The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01
THE OLDEST SHELTER IN THE CAMP
That Distinction Is Enjoyed by the Colorado Plant Down
in South Butte-Well Known Men Who Were
Among the Pioneers of This Property

! of Butte. These are all silver
properties and now shut down by rea-
son of the low price of silver. They
| are the Independent, Burlington, Net
| tie, Fredonia. Self-Rising and part of
! the Philadelphia. A great deal of work
| has been done on these claims, especi-
| ally the Nettie and Philadelphia. There
/ is said to be about five miles of tun-
! nels, drifts, etc, in these two mines, the
| larger portion of which is in the Net
! tie This mine has been sunk $50 feet.
| AS a rule, in all of these silver prop
critics the ore has lost something of its
richness with increasing depth. Still,
! the main cause of their idleness is the
| extreme depression of silver values.
With a substantial rise in its market
price there is large tonnage now in
the dumps that could be worked, and
there is very much more in the mines.
AS a matter of local interest 1t may
| be stated that a number of the Color
ado company's claims belonged to the
old Original Butte Mining company, of
which, in earlier days, Marcus DAILY
was superintendent. A shaft was sunk
300 feet. This is now used as an air
shaft for the Gagnon, being connected
with the workings of that mine. The
air can be directed to any part of the
mine by the placing of doors in the
drifts, slopes. etc.
1t may be proper to also note the fact
that the Colorado company is now a
part of the great Amalgamated Copper
company, of which Mr.. DAILY is presi'
! dent This, of course, is well known in
| Butte, but 1T may be news elsewhere.
| But it still has its separate entity, Mr..
| Pearce being, as stated, assistant gem
| eral manager in charge, with Philip
! Wiseman as agent of the mining de-
! partment, and John Hewitt superin-
| tendent of the Gagnon mine.
Madison Mention.
| William McDougal of Sheridan was
| in Butte yesterday. He is developing
the Octopus mine in Bevins gulch and
! it is his purpose to put the mine in
shape to extract ore. 1t is a silver
proposition and recently he shipped
six tons of ore to Twin Bridges. 1t
carries values of s1O4 per ton. The
smelter at Twin Bridges has not been
fired up, but will be in a short time.
The company is buying up considera-
BILE ore.
The Pennington Bros. have a promis-
| ing claim near Mr.. McDougals and
| have made several shipments to Butte,
all Of which have shown profitable re-
turns.
| The old Bedford properties, which
have been idle for four years, will be
worked by Eastern capital. This is a
| concentrating proposition, lead, silver
| and gold. The ore body is large. The
| company has done considerable devel-
| opment work this summer and the
property looks well.
Mr.. McDougal says that the spur of
railroad from Twin Bridges to the
| smelter will soon be completed. 1t is
on an easy grade, and once track lay
| ing begins the work will soon be fin
ished. The new smelter, which is to
! be operated by Butte parties, will
prove a great benefit to mine owners
in that section of Montana. Hereto
fore ore had to be shipped, much of it
, to Omaha and East Helena. Now that
the ores can be treated right on the
ground, practically. much larger
margin Is in sight for the shippers as
necessarily it was important to Sort
the ore, whereas now the greater part
of the product may be treated with
| profit.