Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-09
IN
TROY DISTRICT
ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT WORK ON
GROUSE MOUNTAIN PROP
ERTIES.
FUTURE OF THE CAMP
DEPENDS ON MACHINERY
North Star on Rainy Creek is a Prom
Using Prospect--News of
the Mines.

Julius Tholcke has returned to Troy /,
from Spokane and is now the manager
of the Cabinet Queen Mining company.
which is operating some properties on
Grouse mountain, says the Troy CORE
%spondent of the Libby News. This COM
pany was formerly known as the Little
Spokane Mining company and in the re-
organization another claim was taken in
and the name of he company changed.
There are now four claims in the sroup
and it is the intention of Mr.. Tholcke to
commence active developments in about
30 days, and ne first work to be done
will lie driving a long crosscut tunnel for
the purpose of tapping the vein in a new
place on the ledge and at a lower point
than any of the present workings. Five
men will be employed at the start and
more will be put on as they are needed.
There is enough ore out at this property
at the present time to makes shipment
Of one car of ore to the Great Falls smell
ter and as soon as the roads are dry
enough the new manager will make the
shipment. There is one of the best show
ings in thisp property of any of the Grouse
mountain properties and it is quite ex-
tensively developed. the principal work
having been done in an adit tunnel,
which is about 400 feet, at the face of
! which the ledge is the full width Of the
tunnel and is all good concentrating ore.
with quite a little clean ore scattered
through it. The values are in silver and
lead, with some gold.
Another promising prospect on Grouse
mountain is the Silver Tip, which is
owned by Julius Tholcke and the Rosen-
haupt Bros. of Spokane. There is a four
foot ledge IN this property on the sur
face, but at the face Of a 10O-foOt tunnel
it has widened to seven feet. 1t IS the
intention of the owners to sink a lOO-foot
| Wine from the face of this tunnel. and
this work will begin in a few days. The
ore is galena and carbonate and the
values are in silver and lead, with some
little gold.
The Great Northwest Mining company,
which is owned by Spokane parties,
expects to resume operations in a Short
time and the first work which will be
| done will be to drive a crosscut tunnel
about 300 feet for the purpose of tapping
the vein. This company owns some very
good ground on Grouse mountain and
considerable development work has been
done at different places on the surface.
The Iron Cap, which is owned by DR..
Thompson of Spokane. is another prom
Using property on Grouse mountain, and
it has been developed by about $50 feet of
development work. 1t is understood that
work will be commenced on this property
in a short time.
The Diamond HIGH has a crew Of three
men working in a crosscut tunnel. which
is now in about 400 feet. and this will
have to be driven probably 100 feet fur
Their to reach the vein. There has been
some work done on this property on the
surface and the showing at that place
was sufficient to warrant the expenditure
of money to tap the vein at a lower depth
and as soon as the unnel reaches the
ledge it will be a fairly good Indication
! of the value of the mine.
The values of Grouse mountain proper
ties are generally silver and lead. with
a little gold, but at places some copper is
found, and although the camp is a low
grade one, like all others in the Cabinet
range, now and then little pockets of ore
are found which run way up in copper
and gold, making the returns from the
assay office read like those frequently OBJ
tanned from the great Independence mine
in Colorado. The future of the camp lies
in the placing of concentrating machin-
cry or the several properties and taking
from the ore all but the values at the
mine. The district is about IL miles south
of Troy, and the future development of
. this place is Identical with the outcome
Enf thnSa mines