The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1896-09-11
A ASMELTERFOR BOULDER
Twenty Ton Plant to Be Built Near
Princeton.
THEY WILL WORK CUSTOM ORES
The Principal Supply to Come From the
Gold Hill PrOperty-Other Mining
News of the District.

News or the DISTRICT.
Great hopes for the future and much
interest for the time being has been
engendered in the little hamlet of
Princeton, as we'll as throughout the
tleman from Bate and his sojourn of
several days spent IN collecting infor-
nation with view looking towards
the erection of smelter near the
school house at Princeton at an early
day.
To our enterprising fellow citizen,
Mr.. Meachan, belongs the credit of
first moving in this matter. His Gold
Hill mining claims formerly known
as Rhoades) are primarily depended
upon to supply the smelter Ga twenty
ton plant is contemplated) with o.e.
A splendid water right, heading at
the Big Spring. nehalf Il mile above
Princeton, is secured and Dick Prince
is now engaged in cleaning out an old
ditch which is to convey the water for
pow er and other purposes to the smell
ter site.
While the Gold Hill claims Of Mr..
Moacham and associates S are primarily
depended upon to supply ore to the
smelter its capacity will be large
enough to work considerable cutom
ore. There are some six claims within
a radius Of from one-half to three
quarters of mile of Princeton sutfi-
ciently opened up 10 proimse regular
output of silver-lcad ores carrying be-
tween 81 and IS per ton in gold. Many
of the lodes that crop within easy
reach of the proposed smelter site crop
in iron that carries about as much gold
per ton as the silver-lead ores above
referred to- These iron groupings be-
ing entirely free from sulphur consti-
tute very desirable hux A quality
O. limestone we'll adapted to smelling
purpose is also within convenient
reach, and timber for the burning of
charcoal surrounds the smelter site
from all four points of the compass.
The Huntington mill now grinding
the quartz from the Gold Hill claims
is eventually to be moved down to the
smelter site and, rumor has it. will be
supplemented with stamps. Mills and
smelters, probably concentrators as
well, are all to be operated with water
power Louis Wickberg is now under
, contract and building "a road of easy
, grade to connect the Gold Hill claims
with the smelter site.
Leasing miners will do we'll to watcl
further developments in this smelte
, matter carefully and take time by th
forelock in securing leases as soon a
the projuct has assumed more definit
shape so that by the time the smok
= begins to issue from the STACK the,
may be ready to furnish it with ore
D and in exchange for these their cabin
with the necessaries and Injuries o
1 life.
There is no lack of claims conven
. iently situated that will yield a fai
i return for intelligently applied indus
try.
The writer hereof years ago venture
the prediction "that the time woul
: come when the smoke from the sme1
, ters of Boulder district would cast il
: shadow over the neighboring country.
l. The Royal Gold mine and mill, whic
. has enjoyed more than usually pro:
n porous season SO far in 1896, is prepa1
re ing for continued activity during til
e approaching winter by laying i'll a
e kinds of supplies on a liberal scale.
l. The many friends of John Fletcher
g the popular American miner, will /
J. pleased to learn that he has recent
l. been intrusted with the superintel
e dency of the Royal. His brother, .Jo'
e is at the head of one of the sub-div
II sions of the mine work.
l. Many prospecting miners will reca
d the designations of Finley basin an
Goat mountain in this-or because {
it's proximity to the mine of that nan
the Royal district. Goat mountain
,, which rises from the level of Flnle
~ basin to an altitude of about |. 400 fee
% is literally fissured with gold bearin
II quartz lodes, ascending from the lev
II of the basin at angles Of between
,o and 40 degrees, and is destined to b'
" come an important factor in Montana
e gold production eventually. A cross