Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-10-16
NEWS OF THE MINES.
DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT
Curious MiscaIculatiOn by the Man.
ayers OF Properties in Montana
More Information From Alaska
British Columbia Notes.

Glasgow, Scotland, from the head offices
Of the Diamond Hill mines, ordering d
shut down Of the entire plant for a time.
The reason given is that the power that
was developed on Grow creek is far short
of the amount necessary to run the l2O-
stamp mill recently completed on this
property. The discovery of the insut1i-
cheney of power was made after all the
machinery had been put in, and thus far,
it is announced, the surprising result has
been that at no time has there been pow
er enough to run as many stamps as the
mill contains. The owners believe they
can not work economically on half ca
pacity, and will endeavor to make other
arrangements for power before continl,
ing. 10 develop power by steam would
it would cost eight times as much per
horse power as the water power was es-
timated to cost. The Diamond Hill plant
is one of the largest in the state, and the
fact that the discovery Of insut1iciency
of power was not made until the entire
machinery was in place is regarded as
one of the sensations of the day in min
ing circles 1t is said arrangements will
be made to secure electrical power from
the Missouri River Dam Company and
transmit it 80 miles.
On Hunter Creek.
Among the passengers arriving at Sc
attic on the steamer Rosalie the other
day were six from Dawson City, who
came out over the Dalton tran. They
were Pat Calvin and wife, Charles Thebo,
G. +. Garrish, c. H. Davis and a man
named Bede. They had about $4,000 in
nuggets between them. They left Daw
son August 20 and arrived at Haines'
mission September % They report that
rich strikes have been made on Hunter
creek, which is as rich as Bonanza OF El
Dorado. The total output this year will
exceed any estimate ever made. The
Rosalie reports everything quiet at
Skaguay Many of the miners have COM
pleted building cabins in which to winter,
and others are caching their supplies pre-
paratory to leaving TIL next spring, when
they will again try the pass.
Mineral Output of Montana
Eugene B. Braden assayer in charge Of
the Unitd States assay office at Helena,
has begun the work of gathering statis-
ties for his annual report to the director
of the mint Of the metal output Of Mon
tana. Mr. Bradcn said that he thought
the total mineral production of Montana
would be greater this year than last The
increase would be mainly in copper. From
what information he has obtained he be-
lieves there will be less gold, silver and
lead than was produced last year, al
though the decrease may not be great.
Several slver-lead producers in Montana
have closed down during the year, owing
to the low price Of the white metal.
There is little dou.- that the copper pro
duction will be greater than ever before
Willow Creek.
Recent developments in the east fork of
Willow creek are of such character as
to suggest that the mother lode Of that
camp has been found The developments
are on the Tiptop claim, five miles from
Pearl. There are two lodges on the prop
erty, each 25 feet wide. One is developed
by a l7O-foot shaft. The value of the ore
averages from $40 to $40, mainly in gold.
A second ledge has been found five feet
down the hill from the one first opened.
1t is also 20 feet wide, but the ore is
TO 1o,,
Going to the IxlondilSe.
One hundred and twenty miners have
the Klondike All obstacles in the way,
of a direct steamer service between Vic
toria and Dawson have been removed, the
Canadian Pacific Transportation company
have obtained permission from the United
States to build a steamer at St. Mich
aes of Canadian material, which has al
ready been sent up, and when completed
will be placed on the Yukon river to
connect with the steamer from Victoria
There will be no difficulty in the way of
transferring freight from one steamer to
another, there being United States Of
ficer at St. Michaels.
Smelter at Twin Bridges.
An important event in the history Of
Twin Bridges, Mont, was the blowing
in Of the Montana Smelling and Mining
company's smelter the other day.
Amid great cheering Mr.. Davis,
president, and l, M. Jacobs, gen,
eral manager of the company
wheeled out the first pot of Stag. Three
cheers were given for SeWell Davis, J.,
Hartzell, T. Graves and T. NJ Jacobs As
the Stag was running three cheers and a
tiger were given by the large crowd for
the company. In the neighborhood Of SO
people from Butte witnessed the blow
ing in.
Nearing the 14OO-Foot Level.
Burke, Idaho. reports that the Tiger
has commenced sinking again, after hav
ing suspended work on the shaft for
month. 1t is not necessary to keep sink
ing all the time, for the ore chute is 1900
faster than the ore can be mined for such
distance The shaft is now 1925 feet
deep, and will continue until the 400
foot level is reached.
On Loon Creek.
Report reaches Boise that great gold
ledge has been discovered on Loon creek,
a tributary Of the South Fork Of the Sal
mon. 1t is supposed to be the source of
gold in the Loon creek placers, which ere
ated great excitement in the mining
world few years ago. The ledge is said
to be As feet wide and the ore of compar-
atively high grade.
In the Silver Cup.
The other day the miners in the Sill
yer Cup, near Revelstoke, struck pay
streak Of ls inches of gray copper in the
big ledge, which runs 1000 ounces in sill
yer to the ton. Thirty-four actual miners
are employed in the Silver Cup and about
10 others building cabins, getting the
camp into shape for the winter, cutting
the winters supply of wood. etc. The