Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-21
THOMPSON
PROPERTIES
The Development on Wisconsin
Creek Near Sheridan.
VEIN OF SHIPPING ORE
More Activity in Mining-Copperopolts
lmpr0ving--The Copper
Market.
OF SHIPPING ORE

terday from Madison county where ne
has large mining interests, met many of
the pioneers OF Montana ON his trip. Mr..
Thompson is himself a pioneer, having
been enc of the first to reach Alder gulch.
He remained there Is years--from 1863
to 1S7S-When he came to Butte.
II went over to the head of Gooderich
gulch,' said Mr.. Thompson today, ito
inspect the Barrett & Thompson mine,
which is being developed by h Madison
county syndicate composed OF Butte men,
who organized the syndicate to develop
some properties on Wisconsin creek, near
Sheridan. Major Walker. the tallest
man in Montana, is in charge of the de-
velopment work. At the Barrett &
Thompson mine we have opened up an
1s-inch vein Of shipping ore, which will
average about $50 to the ton, and five
feet of concentrating ore. which will run
from 81 to SIG. We have a tunne in 25O
feet, which taps the ledge at Q 80
feet from the surface. The develop
ments are 50 encouraging that we will
at once increase the force of men and
make several improvements around the
mine.
WIlAC 1T VIII DlAA6CS ~AAA oSASA
places in Madison county I met several
of the old-timers whom I knew in the
long ago, and with whom I 'roughed it.
in the SOS. From them l learned a great
many things about Madison county
mines. The <big strike at the Clipper
mine, near Pony, was discussed every
where. There was another big strike on
the South Boulder, near m The
proposed sale of the old MadisOnian mine
was also talked Of.
"Over in the section Of country I Wis
tied there was more activity in mining
than I rave seen for years. A feature Of
so1ne Of the late discoveries is the large
percentage of copper carried in the gold
district are inclined to believe that with
depth the gold mines Of Madison county
will develop into good copper properties.
This is especially true Of Ramshorn and
California gulches, where the gold ores
carry good values, with a very large per-
centage of copper.
around Nobleville, on Wisconsin
creek, the Old Company min is be-
ing operated by Lou Planalp. The FL
ling & Mckay is also a shipper. Mckay
is also shipping some good ore from the
Steiner mime, near Brandon. During my
visit there I purchased three claims.
One is the Klondike, upon which consid-
cradle development work has been done.
The other two claims are the Minah C.
and Birdseye, which parallel the Klon-
dixie. We have a few men at work now
and intend putting ON a larger force in
the future.
MATT Anderson, the ex-newspaper
man. is doing splendid work with his
cyanide plant at MosfaIt. This
has about $3.50 invested. The mill is
O being run regularly, and it is un-
derstood its capacity will be increased.
Mr.. Anderson assured me that he was
safe in calculating OF an extraction of
oven 80 per cent On all ores ~assaying as
high as $12. with a consumption of about
two pounds Of cyanide to the tom of ore
treated.
1.-THE town of Rochester is looking
lively. Many new and promising mines
are being opened up and the district is
looking better now han 1t has in 20
years.
1.-THE Twin Bridges smelter is doing
very satisfactory work as far as / can
learn. and is turning out large quantities
of bullion. A good quality of flux is now
obtained from the lead mines of Castle,
this state. Heretofore this fux was OBJ
tanned at great expense from the Occur
d'Alenes. The Montana article makes a
splendid flux for the sflicious ores OF
Madison county.
Am Anaconda company is developing
a tunnel on a site opposite the Letter mill.
| was told that the operators were meet.
ing with very fair success.