Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-11-06
PROSPECTS AND WORKINGS
CHANGES AT THE VARIOUS CAMPS.
Work of Butte and Boston Company
Sale of Placer Claims in Idaho
Progress of Hall Mines Smelter-
Shipments From SandOn.

Butte reports that at the properties OF
the Butte \ Boston Company considerable
development work is i'll progress Prep
arations are being made for the develop
ment of the shaft of the East Gray Rock
from the 400 level to a depth of 100 feet
An engine for sinking purposes was re-
Gently installed at the 1900 foot level and
all the hoisting will be done through the
pump shaft, so that operations i'll Other
portions of the mine will not be interferee
with. The East Gray Rock is on the
north of the Diamond, which is considered
one of the richest of the Anaconda prop
critics. The ore obtained at the 400 foot
level of the Gray Rock was of fair
grade and the belief is general that it
will hold out in quality to !, much greater
depth
Red Rock Flume Property.
The Red Rock tlume property at Idaho
| City has been sold to {. II. Souther OF
Boston for $4,000. 1t takes in seven miles
of the bed of Moore creek, beginning at
Idaho City, the claims embracing about
| 1000 acres The intention is to work it
! by dredge. There was an interesting con-
test for the property. 1t was sought by
Montana parties who have a successful
dredge mining enterprise at Bannock
Mont. Their representatives, NJ. +. Kirk
patrick. was bidding for it by telephone,
but the owners here closed with Souther
:. +. Davis. one of the owners, was hur-
rying down from Idaho City with Kirk
patrick. They stopped at the Halfway
house and kirkpatrick raised the bid to
S4l 600, but it was too late. He says he
"ould have given S5O0OO with a possi-
bility of going to 100000 after interview
ing his principals.
At Work on Hall Mines smelter.
Nelson, b. c., reports that the work on
the new reverberatory and calcinino fur
races at the Hall mines smelter. is being
pushed, and it is expected that they will
be completed in about two months. The
large blast furnace made run last week
which broke the record, turning out 26
tons of matte in "a hours. Everything is
working smoothly and the ore treated
continues to be of high quality. The
management is getting in some lead ores
from the Slocan for the purpose of max
ing a trial on the old l3O-ton furnace.
which has been converted into lead fur
mace. These ores are being prepared for
calcimng prior to the test. 1t is expected
that in the near future this furnace will
be running steadily on custom ores
Sylvnnitc Camp.
The Climax claim in the Sylvanite
camp in Montana is making a fine show
ing under Development The property is
about two miles from town, on Burnt
creek. and was discovered about six weeks
ago. \ 25foot tunnel has been run, and
late assays are so good that a permanent
camp will be established and work pushed
all winter. The Oro Glande is sinking on
the lead and is down nearly so feet The
vein has widened from four and Il hal
feet to over seven feet. Assay returns run
from Sll to 500. The Gold Flint com
pany has nearly all the machinery in
stalled in the mill and the gravity car line
is ready for the rails. 1t is expected that
the plant will be in operation within a
few days. and the event will be a great
one for the camp.
Pierce Placer Claims.
johnson Bros, who are engaged in ex-
tensive placer mining on French creek;
Pierce City district, We're in Nez Perce
the other day to purchase supplies and
market their dust. They are working a
60-acre placer and have only three feet
Of earth to strip before reaching pay dirt.
Much of their ground goes 81 to the pan
and samples of their gold shows a coarse
grain. consequently easily saved. They
report a foot of snow in the hills above
Greer's ferry, which means that the Pierce
district will soon be cut off from com
munication with the balance of the world.
Shipped From Snndon.
Shipments of silver-lead ores and CON
centrates from Sandon for the week end
ing October % are as follows: Payne
(ore) to Pueblo. 500 tons; Ruth (ore), to
Everett and Pueblo, 1875 tons; Reco (ore)
to Omaha, 40 tons Wonderful (ore) to
Kaslo. Is tons; Slocan Star (concen-
trates). to Omaha, 10 tons.