-
sitions except as they affect the prosper
ity of the whole country, but believe the
prediction have made will be verified
twenty-five miles farther west on the
same belt, there are a number of promis-
ing mines being developed rapidly.
among them being the Last Chance, the
Green Wood and 40 or so others just as
important. One thing that keeps the
properties from paying dividends here is
the want of transportation facilities
which in Is months, IL is said will be Sc
cured. 1t is expected that the Spokane
Falls q Northern, which now runs within
Is to 40 miles of these camps will build |
Iorh
ment of the different mines has brought
them to the front, as has the manage
ment of the railroads in reducing ore |
shipments at extraordinarily low rates
The M. o. p. company of Butte has also
offered great inducements to mine own
ers and prospectors to develop their |
mines by building a smelter at Trail This |
will enable all low grade properties TO |
have an immediate market and the high |
grade mines to make a great saving and |
Increase their profits. / believe TraH |
creek to-day has the brightest outlook of |
any mining district on earth and that |
Boundary comes second.
Marcus Daily and other very prominent |
mine men have invested thousands In
these camps I'm the past six months They /
are men OF the very best judgment in /
mining matters and seldom 60 astray on |
their investments. Consequently the pub |
lie may expect great results from these /
different Investments by these mag |
mates"
Manager Simpson of the Eva Nav conn
pany writes to the Standard as follows.
The statement which appeared in some /
OF the papers recently to the effect that
Assayer Hughes of Basin had gone up 10 /
the Eva May to make changes In the
mill, which was losing a large percentage
of the values of the ore In the tailings. is
an error. All the changes necessary
have been made by our mill foreman |
Edward McCool, whom we consider to be
thoroughly reliable and competent. Mr.. |
Hughes has simply done our assaying
and has not been inside the mill since A.
was started by Mr.. McCool."
Mr.. Simpson, who was in Butte the 9TH |
er day, said the tailings of the Eva May
have been brought down to 20 TO 40 cents |
In gold and two to five ounces in silver. |
which he considers very fine work The
mill Is now running perfectly.
business from the Eva May, which Butte
to get with the completion of
the Cataract road. according 10 this from |
the Basin Times:
The first car of concentrates from the |
Eva May were hauled to Basin Saturday
'y the company's teams and consigned 20
he East Helena smelter for reduction |
Mr.. Simpson says that the reason why he
has commenced to ship his concentrates |
70 the smelter on the east side is that |
hey have offered him favorable induce
nents TO do so. the price being considera-
bly, below S. which Is the standard smell
er charges on the west side for the par
icular character of ore that is mined In |
he Eva May. 1t Is said that the concen-
rates viii run somewhere between $40
lnd 80 10 the ton gross, which will net |
ne company fair return on the amount
# money they have invested in the prop
.rty."
Negotiations have been pending for
ONE time between parties from the East
nd the stockholders of che Hone mine |