The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-05
RIGHT At OUR DOORS
Abundance of Mineral Wealth in the
Hills Just West of Anaconda.
OPINIONS OF AN EXPERT
Frank ID. Brown Imparts Valuable
Information Relative to This Sec
% tIon-His Company's Deal With
the Cadle Properties.

"A greater mining camp than Butte
Is. at the door of Anaconda, is my firm
belief" said Frank ID. Brown, the Mon
tana representative Of the c. d. Nc
Lure syndicate, who was in this city
yesterday. THE demonstration of this
fact only awaits the solution of the
problem how shall the base ore of the
district be treated so as to save the
gold. This is the question, which met
allurgy and the improvements in gold
saving machinery can and will solve
within the next few years. 1t is only
surprising that more attention has not
been given to this section heretofore.
but this summer will, believe, bring
forth important developments in the
mines which are situated in the
mountains of the Georgetown or Flint
Creek district. Considering the amount
eof work which has been done, i do not
suppose that there is anywhere a sec
ton that has yielded such rich return,
nor is there anywhere to be found such
promising surface indications, such i'm
mense bodies of ore as here. The gold
Is there, the assays show IL and the
question of how to save it must some
day be solved and believe that day is
not far distant.
MY business in Anaconda to-day is
not in reference to that particular sec
ton, but another which is of equal in
terest to people of this city. i have
made to-day the first payment of $4,000
to John Cadle of the Moose lake
mines. on a bond in the sum of 100000
on these properties This bond is not
by the Bi-Metallic company as has been
reported, but is by the c. d. Mcclure
syndicate OF st. Louis. The report
started. 1 suppose, by. the fact that
some of the chief stockholders In the
Bi-Metallic are also in the c. d. Mcclure
syndicate, which is an enterprise en-
tirely outside and Independent of the
other company.
"Since the negotiations for a bond on
the Cadle properties have been made,
q law suit has arisen, which will neces-
sarily retard temporarily the develop
ment of the prospect, though we shall
proceed with preparatory steps, and
when the matter has run it's course in
the courts, or been settled, will go fur
ther with active operation. The adj
verse claim has been thoroughly inves-
tigated and the situation is satisfactory
TO the syndicate, though the develop
ment of the mine will doubtless remain
in statu quo for time. The standing
of the matter is simply this, to state II
impartially:
John Cadle and Angus Mclean were
together on a fishing excursion. One
day while out alone Cadle went over
float, which was very rich. When he
returned to camp he made a PROPOSE
ton to Mclean that II he would help
run an open cut on the surface. and
they found anything. he would pay him
for his work, giving him half the pro-
ceeds. The cut was made, and run in
quartz; the ore was brought out in
wagons and sold at the rate of $3.50 to
the ton. Cadle located the property in
his own name, and claims 1t as his own.
Mclean was not at that time a citizen
of the United States and had not taken
out any papers towards becoming
citizen. therefore could not have taken
up government domain. He claims,
however that Cadle holds a half inter-
est in the property in trust. Mclean
receipted for his pay for work done on
g the property, but there is nothing else
r to show his connection Herewith in
any way. Mclean has taken out citi-
Zenship papers and engaged attorneys
to press the suit which is set for the
next term of the Granite county court.
The bond by the syndicate is on Ca
dies interest and until it shall appear
more fully what McLean's interest is,
If any. of course we will not develop
the claim to a material extent.
The Mcclure syndicate will work the
Alps mine ON Harvey creek this sum-
mer, erecting on the property a mill
wherewith to treat the product. Mr..
Adams is now in Nevada investigating
a plant which has an improved method
for handling ore of the kind with
which we have to deal.
THE Golden Scepter company, which
is also in that district, will be extern
sively developed this summer. / saw
Superintendent Babcock of those prop
critics at Drummond yesterday and he
told me he had purchased material for
the construction of 16-mile spur of
railroad track from Bonita ITO the
Golden Scepter, which will be laid at
once. He already has a force of me-
chanics, many of them from Anaconda,
working on buildings at the site of the
mill, which is one mile from the Alps
That country is rough and rugged, and
yet there Is eight feet of snow there,
and by the time the snow is gone not
less than 500 men will be employed on
these improvements.
The syndicate has for is months
been developing the Bunker Hill mine
the third. though not the latest of its
3 Investments. and operations there will
be OF Importance this summer. In the
Bunker Hill we have a large ore body
just how much is not material, per-
haps. but IL is sufficient to warrant
the capitalists who are interested in
going on in their work and supple
menting the development with a pro-
cess for treating the ores found.
The Sunrise mine and mill, which
are in Henderson gulch. are being
worked steadily and are profitable pro-
ducers"
Mr.. Brown departed on the 3 O'Clock
B., A. & p. train to Butte. In the
course of the foregoing conversation
probably more has been made public of
the doings of the Mcclure people than
a. any time heretofore in the public
press. The policy of the syndicate has
been 10 effect its enterprises, avoiding
publicity as much as possible, but
there comes a time when enterprises
OF such magnitude become necessarily
public property. though the interest
from profit or loss rests only with a
limited company. II Is TO meet this
that these statements are made to the
Standard from reliable authority. The