The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-24
MINING INV MEAGHER CouNTx.

'1S t6o AIOIlOd
last between George Haley and 9th
ers, of this place, and George w
Towers, of Butte, Mr.. Towers tax
ing a bond and lease on FIVE claims
on Willow creek, four miles EAST o
White Sulphur Springs, known a
the Sparta, Banner, Anna, Paul ane
Frances mining claims. The con
ditions are that the bonders are tc
have the privilege of working the
same for a period of one year and il
the ore yields less than ten dollar.
per ton in gold and silver it is to be
classed as an iron proposition anc
the price is to be $4,000. If, how.
ever, it asseys as much or more il
gold or silver than ten dollars per
ton it is to be classed as a gold oil
silver mine and the price is to be
$4,000. A force of men is to be
put on at once to mining, an ore
chute is to be built, ai.d teams start
ed to hauling the ore to Dorsey.
A new find is reported this week
in Meagher county that is big if it
comes within one half of what If is
represented to be. 1t is a cluster of
leads high up among the snow Gov
cred mountains, the center vein of
which is traceable for three miles
and at intervals shows boulders of
ore four feet in thickness that are
rich with native copper. This is an
entire new camp hid away in a black
forest, and at a much greater alti-
tude than Co%pperopolis or Murray.
We are not appraised as to the To-
cality of this belt of leads, but are
assured hat it is to be worked this
winter.
1t has been stated frequently dur
ing the political excitement that the
mining operations at Hussey creek
anc Murray district were simply
election colonization schemes. We
have. V made this charge, nor
have we belie"ed such was the case,
owing to the small number of men
employed, and the operations since
the election go to show that it is a
permanent mining venture, and the
indications are that operations will
also soon be extended to Copperopo-
lis. Anyhow we have such assur-
ances from sources we deem perfect
ly reliable.
Some Bozeman parties, Col. CHS
holm and others, who are operating
a copper prospect on top of Wall
mountain, twenty five miles south of
this place, are down 200 feet with
their shaft and have two feet of ore
that will assay forty per sent copper.
The lead is five or six feet thick but
the ore streak is two feet. AS yet
no water has been encountered.
They are hosting with a within and
will not put on steam machinery
until water is struck.
The machinery for the Porcupine
Mining company of Thompson gulch
amounting to $4,000 pounds, arrived
at Dorsey Monday last and Mr.. Per-
most is busy looking after its trans
portation to the mine. Preparations
are being made to enclose the mill
as socn as it is OF the ground and it
will be put il running order during
the winter. The manager of the
company being a practical mechanic,
he will personally supervise the work.
The company operating at Hussey
creek are negotiating with parties
here fer the transportation of ma
chinery from Dorsey to the new
camp. This consists of pumps, hoists
boilers and the necessary fixtures for
the equipping of a mine.
Two car loads of lumber arrived
at Dorsey a few days since for the
camp at Hussey creek. The mill on
the north fork was unable to meet
the demands of this camp and Cop
peropolis also.
The crosscut at the 800 foot level
at Copperopolis struck the lead a
few days ago, cutting into a fine
body of the richest ore ever taken
from the mine the first blast. Op-
%portunity has not yet been given to
explore the extent of the ore since
the rush of water was so great that
it drove the men out, but this is the
first crosscut from the shaft that en-.