The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-31
A RICH STRIKE MADE.
twenty-five Yenrs' Work on Trout Greek
at Inst Rewarded.

twenty-five Years' Work on Trout Creek
at Inst Rewarded.
Minsoula, March 30.-A private letter
received here last night from Superior
states that a rich strike has been made
in the Trout creek drain ditch. THIS
ditch is a bedrock drain. about a mile
long. that was started in 1873. II IL
about ~ miles from the mouth of
Trout creek and for the past rs years
work has been prosecuted here i'm the
expectation II striking pay gravel. As
early as 1868 a similar ditch was stort-
ed lower down the stream by old Tom
Lewis and others. but work on this was
abandoned when the new n was
started. Among the early promoters
OF the later ditch was George Il. john
son. who spent considerable money
there before he went to Butte. lie will
be remembered by Butte people as
prominent in newspaper work In tnor
city for several years. He has stree
died. The progress of the ditch has
been watched with interest by Mis-
soula people who nave been familiar
with IL and the news that at last pay
has been struck will be welcome Infor-
nation. The nature OF the strike Is not
known, but IL Is said to be rich.
Encouraging information comes from
Granite county, and IL Is the opinion
here that Missoula's eastern neishbor
will soon be in the same good condition
that she was before the panic. The
date that has been fixed for the re-
sumption of operations on the Grani,e
Mountain is not known. but those who
have been in Ph~ilipsburg recently are
confident that IL will not be n De-
fore the big mines are agar. being
worked. The people OF Granite county
deserve all of the prosperity that can
possibly come to them. for they have
been brave and plucky during the sea-
son of adversely that has been upon
them since the closing down of the
mines which furnished the bulk OF
their revenue. Ii is hoped that the
coming summer will bring about a res
Grafton of the old days there and that
all of the business men who have stood
by the camp will be rewarded for their
perseverance. All that there is in it
ought to be theirs.
The latest information from the iscn
Mountain mine is to the effect that the
tunnel which il is proposed to drive to
connect with the lower workings of TIE
mine will probably be started before
long. The company has a lease uJcn
a property i'm the same district ard this
mine is said to be in a fair way to
pay a good profit. The understanding.
as II is reported here, was that all Of
the proceeds from the operati IN Of this
mine should be used for the construc'
ton of the tunnel that is % enable The
company to n more operat /, the Iron
Mountain to an advanta.s sc. The report
which reached here last nisat was that
the showing that is made by this leased
property is such as to warrant The
statement that the construction of the
unnel is assured.
Nothing but good news comes from
the mines in the Bear gulch district.
These properties will be further de-
veloped this summer and the Mani
moth and its neighbors will continue
to be operated on the same basis that
made such an excellent showing last
year. The Mammoth has passed the
experimental stage and is now a sure
producer. superintendent Browne has
matters in excellent shape those
familiar with the conditions up there
believe that the mine will maze a
splendid showing this season. The
mines around Garnet will also be
brought to the producing stage this
year, and in addition to those that
yielded so handsomely last summer,
there will be others that will ship ore.
1t is said that there are large quanti-
ties of rich ore I'm sight and that the
shipments will begin early in the spring
as soon as the roads will permit. Mis-
soula people are much interested in
this district and win watch closely the
progress OF the camps and their sur
rounding properties this summer The
district Is one of the most famous in
placer history and the indications are
that the leads of quartz that have been
opened will sutain the reputation that
WAS made by the diggers in early
days.
In the st. Lawrence district above
Saltese. the development of the lie Roi
and it's ~neighbors Is making good
progress. There are three shifts at
work on the lie Roi all the time and
the showing is said to be improving as
the work progresses. The indications
are said by those who have examined
the district to be excellent and those
who are interested are confident of the
outlook There are large interests in
this property held in the Wallace coun-
try. and the owners think that they
have a good thing. As soon as the
spring weather becomes fairly settled,
there will be more men put tn work on
the adjoining properties and these will
be developed as rapidly as possible.
The company that owns the lie Roi has
some fine prospects i'm the district. and
these will be merged with the prop
erty upon which the recent rich strike
was made.