The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-23
Personal Mention.
IN BASIN.
Work Has Been Begun on the Knob Hill
Mine.

Work Has Been Begun ON the Knob Hill
Mine.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Basin. March 21.-John Filcher, c.
w. Nevis and w. w. Powell nave
commenced work on the Knob Hill mine
and are taking out some good ore for
shipment. The Knob Hill Is a promis-
ing property located on the range be-
tween High Ore gulch and Cataract
creek. and about two miles from town.
The property is worked through a two
compartment shaft. go feet deep. and
there is a drift of 40 feet on the lead,
which is showing up well as develop
ment work goes ahead. There is now a
four-foot chute Of god ore in sight.
Some shipments of ore have already
been made to the smelters, and the re-
turns have been such as to encourage
the owners to go ahead and work the
property more extensively. With such
a good showing so near the surface
they feel confident that with greater
depth they Will be able To open up "A
large paying body Of ore. The owners
are three prospectors who are pioneers
in jefferson county
The Eva May mine, which resumed
operations last week. is as yet working
with only a small force of men, perhaps
not more han Is. The concentration has
not yet been started up. and will not
for several days yet. w. G. Hickey, a
w~ell-known Marysville mining man.
has been employed by the Montana
Minera Ian Development as
superintendent of this property and is
now in charge. President George. X
Best Of Milwaukee is also still here
looking after the affairs of the COM
pany.
l.. w. Curtis is now here finishing the
work of collecting the Basin mineral
exhibit for the Omaha exposition. The
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he will have IL finished within a week.
Seven or eight tons of specimens will
be collected. making the Basin exhibit
one of the largest and finest from any
point i'm the state.
A carload of new machinery arrived
from Chicago "Wednesday for the Hope
mill and is now being put in place. The
work of sinking the shaft on this prop
erty is now in full blast, and John Fo-
gerty, formerly publisher of the Butte
Bystander. is foreman.
The old Penn placer properties on
Basin creek. seven miles above town.
will probably be worked again this sea-
son. This property. which is said to be
a rich placer, has been tied up in legal
complications for a number of years,
but now that a reorganization of the
company. under the head of the Basin
Creek Placer Mining company. are like
~ to he resume again soon. Mark
NtStiall mas Deen Waterman at the
roperty for six or seven years and
holds a claim of s12, 600 against it, but
II is understood hat he and the new
company are making an amicable set
Element of this claim, which has here
tofore been a source of some unpleas-
antness.
f Development work is still steadily
advancing on the Silversmith, and its
owners seem to nave great faith in the
property turning out well.
j. j. Holmes. one of the owners of the
famous little Gray Eagle mine, was
seen a few days ago by the Standard
correspondent. to whom he reported
that everything was running smoothly
at that mine. They recently let a new
contract for hauling their ore to the
shipping point at High ore spur. The
wagon road is not i'm very good condi-
ton during this kind of weather. and
what is worse. Mr.. Holmes say they
are likely to be much worse as soon as
warm spring weather opens.
Alfonso Perruse lost a valuable horse
to-day Dor by drowning. He was wa
terlng a team at an opening i'm the ice
on Basin creek when one of them went
To roll and slipped into the opening in
the ice. The horses head went under
the ice and IL drowned before il could
be pulled out.