The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-15
GREAT COPPER SHOWING
Saltese Is Becoming a Promising
Mining Camp.
SOME OF THE PROPERTIES
The st. Lawrence and the Richmond.
A Silver Belt North OF saitese
Running Into Gslena Put
ting In Winter Work.

Special Correspondence OF the Standard.
Wallace. Idaho. Dec. 1.-THE stand
ards correspondent has just returned
from a visit TO Saltese. the center OF one
the western part OF Missoula county.
The people in there are much encour-
aged over the outlook. as there Is much
more work being done there this winter
than ever before AZ this lime OF year.
and during the year "A number of ou:-
side mining men have become interest
ed in different properties i'm that neigh
borhood. it's great copper showings be-
ing very attractive while that metal
commands so good a price.
Ever since the first work done IN
there the st. Lawrence and Richmond
have been considered two of the most
promising properties i'm the Who'll dis
trict. n they still maintain their place
in the estimation Of mining men, al
though they have never shipped ore. as
some others have. The two are ad-
joining properties. and work on them Is
now being done I'm the shape Of a CON-
pany tunnel. This starts on the st.
Lawrence about midway between the
lntS. anu VIII run MtSANdTu lnlpuEh
the half OF that claim N into the
Richmond. II Is now in n little over
$50 feet and Is being pushed ahead as
fast as six men can drive II. Less than
300 feet more Will cut into the Rich
nor ground. n at the rate now be-
ing made that point will be reached in
March. The work Is being lone under
M superintendent Of &. J. Held m
rich. one OF the principal owners of the
IDlA..o.I f.AR. xxl.axn a. xtsna Inn IN al
that there is now eight inches OF ore on
either wall. the ledge being five feet
wide there. This width varies greatly
In different places. although IL Is sell
dom less than at present. The ore Is
gold-copper. running from 25 to 40 per
cent. I'm the latter metal. while the
gold varies greatly. sometimes running
very high. One hundred and fifty feet
beyond the end lines separating the two
claims Is the shat on the Richmond,
so feet deep I'm the bottom OF which n
crosscut showed IL feet OF ore. some OF
IL remarkably rich. The Monitor. I'm the
same vicinity. although on a parallel
ledge, Is another very promising pros
pect. now under bond to Joseph Mac
donald. superintendent OF h Helena
Frisco. Considerable work was done
on IL last summer and fall. but owing
TO the expense Of getting In suppl -
during the winter months no one is EN-
ployed there now. The lie Roi. west
from the Richmond. IN the Idaho side
Of the summit. and presumably on the
same vein as the two properties first
referred to. has also shown some hne
ore. 1t is mainly owned by the Occur
d'Alene Hardware company, who kept
three or tour men In there all summer.
The Old Glory. southwest from the
Monitor. is being worked this winter,
but nothing definite mas been heard
from II recently. the snow being 80 deep
that Il Is almost impossible to get in
and out from claims situated well up In
the mountain.
North of Saltese is a silver belt run
ming into galena farther east toward
DE Borgia. The best known properties
on that belt are the United States and
Last Chance. both OF which have made
occasional shipments Of ore for several
years. Their values have been almost
exclusively I'm silver, but their ore runs
so high i'm the white metal that ore nets
about s.. 200 per car above the charges
for freight and smelling. Both are now
under bond to different parties. but a
tunnel II being run To accom-
modate them both. The ground on t.rat
side Of the mountaip Is so fiat there
that little depth Is attained without
Ions tunnels, and the work done I'm min
ing these properties heretofore has oil
been very near the surface. The tun-
mel now being run will be between 800
and 600 feet long. giving a depth OF ECO
feet below where any work mas been
done. The Last Chance shipped n car
Of ore ON Oct. 80. Will ship another In 2
few days and again early i'm January.
The United STA ties will also ship one or
more ears eafay IN the near year, Ihe
ore now being OUT but the lessees wait
ing for the heavy-snows To fan ana get
the roads packed before trying To haul.
The ST. Regis is a lead-silver property
on the United States and Last Chance
road. only n mile and "A half from sal
tese. on which two men are working
all winter.
Five miles up the st. Regis. ana d.
rectly ON the Northern Pacific. Is a
group of claims owned by the Eel pse
Consolidated Mining company, IN
which four men are working this WIN
ter. \ winZe Is being sunk from near
the face of the tunnel. n the work
is now we'll below the water level. ore
showing all the way down. The COM
pany now has two or three carloads ~
ore out. which will be shipped IN the
spring. as soon as the Northern Pdclhc
can build "A spur for the
ton of the company. Two men are al
so working on what Is known as the
Kelley claims. within a mile or so oi
here. 4 number Of claim owners are
putting in the winter on thcir proper
ties. IS or more men being at WORK
in the district.