The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-14
IN LIBBY.
Mining Operations Impeded by Scarcity
of Water.

Mining Operations Impeded by a Scarcity
of Water.
Libby. Mont, March 9.-Mining oper-
ations at the Snowshoe mine are some
what impeded at this season of the
year, owing to the scarcity of water,
and the concentration will only run in
desultory manner, until the spring
thaws begin to start the water There
is large accumulation of concentrates
at the mine, however. which could not
be shipped in November and December
owing to the bad roads and railroad
troubles. These concentrates are now
being hauled to Libby and shipped to
the Great Falls smelter. Development
is being pushed in the mine by d. =.
Bowers who has il under lease and
there are in the neighborhood of $4,000
tons of concentrating ore in sight in
the mine. Though only worked for
about half of the year in 1897. this mine
added nearly $150.C00 to the wealth of
the world in silver. lead and gold.
| Though heavily handicapped in the
matter of the location of its concen-
traitor, this mine has paid its expenses
and development work, paid royalty TO
the owners, Messrs. Longer, Abbott.
Parmenter and Dunlap, and made
/ handsome profit for the leaser. The
mine is equipped with a 200-ton con-
contractor. but the company which orig
inally built it made "a mistake in the
/ location 1t is constructed for water
/ power. and put in "A place where the
water supply is not constant. though II
was supposed to be at the time of
building. This is one of the mistake
to which pioneer enterprise is liable.
There is ample water for a mill of 10
times the capacity within half a mile
of the present site of the SnoWshoe
works. and some day, when sufficient
| nil tai iG IN, .l1af sit "
the concentration and enlarge it, the
Snowshoe Will be great producer.
Concentration Nearly Completed. G.
John l. HART, manager of the silver
Gable company, and Charles Seifert,
also in the employ of the company,
came down from the mine on Tuesday
evening, and Mr.. HART will probably
go to Spokane and Missoula before re-
turning to tho mine. The new concen-
| traitor on this property is about COM
pleted and it is expected that il viii be
| in operation early in the spring. The
property has "A couple Of thousand feet
of development i'm the shape Of adit
! tunnels. and large amount of ore in
sight. The gold values in the ore of
this company are far in excess of those
in any other of the properties in this
district.
Most Encouraging.
The developments i'm the st. Paul this
winter are of a mos encouraging ma
| ure. This property is located about
| one-half mile from the Snowshoe. A
tunnel has been driven 80 feet on this
mine and the lead is from two TO three
feet in width a streak of eight TO ten
inches is sand carbonates. which as
say high in both lead and silver, while
chunks Of almost pure saieua are scat
tered throughout the lead. This is n
most promising prospect and is under
4,,,l -, q ..I,-,
will probably do something with II this
summer.
\ Promising Mine.
John Scanlon and Albert Higgins
| have returned from Troy. where they
were employed for some months at the
b. Il. This mine is located eight
miles south of Troy, on Callahan creek.
and is owned by the Downey brothers
and some Spokane parties. The mine
has a lead of about five feet in width
and it has been developed by five adit
tunnels. with a total length of several
thousand feet II has averaged about
three carloads of first-class ore per
week through the winter. most OF
which has gone West for treatment
Work has now ceased on the property
on account of the expense of breaking
a large amount Of concentrating ore To
! get small amount of shipping rock
This mine is an exceedingly promis-
ing one, but the greater part Of its ore
is Of too low a grade to stand shipment
without concentration. All il needs is
money enough to build a concentra-
tor.
IT Was Not "A Success.
Tom Mallory, at one time foreman at
the Buzz Saw when that mine was be-
ing operated by f. j. Field. shook
| hands with his Libby friends some
days ago. After leaving Libby Mallory
a prospecting tour in the colvi1le reser-
walton country. This trip did not prove
a success. and having exhausted his
grub stake. Mallory, on his own re-
sources, went on 10 the Alaska country
and was one of the successful ones on
! the kIondike. On his return 10 Spo-
kane recently. the men who grub
staked him for the reservation trip.
claimed a half interest in his Alaska
discoveries, ami brought suit against
him for it. The case. however. was
thrown out Of court. Mallory brought
news that James Geiger a brother Of
J. Il. Geiger of this place. has claim No.
81 on Bonanza creek and is we'll fixed
John Haniey. who went M there from
Libby some two years ago, has also
made his everlasting fortune These
reports have caused q number Of citi-
zens If this place 10 null their freight
for the north pole digEiugs H. I. Van
Wyek Tom Shaughnessy and John
Tossum started at once. and John
CoWeIl and Don +. Schenck are also on
the road. and il Is reported that seX-
eHal ether &C the old-UimerS VIII follow
in a short time
Personal Mention.
II. 9. Longer. one Of the owners Of
the Sn0usne was down from Spo-
kane last week t. take a look at his
JIoteara H.. Walters FORMERLY 4ftuar-