The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-29
Off FOR BUFFALO HUMP
Prospectors Leave for the Idaho
Mining Grounds.
SEVEN DEVILS DISTRICT
MANY More Will FolloW-But They Are
Going Too Early-The Snow Is
Too Deep to Admit of
Prospecting.

Yesterday and the day before a dozen
or more prospectors bought tickets over
the Northern Pacific for the west, their
ultimate destination hning the Buffalo
Hump and Seven Devils countries. 1t
is expected that within week or two
as many more will leave Butte for
those new mining districts.
It is certain that thcy are going into
those places too early. The snow, ac-
cording to undeniablr reports, is too
deep to admit of any lharacter of pros
pectng, and it will lie at least six
weeks before communication can be
had with the bare ground. Just the
same, men are fiockin@ into the Hump
at rate which is rapidly assuming
the proportions of stampede. All
they can do in there these days is to
keep dry and try to live on their linn
tied capital until sub time as the
weather concludes t. make the hills
and mountains naViea bic for the man
with the pick and par.
The high price Of copper is acting
as an incentive to the prOspectoIS who
in years past have devoted their time
and energy in searching for gold. Many
of these men to-day say that they
know where they can go and put their
hands on good copper ore-rock that
they passed over as worthless in their
search for gold float. These men are
waiting for the snow to leave the
mountains. In the meantime they are
hoping and praying for winter to make
it possible for summer to do bust
ness.
This year will see an unusually large
number of men in the mountains look
ing for nothing but copper. Every
Jnt hog ri ! 10
rock will come under the test, and
where the mortar and pestle used to
be the Indispensable part of the camp
outfit will now be found the miniature
furnace and crucible.
John Lemaster, the sheriff of En-
cry county Utah, recently visited Cas-
tie Dale. On Thursday of last week
he was at the property of the Copper
Globe Mining company, below Castle
Dale. He said that prospectors were
tlOcking into the country from all quar-
tiers. On his trip OUT he met fully so
outfits headed in that direction. When
asked his opinion of The Copper Globe
mine. he told a Salt Lake Herald re-
porter that there certainly was a good
surface showing. 81 am thoroughly
conversant with the country" the sher-
if said, ''and two years ago l staked
out some claims which the Globe prop
ertE now covers.
1T is possible that they have a big
thing, but | did not think it would
pay me to work it and threw it up.
It is true that there is an amount of
| ore on the surface. The same is true
| of the country for miles around The
| ore appears in the sandstone in pockets
| or kidneys, but l have not found it to
| go any depth below the surface"
When asked concerning the work
which is being done on the Globe
| Mr.. Lemaster said they were follow
ing what appeared to be a stringer
the vein being about four inches in
| thickness and dipping at an angle OF
| between 40 and 20 degrees to the east
What this vein would lead to he could
| not say.
Some 600 feet from where the Globe
| people We're working, and in the di-
/ rectiOn in which they were drifting
| is a assure, which may contain the cop
| per ore This assure can be traced
| for miles through the country and
shows groupings of copper ore in many
| places.
Parties who have recently been per.
mitted to make It thorough examination
| of the Boss Tweed ground, near ST.
| Yer City. Utah. and are familiar with
| the present conditions, say that at ne
time has the property looked as pros
| porous as it does now. A the bottom
of the second Wine a very fine ore
showing is made. which nets a hand
some profit. The returns on the last
assay fr copper show % per cent, in
addition to u ounces in silver. A
| contract for a steam hoist will be let
at once, and it is more than probable
| that. in order to facilitate the genera
handling of ore and waste, new shG Fl
will be sunk. 1t is quite likely thai
| Mr.. cambridge may assume he con
troll of the workings, under the rev
| management and if he does. he n lie
| will quickly be put in good condition