The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-21
LIBBY IS PROSPEROUS
Mining Operations Being Pushed
in the New District.
SOME OF THE PROPERTIES
J. j. Flick and Dr.. Rockefeller La q
Very Promising Claim-Whnt
the Big Companies Are
Do!ng

]. J. Flick, a prominent mining man.
returned yesterday from the Libby
creek district. where he has been for the
past six weeks looking after the prop
critics in which he n DR.. Rockefeller
are Interested. Libby creek and Libby
station are ituated or the Great North
ern railroad. about 100 miles west of
Kalispell and about $50 east of Spokane.
Mr.. Flick is enthusiastic over the new
district. A, He confidently believes that
1t will be one of the greatest mining re-
gions in the state when it is fully pros
pected and developed.
THE biggest property around Libby
creek" said Mr.. Flick. lis the Snow
shoe a large iead-silver property.
which Is being operated by a heavily
capitalized company. The Snowshoe IS
shipping %ncentrat and has been for
"A long time. II il practically the only
property that is shipping at present, al
though some of the other mines are
getting ready to ship. The concentrate
Of the Snowshoe are being shipped most
~ to the smeltsr at Everett, wash. The
Snowshoe has a concentrating plant OF
$50 tons capacity.
The Silver Gable is a gold n silver
proposition, which also has lead. IL Is
owned by Hart a. Hackett. These gen.
tlemen are building a large ooncentrit-
ing plant on the property ard viii have
1t completed in a short time. They have
done a great deal OF development work
on the Silver Gable. Ii promises to de-
velop INTO a very fine property.
The Shaughnessy Hill group is also
working and they nave begun the cree
ton of a plant there also. This group
consists of gold and silver mines. The
properties are being developed by a
strong company, and as soon as the
plant Is completed il will treat its own
ores.
THE Howard brothers have a fine
looking property adjoining the Silver
Gable. Another property that promises
well Is on Poorman creek. 1t is owned
by Tom Bryant. and is bonded to the
Silver Gable people. ON t1sher creek
Brick & Brannigan have a free milling
proposition which is a well developed
claim, with 12s feet of tunnel. II is said
the ore averages $50 per ton.
THE mineral belt of which / speak
extends for 40 miles in the Cabine,
range of mountains-from the Kootenai
river to the Columbia. Libby has a
population of about 800 people. The
town cast $50 votes last November. 1t
is a regular mining camp. All of the
creeks and mining territory are tribu-
tary TO Libby, and business is lively.
The merchants are doing wei. There
are many new buildings going up all
over town and altogether things are
booming.
There are other industries there, too,
besides mining. The valleys are very
productive and everywhere ranchers are
making excellent farms. The country
is very heavily timbered-some of the
finest timber 1 ever saw
The property i'm which Mr.. Flick Is
Interested Is a gold proposition. They
have done about 200 feet of development
work and nave no reason to feel other
wise than encouraged at the outlook.
The claim yields free milling ore. Mr..
Flick says that Libby will be heard from
pretty soon and in a way that VIII be a
surprise.