The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-23
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ANACONDA NEWS.
COPPER CLIFF DISTRICT
Ore Was First Discovered in the
Northern Portion in 1892.
THERE ARE RICH CLAIMS
Several Butte Capitalists Are Taking Up
tbs Claims in the Section and
Work Is Being Pushed
Rapidly.
THERE ARE RICH CLAIMS


trct lies about seven miles west Of Gar
net and embraces stretch of mining
country about IS miles in length and near
ly three miles in width. From a point
seven miles west of Garnet the district
runs in southwesterly direction for
distance of about IS miles to the town of
Clinton, on the Northern Pacific railroad
The ore belt is supposed to be a continue
ton of the famous Garnet belt, but on
this point, however opinions differ.
The northwestern end of the district and
the portion in which is located the Cop
per Cliff mine, is in Deer Lodge county;
the southern and larger portion of the
district is in Missoula county. The region
is drained by tributaries of the Big Black
1901 and Missoula rivers; in fact, the ore
zone seems to follow the watershed, or di-
vide, between these two rivers
The mining belt and adjacent country
IS broken and rugged and is scored in all
directions by deep canyons and gulches.
IN places the mountains rise to an eleva-
tloh OF $500 feet above sea level. The
whole region is covered by dense lux
uriant forest of spruce, fir and pine that in
places grows as thick and rank as a trop-
zeal jungle. Although broken and rugged,
the country is easily accessible in all
Farts. A fairly good wagon road leads
from Bonita. on the Northern Pacific, u
miles IN a northeasterly direction to the
Copper Cliff mine, near the center of the
district
seven miles southwest of the Copper
Cliff are the charcoal mines. Another
good road leads from this place 10 Bon
ner.
copper ore was first discovered in the
northern portion of the district on Aug.
s. 1892. by Samuel Adams, Peter SHIPPER
and Archie Mcleod. While out on a pros
pecting trip a few days later the Copper
Ciif and Crescent mines We're located
Since that time the owners have worked
for wages during the summer months and
put in the long, cold winters developing
their prospects
The. district receives its name from
bold cliff of quartz having a width of
nearly $50 feet and length of about 800
feet The face of this cliff has been fres-
coed and enameled by mineral solutions
teaching out of the mountain until it
presents very pretty and attractive APP
pearance.
This huge mountain of quartz was orig
lnally a good grade of copper ore. but sew
eral hundred thousand centuries of per-
collation. and teaching have left it almost
destitute of the red metal Shill. in spots
1t Will assay as high IL per cent. and
some of the owners claim that the whole
cliff will average per cent copper What
this big body of quartz will amount to
when deeper mining has reached the unal-
tered zone, no one can tell. Deer Lodge
county may yet rival Silver Bow In
large copper ore deposits.
Some prominent Butte capitalists have a
bond on group of nine claims, including
the Angel Lion, Crescent and Copper
Cliff
A force of miners are running a tunnel
IN the Copper Cliff where some high-grade
ore was recently struck. On this claim
nearly 1000 feet of tunneling has been
done. At one place in the tunnel three
feet OF copper glance is exposed that will
run 60 per cent. of copper. At present the
tunnel is being run to tap the cliff of
quartz at a lower depth. The lower tunnel
on the Crescent passed through about ID
feet of red oXydized iron and copper
showing native copper This ore body
will probably average IL per cent. The An
gel and Lion are developed by shafts, WITH
cross-cut drift running from the bottom
of one to the bottom of the other. Some
good-lookng copper ore is one the dumps
of both of these claims About two car
loads of copper glance is sacked on the
dump of the Copper Cliff mine, ready for
shipment
Just above the Copper Cliff on large
plateau and back about 800 feet on a gras-
sy glade in the dense, unbroken forest is
located the brand-new town of Copper
Cliff, the present and future metropolis
of this promising copper country.
The townsite has been roughly plated
and corner lots are selling at a premium
Several new business houses are going up
About three miles west of Copper Cliff
city a remarkably rine body of lead car
Donate ore has esen struck in an ancient
blue limestone formation on the Treasury
and Chloride claims, owned by William
Miller & Co.
Within tde last two weeks something
like 80 tons of fine gray carbonate ore
have been taken out while sinking 30
foot shaft. The lead also produces gray
sand carbonates and hard red carbonate
ore. With the exception, perhaps, of the
blue limestone formation, this ore and sur
roundngs resembles the carbonate mines
in the Castle district.
The country for miles around the Copper
Cliff is pretty well covered by mineral 10
cations. After the strike of high-grade
ore made in the Crescent last March
wild stampede was made to locate ground
and since that time the usual contingent
of grasping lead pencil and paper pros
pectors have been active and aggressive
throughout the district, and in conse-
quence hundreds of acres of ground are
covered by mineral locations that nature
really intended for grazing and agricul
tural lands. Some of these locations were
made at a time when the ground was COW
cred by II or IA feet of snow, and now it
is nothing uncommon to see while walk
ing through the forest location notice
posted Is feet from the ground on a tree,
proudly informing the public that 1.-The I'M
dersgned, who is citizen of the United
States, has discovered quartz vein, or
lode, ETC., and claims $500 feet along this
ledge" AS the moss-covered surface is
unbroken and undisturbed for rods around
the tree, the United States should be
proud of these truthful citizens. Of
course, this elevated notice will hold
l,5OOx6OO feet of ground for 30 days, and al
the expiration of that time another one
can be posted lower down and on the OPP
posite side of the tree, and before another
30 days have gone by something may be
found in the neighhorhood that will make
the ground of sufficient value to sink a
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