Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-01-01
PROSPECT DEVELOPMENT
THE CLEARWATER COUNTRY.
Blazing IL Trail From the St. Joe
Late News From DawsOn-A $7O.-
600 Lease in the Garnet District
of MOntana-The LIE ROi Smelter.

DIR. W. S. Sims has returned to Wallace
Idaho. from his summers trip to the
Clearwater country, where he has been
developing some property discovered by
an old prospector in his employ. The
, country is entirely unknown and they
have but a vague idea as to where they
are. The doctor thinks line drawn from
the head of navigation no the st. Joe riv-
er to Moose City would pass not far from
their location, which is some 45 miles by
an all line from the head of navigation on
the st. ice. They blazed a trail in from
the st. Joe, working it where absolutely
necessary over which horse can take
about 60 pounds. He estimates that it
would cost $25 900 to build a decent trail
III there. They put up a small arastra.
and the rock worked yielded satisfactory
returns. The ledge they have located is
only eight inches wide, but the rock is
rich. The country is very rough and hard
to prospect-hard as Klondike, the doctor
says-but with a trail leading into the
country there is likely to be a number of
men go in next year.
! Facts About the Onturio
In sepaking of the recently closed down
Ontario, Il stockholder says: The gentle
man who furnished facts and figures for
the Tribune stated that there were 5OO.-
oOG tons of tailings at the Ontario mill or
below it, which carried average values of
ii ounces silver and $l.50 III gold to the
ton. Now, the total output of the Ontario
mine up to date has been 55S ,2S3 tons.
During the past II years the mill has
worked 1000 tons, and the value of the
tailings from the ore worked is 397
ounces in silver to the ton, and on account
of the low values Of these tailings the
| company did not deem it worth while to
save them; hence they were allowd to
| run down the canyon for distance of two
miles, where dams were built to prevent
them from destroying the meadow lands
belonging to the ranchers below Now,
this leaves 25S263 tons to account for
The company has shipped 76,4O2 tons
Of base ore to the smelters, which, deduct |
ed from the 25S,2S3 tons, Would leave lSl.
SSl tons Of tailings III dams around the
mill. In the three dams north of the
teaching plant it is estimated that there |
are 100000 tons, which will average five !
ounces of silver to the ton. One large I
dam south of the teaching plant averages
seven ounces to the ton, and, by care /
full calculation, it is estimated that there
&
amounts deducted from the lSl ,Ssl tons /
saved around the mill would leave 81 ,SSl (
tons in dams in front of the mill, which |
will carry values of $50 ounces in silver
and 9l cents in gold to the ton; and this /
is the tailings dam that the ''stockholder"
in the Tribune says contains 100000 tons
of tailings which carry average values of
ii ounces in silver and $3.50 in gold per
ton. !
News From Dawson.
A. P. Quinlan, who has arrived at Vie
toria B. c., brings late news from Daw-
son. He says there is enough food in
Dawson to last the 5000 men now there
all winter, those without food, 1000 in
number, having gone to Fort Yukon. Two
hundred will come out over the trail.
Major Walsh, who is now encamped at
Big Salmon, will endeavor to break
trail through to Dawson but he does not
expect to reach there till February l. lie
says he will allow miners to stake claims
in blocks Of 10, retaining the adjoining 10
for the government. All the claims on
Quartz creek are now staked and it will
probably be as rich as Eldorado and Bo-
nanZa creeks
The Garnet District.
In the lower part of Garnet, Messrs.
W. r. Ramsdall, I. Mclaughlin and d.
j. Welsh have a $4,000 lease and bond
on the Is quartz claims and 10 stamps.
They have a force of men putting in
cyanide plant, which is to start very
soon. 1t will be able to treat $50 tons
a day, and will be under the supervision
of Arthur P. Brown, of the Mammoth
Mining Company The Garnet district is
in the Bear mountain region, II miles
north of Bealmouth, Mont. The claims
are on quartz lead, which has been
traced several miles. About 25O men are
at work. The permanency of the camp
is assured several claims show good ore in
quantities. Freight charges
to Bearmouth are SS ton. All the ores
of the camp grow base with depth.
smeIter at Northport.
The LIE Roi Mining Company has made
of $2l 900 on its new smelter ;
at Northport. Construction of the smelt-
er was begun in August last. Since then
the lie Roi has paid $1,000 in dividends,
built a 100000 smelter, and expended
about $4,000 in permanent improvements
at the mine. The company has decided
to pass the usual monthly dividends this
month, as the completion of the smelter
will stop ore shipments to the outside
smelters and the company will also have ,,
to set aside a fund for the operation of .
the new plant and the purchase of ore.
Minnehaha Strike.
News has been received at Grand Forks,
B. c.. by courier from Camp Mckinney of '
1 rich strike in the Minnehaha mine. 1t |
is reported that at depth of 100 feet a 6
vein of free milling ore was encountered i
four feet in thickness, assaying an aver s
age of $50 in gold alone. 1t is said the f
oay streak is widening as depth is gained.
A stamp mill has been ordered and will
De placed on the property at once.
To Develop the Continental. !
Mayor John A. Manly of Grand Forks, {
B. c., and A. Hickman, have secured t
interest in the Continental C
nine, near Bonners Ferry. Idaho, and are
pushing work on the property with four
men, sinking an incline on the ledge, on
which they are down IS feet. A wagon I
road is to be constructed to the property
IN the spring and the plans of the own
ers include the erection of a concentration.
Southern Kootenay.