The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-19

| another instance of the marvellous min
| ing resources which the capital inter
| ested by Bear gulch has brought up
| to the light The strike referred to
was made in the Revelation mine, To-
Gated near Jardine, and the value of
| the mineral was first made known to
| the company by James T.. Stuart, a
! geologist and analyst of note through
| out this state. The mineral referred
| to is scheelite, and some very fine
| specimens of this rare and valuable
product are on exhibition in the offices
| of the Revenue Mining company at
| Jardine.
Scheelite is composed chiefly. says
Mr.. Stuart, of calcium oxide and
tungstic acid, being similar in the
| tungstic which it carries to wolframite
| which occurs in connection with tin
| ore in Cornwall 1t is, however. dis
similar from wolframite in the absence
of maganese and iron, of which there
is but slight traces Of the latter and
| none at all of the former
In general appearance the rock much
| resembles quartz, without metallic lus-
tire. 1t is, however, quite readily dis
| tinguished from quartz on account of
| the great weight it's specific gravity
being greater than that of baryte or
heavy spar, and nearly as great as
| that of galena A test for hardness
will also show great difference be-
| tween scheelite and quartz, as the for
mer is much softer than the latter.
| Tungsten, more properly called wolf
| rom, which is the principal element of
scheelite, is of considerable CONNER
| cltl value, and is used in the manufac-
| ture of a very fine, hard steel. Tung-
| state of codium is used chiefly as a
| mordant by dye workers. The name
| of the mineral, scheelite, is taken from
| that of famous Swedish chemist
| Scheele, who first discovered the min
| eral in 1774.
| This ore has recently been found in
small quantities in the Revelation
mine, and is distinctly isolated from
| the arseno pyrites, which constitute
| the mass of the ore from the mine.
| So far no great body of the mineral
! that there exists somewhere on the
Revelation lead sufficient body to
make profitable the working of it. At
any rate the discovery is of great in
| terest from a geological standpoint
and serves to illustrate how diversified
| are the mining interests of Park coun-
ty.
| E. H. Cowles, the Independence min
ing man, came to town last Thursday
evening and brought with him a brick
| of gold weighing 1877 ounces and going
| over SIS to the ounce. He took the
| the United States assay office al that
point. He says he is doing very well
at Independence. and is of the opinion
| that he is the fortunate possessor Of
| one of the best mining properties in
| Montana. He keeps his ten stamps
going night and day and will add 40
| stamps to his outfit as soon as spring
| opens up.
The mail to Cowles will hereafter be
carried from here, instead of from Big
| Timber, and bids were opened in Wash
| ington to-day for the contract. The
| " icc eli
| necessity of Livingston doing all she
can to get the trade from the Boulder,
| and in the spring new road will be
built which will cut off considerable
| of the distance and at the same time
avoid the Mcleod HILL one of the worst
pieces of road in the county. At a
| point about Is miles southeast of this
| city the road will take an abrupt turn
to the south and go through what is
known as Bakers draw. The route
| will be on a comparatively easy grade
| and the distance saved will be about
II miles. ...
| u. s. James, chief engineer Of the
| Revenue Mining company. was in the
city Monday, en- route to Jardine from
a trip to the west, where he has been
| making arrangements for a large ad-
| 'dition to the Revenue mill He says
that while away he consummated a
deal whereby so stamps will be added
to the Revenue mill, making that plant
a 100 stamp affair. the equal of any
stamp mill in the United States. Work
on the addition has already been com
| menced and will be pushed rapidly
to completion. The Revenue mill as
it now stands is one of the best in
the country and when this addition
is completed it will be a marvel. II
has already cost $4,000 and is most
substantially built.
Mr.. Bush, who personally owns the
| Revenue mine and mill. is making ar
rangements to utilize the water power
which exists in Bear gulch, and h
has run a ditch at an enormous eX-
pense to facilitate this object 1t is ex-
pected that 500 horse power will be
evolved from the ditch, and the ex-
pense of milling the ore will be mate-i-
ally decreased.
The object of this move on the part
of Mr.. Bush is not only to secure
cheapness in milling the ore from The
Revenue mine, but behind the project
| there is deeper significance. Above
the Bear gulch property, right on the
top of the mountain, are situated The
mines of the Crevasse district. Here
in these mines there is much rich ore
but there Is a whole mountain of low.
grade ore. Once a system is perfected