The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1897-02-05
MINES And MINING
Operations on the Various Properties
in Granite County.
THE MOOSE LAKE COUNTRY
The Scarcity Of Snow in the Mountains
Likely to Interfere Considerably in
Operating Placer Mines.

The Moose Lake section of Granite
county is destined to attract consider
able attention during the coming
season, owing to the rich discoveries
being made in gold bearing quartz
which have been made during the past
few months. A number OF leads have
been found which promise. with proper
development, to open up into paying
producers, and during the winter
months a number of men have been
proving up their claims Besides the
quartz. the placers in that section will
be operated quite extensively, though
from present indications it appears as
if water might be considerably scarcer
than usual which, unless more snow
falls before spring. may retard opera
tions in no small degree. An old
timer, in conversation with The Mail
representative this week, states that he
has resided in Granite county for the
past twenty years. ana during all that
time he says he has never seen so little
snow at this time Of the year in the
mountains. He consequently fears that
placer operations in the county may
would like to see.
MeSsrs. Casper, Kramer & Co., of
Anaconda, who owD some of the most
valuable quartz claims in the district,
are sackIng ore for shipment which is
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per ton. These claims are located in
close proximity to the well known
Cad1o property, being about 1000 feet
south. The present working consists
Of a G0-foot tunnel. The owners CON
template shipping their ore TO Anacon-
da as soon as the roads are in snf-
1iciently good condition for travel.
a. Fl. Porter, VIM. Stahl and others
will commence work Monday on the
Gold Dust placers. also located in the
Moose Lake district, near Quartz
mountain. Last season considerable
work was done on these properties and
good pay gravel was found in one
place. They encountered too much
water in sinking to bedrock and We're
compelled to abandon work. at that
time, concluding to wait until winter
when the ground was forzen, before
continuing prospecting. They are of
the opinion, however, that now is the
time to commence. and consequently
Will begin prospecting Monday. They
will sink a shaft to bedrock and will
drift on the gravel. The owners are
of the opinion that they will take ont
considerable placer gold this season
from these claims.
The Cadle property is one that is
mentioned as giving good promise Of
a paying mine with proper develop
ment, and which will undoubtedly be
worked during the coming summer and
fall.
There are fully twenty men. it is
said, who are wlntering in the dis
trict. and from what can be learned it
is likley that this number will be con-
siderably augmented by contemplated
additions during the present month
Considerable activity is reported in
that section Of the country known as
the Gold Creek and Boulder districts,
in Granite county. The Lookout prop
erty, in the former district, is said to
be looking exceedingly we'll, and Geo.
A. haywood, one of the largest owners
in the claims. informs The Mail that
they have three shifts of men employed
there now. He also states that it is
the expectation of the company to erect
a 1O-stamp mill on the property the
coming summer.
Besides the Lookout there is great
deal Of work being done on other gold
claims in the district, and in several
cases it is known that from one to
three men have been at work during
the entire winter.
Placer mining, we are informed.
will cut quite an important figure dur
ing the coming season in that section,
in some cases virgin ground to be
opened.
The Bloomington mill. in the Boul.
der district, is about completed and
ready to begin the work of rescuing the
precious metal from the stores known
to exist within the bounds of the prop
critics owned by the company. 1t
would probably have been in operation
ere this had it not been for tho freez-
ing up of water pipes, which occurred
during the recent cold snap. This
difficulty will. of course. be remedied
as the warmer weather approaches, and