The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-02-01
COUNTRY
CONCERNING THE CLIPPER
MINE
And Other PrOperties-Rev MARQUIS
Meets With An AccideMt-rhe MayOr
of Mammoth on tho Warpath-An-
nual Surprise Party-Other Matters

TON1, Jan. 20. u special Cores
pondence. Work is being pushed on
a number of mines here this winter
and on some of them quite extensively
notably the Clipper Galena, Old
Joe, Bozeman. White Pine, keystone
and Proctor Knott. From the former
iIlllng X Morris are now shipping from
two to five carloads OF ore pei week,
and upon the latter Adkins Bros. 4
Whalen have just shown up body of
high grade ore, four feet in width, at
a depth Of $50 feet. There will doubt
less be concentrators erected on the
Galena and Old Joe in the spring.
If these mines, which are being
quietly worked here by their owners
were in Colorado-especially in Cripple
Creek-they would justly be heralded
to the world as great properties by the
Denver press, and, if Incorporated, the
shares would soon be quoted at big fig
ures on the Denver Mining Exchange.
Colorado produced ST., 900, 900 in gold
last year, while Montana only yielded
between four aud five millions. This
does not prove, however, that there is
more of the precious metal in her
mountain ranges than lie hidden in our
own-for while almost unlimited capi-
tai has been developing her gold mines
ours have been CON paratively undevel
oped, with few exceptions. Cripple
Creek was scoffed at and called the
''cow camp" at first, but after few
rich strikes were made there, Denver
enterprise and Denver newspapers
started the ball to rolling, and men
with plethoric pocket books rushed in
pell-mell, paid big prices for surface
prospects-many o. them sickly-look-
ing ones, tOO--anofsaent to developing
them. Many instances are recorded of
these parties sinking hundreds of feet
and running levels along mere seams,
and often striking rich and extensive
deposits of ore: while, in Montana, in
most instances, if pinches or barren
spots are encountered, work is suspend
ed-not from lack of faith in the mines
by their owners. but for want of means
for further operations.
Right in this district are instances
of what capital, judiciously expended,
has done. The Clipper, although a
good mine from the start, grows larger
and richer as depth is reached until
now, at 100 feet, it is proving to be one
of the best (if not THE best) gold mine
yet developed in the state.
There are number of other lodes
here, developed which
will be spoken of in detail in the fu-
ture-that have been proven to be val
liable properties. There are also
scores of prospects in this camp and
thousands throughout Montana which,
if they were in the hands of those cap
italists who are so eager to secure Col
orado property, might open up into
great paying mines and cause the Cen
iennial state to take second place as a
gold producer.
Since the last letter. death has
claimed one more of our citizens This
time it was Charles Lewis, who came
to Montana in 1876 with his parents.
when he was small child. His moth
er-long since dead-was sister to
Mrs. DR.. Schmalhausen. He was a
quiet, unassuming young man and had
many friends in this community. He
was strong, very active, and apparently
healthy, but in reality was at times
afflicted with serious stomach trouble.
which finally resulted in his death, af-
ter short illness. He was buried at
the Pony cemetery on the 10Th ult.
His father, John Lewis, resides in
Deer Lodge, and his sisters. Carrie and
Grace, live in Missoula. The former
arrived in time for the burial, but the
latter received word too late. His
brother, Henry, who resides here, re-
quests your reporter, through the
MACEDONIAN, to thank the citizens of
Pony for their kind attention to his
brother during his sickness. "
A. D. Mcvey is teacher Of the high.
or department Of the school hero, and
Miss Ida Nelson Il teacher Of tho pri-