Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-11-27
A GLANCE OVER TIE MINES
QUARTZ RUNNING 5000 IN GOLD.


made in the Summit mine, on Wild Horse
creek, near 1mir. and but q short dis
tance from the famous Elise mine. is the
report from Nelson b. G. The propert y
was bonded some time ago by the Fell
company on the strength OF an ls-incl
cropping which gave d result of 500 in
gold per ton. The Fern company spent
$4,000 in the venture and sunk Il shaft
about 40 feet without encounteling the
lead The bond was thrown mp and the
I.indblade brothers. who We're the owners
took up the work where it had been aban
doned. They sunk five feet more IN the
shaft and ran across a slN-foot ledge OF de
composed white quartz which ran as high
as 5000 in gold to the ton. The rock i
pale blue thoroughly honeycombed and
soft The first test was by panning, and
two small chunks crushed and panned out
showed a line Of colors about four inches
in length and containing between 40 and
80 cents. Twelve men have been put to
work drifting both ways on the ledge and
sinking the shaft to a greater depth. Inc
dip is about 45 degrees The owners will
work it steadily during the winter and
will put in a rawhile trail for shipping.
The work OF sacking the ore has already
been commenced and 4 carload has been
made up for mill test.
Great Quartz Region Predicted.
Col. George ". Cook OF Denver, who
visited Butte last week. has made an in
yestment III the Basin country, III Idaho.
and is prepared to spend a large sum OF
money in developing some gold properties
there that give promise OF being exceed
ingly rich, according to the Butte Inter
Mountain Col Cook went into the Ba
sin country with j. I. Horner, manager
of the Crescent Catalpo mines at Lead
Vile. and spent some time in looking over
properties at PlaceTyille. The indications
were 80 promising that Col. Cook and Mr.
Horner took a bond and lease upon a
group of properties and started develop
ment at once. After having made care
ful examination OF the country, Col. Cook
predicted that it would become a great
quartz mining region. He will sink two
shafts on the property he has secured and
run tunnel this winter to explore the
property He expects to find large body
of milling ore, in which case he will put III
a large milling plant
In High Ore GuIch.
Boulder, Mont, reports that the extern
sion of the tunnel on the property Of the
High Ore Gold and Copper Mining Com
pany in High Ore gvlch has proved very
d satisfactory. Oh tnis property last yea
an immense amount Of work was done
under the supervision Of NJ. L. HeWett,
and Il tunnel was run about a thousand
feet 1t failed to reach the lead ana
the owners Of the mine concluded to spend
a little more money in that direction. 50
a contract was recently let to extend the
tunnel 300 feet further. 1t had been run
a distance Of about 100 feet when a fine
body Of ore was struck The lead is two
feet wide where struck and is 4 rich ga:
lena ore that can at once be handled with
profit
From winston.
Reports from Winston, Mont, are that
both the Stray Horse and the East IA
cific mines are in a very fourlshing cond'-
ton Both have large forces Of men at
work and the owners have no couse OF
complaint. Both mines are showing re-
markablv we'll. The development work
has been satisfactory in every respect
and the Stray Horse and the East Pacific
deserves places in the list Of Montana
steady producers. During the worst OF
the recent slump in silver it was reported
that the East Pacific would have to close
Robert Bell Of this city, the main owner,
said that while the profits We're naturally
reduced, he had no intention OF closing
down unless the white metal fell below
the Al cent mark and remained there.
Ore Chute in the HecIa
For three weeks the new ore chute
in the Hccla at Burke, Idaho, has been
improving. until now there is four feet OF
ore, great part Of it Of a shipping grade
and it promises soon to take its place
among the great mines OF the Coeur
d'Alenes No arrangements have yet been
made for milling, it being the intention to
drive further into the chute before any
stoping is done When the time comes
the mill Of the Milwaukee Mining Com
panv viii probably be used as the con
trolling interest in the two companies are
owned by the same parties. At present
the mill is under lease to the Mammoth,
but it is terminable at any time by either
party.
On Trichard Creek.
Work has been done in several places
along Prichard creek this fall, finding
good pay in places where IN carly days
work was attempted and the men WcTa
driven out by water. The theory is that
the work done on the creek since has 50
~,
runs more on the surface, instead Of seep-
ING through to bedrock Work has reslIm-
ed on the Mother Lode. the claim which
first called attention to the gold quartz
Of the Coenr d'Alcncs. There are mum
Der Of blanket leads on the property, crop
ping out along the face OF the BLUM south
Of Prichard creek, several Of which have
been worked with satisfactory results.
But back in the hills is a mammoth per
pcndicular ledge which cuts all the blan-
ket veins. Work on the blanket veins has
always stopped at that break, but the
proposition now is to cut through It and
then raise. Fifty feet is expected to car
ry them through the big lead, after which
the contract calls for the raise to 90 so
feet farther. Further work will depend
upon conditions at that time. The big
perpendicular vein is expected to be the
mainstay Of the camp some day, but thus
far it has been carefully avoided by min
ers. 1t carries gold, silver, copper and
lead, being purely a smelling proposition
that can not be worked until there is rail
road Transportation
Sme1ter Trust.
Representatives. of several big silver
mining and refining works Of the United
States and Mexico are to meet in New
York. to form, if possible, combination
selling agency to control the price Of sill
yer futures. The price Of silver for future
delivery is always less than the price Of
cash silver, and the smelters want to