The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-11
IN BOULDER.
Not Much Being Done In MininG-Prop-
critics mt Elkhoru.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
in the country directly tributary to
Boulder not much is being done. though
w the Little Boulder a group of claims
owned by Messrs. Gaffney, Riley and
McDermott Is being opened up by
Houck & Lisy. from Cleveland, Ohio.
Preliminary road building is now being
done to get machinery in. In the Anna
zon district the outlook Is not very
bright. particularly since Grob e. Hin
ton quit work on the Sciota. which they
had under bon From the Bigfoot
district. Diller & Parrish. who are work.
ing the T~hibodeau mine, are shipping
some ore, and the returns are quite sat
isfactory.
At Elkhorn. the principal mine con-
tinues to make a profit for the English
company owning 1t, and as many men
are employed as ever before. The low
price of silver has made II a difficult
proposition, as also has the depth of the
working. now 1900 feet. but II Is under
stood that under the present manage
ment development has opened up some
good ore bodies in the upper workings.
The annual report of the company
shows that the profits from the Elkhorn
mine have been used by the company
i'm exploring a property in Colorado
which has not thus far furnished any
ore, and very little encouragement. The
c and ID mine at Elkhorn, which is
owned by a Helena company. has been
die for some time. but just at present
II is being operated under lease. and
some ore Is beiro shipped. Another
property there that Is attracting some
attention at present Is what is known
as the ~Jacauemin iron mine. For about
ten years occasional work was done on
a tunnel. Ahich was pushed In various
directions in efforts To find a lead.
Finally they struck Il. and IL proved
plenty big enough. but of low grade.
Ii Is claimed to be a most remarkable
lead, being Is feet wide. and all solid
iron ore. The percentage OF iron runs
from % TO A.; IL Is slightly magnetic.
contains a small percentage of copper
and very little silica. the latter feature
making IL very desirable for smelling.
The East Helena smelter has a lease
on the property. and Is taking out
considerable ore for shipment To East
Helena. The development of this prop
erty has attracted attention to 'the To-
cality. and the same lead is reported
found on other ground. On the show
ing in a prospect hole of no great depth.
Don Davenport of Helena has bonded
the claim from the owners. hessrs.
Daniel Dodge and John Linn. for $4,000.
with a small ash payment. another in
30 days, and the whole bond a year TO
run. 1t Is understood that Elkhorn
parties are I'm with the deal. The claim
is known as the Golde Dream. n
the work of further development Us al
ready begun by the parties having the
bon .
.John Guthrie and II. r. Barteau Of
BOULDER have gone to the vicinity OF
Sheridan to look ut a mining property in
which the former Is Interested n IN
which some good ore has recently been
struck.
John Berkin has been here during the
week from the mine near sheridan
which he and w. II. Gaffney have under
bond and which has been exported and
reported favorably Cor an English COM
pany that is likely to tax hold Of the
property soon.
The children OF the school for the deaf
and blind all returned to their homes IN
different parts of the state to-day. some
of them were able to travel by them
selves and In other cases the parents
came for them. There were no special
closing exercises this year.
The board OF county commissi ners
finished a three days session Wednes-
day evening. No business of great M
pcrtance was transacted. The mrs. ~
next week they will meet with the Gal
latin county board at Bozeman To re-
ceive a second lot Of bids for the con-
struction of a bridge over the Jefferson
near Willow creek.
The japanese who were brought here
a few days ago 10 work on the section
near Eikhorn and between there and
Boulder have left. Elkhorn Is an anti
Chinese and japanese town. and al
though no excessive threats were made
or violence offered towards the new
corners. they in some way appeared 10
be frightened at the outlook. kept close
to the roundhouse for a day or two ana
then left.
T.. s. Tillinghast has been IN Helena
during the week making his report as
superintendent of the school for the
leaf and blind to the state board OF
education. II is urged in certain quar-
tiers hat the school here should also be
for feeble minded children. but Mr..
Tillinghast explained to the board that
under the present facilities there was
room at the institution for only the
leaf and blind children. IL is likely