The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-22
DESERVE BETTER TIMES
Resumption on q Large Scale at
Granite Mountain.
SALTESE TO THE FRONT
Confidence in the Group Is Well Founded
A Promising Strike in b st.
Lawrence-Good Reports
From Garnet.

Missoula, June 2I.-The reports that
come down from Granite mountain are
encouraging and lead TO the belief that
the resumption OF operations there on a
large scale is near at and One thing
is certain-there is "A large amount OF
business being done there and the rail-
way facilities are becoming altogether
inadequate for the amoun Of traffic.
Just when the full extent of the new
operations is to be announced is not
known here nor can it be learned from
the railway people, who are a~nxiously
awaiting IL in order to plan for improv-
ing the present railway service. Mis-
soula business men are more or less In
terestec in the anairs OF the cities OF
ran county and h encouraging
reports that AVE been received from
there lately are the best kind of news.
There were no better towns in Montana
than were the places up on the hill before
the shut down came. and now that there
is a good prospect of a resumption of
the old-time form there is general salts
faction expressed. The people of the
county east of here have been plucky
and persistent and deserve to have bet
ter times n they have mad. 1t is the
wish of this end of the state that things
roll as smoothly and as fast up there
as they used to.
Saltese is coming to the front as n
of the good places in Western Montana.
The st. Lawrence district, back of the
town. OF which considerable has been
said in these columns, is fulfilling the
expectations of its friends and late de-
velopments show that their confidence
in the group was well founded The lie
Roi n its neighboring properties are In
fine condition and are being worked to
good advantage. In the st. Lawrence
IL promising strike has been made within
a week and there are more men at work
in the camp han there have ever been
before. The opinion of those who have
this section is that there are
all Of he indications of a first-class
camp in sight and the men who are de-
veloping the district are confident that
there il good rock and plenty of 1t up
there. Opposite this district, up Packer
creek from Saltese, men are taking out
ore from the Last Chance n there
viii be a shipment made from this prop
erty within the next few days.
From Garnet and Coloma the reports
Indicate that these camps will be warm
places this summer from a mining point
of view and that the merchants and
miners who have been staying with the
thing will be able 10 show better re-
turns his season than they ever have
before. There are plenty of men there
at present, IL is said, for the needs of
the camp, but 1t is thought that there
will be plenty of work for those who are
there this summer The operations in
this district have been carried On quiet
ly and without much splurge. but the
situation now shows hat the camps
have good stun back of them n plenty
OF IL to keep them going. The gold that
is i'm the hills above old e gulch is
being brought to light n there are
prospects that there is enough of IL to
make things good up the old gulch this
summer. The roads are much better up
the gulch h a they were a while ago
and the travel up and down is getting
heavier.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. company on
NerInillion creek. west Of Thompson
Falls. has nae another little setback. but
II is thought that il has all been settled
and that there Will he a speedy resump-
ton of operations that ave been sus-
pended for a short time on account of
financial matters. The information at
hand is that the affairs ave been
Strengthened out and that the new mill
viii be i'm steady operation soon. There
is NO upupl vi int fitlilltss VI III niilt
in this district, but there have been
many obstacles to overcome To make
them workable. Much money has been
spent there during the past three years,
and now ii seems hat things are about
to run smoothly after SO much hard
experience.
At Mullan Larson * Greenough are
rushing as fast as possible the rebuild
ing OF the Morning mill and the build
ing Is already completed. There Will be
considerable delay now In getting the
machinery, but no delay that car be
avoided will be allowed To postpone the
renewal of operations there. IL is re-
ported at Mullan that the mill will be
ready for work as soon as Aug. 1. This
will make the shutdown much briefer
than was thought at first. when the old
mill burned. The new plant will be
much larger i'm capacity than the old one
and IL will not be long before the stamps
are dropping. Then Mullan viii be on
the jump again.
The placer miners are hard at work
once more with excellent prospects for
good cleanups this fall. There Is an
abundance of water and the dead work
on most OF the claims west of here had
been finished last fall. This means that
the miners will have more on their
hands than they have had i'm recent sea-
sons. when the water has been used up
early in the season. 1t looks now as If
the cleanup next fall would he a record
breaker.
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