Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-14
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from the examination of properties at
Copperopolis and in the Murray District
IN the vicinity Of White Sulphur Springs,
says the Independent. He say that
Copperopolis makes one of the best show
lngs for a new copper camp he has seen
for q long time. with the possible excep-
ton of the Seven Devils district in Idaho.
These districts, however, have the man.
dfest advantage that the distance from
the railroad is very short and 1t is posi-
Bile to build a railway to them from the
Montana railroad at very little expense.
as the line would run across a compara~
lively level country. 3t&%
W. ". Mcdowell, who Is working the
North Pacific and st. Johns claimss has
shipped since the first of the year 20 car
loads of copper ore, which has n6tted
him on an average of 1900 per car;54this
ore comes from the North Pacific. ~ The
North Pacific and other claims gwere
bonded several years ago by BartontSew-
ell and associates; after sinking a short
distance in the shaft the bond " was
thrown up. Mr.. Mcdowell e took
his bond o II, and after sinking 100
feet struck the high grade ore noted
above at the 200-foot level. He sunk be-
low this to the 35O-foot, crosscut again
and between the 2O0-foot and 350efoot
levels he has taken out this 80 car loads
of ore. The shaft has lately been sunk
to the 550-foot level, and while it IS not
definitely known whether the crosscut
has developed the rich ore chute at the
$50, still the fact that lately over GO 10
cations have been bonded, surveyed and
located, is almost positive proof that
h ore bodies have been crosscut at the
| $50. Another proof is the fact that Mr..
Mcdowell has taken up the bond that he
had on his property. He has leased to
some other people the Fraction claim and
the lessees have shipped three car loads
of ore and have two cars more on the
dump, which will average Is per cent.
! fn annro,s The ron1 fS&Nyrn tho rso i1VSNQd
ito Copperopolis is lined with teams haul
ing supplies and machinery to n from
the railway. IN
There are three parallel veins on these
three claims that are known to exist;
they are from 20 to 30 feet apart or the
surface. If, as the indications are, these
leads have been crosscut in the 5OO-foOt
shaft there can be no question but what
| Copperopolis will be one Of the booming
mining camps of the region tributary to
Helena. The communication with Cop
peropolis, by way Of the Montana raid
way, is 80 direct that unquestionably the
business of that camp will come TIC
Helena
The Murray camp, a short distance
from Martinsdale on the Montana rail
road, has equally as good surface show
ings for copper as Copperopolis, and At Is
reported that arrangements are now be
ing completed to develop the mines in thu
Murray district on an extensive scale
The logic OF the SITUATION Is JndI LHe ORES
from both these districts should be
treated in a smelter located somewhere
in the vicinity OF Helena. The cheaI
power developed here, together with tht
manifest advantage of being near a CEN
ter of population and a point where sup
plies a be purchased cheaply. make y
probable that If these mines develop, IA
everything seems to indicate. a copper
smelter will be built in connection will
the present smelter at Helena. This
would be a certainty If h Upper dis,
coveries on Mount Helena turn out a.
good as the surface showings seem t.
indicate. The success of the East Helans
plant and it's enlargement by every man
agement that has had control OF ID
proves beyond question that Helena 1
the cheapest place to reduce ores In TN
Rocky Mountain country. This lbeina
true, the same factors that have com
PEELED each successive management t
enlarge the East Helena smelter, vii
compel sooner or later the erection o
a copper plant in connection with tn
present smelter or by some syndicate no
connected with that concern.
The new copper camps will prove Tn
making of 1.-The Montana railroad. Tn
energy and enterprise that built durina
the panic a railway into this u~ndevelope.
| country deserves the good fortune Wh1cl
now seems to have come to 1t.