The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-27
In GRANITE COUNTY
Mining Attractions Center in the Hsr-
vey Greek District.
LITTLE is DONE ELSEWHERE
The New Town Of Golden IL a
Lively PIace-The Hidden Trea-
sure One of the Most Prom
ising Prospects There.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Phflipsburg. Nov. 26.-About the only
place where there is a sign of mining
activity in this county is in the Harvey
creek district. there is little doing else
where. except perhaps the usual oper-
atoms by the Sunrise and Royal gold
companies. The new road now being
built from the head of Harvey down
Brewster and Rock creeks to Bonita in
Missoula county has already given life
and hope to the new town of Golden
which is situated just below and as
close as possible to the mines. Golden
while but a few weeks old is at the
present time about the liveliest town
in the county and contains about 100
inhabitants, which together with about
$50 graders working on the new road
and many miners and prospectors who
are at work in the near vicinity, make
"a rather lively, money changing popu-
lation. 1t is at this point where the
Golden Scepter company proposes to
build the reduction works and expects
to handle 400 tons of ore every day.
Good timber is very plentiful In the
immediate neighborhood and a saw
mill will be put in in the early spring
for the purpose of furnishing the lum-
Der for the new mill. 80 q
1t was near this point where many
years ago some of the richest gold
float ever found In this country was
picked up by q member of the Mullen
party who got lost while hunting. The
specimen is now in a cabinet In San
Francisco. A very large ledge of low
grade gold ore cuts through the coun-
try on the mountain side above, the
town and can be traced on the surface
nearly a mile. 1t is unprospected but
is known to carry a small per centage
of copper. Ft -cTn1
Just above the town John w: Opp is
operating on some gold properties and
1t is said that he proposes to treat his
ore in the Alps mill as others are said
to be contemplating doing. The Alps
company is not doing any work on its
mines at present but 1t Is quite author
itively stated that upon the completion
of the new road extensive explorations
will at once be commenced.
Long & McKay's 10 stamp mill on
the head of Harvey creek is running
with good success.
Perhaps the best developed mine in
the whole district is the Hidden Treas
ure mine owned by Charles ID. Nc
Lure and managed by Frank d. Brown.
They now have on the dump upwards
of 1000 tons of ore of high grade and
from present indications the mine
would justify the erection of a very
large reduction plant of some sort, a
free milling process being all that
would be necessary to work the ore
at the present depth and development.
The ore now on the dump Is only the
result of the work necessarily done in
the exploration of the mime no stopping
has yet been done, even the extent
of the width, depth or length of the
pay chute and ore bodies has not yet
been determined. Mr.. Brown will like |
ly have more trouble in getting a suit |
able mill-site than in keeping a mill |
running on high grade ore after one |
has been decided upon and mill erect |
ed. 1t is more than probable, however, |
that If mill is built for the working |
of the ores of the Hidden Treasure |
II will be erected at about the only |
possible place which would be near /
Golden and the ore trammed to 1t. No |
matter what the experts may say about |
II the Hidden Treasure Is a mine with |
vast quantities of pay ore on the dump |
and in sight and Mr.. Brown will be !
several years older before he is out of /
pay ore in this mine. The Harvey |
creek country is all right. s'