The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-02

case heard by the district cour the fol-
lowing year. The questions involved
were the priority and legality Of the
location notices and the Blacktail peo-
pie won. The case has now Ron up TO
the supreme court on appeal. Under
these circumstances. the two leading
calims being tied up in the courts. the
district has been slow in development.
On the same hill a. Davidson has
some claims. the Lucky Boy and Tiptop
lying on the apex of the ridge and on the
Bramlett creek slope. and the Lake ly-
ing across the head OF Bramiett creek.
The Lucky Boy has a tunnel 80 feet in
length. The Tiptop is opened by two
tunnels. ZACH 80 feet in length. and con-
siderable prospecting In the way OF open
cuts has also been done on this claim.
The Lake has one tunnel % feet in
length. one 30 feet and a shat 25 feet
deep. with a drift Is feet long from the
bottom. All these workings follow the
lead. and show IL to be from one to six
and eight feet in width. Some Of the
finest specimens of free gold rock ever
seen in Libby or anywhere else come
from these claims and there is not the
slightest doubt that they possess great
value
On the same hill are the locations OF
A. McGovern. which are known az the
Libby. Kootenai and West Fisher. Mr..
McC'overn has spent the best part of
his time for a number of years In de-
veloping these claims. and there are no
less than IL tunnels on the three claims
and the total length of them is i'm the
nelghborhood of 800 feet. The claims
cover "A network OF leads. There are
five distinct veins on the Kootenai. two
on the Fisher and four on the Libby.
among them being extensions of the
Blscktail and Bell. The same general
characteristic prevail that lave already
been mentioned in connection with this
district.
In the same district George Robinson
has "A group of aluable claims. on
which he has expended considerable la
Dor and which show excellent values.
These are the Gold Bug. Gold King.
Teresa and Hidden Wealth. hey are
all close together on the West Fisher
slope. and all have good. strong lodges
and assay well. Mr.. Robinson has been
intending to experiment with an aras-
ira treatment of these ores. but II Is
understood that he has a deal now un-
der way which will result i'm the cree
ton of a mill on the ground.
John Carney and Henry Held have
W. ~ -. 80 80 .
which have considerable development
and look well. They hav done consid-
cradle development n are well pleased
with the showing.
There are a great man other locations
In the same vicinity on which more or
less development has been done. Among
these may be- mentioned the Elk. Nora.
Moon and Star. which are owned by
Hansen x Bergstrom. While but a
limited amount OF development has been
done on the claims they show good.
strong lead n give good assay values.
Sanford. Grubb and Bramlett have a
small claim west OF the Blacktail. To-
Gated in 1897, on which they have driven
a tunnel to the depth of Il feet. j.
Frederick has a location in the same
vicinity on which there are two good
Lodges. NJ. Brick and r. NJ. Plummer
have the Golden Seal claim on the
Bramlett creek side OF the hill. This
vein lies In the porphyry and has a two
foot ledge with remarkably fine ore.
The owners OF the Blacktail have a To-
cation called the Montez on the same
vein as the Golden Seal. but with larger
groupings. Further east on the same
slope NJ. Brick has the Western Union.
and there are "A number OF other loca-
lions I'm the vicinity on which a small
amount Of work has been done. but
which cannot he enumerated here.
This district lies about 30 miles south
OF Libby and Is reached by the wager
road up Libby creek. The divide be-
tween Fisher and Libby creeks is very
low. and the district IL easy OF access.
II will attract a great deal Of attention
this year and viii repay any effort that
may be made in investigating II.