The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-23

that the lead will soon be encountered.
j. III. Geiger has an extension on the
south end of the STANDARD group and
has a god surface showing. He started
a cross-cut tunnel down the hill. which
Will tap the lead 200 feet below the sur
face, and has run 100 feet. Dan Nc
ellis also has "A claim i'm the same vi
cinity. on which he has lone consider
able work with favorable results.
Continuing up West Fisher from
Standard creek Dan McGillis has n
claim, on the north side of the creek,
just across the Libby creek divide,
which is thought to be a continuation
of the Great Northern. now under bon
TO Great Falls parties. One hundred
feet of tunnel has been run on this
ground and a two-foot lead exposed.
which carries n galena ore. Dutch Bill
and William Doat also have claims IN
this vicinity.
still higher up on Fisher comes the
Way Up mine. which Is owned by
Thomas Bryant and is under bond to
Mr.. Higgins. who Is foreman OF the
Bell and other mines for the Anaconda
company i'm Butte. Mr.. Higgins first
bonded this property in 1894, but suffer
ed the bond to expire. Last year he
again took a bond OF IL, n under
the superintendence of Mr.. Riley of IN
aconda a large amount of work was
done last year. The lead in the Way
Up will average above five feet. and the
principal value is gold. No work has
been done this winter. but IL Is under
stood that development will be prose-
cuted in the spring.
How u Is Reached.
The Fisher district is reached from
Libby, there being a good wagon road
most OF the way, and an excellent trail
for the balance. The district can also
he reached from Kalispell and Vermill-
ion on the Northern Pacific. trails be-
ing blaZed both ways. 1t has been very
little prospected. but the finest speci-
mems of free gold float ever found In the
state come from this part Of the coun-
Try. and can be seen i'm Libby. IL this
district were somewhere near the north
pole and inaccessible for 10 months in
the year. there would be an immense
rush To il. As 1t is, it's development
viii be slow, but anne be long de-
layed.
a Tie Producer.
Libby has been the principal point on
the road for the production of ties this
winter. and a great many thousand
dollars nay found their way into the
channels OF trade from this source.
The price paid. is cents per peeled tie.
delivered on the right of way, is very
small. and only admits of making
49, 80 wv tittip'l ~ 'lN l'N'
to the track. The tie timber close t.
the right of way has been pretty well
used up. and II is not likely that ties
can be furnished another season at the
figure quoted. Ii is understood that The
Great Northern Intends to establish "A
tie picking plant at Kalispell, which
will supply the whole system. The
process To be used Is not yet well UNI
aerstood in the west. but 1t consists Of
placing the ties I'm "a zinc solution, which
Is forced into the wood fibres under
heavy pressure. The process Is sup
posed tn enable the tie To resist the
action of the elements and the strain Of
traffic for n great length Of time.
A Building Boom.
II is already evident that there will
be new buildings put up i'm Libby this
than there are i'm the town at pres
ent. John Il. Wall. one of Libby's mer-
chant princes. has had plans marie for n
handsome residence which he VIII have
completed before snow flies. A. X. Glib
son Will begin the construction of a
cottage as soon as the weather
permits. H.. J. Hansen has already be-
gun the construction OF a two-story
business block on his Mineral
avenue property. Linilahr Bros. of
Kalispell intend to erect a business
block on their property AT the corner of
and California streets. Thomas
has part Of his material on the
for a two-story business build
ing at the corner of California and
Third streets. +. X. Robinson will also
begin at once the erection of a residence
and at least a dozen other dwellings
are contracted for AS soon as the build
ing season opens.
The First Church.
The first church building for Libby
&c nnNk In antlpG of ana1tR.t1tin a NJ thA
corner of Fourth and California streets.
Ii is being built by the Methodist Epis-
copal church society. and will be "A
most creditable structure when com
pleted. The religious services Of the
town have been heretofore conducted
in public halls N in rented buildings.
the Methodist society here is
small il is exceedingly energetic and
what has been accomplished so far has
been entirely without outside aid. The
site for the building ari parsonage
donated by Mr.. Leonardo IN mons
for the purchase of materials was
raised by entertainments and private
subscriptions. and the labor i'm raising
the walls and putting on the roof was
donated by members of the church and
The church conference has now
to assist, and will appropriate
several hundred dollars for fixing up
interior and for the purchase OF n
bell. Inc church has also
a strong membership here. and il is
announced that a church will be built
by that denomination this summer
The bond sale.
The school trustees of this district
nave on hand 5 $780,. the proceeds Of a
sale of bonds for purpose of school
The first plans of the new
offered To the contractors were
satisfactory and there We're no bids. I
plans were then modified. and again
offered for competitive bidding. with
h esult that there were a number of
offers. William Criderman was the
successful bidder and secured the con-
tract at a trifie less than s.. 1000. The
balance of the proceeds Of the bond
sale will be used in furnishing the new
school. The plans are for a very hand
some little building. and IL is badly
The refusal of the Great North
ern to pay the special school tax left
the public school here entirely without