Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-12-25
PRODUCTS Of THE MINES
CHUNKS OF NATIVE COPPER

CHUNKS OF NATIVE COPPER
Indians Found Nuggets in the Grave.
Bars of Copper River-Propertie
1 in the Pacific Northwest an:
| What Is Being Done
The Copper River Indians obtain thei
ehunks OF native copper as nuggets iron
| the river gravel bars, and at that point
on the river directly north of Mount
Wrangel. 1t is known that up to thu
present date no white person has ascend
ed the main Copper river as far up as the
place where the Indians report finding
their nuggets of copper, at least, il any
prospector has ever penetrated there he
has never returned to civilization again
No prospectors have gone up the river
farther than q few miles above Taraal at
the forks, those being a party of four and
the date about five years ago. No placers
have been discovered on the river, and nc
miners have brought cut any gold from
that section, as has been reported The
Copper River Indians bring down no gold
! nothing but copper 1t seems the Cop
per River Indians obtain their chunks OF
the metal near the hcadwkaters of the
main river, and the Stick Indians, a tribe
living on the Alsek river, get their pieces
Or nuggets in the same manner from the
the metal near the headwate ters of the
fork Of Copper river. If one can believe
Indian tales, and accept their geography
of the country as being correct, one would
infer that the two streams head near to-
gether and that the red metal under the
same conditions is found upon both
streams.
Struck Ore in Lowest Tunnel.
struck in the third and lowest tunnel of
the Ymir, owned by the London and Brit
ish Columbia Gold Fields. On November
"a the second tunnel tapped the ledge at a
depth of 200 feet, but the width at this
depth has not been determined. The
cepts the ledge directly beneath the shaft,
which is down nearly 200 feet. At this
level the ledge shows width of 26 feet.
II feet of which is shipping ore. Most Of
the work has been done along the foot
wall, and all of the three tunnels 90 to
prove the continuity Of the vein, In all
there is in the neighborhood of 1000 feet
of tunneling drifting and shaft work done
on the mine. The general average of the
ore is about the same throughout the
mine, and is fully up to expectations.
The War Eagle.
The War Eagle, at Rossland, B. c..
which has been improving steadily, has
made another important strike. This time
it is in the east drift at the 375-foot level.
The ore chute at this point has been
and 20 feet wide, all in clean solid ore
running better than S25. This includes
about 5 per cent copper values and the
rest in gold, with the usual small value in
silver. The ore in the chute for its entire
width can be shipped Just as it is broken
chute extends up to the No. 2 tunnel, l25
feet above, but at the latter level ii is
only about two feet wide The station for
the Wine at the 500-foot level is being cut
out, and work will soon be resumed in
the Wine itself Some ore is being met
on the 500-foot level.
From Co1f:ex With Train of Forty.
H. S. Hollingsworth, one of the first
settlers of Colfax, will leave in the early
spring for Klondike via the Spokane over
land route with a pack train OF 40 ami
mails. Mr.. Hollingsworth is one Of the
pioneers of the northwest, having come
here in the COS, and is said to be well ac-
quainted with a portion of the route
through British Columbia He could not
be found the other day, but one OF his
neighbors told a reporter that 'Hez,' as
he is generally called, will start north
with pack train of 40 horses just as soon
as spring opens and expects to find no
difficulty in packin through to the kIon-
dixie
In the Emigrant District.
A mining deal has been consummated
by which O. P. Chisholm of Bozeman has
secured from Caroline l.. Aylesworth,
Ella NJ. Edsall and Oscar Van Tassell,
bond for the purchase of mining proper
ties in Emigrant district in -Aontane.
The properties included in the bond are
the Great Eastern, Great Eastern exten-
sion, Mountain Chief. Imperial, Great
Western and Great Western No. ? quartz
lode mining claims The purchase price
is $4,000, payable March l. 1899. The
terms of the bond provide that the prop
critics shall be represented during the life
of the bond by Mr.. Chisholm at his own
expense, and that he have the authority
to develop and treat OF sell the output of
the Mines. the proceeds of such operations
to be applied to the payment Of the pl,r-
chase price OF the properties.
Bought the Franklin Group.
The Franklin Gold Mining Company
recently organized in Spokane. has pur-
chased the Franklin group of claims and
mill at Pine Grove, Idaho. The price was
$40, 600 There are four claims i'll the
group. the Franklin, Nixie. Monroe and
Buckeye. The officers Of the company
are: L. X. Armstrong, president; w
Davies, vice president; /. G. Barton, sec
retary: A. +. Severance. treasurer; {; p.
Mulcahv, manager, and J. I. Walsh, s1l-
perintendent. The company will begin
work on the property at once, supplies
having already been sent in from Boise.
At Pierce City.
A larger force of men are employed i'll
the Pierce City, Idaho, camp this winter
than for several years previous. This.
taken in connection with the recent in
vestments by capitalists and mining men
of prominence, gives assurance of lively
camp the coming season. The sale OF
one quarter interest in the Pioneer No
to Chicago parties by ]. \. Stacy & Co. is
also that of a one-quarter in
terest in the Klondike to the same par
ties The consideration i'll each sale is
said to have been $4,000. Both OF these
lie south of the Golden Gate