The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-25
Runs HIGH IN COPPER
Work on the Bulls Head and
the Josephine.
THINGS LOOKING LIVELY
Affairs on the Coded Strlp-A Large Ma.
jority Of the First Boomers Have
Let the Country Falls
People Interested.

Great Falls, Nov. PA well-known
Great Falls citizen who has interests
in the coded strip returned from that
district yesterday, and speaking Of that
country, said:
"Just now things are looking lively
on the coded strip and the indications
for. Its future are, certainly excellent
Before the strip was thrown open to
entry fabulous tales Of it's richness
were put in circulation by men who
were working for grubstakes, and peo-
pie expected too much entirely. Not
finding the outlook as bright as paint
ed, a large majority of those who
focked in there at the first left in dis
gust and the boom which started de-
veloped into backset instead. The
showing that has SO far been developed
has taken considerable hard work and
money, and where there was but little
surface indications.
"a. M. Essler has Is men at work on
the Bulls Head and Josephine, both on
the same lead, and the CrackerJack on
Is being done by tunnels, which are in
| about SO or 80 feet. The vein on the
Bulls Head is eight feet in the face
of the tunnel and runs high In copper,
with about Sc in gold. On the Cracker
jack a very rich strike was reported
did not see 1t myself. These three
claims belong to the group of IA which
Essler bonded some time ago from Hod
Main, John Peters, Stork Bros. and
others. Essler and "A. T. Seltgman Of
Helena were In the day I left, and it is
stated were picking out the locations
for the two COMMENTATORS which they
propose to put in this winter. They will
also put in sawmill In the neighbor
hood of St. Mary in short time. All
| told about 50 miners are now scat
tered through the district doing loca-
/ AZ Sal1 hbo = oF Hale
| has been In the st. Marys country
several times of late, representing some
eastern parties, and has about closed
| for the bonding Of AZ claims in the
| district belonging to Jack Wilson, Mrs.
Nat Collins, g. Smith and a great
many others. What the terms of rhe
! bond are 4 don't know, but the owners
expect to turn the property over to
/ CaIderhead after the first of January.
| The claims bonded are undeveloped,
| and, Of course. no one can say as to
| their value There are no families on
| the strip and the ruling of the forest
reserve has forced off all business
| houses, which has made it bad for Sc
! curing supplies, but 1t Is expected that
| this will be remedied at the coming
| session of congress and all the aces
| sories of mining camp will then be
Forthcoming. Hank Norris who form
| erly lived between the upper and lower
| st. Mary's lakes, has moved or soon
WILL on to the reservation. Hanks
wife, being Blackfoot, insisted on
| holding the st. Mary's townslte as
ranch allotment and caused consider
able trouble among the boomers, out
she has concluded to let it 60, and her
relinquishmel1t OF rights has been for
warded on to washington This will
leave clear field for the numerous 10
Gators who came in with the first rush
and filed claims over each other indis-
crimtnately. Now they will only have
to fight among themselves. and the
courts will be kept busy Strengthening
out titles there for years to come. I
have a number of claims there and 80
acres on the st. Mary which no one
else has filed on 80 far. Emery Judd,
Mrs. Lemon and several other Great
Falls parties are interested with me.
and our representation Is all done for
the year. We have done no develop
ment, SO can't say how valuable our
properties may be. If the showing in
the claims being developed continues
the coded strip will certainly be some
thing of a mining camp.