Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-03
THE COPPER QUEEN.

Nelhart Herald: B. o. kempfer and Joe
Hegener, leasing on the Copper Queen lode,
on Mackey creek, have a 10-inch body of
ore, which averages over 100 ounces in sill
yer, besides carrying about $4 in gold. This
is not a new strike, but this is the first time
they have permitted mention of it to go
into print. The Copper Queen is developed
by a cross-cut tunnel, which taps the vein
at a distance of az feet. A drift of 60 feet
has been run on the vein all the way along,
cutting through a chute of ore which as
sayed from IS to 200 ounces in silver. About
30 feet from the mouth of the tunnel the
boys have sunk a shaft % feet, from which
they are now drifting north, having gone
about % feet on the drift. The ore body is
strong, persistent and continuous. The ore
is on the hanging wall, from which it is
easily separated almost clear of waste. If
the smelter returns on their coming ship
Inent appear to warrant the expense, they
will at once put in machinery to run the
shaft down a distance of 200 feet. The
Copper Queen is the farthest south of the
Hegener group. 1t lies on the west bank
Of Mackey creek and joins the Philippi lode
on its north end.
Clancy Miner: During the coming SEES
sion of the state legislature it is to be
hoped that some member with the future
prosperity of Montana at heart, will intro
duce a bill for the establishment of a.
state mining bureau, and then work for its
passage. We call the attention of the pro-
found democratic statemen elected to the
legislature from Jefferson county to this
measure. Here is a chance for them to
show of what manner of metal they are
made, and to back up their convictions and
so on record with burning words of elo-
quence in defense of the Srandest industry
in the world-the mining industry. The
eyes of the miners and prospectors of this
great mineral country in particular and of
the state at large generally are upon you,
gentlemen, and they will expect to hear
from you during the coming session. The
bill should provide for a liberal appropria-
ton, and be so wisely worded that it would
meet the requirements of the occasion.
Montana, which now stands at the head
of the gold, silver and copper producing
sections of our country, should take great
pride in the collection of reliable and valua-
bic statistics concerning the great indus
try in which she has been destined by ma
turc to lead the world, and the man who
will bring about the establishment of a
mining bureau will confer a lasting benefit
upon the state.
A new mineral field, known locally among
the miners under the euphonious title Of
the Hungry Gulch district" has lately
been discovered in a very rough, steep and
rugged mountain. about a mile north of
Sheep mountain. The district is about mid
way between Clancy and Helena. The rea-
son given us for the name that has fas-
tened itself upon the locality was explained
by one of the prospectorS as follows: You
can eat your breakfast down in the gulch,'
he said, land when you get on top of the
mountain you are ready for your dinner
The mountain has been one heretofore
avoided by prospectOrs because of the pc
culiar fact that on every side Of it, though
clothed with heavy tinlber, rugged and
steep, it is encased from one to threee feet
deep with a dark yellow clay, and no lode
groupings We're to be seen except where
rains had washed through this substance
or prospectors shoveled it off to the bed
rock. It's fine timber. however, finally led
to the locality being prospected, and late
this fall Mr.. Hermann Pahls sold a claim
which he had discovered there a little more
than a year ago to an Ohio company, who
are now putting up a 10-stamp mill and
concentration on Big Indian creek, a few
hundred yards below the Winscott 10
stamp mill, which has been in operation
near the Hungry Gulch district for the past
four years or more. The PAIL mine is
known as the H. p, and since his discov-
cry there have been several lodes, all gold
bearing and free milling, made in the
mountain. MIR. +. H. Leptien of Clancy
owns the east extension of the Fl. p, James
Mulhollen ana others, who are interested
with him, have several claims, as has also
Carl +. Lysall and other prospectors. When
the mill now being built by the Ohio COM
pany is completed, which it is expected it
will be in the early spring, they will do
considerable mining on the II. p. which
is mainly relied upon to supply the mill
with ore, though the company are owners
of several promising claims in the district,
and the probabilities are that from $50 to
200 men will find employment in some ca
| pacity in that vicinity next season. All the