Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-09-11
PROGRESS OF MINING
BIG VALUE FROM GALENA MIXED
WITH WHITE IRON.
Pointers as to Prospects, Develop.
ment Work, and the Divi-
dend Payers.

News comes from Wallace, Idaho, that
the leasers on the Belle of the West are
feeling rich. About 10 days ago they
struck a little galena mixed with about
equal parts of white iron. Some of the
ore was sent to a Moscow man, who is
interested in the lease, and he had an
assay made on it. The local partners
received the assayer's certificate Thurs
day evening, showing gold $4l.34, silver
$2.75, copper S4.72, and 27.S per cent
lead, total value of nearly SO. They
were having some more assays made
yesterday to check that one and also
to find where the gold comes from. If it
is in the white iron there may be hun
dreds of tons of pay ore on the dump.
The Belle joins the Granite on the west
and there was no supposition that there
was gold in any considerable quantity,
although a little further south is claim
which carries considerable gold, and
there has been some placer mining done
at the junction Of the two forks of Nine
Mile, a mile and half below the Belle
Of the West
The Union Mine.
Henry Tice originally located the I'm
ion mine in eastern Oregon and Anstead
bought half interest for $500 A man
by the name Of Cummins discovered the
Companion in 1885, and sold it year
later to Bailey & Webb 1or $500. Henry
Mantle, acting for Louis Blumauer, of
Portland, relocated the latter claim, and
the dispute was finally settled by all go
ing in together on equal shares. Tice
and Anstcad worked for days wages and
applied their earnings to the extent of
opening up about 800 feet, Bailey &
Blumauer also doing some work at the
same time John f. Searles, secretary of
the sugar trust. had the property exam
med, and purchased both claims for $6O,-
600, erected a mill Of 60 tons daily ca
pacity, and now employs about 80 men.
The mines at the present have in the
nelghborhood OF 5000 feet Of development
work and produce 100000 per annum,
with a profit of $4,000.
Ore Shipments.
Ore shipments over the kaslo & Slocan
railway last week were as follows: Ruth.
to Everett, lG5 tons; Ruth, to Pueblo,
l2O Payne, to Pueblo, $50; Whitewater,
to Everett, 81; Washington, to Omaha,
p; Noble Five, to Pueblo, 36!; SLOGAN
Star, to Omaha, Is; Surprise, to Everett,
IL; Rambler, to Tacoma, Is; Great West
crn, hex and Two Friends, each to Kaslo
sampling works, Is, Is and II tons re-
spcctively.
Rich Strike Of Gold.
A special to the Denver Republican
from Santa Fe, n. NJ, says: From Co
chit comes news today Of an important
free gold strike in the Puzzle mine, own
ed by t. H. Benson. The pay streak is
y inches wide and is full of free gold
It's estimated value is $4,000 per ton
The camp is celebrating the discovery
Another lie Roi Dividend.
At the lie Roi meeting the directors
declared another Of their famous $4,000
dividends. They could make it $4,000
this time if they so desired, but deem it
best to keep a nest egg in the treasury.
The company has 100000 in bank today,
and returns from ore shipments this
week will bring that up to nearly $780,
600.
To Build Stamp Mills.
+. X. McNamar has arranged with
machine shops in Seattle to build a num-
ber of his twostamp mills, which will
be placed in operation at Pierce City.
Baker City and at several Salmon river
mines A number Of these mills are i'll
operation in Central America Mexico
and a few in California. but these are
the first in the northwest.