The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-13
On The Ceded Strip.

Dr. A. ID. Macdonald, who is interested
in the Swift Current mining country,
returned early in the month from that
section and brought out with him some
beautiful specimens of ore which were
obtained from one of the claims in which
he is interested, says the Libby News
This Swift Current mining district is
situated on the ceded strip and the dis
trict has been organized under that
name. To get into that section from
Kalispen it is necessary to go 70 Black
foot station on the Great Northern,
which is 110 miles, then by wagon to the
st. Mary's crossing, 35 miles then up
Swift Current creek to Canyon creek
distance of 10 miles, and then up the
latter stream for six miles. From Black
foot station there is good road to the
mouth of Canyon creek, the country
being open, and work is now progressing
on road up Canyon creek to the claims
owned by DR.. Macdonald and others.
At the mouth of Canyon creek there are
two saloons and hotel is being built at
the crossing of st. Marys.
The Swift Current mining district is
situated in the northern part OF. Teton
county in the heart OF the main range of
the Rocky mountains and the scenery of
that section is unsurpassed in beauty
and grandeur anywhere on the continent
The mountains are high and broken UP,
many of them covered with snow the
year round and there are inumerable
glaciers. This strip OF land, which was
purchased from the Blackfoot Indians
April Is, 1898, by the government was
long ago known to be rich in minerals
and this knowledge was the reason for
the purchase. AS soon as the strip was
| declared open for settlement to the
whites these claims referred to were
stal1ed Off and recorded and the work OF
developing them at once begun. For
| the purpose of carrying on this develop
mens work company was organized
| under the laws Of the state OF Montana
and capitalized at $1,000, the stock being
assessabie, OF which f. B. Goetter, OF
Col, lille, Wash, is president, A. D. Mac
donald, OF Kalispell, is secretary and
treasurer, and Olaf Peterson, Of Kalispell.
is vice president. The name of the cor
poration is. the Michigan & Montana
Copper Mining & Smelling company and
there are II quartz claims and some
placer locations included in the property
Of the company.
The ledge on which these claims are
located is from IS to 40 feet wide and is a
true assure. Through this big ledge are
found stringers of copper ore varying in
width from six to IS inches. On one OF
.he2e claims they have tunnel in about
10 feet, at tie end of which there is
crosscut for y feet and in this crosscut
several OF these stingers Of ore have been
cut, the total being about FIVE feet OF ore.
F'rc N three ASSAYS S, which were made
from II pounds Of the ore from the cross
cut, the average is $1O0 in gold, 1G15
ounces in silver and 4815 Per cent cop
rer. These assays were made by E1r. !
/
Rosenoale, the metallurgist Of the Hall +
mines at Nelson, B. c., and have only
recently been received in Kalisccll. .
Development work is still progressing
ana the company intends to thoroughly
open It's properties
On what is known as the Bulls Head
lead, in the same section, the Stark
brothers, who have lived in that county
for some time, have group OF seven
C aims on which they have done small
OF development Ework. The
character Of the Gre is the same as in the
described above. These
claims were bonded about a month AGO
by A. NJ. Esier, of Helena, and the
amount of the bond has been given cut
as $780, but the condition of the bond
are not known +
There are hundreds of other locations
n this district and there is now quite q
colony Of prospectors campe1 in tents
'long thossToad at convenient places wait
ng for the snow to disappear, and CON
Siderable prospecting has been done in
he foothills, -Sut nothing startling has (
ct been found.
When in Dupuyer put up your team
With Ed Tanner at the Eclipse stable. j